Sony reveals their blatant Super Smash Bros. Rip Off

[deoxys]

I don't call myself a fanboy by any means for any company, and rumors have been going around for a while that Sony was indeed making this game.

But then the trailer came out... and...

They stole the UI and EVERYTHING. It's like they said "Well, if we're going to steal the idea, we may as well steal the entire thing amirite!?"

[Lonely Cubone]

That is impressively shameless.

[DaveTheFishGuy]

I can't seen the video because lol Youtube but I'm amazed that it didn't happen when Melee came out.

[Celebii151]

COME IT HAS ICE CREAM TRUCKS!

Actually, I think it sucks for now.

[Talon87]

That is AMAZING at how much it rips it off. Like ... WOW. It's not as if it's just the stage design or just the physics or just the layout/UI ... it's everything. They basically took SSBB and said "Let's mod it." What blows me away is how the characters float back down after they perform an attack in mid-air. It's identical to what you see in Smash Bros. and you don't see that in a single other fighting game.

[Tuner89]

Originally Posted by Talon87

That is AMAZING at how much it rips it off. Like ... WOW. It's not as if it's just the stage design or just the physics or just the layout/UI ... it's everything. They basically took SSBB and said "Let's mod it." What blows me away is how the characters float back down after they perform an attack in mid-air. It's identical to what you see in Smash Bros. and you don't see that in a single other fighting game.

Well you do in Cartoon Network, Punch Time Explosion, but that's a moot point as it's also a SSB Rip-Off

[deoxys]

So I just read a quote from that Omar guy that I'll post when I'm not on my phone, but he basically says "yes it's like super smash bros, so what? We are basing this game off of the best of the best fighting games."

So he basically just flattered Nintendo hardcore.

[DaveTheFishGuy]

Can Nintendo sue?

Because I think they should.

[deoxys]

That would be like Coke trying to sue Pepsi.

[Blastoise]

I think the big issue with this game for me (at least based on the rumors + the ~30 seconds I skipped through in the Youtube link) is that the stylistic differences between their IPs are way too strong for a mashup fighter. Mario fighting Marth? Definite differences in tone between the two series, but not so dramatic that it grinds on the senses. Parappa vs. Kratos? Not so much.

EDIT: This is also completely personal, but the game-stage mashups are kind of iffy for me. Were the developers really afraid that the hydra boss battle stage from God of War couldn't stand on its own?

[phoopes]

I have just lost a ton of respect for Sony.

[Rangeet]

Ooh I'll buy this.

[Muyotwo]

Finally I can play as all of my favorite Sony exclusive characters! Like Kratos, and Parappa the rapper, the ice cream truck dude from Twisted Metal and Sora from... No, wait. Snake from... No... Harry from Silent Hill... No... Um. Sackboy? This is the biggest problem with Sony's Smash ripoff- just who are the characters that everyone knows and is dying to throw into combat with each other. Personally, I think playing Parappa in a fighting game is somewhat akin to playing as Villager 1 from Animal Crossing in Smash Brothers would- really out of place.

[Tuner89]

Originally Posted by Muyotwo

Finally I can play as all of my favorite Sony exclusive characters! Like Kratos, and Parappa the rapper, the ice cream truck dude from Twisted Metal and Sora from... No, wait. Snake from... No... Harry from Silent Hill... No... Um. Sackboy? This is the biggest problem with Sony's Smash ripoff- just who are the characters that everyone knows and is dying to throw into combat with each other. Personally, I think playing Parappa in a fighting game is somewhat akin to playing as Villager 1 from Animal Crossing in Smash Brothers would- really out of place.

FAT PRINCESS! Duh?

But yah, this is the same issue I started having with the game the more I thought about it... That and the fact I wouldn't be able to play it since I haven't owned a Sony product since the PS2, though I DID make an account and play extensively on my friends PS3 to play the God of War series(which I even bought myself for him as a sort of 'renting' fee ), so who knows.

Really this is a kind of game that only really makes sense as a Nintendo Product, because they have so many first-party IP's, or as a television network's creation(as per Punch Time Explosion).

For those wondering, by the way, Punch Time Explosion, which I mentioned before, is a Super Smash Brothers game based off the early 2000's Cartoon Network Universe, along with some earlier works(Captain Planet) and some of the newer as well (Flapjack, and Chowder). It was honestly, pretty well done, but not as polished as SSB.

[Rangeet]

I don't care who's there as long as I can have Kratos vs Nathan Drake. =3

[deoxys]

Yeah, sure, Kratos vs. Nathan Drake SOUNDS cool, but let's face it, that's really super lame.

You can't tell me that a few bullets are going to do shit to Kratos? Or maybe some really horrible karate moves? Not to mention... I still don't think guns have any real part in a fighting game. I mean Snake just BARELY pulled it off in SSBB. Even then...

I dunno. I just think this whole thing's lame. Too much "SRS" characters fighting each other on non-srs terms = lame.

But if they get Kevin Butler to be the announcer or the final boss I'll reconsider.

[Princess Ana]

Originally Posted by deoxys

Yeah, sure, Kratos vs. Nathan Drake SOUNDS cool, but let's face it, that's really super lame.

You can't tell me that a few bullets are going to do shit to Kratos? Or maybe some really horrible karate moves? Not to mention... I still don't think guns have any real part in a fighting game. I mean Snake just BARELY pulled it off in SSBB. Even then...

I dunno. I just think this whole thing's lame. Too much "SRS" characters fighting each other on non-srs terms = lame.

But if they get Kevin Butler to be the announcer or the final boss I'll reconsider.

You forget the Star Fox group with their laser guns.

My faith in Sony has been ruined. That is the most blantant ripoff I have ever seen.

[DaveTheFishGuy]

Blaster guns =/= real guns. Bullets and whatnot.

[Princess Ana]

Originally Posted by DaveTheFishGuy

Blaster guns =/= real guns. Bullets and whatnot.

Same principle. Bullets make no real difference.

[DaveTheFishGuy]

...yes. Yes they do. Since bullets stay in the body (usually) of the target, whereas blasters just cause damage. I'm pretty sure this is why Snake didn't get an actual gun in SSBB.

[Talon87]

Super Smash Bros. played upon the decade-old question children had been asking: "who would win in a fight between Mario and Sonic?" They couldn't get Sonic, of course, but they simply applied the question to the stars of their other franchises. It didn't take much, considering everyone has his or her own favorites and could easily be swayed to consider the question of who would win between Nintendo Hero A and Nintendo Hero B. Then, about another decade later, we wind up getting Mario and Sonic in the same brawler after all: and everyone who was a kid in the late '80s or early '90s had his wish granted.

I was never a Sony kid so maybe it's not fair for me to say this, but ... I've never once asked myself "Who would win in a fight between Parappa the Rapper and Kratos?" That's as absurd as asking who would win in a fight between Marth and R.O.B. the robot. Now granted, those ended up becoming playable characters in Smash Bros., but only as 2nd and 3rd gen extras, respectively: never as launch title characters. Now you could say "Well, Nintendo's original Smash Bros. didn't have anyone you'd really pictured fighting either! " but ... I still have an easier time considering the fanboy question "Who wins between Link or Kirby?" than I do "Who wins between Parappa and Kratos?" Again, this could just be because I wasn't a Sony kid, but I think this is why the game's roster feels really weird to me.

I guess the other problem I have is, and no offense to Sony but ... Sony's "mascot" characters suck! Nintendo has Mario, Link, Samus, Kirby, and (at the time) the very new Pikachu. When I think "mascot characters" for Sony, I think Cloud Strife, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, and the clown from Twisted Metal. Not exactly the sorts of characters you see going at it in the same ring. ^^;

[Princess Ana]

Originally Posted by DaveTheFishGuy

...yes. Yes they do. Since bullets stay in the body (usually) of the target, whereas blasters just cause damage. I'm pretty sure this is why Snake didn't get an actual gun in SSBB.

So does the metal of Snake's Fragmentation grenades. Besides the point.

Originally Posted by Talon87

Super Smash Bros. played upon the decade-old question children had been asking: "who would win in a fight between Mario and Sonic?" They couldn't get Sonic, of course, but they simply applied the question to the stars of their other franchises. It didn't take much, considering everyone has his or her own favorites and could easily be swayed to consider the question of who would win between Nintendo Hero A and Nintendo Hero B. Then, about another decade later, we wind up getting Mario and Sonic in the same brawler after all: and everyone who was a kid in the late '80s or early '90s had his wish granted.

I was never a Sony kid so maybe it's not fair for me to say this, but ... I've never once asked myself "Who would win in a fight between Parappa the Rapper and Kratos?" That's as absurd as asking who would win in a fight between Marth and R.O.B. the robot. Now granted, those ended up becoming playable characters in Smash Bros., but only as 2nd and 3rd gen extras, respectively: never as launch title characters. Now you could say "Well, Nintendo's original Smash Bros. didn't have anyone you'd really pictured fighting either! " but ... I still have an easier time considering the fanboy question "Who wins between Link or Kirby?" than I do "Who wins between Parappa and Kratos?" Again, this could just be because I wasn't a Sony kid, but I think this is why the game's roster feels really weird to me.

I guess the other problem I have is, and no offense to Sony but ... Sony's "mascot" characters suck! Nintendo has Mario, Link, Samus, Kirby, and (at the time) the very new Pikachu. When I think "mascot characters" for Sony, I think Cloud Strife, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, and the clown from Twisted Metal. Not exactly the sorts of characters you see going at it in the same ring. ^^;

None the fact that three out of these four characters aren't in the game. I would never get this unless it had Final Fantasy characters in it. Which it won't because of Dissidia.

[Rangeet]

If only they could get all the characters in that ad they had. That ad was one of the best I've ever seen.

[phoopes]

>Mentions Sony mascots

Also put on that list Sly Cooper, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, jussayin'. I was definitely more of a Nintendo kid than a Sony kid, but still, those three are three of Sony's biggest mascots, even if none of them have had a good game in a while. Though the main point here is that none of those three (that I know of) are in this game. Sly would be an easy one to pull off. Ratchet not so much, because of the use of guns, but I think it would be doable because of all the different types of weapons that didn't use actual bullets. Jak would be impossible unless they gave him the same sort of "moveset" from his first game, when he didn't use guns.

[JustAnotherUser]

>Phoopes
Sly is in the game, you know.