Let's find out whether PSASBR is a rip-off or not.

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Galaki said:

Ajescent said:

Galaki said:
The problem isn't that it is an imitation. The problem is that the denial of imitation.

The Devs admit freely they were inspired by smash brothers, what more do you want from them, a public hanging?

I didn't say the devs were the problem.

No one is denying that this game wouldn't exist if Smash didn't. Nintendo are the ones that actually made it clear that this style of gameplay can be successful. There have been a number of games similar to Smash. A few have even pointed out some that game before the first smash. It's not SONY fans shouting that Smash should be the end-all-be-all of this genre though. 

Also, it's one thing to say that a game is inspired by, takes hints from, improves upon, looks similar to, etc. and no one is going to argue against that when it comes to this game and Smash. It's the same case for Okami and LegendofZelda, Call of Duty and Wolfenstein, Uncharted and Tomb Raider, Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden, the list goes on. "Rip-Off" implies Dante's Inferno to God of War level imitation which just isn't the case with All-Stars and Smash but Nintendo fans seem to want to believe this no matter what.