Mario was nerfed pretty badly in Brawl, to be fair. He lost one of his best moves in the arsenal and FLUDD just wasn't that good overall(it still isn't that great, but if he can get people off the stage often enough, FLUDD works as a nice edgeguarding tool).
Luigi was not nerfed at all in comparison.
Shadow?Nah, they're not. But some of them tend to get overly defensive by the slightest suggestion that their alt isn't and never was treated like the special snowflake that they so obviously are You Monster! and how dare you suggest otherwise.
That one's easy: Lucina was resized to fit Marth's proportions since she was originally gonna be an alternate costume of him. In reality, Robin's size hasn't changed much at all.
It's especially easy to see in Fates since Lucina was reproportioned to be around the same size as Marth and Robin.
Now to the main point: There's a rumor going around that Shovel Knight is indeed making a debut in Smash Bros.
with an amiibo in tow. Personally, I think we're getting Shovel Knight-themed Mii costumes of him and the other chars.
I will always think FLUDD being implemented as a Final Smash where Mario blasts a whirlpool that carries and damages opponents in front of him (so basically a watery Mario Finale), while Mario keeps his old Down B and Down Aerial, would had been optimal.
I will also always think alternate costumes (not alternate palettes) deserve a bit more love.
I still think Mario & Fludd should have been their own character, just dress Mario in his Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses and he stands out enough, if not more than Dr. Mario.
Also, at the very least, you think if you guys are gonna post spoilers for other games here, you'd at least mention somewhere ahead of time in the post what's being spoiled.
I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
Pretty much except down special would be hover nozzle (for a slow, controlled recovery that pushes opponents down) and up special would be the rocket nozzle (for a Diddy Kong-like recovery that hits opponents on the way up). Final Smash could be any number of ridiculous water things.
To be fair, to them it sure as hell looked like the End of Days.
Almost literally- Delfino Plaza is covered in darkness by the start of the game, in addition to all that horrifyingly caustic sludge everywhere.
... Gadd, why the hell would you make that paintbrush? There are zero non-evil applications for it.
I sure said that!The caustic sludge is a pretty unhelpful function, though, and considering it's formed as a brush that's presumably the main application.
... Y'know, I'm not a huge fan of Jr.'s Final Smash, on this subject. I feel like it should've been something to do with the Airships, especially since he shares it with the Koopalings.
I sure said that!

I don't really know. Luigi was always higher tier than Mario in Brawl.
AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!