PlayStation All-Stars (series)

PlayStation All-Stars is a series of crossover titles that feature characters and elements from a variety of different franchises owned by . The "PlayStation All-Stars" name appears to be a basic branding that encompasses any crossover between multiple Sony IPs, as the two official instalments in the series (as of 2019) are of completely different genres.
The series' first instalment was 2012's , a platform fighter that seems to take inspiration from Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series. Similar to the aforementioned Nintendo title, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (sometimes shortened to PSASBR, PSAS, or PS Battle Royale) lacks the health bars of traditional fighting games and features stages with a variety of hazards and platforms that reference the represented series. The gameplay of this title revolves around players needing to collect All-Star Power (AP) by damaging foes in order to perform Super Moves, which serve as the sole way to KO fighters and earn points. In addition to three tiers of Super Moves the player can charge up, all characters also have over 20 basic attacks performed with a combination of directional input via the control stick and one of the Square, Circle, or Triangle buttons. Though not consistent between all fighters, attacks performed via the Square button are often basic close-ranged or melee attacks and those performed with the Triangle button serve as long-ranged or stronger melee attacks, while unique special moves are mapped to the Circle button.
Following Battle Royale, 2013 saw the release of the second title within the PlayStation All-Stars franchise: . Contrary to its predecessor, PlayStation All-Stars Island is an minigame collection of endless runner stages based around four Sony franchises (namely LittleBigPlanet, Uncharted, inFAMOUS, and Gravity Rush) and was released exclusively in select European countries. All of the stages featured within Island feature some gameplay mechanics from the franchises they are based on - such as Kat (Gravity Rush) needing to Shift gravity and Sackboy needing to collect bubbles in order to earn points. This game is especially infamous for featuring heavy promotion for the soft drink, with Coke Zero bottle caps being a prominent collectible through all of the different modes.
== Canonical Playable Characters ==
Character 	Battle Royale	Island	Franchise
Big Daddy 	 	 	BioShock
Cole MacGrath 	 	 	inFAMOUS
Colonel Radec 	 	 	Killzone
Dante 	 	 	DmC: Devil May Cry
Emmett Graves 	1 	 	Starhawk
Evil Cole MacGrath 	 	 	inFAMOUS
Fat Princess 	 	 	Fat Princess
Heihachi Mishima 	 	 	Tekken
Isaac Clarke 	1 	 	Dead Space
Jak and Daxter 	 	 	Jak and Daxter
Kat 	1 	 	Gravity Rush
Kratos 	 	 	God of War
Nariko 	 	 	Heavenly Sword
Nathan Drake 	 	 	Uncharted
Parappa 	 	 	PaRappa the Rapper
Raiden 	 	 	Metal Gear
Ratchet & Clank 	 	 	Ratchet & Clank
Sackboy 	 	 	LittleBigPlanet
Sackgirl 	2 	 	LittleBigPlanet
Sir Daniel Fortesque	 	 	MediEvil
Sly Cooper 	 	 	Sly Cooper
Spike 	 	 	Ape Escape
Sweet Tooth 	 	 	Twisted Metal
Toro Inoue 	 	 	Doko Demo Issyo
Zeus 	1 	 	God of War
1 - This character was released as downloadable content.2 - Sackgirl appears as an alternate costume for Sackboy in Battle Royale.
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