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#51477: Jul 23rd 2014 at 7:31:29 PM
Nope. Sakurai said (and people have quoted numerous times) that Lucina was originally going to be an alt for Marth, but they changed her to a bonus character mid-development because they apparently wanted to change her properties. Chrom was never replaced by Lucina, he was replaced by Robin.
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#51479: Jul 23rd 2014 at 7:43:02 PM
Chrom was apparently considered very, very early on but was dropped in favor of Robin and their Magic Knight -ness.
I sure said that!
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... I personally still consider it as Chrom being in smash. A lot can change during development. Maybe last second they swapped Chrom and Lucina?