Ditto Fighter: Difference between revisions

Named after the [[Pokémon]] Ditto, who can transform into its opponents. See also the related [[Ryu and Ken]], where two characters have the same moveset. Similar to, but distinct from [[Mega Manning]], which involves being able to copy one power/skill that your opponent displays and [[All Your Powers Combined|accumulating them as you encounter more of them]]; whereas the Ditto Fighter copies the whole power or skill set for one round or match and [[Discard and Draw|discards it to fashion a whole new skillset]] [[New Powers As the Plot Demands|upon facing a different opponent]].

 

 

== Action Games ==

** Actually, he turns into Mario's shadow. Which you then have to beat up, triggering a cutscene showing Mario and his partners taking the [[Mineral MacGuffin|Crystal Star]] and leaving the shadow lying there. Leaving you wondering why the camera is still focused on the shadow, until you find out that Doopliss has [[Body Snatcher|stolen Mario's body]] and somehow made you beat yourself up. Mario's partners don't realise this, meaning you have to fight them before you can get your body back.

* Poo from [[Earthbound]] has his Mirror skill, [[Useless Useful Spell|which nobody ever uses]] because you're already stronger than most enemies and you can't copy bosses.

* And of course the [[Trope Namer]], Ditto, from [[Pokémon]].

** Mew can do it too, but you'd have to be up against something really nasty to justify turning a legendary into it. Smeargle too, sorta...

* Suffice to say that [[Namco]] loves these:

** Mokujin/Tetsujin, and Combot, from the ''[[Tekken]]'' series change movesets per round (Mokujin) or per match (Combot). To a lesser degree, "Unknown", the boss from ''Tekken Tag Tournament'', who can change styles within the round but only copies the movesets of small-framed fighters (being a slight female herself, some of the moves used by large fighters such as the Jacks or Kuma/Panda would look ridiculous if used by her) and always starts each fight using the moveset of Jun Kazama.

** Charade (and Inferno again) from ''[[Soul Calibur]] 2''. Necrid used a fixed moveset made of attacks from other characters, complete with an [[Energy Weapon]] that changed shape to suit the move in progress.

** Olcadan from ''[[Soul Calibur]] 3''. Somewhat underwhelming considering his cosmetic originality - he's got an [[Owl Be Damned|owl's head]]. Though to be fair, it was his punishment for ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|defeating a god.]]''

* Szayel from [[Bleach]] Resurrection's had this as one of his abilities.

* Both Shirou and Archer from ''[[Fate Stay Night]]'' copy other people's weapons perfectly (well, one magic rank reduced, but that only really matters against Servants like Hercules). Perfectly in this case includes the history of the weapon, including the history of how it was wielded. Meaning Shirou and Archer copy the skill of the original owner. Pray they never copy Assassin's sword, wielded with his [[Reality Warper|reality-bending]] skill.

* Duplex of the [[Whateley Universe]] has the mutant ability to touch another mutant and gain their powers, although she may not get a full-strength copy off someone.