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It appears that characters need to be made as their own slots if even a slight difference in their stats are present. In other words, different characters can only be alts if the changes are cosmetic. This means,

did you edit the hitbox size a little? That's a different character.
did you increase power and/or attack status effect? That's a different character.

Since the slots aren't limited technically, "clones" are relatively easy to make, but they're still man-hours in the game. Think about it as an 'extra' effort to make them different. I mean, Luigi was a clone, and look at him now

However Dark Pit is really lacking - though I know Sakurai's feel. I would hate if my character didn't have accurate presentation in my own game.