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I wouldn't mind the clones if Luigified characters hadn't been dropped. It seems awfully hypocritical to add characters who offer nothing new, but drop those who are at least more different. I have no problem with clones, but I do have a problem with icing unique characters.We don't know if Mewtwo or Ridley got shafted yet so I would hold my pants up. K.rool unfortunately seems a bit bleak which is too bad. But when dixie kong was playable in Tropical Freeze, I knew she had a better chance. It wasn't until kremlins were revealed to be enemies in smash run that K.Rool's prioritiy was restored since it meant the kremlins weren't forgotten after all. I do agree getting rid of Lucas and Ice Climbers is stupid and surprising. While Wolf was unique and had his reasons, three Star Fox reps just seemed like a stretch to me... I hate to say this but... EVERY FIGHTING GAME HAS CLONES!!!! My god, you guys seem to get bothered so much by so-called clones. Look at Ryu, Ken, and Akuma in Street Fighter. Roll and Megaman in Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Charlie and Guile in Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Sakura and dan hibiki were luigified versions of Ryu and Ken. Lillith and Morgan in darkstalkers are very similar. Jotaro and dio brando have similarites in the Jojo's Bizarre adventure fighting game. How come I never really see those fans complain about those characters in those games but the Smash Bros. fans always do? Its not just Sakurai, Namco and Capcom are guilty of this to. Especially Capcom. While I didn't like Toon Link back then, I realize it makes sense he's in since Japan really likes the character and wanted him and you guys did to (I remember in the brawl days when a lot of western fans were open to having him in). While some Windwaker moves would be cool, it makes sense that he's similar since they mostly use similar weapons anyway and because there's more than one Link.
True, it would be nice to have some more Wario Land recognition, but we haven't seem him in action.
We've only seen like what, 5 moves? To early to judge. I only saw the Up-B, down taunt, forward tilt, neutral a, down smash, and up smash. Only the down smash and Up-B seem the same so far. I hate to say it, but the reason he was similar to Captain Falcon in the first place was because he was NEVER going to be in Melee originally, but he was one of 6 last minute additions because of his body build supposedly being similar to Captain Falcon. Silly? Of course, but it allowed him to be playable. I do hope he has more original moves because it would be a shame for him to be similar and would be better for Black Shadow to carry that torch.
Why? Greninja is one of the most popular 6 gen pokemon out there right now. Not just as a pokemon, but also in competitive play. Actually, I thought of him being in a Kalos pokemon trainer rotation which I would have liked. But you know, they seem to be borrowing elements from Project M after all.
Pittoo and dr. mario I agree with. But I disagree on Lucina. She deserves to be in and has her reasons. I said my reasons in great detail in the Lucina thread. Honestly, a similar character doesn't bother me. As long as the character is highly requested which Lucina WAS, as was Luigi, Falco, and Toon Link and it makes sense. In which for all four of them having similarities, it makes sense because it was based off the games they come from. The only time it bothered me was with Ganondorf in Brawl and Melee and characters like dr. mario and young link. And having dark pit. Because in that case, dr. mario, and dark pit are better served as costume swaps due to not having much requests and being alts to begin with (dark pit is a different entity to an extent, but seems more dark link material honestly.) while Lucina is a very loved character among the Fire Emblem fanbase, was wanted more than Chrom and many fans admit this, and like Robin, represents how an entire franchise was saved. Just like what R.O.B. did for video game history.
I understand the frustration about K.Rool's bleak chances, but keep your head up, think of the strengths that make up for it, and just think of how fun the gameplay will be and how it already looks like it improves on Brawl's weaknesses such as the Wi-Fi and Project M inspired Final destination variations of stages and no tripping.
As for Ganondorf, I'd have honestly rather have not had him in Melee if it meant he was going to be done right in Brawl. With Bowser looking and fighting more like he does in the mainline Mario games, Ganondorf still being a Falcon clone sticks out even more now, especially since he's now reappeared in Hyrule Warriors, and has a unique look and weapons. Smash Bros. Ganondorf just looks so damn lame by comparison, with him gingerly jogging everywhere. I do agree that his old moveset should belong to Black Shadow though.
Greninja was chosen before he became popular. He was just a sketch when chosen, and I'm convinced Gamefreak tried to justify his inclusion in Smash Bros. by making him lightyears ahead of Chesnaught and Delphox in terms of usefulness. They gave him a crazy good ability, Water is already one of the best types in the game, and he has a good movepool.
Ignoring all that though, my problem is that those who chose anyone but Charmander and Froakie are getting screwed. I chose Froakie myself, yet I still think it's a questionable decision. I'm against having starter Pokemon, since unless you go with all three of them like with the PT, there will always be 2/3 people who aren't happy. If there really needed to be a gen VI Pokemon, I'd have gone with Hawlucha.
I'm aware that the game looks great, and that I'll probably enjoy it (It has Mega Man, there's pretty much no possibility that I won't) but it just could have been so much more.
To be totally honest, I don't think I'd be this upset if it wasn't for Dark Pit. I was vehemently opposed to Rosalina, (personal dislike, though at least she's unique) Greninja (stated above), Palutena (personal dislike again) and Miis (Would be a damn essay to explain why), but none of them come close to the sheer dislike I have for adding Pit 2 the character the movie the experience the broadway show the animated series 2 Electric Boogaloo.