GuessMyUserName posted...
it's weird how people say Smash doesn't have enough similarity with Fighting Games but then group it in with the genre of Mario Party, Nintendo Land, WarioWare, Rayman Raving Rabbids, 1-2 Switch and the like
Those games don't have a ton of similarities internally when you think about it. "Party game" is a genre based on when you play it (in a party setting) and varied gameplay experiences
Smash Bros has those varied experiences, between modes and stages (stages are the big reason it's not a fighter-- so many of them are so gimmicky that the game no longer plays remotely like a fighter) and rules. Compare the gameplay of autoscroll Mushroom Kingdom with items to Final Destination no items, to break the targets, board the platforms, coin mode etc etc
There's a reason fighting game venues play Smash in a very narrow set of rules and stages in competitive. It's not a fighter-- it's a party game that manages to come close enough to a fighting game with a specific subset of rules so that people who really like the game can be competitive about it.
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