"This was a completely different kind of Fighting Game. It had an incredibly high skill ceiling, yet an exceptionally low barrier to entry. Even players who knew little about Fighting Games could still have fun with it."
Chen Xu looked at everyone and spoke.
At his words, Qin Yi and the others in the conference room showed surprised expressions.
After all, what he said sounded rather contradictory. A game with an extremely high ceiling implied that it was highly hardcore.
So how could it also have such a low barrier to entry?
"Super Smash Bros. is the subtitle of the new game, and it also represents its two core points."
Chen Xu said with a smile as several prepared pieces of Concept Art appeared on the large screen.
First came the so-called "Superstars." Every character who could join the roster either had a massive fanbase or had left a profound mark on gaming history.
Then came the "Smash." This was where the game's extremely low threshold lay.
Most Fighting Games followed a fixed template.
In terms of Health Bars, they used percentage-based health. Once that health reached zero, victory or defeat was decided.
But Super Smash Bros. changed that fundamental Fighting Game rule.
The health display was still percentage-based, but instead of falling from high to low, it rose from low to high. The higher the percentage, the farther and more likely players were to be launched when attacked.
Built around that element, compared to the traditional Fighting Game objective of emptying an opponent's health bar, Super Smash Bros.' objective became knocking the opponent off the screen.
So long as a character had not flown beyond the boundary, no amount of damage would cause them to lose the match.
At the same time, the launch mechanic allowed concepts such as