History YMMV / PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale

** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] isn't in ''[=PlayStation=] All-Stars'' at all, despite the game he's a part of being one of the most iconic [=PS1=] titles ever made, but he ''is'' in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU Smash 4]]'' despite his home game not receiving a Nintendo release until the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch nearly a ''decade'' after this game. Relatedly, ''FFVII'' BigBad Sephiroth would be added to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' as DLC in late 2020, and his pack includes music from the movie ''Advent Children'', which was co-distributed by Sony.

** While the ''VideoGame/{{Starhawk}}'' series has been around since the early years of the original UsefulNotes/PlayStation, Emmett Graves' game was out for less than 6 months before his announcement and just over 6 months by the time he was released as DLC.

* CharacterTiers: As expected from a FightingGame. Notable facts:
** Kat is considered the best character in the game, hands down. She excels in all types of play and her combo ability is unmatched. Potential runner-up would be, of all people, Isaac Clarke: his Plasma Cutter Loop aids his already surprisingly excellent gun combos, allowing him to fight from longer distances and keep space controlled. Raiden and Fat Princess are also in the running, due to the former's melee game and the latter's assists.
** Kratos, Nathan Drake and both versions of Cole sit on top of the High Tier.

* HighTierScrappy: Kratos is a long-standing one for being a LightningBruiser by design (being a JackOfAllStats with HackAndSlash gameplay of his series rendered faithfully) and having several "kill confirm" options.

* HighTierScrappy:
** Kratos is a long-standing one for being a LightningBruiser by design (being a JackOfAllStats with HackAndSlash gameplay of his series rendered faithfully).
** Kat for being the best character in the game.

* ScrappyMechanic: The game has three attack buttons, but unlike ''Smash'' or even most typical fighting games there's no basic consistency in what button does what kind of attack. E.G. Pressing Circle as Kratos fires a projectile directly in front of him, but doing the same as Jak requires you to press Side + Triangle.

* ThatOneLevel: Franzea, the stage mash-up of ''VideoGame/LocoRoco'' and ''Franchise/MetalGear'', is seen by many to be a massive eyesore, as it's a very bright and colorful stage but with a "Metal Gear Ray attacking a city" replacing the sky background of the stage. The contrast between the two games leads to this stage getting more than a little bit of hate. It doesn't fare much better in gameplay either. Many players are annoyed at constant GravityScrew and awkward terrain, which, while accurate to ''[=LocoRoco=]'', aren't exactly ideal conditions for a fighting arena. The RAY that appears later on will also saturate the ground-level with randomized heavy artillery fire, making it one of the odd hazards to potentially cover an entire stage.

* {{Narm}}: Polygon Man's dialogue is so ridiculous and nonsensical that it's hard to take him seriously as an opponent. Doesn't help that his voice actor seems to be sleep-walking through his performance.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The game ended up becoming this. The biggest point of contention tends to be that, for being a MascotFighter in the vein of Nintendo's ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, there are very few characters in the roster that reflect Sony's gaming history. While characters from some of the more popular first-party franchises were present, such as Uncharted, God of War, Twisted Metal, Jak & Daxter and Ratchet & Clank, certain third-party characters that were heavily associated with the brand such as Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon were not, with a fair number of characters coming from third-party multiplatform franchises better or equally associated with the Xbox brand, like ''Bioshock'' and ''Dead Space''. Some characters even served as blatant advertisements for then-upcoming/recently released titles (such as Raiden from ''Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'' and the less-popular ''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry'' version of Dante). Gameplay-wise, ''Playstation All-Stars'' also tends to get flak: ''Smash Bros.'' fans find that the controls aren't as simple and straightforward as Nintendo's series, traditional fighting game fans already balk at PlatformFighter games, and both are unimpressed by the horribly uneven nature of the "Super Moves", which are the only way to actually KO an opponent and thus make the inclusion of traditional fighting combos feel pointless. And overall, [[DemographicDissonantCrossover the juxtaposition of characters from serious M-rated games with sillier characters from E-rated ones]] in a Platform Fighter can come across as an odd combination (though this last point becomes HilariousInHindsight due to VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'s introduction in ''Smash 4'' and ''especially'' so after ''Ultimate'' ended up being DarkerAndEdgier).

** Evil Cole's Giga Punch. Unlike Franchise/DonkeyKong's [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Giant Punch]] in ''64'' and ''Melee'', it has SuperArmor, breaks through {{counter attack}}s, and leaves opponents in a crumple-state, making it the most [[JustForPun infamous]] example of the widely-hated "kill-confirm."[[note]]Though Giant Punch does have SuperArmor depending on the game, it never breaks through counter-attacks (that's reserved for grabs and {{unblockable attack}}s), and due to crumples not being a thing in ''Smash Bros.'' outside one of Ryu's specials, doesn't result in a crumple state either.[[/note]]As a result, some Evil Cole players have shot up the leaderboards using this technique alone.

** Big Daddy isn't exactly the first character to cross your mind for this game, especially since [[VideoGame/BioShock the game he originated from]] was originally an Xbox 360/PC exclusive title. Plus, like the Piranha Plants from Mario, Big Daddy is a generic enemy-type character, who isn't even playable.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The game ended up becoming this. The biggest point of contention tends to be that, for being a MascotFighter in the vein of Nintendo's ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, there are very few characters in the roster that reflect Sony's gaming history. While characters from some of the more popular first-party franchises were present, such as Uncharted, God of War, Twisted Metal, Jak & Daxter and Ratchet & Clank, certain third-party characters that were heavily associated with the brand such as Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon were not, with a fair number of characters coming from third-party multiplatform franchises better associated with the Xbox brand, like ''Bioshock'' and ''Dead Space''. Some characters even served as blatant advertisements for then-upcoming/recently released titles (such as Raiden from ''Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'' and the less-popular ''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry'' version of Dante). Gameplay-wise, ''Playstation All-Stars'' also tends to get flak: ''Smash Bros.'' fans find that the controls aren't as simple and straightforward as Nintendo's series, traditional fighting game fans already balk at PlatformFighter games, and both are unimpressed by the horribly uneven nature of the "Super Moves", which are the only way to actually KO an opponent and thus make the inclusion of traditional fighting combos feel pointless. And overall, [[DemographicDissonantCrossover the juxtaposition of characters from serious M-rated games with sillier characters from E-rated ones]] in a Platform Fighter can come across as an odd combination (though this last point becomes HilariousInHindsight due to VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'s introduction in ''Smash 4'' and ''especially'' so after ''Ultimate'' ended up being DarkerAndEdgier).

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The game ended up becoming this. The biggest point of contention tends to be that, for being a MascotFighter in the vein of Nintendo's ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, there are very few characters in the roster that reflect Sony's gaming history. While characters from some of the more popular first-party franchises were present, such as Uncharted, God of War, Twisted Metal, Jak & Daxter and Ratchet & Clank, certain third-party characters that were heavily associated with the brand such as Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon were not, with a fair number of characters coming from third-party multiplatform franchises better associated with the Xbox brand, like ''Bioshock'' and ''Dead Space''. Some characters even served as blatant advertisements for then-upcoming/recently released titles (such as Raiden from ''Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'' and the less-popular ''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry'' version of Dante). Gameplay-wise, ''Playstation All-Stars'' also tends to get flak: ''Smash Bros.'' fans find that the controls aren't as simple and straightforward as Nintendo's series, traditional fighting game fans already balk at PlatformFighter games, and both are unimpressed by the horribly uneven nature of the "Super Moves", which are the only way to actually KO an opponent and thus make the inclusion of traditional fighting combos feel pointless. And overall, the juxtaposition of characters from serious M-rated games with sillier characters from E-rated ones in a Platform Fighter can come across as an odd combination (though this last point becomes HilariousInHindsight due to VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'s introduction in ''Smash 4'' and ''especially'' so after ''Ultimate'' ended up being DarkerAndEdgier).

* TierInducedScrappy:
** Kratos is a long-standing one for being a LightningBruiser by design (being a JackOfAllStats with HackAndSlash gameplay of his series rendered faithfully).
** Kat for being the best character in the game.
** Spike, Big Daddy, and Sir Daniel aren't very high on the game's tier lists, to say the least.

* ScrappyMechanic: The game has three attack buttons, but unlike ''Smash'' or even most typical fighting games there's no basic consistency in what button does what kind of attack. E.G. Pressing Circle as Kratos fires a projectiles directly in front of him, but doing the same as Jak requires you to press Side + Triangle.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The game ended up becoming this. The biggest point of contention tends to be that, for being a MascotFighter in the vein of Nintendo's ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, there are very few characters in the roster that reflect Sony's gaming history. While characters from some of the more popular first-party franchises were present, certain third-party characters that were heavily associated with the brand such as Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon were not, with a fair number of characters coming from third-party multiplatform franchises better associated with the Xbox brand, like ''Bioshock'' and ''Dead Space''. Some characters even served as blatant advertisements for then-upcoming/recently released titles (such as Raiden from ''Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'' and the less-popular ''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry'' version of Dante). Gameplay-wise, ''Playstation All-Stars'' also tends to get flak: ''Smash'' fans find that the controls aren't as simple and straightforward as Nintendo's series, traditional fighting game fans already balk at PlatformFighter games, and both are unimpressed by the horribly uneven nature of the "Super Moves", which are the only way to actually KO an opponent and thus make the inclusion of traditional fighting combos feel pointless. And overall, the juxtaposition of characters from serious M-rated games with sillier characters from E-rated ones in a Platform Fighter can come across as an odd combination (though this last point becomes HilariousInHindsight due to VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'s introduction in ''Smash 4'' and ''especially'' so after ''Ultimate'' ended up being DarkerAndEdgier).

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The game is very much a product of the late [=PS3=] era, when most of the represented franchises were in top form or had yet to see a release. The [=PS4=] years saw most of them decline, get heavy redesigns, flop or reveal themselves as a StillbornFranchise never managing to leave the [=PS3=], making the game very dated in retrospect. Arguably the biggest example would be Dante, whose widely hated redesign would, outside of being an alternate skin in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'' and receiving homage {{palette swap}}s in the mainline ''Devil May Cry'' games, be completely abandoned after one game in favor of {{unreboot}}ing the beloved original version.

* SugarWiki/DevelopmentHeaven:
** Superbot was handpicked and created specifically for developing this game. The team purportedly has several fighting game enthusiasts working on it as well (the lead combat designer has written several fighting game guides for Brady games). The development team team has even gone so far as to include fighting game veterans like Maj, [[note]]runs the combo-video site [[http://sonichurricane.com Sonic Hurricane]][[/note]] Ed Ma [[note]]EVO 2007's 7th place in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Third Strike'' and 3rd in the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' tournament of EVO 2009[[/note]] as senior combat designer and Daniel "[=Clockw0rk=]" Maniago [[note]]5th place in 2002's ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' tournament and 3rd in the 2010 tournament; he later co-authored the Brady guide for ''Ultimate VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''[[/note]] as community manager. Superbot very much wanted PSASBR to be successful.
** Apparently, [[https://www.polygon.com/2012/10/4/3453260/ken-levine-wrote-the-script-for-big-daddy-and-little-sister-in Ken Levine himself was tasked with writing the story-line]] for the Big Daddy’s arcade play-through. [=SuperBot=] also had [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] write Heihachi’s script to keep his dialogue intact. Supposedly, [=SuperBot=] worked closely with several of the cast's original developers to maintain series flavor.
** [=SuperBot=] has placed particular attention into maintaining the cast's iconic voices (Terrence C.Carson, Creator/TaraStrong, Creator/NolanNorth, Sean Pertwee, J. S. Gilbert), going so far as to bring Dred Foxx out of retirement to [[RoleReprise reprise]] [=PaRappa=]. In fact, it'd be easier to note that the ''only'' playable character who is not voiced by one of their original actors in this game is Nariko!
** There is also the matter of Seth Killian, known for his time from Creator/{{Capcom}}. You know, the one they named [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV a boss after?]]
** In [=PaRappa=]'s story mode, instead of putting him and his friends in the flat 3D style during the intro and ending, he's drawn in the style from his INCREDIBLY unknown anime, Parappa TV. They basically got the old animation team from it-or at least someone who copies it well-JUST to make sure the Parappa design is intact. Now THAT'S doing it for the art.
** Kat's story mode also got this treatment, being drawn in the same comic book style as cutscenes in ''VideoGame/GravityRush''.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After a month of having their Twitter account bombarded by angry ''[=PlayStation=] All-Stars'' fans, Sony Santa Monica agreed to create a new balance patch for the game, as well as releasing third costumes for Dante, Heihachi, Raiden, Big Daddy, Zeus and Isaac for free.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The game ended up becoming this. The biggest point of contention tends to be that, for being a MascotFighter in the vein of Nintendo's ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, there are very few characters in the roster that reflect Sony's gaming history. While characters from some of the more popular first-party franchises were present, certain third-party characters that were heavily associated with the brand such as Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon were not, with a fair number of characters coming from third-party multiplatform franchises better associated with the Xbox brand, like Bioshock and Dead Space. Some characters even served as blatant advertisements for then-upcoming/recently released titles (such as Raiden from ''Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'' and the less-popular ''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry'' version of Dante). Gameplay-wise, Playstation All-Stars also tends to get flak: Smash fans find that the controls aren't as simple and straightforward as Nintendo's series, traditional fighting game fans already balk at PlatformFighter games, and both are unimpressed by the horribly uneven nature of the "Super Moves", which are the only way to actually KO an opponent and thus make the inclusion of traditional fighting combos feel pointless. And overall, the juxtaposition of characters from serious M-rated games with sillier characters from E-rated ones in a Platform Fighter can came across as an odd combination (though this last point becomes HilariousInHindsight due to VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'s introduction in ''Smash 4'' and ''especially'' so after ''Ultimate'' ended up being DarkerAndEdgier).

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The game ended up becoming this. The biggest point of contention tends to be that, for being a MascotFighter in the vein of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series, there are very few characters in the roster that reflect Sony's gaming history. While characters from some of the more popular first-party franchises were present, certain third-party characters that were heavily associated with the brand such as Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon were not, with a fair number of characters coming from third-party multiplatform franchises better associated with the Xbox brand, like Bioshock and Dead Space. Some characters even served as blatant advertisements for then-upcoming/recently released titles (such as Raiden from ''Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'' and the less-popular ''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry'' version of Dante). Gameplay-wise, Playstation All-Stars also tends to get flak: Smash fans find that the controls aren't as simple and straightforward as Nintendo's series, traditional fighting game fans already balk at PlatformFighter games, and both are unimpressed by the horribly uneven nature of the "Super Moves", which are the only way to actually KO an opponent and thus make the inclusion of traditional fighting combos feel pointless. And overall, the juxtaposition of characters from serious M-rated games with sillier characters from E-rated ones in a Platform Fighter can came across as an odd combination (though this last point becomes HilariousInHindsight due to the fact that VideoGame/Bayonetta was introduced in ''Smash 4'' and ''especially'' so after ''Ultimate'' ended up being DarkerAndEdgier).

** Superbot was handpicked and created specifically for developing this game. The team purportedly has several fighting game enthusiasts working on it as well (the lead combat designer has written several fighting game guides for Brady games). The development team team has even gone so far as to include fighting game veterans like Maj, [[note]]runs the combo-video site [[http://sonichurricane.com Sonic Hurricane]][[/note]] Ed Ma [[note]]EVO 2007's 7th place in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Third Strike'' and 3rd in the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' tournament of EVO 2009[[/note]] as senior combat designer and Daniel "Clockw0rk" Maniago [[note]]5th place in 2002's ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' tournament and 3rd in the 2010 tournament; he later co-authored the Brady guide for ''Ultimate VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''[[/note]] as community manager. Superbot very much wanted PSASBR to be successful.

** Evil Cole's Giga Punch. Unlike Franchise/DonkeyKong's [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Giant Punch]], it has SuperArmor, breaks through {{counter attack}}s, and leaves opponents in a crumple-state, making it the most [[JustForPun infamous]] example of the widely-hated "kill-confirm."[[note]]Though Giant Punch does have SuperArmor depending on the game, it never breaks through counter-attacks (that's reserved for grabs and {{unblockable attack}}s), and due to crumples not being a thing in ''Smash Bros.'' outside one of Ryu's specials, doesn't result in a crumple state either.[[/note]]As a result, some Evil Cole players have shot up the leaderboards using this technique alone.

** While less requested than Cloud above, ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' debuted on the [=PlayStation=] 2, and since then most of its major games used to be [=PlayStation=] exclusives and it's hard to argue the biggest bulk of its fanbase don't use [=PlayStation=] systems, making Sora also a very wanted character. But also like Cloud above, Sora would instead appear in ''Super Smash Bros.'' as the last DLC fighter for ''Ultimate''.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Some just play because of a few characters in the game, such as Sly Cooper, Cole, Ratchet & Clank and the above-mentioned.

** Before the game was released, it was decried by some as a ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' rip-off, despite the fact that it has largely different mechanics, among some other differences.