| Altruino said: The same could be said with Peach and Zelda had we had this conversation before Melee came out as well as Rosalina before her announcement, and look where we are with that: Don't go thinking a character can't hold their own just because most of their time was spent giving out commands or allowing someone to fight on their behalf. One way or another, even commanders can fight if it's their last resort or if they have no choice, and unless you never played Uprising's Chapter 20, Palutena CAN fight: http://kidicarus.wikia.com/wiki/Palutena#Powers_and_Abilities Even if she was controlled by the Chaos Kin, she still had powers of her own. |
As I said, my issue isn't with the character's suitability to a moveset, it's her suitability in terms of characterisation. Pit exists to fight on Palutena's behalf (he is her avatar). Peach, Zelda, and Rosalina do not have such a character. I'm sure Palutena could fight if she had to, and as I said, Sakurai could undoubtedly come up with a moveset for her... but she shouldn't be fighting. It's not that Palutena was *allowing* Pit to fight on her behalf - it's his job to do so. It's why he exists.
So yeah, it's characterisation that makes me think Palutena is unsuited to playability, not functional potential.
