[LockonStratos]

There's always those two empty character slots.

Not saying that's what they're for, or that it's even likely, but they have a way to do that. They aren't in a corner.

I'm with you on the effects, I feel like the direction they've gone with them is "We can't make them look real, so let's make them look deliberately fake." Which I like, and have liked since the beginning. I bet you this'll be one of those Wind Waker situations where it still looks good years after the fact.