To be fair, I made jokes in the old days when they announced that 5U would have DLC characters that one of them would be a Kasumi clone with entirely recycled appearance, moves and outfits, thinking there was no way they could do something that lame. And then they made Phase 4 and played it off as completely serious.
That's not fair since you knew Phase 4 was going to be exactly that regardless.
*exactly that has happened with every dlc character after Marie rose*
- Phase 4 being a Kasumi clone was as obvious as space having no sound.
- Nyotengu being a Bankotsubo clone was mainly due to those fans wanting him(or his style atleast) back
- You got a point with Honoka atleast(since regardless, Raidou in DOA1 and Dimensions was like her before DOA5 revamped him)
And 2 of those 3 atleast have different mechanics then being straight clones(hell, so does Honoka since she actually does have style changes)