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New PS3 Exclusive Revealed Next Week On GTTV (Superbot's PS All-Stars)
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James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
It's going to suck hearing people bitch because 'obscure character X' isn't in the game.
Not everyone is going to get their wish, hopefully we just get a nice eclectic mix.
Not everyone is going to get their wish, hopefully we just get a nice eclectic mix.
mysteriousmage09
Member
My expectations for 3rd party characters is low but if it were just a couple, Crash and Spyro would make me happy despite characters like Snake should be in as well. But hey, you never know.
I've mentioned this before, I'm sure, but one of the biggest strengths, I believe, that PlayStation has, is that it DOESN'T have, or need, a single series that defines it.
Sure, franchisess like God of War and Uncharted may not sell 11 million units, but all the major PS franchises have their fans. We don't all like the same franchises, and thank god that Sony, out of the three console manufacturers, realize this. There is so much variety in terms of software from the 15+ year history of the PS brand. From RPGs to Action games, to platformers and puzzle games.
Sure, not everybody loves Kratos, or Drake, or Parappa, or Twisted Metal, or LittleBigPlanet, or Dark Cloud, or Folklore, or Legend of Lagaia, or Alundra, or Warhawk, or Killzone, or Gran Turismo, or Ratchet and Clank (man, I could go on, actually). But those franchises DO have their fans, and that's what matters.
If this game (if it is indeed, the Sony SSB game), has characters from any of those series, the fans will be pleased. I didn't know all of the characters in Smash Bros Melee when I played it, but it didn't matter, because it had characters from franchises I DID know, and it was coupled with excellent pick up and play gameplay.
Just because PlayStation franchises may not have the same broad recognition as a Mario or Halo, doesn't mean that there aren't huge fans of those.
To a PlayStation fan, characters like Sackboy, Sweet tooth, and Ratchet ARE iconic. They ARE PlayStation, and a game featuring all of them, duking it out with, ideally, the same pick up and play fun as SSB or Powerstone (I just bought Powerstone collection on my Vita and it's really, really FUN! I had never played the games until today), sounds fricking AWESOME.
EDIT: While 3rd parties helped Sony get a foothold in the gaming industry, they have more than enough classic, iconic characters of their own to fill a fighting game. No need to try and tie up a new franchise with licensing deals and split profits when it's not necessary. Maybe for some expansion packs additional character DLC. But not the core game release.
Sure, franchisess like God of War and Uncharted may not sell 11 million units, but all the major PS franchises have their fans. We don't all like the same franchises, and thank god that Sony, out of the three console manufacturers, realize this. There is so much variety in terms of software from the 15+ year history of the PS brand. From RPGs to Action games, to platformers and puzzle games.
Sure, not everybody loves Kratos, or Drake, or Parappa, or Twisted Metal, or LittleBigPlanet, or Dark Cloud, or Folklore, or Legend of Lagaia, or Alundra, or Warhawk, or Killzone, or Gran Turismo, or Ratchet and Clank (man, I could go on, actually). But those franchises DO have their fans, and that's what matters.
If this game (if it is indeed, the Sony SSB game), has characters from any of those series, the fans will be pleased. I didn't know all of the characters in Smash Bros Melee when I played it, but it didn't matter, because it had characters from franchises I DID know, and it was coupled with excellent pick up and play gameplay.
Just because PlayStation franchises may not have the same broad recognition as a Mario or Halo, doesn't mean that there aren't huge fans of those.
To a PlayStation fan, characters like Sackboy, Sweet tooth, and Ratchet ARE iconic. They ARE PlayStation, and a game featuring all of them, duking it out with, ideally, the same pick up and play fun as SSB or Powerstone (I just bought Powerstone collection on my Vita and it's really, really FUN! I had never played the games until today), sounds fricking AWESOME.
EDIT: While 3rd parties helped Sony get a foothold in the gaming industry, they have more than enough classic, iconic characters of their own to fill a fighting game. No need to try and tie up a new franchise with licensing deals and split profits when it's not necessary. Maybe for some expansion packs additional character DLC. But not the core game release.
This is the main reason why I"m not terribly interested.
are you implying that we won't see playable dinosaurs from dino crisis. could sony be that foolish.
EH I am looking forward in playing with Sony characters not 3rd party characters.
We don't really expect all the 3rd party requests to come true, just so damn excited that we're randomly throwing names and imagining bouts in our head
It can happen.
You sound like a puss.
Sorry, but it's the truth.
It's a SONY smash brothers styled game...not every developer in the world smash game.
Lion Heart
Banned
If Snake is in this, I would buy it without watching the game reveal. But God wants me to save money so..
maquiladora
Member
SuperSonic1305
Member
It's Playstation All-Stars not Sony All-Stars. I'm expecting nothing less than 500 3rd party characters.
No need for name calling.
Dead Prince
Banned
you're not looking forward to playing sony characters and third party too? lolwut.
I enjoyed it.
He'll just stare at the title screen.
Damn son.
In 2 hours 25 minutes.
1:00 am EST. About 2 hours 30 minutes on SPIKE.
Ideal time-slot for maximum viewership!
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Raonak
Banned
holy shit. that would be an awesome costume.
If Sony is smart, this game will have the charm that made LBP so amazing.
I actually think we'll see trolls saying "who are those? lol just a bunch of nobodies". Hell, it's already happening.
Pretty much this. There is a great roster of characters to begin with. That said, I am certain we'll see some third party characters. If third party games that have no connection to a franchise can acquire them for game (i.e. Soulcalibur, MK etc) then Sony can definitely get them for games which it had hosted on its platform.
I am just wondering which third party characters would we want to see. My guesses (at least we may see one or more from these franchises):
1. DMC
3. Ass Creed
4. Batman
5. MGS
6. FF
7. DW
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
This game needs this guy:
Dark_AnNiaLatOr
Member
Really hope sackboy is indeed like Kirby with costume changes too.
maquiladora
Member
Or maybe he changes into low res ps1 graphics during a special move. Heh.
Callibretto
Member
I wonder how they'll handle Sackboy proportion, the real proportion of sackboy can fit on your palm. I wonder if they'll have Sackboy controlling a bigger Sackbot.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Ehhh, it works in SSB. Like you have Jigglypuff against Donkey Kong, and it still works.
Aside of Crash, Spyro and Snake ( who were the PSX most famous characters )I don't care much about 3rd party characters.
I am worried about the roster First party wise, because if it has more PS3 era charachters than PSX/PS2, and lack some japanese charachters like Kuro or Toro or have something like Fat Princess but not older Sony better characters like Rynn or Jennifer Tate then it will sukcs.
Dark_AnNiaLatOr
Member
If I were superbot I would just wanna keep adding to the game. There is so much opportunity to add unique and varied content in this game like different costumes from different eras.
Raonak
Banned
thoes bloded are definetly possible.
Im sure we'll be seeing *some* capcom characters due to the fact theres sony characters in SFxT. so Dante is entirely possible. Most likely out of all capcom characters i'd say. since dmc debuted on PS.
and Kojima was the one who wanted Snake in smash bros. (he asked for snake to be in melee, but it was too late in development, so snake was put in brawl)
so it's entirely possible that kojima would let snake be in this.
I highly dout batman would be in. since they'd have to licence the batman rights from DC. it's way too much effort compared to getting any other character.
bernardobri
Steve, the dog with no powers that we let hang out with us all for some reason
Just like Smash Bros did, I guess. Pikachu is huge in comparasion of "human" characters, for example.
He's really hyping it up. Hopefully it lives up to it.
And Olimar is really big compared to his "canon" size. I'm pretty sure they'll make Sackboy up to par with the others, but one of the smaller characters. Maybe Clank sized if he's in.
TheBioLover
Member
Geoff hyping dat shit up.
And that's why I'm not terribly interested.
Puss? lol
I'm still anxious to see how it plays which is why I'm waiting for the reveal.
maquiladora
Member
Like inside a mecha-sack? :-O Genius....
Sony constantly does the moneyhat routine to get their characters in 3rd party fighting games (Soul Calibur, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter x Tekken). I doubt they'd have a problem doing so to get 3rd party characters into their game.
If this game doesn't have any 3rd party characters at all, then they're just idiots.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Geoff you mother effer you got me hyped.
TheBioLover
Member
Strangle people with it?
Didn't the MK devs say they tried to get MS to allow the use of a character but it didn't happen?
I'm hoping for the Toro cats.