Sony is admitting they copied super smash bros

[twesterm]

freebs2 said:

twesterm said:
I'm not entirely sure why people think copying other games is so bad.

99% of games out there start with "this or these games are our inspiration. What did they do right and what can we do better?"

Copying for the sake of doing something better and maybe even a little different from then the original it's a good thing.

Copying for the sake of copying to try stealing some marketshare is useless.

All stars battle looks like the second option imo.

I somewhat agree.  Not-so-much in the copying is a bad thing, but more in that it will be the worse of the two (just my personal guess).  I assume Sony will add some of their own flair to the game (and I believe we've already seen some of that with how they talk about the stages, I would be willing to guarantee it has better online multiplayer) so it will not be a carbon copy.

I'm actually relieved they're honest about copying the game.  I know some reason people keep trying to condemn them by saying they even have copies of the game in the office but I would be a lot more worried if they weren't so outright with their plan and tried to say no, it's original, I sweat!  Playstation (and even Microsoft) fans have been saying for years they would love a Smash Bros with Sony properties and that's exactly what Sony is giving those fans.  Can you really fault them for that?