The one time “Featuring Dante from Devil May Cry” was a threat, not a feature.

There is a copy of All-Stars at the bottom of a bargain bin that smiles whenever someone remembers this game was a thing.

Wow. The devs were actually trying, but everyone else was either completely unreasonable or insane.

Negotiating with Activision must feel like negotiating with The Flood...

I remember people speculating this game's boss character would be Sephiroth. The irony.

This game is literal definition of "The wrong place, at the wrong time". Knowing that if this was relased a few years ago, with DLC updates, and could earn kills in the game, maybe this could've been... Remembered. The thousandth example that we're infact, in the bad timeline. (I heard the Spyro End Credits theme, without even checking, I knew the video was wrapping up lol)

It's funny to think how Super Smash Bros could have turned out the same way if not for Sakurai's drive and Iwata's support. I guess it also helped that the publisher wholeheartedly supported the project.

A sequel to All-Stars would be legendary.

“They pitched a Rival Schools game.” I’m sorry, I’m learning WHAT today!?

“‘continuing the long, standing tradition of Sony not caring about Legend of Dragoon” Legitimately one of the funniest, and saddest, lines I’ve heard on this series. Great work as always, Mr. McMuscles.

I kinda expected Matt to laugh it up at this game but hearing him give the proper dues of how Super Bot really did try but just didn't get enough just made me depressed again. Had a lot of good times just screwing around in this game with friends. The concept legitimately deserved a whole lot better, and it's sad that it feels like it's gone for good after this game.

That was the saddest episode so far, they didn't deserve to fail :(

Me, before: "Oh boy, a new What Happened! And it's about a game that can't possibly remind me about how much I miss Rival Schools!" Me, now: "I am... So angry."

“Let’s make a smash bros clone except you can’t earn a kill with anything except your super move”. Dart got absolutely screwed, too.

I wish this game was delayed to be in the middle of the PS4 cycle. Still, i'm holding my hopes for a sequel.

I worked on this game and I genuinely enjoyed the process of making it. The characters were a source of frustration because we couldn’t seem to ever get the characters we wanted, or even the versions we wanted because we had to promote their newest releases. But the team was great and really cared about making the best game we could. I also was introduced to the FGC because all the character designers were top FGC players. I still remember playing “clockw0rk” at Street Fighter having no idea who he was. Lots of good memories on this game.

Polygon Man was still a sick ass idea for a final boss.

Honestly, I still want a sequel someday - Sony's got so many interesting characters who'd be perfectly suited for a big crossover fighter and a lot of old PS series like Crash and Spyro have came back so would make perfect sense for a celebration of Sony's history, and Smash doesn't need to be the only big crossover fighter out there. Imagine a fighting game with Kratos, Crash Bandicoot, Joel from TLOU and Spider-Man beating the crap out of each other: that's the kind of matchup you just can't get in Smash.

R.I.P All 🌟 Stars, you arrived before the world was ready.

Ah yes, legendary Playstation character Big Daddy from the early Xbox 360 exclusive Bioshock. Were they fifty fifty on that or Storm One

You can't hit me with Legend of Dragoon music right out the gate like that. Learning that Dart was gonna be in this game hurt.

Dude, dude, DUDE! The Legend of Dragoon, the pain is still raw. They need to get a remake out.

I love this channel. Always puts me in a good mood

To me, the story isn’t what went wrong with All-Stars, but what went right with Smash. Pulling off something like this is really really hard. Smash was only able to do it because (1) they had a god-tier designer and (2) 100% support from the very top. Without that, All Stars is about as good as could be expected.

God, the wasted potential!! In an alternative universe the game had Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Classic Dante & Vergil, Alucard from Symphony of the Night, Dart from Legend of Dragoon, Classic Lara Croft, Wander from Shadow of the Colossus & SOO many more PlayStation Characters and was received with high praise and a worthy opponent to Smash Bros.

I join you in mourning for Rival Schools, Darkstalkers and every other sweet fighting franchise Capcom has decided to bury.

Polygon Man, "Why can't I have Cloud?" Master Hand, "ALSO MINE!"

Honestly, this game deserves another chance. Everything that had to do with timing, rosters, and the mechanics of the game just didn't work and didn't age well. If they honestly go back to this at one point, they can get everything done that they simply couldn't do. It also extremely sucks that because of the developer team not being a big shot, they couldn't get the roster they wanted to begin with. To me, crossover games are dreams that can come true in this community, so it sucks to see games like these and Jump Force not do as good as we truly wanted them to.

Despite this games reputation , I honestly have sort of a soft spot for it (really wish Ps All Stars could get a sequel that improved on it's issues) , anyone else?

"... the one thing they hadn't yet touched was the concept of the crossover..." I, too, choose to ignore PlayStation Move Heroes on PS3 ever existed.

Imagine Spider-Man beating the shit outta a rapping dog with absolutely zero mercy 😂

I find it funny that Eidos didn’t want to use their new Lara design because the new game wasn’t out yet, meanwhile Donte and Raiden were practically put in as advertising for their as-yet unreleased new games.

This game will always be a guilty pleasure of mine. Wish we could get a sequel to it someday...

Ironic that the game where you can fight Cloud, Snake, Joker, Sephiroth, and more than likely Crash will fight each other is on a Nintendo console. Edit: Kasuya from Tekken is now in. Crash's likelihood is nonexistent now. Edit 2: Sora from Kingdom Hearts now! Nintendo what on earth???

Little bit of an info correction here, 3rd party contacts for smash started with melee but the development was to far along and to tight to get work done on characters like snake and sonic. (Yes both of those characters had been asked for by their respective creators to appear in melee)

Man, even with a heavily expanded roster, I still think the super-meter mechanics killed the game long before roster complaints could be had.

There are models for Dart for this game, and it's a travesty he never got in, it looks like he would have been given justice.

I believe if Sony tried again with there focus and head in the game... they can do it right.

I always felt like the problem with All Stars compared to Smash Bros is the same problem that the DC movie universe is having compared to Marvel. Just like with Marvel, Smash Bros got to it first and they set things up in a more logical way. Smash Bros started with first party Nintendo characters, and the characters they used were all roughly in the same wheelhouse as far as fanbase goes. So a person who likes Mario, for example, would also like most of the other characters in the roster. They layed things out properly to start with, and then as the series expanded, they kept that base they built and then slowly started branching out in to more diverse games with more specific fanbases. So you had a popular title, that proved itself already, that just introduced characters you liked, you may as well give it a try. Or, you have a game you already love, which added some new characters you're not as familiar with but its fine because they seem cool and you already have the game you love to play. All Stars, like DC, came in late to the party, wanted to jump right in to what Smash Bros was doing, but didn't want to lay the ground floor and build up to it. Unlike with Nintendo characters, Playstation characters are much more diverse and isolated fanbases. The people who play God of War are not necessarily playing Jax and Daxter, and they're not necessarily playing Fat Princess, and they're not necessarily playing Twisted Metal, etc, etc, etc. So you end up with a very diverse cast of characters that doesn't really appeal to anyone but the most hardcore sony fans. Anyone who's played sony games will probably find 1 or 2 characters they like, but are unlikely to care about the entire roster. A roster similar to the 3rd or 4th Smash Bros game, but without the ground work of establishing itself with a strong cohesive base roster and then expanding outward to more niche characters. Just like how DC didn't want to lay the ground work for their movie universe by making their smaller stake establishing movies, and wanted to jump in with both feet to the deep end for their big team up movies right away because that's what Marvel was doing at that point and they wanted to do it too.

I feel like the biggest problem of PSASBR was it was released a generation too late. Had the idea for the game happened back during the PS2 era, not only would they be more likely to get those wanted characters, Naughty Dog may of had a few people free to develop the game. We saw how amazing Crash Team Racing was, so who knows how incredible a ND developed PlayStation version of Smash Bros would of been. It may of still been a franchise to this day.

You can still hear Matt's frustration near the end of the video. Some say he's still seething mad about the canned Rival Schools sequel.

“If you know of any mismanaged multiverse...” Oh Matt, it’s as if you winded up the pitch for me to send this homerun for you because I have one for you: THE DCEU.

"Scratching their heads until they are raw and bloody" is definitely a simpsons quote

With the amount of Sony Characters now and the studios under the PlayStation Studios banner, it would be great to see another Allstars successor. I really wish it came back.

From a diehard fan of this game: this video is GREAT. I am part of the reaaally small leftovers of the PSASBR community, and I personally researched and tried digging into the game files and stuff to gather info and had the opportunity to interact with few devs. Ever since 2020 for some reason there is some talk about this game again especially in form of YT videos even from big KZfaqrs, but many videos fail to deliver accurate info, or deliberately just shit on the game for the sake of doing it withouth focusing on what this game ACTUALLY had wrong (am I right, Caddicarus and Scott the Woz?) Your video finally brings accurate info, spitting straight facts, making it informative about the absolute development hell this game was, and the possible flaws where the game actually failed for people. There is much more to talk about under this perspective because, personally, there is much I like about the gameplay but I recognize there is much to be worked on, but your video covers already a lot without coming off as judgemental, without constantly comparing it to Smash, without shitting on the game for the sake of it or because "just play Smash". When hearing about a new video like this I was scared it was going to be the same thing again: thankfully, I was wrong. As a diehard fan, let me tell you: there is SO MUCH for badmouthing this game, so many things wrong and just straight up BAD. But people, especially in all the talks I see lately, always miss the points, always miss where the game is ACTUALLY bad and decide to just focus on superficial things that are not truly this game's faults. This is a bad game, a bad game that I love and want to see come back someday with all of its ACTUAL FLAWS solved. Your video makes the first step in informing people about this possible. Good job in taking your time for proper research on this game. Take my like.

Polite plea to Sony: Do it again, except properly this time!

This game will always hold a special place in my heart back when all me and my 2 older brothers had to worry about was doing our homework and waking up early to catch the bus. I still remember my first time playing I played as Toro and beat them both on the kill zone map. Great fuckin times man.

To be fair, it's said Kojima wanted Snake in Melee but asked too late into SSBM's development for him to actually make it in.

Seems like poor planing from Sony's end.

If they could learn from their mistakes, I'd love to see another one of these.

I have soft spot for this game, honestly. Plus, i got introduced to Kat from Gravity Rush so im glad i bought this game. I mained Big Daddy btw

Honestly, I really loved that game. Easily was the fighting game I sunk the most hours into so I was sad to see the studio disband. Rip All Stars

At least Ape Escape got some rep finally. Now if only we can get new game.

I enjoyed my time with this game. I'm not going to call it great, or even good for that matter, but I got my money's worth of enjoyment

Playstation "All Stars" featuring some random side charactera

I remember hearing that Sony and Hideo Kojima wanted Sonic and Snake, respectively, in Melee but they approached Sakurai too late in development for them to happen. So it only took one game.

Ah my soul we’ve could’ve gotten another Rival Schools game?

"SPIDER-MAN WOULD BE IN IT!" Big old F breaks my heart.

This game deserves a sequel with a whole new cast of characters since 2012

Crazy that Sony's Third Party success would actually come back to bite them in the weirdest way possible

i want them to try this idea again SO BAD. like, imagine if they did this game NOW.

Dante: “Can’t wait to join PSASBR!” Sony and Capcom: “Oh not you, your younger brother” New Dante: “S’up 👋” Dante: “What the hell is this?!”

Give me a 2v2 PlayStation All Stars 2 game developed by Capcom, and I'm sold.

Polygon Man, "Why can't I Have Snake?" Master Hand, "MINE!"

Just gonna shoot my shot here: Can you please consider reviving your gone too soon series and make one about vicarious visions since they just announced that they're going to be a blizzard support studio and no longer make their own games?

Yo I hear that Legend of Dragoon music, that there's some good taste.

This video was 10 times more depressing than I was expecting.

You using The Limp Bizkit version of behind blue eyes made me clap and say “WOAH” and scare my wife

It’s my hope and it’ll probably never happen that someday this franchise will be revisited

We’re inching closer to a Sly 4 episode lol. But seriously, though, this was another one I was excited about for a while. I still have the game and sometimes play it for a bit.

I really really wish PlayStation would pick up a sequel to this game, and preferably give it a actual budget so we don't end up with this tragedy again.

"No don't play that noise!" Killed me. I fell out of my chair in laughter.

They sould try again, even without the third party characters they have enough franchises to create a mind blowing roster: Gabriel logan and Lian Xing, Dart, Jak and Daxter, Sly, Ratchet and Clank, Jen and her boyfriend, Sir Daniel, Kat and Raven, Nathan and Chloe, Ellie and Joel, Parappa, Wander, Nariko, Sackboy, the thing from Knack, Aloy, Deacon, the hunter from Bloodborne, the knight from Demon's Souls, Iota and Atoi, Cole, Nathan Hale, Jan Templar and a Hellghast soldier, Kratos and Atreus, Sir Galahad, the cat mascot, the patapons, Sweet tooth, Jin, the bot from Astrobot and Ico. Only in our dreams, only in our dreams.

Technically third party characters were wanted by Sega and Konami since Melee, the development time was just to short

Yo seriously. You're one of my favorite KZfaq channels. Love the videos. You're funny af

This game was actually the shit. Many nights of drinking with friends playing this

my childhood game Ah the memories. Playing it on the PSvita was the best

Basically imagine a Smash Bros game that didn't get Mario, Pokémon, Zelda, or Donkey Kong.

Although I have played lots and lots of Playstation games in my time, I've never actually owned one of my own and always been more of an Xbox and Nintendo guy. But it makes me really sad that PS All Stars didn't thrive. The loss of so much potential, such a good idea and such solid competition for Smash Bros is a very sad thing for all gamers.

Crash being excluded from a Sony PS crossover is like Mario being excluded from Smash Bros or Sonic being excluded from Sega All-Stars Racing or Spongebob being excluded from Nick All-Stars Brawl.

Featuring "Dante" from the "Devil May Cry" "Series"

18:54 "If you know of any other mismanaged multiverse misfires..." Is Matt hinting at a What Happened? episode on Justice League? Honestly at this point I think enough people know about that movie's production to know why it failed

The Legend of Dragoon theme over the ending was the biggest nostalgia bomb of all.

Matt got BIG mad about the missed opportunity of Spider-Man 😂

Damn I can feel the sadness at the end.... I gotta say though I liked this game and played it for a fairly long time. It breaks my heart to find out Abe was so close to making it. Not to even mention Rival Schools pitch... -sigh-

i still low-key loved this game and i hope they make a sequel

YO! I’ve been playing legend of dragoon lately and I instantly noticed that music in the background of the beginning of the video. Great game and thanks Matt!

The party style game idea sounds better. There's enough fighters already

This game was actually one of my favs to platinum. There definitely should of had been a sequel too this

The Legend of Dragoon needs at least a remake.

I've never even played Legend of Dragoon, but that gag was so well executed my face hurts from laughing.

“In our game you gotta super to get KO’s” I was immediately OUT and I never looked back...until this video.

I am so glad kat made it in and played like a beast. I feel like handing the keys of an crossover fighter with very iconic ips to a green studio was not the best move as shown with trying to put square reps in. But it's also foolish to expect them to absolutely nail it on their first try.

That ending was the sound of man who was doing everything he could to cling to what hope he had left in the world

Superbot is the one company I genuinely feel really bad for They had a lot of plans and sounds like they had a lot of plans But ended up dieing due to restrictions from other developers and lack of budget Knowing that rival school pitch just makes me sad now cause I've always wanted to play a rival school's game

I could feel something inside me snap as well as internal screams when the part about rival schools was mentioned.

That outro song really stabbed my heart, damn. It felt like seeing a friend out of the blue for the first time in too long.

i'm pretty indifferent when it comes to playstation, but man my heart hurts for the people who were excited for and played this game. it really could have been a genuine rival to smash if it was timed better, or if sony didn't drop superbot like they did. this nintendo baby feels you guys - you deserved better 😔👊

This game was developed like 10 years too early. Just think about where all those characters they had issues getting are now(spyro and crash are back, og dante is back, castlevania's back, they could use mgs v snake, ff7 is back) and how there would be more of an incentive for 3rd parties after seeing how well smash dlc did. Everyone clowns this game but its honestly such a good idea that just needs the right support and execution.

Great video as always, Matt! Really interesting stuff here Would still love to see a Wha Happun for Rise of the TMNT