ORIGINAL WANTED ROSTER - Pretty much immediately after Brawl was announced, I posted my roster on Gamespot... it's pretty basic, and there are some WTF? ideas in there, but otherwise, it's not that bad.
MARIO
Mario
Luigi
Peach
Bowser
Petey Piranha
Geno
DONKEY KONG
Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
King K. Rool
YOSHI
Yoshi
Birdo/Baby Mario
WARIO
Wario
Waluigi/Captain Syrup
ZELDA
Link
Zelda/Shiek
Ganondorf
Young Link
Tingle
Vaati
PRE-RELEASE WANTED ROSTER - I had been editing this list for quite a while. This is the last update I made, almost immediately after Lucario, Jigglypuff, and Ness were re-confirmed. It's semi-realistic (or so we thought), and strangely enough, is BIGGER than my newbish old one!
MARIO
Mario
Luigi
Peach
Bowser
Paper Mario
Geno/Bowser Jr.
Do any of you still have your rosters saved? Post 'em here if you do!
Heroic Monkey
The only characters that I was hoping for was most of the veterans (I didn't really care if Dr. Mario, Pichu, or Young Link were left out) along with King K. Rool and Olimar (although I doubted he would make it because he seemed like a hard character to implement). I wasn't expecting anything because I didn't want to get my hopes up too high.
I was ecstatic when Olimar (and his Pikmin ) were confirmed. I love Brawl's roster.
MetaNite
My original roster was almost the same as the real one. Just take away ROB and Sonic. Make Toon Link wind waker style completely. Add in Ridley, Samurai Goroh, Deoxys, and put Mewtwo + Roy back in the game.
MadNik
This was my dream roster right after I saw the trailer back in like, 2006.
Super Mario World
Mario -Dr. Mario as costume-
Luigi
Peach
Paper Mario -Different moveset from Mario-
Bowser
Bowser Jr. -Fights with Paintbrush-
Petey Piranha -Same size as he is in his Boss Level, only playable! lol
One of those Islanders from Mario Sunshine, whatever they're called.
*Yoshi
*Wario
* I know they have their own franchizes but they're still Mario characters to me.
LoZ
Link
Wind Waker Link -Now known as Toon Link -
Zelda/Sheik
Ganondorf
Minda on Wolf Link -Link with the A's, Midna with the B's
Vaati -Never played his game, but he looked cool and I figured the game could use another villian.
Donkey Kong Country
Dk
King K. Rool
Metroid
Samus
Ridley -The bigass version, not some scaled down character
Metroid Prime -aka Dark Samus, but only if she was slightly different from Samus
Kirby
Kirby
Metaknight
Dedede
Pokemon
Pikachu
Jigglypuff
Mewtwo or Deoxis
Lucario
Meowth or Blaziken or Plustle+Minun
Star Fox
Fox
Krystal
Falco or Wolf
Anything else
C. Falcon
Marth or Roy
New Fire Emblem Character -Never played it, so I don't know any of them
Ice Climbers
Game and Watch
C. Olimar or Pikmin Wave
Pit
Ness
3rd Party
Snake
Sonic
Spyro or Crash
Bago and Kazooi
Scorpion from Mortal Kombat? No, not really...
And Nightmare from Soul Calibur!
So yeah, as you can see Diddy Kong was not someone I wanted in, but I'm looking forward to playing as him now. I got all my Kirby characters. C. Olimar made it in somehow. Got Falco and Wolf, but no Krystal. Got Lucario right, but thats it (Pikachu and Jigs were givens) No K. Rool, no Ridley, no Petey or Bowser Jr etc... instead I GOT R.O.B.!!! jk
But yeah, I made this list almost the minute I saw the original trailer
Dartheyegouger
My list from October:
Mario Series
Mario (Dr. Mario costume)
Luigi
Princess Peach
Bowser
Yoshi
Waluigi (Give him his own game!)
Bowser Jr.
Donkey Kong Series
Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
WarioWare Series
Wario
The Legend of Zelda Series
Link
Princess Zelda
Sheik (Seperate character)
Ganondorf
Windwaker Link or Midna on Wolf Link
Pokemon Series
Pikachu (Pichu Costume)
Jigglypuff
Mewtwo
Pokemon Trainer
Lucario
Starfox Series
Fox
Krystal
Falco
Metroid Series
Samus/Zero Suit Samus
Ridley
F-Zero Series
Captain Falcon
Fire Emblem Series
Marth (Roy Costume)
Ike
Sigurd
Kirby Series
Kirby
Metaknight
King Dedede
Classic Games
Ice Climbers
Pit
Mr. Game & Watch
Balloon Fighter
Earthbound/Mother Series
Ness
Lucas
Other Games
Ray 01
Animal Crosser
Captain Olimar
Stafy
Third Party Games
Snake
Sonic
Megaman
Bomberman (If there there are more than three)
) were confirmed. I 
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jk