User blog comment:TheFoolisherFoolishFool/What happened to Lucas?/@comment-10733804-20140922013747/@comment-10733804-20140925003819

A semi-clone is pretty much a clone so like it or not Lucas is a clone of Ness. I would be totally supportive of Lucas returning as a playable character if he wasn't a clone. Characters that only have small differences from each other are just waste of space in the character roster which an original character could have gotten. If Lucas is brought back as DLC it should be free and/or a colour swap of Ness. If Lucas returns as a separate character and is still a clone I would only buy it if it is free but it would be easier for Nintendo to make Lucas a costume for Ness instead and maybe other Earthbound characters like Paula could be costume changes so Ness could be like Bowser Jr./Koopalings.