Hoooly shit. I haven't been following Smash U at all since the reveal (it's a day one buy regardless), so much has been revealed already! The levels look awesome.
Wait, how is "no alternate costumes" confirmed? I see that Kotaku article, but that, to me, is just saying that transferring a character from the 3DS version to the Wii U version won't simply be a costume change. Meaning, the transfer will be more significant than that. But, that in no way rules out having alternate costumes for each version, such as Mario's different color overalls, right?
I just realized that Toon Link's reveal, made at the time it was made, didn't have any utter sense (apart from WW Hd release of course).
It's like Sakurai revealing Falco or Wolf next (or Pichu).