Koopaul
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I don't know if this has bee a topic before but it's something I've been thinking about. We have Echo fighters who are only slightly different from their counterpart. And we have Alts which are exactly the same right down to every little animation. So what makes some characters worthy of being an Echo Fighter while others are just alts? Back when Smash 3DS/Wii U was out, I was annoyed by Dark Pit. "Why wasn't he just an alt?" I questioned. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized he couldn't be. Regular Pit's taunts were too cheerful and heroic for Dark Pit. It wouldn't look right. Then you had Pit's Final Smash: Three Sacred Treasures, which wouldn't seem right for Dark Pit either.
I realized that was the key factor. A character should only be an alt if they have the exact same abilities/equipment and would look right sharing the same animations. It's why Dry Bowser would be perfect for an alt since all of Bowser moves and taunts would work for Dry Bowser as well. And it's why Daisy shouldn't be an alt for Peach since Peach's idle and taunts are too dainty for the more sporty princess. It just wouldn't look right.
I want to talk about Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings. Normally I would say that there would be no way that the Koopaling should be alt of Junior or of each other. But because they are all fighting in the Clown Car things check out a little better. The taunts seem to be generic enough that any Koopaling could do them too. The one thing that doesn't work is the Final Smash: Shadow Mario. Why on earth did they choose this for the Final Smash? It's something only Bowser Jr. could do. And Sakurai even used the excuse that Dark Pit couldn't be an alt because of the Three Sacred Treasures. Alph is also a problem, because he is an alt he flies Olimar's ship, the S.S. Dolphin. I suppose the ship could change model along with Alph. But I feel like every echo fighter had a minor excuse to have them be an echo and not an alt. So that should apply to Alph and the Dolphin.
Finally there's Simon and Richter. The more I think about it the more I realize that Richter could have just been an alt like Alph. None of Simon's taunts or animations contradict Richter's personality. And aside from their Holy Water having different elemental properties and having different taunts (which aren't even that much different), everything else about them is the same.
In conclusion I think that Alph should've been an Echo and Richter should've been an alt. But what do you think? What do think makes something a candidate for echo and what characters are suited to be an alt?
I realized that was the key factor. A character should only be an alt if they have the exact same abilities/equipment and would look right sharing the same animations. It's why Dry Bowser would be perfect for an alt since all of Bowser moves and taunts would work for Dry Bowser as well. And it's why Daisy shouldn't be an alt for Peach since Peach's idle and taunts are too dainty for the more sporty princess. It just wouldn't look right.
I want to talk about Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings. Normally I would say that there would be no way that the Koopaling should be alt of Junior or of each other. But because they are all fighting in the Clown Car things check out a little better. The taunts seem to be generic enough that any Koopaling could do them too. The one thing that doesn't work is the Final Smash: Shadow Mario. Why on earth did they choose this for the Final Smash? It's something only Bowser Jr. could do. And Sakurai even used the excuse that Dark Pit couldn't be an alt because of the Three Sacred Treasures. Alph is also a problem, because he is an alt he flies Olimar's ship, the S.S. Dolphin. I suppose the ship could change model along with Alph. But I feel like every echo fighter had a minor excuse to have them be an echo and not an alt. So that should apply to Alph and the Dolphin.
Finally there's Simon and Richter. The more I think about it the more I realize that Richter could have just been an alt like Alph. None of Simon's taunts or animations contradict Richter's personality. And aside from their Holy Water having different elemental properties and having different taunts (which aren't even that much different), everything else about them is the same.
In conclusion I think that Alph should've been an Echo and Richter should've been an alt. But what do you think? What do think makes something a candidate for echo and what characters are suited to be an alt?
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