Why the hell did Nintendo have to go and confirm all the retarded characters first? I'm talking about all the characters who are returning. The new characters look great (especially Metaknight), but Nintendo are surely pi$$ing me off by confirming all the characters I couldn't care less about (except Fox, who was one of my favourites in Melee, although I am worried that they've changed him for the worse. Link is okay, but seeing as I naturally hate Link it means he's pretty much with all the others).
Anyway, as for potential, from what I've seen Metaknight is looking to be the best out of all the confirmed characters, new and old, closely followed by Fox. If Nintendo has the brains to include them (50:50 chance, by my reckoning), Marth, Falco, Ganondorf, Captain Falcon and the Doc will all have great potential.
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