White_Lightning
Smash Journeyman
I've admitted several times that I don't consider Wolf his own unique character. I admit that most of his B moves are just altered versions of Fox's. Regardless, two B moves and a final smash isn't anywhere near enough to be able to say he's more of a clone than a unique character. Like you said earlier, I believe "variation" is a much better word to describe. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to sound like a fanboy whenever defend Wolf. In fact, I leave most of his haters and their asininity alone. It's just when they make threads for the sole purpose of calling Wolf an undeserving clone is when I feel the need to step in.I agree that Wolf has attacks that are different from Fox and Falco's, but he's still a StarFox character with moves taken strictly from Fox and Falco, with different effects added to make them 'unique'. I'm still not convinced that Wolf isn't a clone, but this topic isn't about my perception of him. Would you all be happier if he were referred to as a "variation" of Fox? "Variation" and "clone"...so interchangable, those words. Wolf could be a parody of Fox for all I care, I'm still going to play as him. You guys shouldn't let other people get to you.
How do you think I felt when people bashed Luacrio for being in the game? It wasn't going to end, so I got over it. "Luacrio's a waste of space." "Lucario's such a lame addition to Pokémon." "It's just a clone-character of Mewtwo." Point was, we got Lucario. I won. I shouldn't care, so long as Lucario was in.
Now, I'm starting to see what Ookami is seeing, that Wolf has enough differences to call him his own character. BUT he still has more than enough in common with Fox to not help but see him as a clone character to some obvious extent. It works for both sides of the fence. The "Wolf is a clone" side looks at the most apparent factors to Wolf; Sakurai originated Wolf's moveset around Fox's to begin with and made changes accordingly (just like he did with Falco), the fact that Wolf was always (before Super Smash Brothers) designed to be the "Anti-Fox", and of course the Landmaster FS didn't help. The "Wolf is unique" side point out that: Wolf's attacks that were copied from Fox are different enough to be used in newer ways, his A moves are nothing like Fox's, and just because Wolf is a StarFox character doesn't automatically means he's Fox 2.0. The best you can expect is one simple agreement: Wolf in SSBB is not orginal.
"Of course if that's the case, then none of the characters in Brawl are original." I find this response to be so anal. True somewhat, but very anal. Saying that "OMG! Samus and Lucario have chargable projectiles. CLONEZ!" to support your argument that Wolf isn't a clone isn't fair. Samus and Lucario's similarities end there, with their B move. That's really all ya got to work with. You can stretch more comparisons from Wolf, Falco, and Fox, than from Samus & Lucario, or Kirby & Jigglypuff, or Link and Ike and Marth, or Zero Suit Samus and Sheik.
Despite my disagreeing with you guys on Wolf's status as a clone or not, one thing's for sure and that's I'm a Wolf supporter. I just want to get this out of the way. I like Wolf. Hell, I may LOVE Wolf in a platonic, non-bestial way. But in MY opinion, I feel Wolf is a clone of Fox, and I can see why others do, too. Wolf being in the game should be enough to "unsadden" anyone who plans on playing as him.
Like you said last, Wolf is in Brawl as a playable character and we should be happy about that. To me, this is really a dream come true. I remember actually having dreams about Wolf being confirmed. For the past six months, I prayed every night that Wolf and Lucario would make it into Brawl as playable characters. Brawl is going to be a huge game, and the fact that Wolf gets to be a playable character in it makes me ecstatic. So yes, I've never forgotten to be happy that Wolf is playable.