A simple question:

[Brookman]

If you had to choose a single genre to place ssbm into, which would it be and why?


There are only a few selections I would deem appropriate but if you can make the argument for melee being an FPS by all means. . .

Keep trolling and mindless, contentless posts to a minimum. I know it's hard for some people.


to save from anyone asking what a "genre" is: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=genre

 

[Geist]

Fighting?
Because you fight.
And because 'party' isn't really a genre for the same reason 'casual' is not a genre.

 

[AXE 09]

I would say... Fighting, if I had to choose one.

 

[Mooo]

Platformfighting.
exclusive club, as it pretty much only contains ssb, ssbm and ssbb...

 

[Brookman]

You have to pick one. Is it platforming or is it fighting?


In my opinion it's a platforming game. A really aggressive mario game, if you will.


As m2k very aptly displays, you don't actually have to do any fighting to win in this game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_VNRZt71mg&feature=feedf

 

[DippnDots]

I would argue that avoiding attacks is an element of fighting, tai chi is an example.

 

[azianraven]

definitely a fighting game.

 

[-ShadowPhoenix-]

fighting game no doubt

 

[arbustos]

You have to pick one. Is it platforming or is it fighting?

where do you place action RPGs?


the usual argument against smash involves it being sufficiently different from every other fighter to warrant exclusion
-no health bars --> ringouts only
-no consistent knockback
-no high/mid/low hit levels
-we have to change the game from its factory settings to make it tourney-viable. oh my LOL

melee's design philosophy is thrown to the wind. I believe the manual says something to the effect of "find new ways to play!"

 

[CloneHat]

It's a fighting game with a heavy emphasis on platforming movement.
Whenever I'm asked about Smash, I call it a "Physics-based Fighter."

 

[-ACE-]

Fighting game. Platforms are definitely a core aspect of melee, but they do not do as good of a job of defining the object of the game as does fighting imo.

 

[Retroking2000]

smash bro was intended to be a party game

 

[ryuu seika]

In my opinion it's a platforming game. A really aggressive mario game, if you will.

It took a long time but I eventually came round to this opinion. Smash is a platforming game with a heavy emphasis on Versus play.

 

[BigD!!!]

yeah its just like boss fights in megaman more or less

the rock paper scissors element of avoiding/landing attacks/grabs that other fighting games utilize is more or less replaced by literally moving out of the way and navigating around attacks, a la platform game

complex button inputs disappear in lieu of, once again, navigating around and spacing

i always agree with brookman

 

[Rat]

It is a pinball game.

 

[Rubyiris]

This question is impossible to answer without being allowed to combine genres.

This topic is dumb.

 

[Zodiac]

2d fighter. You fight, and its from the 2d perspective. Just dont tell anyone on shoryuken I said that or i'll be dead by morning.

 

[Rubyiris]

highly considering quoting you on srk.

 

[Divinokage]

If there wasn't any tournament rules and kept smash as the way it is right now then it's definitely a party game.

It's simply our conditioning that we think smash as a fighter with all the strange rulesets.

 

[Black_jo]

If there wasn't any tournament rules and kept smash as the way it is right now then it's definitely a party game.

It's simply our conditioning that we think smash as a fighter with all the strange rulesets.

smash bro was intended to be a party game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55VwZsmqNDQ

Sometimes i wonder

 

[Divinokage]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55VwZsmqNDQ

Sometimes i wonder

lol best commercial ever.

But you still have to see what kind of options smash has.. it's definitely a lot of things.

Just because you saw something or heard something doesn't mean it's true.

 

[Mizar]

2d fighter. You fight, and its from the 2d perspective. Just dont tell anyone on shoryuken I said that or i'll be dead by morning.

Even though that's true, I don't think it is a valid argument.
It is a partygame in the core, because that's what its meant to be. Just because there is a ruleset now and tournaments being held, doesn't change the main aspect of the game.

Like you can't take mario party and only play Tug-O-war and call it a Tug-O-war genre.

Hope you see where I'm getting at.

EDIT* Ok just now I read Divinokage's post under rubyiris' . lol

 

[Divinokage]

Even though that's true, I don't think it is a valid argument.
It is a partygame in the core, because that's what its meant to be. Just because there is a ruleset now and tournaments being held, doesn't change the main aspect of the game.

Like you can't take mario party and only play Tug-O-war and call it a Tug-O-war genre.

Hope you see where I'm getting at.

EDIT* Ok just now I read Divinokage's post under rubyiris' . lol

Hmm I guess you really wanted to get the point across lol.

 

[DoH]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbTKOJ2j9u0

That's not a party

 

[Brookman]

was that a flame cancel at the end???

 

[FoxLisk]

It is a pinball game.

so does that make mango a... wait for it...

pinball wizard?

*chuckles*

anyway, glad to see ruby was banned.

 

[-ACE-]

Lol you'd have to be deaf dumb and blind to go falcon vs pp.

But seriously, mango's falcon did really well.

 

[Jonas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbTKOJ2j9u0

That's not a party

Lol at YT comments

"Awesome classic ruined by tourney tards. I wish I could really enjoy this game to its fullest again without being reminded of *that*"

I seriously feel bad for casual players if they're really that bothered by other people's spare time activites.

 

[Hydro_Smasher]

fighting. fighting genre games are ALWAYS DIFFERENT,

a game being different leads to variety

variety leads to a really good game that I will play for a long time, and will ignore all games of current time