.....I came into this thread despising the fact that Ganon was a clone, and by now I actually want to play him some more. Funny how that works. But hey, I'll bite. As much as I'd like to see Ganondorf with a new moveset, I don't see that happening, because most solutions being proposed just aren't likely to work.
Nintendo could easily port Ganon's current moveset onto Black Shadow (barring Flame Choke, of course), and nobody would be the wiser. Except...there's no real reason to add him to the game. Ganon, Mario, Donkey Kong....all of these are important faces that are well known. Even characters like DHD and Mac were once very well known and contributed a LOT to the videogame industry, even if they're not so well-known nowadays. Black Shadow is...what? An obscure character from an obscure game? F-Zero is another one of those once-known-but-since-forgotten games...Captain Falcon? While he's really only heard of nowadays in Smash (and MK8), he's still a gaming icon. Not to mention that he's
the definitive smasher, fast and strong, able to cut foes down quick and easy. Most newcomers aren't attracted to Ganondorf, one of gaming' biggest and most interesting villains, because of his moveset similarities. Black Shadow would be forgotten about, to put it bluntly.
There's also another, simpler factor to be considered: despite being the same as Falcon in many ways, at the same time he's completely unique. Yes, I know that's an arguement a lot of people make, but that's because it's completely true.... Nobody plays even
remotely like him. Change him too drastically, and we'd lose perhaps the most interesting playstyle smash has to offer.
I could also see his animations being changed, and leaving the functions of his various attacks intact... in fact, I'd like to see that very much. But how would that even work? What sort of animation would make sense to replace his Fsmash? How could you find
anything worthy of replacing the mighty Dair stomp? Another good idea in theory, but in practice there's no good way to go about it.
However....I see no reason why they couldn't change small chunks of his moveset, at the very least. The reason they replaced his melee side special (the Gerudo Dragon) is because nobody used it, ever. The Flame Choke is not only MUCH more useful, but fits his playstyle a lot better. Same with a large chunk of Bowser's moveset for this game, his new Dair is basically a better Bowser Bomb. If a move is rarely used or considered useless, I see no reason to overhaul it.
Something as simple as moving Ganon's Utilt to his Dsmash (I saw somebody suggest that, it's an amazing idea), and replacing it with something similar to Mewtwo's Usmash from melee. I would like to see that, after all it's just a worse Warlock Punch as it is. Little things like that.
TD;LR: I'd like to see a non-clones Ganon, but:
-Nobody cares about Black Shadow
-Unique playstyle that defies moveset issues
-How in god's name could they do new animations!?
-Change his Utilt and Dsmash to make them more useful
Also apologies for wall of text.
Now....it's time for me to try some Ganon.
