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I like Krystal, but telling people to leave her alone is not a good idea. She is to be subjected to scrutiny just like every other potential newcomer here.
Even with the staff, she can easily be the same.Again with the "staff means no clone" story. I'm tired of hearing it.
It does not matter if she has a staff, she can easily be another Wolf while using it. (By which I mean, normal attacks not derived from Fox, but Specials are.)
Can she shoot things? Yes. The staff shoots firebolts instead of lasers, but they can be fired the same way.
Can she "flash step"? Logically speaking, yes. You can even add the staff's ice projection powers to give it a unique flair. An Ice Dash if you will.
Can she boost upwards? Yes. It's called Rocket Boost, an ability the staff has in-game.
Can she reflect things with a barrier? Yes. The staff has a barrier power.
Can she use a Landmaster? Yes.
So what does this show? That Krystal can *gasp* be another semi-clone even WITH the staff that people claim she would be completely unique while using! "Strange, isn't it?"
Now granted, I'm not arguing that Krystal would be a semi-clone, but I'm dispelling the arugment that she won't or can't be one.
"But what about the Ground Quake?" Down Smash.
You are correct that there is a chance for Krystal to be a clone but what are the chances for Ganondorf to have Captain Falcon's moveset? Then what are the chances of him keeping a near identical moveset in the next game? It's not like he doesn't have moveset potential. If you go by this then its possible for Issac from Golden Sun to be a Marth clone, or Saki could be a Zamus clone.
Well F-Zero has 9 games and only one rep while Mother has 2 very similar reps and only 3 games. It's not like F-Zero doesn't have many character options like Metroid. I don't think anyone wants Krystal to be like the other Starfox characters but she could really stand out in Smash and be pretty awesome.I'm gonna repeat what I've said before: Krystal with unique staff playstyle, awesome & Krystal with a recycled moveset, terrible waste of space. StarFox isn't a franchise that has had an impact on Nintendo either; I mean its last game was a remake.
6 games for 4 characters that share a similar playstyle, no thank u.
Not the point I was trying to make.
Don't Forget the dinosaurs, & the machine gun....that nobody has...& answer me this, when has a Female Character ever cloned a male character, let alone another character period in Smash Bros?
As I already said, the machine gun is a moot point, as you could literally give that to ANY StarFox or StarWolf member. Hell, give it to Falco or Wolf to make them a bit more different.
Isn't your point though that she could be another Wolf - who isn't a clone? She may have a couple similar specials as the other three furries since the staff itself has those abilities, but two or three similar moves doesn't make a clone. Sakurai hasn't ADDED a clone since Melee, and there's no reason to now.
She's only a telepath. Giving her telekinesis out of nowhere just because she might have more than that doesn't make sense, and is ripping off Mewtwo's gimmick.
REALLY!!?
*sheds manly tears of joy*
That's the trouble with a lot of females. They're often depicted having big breasts, which obviously makes them different from the males.
You mean Mewtwo's, Ness', and Lucas' gimmick? Ness and Lucas used moves in smash that they couldn't even do in their game. So I think Sakurai can take some liberties on that.
For the sake of giving her a unique move set, it could still be done without the telekinesis. Gimmick or not it still wouldn't make sense at all. If Sakurai can't make use of her telepathic ability for her move set, then no telepathy for Krystal. It's not like telepathy could help her in Smash any way. And giving her telekinesis would be a big WTF.
To be fair, most female Nintendo characters' breasts aren't as big or emphasized nearly as much as characters from other series and other companies. Krystal I can't defend as much, considering she's been sexualized more than the average Nintendo female character, but most Nintendo females haven't. It's usually fanart that depics them with larger breasts.
) and would enjoy what she could bring to Smash, like I do, or for some other non-"furry" reason. Perhaps I'm just being an optimist though. 
I don't recall her saying anything like this in my playthroughs, but I didn't have the patience to play through Command enough times to get all the endings, so she might've said it in one I didn't get. Also, I never got the endings where she turned evil, changed her name, and/or joined Star Wolf cause I thought (and still think) that's stupid.GoldenYuiitusin said:
That may be true, but honestly I've mostly heard that either one ending will be canon or the whole game will be confirmed as non-canon, which seems to make more sense than starting a game in the middle of another game. It just seems like that is a very unlikely method to choose, so I don't really believe it until I get a source. Do you have one?
Or maybe they will continue after one of the endings, maybe even two, spliting the timeline much like Zelda
Considering there is already an established timeline in the Starfox series, and they only take place a few years apart from eachother at most instead of generations apart, I doubt the need for separate timelines. If anything, they will probably just keep classifying games in which they screw up the continuity and mess up characters as non-canon.
Krystal was also designed by Rare (in Star Fox Adventures) while they were on their way out to Microsoft, and since then, all of her appearances have been in games made by 3rd party developers. Assault was developed by Namco('s worst studio), Command was developed (mostly) by Q-Games. Although Krystal was de-sexualized in both games.
Honestly, I think there is a growing number of gamers who only play as female characters because of their attractiveness. This trend is especially growing in Western games. Although, quite frankly, it can't be much worse than in Japan, especially in particular genres! Lara Croft went from appearing like a regular athletic woman to having jugs the size of her head, and we frequently have games with female lead roles in skimpy outfits (Lollipop Chainsaw, anyone=???).
I can agree with this. After just a few levels on my first playthrough it already felt like a grind to keep going compared to previous Starfox games. I don't know how (or why) I managed to play through that game more than once, perhaps it was in anticipation of seeing Fox and Falco join G-Zero.I think the problem with Command is few people had the patience to 100% beat it And the few people that did 100% beat it don't remember it! The game is THAT forgettable!
Yeah, I was going to mention Rare in my post, and their tendency to make characters such as Krystal, Candy Kong, and Berri (from Conker's BFD), but if the trade-off to receiving games such as Donkey Kong Country, Conker's BFD, and SF Adventures (which *gasp* personally I liked) is the occasional furry fodder, then I can live with that.
I'm wondering how much it's growing compared to how much it's always been there, though I suppose since now alot more games are being marketed to adults or teenagers instead of children, it is probably increasing, you're right. And I can understand why sexualizing characters sells games, but once you already have the game, I don't know why people would still choose to play as characters (if there are multiple characters) based only on their attractiveness, especially if they prefer the playstyle or are better with others. Perhaps I'm being a bit naive, but I really can't come up with anything other than people either wanting to see more of the attractive character, or just so they can go, "lol, look at me, I'm a hot girl". I dunno, I'd probably get it if I was a guy.
Yeah, I agree (well not about her being a terrible character, but the other stuff lol). This is why it really irks me when people who want to see Krystal playable are usually just called furries and dismissed.
I'm glad that's what you took away from my post.
