"Doo doo doo doo… that familiar Super Smash Bros. menu music plays in the background as you wrestle with the often-asked question, “who am I going to pick?” It’s a question that has plagued the denizens of the gaming community for over 13 years.
The options range from both awesome and cute, to downright annoying and badass. However, lest you get harangued for picking Kirby for the umpteenth time, or stab and spin your way to victory via Link, there is always a character to play and another character to beat mercilessly.
Selecting someone to beat the heck out of your friends is an important decision–and one that you will probably forget in a week or so.
But regardless, with last week’s announcement of Mega Man, the Wii Fit Trainer and the Villager from Animal Crossing joining the fray in the new Super Smash Bros., we at Pixelitis cast our nets of imagination wide and far to find other suggestions for some awesome butt kicking. So join us as we make our cases to see who can make us rip our hair out and throw controllers across the room, all in the name of Super Smash Bros. " - Pixelitis Staff
NetherRealm confirms its Mortal Kombat franchise has sold over 80 million copies in the last 30 years, and here's how it competes against other fighters.
Don't care what anyone says, Smash isn't a traditional fighting game. May as well call Powerstone and Playstation All Stars fighting games. They're more of an arena fighter /party game.
You don't have to care what anyone says. It's not a traditional fighting game. But it is a fighting game.
I mean what makes them an arena fighter than say something like Tekken? Because there’s platforms?
because theres a bunch of pokeballs and other random stupid stuff on stage that you can use at your advantage and flying ultra super power ball that you got to chase on the stage to get your ougi LMAO.
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I mean what it sounds like is they took a fighting game and “added” unique mechanics to it to me.
When I think arena game I think of things like Spawn: In the Demon’s Hand or Virtual-On.
Smash to me is a fighting game, they have fighting game tournaments for it. It just doesn’t jive with me to call it “not a fighting game” because you have poke-balls and platforms or because it has 4 players at once duking it out.
Power Stone I’d consider a fighting game as well. Hell, if you google what it is everyone calls these games “fighting games”. So yea, they’re fighting games…
oh its a racer but its not a realistic one like GT or Forza. only kids check for mario kart and smash .
I didn’t say it was realistic. I said racing game. Does Burnout not being realistic make it not a racing game?
What does a demographic have to do with a genre? Do kids playing CoD make it any less an FPS? You see how ridiculous bringing up that subject is?
Nobody said it was a traditional fighter. Everyone acknowledges it as a platform fighter
PSASBR & Power Stone are fighting games, the former being a platform fighter and the latter an arena fighter
Because if cute and lovable characters are fighting it's not a fighting game? XD As long there's a versus fighting, it is a fighting game.
Including Smash Bros in a list of fighting games, is like including GTA in Racing games.
I hate to break it to you but smash bros has fighting game tournaments so it qualifies.
"and here's how it competes against other fighters"
No, Mortal Kombat doesn't compete with games like Smash Bros? It's a different genre for a different audience.
Anybody can host a tournament in their garage it doesnt mean it qualifies.
I'm going to assume you're not part of the FGC. However, I am, and I can tell you that there is a ton of overlap between people who play smash competitively and those who play other fighting games competitively.
Now for casuals, there is a lot less overlap between the two for sure.
While technically true, Leffen comes to mind, FGC and Smash community have always had a rocky relationship.
And yet, If Smash Bros was over 80 million, you wouldn't be complaining. On the contrary, you would be bragging about it.
Bad comparison. You do a LOT of things in GTA outside of a car while fighting is what you’re mainly doing in SSB
Yeah, that's a good point. Most of these games have parts to the franchise outside of traditional fighting games.
Like for example, with Mortal Kombat, do Special Forces, Mythologies: Sub: zero, and the Kollection count?
With Tekken does death by degrees or the tag tournament games count?
With Street Fighter, are we counting all the iterations of 2, 3, and 4? how about the ex series or alpha series?
There are a lot of variables at play here
Even after including Tekken Tag, they have less titles compared to all MK and SF games.
Bayonetta's character design and abilities have changed a lot since the series debuted in 2009, with new costumes and dark arts in every title.
70 years and still going strong. And with some amazing games, too.
There are countless ones that weren't mentioned. Rastan. New Zealand Story. Cadash. NINJA KIDS.
I prefer the original Rastan...or, for that matter, the very rare Warrior Blade.
Iron Knuckle
Saki Amamiya
Little Mac
Mewtwo (I miss him)
I want Miyamoto as a character.
Some smash A's he'd be swinging a wii remote.
Range attacks he'd be slinging discs. It'd be great.
Bayonetta is a definite possibility seeing how Bayonetta 2 is only on Wii U.
Maybe someone from:
- Wonderful 101
- Shin Megami Tensei
- X
If Sonic returns then hopefully they add Knuckles or Tails.
I dont want to see clones of characters in the new smash! Most of Melees secret characters were clones, and brawl had a few too.