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Posted on Friday, May 25 @ 15:51:22 Eastern by

The introduction of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale immediately conjures the idea of a "Microsoft Ultimate Hero Bash" or something of that nature. The trouble, though, is that Microsoft hardly has the same catalogue of games as Nintendo and Sony.

The obvious choices are Master Chief, maybe Arbiter, from Halo and Marcus plus Dom from Gears of War (more characters from them, if necessary). Microsoft owns Rare too, so as awkward as it might be, they could introduce Banjo, Conker, or as a last resort, Kameo. They could also dig into Fable, the first Mass Effect (maybe), and their XBLA exclusives. I would actually like to see some characters from Lost Odyssey.

Who would you like to see in the what-if Microsoft Smash Bros.? (Emphasis on the bro...)
Related Games:   Fable, Gears Of War, Halo: Reach, Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect
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  • Alex_Osborn
    Alex_Osborn
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: May 25th, 2012 at 4:15 pm
    Conker all the way!
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  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: May 25th, 2012 at 4:20 pm
    Jack of Blades
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  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: May 29th, 2012 at 12:12 am
    ^^This. Much kudos for even remembering him!
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  • moretokes
    moretokes
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: May 25th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
    Odd world character
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  • Lenin17301
    Lenin17301
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: May 25th, 2012 at 5:50 pm
    The SkiFree Yeti.
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  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: May 25th, 2012 at 6:23 pm
    HAHAHAHA I lol'd
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  • gunseedam
    gunseedam
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: May 25th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
    The guy from shadow complex some castle crashes characters and a car from forza
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  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: May 25th, 2012 at 6:23 pm
    Definitely one of the Castle Crasher's knights.
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  • hovdog
    hovdog
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: May 25th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
    'splosion man
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  • Pandoronium
    Pandoronium
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: May 25th, 2012 at 6:29 pm
    Alan Wake, Kaim Argonar from Lost Odyssey, Galen from Ninety-Nine Nights II, and many more obscure characters most people wouldn't recognize. That's right; my favorite Xbox exclusives are all older and not super popular! Don't I feel like the odd guy out.
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  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: May 26th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
    Gongora is cooler IMO
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  • visi0nize
    visi0nize
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: May 25th, 2012 at 7:01 pm
    Yeah, there aren't a ton of great characters to go to yet, as MS has only been in the game 2 generations where Nintendo has been in for forever, and Sony has an extra generation under it's belt in 3. But, they could add a character or two from Blue Dragon, maybe some Dead or Alive characters as those games have been Xbox exclusives for a while I believe, maybe Joanna Dark from Perfect Dark since you brought up Rare, and if Nintendo can put in cutesy characters like jigglypuff then maybe MS could put in some pinatas from Viva Pinata lol.
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  • Eyebrowsbv31
    Eyebrowsbv31
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: May 25th, 2012 at 9:50 pm
    Edison trent from freelancer... microsoft lacks a stable of goofy characters. Everyone either has a ship or a mech if you want to go back to the days of mechwarrior and such.
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  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: May 25th, 2012 at 10:38 pm
    Bastion and his narrator.
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  • cyberjim2000
    cyberjim2000
    Joined: Feb 2010
    Posted: May 26th, 2012 at 3:38 am
    The Microsoft Office paper clip.
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  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: May 26th, 2012 at 11:39 am
    Minesweep mine and face cards from Hearts.
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  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: May 26th, 2012 at 4:05 am
    The narrator that would say, "Round one, begin!" Would be Microsoft Sam.
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  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: May 26th, 2012 at 9:08 am
    A plane from Microsoft Flight Simulator X, and don't forget Age of Empires.
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  • Lenin17301
    Lenin17301
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: May 26th, 2012 at 5:00 pm
    WOLOLO! WOLOLO!
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  • CaptainPicard
    CaptainPicard
    Joined: Sep 2010
    Posted: May 26th, 2012 at 1:15 pm
    Abe from Oddworld...he always felt like the mario for xbox, since that was one of the first games and all
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  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: May 26th, 2012 at 2:57 pm
    The xbox symbol....I couldn't think of anything else.
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  • MattAY
    MattAY
    Joined: Mar 2006
    Posted: May 26th, 2012 at 5:46 pm
    Ermmm....my avatar?
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  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: May 28th, 2012 at 4:27 am
    That isn't a bad idea. We could use our own avatar to fight. That would be awesome!
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  • GanXingba
    GanXingba
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: May 26th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
    If there was a way to let you import your own Commander Shepard, that would be completely awesome, and Revan from KOTOR would be a friggin sweet unlockable character. Not many other choices, though.

    The problem is, Microsoft has a habit of favoring later releases (usually by a full year) on other consoles rather than exclusives. If they had some of those games as exclusives instead, you could have the Big Daddy from Bioshock or Ryu Hayabusa and Ayame from Ninja Gaiden/Dead or Alive and probably some others I'm not thinking of right at the moment.
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  • Icepick
    Icepick
    Joined: Dec 2002
    Posted: May 27th, 2012 at 6:04 pm
    they could use the red ring of death
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  • spartan317
    spartan317
    Joined: Dec 2005
    Posted: May 28th, 2012 at 3:40 pm
    Cortana, Blinx, Tartarus... Can't really think of many more exclusive characters that haven't been mentioned.
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