I'm completely new to competitive smash and I was wondering if Falco required a lot of tech skill or if I could easily learn the basics. My friend picked up Wolf really fast, is he the easier space animal to play?
The guy who introduced me to Project M also started as a Wolf main and he'd get beaten pretty badly due to Wolf's combo weight and the necessity of utilizing his tech in order to really bring out his top tier potential. At the time when I first started playing, he couldn't yet waveland blaster, he didn't go for Wolf Flashes, and he was still working out L-cancelling. But many months later, although I'm not around to see him progress, he tells me he's gotten to be the best in his circle of friends, as he committed to grinding out all of Wolf's tech as often as he could until he got it down-pat; he'd watch what other Wolf players like Switch did and incorporate what he saw into his own game. But it took him months of practice to get to that level.
Still, the way Wolf works, and perhaps the way all the Star Fox characters work, is that you are led to see each phase of the game individually and can see your progress in each of those areas of play. You learn soon what a good Wolf neutral is like, what good Wolf punishes are like, what good Wolf recoveries are like, how to get out of and avoid being combo'd, and so on. I think Wolf has the best potential of the 3 in terms of being solo-mained but he's really hard to master. But I bet that if you go ride or die Wolf when you first start off, you're going to get a lot of satisfaction out of the game, along with a great deal of frustration, of course—but it's that love of Wolf, or love of what Wolf can do, that's going to push you to become a better player.
I think Falco is easiest to play at the lowest level. He has difficult tech too, but you are less reliant on Falco tech to win games. I think he's also the easiest to develop bad habits with and fall into creative ruts with, especially with how seemingly easy it is and tempting it is to dual main him with Fox. When you're playing Falco, it's hard to see what you could be doing better, or what the maximally efficient play with him really is.
Really, I think you should start with whoever feels right to you. I've been playing Falco since Brawl, and I've touched Fox and Wolf in all the games and didn't feel them at all. I even tried to give up Falco after playing Project M for a little while and hearing about how bad he is, but I couldn't because I enjoyed him far too much, and I have too much of a sentimental connection with him. I think connection with your main is very important, just as well as their optimal playstyle in comparison to one's preferred playstyle.
I think Keitaro captured the attitude best, with lots of humor of course.