Congratulations to the Lucina supporters who never wavered throughout the situations that arose for SSBIV! I'll be the first to admit that I believed Chrom to be the Fire Emblem: Awakening character of choice, just as many others had. To be sure, I am in fact fond of both Lucina and Chrom. . . I just kind of had given up on the likelihood of her happening. Needless to say, I was wrong, though that doesn't inquire that I am displeased. On the contrary, it was a great surprise in both having Lucina > Chrom, and showing that Gematsu was not in fact gospel (I don't know if I 100% believe the leak to be fake, but at the very best, it was incomplete, and that results in basically the same mindset for me). As far as her status as a character, I do believe that she will be a semi-clone of Marth, and not a definitive one (altered hit boxes, speed, a few different attacks, etc.).
Also. . . Lucina is gorgeous. ;w;