Super Smash Bros Fisticuffs for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS

[Maelstrom]

But everyone knew Falcon was going to be in it.

[InfinitySoul]

Yeah he had to be! Can't play smash with out "Falcon Punch" XD

[InfinitySoul]

Wait! Is Chrom just Robin's final smash!?! He doesn't have a picture on The website.

[Echo]

Dayyumm

Wait! Is Chrom just Robin's final smash!?! He doesn't have a picture on The website.

Yeah, he's a Final Smash. Lucina looks like she has the same moves as Marth too.

[Maelstrom]

I was hoping for Chrom to be somewhere between Ike and Marth. Oh well..... 

[InfinitySoul]

Yeah..at least they didn't just leave him out completely

[Nebbles]

Falcon's back, whoo! And the new FE characters look great.

[Maelstrom]

[InfinitySoul]

Luigi is screwed! XD

[mikey]

Luigi is screwed! XD

Then he uses his final smash

and he's still screwed

[Dudeman]

Yeah..at least they didn't just leave him out completely

Honestly, can't say I'm surprised about that. Chrom doesn't seem to have much to add to the table in terms of playstyle.
Lucina surprised me even more, though. Although I can't shake the impression that she's just a Marth palette swap? They didn't show off any unique moves, which would be the smart thing to do when announcing a new character.
(Disclaimer: I know nothing about Fire Emblem) 

[Echo]

Chrom doesn't seem to have much to add to the table in terms of playstyle.

I, uh, kinda doubt that "unique-ness" was the reason for not having Chrom playable, considering they showed Lucina who seems to have the same moves as Marth.

Lucina surprised me even more, though. Although I can't shake the impression that she's just a Marth palette swap? They didn't show off any unique moves, which would be the smart thing to do when announcing a new character.

She has her own page as a newcomer. Seems like she just shares Marth's moves, like Roy did in Melee. She probably has different physics and move properties/damage, and not to mention the potential for different custom moveset options.

[FierceDeity]

Well, I figured they wouldn't be adding both Chrom and Lucina, but I still expected them to include at least one of them, seeing as they're the most relevant "blue-haired FE swordfighters" at the moment (wow wait that's actually the pattern they're following, isn't it?). I'm really happy they included Robin, though, and I can't wait to see how the battle system is actually going to work with his tomes. Also, having Chrom in his final smash agrees pretty well with the partner system from the original game, so I'm pretty happy with that.

I, uh, kinda doubt that "unique-ness" was the reason for not having Chrom playable, considering they showed Lucina who seems to have the same moves as Marth.

Well, seeing as Chrom and Lucina are preeeetty identical in the source game (not counting for mother-attributed skills, or reclassing stuff), I think that a tendency against cloning was probably pretty significant in this decision. I'm hoping that Lucina isn't a total clone of Marth, either. We did only see a small portion of her moveset, after all. Maybe they'll incorporate some of the more popular reclassing/mother attributed skills for her? Though, idk how exactly they'd make galeforce work...
Idk, it seems like they've been straying from adding new clones for this game, and it'd be a shame if they completely broke that trend with Lucina.

[braix]

So it's Lucina, Robin, and Captain Falcon?

[Echo]

So it's Lucina, Robin, and Captain Falcon?

Yup. So Lucina's been confirmed to be a clone of Marth, with the main difference being that she doesn't have a damage bonus at the tip, which will probably end up being bad.

Anyways, couple of scans here:
http://nintendoeverything.com/wp-content/uploads/smash-bros-scan-1.jpg
http://nintendoeverything.com/wp-content/uploads/smash-bros-scan-2.jpg

lol Kirby