Also Smash Bro was chock full of cartoonish characters.
Sony Smash Bro seems to have more Real Life style characters, which is kinda stupid given the setting. Even in Smash Brothers with Snake, Snake himself had ridiculous abilities that were true to the MGS games. What is a bald mass murdering womanizing guy like Kratos doing a cartoony fighting game?
Even move sets aside, Sony has more interesting characters imo. A thinner Mario with green clothes and a princess with a color swap aren't exactly super original.
Also Smash Bro was chock full of cartoonish characters.
Sony Smash Bro seems to have more Real Life style characters, which is kinda stupid given the setting. Even in Smash Brothers with Snake, Snake himself had ridiculous abilities that were true to the MGS games. What is a bald mass murdering womanizing guy like Kratos doing a cartoony fighting game?
Well, so far we've got a chibi obese princess, a clown with flames for hair, a walking raccoon, a giant in a diving suit with a drill for an arm, a two dimensional rapping dog, and I'm pretty sure we'll see a long eared green haired Jak and/or Daxter, the tiny orange creature.
So far the only "real life style" characters are a super-jacked meathead with flaming chains on his arms and younger Indiana Jones.
Also Smash Bro was chock full of cartoonish characters.
Sony Smash Bro seems to have more Real Life style characters, which is kinda stupid given the setting. Even in Smash Brothers with Snake, Snake himself had ridiculous abilities that were true to the MGS games. What is a bald mass murdering womanizing guy like Kratos doing a cartoony fighting game?
Well, so far we've got a chibi obese princess, a clown with flames for hair, a walking raccoon, a giant in a diving suit with a drill for an arm, a two dimensional rapping dog, and I'm pretty sure we'll see a long eared green haired Jak and/or Daxter, the tiny orange creature.
So far the only "real life style" characters are a super-jacked meathead with flaming chains on his arms and younger Indiana Jones.
I own a PS3 and I have no idea who Radec is, and was only dimly aware of Fat Princess.
I would assume that your average PlayStation diehard would know characters from Sony's premiere FPS franchise and one of the best selling PSN games.
And if they don't?
Well, than the game can be "Nathan Drake beats the crap out of characters from games I am unfamiliar with".
I didn't know Radec either, but I recognized him from a picture so that's probably fine. If someone sees a commercial for it and can say "Hey it's smash bros with that Uncharted guy and Kratos and stuff" it's probably good enough to get them to consider the game.
To be fair, Smash Bros has a fair amount of non-household names in it...Ice Climbers, Roy, Marth, FZero guy, even some of the minor Kirby characters would be hard for some gamers to name. I think Big Daddy is kind of a neat one to include actually, you need a few big, heavy characters to round out a roster.
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The fudge? F-zero guy? Caption falcon is the best character in smash and had one of the first meme in gaming.
I'm sure we'll see Sackboy, but I wonder if they'll be able to pull characters that while they used to be synonymous with the PlayStation brand, aren't so much anymore? I mean characters like Crash Bandicoot or Lara Croft.
Also Smash Bro was chock full of cartoonish characters.
Sony Smash Bro seems to have more Real Life style characters, which is kinda stupid given the setting. Even in Smash Brothers with Snake, Snake himself had ridiculous abilities that were true to the MGS games. What is a bald mass murdering womanizing guy like Kratos doing a cartoony fighting game?
Well, so far we've got a chibi obese princess, a clown with flames for hair, a walking raccoon, a giant in a diving suit with a drill for an arm, a two dimensional rapping dog, and I'm pretty sure we'll see a long eared green haired Jak and/or Daxter, the tiny orange creature.
So far the only "real life style" characters are a super-jacked meathead with flaming chains on his arms and younger Indiana Jones.
He's talking about tone.
Mario, Luigi, Zelda and essentially the majority of the Smash Bros roster come from the same kind of games. Not mechanically, but tonally. That's why Smash Bros feels like a cohesive mash up. It's entirely appropriate for Ness to inhabit the same world as, say, the Pokemon or Kirby. A saccharine, cutesy, family-friendly environment with illustrative art and the same general feel.
It's different having Kratos fight Daxter. Or a Big Daddy punching Sly Cooper. They come from entirely different worlds, and from games with entirely different demographics. God of War is as juvenile a game as you can get, with gratuitous everything, from gore to swearing to nudity. Meanwhile Fat Princess is juvenile in the other sense, that it is literally a game that children can play and often do. Same with a lot of the rest of the cast, like Parappa the Rapper. He comes from a game literally for children, with a 3+ rating. Do you see the tonal shift there? Parappa the Rapper sings to children. Kratos pulls people's heads off with his bare hands and carries them around in a bag.
None of the original Smash Brothers roster, absolutely none, appeared in an M rated game. Only Solid Snake in Brawl is from such a game and even then, his portrayal in the game was essentially a caricature of the real character, rather than a direct copy.
Who is the demographic of Sony All Stars? That's the question. Because the characters featured appear in games that cover the entire spectrum of game content.
Who is the demographic of Sony All Stars? That's the question. Because the characters featured appear in games that cover the entire spectrum of game content.
I'd think this would make the game more approachable, since odds are no matter what age you are at there will probably be a few characters that you like.
Tonally we're talking about a mascot fighting game. Having characters that have no place being in the same universe together trading blows is the major draw.
Who is the demographic of Sony All Stars? That's the question. Because the characters featured appear in games that cover the entire spectrum of game content.
I'd think this would make the game more approachable, since odds are no matter what age you are at there will probably be a few characters that you like.
Tonally we're talking about a mascot fighting game. Having characters that have no place being in the same universe together trading blows is the major draw.
It works for Marvel vs Capcom. I never associate Megaman (RIP) with Resident Evil or the Fantastic Four but it ends up being great.
FYI, Microsoft's about to start up their conference. Someone noted they see six Kinects on stage.
...yep, not for us.
In Microsoft's defense the Kinect is kinda fun. Plus there's no danger of sending a remote through your TV cause you're flailing around. Wouldn't mind some info on actual games and maybe the new Xbox though.
Oh, speaking of Sony, they quietly unveiled one of the "iconic third-party characters" for Sony Smash Bros. -- Big Daddy from Bioshock.
Er, okay? As someone else pointed out, The original Bioshock came out a year late on the PS3 and didn't sell well, and the PS3 version of Bioshock 2 didn't do that well either.
Just an example how much of a joke the game is, and how delusional Sony is in thinking that they've got an interesting roster of characters to use in a game like it.
And Nintendo did? Original Smash had so many copy pasted move sets and it still sold like crazy because it was fun. I think Sony will be fine.
No it didn't. Aside from Mario/Luigi all the characters in SSB64 were unique.
Kinect is a disaster. The only real upside I see to it is non-gaming menu navigation, and whatever cool stuff the private sector does with it.
The problems I see are that Kinect isn't accurate enough for the first (maybe if it had gloves, like Minority Report did), and Microsoft charges $100 more for the industrial/scientific/non videogaming license for Kinect using the excuse that doctors and scientists should pay more for the hardware because they don't subsidize the cost by purchasing games.
They have such a hard on for cramming as much "media center" functionality into the box as they can that I think sometimes they forget that it's a videogame console.
Every year I wonder why they even bother announcing sports games at E3, we all know they're gonna happen, just send out a press release rather than taking time on stage.
Edit - Wow does this guy playing Madden look awkward as all get out. Poor Joe.
Microsoft has just acquired Press Play, developer of the multiplatformer Max & the Magic Marker. MS's Phil Spencer revealed the news during a pre-E3 discussion on Spike (which you can actually watch on Joystiq!) calling the developer the latest addition to Microsoft Studios.
Seriously, there has been on Kinect exclusive game shown so far. Are they pretty much ditching the idea of it being a new gaming platform and going with more the enhancements stuff?
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I would assume that your average PlayStation diehard would know characters from Sony's premiere FPS franchise and one of the best selling PSN games.
And if they don't?
Well, than the game can be "Nathan Drake beats the crap out of characters from games I am unfamiliar with".
Sony Smash Bro seems to have more Real Life style characters, which is kinda stupid given the setting. Even in Smash Brothers with Snake, Snake himself had ridiculous abilities that were true to the MGS games. What is a bald mass murdering womanizing guy like Kratos doing a cartoony fighting game?
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Well, so far we've got a chibi obese princess, a clown with flames for hair, a walking raccoon, a giant in a diving suit with a drill for an arm, a two dimensional rapping dog, and I'm pretty sure we'll see a long eared green haired Jak and/or Daxter, the tiny orange creature.
So far the only "real life style" characters are a super-jacked meathead with flaming chains on his arms and younger Indiana Jones.
Okay, you have a point.
I didn't know Radec either, but I recognized him from a picture so that's probably fine. If someone sees a commercial for it and can say "Hey it's smash bros with that Uncharted guy and Kratos and stuff" it's probably good enough to get them to consider the game.
To be fair, Smash Bros has a fair amount of non-household names in it...Ice Climbers, Roy, Marth, FZero guy, even some of the minor Kirby characters would be hard for some gamers to name. I think Big Daddy is kind of a neat one to include actually, you need a few big, heavy characters to round out a roster.
He's talking about tone.
Mario, Luigi, Zelda and essentially the majority of the Smash Bros roster come from the same kind of games. Not mechanically, but tonally. That's why Smash Bros feels like a cohesive mash up. It's entirely appropriate for Ness to inhabit the same world as, say, the Pokemon or Kirby. A saccharine, cutesy, family-friendly environment with illustrative art and the same general feel.
It's different having Kratos fight Daxter. Or a Big Daddy punching Sly Cooper. They come from entirely different worlds, and from games with entirely different demographics. God of War is as juvenile a game as you can get, with gratuitous everything, from gore to swearing to nudity. Meanwhile Fat Princess is juvenile in the other sense, that it is literally a game that children can play and often do. Same with a lot of the rest of the cast, like Parappa the Rapper. He comes from a game literally for children, with a 3+ rating. Do you see the tonal shift there? Parappa the Rapper sings to children. Kratos pulls people's heads off with his bare hands and carries them around in a bag.
None of the original Smash Brothers roster, absolutely none, appeared in an M rated game. Only Solid Snake in Brawl is from such a game and even then, his portrayal in the game was essentially a caricature of the real character, rather than a direct copy.
Who is the demographic of Sony All Stars? That's the question. Because the characters featured appear in games that cover the entire spectrum of game content.
I'd think this would make the game more approachable, since odds are no matter what age you are at there will probably be a few characters that you like.
Tonally we're talking about a mascot fighting game. Having characters that have no place being in the same universe together trading blows is the major draw.
It works for Marvel vs Capcom. I never associate Megaman (RIP) with Resident Evil or the Fantastic Four but it ends up being great.
I'm going to go with "Video Game Enthusiasts"
Seriously, the game looks fun. I mean, its a silly mascot fighter where you can have:
Drake vs Big Daddy vs Helghast vs Parappa
Unless they severely bork the gameplay, there's no way this wont be fun. Its just cooler to be an internet cynic, and poop all over everything.
Which I admit, I'm guilty of doing on occasion.
...yep, not for us.
In Microsoft's defense the Kinect is kinda fun. Plus there's no danger of sending a remote through your TV cause you're flailing around. Wouldn't mind some info on actual games and maybe the new Xbox though.
Showin some Halo 4 footage now.
The problems I see are that Kinect isn't accurate enough for the first (maybe if it had gloves, like Minority Report did), and Microsoft charges $100 more for the industrial/scientific/non videogaming license for Kinect using the excuse that doctors and scientists should pay more for the hardware because they don't subsidize the cost by purchasing games.
They have such a hard on for cramming as much "media center" functionality into the box as they can that I think sometimes they forget that it's a videogame console.
They are expanding shit to mobile phones and PC.
Nah, just sequels.
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It would be interesting to get a study of, say, how many people actually used the Kinect stuff in Mass Effect 3.
"Don't forget to listen for the Kinect voice commands!"
Looks like the future of Kinect is voice stuff.
Edit - Wow does this guy playing Madden look awkward as all get out. Poor Joe.
Kinect
Kinect
Kinect
Do you like Kinect yet?
He'ers more big name titles that you can use Kinect with!
Did we mention Kinect?!
Fixed, for what we've seen so far.
Now we're Bingin' shit.
...oh wait, they're apparently re-inventing Wii Fit.
Dude from Nike is out. YES THIS IS HAPPENING
But it's Nike, therefore it's awesome for some reason. You can earn whatever the fuck Nike Fuel is!
Sounds curiously familiar somehow.
I got a little excited when I saw your ship.
Also there's now Internet Explorer... with Kinect! KINEEEEEEEEECT!!!
I believe it's cured my insomnia because I'm getting pretty sleepy here.