I personally feel difficulty is a major factor in how popular a guest character is, like how Mai is super easy in DOA and everybody and their mother uses her since she's easy to pick up and win with on lower level and higher level since people still dont seem to know how to deal with her.
Geese and Noctis were ok but at this point I think legacy anything is more wanted than guests since Geese and Noctis aren't really talked about much besides maybe combos and such although that was different on day one when everyone was excited to use both the characters
Geese has been requested the moment T7 dropped in arcades before legacy was even a thing. Even Harada wanted him in there like what ahaha. Noctis I agree, that was pure random (or like me, disappointed) but he definitely sells than three legacy characters combined. Seriously, go tweet that man Harada and he'll answer all your questions. Not a big fan of how he operates shit but some of the stuff he does say is pretty genuine. Sometimes it's not even Harada's say, it's his marketing team or Namco.
I think legacy anything is more wanted than guests since Geese and Noctis aren't really talked about much besides maybe combos and such although that was different on day one when everyone was excited to use both the characters
As for most requested, that's skeptical. People could want those characters out of a simple playthrough in arcade mode and never touch them again, or play dress-up out of sheer boredom without actually playing those characters or drop them later.
I think people should get the legacy characters regardless (and I think Harada will give in), but there is a reason why these characters come first because they provide more bang than the standard characters.
