>>26531267>>26531409Zoroark would be closer. Zoroark and Lightning were both characters that blatantly ripped off a past, successful character with the expectation that the hype baton would be passed, yet utterly failed to do so.
The only difference is that, in a stunning turn of events, Game Freak of all people recognized their failure and backed off the issue, while Square Enix kept shoving it in their playerbases' face for several years.
