If you're going to have 3 Marios, make sure they all feel unique. Doc feels different from Mario, so I approve, I doubt Paper Mario being a clone so I wouldn't mind if all 3 were playable
My opinion on the current clones:
![Dark Pit :4darkpit: :4darkpit:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Is the same as
![Dr. Mario :4drmario: :4drmario:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Is much different than
![Mario :4mario: :4mario:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
. Especially recovery wise.
![Lucina :4lucina: :4lucina:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Is the same as
![Marth :4marth: :4marth:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
(Though I've heard other people argue otherwise.)
![Falco :4falco: :4falco:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Is a lot different than
![Ganondorf :4ganondorf: :4ganondorf:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Has
![Captain Falcon :4falcon: :4falcon:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
moveset, does something completely different with it.
![Luigi :4luigi: :4luigi:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I don't even have to explain this.
![Lucas :4lucas: :4lucas:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Is different enough for many people to not consider him even a semi-clone
![Toon Link :4tlink: :4tlink:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Is my main, but I cannot get the hang of
![Link :4link: :4link:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
. Coincidence? I think not. The two links play much differently, so it's possible to master one, while being terrible with the other.
That's all the clones and semi-clones in ssb4. Only two of which play exactly the same as their original counterparts. As far as getting every veteran back, it would go like this:
![Wolf :wolf: :wolf:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Contrary to popular belief Wolf
not a semi-clone. Lucas is so close to not being a semi-clone, Wolf is so close to being a semi-clone. Get it? Got it? Good. So I bet you're wondering why I put him here.........I don't know myself.
![Pichu Melee :pichumelee: :pichumelee:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Would play differently because of his gimmick.
![Roy Melee :roymelee: :roymelee:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
See Pichu.
![Young Link Melee :younglinkmelee: :younglinkmelee:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Would be the middle ground between
![Link :4link: :4link:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
and
![Toon Link :4tlink: :4tlink:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
.
We are once again left with only two characters that are the same as their original counterparts.