Talk:Clone/Archive 4

Dr. Mario and Mario in SSB4

Are these two clones or semi-clones? They have different down special and down aerial. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zrksyd (talk • contribs) 11:03, 9 November 2014 (EST)

Sakurai called him a clone and he has more cloned moves than Melee Ganondorf, he's a clone, but if you want to argue it, go ahead, there are arguments for it on the third archive of this page, don't argue there though. Also, sign with 4 tildes (~~~~) Laikue (talk | contribs) 11:43, 9 November 2014 (EST)

Having two different moves doesn't stop you from being a clone if the entire rest of your moveset is the same. I made a compilation on this page if you want to know more. Toomai Glittershine The Chilled 12:04, 9 November 2014 (EST)

Dr. Mario's not a clone, since he has one major difference that makes him a semi-clone!Nintenzilla (talk) 16:49, 5 May 2015 (EDT)

You completely disregarded what Toomai said one post above you. One or two "major" differences is not significant enough to matter if the majority of his moveset is the same. PokemonMasterJamal3 (talk) 16:56, 5 May 2015 (EDT)

In addition, Dr. Mario is officially recognized by the developers as a clone in multiple ways. No argument. Toomai Glittershine The Honcho 17:46, 5 May 2015 (EDT)\

Huh, how is Captain Falcon considered a Samus clone? They're nothing alike! Right?Nintenzilla (talk) 20:50, 5 May 2015 (EDT)

Yes, hence why on that particular page, Captain Falcon is marked in the "non-clone" category. Stop jumping to conclusions without reading everything. PokemonMasterJamal3 (talk) 21:52, 5 May 2015 (EDT)

Why I am offended! You're jumping to conclusions too you arguementetist! I was just asking a question, no need to be harsh!Nintenzilla (talk) 22:03, 5 May 2015 (EDT)

Hey, easy. Nobody's trying to be hostile toward you. They're just trying to help you out. It couldn't hurt to read a little bit further before automatically assuming something. Bulbaboy (talk) 22:05, 5 May 2015 (EDT)

Huh, I guess you're right! Sorry about that, anyway, back to before, it's kind of strange since Brawl de-cloned all the characters yet Dr. Mario is still a clone? Is that not a little odd?Nintenzilla (talk) 22:08, 5 May 2015 (EDT)

Kirby and Ike

My little sister pointed this out for me. In Brawl, Kirby and Ike have the same up-special. Can I put this in semiclones? I am JigglyPurin. (talk) 12:28, 24 November 2014 (EST)

No. You need a whole lot more than one similar move to be a semi-clone. Toomai Glittershine The Inconceivable 12:31, 24 November 2014 (EST)

And plus, the two attacks function very differently. Aidan the Gamer 12:53, 24 November 2014 (EST)

Mario and Luigi

Ahem. I am The Master Hand. I am here to talk about Mario and Luigi. Come on you guys. they have WAY too many different moves to be considered Semi-Clones. I swear I even counted all the differences. They share at least 8 moves, and have at least 9 unique moves. Thoughts? The Master Hand—It's time. 18:04, 29 November 2014 (EST)

Here's what you're saying: Mario & Luigi have 17 moves each. They share 8 moves and have 9 unique moves each. That would be an 8:9 ratio, which out of 17 moves, 1/2 of the moves they have they share, while the other 1/2 are unique. That itself is almost a 1:2 ratio, so saying they're not semi-clones, by that logic, would be wrong. Rtzxy Reflect! 18:13, 29 November 2014 (EST)

I made a page on this topic. Basically, if Lucas is a semi-clone in Brawl (which he is, it's difficult to argue), so is Luigi in SSB4. Toomai Glittershine The Loony 18:17, 29 November 2014 (EST)

Also, this discussion has been made here before. See this page. Bulbaboy (talk) 18:36, 29 November 2014 (EST)

Hey guys... I recounted the moves. Luigi has 13 unique moves and 8 shared moves. Does that technically mean, since he has 5 more unique moves rather than non-unique moves, He would be considered a Non-Clone? Or at least a Semi-Semi-Clone? Hahahaha...ha...ha....ha. Uhm... Ok bye. The Master Hand—It's time. 11:53, 2 December 2014 (EST)

Going off of what Toomai says, Luigi has around 14 out of 23 moves shared. 14 divided by 23 is around 59%. Because 59 is above half but still below 75 (which I think any clone who's above that counts as a clone), Luigi is therefore a semi-clone. Nothing more. Aidan the Gamer 12:39, 2 December 2014 (EST)

Roy (SSB4) more of a semi-clone?

Alot of his moves have seemingly different animations and properties compared to Marth (most notably his F-Smash, F-Air, D-Air, U-Tilt, Jab, Dash Attack). Though his specials are more or less the same aside from small differences in properties.

Are these changes enough to be "upgraded" to semi-clone? His moveset has about the same amount of differentiation that Toon Link has, who is classified as a semi.

Let's wait for Toomai's semi-official test to be sure. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe Nutta. 13:57, 14 June 2015 (EDT)

From what I've played, I'd say he's Semi-clone now. He hits a lot harder, his standard attack is a single hit like Ganondorf's and as said above, if Toon Link is the minimum of what's needed to be a semi then Roy passes. Besides, Clones are characters made with slight variations on existing characters while Semis have more work put into them. Roy is Luigi to Marth's Mario and Lucy's Dr. Guybrush20X6 (talk) 14:42, 14 June 2015 (EDT)

Also, Did you forget they have differents different walking animation and I think Link and Toon Link are more similar than Roy and Marth. Jf811 (talk) 00:01, 16 June 2015 (EDT)

Roy is most defiantly a semi-clone in this game. He has 9 attacks that are different from Marth; the same amount of differences Falco/Ganondorf have from Fox/Falcon have and more differences than Toon Link has who is ironically listed as a semi-clone. This needs to be changed.

Also, I think Roy has longer range than Marth interms of his sword but I need some back-up on that Guybrush20X6 (talk) 19:35, 16 June 2015 (EDT)

Semi-clone. On top of what was already mentioned, he has different movement physics; he falls faster and is generally less floaty than Marcina. b2jammer (talk) 10:50, 17 June 2015 (EDT)

We've already decided that he's a semi-clone from Toomai's testing. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe Nutta. 12:05, 17 June 2015 (EDT)

Regarding Echo Fighters

The recent reveal of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate debuted the term "Echo Fighter", which exclusively refers to characters that have incredibly minor differences from their original counterparts. For example, Lucina and Dark Pit are deemed Echo Fighters, but Dr. Mario isn't, despite originally being lumped up with them. Should this page be renamed Echo Fighter, or should it be made a separate page, while this one remains for semi-clones? MissingNumbers (talk) 00:28, 13 June 2018 (EDT)

I think it should be renamed. 73.45.30.142 12:54, 13 June 2018 (EDT)

We should wait to see what exactly the Echo characters are like first. But also remember that SmashWiki is not official, so if the term "clone" remains more popular even if they are synonyms, we will likely keep the page at "clone". TheNuttyOne 17:19, 13 June 2018 (EDT)

Clone vs Echo

I'm not sure what the dividing factor is but from looking at footage, I think it's when there's a massive difference in move mechanics. Basically, if we need to do some testing to figure out what the difference is then they're an Echo. Not sure how Dr. Mario factors in but it looks like he got more unique moves in the transition (meteor stomp, heck yeah!). Question is, do we list the Semi-Clones still now that there's something offical going on? Guybrush20X6 (talk) 06:36, 13 June 2018 (EDT)

Okay, going off of what we've seen so far, I think I've determined what qualifies a fighter as an Echo Character and what qualifies a character as just a plain old clone or semi-clone.

Out of all three Echo Characters thus far (Dank Pit, Lucina, and Daisy), they all have one thing in common; it seems virtually all their attack animations are 1-1 with their source character, and the differences in their movesets are extremely minimal. Meanwhile, the rest of the clones/semi-clones either have some different moves, or have enough differences that, even when sharing all animations, play quite differently (like Fox and Falco in Melee). This is why characters like Pichu, while still appearing to be a full clone, is not classified as an echo character.

I think that echo character is simply the next level underneath clones. Echo characters means characters that are basically completely 1:1 with their source character (barring victory animations, taunts, and potentially final smashes), both in terms of animations and gameplay, with extremely minimal or at times bordering on almost no differences at all.

So, I classify it like this:

Unique Character ↪ Semi-clone ↪ Clone ↪ Echo Character ↪ Alternate Costume character (like Alph and Koopalings).

So, I propose splitting it into three categories; semi-clones, clones, and echo characters.173.79.196.33 17:03, 13 June 2018 (EDT)

Fair enough, though I think we shoul reserve the term Echo Characters only for those that are officially called as such. Guybrush20X6 (talk) 17:15, 13 June 2018 (EDT)

I'm of the opinion that we should call "echo character" an official term of "clone character" and then not use it (unless someone has an official source mentioning clone characters?) Serpent King 17:19, 13 June 2018 (EDT)

Generally in agreement with SK, although it wouldn't hurt to point it out on the pages for Dark Pit, Lucina, and Daisy since they're explicitly labeled as such. But yes, it does seem to be a case similar to ukemi/tech where a formal term is introduced long after the more well-known term, and doesn't really supersede it. I think the only hiccup is the lack of specificity on what qualifies as an echo fighter versus just a related moveset - Dr. Mario, Young Link, and Pichu aren't listed as echo fighters, for example. Miles (talk) 17:22, 13 June 2018 (EDT)

Since I already gave my theory above on the differences between clones and echo characters, I think the best thing to do now is wait for more Echo characters to be announced and then check to see if they all have Dark Pit/Lucina level differences before proceeding.173.79.196.33 18:09, 13 June 2018 (EDT)

I think I have a good distinction between Echo, clone and semi-clone, namely that clones are decided and developed separate from the main cast. An Echo is as descirbed, the same height, weight, move animations ect. ect., a clone is a character that has more differences than that (eg. SSB4 Dr. Mario) and was still developed separately from the main cast, Semi-clones are characters that are derived from others but were always part of the dev cycle. How's that work for everyone? Guybrush20X6 (talk) 09:22, 15 June 2018 (EDT)

Sure, that makes sense. Works for me.173.79.196.33 17:44, 15 June 2018 (EDT)

Regarding Marth and Lucina

While it's a little early to assume, it has been observed that Marth's neutral B now tilts slightly upward while Lucina's is still straight. This has been show several times on his page's video and the direct aswell. Should this be added beforehand and then confirmed once his character page gets updated?

179.100.111.55 08:57, 13 June 2018 (EDT)

Cross Generational Clones

Should we remove this because Y. Link and T. Link are both in SSB5? --96.245.186.209 09:32, 15 June 2018 (EDT)

Wolf and Ganondorf

By this point, why is Wolf a foot note that essential says 'don't bring this argument up' but Ganondorf is still listed as a semi-clone in SSBU after getting new smashes. Is there a ratio of cloned to non-cloned moves one should have before they qualify? And does it make a difference if cloned moves are specials or normals? Wolf is still very clearly developed off of Fox as a base and is treated as such by way of Special Moves (even getting the same Final Smash change in SSBU) despite having all different Normals.

Ganondorf also has most of Falcon's Specials as a base, but also has very few if any fully cloned animations, and practically no cloned functions from Falcon's Normal moves anymore. Furballcan (talk) 00:06, 13 July 2018 (EDT)

Ganondorf does still pull a few moves from Falcon, unlike Wolf who is more different from Fox than Falco is. Aidan, the College-Bound Rurouni 00:09, 13 July 2018 (EDT)

I'm inclined to say some of the supposed clones/semi-clones should be removed since we know so little about how they play; we don't know how clone-y they will be. Luigi and Ganondorf in particular were already barely semi-clones in Brawl and Smash 4 and seem to have even more differences now. TheNuttyOne 00:27, 13 July 2018 (EDT)

Richter and Simon

Isn't it a bit hasty to say "Richter's differences are purely cosmetic"? I know Sakurai stated in the direct that "their strengths are the same" or something to that extent, but that just sounds like typical PR speak for clones. Hinata2000100 (talk) 11:48, 9 August 2018 (MST)

Strongly agreed. "No confirmed gameplay differences" ≠ "confirmed to be no gameplay differences". Miles (talk) 01:54, 10 August 2018 (EDT)

The direct mentioned that his look, voice and animations set him apart, but his strength is the exact same. This is in contrast to say someone like Daisy, where her moves behave differently plus she has different character traits. Sakurai usually tells us in advance about how clones are different. --Memoryman3 (talk) 14:23, 10 August 2018 (EDT)