No. 3

It was stated in the Iwata Asks interview that there's an unlockable difficulty above Lunatic, but no specifics on whether it's Maniac or a special mode like Reverse.

He's probably either a Lord or some other unique class that they didn't show. Also I'd just like to say that I'm loving the 'Grandmaster' name.

Are you sure about that?

The others are just SpotPass characters, this one's an actual paid DLC chapter.

This isn't the same masked Marth we've seen, it's the spirit of the Hero King Marth from another world. After clearing the DLC map you get his talisman/card and he joins your party.

Not much point since you're still limited to 5 equipped skills.

Well they already said 'opposite gender' in one trailer and 'male and female' in another, but there was always the chance that it was 'opposite gender (wink wink nudge nudge)' ah who am I kidding Also I just noticed Cynthia's hair colour is different (on the site it's the same colour as Sumia's hair, in the trailer it's MU's blonde).

Give me my yuri marriages dammit

That's not her class, I think it just says she's Ganrel's subordinate. At the moment I'm really liking Tiamo, there's something natural about her voice that's a refreshing break from all the anime archetypes.

Sumia - General Lv.1 HP 53 STR 22 MAG 9 SKL 29 SPD 26 LCK 23 DEF 25 RES 16 MOV 5 Uh...

The cuteness of Amelia's crit animation as a Super Recruit is, uh, a valid strategic reason. Also I actually did a Great Knight only playthrough of FE8 once because I loved their animations and hoof sound effects so much. Anna looks more like the Trickster:

I think this time it's more about two units joining forces and fighting together. It shows Sumia and Callum combining; when Sumia is the main attacker Callum boosts her attack and defense, when Callum is the main attacker Sumia boosts his speed, and so on. It says you can use the system to carry units with low movement, so I'm guessing you might be able to do things like charge in on a pegasus and switch characters to attack.

http://imepic.jp/20120314/323690 http://imepic.jp/20120314/330770 The article shows the double system, which allows two characters to combine and move as one unit. Looks like Sumia can give other units a lift since there's a 'drop off' option. One of the other options is shift/switch, so it might be similar to alternating main pilots in SRW.

He's called a boy in the scan, actually: http://i.imgur.com/NAN07.jpg Though his in-game portrait looks even more like a girl than the standing artwork, but eh...