Talk:Alph

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I think this page should be merged with Olimar. While Alph is indeed a separate character from Olimar in the Olimar series, he is treated as an alternate "costume" here; despite the separate announcer calls and even separate mesh, Alph shares the moveset, and the game's records classify Alph as the same as Olimar; getting KOs with Alph equates to getting KOs with Olimar. The reason Koopalings, another model swap with separate announcer names, is that they're separate characters in the Mario series. I highly doubt that the Koopalings will get their own articles in other wiki series' articles due to similar logical reasons, not because we should follow exactly what every other wiki does. If Alph makes additional appearances as a separate entity, like a Smash Bros. anime where he plays a major role and sticks his Beam Sword to where the sun don't shine on Wario, then we can make this article. But, removing assumptions, this should be merged with Olimar. Any other thoughts? It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 17:21, 3 January 2015 (EST)

The MarioWiki is, I believe, the only wiki to actually create individual articles for SSB elements besides the actual SSB Wiki, so we can't exactly compare ourselves to anyone else. In any case, Alph may share the same moves (Dark Pit, Roy, and others have some sort of relevance here, I think) and stats, but he's still rather individual, since he does have his own announced name when he's fighting with his unique mesh. I'd vote for keeping the article. Hello, I'm Time Turner.