The gaming industry has been so fortunate to have seen so many wonderful sub-franchises spin-off of established IP. In this episode of Patched, the team discuss the best of the best.
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.
Including Smash Bros in a list of fighting games, is like including GTA in Racing games.
With Activision's Crash Team Rumble's launch coming this year, it might be good to look at older games for inspiration like Crash Team Racing.
The designer of the original Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64 shows us the prototype that started it all.