Final Fan-I just don't want to get into a long and drawn out battle for something there is simply no right answer to. I believe the game is great, but also believe there are many people too hung up on the fan service and would genuinely not like the game if it didn't contain Nintendo mascots. I'll put it another way. If Smash Bros. played exactly like Street Fighter with long button memorization, two power bars and such, I still think it would be highly claimed as the best fighter from Nintendo fans, many of which would still say they don't like fighters but do like Smash Bros.
Gnizmo-A lot of what Smash Bros. contains comes from other fighters or has ended up in other fighters. I can understand not liking most fighting games and liking Smash, but there aren't enough differences in the design to discredit the whole genre but enjoy Smash. The platforming elements and general weapon insanity is in Power Stone, the button press and d-pad direction comes from AKI wrestling games, or maybe earlier. The thing Smash brought to the table is the innovative play on the ring out feature or king of the hill. While it's a great gameplay mechanic and is key to the strategic element of Smash, I don't believe it's enough to like only one game out of a genre that birthed it. If someone said the same thing about only liking Halo and no other FPS games, or Mario Galaxy and no other platforming action games, I would have the same reaction. My wife herself will only play a platformer if it has Mario or Donkey Kong in it. It's because she has a bias towards Mario and Donkey Kong that she can't get out of her head if she were to try another platformer.
Tag: Became a freaking mod and a complete douche, coincidentally, at the same time.
