@Words of Wisdom
Well, if making a unique character takes one month, and making 6 partial clones take the same time, which would you prefer?
Characters with unique movesets:
Mario
Link
Kirby
Pikachu
Fox
Samus
Zero Suit Samus
Zelda
Sheik
Bowser
Donkey Kong
Yoshi
Peach
Ice Climbers
Ness
Jigglypuff
Captain Falcon
Marth
Mr. Game & Watch
Ike
Wario
Pit
Squirtle
Ivysaur
Charizard
Diddy Kong
Meta Knight
King Dedede
Pikmin & Olimar
Sonic
Snake
Lucario
R.O.B.
Total: 33 Different Movesets/Animations they had to develop.
[14 New, 19 Re-vamped]
Clones/Partial Clones
Luigi
Ganondorf
Falco
Toon Link
Lucas
Wolf
Total: 6 characters with similar movesets/animations
[2 New, 4 Re-vamped]
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Compare that to Melee
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Characters with unique movesets:
Mario
Link
Kirby
Pikachu
Fox
Samus
Zelda
Sheik
Bowser
Donkey Kong
Yoshi
Peach
Ice Climbers
Ness
Jigglypuff
Captain Falcon
Marth
Mr. Game & Watch
Mewto
Total: 19 Different Movesets/Animations they had to develop.
Clones/Partial Clones
Luigi
Ganondorf
Falco
Young Link
Roy
Dr. Mario
Pichu
Total: 7 characters with similar movesets/animations
There were more clones in Melee than there are in Brawl, and Brawl has a larger number of unique characters. Hands-down, Brawl wins. The longer development time did result in a big increase in characters, not to mention unique colored Landmast....er.. I mean... Final Smashes for each character.
