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And popularity means nothing if there isn't a concept that the character can fill to earn the right to be in Smash. Little Mac's concept for example is easy to see so whether he's less popular than Lucina or K. Rool doesn't matter too much. Chrom meanwhile is an example of a popular character who couldn't get into Smash because he lacked a concept behind him, so as to make him stand out from the others. Lucina was dangerously going the same way and was originally just going to be an alternate costume, but Sakurai found a concept for her that would make make it incredibly easy to implement her: "A beginner's Marth". And thus, she got a spot on the roster. However, "A beginner's Marth" won't make her stand out too much, and since clone characters are meant to be bonus characters who won't take away from actual development, there's an actual chance that Lucina won't appear in the next game.
Lucina is the tritagonist.
edited 25th Sep '15 7:02:41 AM by Folt
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Nope. Chrom is the protagonist. It's been stated both by Word of God and by the fact that the story focuses on Chrom, not Robin. While Robin certainly plays a huge role, it is definitely Chrom's story.
This is doubly confirmed by the fact that it's been explicitly stated that Fates is the first game where your avatar is the protagonist as well.
the reason she got a spot on the roster was because her hitboxes started becoming different first, and then he created the idea of making her a beginner's Marth.
edited 25th Sep '15 7:06:34 AM by EpicBleye
"There's not a girl alive who wouldn't be happy being called cute." ~Tamamo-no-MaeExcept that Sakurai has mentioned, repeatedly, that he doesn't like having to cut characters. Combine that with the fact that Lucina is a popular character within FE's fanbase, and it becomes a harder choice to make, since for every person who says "good riddance to that useless Marth-clone, they added nothing to the game, and now their slot can be taken up by somebody who DESERVES it." there's going to be somebody saying "Why did you cut Lucina?"
It seems easy for you to forget that this is a Mascot fighter; these characters are more that just aspects of frame data, hitboxes and movesets, people like the characters themselves beyond this game.
And, as you've said, Lucina was one of the last-minute additions. If she was given more time in development, who's to say they couldn't change up her basic concept to something other than being a discount Marth?
I'm not sure that quite applies. Chrom has a lot more focus than either Robin or Lucina throughout the second act of the game (the Valm arc), being the only one with any real rapport with the Arc Villain Walhart. By contrast, Lyn is the full protagonist of the first arc and a supporting character afterwards.
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Except Chrom keeps his importance even into the end arc: It's his decision to help Ferox hold back, and eventually take the fight to Walhart. It's him who sees and calls out Walhart for his decisions. The only point where Chrom arguably isn't the protagonist is during the arc where Validar seizes the Fire Emblem, and he goes straight back to importance once he decides to try his hand at the Awakening ritual. Lucina's role in it is decidedly less, and she only gets major focus at certain parts.
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That's always gonna be the case. While Lucina is popular, she isn't important enough to be given full focus, as the fact that she's only a clone shows, and the concept behind her. Heck, while she diverged and found a concept when she got different hitboxes, Sakurai would have reverted her back to being an alt of Marth (and with the same hitboxes as him) if it took too much time for her to be made separate.
edited 25th Sep '15 7:15:23 AM by Folt
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They only had a half-awakened Falchion and the implication behind it is that it can't seal away Grima like the Exalted Falchion can (or how Robin can use Grima's power against him which was only possible in the first place because of the time travel shenanigans. The Awakening Ritual and the Exalted Flachion is the most consistent option they've got).
Speaking of Ganon/Falcon, i'd love to see one of the other original Dragon King concepts emerge as their own original character. While the character who was Falcon's template was the only character programmed into the game proper, surely there are concepts or art of the other Dragon King characters that they could rely on.
edited 25th Sep '15 7:55:37 AM by TechPowah
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Really though, discussion about this does need to emphasize that characters are more than just "what fighting game aspect do they bring to the table." While certainly something to keep in mind, and it's fair to have that aspect take priority on a personal level, the wider scope of the fanbase is happy to have characters for the sake of them being in the game. Only a small fraction of the Smash audience is vocal enough to suggest that characters need to be removed because they add "nothing."
That said, I do hope that future installments with Lucina fix her up a bit. She needs it. Her "gimmick" isn't really a gimmick and only keeps her down. Some serious stat changes need to be made if they're intent on keeping her a clone, which is likely. I wish they'd give her a completely different moveset though, with enough time there's enough from Awakening to really give her a solid combination of unique moves. I mean, Galeforce just screams to be a recovery move.
I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -WanderlustwarriorLucina is an actually popular character outside the game. Why do I have to keep repeating this fact over and over in this thread?
If Mewtwo and Wolf could get cut despite being one of the most popular characters within their respective franchises, then that kinda argument doesn't guarantee Lucina being in.
Again, I'm not saying that Lucina is guaranteed to be cut, just that it is faulty to say she cannot be when lots of characters have been cut despite Sakurai not wanting to cut those characters. Remember, Sakurai stated he didn't want to go out of his way to cut anyone in Smash 4 and yet we had 6 cuts. Regardless, even if she got cut due to time constraints, Lucina would most likely pull a Roy or Mewtwo and come back via DLC due to fan-demand. If it is anyone who I'm skeptical of returning to Smash period out of the newcomers, it is Dark Pit due to his Scrappy status among Smash fans whilst adding little to the roster, similar to Pichu, who unlike Doctor Mario was never planned to return to Brawl. Lucina is at worst a Base Breaker among the Smash fandom.
It's part character, part fighter.
You could add a lot of characters that may all fight too similarly to be worth adding.
And you could add a lot of fighters that nobody would recognize and would take away from the frontrunning personality of the game.
I find the series to be less character-focused with every game, but at least new fighters are fun.
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It's kinda hard to take Sakurai's insistence that he prioritizes characters based on what new mechanics they add at face value, when Toon Link was one of the first characters confirmed after Smash 4's website went up and Falcondorf is still a thing. I don't doubt that's a part of it, but fundamentally, Smash is meant to be broad and have lots of characters who show up because they're interesting or beloved, not because they make Smash alone more interesting. That's a barrier that makes people less happy in the long run.
edited 25th Sep '15 10:07:02 AM by Pulse
I sure said that!

Yeah, I don't get you.