I know it's clearly off topic, but it's a subject I've wanted to put my 2 cents in for the longest, so I'm gonna be as brief as I can.
People talking about Fox and Wolf said:
Stuff about cloning and Luigification
Street Fighter: Ryu and all "Shoto" clones.
Ken. Akuma. Dan. Allen. Kairi. Sean. All of them could be considered "Shoto clones", yet even as earlier as Super Street Fighter 2 did these kind of characters begin to exhibit attacks that differed considerably from the "original".
Focusing on Akuma, I'd still label him "Shoto clone". Not because he mirrors Ryu, but because his fighting style is ultimately a
derivative of Ryu's style. Doesn't matter how many attacks he has that looks and behave like Ryu. It's all in the details, and not just purely visual details. There is a style, a certain combat approach that, despite looking different, feels very familiar between these fighters. If anything, above all the various and different ways these two fighters throw their fists and feet and special moves, you can always count on being able to throw a fireball, cut through the air with a spinning kick, and leap upwards with a fist grasping the sky. These are the cornerstones of the Street Fighter shoto style that these fighters base their combat techniques around.
And this is pretty much the relationship between Fox, Falco, and Wolf in Brawl. Wolf is effectively a derivative of Fox,
moreso less so than Falco. Yes his normals look quite different, and his specials have a different flare to them. But it can't be denied there is a certain style and combative approach that remains very similar throughout.
- The blaster
- The reflector
- The high-speed dash
- The aerial launch attack
...And the Smash attacks also work around this formula of combat
- Side Smash: The straightforward hit. Quick and strong, focused directly in front of the characters, can't be angled
- Down Smash: The get off/clearing hit. Quickly targets both sides, pushes target away at a steep angle
- Up Smash: The launching kick attack. Sends targets straight up, sets up for aerial follow ups.
If only the immediate visuals and attack effect is looked at, I can understand concluding that Wolf isn't any sort of clone or "luigification" of Fox. But that's not all one should look at. You have to actually play the characters, understand the basis of their fighting style. Wolf is pretty much to Fox what Akuma is to Ryu. Not visually equal, but counterparts in both personality and combat style.
BTW I suck at being brief.
Now back to
PALUTENA!!!
I believe the leak! I have nothing to lose by it being fake anyway, and it's standing strong against all the attempts to shoot it down.