Game cast- No new character suggestions

[Ton]

There are only 4/5 Zelda characters because they are the only important ones. All other characters have only appeared in one game and don't warrant the screentime the big three do. Sheik and Toon Link are alternate forms of the characters, so they're in by default.
If there was another Zelda rep, it would be Tingle. I haven't played much of his games, so I don't know what a moveset would be. I just don't think that most people would want anything to do with him as a character. He works better as an NPC. And I don't want to add more Zelda characters for the same reason I don't want to add more Metroid characters (barring Ridley); they're simply not important enough.
Other games are being brought to 4 to expand the cast. Mario is the exception. All of the important Mario characters are already in Smash. Jr and Geno and admittedly second tier characters and I wasn't sure about their inclusion, but to include all of the Pokemon characters, we needed to pad the cast. Jr was a natural choice, and Geno is the most popular of the RPG characters, so I thought they fit.