Capcom admit SSBB is a 'real' fighting game

Is Super Smash Bros. Brawl a real fighting game? The fanboys that live and breath SSBB will probably have blacked out at the thought of someone questioning their leader; meanwhile, old school arcade fighting fans will be quick to jump on board the bashing brawl bandwagon (try saying that 3 times fast).

One would think Capcom should know a thing or two about the fighting genre with their Street Fighter and Marvel Vs Capcom franchises being some of the best in existence.

When asked by destructoid what he thought of brawl, including if it was a real fighting game, Capcom's Seth Killian said: "It’s a real fighting game. I didn’t always think that, but I changed my mind after spending more time playing both Melee and Brawl."

"We actually had Brawl on the main stage in 2008 (with items on!) and I thought it was one of the best tourneys that year [referring to the EVO event], with some spectacular finishes and outstanding play. Most of the competitive Smash community prefers to play with items off, which is their call to make, but we try to play a kind of “no holds barred” style at EVO, until something is proven to be undeniably messed up. I can’t imagine how crummy Marvel Vs Capcom 2 would be today if we had started banning things the first time we thought something was “overpowered” or “too random.”

Never mind Capcom, more importantly what do you think? Is Super Smash Bros. Brawl a real fighting game?

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