PlayStation All Stars is not a Smash Bros. clone

[Chark]

JWeinCom said:

o_O.Q said:

JWeinCom said:

miz1q2w3e said:
So what if it is? Why do people think that's such a bad thing?

I think most people would agree that profiting off of the works of others is a bad thing.  Even if you're not talking about moral implications, it's worse for gamers.  Games that break the mold, challenge conventions, and change things up advance their respective genres.  Something like Heavy Rain or Shadow of the Colossus moves the industry forward while something like PASBR stagnates.

 

why aren't you criticising nintendo for releasing super mario bros u, pikmin 3 etc?

i'd think that if you were so concerned over the lack of new ideas in gaming you'd be far more critical of what nintendo has been doing 

how many actual new ips has nintendo themselves been developing for launch window in comparison to old ( imo overused ) ips?

Are you seriously trying to complain that Nintendo is creating the third entry in an original franchise like Pikmin in about ten years?

But anyway, this is a strawman argument, and I'm not going to respond to it.  If you'd like to debate about Nintendo's overall IP development, you could make another topic for that, and I'll be glad to discuss it there.  But, this topic is about PASBR, and my comments were about PASBR, so lets focus on that.

@Chark-  Copyright infringement is a very tricky thing.  Just because something isn't actionable doesn't mean its not a rip off.  And what mascot brawlers were similar to Smash Bros? We're not complaining that Sony is making a mascot brawler.  The complaint is that Sony made a game that is incredibly similar to Smash Bros and blatantly takes ideas.

The Outfoxies. The fact that it is a mascot brawler isn't that important, just because you put Mario in a game doesn't make it original. It's been years and years since Nintendo made that game, Sony should be safe to make something similar now. Just because Nintendo made a brawler with mascots doesn't mean no one else can, they have their own mascots. They didn't need to wait this long, they could have made one back on the PS1, they had plenty of characters with relevance then. Would people have been this upset if they did back then?