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[JohnnyC]

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Welp.

[Ludono]

I mean, you don't even need that picture to see that the game is a shameless Smash Bros. imitation. BUT I'm perfectly fine with that, Smash Bros. is a great game and I love Sony so the combination would be...

[Jason Clement]

Wow, if this is real, then Superbot is really going to have to eat crow for this from the fans.

That said, I really doubt any Sony fans really care; people will still play the game no matter what, and I'm still interested in checking it out.

[JohnnyC]

Well yeah, not that anyone didn't think this was a BLATANT SSB ripoff. Nintendo is still leader, while Sony remains the lesser and the follower.

[TYLERxDURDEN]

Well yeah, not that anyone didn't think this was a BLATANT SSB ripoff. Nintendo is still leader, while Sony remains the lesser and the follower.

You're right... The Wii motion controller and Super Smash Bros. were soooooo innovative.....

[Number 905]

You're right... The Wii motion controller and Super Smash Bros. were soooooo innovative.....

He never mentioned it being innovative, just that Sony, and other companies as well, still see a need to copy Nintendo instead of going their own way. Given the Move and this mouthful of game, it seems a pretty valid claim.

[TYLERxDURDEN]

He never mentioned it being innovative, just that Sony, and other companies as well, still see a need to copy Nintendo instead of going their own way. Given the Move and this mouthful of game, it seems a pretty valid claim.

Nintendo IMPROVED motion control and cross over brawlers. They didn't invent them. Sony is free to do the same and has offered a far more diverse selection of games this generation than Nintendo. Do you really want to argue which company goes their own way? One can argue that Nintendo copied the sales success of the PS2 with their Wii pricing structure. Does that make them the "lesser follower"?

No way. That is a ridiculous claim to make. Gaming, nay, all business improves incrementally. Painting an entire company as lesser because they are improving the ideas of another is dumb and counterproductive.

[Number 905]

You're reading far too much into things that aren't being said.

[TYLERxDURDEN]

Sony remains the lesser and the follower.

This is a generalization and it's what I am addressing.

[Number 905]

My apologies, as you were quoting me in that post I had assumed you were reading far too much into what I had said.

[JohnnyC]

You're right... The Wii motion controller and Super Smash Bros. were soooooo innovative.....

Not that i EVER said it was innovative, or that i think it was, but Sony clearly did, so they BLATANTLY copied the Motion controller (which failed miserably) and the SSB-type game.

You can call Nintendo's consoles "not next-gen" like you've done before all you want, but doesn't change the fact that Sony still sees the need to copy, and we all will have to deal with it.

[JohnnyC]

Sony is free to do the same and has offered a far more diverse selection of games this generation than Nintendo.

Nothing but your opinion, which i certainly wouldn't call invalid, but can be countered with an argument in which i'm not going to get into, i'll just say look at the sales. More people agree with me than they do with you. Sayonara.

[DarkCobra86]

Like Ludano, I'm fine that they copied smash bro. Smash bro is a great game and like I said, maybe the game I have spent the most hours with playing with my friends. If this game can offer the same value, it is totally worth it. Nothing like having your buddies over and spending countless of hours beating up on each other and then being able to trash talk. Not to mention back then you only have 4 controller. So if you had more than 4 people in the same room, you better make sure you win or you have to give up the controller. So fun and exciting.

[TYLERxDURDEN]

PS: Is anyone actually reporting that that picture is actually taken at Superbot Entertainment?

[Jason Clement]

PS: Is anyone actually reporting that that picture is actually taken at Superbot Entertainment?

Yeah, it's from Superbot's website, actually. Here's a link to the original picture.

[sirdan357]

Well yeah, not that anyone didn't think this was a BLATANT SSB ripoff. Nintendo is still leader, while Sony remains the lesser and the follower.

I'm hoping Sony will do what they usually do, take Nintendo's concept and make it a whole lot better.

[DarkCobra86]

I'm hoping Sony will do what they usually do, take Nintendo's concept and make it a whole lot better.

Haha, it'll be tough to outdo smash bro though.

[Number 905]

Haha, it'll be tough to outdo smash bro though.

I don't think so. Even if they manage to mess up the mechanics as bad as Smash Bros. does, I can't imagine the online play being worse than Brawls. That's a big advantage from the get-go.

[barrel]

I can't imagine the online play being worse than Brawls. That's a big advantage from the get-go.

Having online play at all as opposed to that...thing Brawl had, will definitely be better. That said, I share the same sentiments about doubting the overall game a fair amount, mainly because all I see from the gameplay vids is a race for powerups/special meter which I think would get old pretty fast compared to the less health based affair that Super Smash is known for (where sometimes just staying afloat can mean much more than hurting the other player, which changes the overall gameplay dynamic a fair amount...plus Smash has always had a Stamina mode too *which gets old kind of quick compared to the main game*).

Btw, in completely unrelated news, I think that girl in the original pic has a cool hoodie.

[DarkCobra86]

I don't think so. Even if they manage to mess up the mechanics as bad as Smash Bros. does, I can't imagine the online play being worse than Brawls. That's a big advantage from the get-go.

I guess I never tried brawl online. I barely played brawl, maybe a few times at most. I mainly have played melee and the original and I thought those were fantastics. I like melee the best. Never was a fan of the finishing move in brawl. We took it off when we play it along with a lot of the powerups items or super rigged items like the ray gun.