Pokken Tournament is a "competitive action" rather than a "competitive fighting game."

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tbone51 said:

Smash is a fighting game, just because its not played as a traditional one doesn't mean it isnt one. Its at Evo meaning its a fighting game, so pls lets not start with SSB=/=Fighter.

Party Brawler is a sub category of a Fighter as Mario kart is a kart racer which is a sub category of a racer.

That said, Pokken fighters can be in the same boat, SSB is one of the most competitive games out there in general. Easy to pick up, very very hard to master. No button mashing, etc.

Edit: And Pokken Fighters  could be completely unique, why do you want it to be a reskin of tekken/etc? Thats another factor of why SSB got so popular, its because it doesn't play like other fighters at all.

Smash is not a fighting game. Even Sakurai doesn't think it is. That's not a bad thing. I love smash. It's not a fighting game. It's a brawler. Similar. Not the same.

Me wanting Pokken to be a standard fighting game doesn't mean I want it to reskin anything. Is Tekken a reskin of Street Fighter? Is Street Fighter a reskin of Dead or Alive? Is Dead or Alive a reskin of Mortal Kombat? Is Mortal Kombat a reskin of Killer Instinct? Didn't think so.

Smash is popular because of the Nintendo characters. If it was a standard fighting game instead of a party brawler, it would be just as popular.