Echo Fighter

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, an Echo Fighter is a character who's a nearly blatant clone of another. They are indicated by a lower case Greek letter epsilon (ε). While clones have been a part of the Smash Bros. series since Smash 64, and have been a part of fighting games in general since Street Fighter 1 (Ryu and Ken), Ultimate is the first game in which Echo Fighters were recognized as such.
In Ultimate, the following characters are recognized as Echo Fighters:
*Dark Samus (of Samus Aran)
*Daisy (of Peach)
*Lucina (of Marth)
*Chrom (of Roy)
*Dark Pit (of Pit)
*The aforementioned Ken Masters (of the aforementioned Ryu)
*Richter Belmont (of his grandfather, Simon Belmont)
Throughout Smash's history, many other fighters have been clones of others, such as Dr. Mario, Falco Lombardi, and Ganondorf (of, randomly, Captain Falcon); however, by Ultimate, they had been differentiated just enough that Masahiro Sakurai felt that the "Echo Fighter" label didn't apply to them.
==In fanon==
===St. Clair Publications===
In Super Smash Stadium, Echo Fighters appear as alternate costumes of other fighters rather than taking up full character slots. The following Echo Fighters exist on this show:
*Baby Luigi (of Baby Mario)
*Jeanne (of Bayonetta)
*Dry Bowser (of Bowser, duh; Meowser and Bowsette also exist as costumes for him)
*Toadette (of Toad)
*Octoling (of Inkling)
*The Lost Koopaling (of the actual Koopalings)
*Linkle (of Link)
*Lucina (of Marth, as before)
*Dark Pit (of Pit, duh, as before)
*Ken Masters (of Ryu, yet again, still...)
*Sakura Kasugano (also of Ryu)
*Richter Belmont (of Simon, as before)
*Toon Linkle (of Toon Link, duh)
*Young Linkle (of Young Link, duh)
*Alph (of Captain Olimar), currently the only retired Echo Fighter
Honorable mentions:
*Leaf, of Red. Since both players are the Kanto Pokémon Trainer, and thus don't fight proper (Ivysaur, Charizard, and Squirtle do the fighting for them instead), this matters little.
*Kris, of Ethan. Same as the above.
*With her down special move, Ashley Nikiwawa can theoretically be an Echo of any fighter she wants to be, as long as they're on the field against her.
In this continuity, Daisy is NOT an Echo of Peach, nor are the Koopalings of Bowser Jr., or Dark Samus of Samus. These pairs of fighters were differentiated substantially.
Mario Kart: Ancient Circuit also has Echoes. To wit:
*Toadette (of Toad)
*All seven Koopalings (of Bowser Jr.)
*Baby Luigi (of Baby Mario)
*Snifit, Bandit, and Beezo (all of Shy Guy)
*Metal Luigi (of Metal Mario)
*Octoling (of Inkling, yet again)
*Pom Pom (of Boom Boom)
*Kammy Koopa (of Kamek)
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