PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is a concept that seemed inevitable as soon as Super Smash Bros. became popular, especially when the introduction of iconic Sony exclusives peaked during the PlayStation 2 era. By the time Super Smash Bros. Brawl came out, there were enough resources for Sony to gamble with an idea similar to the hit Nintendo crossover. There were plenty of iconic characters in the PlayStation lineup to work with. What made the entire situation even better is that there were even more options to choose from when picking the roster by the time the development of PlayStation All-Stars had already begun.
Unfortunately, while the roster was one of, if not the most hyped-up part of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, it failed to fully satisfy fans of the various series that made the PlayStation lineup what it is. Despite the fact that the game successfully brought several memorable characters from PlayStation's history, the game either neglected just as many key iconic characters (especially from the 90s), or was simply unable to get them. What soured this even more is the presence of characters that have little to no history with PlayStation. Despite these unfortunate circumstances, a second PlayStation All-Stars has the potential to fix the original’s mistakes.
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Despite not having a cohesive posse of series representatives like Nintendo, the PlayStation name has just as many hit titles in its belt. Even if some series have been multiplatform in any capacity, several of them had an impact on a PlayStation console’s longevity and worth. That means that, unlike Super Smash Bros., whose third-party characters mostly had
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