Author Topic: Smash Bros. A fighting game? (Read 7253 times)

silverstarman · « **on:** September 26, 2007, 04:58:46 PM »

In my opinion, I don't consider Smash Bros. a fighting game. I mean, there is punching and kicking involved, but a real fighting game is where you keep hitting people until they run out of vitality. In Smash Bros., you run around and ttack until someone falls off the arena. And you can use like, fireballs, electricity, and even items.

I think nintendo was trying to start their own genre.

Does anyone else consider smash bros. a fighting game? This is a yes or no question.

Nintendoobsessed · « **Reply #1 on:** September 26, 2007, 05:00:44 PM »

Yes, I consider Smash bros a fighting game. If you want Vitality, try the mode where the players start out with 300 HP (I forgot the name). And there are other fighting games that use items.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #2 on:** September 26, 2007, 05:10:57 PM »

I do consider it a fighting game, though it is quite different from other games of the same genre.

NintendoExpert89 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 26, 2007, 05:12:40 PM »

Stamina Mode.

SSB is a fighting game. Kicking and punching are fighting. Mortal Kombat even uses moves involving the elements. And people can throw stuff or hit each other with bludgeons as part of fighting. What else could it be? Edutainment?

BP · « **Reply #4 on:** September 26, 2007, 05:14:28 PM »

No, it's more of a point-and-click text adventure if you ask me.

silverstarman · « **Reply #5 on:** September 26, 2007, 05:16:31 PM »

Quote from: NintendoExpert89 on September 26, 2007, 05:12:40 PM

What else could it be? Edutainment?

Nintendo could have been trying to start their own genre.

Fifth · « **Reply #6 on:** September 26, 2007, 06:00:46 PM »

I always treat it as a platformer.

Let's look at the facts:
1. I'm simply terrible at all fighting games.
2. I'm really good at platformers.
3. I can hold my own in Smash Bros.

I think the different characters and play styles allow for a good amount of variety in the way people can approach the game, but to me it'll always be a platformer first and a fighter second.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #7 on:** September 26, 2007, 06:26:38 PM »

I think silverstarman brings up a good point when he said Nintendo might have been trying to make a new genre. It really isn't a traditional fighting game, and it really isn't a true platformer. Yet the game has elements of both.

MaxVance · « **Reply #8 on:** September 26, 2007, 07:07:10 PM »

It's a fighting game in the way that Mario Kart is a racing game.

MEGAß¥TE · « **Reply #9 on:** September 26, 2007, 11:08:52 PM »

I came in here to post exactly what MaxVance said.

BP · « **Reply #10 on:** September 26, 2007, 11:15:40 PM »

I completely agree. Point-and-click text adventures are as much like fighting games as MMORPGs are like racing games. Good analogy, Max.

Sqrt2 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 27, 2007, 03:17:17 AM »

Smash Bros is a fighting game, as the objective is to attack you opponents until they are highly damaged, then smash them out of the arena for a KO. Then this repeats until they have no more lives or the time runs out. It may not be a fighting game in the style of Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter, but it's a fighting game neverless.

The Chef · « **Reply #12 on:** September 27, 2007, 01:53:41 PM »

It's some kind of freak of the industry. A plat-former/fighter hybrid.

SushieBoy · « **Reply #13 on:** September 27, 2007, 02:19:56 PM »

What coming next? An RPG/Platformer hyb- Oh wait....

silverstarman · « **Reply #14 on:** September 27, 2007, 03:16:27 PM »

Quote from: SushieBoy on September 27, 2007, 02:19:56 PM

What coming next? An RPG/Platformer hyb- Oh wait....

Haha...