Why did Sony go with Super Smash Bros. too instead of Super Mario Bros. too?

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samuship said:

Galaki said:

It's common knowledge that Super Mario Bros. is vastly more popular than Super Smash Bros.

So, why did Sony decided to make their own version of Smash but not Mario?

It seems easier to make a platformer, too, since you don't need to juggle with characters balancing.

p.s. Sony even got their own version of Mario Kart.

 

Oh, but PSASBR is a totally different game from Super Smash, you can't compare them. PSASBR is totally original, and even if it was a copy, what's the problem? Nintendo didn't invented the genre anyways.  

 

*Sarcasm*

 

 

LOL...yups sounds like the same denial that Sony fans have been making for quite sometime now!!! Jeez talk about hypocrisy, I still remember the meltdowns and whines about Dante's Inferno being a God of War clone!!! I don't care if Sony ripped-off Smash Bros, it's a successful franchise; naturally Sony would like to copy that.  What beffuddles me is even denying the copy when in fact it's so blatantly obvious!!!