Because of their attachment to Ryu Hayabusa they are not mere guests. They have been intertwined with the Team NINJA universe for years...
I think you need to check out the definition of original:
"Present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest."
In this adjective definition of the word Marie Rose is not original at all, but Rachel is in the sense of Team NINJA's world because she appeared in the reboot of Ninja Gaiden. So in that sense Rachel is more original than Marie Rose. Which also means if Genfu isn't in the game... how fucking stupid.
Here is another definition:
"created directly and personally by a particular artist; not a copy or imitation."
So they all apply to this one...
Then there is this one:
an eccentric or unusual person.
This applies to Rachel too as she is the only female heavy in the game. Marie Rose I guess is unusual because she is tiny and has no... nvm.
AND to make it sink in even further since you said "original for DOA." Rachel's move-set technically came from DOA4's spartan. So EVEN there even as a NINJA Gaiden character she is more original than Marie Rose as a DOA character!
SO with that being said, does anyone want to take on my bet or continue this debate out further?
i probably shouldn't bring this subject up again, but i want to point out a flaw in your logic.
"original" is a broad word with many meanings. the subjects in question, however, can be narrowed down to a more specific description, and there's a very clear cut definition for it.
"An
original character is a
character created that does not come from an existing copyright"
you can easily see most of the definitions for the word original
alone don't make a lot of sense in the context of fictional characters. "
Present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest" would rule out every character that weren't part of the original game. Lisa Hamilton and Mila are not DOA original characters because they weren't there at the beginning, but that's false. and nobody actually uses the word original to refer to "
an eccentric or unusual person", as there are about a dozen other more natural sounding adjectives for that.
the same logic can be applied to the moveset. using the chronological definition, you could say it was "originally there", it has been around for longer than some others. but as far as
originality is concerned... the definition of this noun is very focused, and this is what people often think about when they use/see the adjective original.
"the quality of being novel"
"freshness of aspect, design, or style"
"the quality of being special and interesting and not the same as anything or anyone else"
we all know Rachel's moveset was a
derivative of Spartan's moveset, therefore it falls short on this department.
just like with Mila, Rig, Momiji, Phase 4 and Diego, Marie Rose has an original moveset because an overwhelming portion of it are moves exclusive to her only. not even Honoka managed to steal anything from it.
tl;dr: semantics, semantics
p.s. i'm all for Naotora not coming back just so i don't have to see people mistyping her name again. it's so easy to type a vowel twice, but you just had to give your L key a slap on the ass.
GTFO!!
