Clone characters are characters that have nearly identical movesets with slight variations in the attacks. They are much easier to include in a game than original characters, as the designers need only to create the character's model, then add the original character's attacks and modify them slightly.
Clones in SSB
- Mario & Luigi & Metal Mario
- Every playable character and their Fighting Polygon Team counterpart
Clones in SSBM
- Mario & Dr. Mario (Many of Luigi's moves are similar to Mario and Dr. Mario's, but some, such as Green Missile, are completely seperate. These similarities have earned the concept the name "Luigification")
- Fox & Falco
- Pikachu & Pichu
- Captain Falcon & Ganondorf
- Marth & Roy
- Link & Young Link
- Bowser & Giga Bowser