Mike Jones is not going to happensince Sakurai probably doesn't know who he is. You see it was never released in Japan and the guy doesn't seem to know about those games.
What makes me think this?
In an interview about Kid Icarus Uprising he was discussing the history of Kid Icarus. He didn't seem to know anything about the Gameboy game, Of Myths and Monsters, since it was never released in Japan.
If he didn't know anything about that game while he was making Uprising, I doubt he'd know anything about StarTropics.
So yeah we have a better chance of getting an obscure Japanese character like Barbara the Bat than him since at least Sakurai knows who she is.
What makes me think this?
In an interview about Kid Icarus Uprising he was discussing the history of Kid Icarus. He didn't seem to know anything about the Gameboy game, Of Myths and Monsters, since it was never released in Japan.
If he didn't know anything about that game while he was making Uprising, I doubt he'd know anything about StarTropics.
So yeah we have a better chance of getting an obscure Japanese character like Barbara the Bat than him since at least Sakurai knows who she is.