Final Smashes.

quote StewieRox11

And Gotenks, agreed. The thing I don't get is, didn't Sakurai say there wouldn't be any clones in SSBB, especially with FSs? Because Toon Link is just a smaller version of Link, tbh. They didn't even keep the fire arrows that they had for Young Link in SSBM to make it at least a LITTLE different!

I believe his take on the matter was along the lines, "while characters may have the same moves, including final smashes, the characterization of these attacks (from startup speed to power, etc) varies." I don't think nearly any consumers of the game viewed this as truth, though.

For me, I don't mind the clones. Since the moves essentially do end up functioning pretty differently, I side slightly with Sakurai on this (assuming his thoughts are along the lines of what I stated above).

However, a very easy solution for this would be to change the animation (sprites) associated with each move. If the specials and final smashes, even if functioning equivocally to how they do now (with what I referred to above as 'characterization of attacks), the attacks would then function AND appear differently. Creator is happy because they are all technically different, consumer is happy because the results they are providing, differentiation, is then apparent. To do otherwise really just seems lazy to me. As Walt Disney stated, "All horses jump, no chipped paint."

quote mattardis

jigglypuff: perish song

Hmmm, Perish song.... that'd be interesting. Each character has a short time frame to, say, get hit five times, or 'grab on' to something (stay a certain distance from the edge, or make it to a holding chamber) or they end up flying off the side.

That LandMaster bit is fantastic, down to the detail of 'Toon Landmaster' and 'New.'

Perhaps 7 isn't that high for super FS forms, though I would not even count Ganondorf in that (though I would count Pikachu). I guess all the smash's are just one of several types:
-super enhanced attack forms, single button setups, dimensional effects, or summons