Going head to head with street fighter 2 copying it's basic mechanics is what gave us basically the entire fighting genre as we know it
Yeah, I was being lazy. I meant just compared to other games with similar rosters, class systems and powers etc, which are mostly mobas, it would be the most recognisable cast.
Pretty sure Overwatch is a Metroidvania roguelite card game.
Overwatch is OBVIOUSLY a spinoff of a brazilian comic spinoff in animated form
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Looking back that AM2 of all devs did it first (yesh, Megamix is an AM2 crossover, not SEGA's) and it makes it hilarious that people are saying Capcom or Microsoft don't have enough iconic stuff
Yeah, it's not really so much of a version of something else as it is entirely its own all encompassing thing now, especially when it comes to its reach with IP's. In style, scope, and gameplay I don't think you could 100% match it in all 3 without seeming derivative or nonsensical, though maybe I lack imagination. The only thing that comes close is MvC.
Fair point, but at the same time trying to do something different than the style SF2 built is what gave us Smash Bros in the first place. In my opinion, I think more companies should try taking Sakurai's original approach. Bring something unique to the fighting game genre, or hell make a different genre all together. Then throw your characters into it.
yeah ... except smash does not have it's own Mortal Kombat or King of Fighters or Samurai Shodown or Fatal Fury or Guilty Gear
If someone could take the Smash formula and do something really cool with, like those games did with SF, of course I would be down. It's just a shame it hasn't happened yet.
Dunno about "never be topped by any other game" Its all a matter of budget. Technically other Japanese devs like Capcom or Bamco could also work out deals with other companies to build up an equally legendary roster. I feel like PS All Star had a lot of potential but it feels like Sony just low balled the budget. They should have worked with way more developers to get a lot more 3rd party characters in. PS brand was originally built on 3rd party games after all.
They lost their chance when they made their Disney Infinity party brawler marvel only.
I don't know. I highly doubt we'll ever see a roster even close to what Ultimate represents again unless Sakurai is able to make what he says is the impossible happen and just keep building onto the existing roster with an Ultimate 2. I'm honestly not sure there's anyone else in the industry who has the connections, pull, and influence Sakurai does to get even half of the third-party characters represented in Smash. Any prospective contender would also have to do without any of Nintendo's characters, which is also a huge part of Smash's draw and appeal.
Almost every single game you mentioned in this post has exactly zero characters that most gamers today would recognize. Sad, but true.
I feel like people only recognize half the IPs in Smash because of Smash itself. Outside of their big IPs like Pokemon,Mario and Zelda. The other classic IPs have all been sel
Bamco even own the same dev team that made Ultimate , so they definitely have some good experience in the genre.Easily...
They have way more properties than Nintendo as well...
The funny thing is that Ms Marvel on Marvel Ultimate Alliance is basically luffy moveset in Jump Ultimate Stars xD
god i want this so bad
man, imagine the complete fuckery that could happen with this year's edition of the game :'(
That only have 2 franchises =PWe have to go back.
Yeah, I definitely think "recognizable and iconic" is the thing that matters most in this case.
To be fair it is not "Settle it in Smash Bros Ultimate" ... it would have been "Settle it in a Battle Royale" which is impressive how that aged weirdly
Oh man. Imagine Geno gets added to Super Square Fighters and not Smash
That would be darkly hilarious. I'm not a big Geno fan myself (I don't dislike him, I just don't get the fervor around him and was always more of a Mallow fan) but I'd feel awful for the Geno community if that actually happened, haha.
