That was my point actually. Really, Dixie Kong is the best Echo y'all could come up with?
Let's go through the potential Echo Fighter choices, shall we?
Boshi: Much too obscure
Dixie Kong: Lacks a tail, has other skills that Sakurai would be remiss to ignore.
Impa: Impa trained Sheik, outside of Hyrule Warriors it makes sense for them to fight similarly.
Hilda: A one-off Zelda character, otherwise okay, since she probably has the same skillset as Zelda and the chosen Zelda is from the same game duology.
Ravio: How many Links is too many?
Dark Samus: Doesn't use most of Samus' arsenal, and has a nigh-completely
separate arsenal to work with.
Ninten: Potentially
too similar to Ness to justify inclusion, without a major character redesign.
Black Shadow: A possibility, though F-Zero has been dormant for a while.
Chrom: Can't use fire in his attacks, performs Aether recovery jump differently
Isabelle: Putting aside that she has different proportions, having her fight might be OOC.
Elma/
Rex &
Pyra: No.
Raiden: People would probably prefer Cyborg Ninja Raiden, he
is capable of doing everything Snake does in Smash, though his Jab combo is different in MGS2.
Tails: Physically incapable of performing some of Sonic's moves, like Dixie has other skills that would be wasted on an Echo designation.
Shadow: While Shadow usually plays the same as Sonic, this is only in the 3D Platformers; in Spin-offs where characters have differences he plays differently
Ms. PAC-MAN: Same issue as Ninten.
Ken:
The Clone Character, though he would need his Focus Attack changed to reflect
his Focus Attack in Street Fighter IV.
Zack: While he uses the Buster Sword, he doesn't necessarily use it in the same way; though you can justif.y it Lucina style.
