I agree that Mario seems a bit....well, it's hard to describe, but he's not getting the attention he rightfully deserves.
Mega Man, Pac-Man, Villager, Pit, and a couple others had so much attention put in their moves, Mega Man uses interactive metal blades, Pac-Man throws fruit and stuff, Villager rides on a rocket and blasts into people, and Pit has a spammy projectile, a double-sided shield, a side B with Super Armor.
And then Mario still has the same punches and kicks we've seen for too long...
The Fireball is just an arguably quirky projectile, but it isn't near quite as spammy as Pit's, it can be decent, but like I said, nowhere near Pit level.
The Cape is nearly useless as an attack, as recovery, it's okay, but it's not like Pit's reflector which stays up for a long time, you just have a split second to use Mario's cape on that charge shot that Samus fired, while Pit can just hold his handy dandy shields up the whole time and Mega Man can use the Leaf Shield to absorb the charge shot power.
The Super Jump Punch is literally just a generic recovery move, i'll be changing it to Explosive Jump Punch when the game is out.
F.L.U.D.D is Mario's only unique attack that has some imagination in it. One problem though, it SUCKS. The Mario Tornado was just a generic spin move but it had it's uses in recovery. F.L.U.D.D doesn't even do damage! What is the point of an attack if it doesn't do damage? I'll definitely be switching to Scalding F.L.U.D.D, but even so, i'll miss the Mario Tornado.
I know im complaining a bit too much, but it angers me how they put so much imagination from Mega Man's games into his moveset, but yet Mario just has a bunch of generic punches and kicks, and with Mario Galaxy released, I was thinking they would give Mario some Galaxy move, but it's like Rosalina stole all of the galaxy moves from Mario! Rosalina is great and all, but the character you PLAY AS should have the moves incorporated into his smash moveset.
I have to admit though, I am very glad that Mario has been sped up on nearly all of his attacks, and has had a lot of buffs for this game.