I'm ok with a few DLC characters (1 maybe 2 teams, or EX variations) so long as they don't overwhelm the rest of the cast, or come in with ridiculous bugs. And having 50 characters isn't a particular deterrent to adding characters. 98 um has a regularly playable cast of 14 teams of 3 + Rugal + 16 fair EX characters = 59 tourney legal + 5 OP charactes (O.Leona, O.Iori, 3 bosses) making 64 playable overall, while 02 um has 17 teams of 3 + Nameless + 6 EX characters = 58 tourney legal + 8 taken out of arcade (7 bosses + nightmare geese) totaling at 66 characters total. At current we don't know that the bosses in this game will be straight up SNK boss syndrome bosses, or regular characters with boss variations, so we can count 48 regular cast for tournaments so far, possibly 50. If SNK wants to add some popular fan faves to that number somewhere down the line, I'm fine with that, just keep them in line with the rest of the cast, not above them.