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They mark characters, like Cole and Mario, that were split into two separate characters in past games, but now those characters share a slot.

It states so in the Gameplay section:

''Some characters that previously took multiple spots remain separate characters with different movesets or attack specials, but they now share a character slot to save space. These characters are marked with an asterisk. ''