Rumor: Sony Developing Smash Bros-Style Brawler for PS3

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ImperialSunlight

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How many exclusive titles does the ps3 have at this point...?

Metal g... nope he's in brawl.
Twisted Metal? I guess, but a game hasn't come out since Black.
GoW sure Kratos... but he's in Mortal kombat... ps3 version only.
Naughty dawg stuff alright.
Final fantasy 7-12 i suppose.

But what else is there. Really. Besides racing games, because i know some jagoff will say that.
Well, there's Demon's Souls, if you don't count Dark Souls. An odd fit but it could work. Plus LittleBigPlanet, Ratchet and Clank and Modnation Racers (A racing game, yes, but a unique one...).
 

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OutrageousEmu said:
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As a huge smash fan my knee jerk reaction was a bit of spite that the idea was being copied. Then I realized this is actually good news. If Sony releases a competitor product--on different a system, sure--I feel there would be pressure on Nintendo to fix some of the irritating problems with Smash games, e.g. no more godforsaken clone characters, and take their product more seriously.
What has Sony ever done that isn't a direct copy of what Nintendo is doing?
You mean like the second Nub on the 3DS - huh, no, thats Nintendo doing something thats a blatant copy of what Sony's doing. Well, you mean the ability to share data between your handheld controller and your home console - no, agajin, thats Nintendo copying something Sony is doing. Well, you mean creating a 2D platformer constructed out of sowing material - no, thats Nintendo copying LittleBigPlanet, something Sony did. hat was your point again?
Wow really? You have activated my trap card! I am so happy I finally get to use this, I have waited so long ^_^
I apologize that it is in two parts, and that there is some overlap. It was too big to capture in one screencap, and I was loling too hard to screencap it accurately.
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Now that that is dealt with, I'll actually get to your post.
That nub has been on arcades for some 30 years, they just made it portable for a hand-held, and that so happens to look like the sony pad. I could play Pokemon Silver on my N64, so you're wrong about that as well. That is not really Nintendo copying Sony, that is little developers copying each other. Besides that, the mens in LBP are voodoo dolls, whereas everything in Epic Yarn is made of fabric.

Keep trying Sony fanboy. Maybe one day you'll make a good point :D
 

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Hahaha, Kratos vs Parappa the Rapper..............

"Yatatatatooo-taaaaaaaa, Kick, punch, your knifes in my mind...."
"Block turn Kicky!"

"Can I just kill him now?"
 

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Any word on the gameplay and whether it'll be new or rehash the same fighting-game style?
 

Riobux

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First the Move and now this? Sony, you're a big boy now. You don't need to pretend to be Nintendo's younger brother.
 

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With news of this...i'd say Microsofts will release a brawl game in about a year...

Aaaaanyway, Spyro Vs Kratos?

And remembering they had the Digimon games for the PS1 (long shot i know), we could see the Digimon tamer with an Agumon?

Agumon Vs Clank?

Abe from Oddworld VS Nathan Drake?

SOLD!
 

windlenot

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You think we'll be able to play as JAAAY-SUUUUN from Heavy Rain? Eh, maybe Norman Jayden.
 

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I've always wanted this to happen. So now that rumors are starting, they'd better be true.

I would play this shit out of this game.
 

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A Sony nostalgia-fest brawler without Tir McDohl would be a snorefest brawler indeed.

For all the constant reminders that Nintendo milks all of its first-party licenses for all they're worth, Smash Bros. was ingenious. Why? Because milking every property they owned ensured these characters would not be forgotten. Sony backs a lot of franchises, sure, but only until they lose relevance. They never try to KEEP them relevant. So while Smash Bros. has a couple characters in its roster that are a bit more obscure, most of its characters are immediately recognizable. Even adding in Snake and Sonic, who are very recognizable, is a legitimate move (the very first Metal Gear, long before MGS, was on the NES. And every current console currently owns a piece of Sonic now).

But what games does Sony have, and if not games, what characters? If they try to fish up every character that put them on the map, they're going to be paying out a lot of royalties, because that largely came from 3rd Person Parties. Tomb Raider(once Eidos, not sure who now), Jak n' Daxter (Naughty Dog), Crash Bandicoot (used to be Naughty Dog), Ratchet and Clank (Insomniac), Metal Gear Solid (Konami), Disgaea (Atlus), Suikoden (Konami), Katamri Damacy (Namco), SMT/Persona (Atlus), Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Parappa the Rapper, Twisted Metal, Legend of Dragoon, Final Fantasy 7-13 (Square), Spyro the Dragon (once Insomniac, now ActiVision) Jet Moto, The Mark of Kri (which is at least partly owned by Capcom), Xenosaga (Namco), Tekken (Namco), MediEvil, Little Big Planet, Uncharted (Naughty Dog)... and that's only factoring in those things largely exclusive to Playstation outlets (which I say very loosely).

The licensing for those non-Sony-owned things alone will be legendarily horrific, leaving them with very few things in that list that they don't have to ask/pay for up front. Then there's all the games that used to be Sony-only but went cross-platform, such as the new Prince of Persia and the Resident Evil series. Then there's all the games that started out cross-platform. And Nintendo (who will treat this as competition) and Microsoft will be even bigger pains to pay licensing for.

Then there's the tone of the game. Smash Bros. is mild, cartoon violence. Even with grittier characters like Snake in it (and MGS is chock full of bizarre comedic moments), it's a lighthearted game at its core. Trying to combine the tones of all of the games Sony can choose from into a cohesive tone is going to turn out worse than a kindergartener's arts and crafts project. It's going to look and feel like a mess. Except there will be no soccer moms around to give it false praise. Well, maybe IGN....

Sony would be better off negotiating with Microsoft and Nintendo to do one big fanservice brawler using all of the characters between them. That's how you muscle in on SSB; you make a game that assimilates it. And you have Capcom's MvC team create the fighting engine.
 

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My main thing is, if this does turn out to be a real game, keep it far, far, FAR away from the PSMove. Other than that I hope this does end up being a real thing and like almost everyone else here, I hope they bring in Crash Bandicoot. It's highly unlikely though since Crash is currently being stored in an Activision vault but it would be pretty sweet seeing him return home. Also I feel I should point out that any fight involving Kratos is going to automatically be a little bit more than one-sided.
 

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How the fuck would a parappa the rapa v kratos fight go? I think that is a bad idea...

But I agree with above posters if they do make this game crash bandicoot would have to be in it, he was on the goddamn demo disk for the ps1 and aside from jrpgs probably had the highest selling franchise on the system.
 

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I dunno...I mean, this would be like a dream come true if executed correctly. But it doesn't look like it so far...

Sony, it took you long enough to decide to rival Nintendo's SSB series with your own. You would think you would at least the copying part right.

I can see this working if:

-They create something a la MvC3. That is, every character is given an almost "cartoon-like" feeling (Who would have thought a dog would be as badass as, say, Wolverine?), they're all balanced, they're beautifully animated so that people don't end up choosing Sweet Tooths only, they're all given a vast variety of moves and styles and stuff like that.

-They choose the right characters. Hot Shots Golf? Who plays that?! What's next, Invizimals? EyePet? Even if it considered a game that sells, does it have iconic characters? Nintendo got away with Ness because A) Ness was an unlockable character, so he wasn't there right off the start to be discriminated against. If anything, you felt like you WANTED to unlock him. B) He was iconic. Maybe Earthbound is an old school classic, but it was a classic nonetheless. Hot Shots Golf? I doubt it. James Bond? I...never really thought of him as an iconic Sony character, seeing as he's more of a movie/novel character and the most iconic and best James Bond game so far (GoldenEye) was originally released for the N64.

So, I would recommend:
?Jak, Daxter, Ratchet, Clank, Sly and one of Sly's sidekicks. Sure, they were all already in Heroes on the Move (It will never be Playstation Move Heroes for me; that's a dumb name!), but they're classics and iconic. You just can't have a game without them.
?Nathan Drake
?Cole McGrath
?Kratos
?Old Snake (In your face, SSBB!)
?Sackboy
?Parappa the Rapper. Or even better! Lammy from Um Jammer Lammy! Who else liked the game?! ...No one? Just me..? Haven't even heard of it...? *Sigh*
?Someone from Tekken
?A Helghast (Bonus character?)

And the harder-to-get-but-glob-that-would-be-awesome characters:
?Crash bandicoot. Because he was originally Sony's pet.
?Spyro. For similar reasons as the one above.
?Dante. Again, similar reasons. And he's badass.
?Someone from FF7, FF8, FF9, FF10, or FF12. Because they're still PS exclusives for the most part (I know about the PC versions, yes)
?Pyramid Head. Because people would literally throw their wallets at you if you did this. Thus, SH was, yes, you guessed it, a PS exclusive.
?Someone from Kingdom hearts. Same reason as Pyramid Head's one. And not only would they throw their wallets at you, they would throw their underwear and their wives at you too.


Come on, Sony. You guys know what we want. You've proven [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdWkKKSckNk] it already. Don't screw this up and you can have my money, all of it.
 

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I'm not sure what to make of this silly idea of a game regarding SSB as an obvious influence. However, most Sony exclusives I've seen turned out pretty well... thus another war starts between them. *shudders*

Casual Shinji said:
Crash Bandicoot vs. Spyro.
You might not know this but those two are not Sony exclusives anymore for around 10 years now regardless of the PSP ports.

Did somebody say Jet Moto? How would that work? They would look like Power Rangers without a hoverbike.

Kratos VS Batman... I wish. My bet is on Batman.
 

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OutrageousEmu said:
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Palademon said:
A Monster Hunter
You have just won this thread, sir. I wish they could do that. I would buy the game in a heart beat!
How would you be able to tell? THe armor is so mix and match how could the characters look like a Monster Hunter character?
I would say they should use the Rathlos armor, which is generally the most iconic. That's how I'd be able to tell. The Rathlos armor was used in Lost Planet 2. ;)