What would be the roster of a Xbox Smash brothers game?

[zullumaster]

I'm a bit bored, and been wondering who would be in a Microsoft smash bros style game. I've got a few ideas on who could be in it.

Master Chief
Arbiter
Diadect
Brute Cheiftan (can't rember his name)
Cortana (maybe)
Marcus Fenix
Raam
Cole
Hero from Fable
Jack of Blades
Reaver
Conker
Banjo and Kazooie
Joanna Dark

There are some other options as well from the Xbox live land.
Here are a few that may be a bit out there.
Arkantos for Age of Mythology
Bioware's games aren't Microsoft anymore, but they have a history
Commander Shepard
Revan
someone from Jade Empire
Hawke
there's probably some more, but those are the first few I've got.

[Crash Ichimonji]

I'd bet Master Chief and/or the Arbiter, possibly an Elder Scrolls NPC or two like Dagoth Ur, Jack of Blades or Whisper seem likely if we were just using the first Fable's characters, Comm. Shepherd probably too (never played Mass Effect, but I think Legion would be a fun fighter to add). Not certain who else would fit in the roster as I never got a 360 or know many Xbox-exclusive characters aside from the ones mentioned. Banjo+Kazooie could prove to be a fun addition.

[no-name]

Originally Posted by Crash Ichimonji

Not certain who else would fit in the roster as I never got a 360 or know many Xbox-exclusive characters aside from the ones mentioned. Banjo+Kazooie could prove to be a fun addition.

I looked up Microsoft's list of "first-party titles" once. Aside from established IPs that have been acquired by them (Perfect Dark, Banjo-Kazooie) or third-party games released exclusively on their consoles (Gears of War), the bulk of their the first-party content that they own exclusively is either so obscure you'd have a hard time finding anyone who remembered it existed, much less played/owned it (Blood Wake, anybody?) or, at first glance, would be very difficult to translate into a party/brawler/fighting game hybrid (Forza Motorsports).

That being said, Halo, Fable, and the Forza Motorsports series are the only ones I can name off the top of my head as "XBox exclusives". However, it should be noted that both Halo and Fable were available on the PC in some form (Fable was apparently available on the Mac, as well).

[zullumaster]

You'd have to get a little creative, and think more along the lines of strongly associated with Microsoft. For instance the first Mass Effect used to be an Xbox/windows exclusive and only came to PS3 recently. I figure if Sony can do it, Microsoft can find some characters they don't use too often.

[tghawk555]

It's a little bit more difficult to come up with Xbox characters to put into a fighting game. I mean, Sony and Nintendo have rich and diverse histories, but Microsoft is more of a newcomer in terms of gaming...

Hmm, maybe they'd put in Alex Mercer or James Heller from the Prototype series? I know that they've been on both the 360 and the PS3, but Sony already used Infamous (PS3-exclusive), so why not have Xbox use Prototype? Also, maybe one of the main assassins from the Assassin's Creed series? (I know, Soul Calibur already has Ezio, but so what?)

[Crash Ichimonji]

Come to think of it, Abe, Munch, or The Stranger from the Oddworld games could be possible candidates (most likely Abe).

Nintendo managed to rope Solid Snake into Brawl because Metal Gear and Metal Gear: Solid Snake were originally for the NES, so why not use characters that started in PC or Xbox games but later became multiple-platform franchises? Technically that could qualify a few other better-known characters to the brawling-game.

[Silver Spoon]

Originally Posted by Crash Ichimonji

Metal Gear and Metal Gear: Solid Snake were originally for the NES

Nope.

The original Metal Gear and its sequel were made for the MSX and MSX2, respectively. The NES got a (considered lousy) port of the original Metal Gear and a non-canonical sequel.

[thrandrall]

Did DOA3/4/5 come out on any other consoles? - pick a couple from those games...Guess 5 did although 4 didn't....same thing with different editions of Rumble Roses, etc.

Ninja Gaiden was originally an xbox exclusive till sigma came out on PS3.

You could definitely use "Agent" from Crackdown.

Originally Bioshock was an exclusive IIRC - so...Big Daddy.

Dead Rising - Frank West.

Going into Live Arcade/older games...one of the Jet Set Radio/JGR characters.

Alan Wake

Apprentice from Orcs Must Die!

[Clickme]

DOA5 was multi-console. 3 and 4 wer ethe only Xbox exclusives, not counting hte volleyball games. PAradise (basically DOAX2) was o nhte PSP, nad Dimensions (DOA1-4 with added story) was on 3DS. DOA1 and 2 were on both Xbox nad Playstation machines, but started in the arcade.

However, DOA4 did use a female Spartan as a guest character which does link the canon of DOA and Halo, though possibly as an AU. The official story is that The space station and the Spartain were shunted in time back to DOA's era and Nicole keeps modern day folks out to protect the timeline nad keep future tech from polluting past history.

[tghawk555]

They won't put Big Daddy in two fighting games, just like they didn't put snake in two fighting games. If anything, we might get Subject Delta or a Big Sister.

Thinking about XBLA exclusives... How about one of the knights from Castle Crashers, or the protagonist from Outland? Oh! You could also play as your avatar, since Xbox games seem to love including your avatar (or at least, a chunk of the Arcade and Indie games).

[no-name]

Both Outland and Castle Crashers are neither Microsoft-exclusive IPs or console-exclusive titles (both can be found on the PSN). The avatar idea might be able to stick a bit more, though.

[Silver Spoon]

Originally Posted by tghawk555

they didn't put snake in two fighting games.