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>Honest question but how exactly are you planning to balance all of these characters?
I prioritized getting every ability a a character has used in Sonic releases before and the general result is that Sonic and Shadow in particular are not balanced at all. A lot of characters have moves that would just not be a good fit for a retail game. Characters like that simply require more effort to unlock (Though Sonic and Shadow are immediately playable) The energy limit should prevent cheesing to some extent though.