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

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pezus said:

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pezus said:

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pezus said:
jesus fucking christ. This whole thread is basically about Mario vs. LBP.

What else would it be about?  Obviously someone was goung to compare LBP to SMB when it was implied that Sony has not attempted to make a SMB style game.

The funny thing is that in the OP LBP wasn't even brought up, so those defending it are admitting that it is a copy without even knowing it.

Actually, bananaking brought it up by saying Sony already have a superior platforming game. A platforming game is not by definition a mario copy.

I suppose that you're right but as often as certain people want to say that LBP is different than Mario, they also want to compare the two and say how it's better than Mario.  It's a case of wanting to have have your cake and eat it too.  While it's true that a 2D platformer isn't by definiton a Mario copy, it is the gold standard by which others are judged and the series that really started the platforming craze.  As much as I like the Sonic, I would be disingenous if I didn't think that Sega was trying to create their own Mario and I'm pretty sure that Sony was trying to make their own Mario with Sackboy and LBP.   

Yes, but people compare all kinds of games like CS to CoD, KotoR to Mass Effect. But just because you can compare them doesn't mean the game was created as a Mario clone. To say they didn't want Mario's success would be madness for sure, but they did it in their own way, not like Mario.

I don't understand what we are disagreeing about here.  You pretty much said what I said except the cake and eating it too part.  I brought up Sonic as an example becasue while it was trying to be Sega's Mario, it was rather different.  My point is that if you are trying to distance yourself from a game that you shouldn't also compare yourself to that game.