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Here I've talked about fighters of the Smash Bros. Series who should never be dropped from the roster ever: www.deviantart.com/curioususer…

These meanwhile are characters that haven't been dropped from the roster before that are uncertain to stay that way.
*Any Fire Emblem Character besides Marth: Each Fire Emblem game has a different set of heroes. The only FE Fighter in the past that ever got dropped from the roster was Roy, for clone purposes, luckily though he could return not fully cloned later on, undergoing what Falco went. Still though, the only FE Character unlikely to ever be dropped from the roster is Marth for playing the key part of the franchise (I'd say the same thing for Shulk when the Xenoblade franchise finally gets more fighters). Others from later games in the franchise though have been fine additions to the franchise such as with the Avatars, though Fire Emblem fighters in my opinion with high certainties of being dropped are those fully cloned/from the same game as another character (I'm looking at Lucina and Chrom). It's a good thing though we've been proven that the Fire Emblem franchise can indeed have more then 2 playable characters per game.
*Any Pokemon Character besides Pikachu and Jigglypuff: No newly introduced Pokemon Fighter in Melee returned in Brawl, luckily Lucario helped make up for Mewtwo's departure, who hadn't been up to much in the games and anime between the release of Melee and Brawl anyway. Luckily both Mewtwo and Lucario did have much going on with them in the games and anime between the release of Brawl and Smash 4 that got them both returning (Mewtwo though was DLC). I guess the chances of Pokemon returning is all based on what they've been up to in the games and anime in the time leading to the next game in the series. I admit it would be nice to see a Fully Evolved Grass Starter join the battle with Greninja and Incineroar in future, thus reuniting them all. Luckily we've been proven that more then 2 Pokemon in each Smash Bros. game can be veterans. In later games though I think it would actually make sense to drop all Kanto Starters altogether.
*8bit Ambassadors other then Mr. Game & Watch: 8bit Ambassadors are not one of those fighters likely to never be dropped from the roster, especially as proven by the Ice Climbers in Smash 4 (mainly due to them being unable to run smoothly at 60fps like the other fighters on the 3DS), so I would not be surprised if a game without ROB and the Duck Hunt Dog ever came to be. Mr. Game & Watch though should never be dropped for the love of having been around longer then Mario and having the Game & Watch systems represented in Smash Bros. in a way.
*Toon Link: He has the same thing as you can say about Young Link for being another version of Link. I guess he only returned in Smash 4 based on how they were remastering The Wind Waker for the Wii U released a year prior.
*Wii Fit Trainer: If it's true that the Wii Fit series has no future then I don't think the Wii Fit Trainer will have a future in the roster, though another character from a game dedicated to Miis would be a nice addition for future installments from something released between Ultimate and the next game in the series.
*Cloud: Based on how not so close Nintendo is with Square Enix and based on how little the Final Fantasy series was represented in Smash Bros. (no Final Fantasy trophies/spirits other then Cloud himself, only 2 Final Fantasy music, only representations from Cloud's game of origin, no Final Fantasy Assist Trophies, and Cloud speaking Japanese in all parts of the world), I can't say for sure Cloud has a good chance of being back in future installments, nor do I see any other representations from Square Enix being in future installments.
*Bayonetta: Since she's from games Rated M for Mature (she can toned down though for Smash Bros.), but with the Switch exclusive Bayonetta 3 arriving the future, it would be good to make use of stuff from that game in the future I'll admit, but she's still an uncertainty of never being dropped (it would all depend on what she gets up to in the years, and if or if not she becomes a gaming icon like Sonic and PAC-Man already are).
*Simon and Richter: Any game that doesn't have Snake might as well not have the Castlevania duo either, since they were both created by Konami, though any game in the future with Simon will probably also have Richter (getting semi-cloned) as well, much like how any game in the future with Ryu will probably also have Ken (getting semi-cloned) as well.
*Isobel: Only AC Fighter likely to never be dropped from the roster would be the Villager himself. Come the next installment they might actually use the popular character of the Upcoming Animal Crossing game for the Switch instead.
The same I say for any Echo Fighters that don't play that much of a key part in their games/franchises (those that do can be made into Semi-Clones like Falco had been), though I do definitely think replacing some of them with those who have their own unique moveset in Future Installments would be a nice addition (eg. Paper Mario and Sylux). Overall I won't mind who gets dropped from the roster as well as it's none of those mentioned in the deviation I have linked (those circled are dependable).

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Here I've talked about fighters of the Smash Bros. Series who should never be dropped from the roster ever: www.deviantart.com/curioususer…

These meanwhile are characters that haven't been dropped from the roster before that are uncertain to stay that way.
*Any Fire Emblem Character besides Marth: Each Fire Emblem game has a different set of heroes. The only FE Fighter in the past that ever got dropped from the roster was Roy, for clone purposes, luckily though he could return not fully cloned later on, undergoing what Falco went. Still though, the only FE Character unlikely to ever be dropped from the roster is Marth for playing the key part of the franchise (I'd say the same thing for Shulk when the Xenoblade franchise finally gets more fighters). Others from later games in the franchise though have been fine additions to the franchise such as with the Avatars, though Fire Emblem fighters in my opinion with high certainties of being dropped are those fully cloned/from the same game as another character (I'm looking at Lucina and Chrom). It's a good thing though we've been proven that the Fire Emblem franchise can indeed have more then 2 playable characters per game.
*Any Pokemon Character besides Pikachu and Jigglypuff: No newly introduced Pokemon Fighter in Melee returned in Brawl, luckily Lucario helped make up for Mewtwo's departure, who hadn't been up to much in the games and anime between the release of Melee and Brawl anyway. Luckily both Mewtwo and Lucario did have much going on with them in the games and anime between the release of Brawl and Smash 4 that got them both returning (Mewtwo though was DLC). I guess the chances of Pokemon returning is all based on what they've been up to in the games and anime in the time leading to the next game in the series. I admit it would be nice to see a Fully Evolved Grass Starter join the battle with Greninja and Incineroar in future, thus reuniting them all. Luckily we've been proven that more then 2 Pokemon in each Smash Bros. game can be veterans. In later games though I think it would actually make sense to drop all Kanto Starters altogether.
*8bit Ambassadors other then Mr. Game & Watch: 8bit Ambassadors are not one of those fighters likely to never be dropped from the roster, especially as proven by the Ice Climbers in Smash 4 (mainly due to them being unable to run smoothly at 60fps like the other fighters on the 3DS), so I would not be surprised if a game without ROB and the Duck Hunt Dog ever came to be. Mr. Game & Watch though should never be dropped for the love of having been around longer then Mario and having the Game & Watch systems represented in Smash Bros. in a way.
*Toon Link: He has the same thing as you can say about Young Link for being another version of Link. I guess he only returned in Smash 4 based on how they were remastering The Wind Waker for the Wii U released a year prior.
*Wii Fit Trainer: If it's true that the Wii Fit series has no future then I don't think the Wii Fit Trainer will have a future in the roster, though another character from a game dedicated to Miis would be a nice addition for future installments from something released between Ultimate and the next game in the series.
*Cloud: Based on how not so close Nintendo is with Square Enix and based on how little the Final Fantasy series was represented in Smash Bros. (no Final Fantasy trophies/spirits other then Cloud himself, only 2 Final Fantasy music, only representations from Cloud's game of origin, no Final Fantasy Assist Trophies, and Cloud speaking Japanese in all parts of the world), I can't say for sure Cloud has a good chance of being back in future installments, nor do I see any other representations from Square Enix being in future installments.
*Bayonetta: Since she's from games Rated M for Mature (she can toned down though for Smash Bros.), but with the Switch exclusive Bayonetta 3 arriving the future, it would be good to make use of stuff from that game in the future I'll admit, but she's still an uncertainty of never being dropped (it would all depend on what she gets up to in the years, and if or if not she becomes a gaming icon like Sonic and PAC-Man already are).
*Simon and Richter: Any game that doesn't have Snake might as well not have the Castlevania duo either, since they were both created by Konami, though any game in the future with Simon will probably also have Richter (getting semi-cloned) as well, much like how any game in the future with Ryu will probably also have Ken (getting semi-cloned) as well.
*Isobel: Only AC Fighter likely to never be dropped from the roster would be the Villager himself. Come the next installment they might actually use the popular character of the Upcoming Animal Crossing game for the Switch instead.
The same I say for any Echo Fighters that don't play that much of a key part in their games/franchises (those that do can be made into Semi-Clones like Falco had been), though I do definitely think replacing some of them with those who have their own unique moveset in Future Installments would be a nice addition (eg. Paper Mario and Sylux). Overall I won't mind who gets dropped from the roster as well as it's none of those mentioned in the deviation I have linked (those circled are dependable).