User blog comment:Raheem The Dream/Shantae, Risky Boots, Rotty Tops, Sky and Bolo as DLC playable characters requested in Super Smash Bros. 4 3DS/Wii U versions!/@comment-24746359-20150402103958

With this link https://cp.nintendo.co.jp/us/ Shantae and her friends be confirmed as New DLC playable characters then in SMASH BROS Franchise for real, no questions asked!