This IS NOT political debate. This IS NOT flame each other's country. This IS a place for Brawl debate for the characters, NOT for insulting the people who want X to return or Y to be taken out.
Woody, that was a very, very rude comment you made about Steve Irwin. He was a well-loved conservationist (spelling?) and animal specialist throughout the world. He has been equally missed by both Australia and by America. It also hits me on a personal note, because Mr. Irwin has been one of my heroes since I was eight. I always dreamed of a chance to meet him... and yet I never had that chance. At least he died doing what he loved.
xianfeng, you shouldn't have taken out your anger by insulting America. True, there are times where my classmates and I question President Bush's authority (then again, I'm liberal and he's conservative...), but there are countries where their political systems are far worse- such as dictatorships. The terrorists attack us for various reasons- some believe it is "correct" according to their religion or even from jealousy of our economy/freedom. Sorry, but I'm really losing my respect for you.
There is no one "great" country. There is, however, a great alliance between many countries. And last time I checked, Australia and America were on pretty good terms. So... let's keep it that way here, okay?
And yeah, let's keep this on track now.
So, to glenno's post: Sure, he could be given a unique moveset... then again, so could Young Link and even Pichu too(MewtwoMaster2002 had some pretty cool ideas for him... see pg. 62!!). There's just a few problems with this:
1) As a clone, he is just TOO similar to Mario. Like Young Link and Pichu, he looks too similar to his original. Nintendo even said he was just Mario in a doctor's suit. There are only minor tweaks between his moveset and Mario's, and they are hard to notice, for example, his cape is longer and thinner than Mario's.
2) Nintendo also included him in the game because they wanted to use the Dr. Mario theme song.
3) What would they give him for his moveset? He could be Luigified, sure... but what to Luigify? In the Dr. Mario series, you mostly threw pills into jars. Maybe the viruses could be incorporated into the moveset somehow. For a new move, someone suggested he could also throw syringes... but seeing as that could a be a reference to drug usage and it could also give the smashers STDs, I don't think they'll use those either.
Overall, I believe Doc will be cut, and his stats will be fused with Mario's.