Well, this happened.
I'd love to offer benefit of the doubt if there wasn't a solid 'history' of editors being amazingly unable to let simple things like this go.
That said: while we're talking unlockables, I recall Luigi being an unlockable previously, so what's to say that might not be the case here, that we're being shown characters who won't be usable off the bat?
And they've had good track records with reveals so far, I nearly died seeing Mega Man...
>checks back into forum regularly for first time in a bit
>first things I see: someone plays the autism card while backpedaling
>/again/
You get three guesses as to why this drives me right up the wall.
I'd play every single game with him in it
Also, well, buff!Knuckles:
Unlike Sonic, he don't chuckle.
He'd rather flex his muscles.
So, y'know, I don't see the problem.