Smash and the Fighters

[darkserenade]

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If you have ever played a Fighter other then Smash games, you'll probably notice that two very different styles are present.

On one hand, Smash and the Others are very simple in killing methods;knock your opponent off the boundaries, or deplete said's health bar, respectively. Performing special moves is the biggest difference; in Smash, just press the assigned button for Specials and then add DI if that's what was planned. In other fighting games, however, specials are done in a plethora of ways, from movements to button mashing.

Now that it's explained for others, I'll get down to my own question: If our "Pros" were put into another league of Fighting games, could they still do well? Sure, they might be similar sometimes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zti53YuQcTE

but in other cases, it's a whole new ball game...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMIqJBIj7Y4&feature=related

 

[Deleted member]

The best players spend all their time on 1 game and study it, so I'd say if we gave them 3 months they could be reasonably good at whatever game.

 

[Omis]

That SF4 video made me cringe.

 

[Barge]

Hadouken! Hadouken! Hadouken!

 

[kirbypika]

Such a terrible SF4 video. If you wanted a recent SF you could do third strike or turbo HD remix. And the pros of the competitive fighting community are all skilled at a variety of games. See: Justin Wong.

On the other hand, smash is completely different and require different skills than other traditional fighting games. The mindset of both sides are also completely different resulting in an everlasting hate between the two communities.

 

[MarKO X]

A Smasher could easily become a good "traditional fighting game" player and a "tradition fight game" player could easily become a smasher. Because at the end of the day, the winning formula is all the same: Learn the game, know the characters, go to tourneys, play to win.