The 360 avatars are the mii ripoffs, not anything Sony did.

Sony also perfected and popularized disc based games, something now common for everything. They also give original developers the room to create something special, something Microsoft has never done. Just ask peter molyneux.

Basically what I’m saying is nobody does anything original anymore. What has Microsoft REALLY done that’s original? You can’t use the kinect or online gaming because you have been proven wrong on both of those opinions of yours. Sony draws inspiration from and improves better than anyone else at this point.

@PokeMan
Yeah. I have nothing but the utmost respect for Sega. They never copied Nintendo. Always went about their way. Maybe tried so many new things people didn´t even know what to buy from them. Still kudos for that. Although on the long run, we all know what happened.

It´s true, MS is the software behemoth we know today thanks to countless rip-offs from people who came up with original ideas. That´s why I undestand what Sony does. I actually mentioned that I don´t know why others don´t resort to these sort of practice.

Their motion controller looks suspiciously like a Wii Remote, and the mouse on the PC-gaming thing for the PS3 looks a lot like a Nunchuck. Google these if you disagree. Let’s not forget Joe Danger, which plays a lot like Excitebike, and the player character looks exactly like the Excitebike rider. Just because its old, doesn’t mean its alright to copy from, Sony. I won’t mention the name of the Mario Kart Wii rip-off.

The only positive I see with this is Fat Princess is a character on there, who is a personnel favorite of mine. Though I do wonder what Sony will copy next.

I am interested to see what comes of this game to be honest. I’ve never been a huge Smash Brothers fan, but I’ve also not owned a Nintendo console since the SNES so my experience with the series is usually just being frustrated while my friends whoop my butt.

I can see the point to the “this is a rip off” trolls, because well, it certainly looks like one. My response: So? I think there is space for another game of this nature to exist. Especially since this experience thus far has been a Nintendo only thing. Stop being so greedy you Nintendo fanboys and go back to waggling your Wii’s.

Think about this: Street Fighter II….Fatal Fury….Mortal Kombat, etc.
All you’re seeing is 4 characters on screen, jumping and beating each other up. And if that’s a rip off, then any 2D(sidescrolling) fighter is a ripoff.

It’s not even the same concept. Smash Bros is about knocking opponents out of the stage/ring outs and uses a percentage system.
PlayStation Battle Royale isn’t about ring outs. It has 3 main attack buttons, a 3 level super meter/gauge, original characters, stages, movesets, etc.

@Jake
You do realize that it was Microsoft who were second at doing online gaming on consoles, right?
First it was the Sega Dreamcast.

Yeah many of those are exclusives but mainly because they are marketplace downloadable games. Ask a person who plays only PS3 who Captain Smiley is and they are more than likely just going to give you an inquisitive look.