"God damn it all that hype build up for this to be another clone instead of this being its own style of platform fighter," wrote another. "Waited a year just to see single move clips of redone smash animations," one viewer commented. Smash fans have also criticised the near-cloning of character movesets from Smash to Icons. Perhaps due to the standards of the competitive scene, to which Icons is tailored, any attempt to replicate Smash is going to have a high bar to meet. Reaction to the footage has been mixed, however. You can battle off the stage and charge back on. Many of its characters offer similar movesets to those on the standard Smash roster. It's designed as a free-to-play game and an open beta is planned to launch on Steam this autumn.Īs for the game itself, it's a platform-based fighter which immediately evokes memories of Smash Bros. (16 years after release, Melee is still played at EVO, alongside its Wii U successor.)Īs an independent (and ultimately commercial) project, Icons features no Nintendo branding or characters. Brawl which came to life after fans felt Brawl lacked the finesse of series-favourite Melee.
#SMASH 4 STOCK ICONS MOD#
Project M is a mod for Wii game Super Smash Bros. fans - including a few of the talented folk behind the popular Project M mod, plus team members with professional experience at Riot, Blizzard and BioWare. Icons is being developed by Wavedash Games, a group formed from Smash Bros. Stepping up to fill that gap? Meet Icons: Combat Arena, a new game which looks.
This past weekend's EVO 2017 tournament included announcements from all of the major games on show - except for Super Smash Bros., because Nintendo.
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