PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale

[super-mega-hyper-sonic]

Who owns Katamari Damacy?

[Pleiades]

Who owns Katamari Damacy?

Namco.

[super-mega-hyper-sonic]

Namco.

I think I would love Sony forever if they but in a character or stage from Katamari. Well, assuming Namco would be up for it.

[Pleiades]

I think I would love Sony forever if they but in a character or stage from Katamari. Well, assuming Namco would be up for it.

Perhaps a stage mashup in which players have to avoid getting crushed (or rolled up?) up by the Prince and his giant sphere of garbage.

[Pleiades]

Interview with the game's director.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/...his-interview/

Sounds like things are shaping up nicely, enough to get me legitimately excited for E3 this June. Sounds like they're not having any trouble with third-party licensing, and the fact that they consider fan feedback a high priority in choosing characters could mean a pretty great roster.

What was the process for selecting the characters you picked?

It was sort of a combination of a lot of different systems. First and foremost we listened to the fans. The idea for this game has existed long before Sony Santa Monica and Superbot got around to making it. There’s a wealth of information out there regarding what fans want to see and what characters they want to see—and what matchups they’d like to see. So we made sure to try and get as many of those as possible, but also, at the same time we’re Sony fans. We’re fighting game fans. There’s definitely characters that we wanted to see that we made sure were included, perhaps some lesser known characters that haven’t been around for a while. It runs the gamut.

Were there any characters that you really wanted to get but for whatever reason–licensing maybe–you couldn’t get?

So far so good. I think everyone understands just how important this is to the fans, and everyone wants to meet their expectations. These IP holders—we worked very, very closely with all of these guys, and they are all involved in the selection process…we’re trying our hardest! The developers get it, and hopefully the fans appreciate it.

Also, Legend of Dragoon released on PSN recently and is doing very well. Take the hint, Superbot, if you haven't already.

[roza]

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/05/1...-battle-royale

Snake. Snake!? SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!!!!

[Daemon]

http://vgboxart.com/forums/showthrea...-Battle-Royale

[roza]

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/05/1...-battle-royale

[Spiderpig24]

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/05/1...-battle-royale

While I had already expected their inclusion, this is fantastic news.

[AgentLampshade]

Saw that one coming a mile off. Gets the obvious ones out the way. Now the speculation for the more obscure characters can start.

[Daemon]

I would like to think that Ratchet is another obvious one.

[Eggboy'13]

I wonder how different Snake will be from his Brawl interpretation.


Also, Batman pls

[Luigi53]

Hopefully we see Crash Bandicoot make it in.

[Throavium]

It'll probably be Activision's version and not ND's anyway.

[Luigi53]

It'll probably be Activision's version and not ND's anyway.

I don't care as long as they don't use the Titans/MoM designs. Which they used the Twinsanity designs last year for Nitro Kart 2, so hopefully they'll use his Twinsanity design...

[Throavium]

I don't care as long as they don't use the Titans/MoM designs. Which they used the Twinsanity designs last year for Nitro Kart 2, so hopefully they'll use his Twinsanity design...

I am content with Twinsanity design.

[Pleiades]

I still think Kevin Butler needs to be the final boss in the story mode.

[super-mega-hyper-sonic]

I still think Kevin Butler needs to be the final boss in the story mode.

Then once beaten, becomes playable.

[Pleiades]

Then once beaten, becomes playable.

It'd be difficult balancing his godlike powers.

[Spiderpig24]

He would be a great final boss, and as iconic as he is now I wouldn't see it as far fetched.