Hi all!
Been a Smash fan since late '99, picked up Melee on launch day, Brawl at a midnight launch.
I'm the editor-in-chief for a Nintendo news blog, tried out both versions of Smash 4 at E3 2014 -- probably racked up over 2 hours with the Wii U version and over 1 hour with the 3DS version, thank goodness every other publisher had a lackluster year! Ended up competing on the stage platform at their booth (NOT the tournament, which I missed due to the Smash Developer Roundtable to see Pac-Man unveiled), where I won the gold medal they handed out to very few people, in addition to about a dozen Smash t-shirts! I mained Marth to win, by the way.
As of July 15th, I still expect the following to be included in the game (either starting or unlockable): Falco, Ice Climbers, Jigglypuff, Meta Knight, Mr. Game & Watch, Ness, and Wario. I'm saying mayyyybe Ganondorf, Lucas, Mewtwo, R.O.B., and Wolf. No Ivysaur, Snake, or Squirtle. I'm also expecting at least two or three final newcomers to be announced, and even though there's like a 1% chance of it happening, I'm hoping for Bomberman.