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5 Games that Tried to Copy Smash Bros. and Failed

Smash Bros. Ultimate has the games industry worked into fever pitch, so we thought we'd take a look back at 5 games that tried to copy it and failed.

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michellelynn09761964d ago

None of those games are near the level of Smash.

mikeslemonade1963d ago

Red Dead 97 , Smash 93

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michellelynn09761963d ago (Edited 1963d ago )

Red Dead is a fighting game? Wow, I didn't know that. Do you really want to pull the Metacritic thing? Lol

PhoenixUp1964d ago

In that case Super Smash Bros is just a ripoff of The Outfoxies

Zodiac1964d ago

That's not the focus here, though. This is about games that were heavily influenced by Smash.

PhoenixUp1964d ago

And SSB wasn’t influenced by Outfoxies?

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coolbeans1963d ago

Important note:

-"ripoff of The Outfoxies"
-"influenced BY Outfoxies"

There's a clear disparity between being a ripoff of something and taking influence from it. I'd suggest not confusing those terms in this discussion (should you continue to have it).

coolbeans1964d ago

It didn't fail though; in fact, it replaced or re-implemented core gameplay concepts that were bonafide enhancements to the formula that made this style of fighter what it is today.

michellelynn09761964d ago (Edited 1964d ago )

No it isn't. There are lots of differences and Outfoxies didn't have 4 players on screen at once. It was 1 on 1.

The 10th Rider1964d ago

The games are barely similar outside of being platform fighters.

King_Noctis1964d ago

I doubt those devs would just wake up today and say “Hey, you know what? Let make an Outfoxies clone!” instead of “Smash clone”.

ZeekQuattro1964d ago

It never fails. Whenever someone brings up Smash Bros there is always that one guy who says but but but The Outfoxies. A game that looks like an update to Taito's Elevator Action arcade cabinet that I used to watch my dad play all the time.

coolbeans1963d ago

No, it really doesn't. It's a fascinating occurrence on this site that always feel fanboy-driven rather than informing others of fighting games history.

RizBiz1963d ago

Yes, a ripoff of a game that nobody but you, not even Sakurai himself, has ever heard of.

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Nebaku1964d ago

Playstation All-Stars is the only one on the list with aspirations of being on, or higher than, Smash's level. The rest were created to make a quick buck off of the smash formula, namely the Cartoon Network one.

PhantomS421964d ago

I was really looking forward to PASBR too. I was sad to see it fail but its core gameplay was horribly flawed so it wasn't surprising.

lucian2291963d ago

I loved all stars, far more than smash. Needed a few tweaks, sequels could have fixed that.

wonderfulmonkeyman1963d ago (Edited 1963d ago )

TMNT Smash-Up legitimately made me feel both sad and angry.
Because for a brief time, I owned it.
And I wanted it to be good SO BADLY.
But it just WASN'T GOOD.
Lack of key characters, bad floaty physics that made even Smash Bros. BRAWL feel fast and weighted, and just overall half-assed effort.
I had more fun with TMNT Tournament Fighters, and that one did not age well for me.
As a fan, TMNT deserved better.

I would be blown away if Sakurai put the Turtles into Ultimate, though.

Make picking one work by either switching costumes but with different weapons, so you play as one Turtle all match long and multiple character slots aren't taken up [think an advanced form of picking Alph instead of Olimar pre-match], or like Pokemon Trainer's switch-out mechanic does via down-B. [Except with Ninja smoke instead of pokeballs]

ZeekQuattro1963d ago

I wanted that game to be good as well. I skipped it when it turned out it only had 16 fighters several of which weren't even TMNT characters. Between the then 3 movies, comics and the multiple cartoon shows it could of been great.

EddieNX 1961d ago

Reading this article has only raised one question for me, why the f#£& hasn't Viewtiful Joe been remastered yet?

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Bloober Team Working On 2 New Games Already

Discover the latest news from Bloober Team: they are working on 2 new games, including a new IP in partnership with Private Division.

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cammers19954h ago

Stick to silent hill. Seeing their past games, nobody wants them.

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Steam’s Refund Policy Change Won’t Affect You Unless You’re A Lowlife

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

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thorstein1d 12h ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii1d 8h ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo1d 7h ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows901d 7h ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

Michiel198922h ago

Not sure why you're getting agrees. an awful lot of console gamers are overemotional twinks ready to go to war over a plastic box, I'll take being a pc gamer then.

Speaking about overgeneralizing much.

Nooderus13h ago

"X" type of gamer conversations are cringe

qalpha1d 8h ago

Daily reminder that 'TheGamer' is a corporate-generated, anti-gamer, anti-consumer, clickbait web site. They are mostly A.I. generated articles that villainize gamers. They provide nothing positive and actively try to provoke and divide the community through extreme view points and politics. Do not give them any clicks.

Inverno1d 7h ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan1d 7h ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno1d 6h ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life19811d 7h ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

SegaSaturn66922h ago

I never liked refunding anything. Even if a film is bad, i dont want my money back. Sometimes things just aren't for me, and it's not the creator's fault necessarily.

Gaming4Life198117h ago

I feel you and i have never walked out on a bad movie cause I payed my money. I also don't refund games cause I'm a gamer and I know what to buy lol. I think having a digital refund is great.

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Media Molecule’s Next Game is Going to be a New IP

A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.

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Inverno2d ago

The only PlayStation dev I care about tbh.

Inverno1d 7h ago

Dayum did I hit a nerve. Sorry for not liking most of this gens games coming from PS, not really doe.

Cacabunga2d ago

Hopefully doesn’t take them a complete gen to release it

TheColbertinator1d 21h ago

Good. Something not boring, not one of those "make your own game" crap and also on Steam would be nice.

Stopac1d 20h ago

I too like to look for things in the wrong places.