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#Mostly the same motion, but at a different angle and without the first hitbox.
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Won't be included in the analysis section (it's not a valid clone pair), but it's still interesting to note.
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Won't be included in the analysis section (it's not a valid clone pair), but it's still interesting to note.


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Revision as of 10:37, December 1, 2014

On this page I'll iterate over exactly how much of a clone everyone is.

Definition of "clone"

Luckily for us, both Melee and SSB4 have developer confirmation of who the clones are, and thus what they consider a clone to be. By their definition, no characters are clones except for those on this list:

I think it is fair to say that as a result of this distinction, we can codify the following as a wordy definition for "clone":

A character whose moveset is mostly visually identical to another character's, with a few unique moves, tweaks to physics and shared moves, and special moves of similar if not identical operation.

If this definition holds true, we should be able to count up how many moves that a pair of characters share similar animations for (regardless of the attacks' properties, as that's the main way to differentiate clones) in order to determine how much of a clone they are.

Counts

Notes:

  • Floor and edge attacks are not counted. I see no reason to include them when they're unlikely to be part of a character's main design process.
  • Taunts are also not counted, because there are no clone taunts even amongst the clones. If there were, that would be a huge penalty, given how taunts are trivial compared to attacks.
  • Generally I try to give characters the benefit of the doubt (e.g. Falco's Brawl Reflector is not a clone of Fox's), but if the animation has only changed in speed, or the hitboxes have moved yet the animation is unchanged, no dice.
  • I included a few dumb pairs (like Marth/Ike) to both show how wrong some people are and to gather some data for obvious non-clones.
  • If you think I got something wrong, go to the talk page.

Maybe I should upload more control stick images (which I already have made) so I can use their images in these tables.

SSB64

Original Possible clone Ntr Ftl Utl Dtl DAtk Fsmh Usmh Dsmh Narl Farl Barl Uarl Darl Fthw Bthw NS US DS Total %
Mario Luigi 1 1 1 0.51 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16.5/18 91.6%
Samus Captain Falcon 1/3 0.5 1 0.5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.33/18 29.6%
Kirby Jigglypuff 2/3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0.5 1 0.5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.67/18 53.7%
  1. I can't really call this a 1, but it doesn't feel like a 0 either. Same with most of the other 0.5s.

SSBM

Original Possible clone Ntr Ftl Utl Dtl DAtk Fsmh Usmh Dsmh Narl Farl Barl Uarl Darl Pml Fthw Bthw Uthw Dthw NS SS US DS Total %
Mario Luigi 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 15.67/22 71.2%
Mario Dr. Mario 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 22/22 100.0%
Link Young Link 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 22/22 100.0%
Fox Falco 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 22/22 100.0%
Pikachu Pichu 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 21/22 95.4%
Captain Falcon Ganondorf 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20/22 90.9%
Marth Roy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 22/22 100.0%

SSBB

Original Possible clone Ntr Ftl Utl Dtl DAtk Fsmh Usmh Dsmh Narl Farl Barl Uarl Darl Pml Fthw Bthw Uthw Dthw NS SS US DS FS Total %
Mario Luigi 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 13.67/23 59.4%
Link Toon Link 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17/23 73.9%
Fox Falco 2/3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 17.67/23 76.8%
Fox Wolf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.51 1 1 1 1 6.5/23 28.2%
Captain Falcon Ganondorf 0 0.52 1 0.52 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 17/23 73.9%
Ness Lucas 1/3 0 0 0.52 0.52 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 10.33/23 44.9%
Marth Ike 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 1 0 1.7/23 7.3%
  1. Can't be rapid-fired (less cloned), but is still an energy blast from a futuristic gun. Undecided.
  2. Still the same basic attack, but executed differently. Could go either way.

SSB4

Having different customizations weakens a special move's clone score by 0.25 (the default move is still a clone). I'm not 100% on this as-is, but I do feel that having different customs should count for something.

Original Possible clone Ntr Ftl Utl Dtl DAtk Fsmh Usmh Dsmh Narl Farl Barl Uarl Darl Pml Fthw Bthw Uthw Dthw NS SS US DS FS Total %
Mario Luigi 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2/3 0 0.75 0 0 12.083/23 52.5%
Mario Dr. Mario 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 21/23 91.3%
Luigi Dr. Mario 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2/3 0 0.75 1 0 14.083/23 61.2%*
Link Toon Link 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 1 15/23 65.2%
Fox Falco 2/3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0.51 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.75 0.75 0.75 0 1 16.4167/23 71.4%
Captain Falcon Ganondorf 0 0.5 1 0.5 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.75 0 0.75 0.75 0 16.25/23 70.7%
Marth Lucina 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23/23 100.0%
Pit Dark Pit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 22/23 95.6%
  1. Mostly the same motion, but at a different angle and without the first hitbox.

* Won't be included in the analysis section (it's not a valid clone pair), but it's still interesting to note.

Analysis

By taking the data at face value, we actually get pretty nice categories that match what the devs seem to have intended.

Non-clone Semi-clone Clone
7.3%
Ike (SSBB)
28.2%
Wolf (SSBB)
29.6%
Captain Falcon (SSB)
44.9%
Lucas (SSBB)
52.5%
Luigi (SSB4)
53.7%
Jigglypuff (SSB)
59.4%
Luigi (SSBB)
65.2%
Toon Link (SSB4)
70.7%
Ganondorf (SSB4)
71.2%
Luigi (SSBM)
71.4%
Falco (SSB4)
73.9%
Toon Link (SSBB)Ganondorf (SSBB)
76.8%
Falco (SSBB)
90.9%
Ganondorf (SSBM)
91.3%
Dr. Mario (SSB4)
91.6%
Luigi (SSB)
95.4%
Pichu (SSBM)
95.6%
Dark Pit (SSB4)
100.0%
Dr. Mario (SSBM)Young Link (SSBM)Falco (SSBM)Roy (SSBM)Lucina (SSB4)