The Pixel Press writes: "As I stand in line for All-Stars, one poor soul walks past and, puzzled, turns to his friend: ”Why is Kratos in the new Smash Bros. game?”. Whilst comparisons to Nintendo’s mascot mash-up are, infuriatingly for Sony, hopelessly inevitable, they are also completely justified; as you’d probably have imagined, the two games look very similar, and play almost identically.
As an avid Super Smash Bros. fan, I was keen to get some alone time with Sony’s latest beat-em-up. Luckily, there were booths everywhere – this was possibly Sony’s most-pushed game of EGXP 2012 – so I didn’t have to wait for too long."
While Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale didn't get the best review, there are still some aspects of the game that deserve some credit.
Though PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale is a bit of a cult classic, it could have been a big hit if it launched in 2022 instead of 2012.
It wouldn't have mattered, Sony would've rushed it out and left it to die. More so now than before with their focus now being on SP narrative driven AAA games.
Oh, but somehow Smash Bros. 64 made it work?
It just couldn’t compete with Smash Bros. and it wasn’t a free-to-play game like Multiversus.
I think it released at the right time. It's just after the success of Smash and Multiversus, it's finally time for a sequel.
I'd be all in on a remake or remaster of the original. I enjoyed it because I didn't sit there and compare every aspect to SSB. I just enjoyed it as it was.
Sony should make part 2 and dump a good amount of money on it. Scrap super only kills and it's bound to succeed.
Yes the power kills spoilt it completely WTH was they thinking you should have hp bar that's it
God of War: Ragnarok has plenty of fun references to PlayStation history, but now fans have discovered a conversation that calls back to PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale — the crossover fighting game released for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.
That’s interesting. It actually does make it canon lol. He mentioned it in a mainline game. I’d say that’s pretty cool.
Another crap article that can't seem to stop talking about SSB long enough to say anything about PASBR.Try to stop being a rabid fanboy and grow up before you write another preview.
@ Hide_and_Geek. Well if you would take out all the SSB comparisons I would have seen that part. I am not sure why every PASBR preview must start off talking about SBB for several paragraphs before actually talking about the game. Can't you just forget the comparison just once? When you write you stay on topic not drift off in all directions. Didn't they teach you that in school?
Dude, don't be so dense. Of course people are going to compare this game to Smash Bros; it's extremely similar. The comparisons are a compliment, not an insult. I don't see how mentioning that it's similar to Smash is akin to being a "rabid fanboy".
Ok for all those haters out there PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale isn't the first game to be inspired by Smash Brothers so why don't you enjoy it for what it is. A good game made for playstation fans.
And the other games are.
DreamMix TV World Fighters
Digimon Rumble Arena 2
Jump Superstars
Joe: Red Hot Rumble
Battle Stadium DON
Small Arms
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up
Cartoon network explosion time or whatever also.