Current Events > Sakurai confirms - Smash is a fighting game.

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Zero_Destroyer
06/20/18 4:05:38 PM
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https://sourcegaming.info/2018/06/20/smash-is-special-part-1-sakurais-famitsu-column-vol-557/

From his most recent Famitsu interview:

Personally speaking, I find that, when I pick up a fighting game, I often put it down before I get around to playing all of the different characters. The more characters there are, the more that go untouched, and the less strategic things become, so its hard to say that simply adding more characters is a flawless idea. However, Smash is a character-based fighting game, and there are plenty of players out there eagerly awaiting the opportunity to play as their favorite character. I wrestled with this problem quite a bit while deciding whether to include everyone.

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LightHawKnight
06/20/18 4:07:34 PM
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I mean saying Smash Bros isn't a fighting game is like saying Overwatch isn't a shooter.
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Zero_Destroyer
06/20/18 4:09:43 PM
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smash carries fighting games
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Zero_Destroyer
06/20/18 4:28:30 PM
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LightHawKnight posted...
I mean saying Smash Bros isn't a fighting game is like saying Overwatch isn't a shooter.


true tbh
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Calwings
06/20/18 4:35:41 PM
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Zero_Destroyer posted...
LightHawKnight posted...
I mean saying Smash Bros isn't a fighting game is like saying Overwatch isn't a shooter.

true tbh

Or like saying Mario Kart isn't a racing game
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06/20/18 4:36:18 PM
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DeadSite
06/20/18 4:36:40 PM
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LightHawKnight posted...
I mean saying Smash Bros isn't a fighting game is like saying Overwatch isn't a shooter.

Except Overwatch doesn't need you to butcher half of the default settings to become a fighting game
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Paragon21XX
06/20/18 4:39:04 PM
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DeadSite posted...
LightHawKnight posted...
I mean saying Smash Bros isn't a fighting game is like saying Overwatch isn't a shooter.

Except Overwatch doesn't need you to butcher half of the default settings to become a fighting game

Leaving all of the settings on default still makes Smash a fighting game.

#DealWithIt
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Zero_Destroyer
06/20/18 4:39:44 PM
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DeadSite posted...

Except Overwatch doesn't need you to butcher half of the default settings to become a fighting game


>game built on having a ton of customizable features

>"b-b-b-b-but MUH DEFAULTS"
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Muffinz0rz
06/20/18 4:40:51 PM
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@soulunison2

oh he's warned LMFAO no wonder the tag ain't working
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Zero_Destroyer
06/20/18 4:43:22 PM
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https://smash.gg/tournament/ceo-2018-fighting-game-championships/events

Wii U: 667 Entrants

DBZF: 650 Entrants

SFVAE: 557 Entrants

Melee: 438 Entrants

Tekken 7: 346 Entrants

GG Xrd Rev 2: 160 Entrants

Injustice 2: 145 Entrants

Zero_Destroyer posted...
smash carries fighting games

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DeadSite
06/20/18 4:44:08 PM
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Paragon21XX posted...
DeadSite posted...
LightHawKnight posted...
I mean saying Smash Bros isn't a fighting game is like saying Overwatch isn't a shooter.

Except Overwatch doesn't need you to butcher half of the default settings to become a fighting game

Leaving all of the settings on default still makes Smash a fighting game.

#DealWithIt

No it's a party game.

I'm sure if you take out enough of the mini games in Mario Party it becomes a sports game too
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Zero_Destroyer
06/20/18 4:45:31 PM
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DeadSite posted...

No it's a party game.


However, Smash is a character-based fighting game

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Squall28
06/20/18 4:45:47 PM
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Looks like a translation error to me. Sakurai has always properly called Smash a party game.
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Doe
06/20/18 4:46:38 PM
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DeadSite posted...
LightHawKnight posted...
I mean saying Smash Bros isn't a fighting game is like saying Overwatch isn't a shooter.

Except Overwatch doesn't need you to butcher half of the default settings to become a fighting game

Overwatch literally replaces engine-based movement and actually aiming weapons with autoaiming and hotkeys

Oh I see you mean stocks in Smash and stuff. I thought you were saying it was too different from traditional fighters. Your arguments still stupid though
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Zero_Destroyer
06/21/18 12:31:47 AM
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lmfao hahahaha
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PanzerElite
06/21/18 12:32:52 AM
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Smash is a fighting game like Pin The Tail On The Donkey is a sport.
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Zero_Destroyer
06/21/18 12:34:24 AM
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PanzerElite posted...
Smash is a fighting game like Pin The Tail On The Donkey is a sport.


Smash takes a ton of skill and is very hard to be good at. Idk why FGC elitists deny this
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Zero_Destroyer
06/21/18 12:42:28 AM
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i mean honestly if the FGC crowd wants to prove how Smash is a kiddie game they should enter a tournament

should be an ez win lmao
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dave_is_slick
06/21/18 12:44:11 AM
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Zero_Destroyer posted...
PanzerElite posted...
Smash is a fighting game like Pin The Tail On The Donkey is a sport.


Smash takes a ton of skill and is very hard to be good at. Idk why FGC elitists deny this

Because they're one of the most insecure groups of people out there.
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PanzerElite
06/21/18 12:46:00 AM
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For the record I don't play fighting games and don't care about them.

I just think the Pin The Tail comparison is funny
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Reis
06/21/18 12:46:17 AM
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Since when is the director of a party series an authority of what is and isn't a fighting game
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C_Pain
06/21/18 12:46:25 AM
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its not though, its a party game
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MwarriorHiei
06/21/18 12:49:38 AM
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Zero_Destroyer posted...
DeadSite posted...

No it's a party game.


However, Smash is a character-based fighting game


http://sourcegaming.info/2016/03/23/sakurai-briefly-discusses-smash-as-an-esport/
If you want to enjoy the strategy or competitiveness in playing against another person, then maybe normal fighting games are more suited for you.


he's also said that smash is an action game so lol
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Darmik
06/21/18 12:51:07 AM
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MwarriorHiei posted...
Zero_Destroyer posted...
DeadSite posted...

No it's a party game.


However, Smash is a character-based fighting game


http://sourcegaming.info/2016/03/23/sakurai-briefly-discusses-smash-as-an-esport/
If you want to enjoy the strategy or competitiveness in playing against another person, then maybe normal fighting games are more suited for you.


he's also said that smash is an action game so lol


Nobody said it was a normal fighting game.
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Scottydoesntno
06/21/18 12:52:55 AM
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Nobody actually believed smash wasnt a fighting game. It was just a collective trolling movement. Nobody unironically believed it.
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OwlRammer
06/21/18 12:53:25 AM
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but is the smash community finally moving on to the latest game like everyone else instead of staying with a past entry for infinity years?
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LightningAce11
06/21/18 12:54:08 AM
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Smash does seem like something I want to get into, but I'm just afraid of there being nobody online to play against.
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Zero_Destroyer
06/21/18 1:25:14 AM
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MwarriorHiei posted...


http://sourcegaming.info/2016/03/23/sakurai-briefly-discusses-smash-as-an-esport/
If you want to enjoy the strategy or competitiveness in playing against another person, then maybe normal fighting games are more suited for you.


irrelevant, dated 2016

OwlRammer posted...
but is the smash community finally moving on to the latest game like everyone else instead of staying with a past entry for infinity years?


there is no collective smash community

the smash 4 community is the former Brawl community and it is moving onto Ultimate; Melee will remain Melee because Melee is all Melee knows how to Melee. Melee.
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pauIie
06/21/18 1:37:33 AM
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Zero_Destroyer posted...
smash carries fighting games


i don't hate on smash at all but nah
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Squall28
06/21/18 10:24:13 AM
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Zero_Destroyer posted...
i mean honestly if the FGC crowd wants to prove how Smash is a kiddie game they should enter a tournament

should be an ez win lmao


The FGC is good at fighting games. Why would you expect them to beat the Smash community at a party game? They're two different genres.
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uwnim
06/21/18 10:40:56 AM
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Smash is a fighting game. There are a few different sub genres.
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Irony
06/21/18 10:42:36 AM
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If I put turkey on bread and call it a car that doesn't make it a car.
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Banjo2553
06/21/18 10:44:00 AM
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LightningAce11 posted...
Smash does seem like something I want to get into, but I'm just afraid of there being nobody online to play against.

Oh, even on the Wii U the online was extremely active. You don't have to worry about not finding anybody.
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uwnim
06/21/18 10:48:44 AM
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Irony posted...
If I put turkey on bread and call it a car that doesn't make it a car.

Right, calling smash a party game doesn't make it one.
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Banjo2553
06/21/18 10:48:49 AM
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As for my two cents on this, I always considered Smash a party fighting game. That seems to make perfect sense to me. Of course it's not a traditional fighting game, but it still has the same goal as one, so because of its structure it's more of a party game. Party fighting game.

It's funny how this is the only time where people seem to forget that genre-mashing and sub-genres exist.
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JE19426
06/21/18 10:57:53 AM
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MwarriorHiei posted...
he's also said that smash is an action game so lol


Fighting games are action games.
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DeadSite
06/21/18 12:08:45 PM
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DeadSite posted...
No it's a party game.

I'm sure if you take out enough of the mini games in Mario Party it becomes a sports game too
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Zero_Destroyer
06/21/18 12:41:30 PM
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Squall28 posted...


The FGC is good at fighting games.


Smash is a character-based fighting game

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Megaman50100
06/21/18 12:48:13 PM
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well it has been obvious since 4 that sakurai is actually designing the game to cater more and more to a competitive scene. So sure, now his design philosphy has changed and it is indeed a fighting game. But lets just continue using terminology to distinguish types of fighting games.
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Muffinz0rz
06/21/18 3:31:05 PM
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@soulunison2
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Anisoptera
06/21/18 3:35:06 PM
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Not every character in Overwatch uses guns so it is not really a shooter in a traditional sense
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Muffinz0rz
06/22/18 10:42:25 AM
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Anisoptera posted...
Not every character in Overwatch uses guns so it is not really a shooter in a traditional sense

First person action-adventure platformer
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