Fighterpedia says Smash Bros. IS a fighting game
5/8/12 6:00pm
Fighterpedia, a hilarious and awesome show about fighting games on YouTube from the creators of Two Best Friends Play, have an opinion on whether Smash Bros. is in fact a fighting game.
So what do you guys think? Did Woolie and Matt convince you, or do you stand by it being something else?
I for one say EFF YEAH THEY AGREE WITH ME!
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g1 DISCUSSIONS
LancerLeon
Just saying the whole items thing, and randomness... Street Fighter x Tekken is everything brawl/melee is Item = Gems it even has a 4 player scramble mode where everyone can be on the screen. So by logic that means SFxT is not a fighting game and shouldn't be at Evo.
Odd thing is Smash is still a amazing fighting game that does require skill because you can still die at low percentages meanwhile you have comeback mechanics (Hello X-Factor) in other fighting games that allow you to "Turn the tides" with a lucky random hit. (I'm looking at you wesker and doom)
Honorable Mention to Mr. Pheonix Wright in MvC3 for the whole random thing.
Ataeru
ok, the ending is stupid, but it was really informative. Pretty cool vid here.
GenocidalEdge
I think Craig said it best, when they put it in EVO it's a fighting game.
Ben Singer
The EVO argument is ridiculous anyway. There are TONS of fighters that aren't played at EVO.
Two-Bit Specialist
What the guy below me said.
SireAzmodan
It has been played at EVO, every year since 2007. With all due respect to Craig, every point he made was shot down by virtually everyone else in the room at the time; points founded on assumptions that had no fact backing them up whatsoever.
SireAzmodan
Implying that Smash is not a fighter because of slight differences is like saying Mario 64 isn't a platformer because it's in the third dimension and didn't use power-ups as a health system -- it's ludicrous.
In any case, this video was interesting and funny, and I think I've just found a new show to sub to.
HibiroZ
Lots of Golden Sun music in this video.
Red Zaku Sentai
Wow I'm speechless,to think that there are people that say Smash bros is not a fighting game,it hurts my head just hearing how stupid that sounds,I mean what hell is it than if its not
ZigTheHunter
there are tons of people who think that, many of which are very condescending to those who prefer Smash over other, more traditional fighters. There reasons are stupid and nonsensical, any reason that keeps Smash from being a fighting game can be removed or minimalized via options and banning, but because their there by default, means its not a fighting game. Honestly to me its a fighter, but it shouldn't really matter; its just a label, its sad how some people get all worked up over whether it is or not.