The only specific characters I really want are Professor Layton and Reggie. In Layton's case, I pretty much think he's guaranteed a spot.
I can think of quite a few other characters, but they are either never going to happen (Rayman), or are more minor wishes (Lady Palutena, Dillon) that I can either take or leave. Snake also fits into this category. I'll be happy if he returns, but I kind of doubt he will.
Mega Man, Sonic, Rosalina, Professor Layton, and Reggie are the 5 characters that I seriously wanted in the game and felt they would make my hype for the game increase exponentially (which I kind of needed - lack of a real story mode and the 3DS version possibly being an inhibitor to the Wii U version sort of killed my hype early on). The first three are already confirmed, and hyped me up to the point where I felt the need to join a Smash Bros forum recently. Then Sakurai gave me nice surprises like Wii Fit Trainer and Toon Link (I was doubtful he would return due to him being on the Spirit Tracks stage. He was my second main in Brawl though, so I'm happy he's returning).
I'm hoping we do get some substantial Smash news next week. Seeing as it's the anniversary of the first game, I think it would be fitting if we finally got the remaining original 12 confirmed, even though there is no way they aren't returning. On top of that, I think we can get a break from character and stage reveals for now. I'm kinda itching to see what kind of new modes they are working on. And I think it's time we got some actual match footage too. We've only gotten one footage of an actual match so far. I'd like to see how the "in-between Melee and Brawl" balancing is working out. I can tell it's already better than Brawl's fighting mechanics (especially from watching the Sonic trailer, as I know him inside-out in Brawl - they may not have changed his moveset, but his attack animations are faster, his combo potential is even better as he seems to "catch" opponents with his attacks now, and he seems to have some increased knockback), but I'd like more detail.
Honestly, I just want a Smash dedicated direct. If Pokémon, Wii Fit U and Wonderful 101 got dedicated Directs, then Smash should too.
Or, if they wanna be REALLY nice, they could announce a playable demo next week, heheh.
