Apparently, some people weren’t expecting new characters to appear in Smash Bros. on the 3DS and the Wii U. That would have surprised me much more than the appearance of new characters, but either way, Masahiro Sakurai has said during a conference that, “It’s fun making new skills for new characters”. So yes, there’ll be plenty of newness. It could still take a while before we hear much more about it though.