PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

by Sony

• Play as your favorite PlayStation characters with all their signature moves
• Dynamic environments straight from the characters' worlds
• Interactive mash-up events featuring additional PlayStation characters
• Local and Online tournament modes

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002I0GZHW
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 20, 2012
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,726 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #17 in Video Games > PlayStation Vita > Games > Action

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation Vita

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How many times have you thought about your favorite PlayStation characters and asked yourself who would win in a fight? Would it be Sly Cooper or Kratos? Sweet Tooth or PaRappa the Rapper? Gamers everywhere engage in this argument, heatedly comparing skills, techniques and powers. Most of the time, it comes to a draw, or something close to it. But there's one thing these arguments can't take into consideration — you.

Challenge your favorite
PlayStation characters

Competitive multiplayer action

Exciting battles

Synopsis

It's your time to prove once and for all that your favorite character and your skill make the ultimate gaming warrior in an epic Battle Royale that your friends will be talking about for months. Pit characters from all across the gaming spectrum against each other and watch the results unfold as they battle with unique techniques in a mash-up of interactive environments true to the games from which they came. Settle that age-old argument and play with your friends or test your favorite characters' skills online in some competitive multiplayer action. No matter how you take to the battlefield, one thing is certain — you've already chosen your side. Now it's time to back it up.

Key Features:

• Challenge your favorite PlayStation characters from all over the gaming spectrum to epic, challenging, exciting battles that are addicting, enjoyable and easy-to-play
  
• Become the battle commander to over 20 first- and third-party PlayStation characters, including Kratos, Sly Cooper, Sweet Tooth, PaRappa the Rapper and more, with a unique set of attacks and moves characteristic to the personalities you know and love
  
• Obliterate your opponents online in competitive multiplayer action or face off with a group of friends to see whose favorite character is truly the ultimate warrior
  
• Revisit each character's world in a mash-up of interactive environments created from different PlayStation games

 

Product Description

PS VITA PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing November 20, 2012

By Jalen

Platform for Display:PlayStation Vita

In case your wondering whether or not to get it I would say GET IT the game is very entertaining and you can play for hours because of the story mode and multiplayer this is best vita title yet and makes me want to play my vita again!!!

PROS:
Awesome online
20 cool characters to play with
Fun specials and power ups
You can also get different costumes
Many different levels

Cons
In multiplayer it is easy to get lost with everything going on
Sometimes the online disconnects and is slow

Note: To play on line you have to look on the back little paper that comes with the game and follow the instructions

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure fun, deeper than it looks December 15, 2012

By Mark R. Seely

Platform for Display:PlayStation Vita

I've never been able to get into Smash Brothers, so I went into this game with some skepticism. While some core mechanics and the pacing are similar to smash, I find the overall feel more technical, sharper, more mature, and more fun. It's not full-fledged street fighter/tekken/umvc3 deep, but the diverse move lists and thoughtful mechanics put this game into a different category. The online is extremely well done and easy to get into.

There have been some balance issues and scattered (minor) disconnect problems online, but the devs have been extremely quick to respond, and seem as if they're going to continue great support. Plus, we get 2 new FREE dlc characters right around the corner! No evil Capcom nickel and diming you for characters, costumes, color swaps, and other stuff that should have been included in their barebones, overpriced, budget-produced title to begin with.

And with the ps3/vita crossbuy, it's one of the best deals you'll ever find on a newly released game. The Vita version of the game is the closest match of any handheld version to its (current gen) console counterpart I've -ever- seen. Darn near identical.

It's possible it still won't be your cup of tea, so at least do yourself a favor and give it a rent if you're wary. That's what I did and ordered the game the same night I received my rental. Been playing happily ever since.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Short Lived Pocket Full of Fun November 27, 2012

By omega_watts

Platform for Display:PlayStation Vita

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

I bought the Vita the month that it came out and it has spent the majority of the time since then in a sock drawer... until now! The full console on-the-go experience has finally come to fruition.

Here's the elevator pitch: what if 20 Playstation icons (ok, like 14 + 6 meh-cons) could duke it out in 4 x 4 free for alls? No, the idea is not novel my dear Smash Bros. fans, however the formula had yet to have been duplicated properly on non-Nintendo hardware. Playstation All-Stars fills the niche nicely. Let's get to brass tacks:

Pros:
- Stages are phenomenally vibrant and alive. Each stage is a mash-up of two franchises, and as unlikely as it seems, it works! The transition between one version of a stage to the next is marked but not jarring. I enjoyed catching cameos of my favorite supporting stars (President Qwark!). The flash and flair is not done at the expense of graphics or performance. Textures and animation are exquisite through out.
- Characters look, move, and sound exactly how you dreamed they would. The textures are well done and there is an appropriate contrast between cartoony fighters like Parappa the Rapper and more realistic ones like Cole McGrath. Pretty characters are all fine and dandy, but in a fighting game, the most important thing is that they play well and are balanced. Check, and check. Even the most annoying characters have a well rounded move set; every one is a threat.
- Its fun. Somewhere around 2 hours into a game I am either playing it, or looking to trade it. I've clocked about 30 hours in PS All Stars and plan to get a few more rounds in.

Cons:
- One player is really limited.... The story is paper thin, which wouldn't be an issue if there was a logical reason for everyone to be fighting, but its not clear why everyone is fighting or what there beef is with they're predetermined rival.
- Character selection is small. Fighters today have 40 characters and up. Twenty would have been enough in 1998, but today it aint 'nuff. Sony has promised two free characters as DLC, but I dont imagine that they have 20 more on their way.

This is a great buy if you are looking for a fun scrapper. I have not had a chance to play multi player yet, but as a 1 player experience it hits the spot! Read more ›

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This game is awesome! December 9, 2012

By hoop

Platform for Display:PlayStation Vita

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

This game is great, as of the writing of this review it's on sale for $20, this is an absolute steal and a must buy for all vita owners!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Just a fun game! November 23, 2012

By Yamz

Platform for Display:PlayStation Vita|Amazon Verified Purchase

I read the reviews at IGN, and thought this would be a great game for the vita. It's kind of odd and quirky, but for overall fun, I think it is a must for for the vita.

12 of 18 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Buy This!!!1 December 2, 2012

By Jim

Platform for Display:PlayStation Vita

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

Get it for PS3 if you have one. It comes with a free downloadable version of this game so then you have a console one and a portable one!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Vita Game Yet December 3, 2012

By George

Platform for Display:PlayStation Vita

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

When you put in this game you think one thing..... Oh no, $40 down the toilet (menu's are horrible). So you go to quick match and decide to give it a try. After picking your character you start the battle and hope for the best. 3, 2, 1, GO! Your going to hear that many times because you won't be able to put it down. I swear if you like Super Smash bro's series, you will love this. It is the exact same as Smash Bro's except better, more move, weapons, and power attacks. You will never regret the purchase.

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun game but.... June 15, 2013

By M. Miller

Platform for Display:PlayStation Vita|Amazon Verified Purchase

If I could give 3.5 stars I would. This is a good fighting game and brings in alot of PS characters (hence the name) to choose from. I enjoyed the many different online and offline fighting modes. However, the main boss was kinda goofy and I never really bought the story for how they are all "together" in this world. Not sure it needed a story, but one was added...probably should have skipped it.