Hoo boy, this is a fun one to talk about. I have lots of fond memories with Smash Crusade, and I still like to revisit it from time to time, especially whenever there is a major update.
Talking from a purely gameplay perspective, I'm not sure if this is any better or worse than some of the better official Smash entries, or even other notable fan games like Flash 2. It strikes me as a lot looser and less precise at times, but I don't find this to be a bad thing. Really, it strikes me as an offshoot of its inherent goofiness, and I mean that in a good way.
One fair criticism I know for the game is that it has a lot of "relics" of older, less polished versions, and I get that. There's more of a "quantity over quality" thing going on with the roster, but again, I don't mind it on the grounds that the game is already really silly, and the devs are slowly working on polishing a lot the characters at least.
OK yeah, I keep bringing it up, let me address it directly: I love how dumb this game is. It really does strike me as a "classic internet fangame with some polish"; The roster is weird but has lots of fun & unique choices (many of which were characters I so happen wanted in official games at one point in time), including the meme character Weegee. Come on, Weegee's here, that's how you know it's old school.
Now I'm just reminiscing at this point, but I remember when a lot of the characters were more like MUGEN ports. Like, I'm pretty sure the Evil Ryu they used before resprite was just Reuben Kee's version, and Goku used the arcade game sprites that I'm sure was actually just from Choujin's Goku. Good times... like I said, I just love the old internet vibes this has.
This game also happens to be a nice free alternative to Rivals, having good mod support and a large community taking advantage of that. So, you can make this crazy big roster even stupider and more fun.
Really, despite whatever polish issues it may have, I love this doofy little fangame for what it is. In recent years, it really does seem to be embracing that silly nature as well (like bringing back Weegee after briefly removing him, or even having mod support in the first place), which is something I highly appreciate. I wish the devs good luck on future updates.
Long live the meme choices of Tingle, Weegee, & this particular characterization of the Duck Hunt Dog from early 2010s internet culture.
Talking from a purely gameplay perspective, I'm not sure if this is any better or worse than some of the better official Smash entries, or even other notable fan games like Flash 2. It strikes me as a lot looser and less precise at times, but I don't find this to be a bad thing. Really, it strikes me as an offshoot of its inherent goofiness, and I mean that in a good way.
One fair criticism I know for the game is that it has a lot of "relics" of older, less polished versions, and I get that. There's more of a "quantity over quality" thing going on with the roster, but again, I don't mind it on the grounds that the game is already really silly, and the devs are slowly working on polishing a lot the characters at least.
OK yeah, I keep bringing it up, let me address it directly: I love how dumb this game is. It really does strike me as a "classic internet fangame with some polish"; The roster is weird but has lots of fun & unique choices (many of which were characters I so happen wanted in official games at one point in time), including the meme character Weegee. Come on, Weegee's here, that's how you know it's old school.
Now I'm just reminiscing at this point, but I remember when a lot of the characters were more like MUGEN ports. Like, I'm pretty sure the Evil Ryu they used before resprite was just Reuben Kee's version, and Goku used the arcade game sprites that I'm sure was actually just from Choujin's Goku. Good times... like I said, I just love the old internet vibes this has.
This game also happens to be a nice free alternative to Rivals, having good mod support and a large community taking advantage of that. So, you can make this crazy big roster even stupider and more fun.
Really, despite whatever polish issues it may have, I love this doofy little fangame for what it is. In recent years, it really does seem to be embracing that silly nature as well (like bringing back Weegee after briefly removing him, or even having mod support in the first place), which is something I highly appreciate. I wish the devs good luck on future updates.
Long live the meme choices of Tingle, Weegee, & this particular characterization of the Duck Hunt Dog from early 2010s internet culture.
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