Who's this Isaac character that everyone is voting for?
Simon Belmont being so low in that Reddit poll is really disheartening. To me it's the most obvious possible choice ever. Why would Nintendo NOT try to get Simon in? After already partnering with Capcom and Namco, it just feels weird that Konami isn't involved again. They were probably the biggest third party company on the NES, along with Capcom and Taito/Natsume.
And oh yeah, no more Pokémon characters please. Even if they are very different characters, they all have the same vibe to me, as someone who's never cared about Pokémon, being a bit too old to have been a part of that craze (played the first game when it came out, but already then it felt designed completely for kids and just wasn't appealing)