PlayStation Legends Battle Royale is a Massive Multiplayer Crossover Mascot Fighter video game concept by Mad Red X 12, and a proposed sequel to PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. Stemming from the concept of a Author's Saving Throw, it would improve upon the formula and aesthetics of the original game, featuring many new assets, such as a faster and more versatile combat system, more characters and stages, fully customizable move-sets, a story mode, sixteen-player online matches, a more consistent art style while retaining faithful for everyone's appearances within the game, and more refined gameplay.
Playable Fighters
- Abe and Stranger from Oddworld
- Abigail Walker, Cole McGrath, Delsin Rowe and Evil Cole from Infamous
- Agent 47 from Hitman
- Akira from The Note
- Akuma from Street Fighter
- Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn
- Amaterasu from Ōkami
- Andy from Heart of Darkness
- The Anomaly from No Man's Sky
- Arc Ricolne from Arc the Lad
- Ash from Concrete Genie
- Astro from Astro's Playroom
- Asura from Asura's Wrath
- Athena Asamiya, Terry Bogard, Mai Shiranui and Kyo Kusanagi from The King of Fighters
- Atoi and Iota (as one fighter) from Tearaway
- Aya Brea from Parasite Eve
- Big Blue from Smarties Meltdown
- Captain Jan Templar and Colonel Radec from Killzone
- Captain Price from Call of Duty
- Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Rebecca Chambers, William Birkin/G and Ashley Graham from Resident Evil
- CJ Johnson, Niko Bellic, and Trevor, Micheal and Franklin (as one fighter) from Grand Theft Auto
- Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockheart, Squall Leonheart, Zidane Tribal and Tidus from Final Fantasy
- Collette Green and Gina Cross (as one fighter) from Half-Life: Decay
- Crash Bandicoot (with Aku Aku), Coco Bandicoot and Dr. Neo Cortex from Crash Bandicoot
- Croc from Croc
- Crypto from Destroy All Humans!
- Dancer from Bound
- Dante and Dante (as one fighter) and Nero from Devil May Cry
- Dart from The Legend of Dragoon
- Dennis Riley from Extermination
- D-Mob from Def Jam
- Dr Muto from Dr. Muto
- Emmet Graves from Starhawk
- Ethan Mars from Heavy Rain
- Ezio and Altaïr from Assassin's Creed
- Fat Princess from Fat Princess
- Fiona Belli and Hewie (as one fighter) from Haunting Ground
- Gabe Logan from Syphon Filter
- Galahad from The Order: 1886
- Garcian Smith from Killer7
- Gex from Gex
- Ghost from Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
- Gill Grunt, Trigger Happy, Bash, Chop Chop, Eruptor, Stealth Elf, Tree Rex, Jet Vac, Flashwing, Barbella, Boom Bloom, Ro-Bow and Starcast from Skylanders
- Harry Mason from Silent Hill
- Haruka Amami and Rin Shibuya from The Idolmaster
- Hero and some Patapon (as one fighter) from Patapon
- Hibana from Shinobi
- Hsien-Ko from Dark Stalkers
- Ico and Yorda (as one fighter) from ICO
- Ignatius Blackward from Nightmare Creatures
- Ihadurca from Evil Zone
- Isaac Clarke from Dead Space
- A trio of Invizimals
- Jack, Subject Delta and a Little Sister (as one fighter) and Booker DeWitt and Elizabeth Comstock (also as one fighter) from BioShock
- Jack Curtis from Disruptor
- Jack Kellar from Black
- Jack Runyan from Treasures of the Deep
- Jackie Estacado from The Darkness
- Jade from Beyond Good & Evil
- Jak and Daxter from Jak and Daxter
- JC Denton from Deus Ex
- Jean-Phillipe Brisco from Michigan: Report From Hell
- Jimmy Hopkins from Bully
- Jin Sakai from Ghost of Tsushima
- Jodie Holmes and Aiden (as one fighter) from Beyond: Two Souls
- Joel Miller from The Last of Us
- John Marston from Red Dead Redemption
- Kahu from Jade Cocoon
- Kat and Dusty from Gravity Rush
- Kazuma Kiryu from Yakuza
- Kazuya Mishima, Heihachi Mishima and Jun Kazama from Tekken
- Keith J. Synder from Countdown Vampires
- Klaymen from The Neverhood
- Klonoa (with Huepow) from Klonoa
- Knack from Knack
- Kratos and Atrius from God of War
- Kutaro (with Ying Yang or Pikarina) from Puppeteer (2013)
- Kyle Crane from Dying Light
- Lara Croft from Tomb Raider
- Lil and Laarg (as one fighter) from Escape Plan
- Linda (with her demonic scarf) from Stretch Panic
- Lucas Kane from Fahrenheit
- Mark Hammond from The Getaway
- Max Payne from Max Payne
- Mika Kishii from Twilight Syndrome
- Mituki and Rick (as one fighter) from Chaos Break
- Nariko from Heavenly Sword
- Nathan Drake from Uncharted
- Nathan Hale from Resistance
- PaRappa from PaRappa the Rapper
- Parker from Red Faction
- The Prince of All Cosmos from Katamari Damacy
- Prinny from Disgaea
- Queen Maia from Summoner
- Raiden from Metal Gear
- Ratchet and Clank and Rivet and Kit from Ratchet & Clank
- Rayman from Rayman
- Raz Karcy from OverBlood
- Razz from Psychonauts
- Regina from Dino Crisis
- Rikimaru and Ayame from Tenchu
- Rion Steiner from Galerians
- Robbit from Jumping Flash!
- Rohn Partige from Lair
- Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet
- Sam Fisher from Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
- Scorpion, Sonya Blade and Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat
- Serge and Kid from Chrono Cross
- Sgt. Cortez from TimeSplitters
- Sgt. Shane Carpenter from Haze
- Shadow the Hedgehog, Silver the Hedgehog and Blaze the Cat from Sonic the Hedgehog
- Shiga from Mystic Heroes
- Sion Barzahd from The Bouncer
- Sir Daniel Fortesque from MediEvil
- Sly Cooper from Sly Cooper
- Sora from Kingdom Hearts
- Sphinx and Tutankhamen (as one fighter) from Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
- Spider-Man from Spider-Man PS4
- Spike, Jake, Natalie and Specter from Ape Escape
- Spyro (with Sparx) from Spyro the Dragon
- "Survivor" from Intelligent Qube
- Sweet Tooth from Twisted Metal
- Tag from ModNation Racers
- Talim from Soulcalibur
- The three Team Fortress teams - Offense (Scout, Soldier and Pyro), Defence (Demoman, Heavy and Engineer) and Support (Medic, Sniper and Spy) - from Team Fortress 2
- The Chosen Undead from Dark Souls
- The Driver from Gran Turismo
- The Hunter and Eileen the Crow from Bloodborne
- The Juggernaut from Juggernaut
- The Prince from Prince of Persia
- Tom Hansen from Cold Fear
- Tombi from Tomba!
- Tony Hawk from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
- Toro from Toro!
- Torque from The Suffering
- Tracer, D.Va, Mei and Ashe from Overwatch
- Trico and the Boy from The Last Guardian
- Venti from Genshin Impact
- Vibri from Vib-Ribbon
- Wander from Shadow of the Colossus
- Wex Major from Wild 9
- X, Zero and Axl from Mega Man X
- Xed from Terracon
- Yuri Lowell from Tales of Vesperia
- 2B from NieR: Automata
- Alucard from Castlevania
- Ash Williams from Evil Dead: The Game
- Barry Burton, Ethan Winters, Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield (as one fighter), Nemesis and Sheeva Alomar from Resident Evil
- Big Smoke from Grand Theft Auto
- Blasto from Blasto
- Bouncer, Crusher, Eye Brawl, Ninjini and Thumpback from Skylanders
- Bubsy from Bubsy
- Callum Clockwise from Rascal
- Carmelita Fox from Sly Cooper
- Cosmi and Becky from Under The Skin
- Crunch Bandicoot, Dingodile and the alternate Tawna from Crash Bandicoot
- Cynder from The Legend of Spyro
- Duke Nukem from Duke Nukem
- Earthworm Jim from Earthworm Jim
- Eleanor Lamb from BioShock
- Fayt Leingod from Star Ocean
- Geese Howard from Fatal Fury
- Felicia from Dark Stalkers
- Gerdy from Herdy Gerdy
- Gill from Street Fighter
- Hana Tsu-Vachel from Fear Effect
- The Jersey Devil from Jersey Devil
- Kao the Kangaroo from Kao the Kangaroo
- Kya from Kya: Dark Lineage
- Malice from Malice
- Miles Morales from Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Mr Domino from No One Can Stop Mr. Domino
- Ms. Fortune from Skull Girls
- Naked Snake from Metal Gear
- Oddball from Thrill Kill
- Peko Pekoyama from Danganronpa
- Peppino from Pizza Tower (thanks to being accompanied by Mort the Chicken)
- Pepsiman from Pepsiman
- Prince Aiden from Diablo
- Pyramid Head from Silent Hill
- Reptile from Mortal Kombat
- Roscoe McQueen from Roscoe McQueen: Firefighter Extreme
- Shas'la Kais from Warhammer 40,000 Fire Warrior
- Tiny Tank from Tiny Tank
- Toan from Dark Cloud
- Umjammer Lammy from PaRappa the Rapper
- V from Devil May Cry
- Vexx (and his new ghostly sidekick Jinx from a proposed reboot of the series also by MadRedX12) from Vexx
- Zeus from God of War
- Agent Xtra from Gex
- Aila from Mega Man X
- Athena from God of War
- Bianca from Spyro the Dragon
- Buzz from Buzz!
- Captain Quark from Ratchet & Clank
- The Collector, Larry Da Vinci, Victoria Von Bathysphere, Avalon Centrifuge, Toggle, Swoop, Oddsock and Newton from LittleBigPlanet
- Dollface, Minion, Preacher and Quatro from Twisted Metal
- Dr N. Gin, Dr N. Brio, Megumi Bandicoot, Pura, Emperor Velo and Nina Cortex from Crash Bandicoot
- Ellie from The Last of Us
- Gordon Freeman from Half-Life
- Globox, the Grand Minimus, Teensy Wizard, Goth Teensie and Barbara from Rayman
- Jimmy and Pipotchi from Ape Escape
- John Carver from Dead Space
- Junkrat and Roadhog from Overwatch
- Mr. X from Resident Evil
- Munch from Oddworld
- Orthopox from Destroy All Humans!
- Prism Break, Ignitor, Sunburn, Drill Sergeant, Sonic Boom, Pop Fizz, Sprocket, Grave Clobber, Blastertron, Bad Juju, Cross Crow and Luminous from Skylanders
- Punky Skunk from Punky Skunk
- Retsu and Zangief from Street Fighter
- Sonic the Hedgehog, Amy Rose, Dr. Eggman, Rouge the Bat and E-123 Omega from Sonic the Hedgehog
- Ty and Shazza from Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
- Furon (invaded by the cast of Metal Gear Solid)
- The Media Dimension (invaded by the SenTrax Army)
- N. Sanity Island (invaded by the Ultranationalists)
- The Pit (invaded by the Norse Gods)
- RuptureFarms (invaded by Ghadius and Joka)
- Sandover Village (invaded by the Golfers)
- Seattle (invaded by the Moon Bear King)
- Time Twister (invaded by every other main universe)
- USG Ishimara (invaded by the Robo-Pirates)
Enemies
- Antoons, Lividstones and Black Lums from Rayman
- Blisk from Destroy All Humans!
- Bloaters and Clickers from The Last of Us
- Chimera Soldiers from Resistance
- Grimkin and Puggles from Vexx
- Headcrabs, Houndeyes, Alien Grunts and Alien Controllers from Half-Life
- Infected from Dying Light
- Lab Assistants from Crash Bandicoot
- Metal Heads from Jak and Daxter
- The various Monkey types from Ape Escape
- Necromorphs from Dead Space
- Neo-Mitochondrial Creatures from Parasite Eve
- Outcasts from Starhawk
- Sligs, Slogs, Paramites and Scrabs from Odd World
- Zombies, Lickers, Hunters, Ganados and Leeches from Resident Evil
- Zoni from Ratchet & Clank
Bosses
- Albert Wesker and a nondescript Tyrant from Resident Evil
- Clock-La from Sly Cooper
- Dr N. Trophy from Crash Bandicoot
- Dr Nefarious from Ratchet & Clank
- Eve from Parasite Eve
- The Freaky Monkey Five from Ape Escape
- Kaos, Krankenstein, Hoodsickle, Lob Goblin and the Doom Raiders from Skylanders
- Mr Dark from Rayman
- Perfect Chaos, the Biolizard, Black Doom, Iblis, Dark Gaia and Infinite from Sonic the Hedgehog
- Senator Armstrong and Jetstream Sam from Metal Gear
- Polygon Man and his Polygonal All-Stars
Main Tropes
- Adaptational Attractiveness:
- Due to the art style used in the game, Hsien-Ko and Eleanor Lamb look much cuter and more Animesque, Peppino has a more attractive face while maintaining his exaggerated expressions, and Vibri is an outright Badass Adorable.
- Downplayed with William Birkin and Ms. Fortune. They're both still soaked in Body Horror, but at least the former has a symmetrical body between his human and G-mutant halves, and the latter, while still exposing her muscle fibres, doesn't bleed when using her attacks.
- Adaptational Badass: Several characters featured are given a significant tune-up in terms of power, mainly to allow them to compete with the other fighters. Probably the biggest examples of this are Fat Princess, Akira, Andy, Roscoe McQueen and Pepsiman.
- Abe is still a Fragile Speedster, but it's still a significant upgrade to his One-Hit-Point Wonder status in his home series, and his slap attacks now do actual damage to enemies.
- Toro's outing in Street Fighter X Tekken comes full circle here too, with him now having additional moves for his Stance System.
- X, relatively speaking, as playstyle in his home series can be summarised up as "gun down everything in sight" and the few times he did take part in melee combat involved him awkwardly using Zero's Z-Saber. Here, he shows much better skill in hand-to-hand combat without it.
- Adaptational Intelligence:
- It's subtle, but Crash Bandicoot does appear to be significantly more intelligent here than in his home series. Unlike in his own games, he actually gets to say a few coherent lines of dialogue (although the number of complete sentences he says that contain more than four words can be counted on one hand), and his body language is a lot more focused and serious than usual.
- Nemesis is a much more evident example, as due to the modifications made to him before being revived he can now speak more than one word and knows when to retreat from a fight with Chris and Jill when it stops going his way. The same applies with Pyramid Head, who now appears to be fully sentient and able to think about anything other than punishing James Sunderland.
- Adaptational Personality Change: Referencing the Porting Disaster that was the PlayStation 3 port of Team Fortress 2, which failed to receive updates past the Orange Box, the personalities of the mercs reflects this, acting similar to their original selves prior to Characterization Marches On. Soldier is still eccentric, but nonetheless competent, and only crazy about war rather than the infantile Cloudcuckoolander he would later develop into. Pyro is The Quiet One and ironically seems to actually be the most mentally stable of the group, aside from their Pyromaniac tendencies, whereas Medic is the stereotypical cold-hearted Dr. Jerk he originally was rather than the Ax-Crazy Mad Scientist he later became.
- Adaptational Ugliness: Pyramid Head was never attractive, but this game ramps up the minor Body Horror aspects of his original design. He has the fused fingers of his Silent Hill 2 design, only with his hands now grotesquely elongated, and the enormous muscle mass of his Homecoming design, increased to the point where his muscles have completely torn the skin of his torso and shoulders. And worse, the iconic triangular bucket on his head now has visible tumour-like growths over the back and a dipped front that is connected to his body with vein-like growths, showing that it's not a mask, it's his head.
- Adaptational Wimp: Justified, as several characters, such as Kratos and Ratchet, would be complete Game Breakers if given their full powers and arsenal.
- Adipose Rex: Fat Princess.
- Aerosol Flamethrower: One of Jak and Daxter's moves has Daxter use the bug-spray from his self-titled game, which can then be ignited by a ranged attack from any firearm.
- Affectionate Nickname:
- Sly Cooper tends to refer to Nathan Drake as "Indy", and Drake in turn gives Sly the nickname "roadkill".
- Classic!Dante refers to his reboot self as "kid" and occasionally "son".
- Always Accurate Attack: Most Level 3 Supers.
- And Your Reward Is Clothes: Like in the first game, there are alternate costumes for every character.
- Animal Jingoism: Earthworm Jim's reveal trailer has him unload a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown on Crash and Coco for the crime of being bandicoots, which are natural worm-eaters.
- Anti-Air: Every character has at least one Anti-Air move.
- Attack Drone:
- The Gyro Burster, one of Jak and Daxter's moves.
- Ax-Crazy:
- Sweet Tooth, being a former mental asylum patient who survived execution attempts and escaped to become a Serial Killer in his Bad Humor Truck.
- Evil Cole is a evil version of Cole McGrath who chose to use the Ray Sphere to enhance his own powers at the cost of thousands of lives, and visibly doesn't seem to mind adding a few more to his already massive body count.
- Oddball is arguably the biggest example, as unlike Sweet Tooth or Evil Cole, he's GENIUNELY insane and so deluded that he apparently believes that causing pain onto others is helping them in some way.
- Back from the Dead: Certain characters who died in the home series, namely Joel Miller, Zeus, Nariko, Radec and Subject Delta, are resurrected by Polygon Man for the Battle Royale.
- Badass Boast: Many characters after completing a successful Super.
- Badass Normal:
- Captain Price, the representative of the Call of Duty franchise. He may have military training and state-of-the-art realistic firearms on his side, but that's nothing compared to some of the incredibly powerful, alien and even reality-bending characters in the game. He doesn't have the futuristic tools of Isaac Clarke, the Androcles' Lion protection of The Boy, nor is he stupidly lucky like Nathan Drake or the Memetic Badass that is Harry Mason - but he still gets by with quick thinking, courage, and a lot of firepower.
- Beam Spam:
- The Blaster and Beam Reflexor used by Jak and Daxter, with the latter being a example of Reflecting Laser.
- Beware the Silly Ones: A major theme in the game, with many of the silliest characters still being incredibly dangerous fighters.
- Big Bad: Like the first game, Polygon Man, who causes universes to collide together and makes fights happen for his own entertainment.
- Big Damn Reunion: One between the revived Joel and Ellie at the start of his chapter.
- Big Brother Mentor: Classic!Dante becomes this to his younger, immature reboot self. Word of God is that his motivation behind this isn't just echoing Nero, but because he sees his younger self in his alternate counterpart, and he's embarrassed by it, as well as seeing potential in the young man that he isn't embracing due to his immaturity and arrogance.Dante: You gotta fill your dark soul with light, son.
- Bittersweet Ending: Oddball's arcade mode ends on this trope, as he once more dies and is sent back to Hell - but now, he has The Power and his sanity and goodness have been restored, allowing him to defeat Marukka and become the new ruler of Hell, whereupon he promptly gives the place a makeover and opens a rehab centre for the other characters to prove themselves worthy of reincarnation.
- Bizarre and Improbable Ballistics: The Bouncing Dart used by Sphinx.
- Biting-the-Hand Humor: The game makes several jabs at the PlayStation 5 for its high pricetag and extremely low number of exclusive games. The game itself is an exclusive release for the system.
- Black Comedy:
- During the Furon stage, Emperor Meningitis can be seen shouting at his workers via telescreens, and later leading resistance efforts when the cast of Metal Gear invade. At the end of the stage, Solid Snake sneaks up behind him and attempts to pull off his iconic Neck Snap move - but due to Furons being Made of Plasticine without their consciously-activated psychic shields, he instead ends up pulling Meningitis's head off completely, and the fight ends with him staring at it and then the player in shock and confusion.
- Bloodless Carnage: Surprisingly enough, averted. It doesn't usually appear in regular combat, but blood does occasionally appear in the story mode.
- Body Horror:
- William Birkin has the physical appearance of his original G3 mutation, which was a Bishōnen Line compared to the other mutations - but this time, the original Birkin is still intact, fused to the back of the creature, and still able to move his limbs and eyes, but unable to speak or move by himself.
- Brains and Brawn:
- In place of Murray, Sly Cooper employs Nathan Drake to be the Brawn to his Brains. It makes sense to have the six-foot-tall human with heavy experience of combat and gunfights do the heavy lifting in place of the four-foot-tall Funny Animal who's more oriented towards stealth.
- Classic!Dante and Reboot!Dante, respectively.
- The Cameo:
- Solid Snake makes one in the Furon stage.
- Chain Lightning: Jak and Daxter's Level 2 Super has them turn into their Superpowered Evil Side forms, who use instantly killing melee attacks that use this to stun enemies they miss.
- The Chew Toy: Bubsy the Bobcat. In fact, that was the main reason why Mad Red X 12 made him a Secret Character - so players would have to work for the chance to beat him up.
- Darker and Edgier: Compared to Super Smash Bros., and other Massive Multiplayer Crossover games such as Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion and MultiVersus, PlayStation Legends Battle Royale has much darker artwork and imagery, more Family-Unfriendly Violence, includes characters from horror franchises such as Silent Hill and Dead Space, and even features some blood at points.
- Devolution Device: As Shas's Arcade Mode ending shows, The Power can be used as this, as demonstrated when he devolves several Space Marines back into regular humans during the Mook Horror Show he pulls off.
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Even some of the most powerful characters in gaming are subject to beatdowns from mundane humans and silly fantasy creatures.
- Even Evil Has Standards:
- Subverted in one moment, where Joel and Crypto find themselves in The Last of Us universe. Joel steals Crypto's technology, taking the opportunity to kill Abby Anderson with Crypto's Zap-O-Matic, and then extracting her brainstem and delivering it to Crypto, who replies "Wow. That was pretty bad, even by my standards.", sounding more impressed than horrified.
- Excuse Plot: Averted with the Story Mode, although the explanations as to how the characters end up dragged into the Battle Royale count.
- Crash found an odd crystal while fighting Cortex, and it pulled them both into another dimension. Coco built a transportation pad to go after them, and Crunch later followed.
- PaRappa got a mysterious backstage visitor at a concert who offered him a chance to help others out and hone his skills.
- Spike, Jake and Natalie were caught in a Negative Space Wedgie while using the Time Twister to fight Specter and his monkeys, unaware of that Specter himself had been caught in a similar incident.
- Dante and Dante were pulled into a vortex during fights with demons and decided to work together to try and find a way back home while enjoying a hunting tour.
- Crypto had an encounter with one of Polygon Man's portals during a return-trip back to Furon Prime.
- Sackboy sensed the imbalance across the multiverse and set out through a wormhole to fix things.
- Nathan Drake read a "treasure map" he wasn't supposed to.
- Fat Princess was lured into a portal with the promise of cake.
- Joel was brought Back from the Dead, awakening in Haven City with his last memories being Abby killing him.
- Feedback Rule: Parappa's microphone attack (a neutral Circle option) gives off a quick feedback squeal to indicate what he's using as a weapon despite it not being connected to anything.
- Fountain of Youth: The explanation behind Heihachi, Kratos and Dante's younger appearances in the game.
- Gatling Good:
- The Vulcan Fury used by Jak and Daxter.
- Giant Foot of Stomping: When the Moon Bear King starts having his forces invade Seattle, he makes his entrance, in the giant form he took at the end of his game, by stomping on a WLF member.
- Good Counterpart: Xed to Crypto, and to a lesser extent Shas. Much like Crypto, he's a grey-like alien whose species are responsible for the creation of mankind via interbreeding with their ancestors, but whereas Crypto has an active Kill All Humans mentality and causes havoc for its own sake, Xed is protective of mankind and causes destruction for Well-Intentioned Extremist purposes.
- Shas also counts as one to Crypto to a much less extent. They're both evil aliens who kill humans, but Shas lives in a Crapsack Universe where Humans Are Bastards is the norm and his race are simply retaliating, while Crypto is instigating an invasion against humans who are innocent (albeit buffoonish jerks).
- Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: Jak. When as Dark Jak his eyes turn completely black, while as Light Jak his eyes glow in a holy-like manner.
- Guest Fighter: Peppino, the only character whose game has not been released on a PlayStation system (yet). He's allowed in thanks to Mort the Chicken, who was from an obscure PlayStation game.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: The Pit has the bodies of several enemies, such as a Metal Head, a Blisk and a Headcrab, impaled on its spike.
- Intentional Engrish for Funny: Pepsiman. It would count as Asian Speekee Engrish if not for his American accent.Pepsiman: Pepsi for game station! Winner of fight Pepsiman! Ha-ha!
- Ironic Echo:
- One of Kratos's quotes upon reviving is his usual "I shall have my revenge", spoken not in his old Unstoppable Rage but instead in genuinely chilling Tranquil Fury.
- Before Joel kills Abby, she exclaims "How are you back?!". He simply replies "Guess" before he shoots her.
- In Shas's ending of the Arcade Mode, in which he pulls off a Mook Horror Show on a Inquisition fleet using The Power, he whispers "Suffer not the human to live" to a Inquistor before the final Gory Discretion Shot.
- Jet Pack:
- Sackboy uses this during two attacks and when gliding.
- Crash also uses his during one of his Up-Triangle attacks.
- Knocking the Knockoff:
- Ty the Tasmanian Tiger makes a cameo in Crash's reveal trailer as one of the many obstacles he effortlessly spins his way through. In the game proper, he appears in a full-body cast in Alchemilla Hospital, and a Funny Background Event when Crash isn't being played as by any of the players has him show up to point and laugh at Ty (towards the end of the stage, he's too distracted doing so to notice Ty slinging a Zappyrang at him).
- The opening chapter to Dante and Dante's arcade mode has the former take a job taking out serial killers who have been using demonic powers. One of said killers happens to be a Evil Nerd with sunglasses, a red jacket and a laser blade.
- Upon meeting Mitsuki and Rick, Chris calls them "pale imitations" to Jill behind their back.
- The rival cutscene between Ash Williams and Duke Nukem has the former call the later a "cock-blocked knock-off".
- Lemony Narrator: Unusually for the genre, you can actually select which narrator you have for a battle, so if you want fighting commentary from Al-Zalam, Andrew Ryan, Dr Eggman, Orthopox, the Administrator or the G-Man, Stephen Fry, Kevin Butler, or even Caddicarus, you can.
- Lightning Gun:
- Andy's main weapon, used alongside his Green Thumb powers and other gadgets.
- Alucard's Aguena, a gun-like device that shoots a small projectile which causes powerful electricity to arc across from the weapon to an enemy.
- Crypto's Zap-O-Matic, which fires a bolt of electricity straight ahead.
- The Arc Wielder used by Jak and Daxter spews out a continous short-range beam of electricity.
- The Arc CHARGER used by Nathan Hale, which fires a bolt of electricity that clings to enemies and keeps electrocuting them.
- One of Jack's options for his neutral Circle move has him load up the Chemical Thrower with electric gel.
- Ratchet and Clank can use the Tesla Claw, Spitting Hydra or Plasma Storm as part of their selectable movesets.
- Radec's VC5 Arc Rifle and his Level 1 Super, the StA5X Arc Cannon, although that weapon is more akin to a Plasma Cannon.
- Make My Monster Grow: Mr. Domino's Level 3 Super, in which he grows to Kaiju size while an announcer calls out "NO-ONE CAN STOP MR DOMINO!"
- Mook Horror Show: Shas's ending in Arcade Mode, in which he takes on an entire Inquisition fleet by himself. Now with the Power on his side, he boards a ship, completely resists the Lasgun fire of the guards before dismembering them with his bare hands, plows through Inquistors and Space Marines, devolving several of the latter into regular humans, and violates the rule of "Tau are useless in melee combat" by catching a Space Marine's Power Fist, ripping it off, and then throwing it back.
- Morph Weapon:
- Jak's Morph Gun.
- Mr. Fanservice:
- Keith J. Synder, who's a perpetually shirtless Hunk.
- Venti, a androgynous-looking young man whose default taunt has him Shaking the Rump at his enemies.
- Multi Form Balance:
- The Fall Guy minion changes costume depending upon which character the player is playing as - for example, if the player is Shadow the Hedgehog, it will wear the Sonic the Hedgehog costume.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: A handful of these moves are used by certain fighters, such as Kratos.
- One-Word Vocabulary: Averted with Nemesis. Thanks to Polygon Man granting him Adaptational Intelligence while bringing him Back from the Dead, he is now able to make short sentences in Hulk Speak.Nemesis: (smashes through window to where Jill is hiding) Found you.
- Other Me Annoys Me: While he never lays a finger on his reboot self, Dante openly views him as an immature child that needs to be taught to be a decent person and makes a lot of Deadpan Snarker quips at his expense.
- Platforming Pocket Pal: Aku Aku to Crash, Daxter to Jak, Clank to Ratchet.
- Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: Almost every character has one prior to activating their Level 3 Super.Evil Cole: The beast has arrived.Kratos: Hades awaits.Nathan Drake: Ok, now it's Drake time!Radec: Expect no mercy.Sweet Tooth: Taste the tooth!
- Revenge Is Sweet: In a stark comparison to the Vengeance Feels Empty message The Last of Us Part II focused on, everyone admits that Abby had it coming when Joel gets revenge on her, noting that it was her who sparked the brutal cycle to begin with. Even Ellie admits that she feels a little happy when Joel tells her she's dead.Tiny Tank: Wow, I didn’t think any human could be that much of a monster. I hope she's where her dad is… Burning in Hell.Joel: Too far.
- Ruder and Cruder: Tiny Tank was unable to swear at all in his home game (apart from a brief utterance of "crap"). Since this game has a PEGI 16+ rating (a harsh T for Teen or light M for Mature in the ESRB regions) and is released in a time when more profanity is allowed in games, he can swear (lightly) as much as he wants.Tiny Tank: Rating systems? The most hypocritical bastards I've ever met. All this violence, all this fighting, that's all fine, and yet I'm still not allowed to say (censor bleep)? Bullcrap!
- Self-Deprecation:
- Shadow the Hedgehog's reveal trailer has him be given the tagline "The Edgy Hedgy".
- During another Big Brother Mentor pep talk to his alternate self, Dante shows him a picture of Argosax.
Reboot!Dante: I don't know who that is.Classic!Dante: Yeah, me neither. - The Smart Guy:
- Andy is probably the best example of this in the game, considering that he was the one who built the device that allows travel between the universes, which serves as a major plot element in Story Mode. He also takes this role when he forms a Five-Man Band with Abe, Crash Bandicoot, Gex and Klonoa during the story.
- Snarky Non-Human Sidekick: Daxter.
- Speaking Simlish: How Toro and Kuro speak. The other characters understand them just fine, though.
- Sugar Apocalypse: Inverted for laughs in Shas's reveal trailer, which features Sackboy using his Poppit to aggressively terraform Catachan into a Sugar Bowl while the resident Jungle Fighters and Orks run screaming in terror from the friendly candy-coloured creations he leaves behind.
- Super Mode: Several characters' Level 2 and 3 Supers.
- Swiss-Army Gun: The Morph Gun has a shotgun, semi-automatic rifle, machine gun, lightning gun, lightning-ball gun, grenade launcher, shockwave generator, sniper rifle, drone launcher, anti-gravity generator, homing-dart gun and a mini-nuke.
- Take That!:
- Given the game's nature as a Alternate Company Equivalent to Super Smash Bros., it makes several at the latter and at Nintendo and their business practices and attitude.
- The very first poster made for the game, showcasing all 204 character available from the start, features the tagline "Everyone is here. And we actually mean that."
- The targets found in the Target Practice training mode, instead of the red bullseye seen in Super Smash Bros., have a green X shape.
- Coco Bandicoot's reveal trailer features Ugly Sonic in a Paper-Thin Disguise attempting to sell her a Sega Saturn in a similar way to the original Sonic the Hedgehog's "video game store" commercial. Coco, of course, goes for the original PlayStation on sale. note
Coco: It looks better, it runs better, it has more games, and it's cheaper!Ugly Sonic: (grumbles) Hey, can someone get Mr. Sanshiro on the phone?- Sackboy's reveal trailer makes one at crushingly dark and lightless works, with blatant stand-ins for Alan Moore and Garth Ennis talking in Creepy Monotone about destruction and how much cute things don't sell until a visibly annoyed Sackboy just deletes them with his Poppit.
- Tiny Tank's reveal trailer has him stare down a approaching Battletanx before blowing it into smithereens with a single shot, then turning to the camera and asking "Is this cute?" as pieces of the tank (and the driver) fall around him.
- Jak and Daxter's encounter with Evil Cole has Daxter theorize that the latter is a prototype or failed earlier model of the Dark Warrior program. Evil Cole's response?
Evil Cole: I'm no [PROTOTYPE], I'm the finished product!- Ratchet and Clank have a dimensional transporter installed into their ship, allowing them to warp between dimensions when they want to. Ratchet gives a good reason as to why they refuse to just return back to their own universe.
Ratchet: I'm not just going to leave all these universes to die. Plus, if we get back home, Clank will probably force me to watch another episode of Horgspleen Plus Thirteen.- Harry also tells Chris Redfield not to mistake him for "that whiny little murderer from down the road".
- Given the game's nature as a Alternate Company Equivalent to Super Smash Bros., it makes several at the latter and at Nintendo and their business practices and attitude.
- Take That, Scrappy!:
- Bubsy's inclusion as a playable fighter, and a Secret Character at that, was built around this. Mad Red X 12 figured that if you were going to get to beat up Bubsy, you should at least work for it.
- During his brief return to his home universe, Joel steals Crypto's gadgets to take out Abby, and even brings her brainstem back to Crypto.
- Trigger-Happy: Jak, Ratchet, the Dantes, Tiny Tank, all of the Team Fortress mercs... quite a lot of characters, really.
- With My Hands Tied: Oddball. He is in a straitjacket after all.
- You Will Not Evade Me: Scorpion's Bloody Spear, used for his Level 1 Super.Scorpion: GET OVER HERE!
- Ape Escape:
- When using the Monkey Net for his Level 1 Super, Spike will shout "Gotcha!" ("Got you!" in the Japanese version).
- Crash Bandicoot:
- Crash and Coco's general fighting style, aside from their iconic spinning and slamming attacks, is based upon their Unskilled, but Strong melee attacks from Crash of the Titans and Crash: Mind Over Mutant.
- During development, Crash Bandicoot (1996) was given the nickname "Sonic's Ass Game". Sonic is Crash's synergy assist character, and the cutscene showing them working together has a shot of Sonic's ass.
- Devil May Cry:
- Dante and Dante's avatar on the character selection screen is similar to the box art for the Special Edition
of Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening.
- The duo's default taunt, known as "Bring It!", has Classic!Dante performing the standard taunt from the first game while Reboot!Dante flips the enemy off.
- Dante and Dante's avatar on the character selection screen is similar to the box art for the Special Edition
- Gex:
- One of Gex's winning animations has him don the shades he wore on the cover art of his games and balance on his tail in a similar way to a Idle Animation in the first game. The corresponding losing animation has him vomit on the screen in a similar way to how he did when he completed a level in the Cemetery world of his first game, albeit without the Exorcist Head.
- Jak and Daxter:
- Jak and Daxter recognise Sly and Ratchet and Clank, having met them during the events of Play Station Move Heroes.
- Daxter's almost always riding on Jak's shoulder, but their Level 2 Super reverses this, instead having Dark Jak riding on Dark Daxter's shoulder in the same way Dexter normally does.
- MediEvil:
- Sir Dan has come Back from the Dead yet again, with his introduction cutscene having him be broken from the Stable Time Loop he created in Fate's Arrow by Polygon Man.
- Dan's alternate costumes consist of the Dragon Armour he wore in the first game, the Golden Armour from MediEvil 2, and his Gonk living self from the Fate's Arrow comic.
- Metal Gear:
- One of Raiden's alternate costumes removes his cybernetics and gives him the same appearance he had in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Said costume's name is "Nanomachines, Son!".
- Mortal Kombat:
- The Pit crossing over with God of War is a reference to Kratos appearing as a Guest Fighter in Mortal Kombat 9.
- Ratchet & Clank:
- Ratchet and Clank recognise Jak and Daxter and Sly, having met them during the events of Play Station Move Heroes.
- Resident Evil:
- Chris Redfield's Level 1 Super is the infamous Boulder Punch from Resident Evil 5.
- Ashley Graham's reveal trailer has her surrounded by Hunters and call out this.
- Silent Hill:
- Valtiel, the Butcher and the Boogeyman appear as Pyramid Head's alternate costumes.
- If Crypto's Level 3 Super is activated on the Silent Hill stage, the aliens from the joke UFO endings will appear in the background, watching the carnage from their Flying Saucer.
- Sly Cooper:
- Sly recognises Jak and Daxter and Ratchet and Clank, having met them during the events of Play Station Move Heroes.
- Sonic the Hedgehog:
- Shadow and Silver's reveal trailers have "All Hail Shadow" and "Dreams of An Absolution" playing in the background respectively.
- In Super Smash Bros., Sonic has appeared as a playable fighter since Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Shadow appeared as an assist character in said game. In Legends Battle Royale, Shadow is a playable fighter while Sonic is an assist character.
- The assist characters have all worked with the playable ones at one point in their own series. Sonic, as the main character of the series, worked with Blaze in Sonic Rush and used his Super Mode alongside Silver and Shadow at the end of Sonic 06. Rouge and E-123 Omega formed Team Dark with Shadow in Sonic Heroes, and Dr. Eggman was the one who reawakened Shadow from stasis and worked with him in Sonic Adventure 2. Amy also helped out Silver in 06, forming the third member of his team alongside him and Blaze.
- The Last of Us:
- Joel’s words when he hunts down and gets Revenge on Abby reference things she said before she killed him.
- Tiny Tank:
- Tiny Tank’s reveal trailer has him blasting objects out of the sky, just like in the commercial for his game.
- Tiny Tank's alternate costumes include his Black Bart hat (Quick Draw) and the sombrero he wears in a reflection if he gets far enough with it (Tank-o Tuesday).