Not exact matches
Plus
if that was to happen we would get a
Ice climber Amiibo considering as every character playable in Mario Maker has an Amiibo so I'm all for hat idea.
Ice Climbers will only come back
if Sakurai does what he did to Zelda / Sheik and Pokemon Trainer and reconfigures the whole character to work as one thing.
Based on the Brawl roster of 39 characters, Project M gives Zero Suit Samus, Sheik, Squirtle, Ivysaur and Charizard their own slots on the character selection screen (the latter 3 replacing the Pokémon Trainer) while including Mewtwo and Roy (who were both absent in Brawl) for a total of 41 characters (44
if the Final Smash forms Giga Bowser and Wario - Man and the solo
Ice Climber are counted).
Giga Bowser, Wario - Man, and the solo
Ice Climber are optional playable characters, as they are selected
if the player holds the shield button when selecting Bowser, Wario or the
Ice Climbers on the character select screen.
Also, Roy and / or Ryu confirmed as DLC characters (I may have been wrong about my
Ice Climbers prediction, but
if the Roy and Ryu rumor is true, I'll be MUCH happier).
If they do come back, though, I'm more than certain they'll be separated, as
Ice Climber than
Ice ClimberS.
The Fire Emblem series launched in 1990 on the Famicom (the Japanese NES) with Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, and was developed by the R&D 1 team, which
if you're into video gaming history you should already recognize as the developers of everything from the original Zelda,
Ice Climbers and Donkey Kong to every 2D Metroid game ever.
Only two rules are being applied here: no returning characters (therefore no Solid Snake,
Ice Climbers or Pikachu,
if anyone ever cared about that one), and no guests coming from anime, movies or comics, therefore no Goku.