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One cool fictional take on Sony doing a Smash Bros game photo

All eyes are fixated on Nintendo's upcoming Smash Bros. Brawl, but that hasn't stopped Sony fans from at least dreaming about what "could be." After drawing the inspiration from IGN's top-ten wishlist for creating the ultimate Smash Bros inspired fighter, website GoingSony added a few picks of their own, including badass Devil May Cry frontman Dante, and some young upstart named Cloud. 

Best of all, member TheVariousGamer created the custom image above this post that you've been gawking at the whole time. With Marvel vs. Capcom a cult favorite, and Brawl with it's own legion of fans, we think the time is right for Sony to seriously think about doing something like this. Lord knows they have enough winning characters to fill the roster. Hmm...now what about those Xbox guys? Anyway, I'd love to see a few mock-ups of some in-game screens. Any takers?

[Thanks, Adam!]








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infinity's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:10
infinity
this shoop wins solely for including both spike AND specter from ape escape.
13thDragon's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:11
13thDragon
Now THAT would be game worth playing.

I can't believe Primal is in there. I thought I was the only one who liked that game.
Murder64's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:11
Murder64
Pretty cool idea. Too much animes though.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:11
king3vbo
Its a neat shoop, but the reason Smash Bros works is because of Nintendo's iconic characters... to me, half the characters look the same in the Sony Smash.
Kaikara's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:12
Kaikara
Needs less Final Fantasy, leads (and lead adverseraries will do from select PS FF). Needs more MGS, Snake deserves to be in this. Can't really think of too many more Sony exclusives, Crash Badndicoot would have been sick if he hadn't gone multi platform, but then I guess Jak has taken his place ;-) . Smash Bros has a better mix of characters than this would tho....imo.
JoshDunford's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:13
JoshDunford
I see ICO, but I can't tell if the hero from Shadow of the Colossus is there as well.

That would be an awesome stage idea; fighting on the back of a Colossus

-JD
Kaikara's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:14
Kaikara
Forgot to end my bracket ;-) (slightly blazed O.o). Also kudos to Parappa the Rapper inclusion.
charliesuh's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:15
charliesuh
Eh, it wouldn't work.
winojesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:17
winojesus
jesus christ
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:17
F Whipple
way too many ff characters
Zanch's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:17
Zanch
It'd be more interesting if nearly half the character roster was not Final Fantasy characters.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:20
Neonie
No we know why Sony will never be able to do one: Almost eveyone in that list looks the same. Theres not much diffrence between any of them.
Magesx's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:21
Magesx
Yeah, Neonie, because a furry space wombat thing is a lot like a clown with his head on fire.
DGX Goggles's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:26
DGX Goggles
I'm by no means a Smash fanboy (rather critical of it actuall), but I would say that honestly, Nintendo's setup works better with their older and more iconic character. I'd rather see a Sony and MS brawl setup (which would NEVER happen), or some sort of 3-D MvC3 (which would be awesome).
Raymod's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:27
Raymod
How many of those characters are actually SONY, i see SquareEnix, capcom, namco,....
jackdoe's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:29
jackdoe
Getting characters from Squeenix, Capcom, Konami, and Namco Bandai would be a licencing nightmare. Still would be cool though. If it did happen, maybe Sony would use Cellius to snatch some Namco fighter developers?
Tino's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:30
Tino
DANTE!
SourGr8pes's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:33
SourGr8pes
Needs more Battle Arena Toshinden.
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:33
Shin Oni
Image is hot and all but I disapprove of half the hidden characters being FF characters. Even if this is just a PSed image.

and no Megaman? People really give no love to the Blue Bomber these days.
Pariah's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:36
Pariah
Thats why it shouldn't be sony. It should be square vs capcom vs namco. C'mon. Money in the bank!! Ps3 would get Kratos and 360 would get...um, Master Chief?
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:36
DaedHead8
Looks like Ergeiz.
kawitchate's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:37
kawitchate
Kratos vs. The King of the Cosmos
WOW
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:41
Rockvillian
Why so serious?
ScreamingScarab's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:41
ScreamingScarab
Lulu FTW.
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:41
AngelsDontBurn
It's a cool idea, but that picture has way too many non-exclusive characters. Because Sony doesn't really have many.. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. LOL @ PRIMAL! Where's Nathan Hale?! Oh, and that chick from Heavenly Sword! You can tell the image is older, but yeah, it's cool. As much as I'd love to see more games bringing characters together to fight. It's hard to pull off.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:41
mix
This would be a neat idea! I'm not that big into fighting games though... :(
Patriot SE's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:43
Patriot SE
King of all Cosmos pwns j00
MisterMingo's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:44
MisterMingo
Yeah, I don't like this idea. In SSB, all the characters (sans Snake and Sonic) belong exclusively to Nintendo. That's what makes it work. Whereas here we have Square-Enix, Capcom, Konami, Namco Bandai... Too messy. And an effing Killzone fodder enemy? Seriously? And the blond tattoo faced FF8 guy? Besides, no Snake, Drake, or Vivi? No thank you.
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:45
Fronz
Jeez, I agree with others -- that fake game might as well be called Final Fantasy Fighter.
ridley80's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:45
ridley80
PARAPPA THE RAPPER!!! I know this game is not real, but I'm sure I would rock with Parappa
savagesaladin's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:46
savagesaladin
Too many Final Fairy characters. ZING
Robert's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:47
Robert
Zell FTW
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:51
B-Radicate
This would be pure win under TWO conditions:

A) Remove all but one or two FF characters
B) Wait, Rau from Mark of Kri is in it already...

Okay, yeah, it would be win under one condition...
Pariah's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:52
Pariah
@mix

Not into fighters? But into one shot exclusive wrestling women from Street fighter alpha 3? Mecha Zangief must know!
grrza's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 17:55
grrza
Cool idea, but yeah, it just wouldn't work. Sony (especially ps2) has a ton of great games, but the characters just aren't as iconic as Nintendo's (which is why smash bros works so well for them). The reason there's so many FF characters, is because that's what's iconic on the playstations.

And anyway, aren't we already getting a FF fighter?
Krayven's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 18:00
Krayven
Holy shit, they have Sir Daniel Fortesque from Medievil in there. Epic.


I'd buy a PS3 just for this.
Hiltz's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 18:03
Hiltz
It would be a cool idea but it would be too awkward in my opinion.

The thing about Smash Bros is that it offers more than just fan service. The gameplay concept is an original, innovative and refreshing achievement for the fighting genre. There's nothing else quite like it.
CaffeinePowered's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 18:03
CaffeinePowered
Its a neat shoop, but the thing is Sony doesn't own like 75% of those characters, they'd have to pay out the ass for licensing rights most likely...
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 18:04
Samit Sarkar
PaRappa the Rapper vs. Gabe Logan from Syphon Filter would be epic.
ceark's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 18:04
ceark
WTF? I like FF and all, but that's not a sony fighter. That's Erghiez with some extra random sony characters cameod.
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 18:04
Justice
The many FF characters just show how few different series of games are unique to the Playstation.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 18:06
mix
@Pariah

Not into fighters, I used to play Mortal Kombat on the SNES, then they just started to suck. I dabble in them once in a while but I havn't bought a fighting game in a good 7 years.

On my avatar I saw a post on here about this chick and was like, I want a .gif of her. So here I am!
miketava's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 18:07
miketava
Wouldn't a multiplatform, one per franchise, multi studio developed fighting game be way cooler? Anything not Nintendo could be included, but it doesn't have to be Sony stuff only:
- Master Chief
- Lara Croft
- Kratos
- Crash Bandicoot

well the list pretty much goes on forever. Any favorites to add?
ajay42's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 18:13
ajay42
I think part of the appeal of Smash is the very Nintendo silliness/blue-sky style. It's funny and it doesn't take itself too seriously. I'm not really seeing that in this fan mock up nor do I imagine Sony would go that route. In which case you get a bunch of over serious characters fighting it out serious style which would be pretty damn boring.
Kaos Angel's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 18:20
Kaos Angel
This.... would be like a dream come true.
MissHinasaki's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 18:21
MissHinasaki
Christ. Might as well make Final Fantasy Fighter... >_>
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 18:34
Darren Nakamura
The problem with this (which is readily apparent from the mock-up above) is that you'd end up with half of the characters just being people from Final Fantasy, and overall, the fighters would not be varied enough to warrant a whole game.
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 18:34
Shin Oni
and wait! we have that silly Final Fantasty Dissta game thingy on the way...

so this is more phail with all these FF characters
SWE3tMadness's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 18:39
SWE3tMadness
I actually think it looks pretty neat, but it would involve too many FF characters relative to other franchises. Nintendo can pull off crossover games like this because they have so many exclusive franchises, whereas the PS2 became popular in the first place mainly due to its massive third-party support.

So, no way in Hell this would actually happen, but it's cool to imagine. >.>
Bengoshia's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 19:01
Bengoshia
Devil May Cry and Katamari aren't playstation exclusives anymore... this shoop sucks.
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