Sure, Nintendo might have Metal Gear, Street Fighter, Final Fantasy, and a few other franchises that have seen better representation on PlayStation consoles in Smash, but a PlayStation All-Stars game where Crash Bandicoot, Sora, or Monster Hunter get scooped up before they get put into Smash sounds like a fascinating narrative. New mascots include Astro Bot, Aloy, Joel, Ellie, The Hunter, Jin Sakai, and Spider-Man just to name a few.Īlongside these new faces, the gaming giant has also established strong, lasting relationships with third-party devs that could result in a fascinating arms race with Nintendo. In the years since PlayStation All-Stars came out, not only has Sony’s stable of great first-party characters has grown considerably. That’s no slight against some of Sony’s admittedly awesome characters, but when some of the most iconic characters from your platform’s rich history are in another castle, it’s time to get aggressive. This especially stings when you realize that some of the classic PlayStation characters who’ve made their way into Smash, like Solid Snake, Cloud Strife, and Joker. One of the biggest problems for the first PlayStation All-Stars is that so many of the playable characters on the roster were unremarkable, uninteresting, or obscure. It’s time for a new PlayStation All-Stars. On top of that, Sony’s in a position to release a sequel that would fix a majority of the original game’s problems from its roster to its gameplay to its fanbase. Ultimate recently became the best-selling fighting game of all time.Ĭonsidering this recent boom, it’s deeply confusing that PlayStation hasn’t given the genre a second chance. Even the team behind Super Smash Flash 2 development team is putting their hat in the ring with the upcoming indie crossover, Fraymakers. Indie games like Rivals of Aether are on the same stage as Smash is at most big tournaments. Brawlhalla, which was bought by Ubisoft a few years ago, now has big-budget licensed crossovers and a massive esports scene.
Since then, indie and AAA developers alike have taken it upon themselves to make the next Smash.įast-forward about five or six years and lo and behold, a number of platform fighters are seeing new levels of success. Melee by attempting to shut down EVO for featuring a Melee tournament. Back in 2013, Nintendo famously alienated the grassroots competitive scene for Super Smash Bros.
The past few years have seen an almost unprecedented platform-fighting boom.
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