So that explains why Ness' "Lucas custom specials" behave so differently lol. I legit shouted when Lucas showed up in that trailer. I always felt more comfortable with Ness in Brawl, but I did try out Lucas for a time as well, and I've since become a much bigger Mother fan in general, so of course I'm gonna try him out in Smash 4.
I feel personally conflicted about this voting thing because some of the characters I'd want to vote for might already have other things going for or against them. First choice is Ice Climbers, but they couldn't be put into the 3DS version in the first place, and I don't see that changing unfortunately. Wolf would probably be one of the most likely DLC characters even without this ballot, but it wouldn't hurt to vote for him. He was one of the most distinctive semi-clones in Brawl and would add (rather, "add back") to the list of playable "antagonists". Mother fan that I am, I wouldn't mind seeing Paula becoming a fighter either - Smash 4 already added quite a few female characters, so there's certainly precedent, and there's a lot more PSI powers out there to distinguish her moveset. Then again, Mother is arguably not big enough to really warrant another rep, especially now with Lucas confirmed to be returning and considering that the official series is essentially finished (whereas Star Fox is still getting new releases). Still gonna give it a shot though.