It's less of Lucina being a character thats lazy, but the fact that they had Chrom, he couldn't find a way to make him unique, and cut him. But he also didn't want to decrease the roster. So he just said "screw it." and made an Alt into a clone. Even if there are differences in her specials and normals, they seem to be pretty minor.
The difference is that Sakurai clearly didn't want Chrom to get in as a clone character and judge him based on what he would offer as a non-clone. Considering he didn't see anything special about Chrom, Chrom didn't get in. Lucina in contrast, was only seen as feasible as a clone character. Had Chrom hypothetically had a signature sword with wind powers and had Lucina never been considered as a playable character,, we would have gotten Marth, Ike and Chrom for our FE roster.
Assist trophies from franchise already represented being present at the same time as new characters from that series are added does NOT mean new trophy =/= new character. I'd say that theory is totally wrong (and I think Ridley is going to be playable! Not from that logic though)
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Impa was in Skyward Sword. But then again, my most wanted Zelda newcomer is Goron.
By the way, now that Gematsu is deconfirmed, this roster
◊ might have a chance!
We Are With You Zack Snyder
Metroid character would obviously be Anthony Higgs.
Seriously I would like U-Mos
◊ the Luminoth Sentinel from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
edited 18th Jul '14 8:21:21 AM by Halberdier17
Batman Ninja more like Batman's Bizarre AdventureVs Big Mac
"Keep on your toes Mac Baby. It might just be a cheeseburger, but it's punched out more people than everyone in the WVBA!"

Of course Villager is the one to send them flying like that.