It seems like we're definitely getting a new SSBU character reveal. Also, this picture was tweeted by Sakurai on 1/17. It seems like it may have been a hint about the reveal, since the numbers on the scoreboard seem to match up with the date of the direct (the time is 02:21, and the KOs total and Damage total numbers are binary for 1 and 7).
The question now, is... is there also a hint here as to who the character is?!
My current totally untrue tin-foil-hat-style guesses are:
* Kubfu/Urshifu - I still think we're going to get a Pokemon rep from Gen 8 at some point. It's a fighting type (repped by Min-Min), and a Pokemon (repped by Mewtwo).
* M. Bison - Maybe they're going to go all out with the villainous DLC characters after Sephiroth. He's from a fighting game (like Min-Min) and he also has psychic powers (like Mewtwo). Why Min-Min and not Ryu, then? Because that would have been a little too obvious! (also it's totally not going to be M. Bison).
* Ryu Hayabusa - Because he's coming eventually and Sakurai loves to troll the fanbase, so it's probably a character who has nothing to do with Min-Min or Mewtwo. Although... Ryu means dragon and Min-Min is dragon-themed...
I was totally wrong about Sephiroth, so I'm expecting to be wrong here, too. But... what if I'm right?