SuperBot explains why Crash Bandicoot isn’t in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
Paul Yan October 9, 2012 - 12:24 pmNews: Crash Bandicoot is conspicuously absent in the upcoming PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, and in a GameSpot interview, SuperBot Entertainment’s game director Omar Kendall explains why the orange marsupial won’t be in the game, even though he was considered.
Despite his long history on the PlayStation platform and being seen as a PlayStation mascot, the spinning, orange-furred Crash Bandicoot will not be in Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale when it comes out this November. This is very surprising and disappointing, and it makes you wonder how SuperBot Entertainment failed to include such an iconic, widely-regarded PlayStation mascot in a PlayStation game.
In a GameSpot video interview (via Examiner), SuperBot’s game director Omar Kendall explained:
We obviously know at SuperBot and at Sony how important various characters are to the game, Crash Bandicoot in particular. We got this question at San Diego Comic Con and my president, Chan Park, gave a very good answer: ‘It takes two to tangle’. We know the fans want Crash. We want Crash. Crash is not owned by Sony. So it is a negotiation between Sony and the IP holders for all of the characters that exist in the game. We’re very interested in making that happen but it’s not for free. I do want the fans out there to know that obviously we recognized the interest in Crash and characters like Crash.
Previously, there have been alleged leaked images (here, here) of Crash in PS All-Stars and Kendall said before that “Crash, would NEVER be DLC, he would be a free character.”
When asked in the GameSpot interview if more fighters would be added later on, Kendall said “Um, not that I’ll be talking about right now.”
As for DLC in general, he added: “It has donned on us that it’s very important and fans are interested in it. If there’s enough fan interest post-launch, we definitely want to support the game with DLC. Absolutely.”
Comments (2)
Bummer that things couldn’t be worked out to put Crash in the game. If he can’t be part of the game at launch, hopefully he can be added. And if it’s DLC, Crash needs to be a freebie. He may not have remained Sony exclusive, but he was there at the start and he is part of why the Playstation started to take off like it did. He’s a part of the consoles’ history and deserves a spot in the roster.
Yeah, I agree. Crash Bandicoot was definitely one of my favorite Playstation franchises and I cannot think fondly back on the PS1 without coming across a couple of those games.