Playstation Blog has confirmed that Kat from Gravity Rush and Emmett Graves from Starhawk as downloadable playable characters. They'll be free for the first two weeks they're made available, after which you'll have to pay for them.

Kat:


Emmett Graves:


Also, if you aren't familiar with them, they're both first party characters to Sony so even though they aren't Crash and Spyro, I'd still say their inclusion (especially Kat, who was one of the top 10 most requested characters) is sensible and fair.

...wow, I just realized how weird it is that I'm the one that's always updating this thread and I'm (from what I've seen on the forums) the most hyped one on EoFF for this when I'm first and foremost a Nintendo fan. I don't even own a PS3 so I won't even be able to play the game myself. I guess the lack of SSB4 information has had me satiating my appetite on this game in the meantime. That and it's about time that other companies have released Smash Bros. like games (in terms of them being free for all mascot fighting games).

It's too bad Microsoft themselves said they want to create new kinds of games, and thus, don't plan on making a Smash Bros. like game with their characters. (Blinx the Cat!!)