Sounds really dumb and pathetic for not including dlc characters. I'm not surprised that Hayashi does not want to bring the features from VV over. Dumb but makes sense.
So TN doesn't want to bring missing characters but wanna bring new characters instead? That's more of an insult of the voting poll. Even if they were to include 3 of the 6 it would be a win-win situation.
They could determine it by who sells the most dlc. I would guess Tina, Leifang and Rachel would make it but at this point i wouldn't care on who would be dlc.
I mean they would have to make new assets and hire new voice actors(tres) for new characters like Misaki.
Like @otnesse said the Ps4 can totally handle all 6 missing characters.
Just their dlc model (possibly time constraints) brought the game to shame but I think the game sold fairly well for an Asian region only game.
/end rant/wasted opportunity TN
Yeah, and it doesn't help that he earlier indicated he won't do DLC characters until he decided to release Marie Rose. Case in point (got it from GameFAQs):
Also, is it just me, or does Hayashi in that image remind anyone of Hideo Kojima?