Alright, look. I'm a big PlayStation fan, everyone here knows it, I buy and play a lot of the big PS3 and PSP exclusives but I don't think this is really the coolest idea ever. I mean number one it's going to be directly compared to Smash, which isn't how you want to start right out the gate. But more than anything I think Sony needs to accept that these characters just don't have the cultural impact or just general presence in the gaming community that Nintendo characters have. I think the numbers show that while these games sell very well, they're not the epic icons that every gamer knows. If you walked into a Game Stop and showed the regular Madden/Call of Duty player a picture of Cole McGrath or Sweet Tooth they'd probably have no idea who they are. Mario or Link? That's a different story.

Also a lot of these guys have only been around for one console gen, and other two max. As a gamer, it's awesome that Sony creates A LOT of new gaming franchises every generation, but for something like this, it's almost a little pretentious to pretend that these guys have earned their stripes as legends. I LOVE Colonel Radec, his character design and voice acting is PHENOMENAL but he was just in one game. I know you could say that about some of the SSB characters, but they're anchored by veterans of the gaming world.

And with mechanics, I don't know if I can trust Sony San Diego or whatever B-Team internal developer they're going to hand this off to to come through on the gameplay. I wouldn't be surprised if this was a PlayStation Move title. Actually, that would be kinda cool...

Overall, I think there's a lot of other cool things SCE could be doing right now... I know they like to keep even their lesser acclaimed studios busy, but those dudes could be getting outsourced a lot of the work on the bigger titles, like how Ubisoft essentially has 4-5 teams crafting the yearly Assassin's Creed II trilogy. All that being said, I would love for PlayStation to prove me wrong.