Quote Originally Posted by Master Quan
How does the presence of characters who are similar to each other completely eliminate the diversity of the others?
It doesn't eliminate the diversity of characters like DK, Ice Climbers, Peach, Ness, or a few others, but it basically means that characters that could have made it into the game didn't. For every Nintendo character that the game made reference to in its modes and trophies, you would expect the roster to have a wider array of characters.

I can agree that for the most part, yes, the Roy/Marth and Pichu/Pikachu analogy works alright in this argument, but there's NO way you can argue that Luigi is a clone of Mario. No WAY.
Okay.

I suppose that's fair enough. I actually like Luigi more than Mario (seems to be more power oriented).

I don't recall attacking anyone. Besides, these different opinions are stupid. What harm does Pichu do to the game? Does he stop you playing as Link or any of the other characters? Does he make them weaker retroactively by merely being there? No. The argument they are making makes about as much sense as saying "Agh. I really hate these disabled ramps, I don't use them at all! We should get rid of them".
I'm not really a Pichu hater, I'm just not a huge fan of him and don't see the point of having him in the game, when another Pokemon character (like Hitmonlee) would be perfect for this game. Pikachu is pretty much everything Pichu is, but better.

I guess I'd have to see it from the point of view of someone who likes to use more disadvantageous characters to win. I can do that, since I like picking characters like Dan (SFA).

So basically it's fine, and a valid opinion. But my point is, Melee was like a virtual Nintendo museum. Look at all the trophies, stages, and obscure Nintendo characters stuffed into the game. And a lot of the characters shown aren't even playable. That's why I said having these clone characters sort of stole from the diversity of the roster, because for every Ice Climber, you get a Young Link or a Ganondorf.

But this is a different game than Melee, so.....


It wasn't directed at you, actually, it was more directed at the complete disregard other people displayed towards what I said.
Oh. Sorry about that then.