FightingGameGuy on 28 November 2007
I've always found the control scheme to be very similar to that of the Tales (Namco ) Series, whose Tales of Phantasia and Tales of Destiny games precede Smash Bros, even so far as having a normal and special skill distinction in addition to which specific move you use being determined by the direction you press. I bet there are other games that use the system though, and as its a rather intuitive, I think they probably developed it individually.
All these games people are mentioning seem great, but do any of them actually predate Smash or are people just responding to the Smash imitators/other 4 person fighting game side questions?
