>>21275388You can't be this delusional. Fans came up with the idea that those characters had been passed over as potential newcomers. Hell, K Rool is still owned by Rare as far as I know so the chances of ever seeing him are as low as seeing fucking Geno.
Clones are added to pad the roster and give players more aesthetic choices. Dr. Mario, Dark Pit, Lucina, and Falco look different than the characters they were spun off from. Dr Mario to a lesser extent, but Mario is the goddamn mascot of Nintendo.
