Mmmmm not really enough exclusive characters to make a good one overall in my opinion.

Works well for Nintendo because they have so many first party titles, but i suppose adding in third party is fine, like the last smash bro's did. Still not a huge fan of smash bro's but it could still be fun to have, especially if they bought back characters from ps1 days.

This is not even all of the IP`s Sony owns. Sony has got enough exclusive characters for this. 1 from each series is 27 characters,
Additionally, they will most likely get 3rd party characters on board too.

Ape Escape
Arc the Lad
Dark Cloud
Dark Mist
Demon's Souls
Extermination
Folklore
Fat Princess
Genji
Ghosthunter
God of War
Heavenly Sword
Hot Shots Golf
Ico
inFamous
Invizimals
Jak and Daxter
Jeanne d'Arc
Killzone
Lair
Last Guardian, The
Legend of Dragoon, The
Legend of Legaia
Lemmings
LittleBigPlanet
Mark of Kri, The
MediEvil
PaRappa the Rapper
Patapon
PoPoLoCrois
Primal
Ratchet & Clank
Rise of the Kasai
Resistance
Rogue Galaxy
Ruin
Shadow of the Colossus
Siren
Sly Cooper
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs
Sorcery
Syphon Filter
Twisted Metal
Uncharted
UmJammer Lammy
War of the Monsters
White Knight Chronicles

Lol and half those titles have never been continued nor do the general amount of people really care about them sadly

But i see your point either way it's probably because im not a fan of the smash bro's style, i just dont see this being very good =s.

We can only hope it will be good though Woofels :/
if this is true.

Drake vs Kratos vs Jax vs Ratchet vs Cole would be crazy!

If this is true I'll definitely be buying this If there's one thing I love more than crossovers it's crossovers where they beat each other senseless hehe

i prob wouldnt like the character line up

Ravenous Rott said ...

i prob wouldnt like the character line up

why not?

on a side note, the author reckons that Sony are considering non gaming characters who have appeared in games, like 007.

smash bros was quite funny and quirky ... nin characters pulled it off
...

now i can imagine kratos ... being like that and it would just tick me off.. unless they dont make it like smash bro mechanics...

Continuing the rumour mill for this supposed game, details on characters and gameplay:

-There is no 1 distinct art style:characters look like they would in their respective games.
-Controls are left analog for movement, face buttons for attacks and jumping (double jumping), and R2 for the Super attack.
-Game will not have multiple characters from one game, but other characters from one game may appear, such as when Sly uses his super.
-Speaking of Sly Cooper, he along with Fat Princess, Sweet Tooth, Drake, Kratos, PaRappa and Radec (Killzone) are in the game - there will be about 20 characters which leaves a possible 14 characters remaining.
-Levels appear to have degrees of interactivity: on level has giant fish at the bottom who attack players, another has the members of Hot Shots Golf raining golf balls onto the level which players must avoid, and a LBP inspired level features the host from Buzz! in which a question is asked and players need to choose the right answer, a platform, to avoid death (or heavy damage).
-The game is expected in 2012, with 4 player support and online play.

I really dont see this taking off lol.

As Rott says the nintendo characters work well together, but Kratos, Vs Drake Vs PaRappa Vs Sly Cooper? not really a match up i want to see. Also the keeping their respective art styles while it could look cool it could also flop horribly.

Sounds stupid and only seems to be a cash-in. If the rumours are true then:

Sinncross said ...
-There is no 1 distinct art style:characters look like they would in their respective games.
-there will be about 20 characters which leaves a possible 14 characters remaining.

Makes it seem like an even bigger cash in, no distinct art style means easy copy and paste, no redesigning characters in a more unique art style. Very lazy sony very lazy.

20 characters lol wtf is this last gen gaming? Brawl had 35, I know Sony doesn't have that many characters to copy and paste but come on.

If this is true then game sounds like a flop but people will buy it anyway cause it has Kratos.

Kratos!! HELL YEAH

Woofels said ...

I really dont see this taking off lol.

As Rott says the nintendo characters work well together, but Kratos, Vs Drake Vs PaRappa Vs Sly Cooper? not really a match up i want to see. Also the keeping their respective art styles while it could look cool it could also flop horribly.

I think it is really going to come down to execution. I mean, the levels sound fun enough but fluidity in the combat is definitely going to be important if Sony wants this to succeed.

I personally do not have a problem with the different IP`s going head-to-head. It is just meant to be some multiplayer fun for fans. If they can keep thing balanced and fun then there is no harm in throwing different characters together. But PaRappa sounds like a random choice !

And I totally agree with you on this: combining various art styles could be a total hit, or a total miss. Guess we are just going to have to see this in action if true.

DarkPrince said ...


20 characters lol wtf is this last gen gaming? Brawl had 35, I know Sony doesn't have that many characters to copy and paste but come on.

You are kidding yourself if you think Sony has not got the character base to do this.

True, 20 characters is small but other fighting games of this gen have has less, like Blazeblue. I could live with 20 characters if they can make a technically good game.

I would like to see who the developer is, if this is real. That may give us an indication of why possibly only 20 characters etc.

Sinncross said ...
True, 20 characters is small but other fighting games of this gen have has less, like Blazeblue. I could live with 20 characters if they can make a technically good game.

You do realize why Blazblue can get away with the amount of characters it has right?

Lol and don't kid yourself this will never be a technical game lol.

KnightFall500 said ...

Kratos!!

Is a loser...;)

Morschee said ...

KnightFall500 said ...

Kratos!!

Is a loser...;)

!disappoint KRATOS !bm

DarkPrince said ...


You do realize why Blazblue can get away with the amount of characters it has right?

Lol and don't kid yourself this will never be a technical game lol.

At the end of the day we have no idea why there may only be 20 characters. For all we know the game has not been given a big budget (considering how many other games Sony is financing).

Being technical good does not mea it has to be a technical game in its purest sense.

The game is supposedly called tentatively called TITLE FIGHT, which if the case means the devs may be thinking of taking a serious direction, which may not be a good thing.

This whole game just may not be a good thing what ever direction it takes. Leave brawl to nintendo and just keep on with the good titles

What kind of attitude is that man?

Sony has not got an exclusive fighter in their entire IP lineup: this is a good way to start.

Amyways, seems like there may be a slight discinct art style being taken, as this test image of Sweet Tooth definitely is not 100% like his other incarnations.
And seems like the rumours are turning out to be true as the Twitter at Superbot Entertainment (who have been looking for fighting experience for some months now) have confirmed PaRappa and Kratos, and some unknown female character.