All-Stars Battle Royale was a cash-grab to promote other games, but does Sony / PlayStation have what it takes (a good cast) to make a game of this caliber work?
PlayStation's "Smash Bros"
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no, they don't. only Nintendo and maybe MAYBE Capcom and Konami + Hudson can. i don't recognize 90% of these characters and i'm quite old (22 yo), the few recognizable characters don't suit this kind of game because they're realistic looking
meanwhile Smash Bros only has iconic big hitters that everyone knows and loves: Mario, Luigi, Pikachu, Link, Zelda, Samus, Falcon, Peach, Fox, Kirby, D.K., Marth, Pit, Ness, etc
>the few recognizable characters don't suit this kind of game because they're realistic looking
ideally characters like Drake and Aloy would look like their Fortnite versions in a game like this
a 3rd party character like Lara would be a must in a game like this one too
A number of those characters are older than you are you zoomer cunt.
This. They don’t have enough. The only one who can rival Smash characters in terms of being iconic is Kratos. Everyone else doesn’t have the iconic appeal.
>i'm quite old (22 yo)
>only Nintendo and maybe MAYBE Capcom and Konami + Hudson can
what the fuck, tendie? Capcom and Konami / Hudson MOST DEFINITELY can, SEGA / FATlus and Square-Enix arguably could as well
pretty much no one in the west knew about the generic anime swordsmen from Fire Emblem before Melee, even Samus is called Metroid by a lot of normies, assuming they can even recognize her
>Marth, Pit
>everyone knows and loves
I didn't know Sakurai posted on Ganker.
>and I'm quite old (22 y old)
So how young are all you zoomermorons on average then. This isn't surprising but still pretty horrible
i'm pretty sure the average Ganker anon is like 15 or 16, especially the Nintendo and Sony fans
>i'm quite old (22 yo),
/v/ros, not like this
>Bottom
good b8
Fire Emblem was niche 10 years ago, not now. Same with Earthbound, which is now considered a cult classic as it has been the inspiration for a huge amount of games in both the rpg and jrpg scenes.
both have less cultural relevance than Katamari
Disagree.
>Fire Emblem was niche 10 years ago, not now
It's still niche.
I don't give a shit about most of this roster. They don't have nearly as iconic as most of nintendo's roster. The only ones here that could give a shit about is sly cooper and maybe jak and daxter as a deep cut.
Smash Ultimate did a better job at representing what people wanted from playstation than PSASBR
>Cloud
>Sephiroth
>Snake
>(Kazuya instead of Heihachi) rip
>(Bayonetta instead of Dante) rip
>Pac Man
But yeah, fuck all those and make way for great picks like
>The bitch from heavenly sword
>Fat princess
>Two different versions of Cole
>DmC Dino
>A random big daddy that would make about as much sense as Minecraft Steve
To sum it up, this:
I have zero faith they would actually make good picks considering the stupid shit we got last time. The only cool idea they had was the hybrid stages but the soulless UI and menus and shit roster and DLC was laughable.
>The bitch from heavenly sword
nariko, she makes my pp hard tho
>snoys think this looks good
better than nikokado i guess lmao
now lets see a Nintendo ginger
>ginger
>no ASS/BREAST/THIGH/SHOULDER FRECKLES
>>no ASS/BREAST/THIGH/SHOULDER FRECKLES
Good.
Fuck your western garbage fetish.
literally the actual definition of a ginger
>every western character is a realistic ugly bitch
guess france is japan
>this is your brain on npc dialogue repetition based on meme catchphrases
old design was better
who cares?
I've said this in a past thread, I'll say it again: I feel like Nariko was included because Sony was lacking a "Samus Aran" until Aloy.
>Cloud
>Sephiroth
>Snake
>(Kazuya instead of Heihachi) rip
i think those are associated with the PS brand
>(Bayonetta instead of Dante) rip
>Pac Man
those not so much
Dante was definitely associated with the PS brand before the PS3 dropped the ball and they lost everything.
Fat Princess is one of the best selling titles on the PS3 digital store. Say what you will about the rest, but she earns her spot on the roster for pioneering the idea of the PSOnline being a viable market.
>Blasto
Andy Dick got Phil Hartman killed you Fifa zoom zoom.
>Kratos, Ratchet, Avocado, Who? Vita Weebshit, LBP, Who? Who?
>Jack, Drake, Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who?
>Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who?
>Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who?
>Uncharted Poo-in-Loo, Who? Who? Who? Who? Who Who? chud Ratchet
>Who? Who? Who? Joel Who? Who? Who? Who? Who?
no, even XBOX can do better because of RARE: Banjo, Conker, Joanna, Rash, Fullgore, etc
>PaRappa
>Alundra
>Sly
>Who?
Seriously, how old is this board's average user?
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they're fucked on trying to make a real smashlike with iconic characters because a lot of their more iconic characters are third parties they not only don't have the rights to but some of them about to be absorbed by fucking microsoft like fucking crash and spyro, in a acquisition sony is currently fighting tooth and nail to block. its just never going to happen.
fucking smash already got a lot of the shit they could bank on too like goddamn cloud and sora.
Like everyone else is saying, most of the characters and franchises people would associate heavily with PS aren't even owned by them.
>Crash Bandicoot
>Metal Gear
>Final Fantasy
>Legend of Dragoon
There are maybe 8 characters they could squeeze out before they run out and start resorting to 3rd parties. Even if they did reach that deep you'd have a roster full of Ice Climber tier deep cuts that would just make you sad that practically all of the IPs show are fucking dead. At least a majority of the series that appeared in SSBU got SOMETHING of cultural relevance within the past few year since with maybe the exception of ice climbers. Sweet Tooth's entire genre is dead for example and most of the shit in PSASBR are now fossils that are never coming back and it's only been maybe one and a half console gens.
Now that I actually look at it, what the fuck are these choices?
>Bunch of picks from current and last gen
>bro from Bloodborne
>PS5 Tech demo robot
>Fat princess (again)
>Mascot Cat
It's as if the maker of this list was the result of their mother discovering how great liquor was mid pregnancy.
Isn't Bloodborne popular as fuck?
>Isn't Bloodborne popular as fuck?
Only on Ganker.
It only sold 2 million. Pretty pathetic for such a heavily shilled game here.
That's surprising, I thought it was one of the best selling PS4 games.
Make King Cai playable
Sony's characters are not iconic enough for a game like this. Or to be more precise, the Sony playerbase is too divided.
Nintendo fans mostly all play the same games. They all know Mario, Link, Pikachu, DK, Kirby...
Sony on the other hand means different things to different people.
Platform fighters won't sell well unless it's smash due to the fanbase, and care for it's gameplay.
They have the numbers, but most of them would be literal whos to the current crowd. People can warm up to them like the more niche Nintendo picks like marth or ness when melee launched but it will be tough
Sony would do a better job if ps stars 2 was some kind of shameless crossover game where they just throw everyone in some rpg or themepark minigame adventure. That way they don't have to worry about rosters, movesets or balance and can make something that appeals to a bigger crowd without looking like a shitty smash ripoff
I want to fuck astro
wtf
Sony Smash would need a LOT of 3rd party slots to work.
>Crash
>Spyro
>Lara Croft
>Dante
>Jill Valentine
>Squall or Zack (since Cloud is in Smash)
>Big Boss or Liquid (since Solid is in Smash)
>Sofia
Are unironically more iconic "PlayStation" reps than most of Sony's own characters.
>All-Stars Battle Royale was a cash-grab to promote other games
>more than half the roster is smash is to shill for something
Yet it's ok for shitendo to do it.
c'mon dude Big Daddy, Isaac and Donte were horrid choices
>Isaac Clarke is on the rooster
>not the Iconic L3 Engineering Suit
>not the security suit
>not even the advanced suit
>fucking fur coat suit from DS3
I will never forgive the japanese
add King of All Cosmos Katamari
>marth, pit, ness
>big hitters
wew lad no (you) for you
why doesn't /ourgirl/ Vibri get appreciation threads like Kat does?
kat is very fappable
so is Vibri
She did for a time, but I think they got forced into /trash/
Blinx deserves a spot
Now what would a Microsoft Smash look like if not abysmal?
>Chief
>Bethesda characters
>Fullgore
>Joanna Dark
>Might pass on Banjo and Steve because of Smash already
Any Xbros that are more familiar got anything?
a roster of Dudebro gaming icons would be kino
>Captain Price
>Commander Sheppard
>Master Chief
>John Marston
>Lara Croft
>Marcus Fenix
>Doomguy
>John Madden
>Mike Tyson
>Dohvahkin
Dark Queen
hey Snake was in a different platform fighter
why the fuck is dimitri there as a sly cooper rep? That's such a random pick. Vibri is based though, keep her.