Dr. Mario stat boost mechanic

[dahuterschuter]

Does anyone know what in the world Sakurai is talking about in this interview?

Dr. Mario already had a clear uniqueness, so by letting this character throw the fireball in his Dr. Mario costume or by cutting out his clear uniqueness that was established in Super Smash Bros. Melee, we could anger fans. So we added uniqueness to him with a stat-boost mechanic and split him off as a separate character.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu...super-smash-bros-diaries.aspx?PostPageIndex=4

What is this stat boost mechanic he's talking about?

 

[meleebrawler]

I think it's just a poorly worded way of saying Doc has higher power in most of his moves than Mario.