Thinking about the new Smash Bros.

Pulled directly from what I posted on Facebook:

I've been thinking about more Smash Bros. this past week and wondered what would be some crazy scenarios when they finally talk about the game.  Here are a few thoughts:

1) What if they already announced all the new comers from that one Direct?  So Amaterasu from Okami, Travis from No More Heroes, Solaire from Dark Souls, Sans from Undertale, Crash from Crash Bandicoot, etc.

2) What if this is not a port of Smash 4 with add-ons but a revised game of Smash 4 that plays like Project M/Melee?  They'd bring the community of Melee and Smash 4 together (but potentially kill off the Smash 4 community because of how ridiculous Melee players are).

3) What if this really is a new entry entirely?  I mean, I guess it would be if #2 was true.  But it's kind of crazy to think about having an entirely new Smash Bros. game when it's been only 2 years since Bayonetta was released on Smash 4 considering how long it takes to make a Smash Bros. game.

Even if the game was a new game that uses the same engine and assets of Smash 4, I'd be totally okay with that because they could potentially deliver something new and fresh to the series without having to work Sakurai and team to the bone.

There's a lot of characters I'd like to see be added.  Since Melee, I've been still waiting to see Simon Belmont (or any Castlevania character) and Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden) be added.  I was incredibly happy to see characters like Mega Man, Duck Hunt Dog, Ryu (from Street Fighter), Cloud and Bayonetta be added in Smash 4 so I'd like to see more classic and iconic game characters be added.  With the disappointment of Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite, I'd like to see a lot of those characters be added to Smash Bros. instead.  So Arthur from Ghosts 'n Goblins, Amaterasu from Okami (which I mentioned earlier), Fire Brand from Gargoyle's Quest, Nathan Spencer from Bionic Commando, Strider Hiryu, X and Zero from Mega Man X (even though we got Mega Man), etc.  I guess I'd like to see more classic characters from the NES and SNES be added.

As cool as it'd be to see some indie game characters be part of the roster, I'd much rather see an entirely separate game with a whole bunch of indie game characters rather than just 1 or 2 of them as guest characters.  I know there are a few of them already, but there needs to be a really good project that has a whole bunch of them all in one game.  The Drifter from Hyper Light Drifter is actually what motivated me to pick up Brawlout and they later added Juan from Guacamelee to the roster. And Ori was added as a DLC character in Rivals of Aether.  It inspires the desire to have a whole bunch of indie game characters fight it out in their own game because I feel like they'd be outshined by the other well known characters in Smash Bros.  One project that seems to have some of the best known indie game characters all in one game is Indie POGO.

At this point, I'm just really hungry for more information on the new Smash Bros.  Before it releases and before I pick up a Nintendo Switch, I've really got to clear out some backlog first...