Nintendo gamers have enjoyed cartoon fighting mayhem, knocking each other out of the Super Smash Bros. ring with industry icons like Mario, Donkey Kong, as well as Pikachu, for nearly thirteen years and it was hardly a surprise when rumors began to circulate that Sony would try their hand at a similar type of game – in this case featuring a roster that would include Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal), Nathan Drake (Uncharted), and Kratos (God of War), among others.
It’s been awhile since we heard anything about Sony’s Super Smash Bros. clone – which, as mentioned, would feature fan-favorite (and likely, more violent) staples from the PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP libraries. However, new reports suggest that, not only will the yet-to-be announced project get an official unveiling at E3 2012, the game will be titled PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
In a consumer survey, unearthed by PlayStation Lifestyle, Sony appears to be testing-out the PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale moniker with potential buyers – asking respondents to rate (on a scale of 1-10) how they “feel” about the name overall as well as whether or not the title “fits” the game. While not all of the questions are available (i.e. whether or not the questionnaire includes other names, such as the long-rumored Title Fight branding), the image below is enough to confirm that Sony is, at the very least, considering PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale as a potential title for the final game.
In our feature post detailing the Five Things We Expect from a Sony Smash Bros. Game, we laid-out a number of non-negotiables that the publisher would need to address in order to position the title for success among Smash Bros. fans and non-fans alike – including a name change (we suggested Sony Smash-Up or PlayStation Party). That said, as we get closer to the rumored E3 reveal, most of the pre-announcement buzz will no doubt be centered around the game’s roster – which is reportedly set to include fan-favorites like the aforementioned Nathan Drake, Kratos, and Sweet Tooth characters as well as less-obvious choices such as Parappa the Rapper, Sly Cooper, and Fat Princess.
Sweet Tooth is all but confirmed, thanks to a leaked in-production screenshot, but it’ll be especially interesting to see which first party players Sony opts to include. Of course, if the publisher is truly expecting to emulate the Smash Bros. format, we should also see a few third-party exclusive players join the fight as well (such as Sonic and Solid Snake in Super Smash Bros. Brawl). Assassin’s Creed leading-man, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, probably won’t make the cut – after his appearance in SoulCalibur V - but maybe we’ll get new assassin, Connor Kenway, instead? Mass Effect‘s Commander Shepard would be another solid high-profile choice – as would Ghost from the Modern Warfare series.
That said, while it’s likely we’ll see a few third-party characters, even if the game is branded PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, this will without question be a showcase for Sony properties.
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We will continue to keep you posted on PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (whatever the final title) as more develops.
Source: PlayStation Lifestyle
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Why call it a clone you haven’t seen anything from the game yet. Don’t be so quick to judge
It is being called a clone because it is essentially the same as what Nintendo has done with Super Smash Bros., i.e. a fighting game featuring many high-profile first-party characters. You are right in that we have not seen anything from the game yet but they are simply making assumptions based on the info given. Is it really out of line to think that a game with so many characters is similar in some way to Super Smash Bros?
who cares if it’s a clone. Maybe it’ll right the wrongs of Brawl. Since I doubt the next one will (smash bros I mean).
Given Sony’s long lasting relationship with companies like Konami and Square-Enix, I’d like to see some FF characters in here with Sony mascots.
Wouldn’t Pyramid Head be a great character to use?
Characters from the GTA series would be a nice welcome as well. This sounds like a fun idea.
I can only imagine the levels. A Shadow Moses level?
9 & 1. I don’t like the name, it’s too long and just sounds silly.
I’d like to see Wander (Shadow of the Colossus) and Sackboy make an appearance. A crazy, fast Sackboy kind of like how Yoda was in the SW prequels. Also a bunch of Apes (Ape Escape) that can group together and form a sort of primate Voltron would be sweet.
Monkey (Enslaved), Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes) and Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza) would all make awesome third-party characters.
If this game doesn’t have Spyro or Crash I’m going to rage so hard.
It probably won’t have those 2 since all the new Spyro and Crash games went onto other consoles later on. They probably only have access to characters whose games have stuck to Playstation only. Trust me I would love to have Crash and Spyro, but it just seems really unlikely unless the game makers realize it would make a lot of fans happy to have them, and they spend the money to get those characters back for this game.
No one has mentioned Ratchet and Clank? Or even Jak and Daxter?
I was about to say please include at least one pair of them
Cole from Infamous & Alex from Prototype have to both be in there. So we can finally end that debate once & for all!!
I’d, also, love to see some Final Fantasy characters in there. Preferably from 7&8.
….i wonder how big the roster will be……
The survey is a fake as there is an Xbox controller in the top right corner lol
I don’t know about commander shep and ghost, they aren’t really Sony characters…but Jack and Daxter perhaps?
I’m sorry but I have a gut feeling that is just going to be a bomb…
jak and daxter, sly and his gang, rachet and clank, kratos, the chick from heavenly sword, sweet tooth,sackboy, chimera from resistance, helghast from killzone, the swordsman or the a colossus from shadow of the colossus, cole from infamous, parappa the rapper, and…….. honestly sony’s library of exclusive characters is so big they really wouldn’t need to go with characters like ghost or any assasins creed characters.