(Apr. 04, 2021 9:41 PM)MasterChef Wrote: (Apr. 04, 2021 9:34 PM)Instarez Wrote: Let's look at some statistics regarding characters.
In every key art for the new season, there will most likely be most major bladers, with only a few new ones joining later on. Let's check to see how many bladers were not present on each respective key art.
Beyblade Burst: Valt Arc (2015)
Hoji Konda
Yugo Nansui
Ukyo Ibuki
Zac
Gabe Brunai
Jin Aizawa
Akira Yamatoga
Beyblade Burst: Valt Arc (2017)
Kurtz Baratier
Norman Tarver
Beyblade Burst: Aiga Arc (2018)
Free De La Hoya
Hearts
Kit Lopez
Beyblade Burst: Drum Arc (2019)
Aiga Akaba
Arthur Percival
Gwyn Ronny
Beyblade Burst: Hikaru & Hyuga Arc (2020)
Delta Akane
Daina Kurogami
Wakiya Komurasaki [Anime Only]
With this data, we can make an accurate educated guess that there will be 3 more bladers, and in turn, 3 more beyblades.
Does this mean that 3 more bladers will return or 3 new ones or both.
Out of 11 bladers not featured on the key art for 2017+, 5 have been returning. So there's an about 45% chance of returning bladers and in turn, a 55% chance on new bladers.
In my opinion, there will probably be 1 more returning blader and 2 new bladers. In 2015 was the start, so they needed to lay out all of the significant blader around Japan. They have never done a 2 year long manga again, so that is a unique case. In 2020 the Season was based all aorund returning bladers, that is a unique case as all other seasons have a healthy balance. The only cases we can look at for results in this case then are 2017, 2018, and 2019.
2017 revealed almost every single blader on it's key art, and the ones not on it, Kurtz and Norman, were fodder with no major role overall. 2018 brought 1 new blader, the other 2 were returning. However Kit was a minor character that did virtually nothing, so you can argue he's practically a new character since they're actually fleshing him out and giving him a role. 2019 Brought 1 returning blader with 2 new ones. They all had a maor impact on the overall story. 2020 brought Delta, Daina, and Wakiya, who didn't do much in terms of battling, however directly impacted major events with their presence and battling who they battled.
So in conclusion: I think there will be 2 new Bladers. 2021's key art was not jam packed with tons of Bladers so it most likely did not reveal every single major character, meaning only minor Bladers are yet be revealed. Usually there is about 1 new Blader, with the other 2 playing some role in the end game, or are suprise additions mid story to make people surprised and in turn engaged.
tl;dr: Only 3 major arcs have had non unique data. That data states there will be 2 new bladers, with 2017's data being debatable.