Yeah that's the thing about masked man or Kumatora.

If they were to replace Lucas, i'd be more okay with it being someone from Ness' team.

For me, I only see Poo as a viable character from Ness's team.

His moves are too similar to Ness' moveset, as is Paula's. And his best move is already Ness' final smash.

Also I kinda covered the masked man thing in my previous post.

Duster should be a assist trophy. He'd staple the opponents to walls or the ground, making them stuck like pitfalls. He'd also use his reverse kick and speed to his advantage. He should also have his limp for canon's sake.

For Masked Man nice job using the spoilers lol they could have his suit as a transformation to Lucas. Not only would it add a unique moveset without technically using another slot, It'd also give something to differentiate Lucas and Ness some more. It could also be a Pigmask suit, as it'd give Lucas some guns and weaponry to use. Also, Ness' recovery needs to be buffed. It should knock away opponents, making it still stronger than Lucas', but harder to control and a bit slower. I think for stages, they could have the Chimera Lab.

Brawl didn't bother hiding it, neither should we

I'm confused, you're saying The masked man would transform into Lucas? Why would that ever happen?

Because it's not actually the character, it's just Lucas wearing the suit

.......why

Why does everyone seriously think that Lucas is a clone of Ness? It's not like Melee Falco (full clone) or Luigi (semi-clone), all of Lucas' normal attacks in Brawl were completely different.

Similar special moves alone do not a clone make. Especially when one has a different elemental property and another has a completely different effect upon contact with an opponent.

It's not a clone, it'd just be something to help make the game a bit more interesting.

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It's a sort of way to incorporate Masked Man without having to use another slot. I doubt it'd happen, but it'd be a nice idea.

Sorry to burst your bubble but that would be impossible. Transformations only work if the two forms are the same person like Zelda and Sheik

elemental properties aren't that important
i can't think of anything that darkness, aura, or electricity do (i'd say grass and water, but they still have an effect on pokemon trainer's pokemon, albeit a small one)

They're not clones, and it was fine for brawl, but it would be nice to see a more unique move set that is less similar to Ness'.

i don't think they both need PK thunder
they work somewhat differently but not only is it a total b**** to use in some stages (green hill zone, yoshi's island, green greens) it also slightly takes away a bit of uniqueness

They could incorporate the rope snake into his recovery.