History ShoutOut / PlaystationAllstarsBattleRoyale

* The opening of the San Francisco stage has MissionControl communicating to Echo Team (aka, the elite Sentinel team led by [[VideoGame/{{Resistance}} Nathan Hale]]). The interface has Hale holding the carbine with 30 rounds and two grenades loaded.

* '''[=PaRappa=]''''s Level 3 Super has Lammy, Sunny Funny and Chop Chop Master Onion in the crowd (among others).

** His PreOrderBonus costume has him a waiter outfit, which he uses while working in his owner's sushi shop.

* '''Fat Princess'''' PreOrderBonus costume takes inspiration from the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEbMK6A6pHk Fat Roles]] expansion pack, which adds {{Pirate}}s, {{Ninja}}s and [[OurGiantsAreBigger Giants]]. The Princess herself apparently likes pirates.

* '''Big Daddy''''s PreOrderBonus costume has him as [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/640px-TrailerBigSisterConcepts1_8636.jpg the doll]] owned by Elanor Lamb from ''{{BioShock}} 2'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rg7CWYqiI0 seen in the initial teaser]].

* '''Jak''''s PreOrderBonus skin gives him back his outfit from ''The Precursor Legacy''...however, he doesn't lose the tougher looking face.

** His alternate outfit is based off of his appearance in the original Ape Escape.

** His PreOrderBonus outfit is him as a Helghast {{Mook}}, albeit a heavily armored one.

*** One of his unlockable costumes is his attire from ''Twisted Metal 3''.

** Recordings of Andrew Ryan's voice will play when Big Daddy enters the ring.

** His Tonoki Stance has Scorpion's [[YouWillNotEvadeMe chain]], Sub Zero's Ice Slide, Lui Kang's Bicycle Kick and Noob Sailbot's teleport.

** In Jak's rival cutscene Clank is quiet hurt at being called a "sidekick" as he was when Dr. Nefarious made the same accusation in A Crack in Time.

* '''Radec''''s dialogue is heavily influenced by lines in ''Killzone''. When selected, he'll say "As you wish" to the player, something he's said to Scolar Visari, founder of the Helghan Empire; he could also warn the player that he's not a very patient man, said to Evelyn Batton. "Kill or be killed" is adapted from his BossBanter, "The essence of combat: kill or ''be killed!''" and "This will be a day of mourning" was a line said by Visari as "I want this day to be a day of mourning for the ISA."

* '''Toro''''s three different "stances" are based around ''StreetFighter'', ''MortalKombat'', ''{{Tekken}}'', ''VirtuaFighter'' and ''KingOfFighters''.

** His Oni Toro form has a Mochi based [[KamehameHadouken Hadouken]] and [[KingOFighters Oniyaki]]
*** Toro's level 3 has striking similarities to the [[StreetFighter Shun Goku Satsu]].

** His Tonoki Stance has Scorpion's chain, Sub Zero's Ice Slide, Lui Kang's Bicycle Kick and Noob Sailbot's teleport.
** His Oni Toro form has a Mochi based hadouken, shinryuken and a mallet based hurricane kick.

** One of the moves he can use in his Torobi stance is [[MortalKombat Liu Kang's]] bicycle kick. In his Oni stance he can throw a mochi Hadoken.

** His alternate costume is his alternate astronaut outfit from ''Um Jammer Lammy''.

** Good Cole's alternate outfit is his appearance from inFAMOUS 1, and Evil Cole's alternate appearance is a [[EnsembleDarkhorse Reaper]].

* '''Jak''''s PreOrderBonus skin gives him back his outfit from ''The Precursor Legacy''...however, he doesn't lose the goatee or the tougher looking face.

* '''Jak''''s PreOrderBonus skin gives him back his outfit from ''The Precursor Legacy''.

** '''Evil Cole [=MacGrath=]''''s costume uses his [[http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4043/4309805617_3c6293cc70_z.jpg?zz=1 PlayStation Heroes skin from Uncharted 2]].

* '''Sackboy''' dresses up as Sofie the Sackgirl from LittleBigPlanet2 using his PreOrderBonus outfit.
* '''Sir Daniel''' receives his Super Gold Armor from MediEvil2 as a PreOrderBonus.

* '''Spike''''s PreOrderBonus costume is his battle-gear from the [[NoExportForYou Japanese-exclusive]] Ape Escape: Million Monkeys.

** His PreOrderBonus costume is based on his [[http://images.wikia.com/twistedmetal/images/f/f1/SweetToothDisciple.jpg outcast skin]] from {{Starhawk}}, which is itself a PreOrderBonus for pre-ordering Twisted Metal 2012. One of his unlockable costumes is his attire from Twisted Metal 3.
* '''Toro''''s three different "stances" are based around StreetFighter, MortalKombat, {{Tekken}}, VirtuaFighter and KingOfFighters.

** '''Evil Cole [=MacGrath=]''''s costume uses an evil variant of Cole's original look.

* '''Cole [=MacGrath=]''''s Pre-Order costume casts him as Kessler.

* '''Dante''''s stage entrance has him striking the pose from the Devil May Cry 3 box art.

* '''Heihachi''''s play-style is accurately derived from his moveset in {{Tekken}}, including the Spinning Demon, Electric Wind God Fist, Hell Axle and Stonehead.

* '''Jak''''s PreOrderBonus skin gives him back his outfit from The Precursor Legacy.
* '''Kratos''''s alternative colors come a few references. One of them gives him a blue tattoo scheme, [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BlueKratos_9696.jpg which would've been his final design]] were it not for David Jaffe changing his mind. Another costume colors him entirely black ala Fear Kratos from [=GoW3=].

** His alternate costume is his alternate astronaut outfit from Um Jammer Lammy.

* '''Raiden''''s PreOrderBonus costume sees him don his skull suit from Metal Gear Solid 2.
* '''Ratchet''' gets his tetrafiber armor from Going Commando as a PreOrderBonus.
* '''Sackboy''' dresses up as Sofie the Sackgirl from LittleBigPlanet 2 using his PreOrderBonus outfit.
* '''Sir Daniel''' receives his Super Gold Armor from MediEvil 2 as a PreOrderBonus.

* '''Spike''''s PreOrderBonus costume is his battle-gear from the Japanese-exclusive Ape Escape: Million Monkeys.

* '''Heihachi''''s play-stylet is accurately derived from his moveset in {{Tekken}}, including the Spinning Demon, Electric Wind God Fist, Hell Axle and Stonehead.

** '''Evil Cole [=MacGrath=]]''''s costume uses an evil variant of Cole's original look.

** Listening closely to his Boxy-Boy-based attacks reveals that they put out RunDMC samples

* '''Sly Cooper''''s His PreOrderBonus costume dresses in his archer costume from the Medieval England period seen in upcoming (as of the reveal) ''Thieves in Time''.

** His PreOrderBonus costume is based on his [[http://images.wikia.com/twistedmetal/images/f/f1/SweetToothDisciple.jpg outcast skin]] from {{Starhawk}}, which is itself a PreOrderBonus for pre-ordering Twisted Metal 2012.

** His PreOrderBonus costume has him a waiter outfit, which he uses while working in his owner's sushi shop.
* '''Cole [=McGrath=]''''s Pre-Order costume casts him as Kessler.