Here is the DEFINITE tentative roster right now. These are the characters who absolutely probably WILL be in the game.
Here are a few notes about the roster:
1. It may will expand further. The sides aren't even now, but they will be. The size of the roster will be directly proportional to how much help I get with other areas of the game, such as screenpack/music/art, etc.
2. Feel free to leave comments and criticisms, and suggestions if you wish, as this will be the official roster thread. However, the list below is unlikely to change (aside from expansion) unless something drastic happens.
3. Keep in mind the rules I stated in the CvTW Idea Engineering thread: Characters that require new sprites will only be made if it's a character I really want to work on, because it takes a ton of time and patience to sprite.
(Bolded characters are finished, save for AI, Underline means the character still needs sprites by me)
CAPCOM
1. Ryu (SF)
2. Ken (SF)
3. Alex (SFIII)
4. Charlie (SFA)
5. Mr. X (Resident Evil 2)
6. Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)
7. Hinata (Rival Schools)
8. Morrigan (Darkstalkers)
9. Megaman (Megaman)
10. M. Bison/Vega (SF2)
11. Jin Saotome (Cyberbots)
12. Arthur (Ghosts 'n Goblins)
13. Strider Hiryu (Strider)
14. Jedah (Darkstalkers)
15. Leo (Red Earth)
16. Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)
17. Haggar (Final Fight)
18. Chun-Li (SFII)
19. Skullomania (SFEX)
20. Fou-Lu (Breath of Fire IV)
21. Guy (Final Fight)
22. Birdie (SF)
23. Batsu (Rival Schools)
24. ???
THE WORLD
1. K' (KoF)
2. Lynn Baker (Rage of the Dragons)
3. Tizoc (Garou: MOTW)
4. Captain America (Marvel)
5. Solid Snake (MGS)
6. Rorschach (Watchmen/DC)
7. Jin Kazama (Tekken 3)
8. Blaze (Streets of Rage)
9. CM Punk (WWE)
10. Squall Leonhart (FFVIII)
11. Goku (Dragon Ball Z)
12. Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat)
13. Det. Garret Laurel (SHADEs of Manhattan 2)
14. Koopa Troopa (Super Mario Bros.) <--- May be changed to Mario with Koopa Troopa as a striker, depending on sprite availability
15. Dr. Doom (Marvel)
16. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
17. Axel Stone (Streets of Rage)
18. Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
19. Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury)
20. Superman (DC Comics)
21. Sol Badguy (Guilty Gear)
22. Yoko Littner (Gurren Lagann)
23. Rikimaru (Tenchu)
24. ???
JOKE SUB-BOSS
1. Cactuar (Final Fantasy VI)
SUB BOSS
1. ????
FINAL BOSS
2. ????
Removed Characters/Possible Additions Later On:
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1. Crimson Viper - Sprite status is unknown, will wait and see
2. Gambit (The poll he was in was won by Koopa Troopa, 2nd place was a tie between Gambit and Kain, so I dropped him in favor of a villain on the roster, Dr. Doom)
3. Genocyde (no offense to Diepod, but I don't have sprites for her yet anyway, so I might as well wait)
4. Bluestreak (same as above, when Diepod finishes the sprites and the character is released, I may add him back in)
5. Paul/Asuka, will most likely be "DLC"
6. Frank West, I know this one seems bad since he's a poll winner, but I don't know when Balmsold will finish his sprites and I don't want to hold the game up. He WILL be in the game eventually though.
7. Chell (Portal) - Won the new character poll, but I won't have much time to work on the sprites any time soon