I LOVED the fake-out in the Super Smash Bros. Direct with Zero Suit Samus! See, THIS is what I meant by Sakurai's trolling nature, he loves to mess with us. Anyway, it's interesting that they wanted to "power [Zero Suit Samus] up" this time around, even though she was technically "higher tier" in Brawl, not to mention the whole point of her character was that she was weak attack-wise by a very fast character. Regardless, those jet boots are cool (no, I don't think it's sexist that they gave Samus high heels, especially since they actually IMPROVE her combat style, so shut up!), plus they got ride of that stupid tether recovery, so I'm glad!
I like Zelda's new down special move, that Phantom Slash looks dang useful, and awesome to boot! Oh, and I guess Sheik is a seperate character now... and they replaced her Chain move it seems. I guess I'm fine with that, the Chain move didn't have that much practical use anyway. the "Bouncing Fish" reminds me of the Flip Jump move Zero Suit Samus had in Brawl.
And FINALLY Yoshi shows up! I guess they were saving him for this. Sakurai said they were working on improving his look, which is why they held off his reveal until now, and I guess I can buy that. The dedication made to actually making the characters LOOK like the games they're from is really great this time around! And at last the original 8 have all been confirmed!
Seeing Charizard all by himself is pretty cool, though I guess this means no Squirtle or Ivysaur, which is a shame... Still, Charizard is pretty badass on his own, and it's cool to finally see him playable on his own.