-"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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
None of those games are near the level of Smash.
In that case Super Smash Bros is just a ripoff of The Outfoxies
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.
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]
Reading this article has only raised one question for me, why the f#£& hasn't Viewtiful Joe been remastered yet?