There are tons and tons of little Easter eggs in God of War Ragnarok – pay close attention to the poems you find, for example – but this nod to PS3 mascot mash-up PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is fairly easy to overlook. While out exploring, Mimir asks Kratos about an “unusual” tournament he once participated in.
“I heard you did battle with beasts, scoundrels, princesses, the undead, automatons, and history’s greatest musician,” he says, referencing the likes of Sly Cooper, Sweet Tooth, Fat Princess, Sir Daniel Fortesque, Raiden, and PaRappa the Rapper. “That’s not… that’s not true, is it?” Kratos simply retorts: “I would not speak of this.”
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale has gone down in infamy for its attempt at aping the Super Smash Bros formula. While it lacked the polish and recognisable character roster from Nintendo’s series, many fans would like to see Sony have another crack at the concept – especially with alternatives like MultiVersus proving extremely popular in recent years.
[source youtube.com, via playstationlifestyle.net]
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Good on Sony for having a sense of humor about it, although perhaps a tad on the depressing side for the few people who did actually really like that particular SSB clone.
You should speak of this Kratos. Game was fun just a few questionable roster choices and a lack of modes. Come on Playstation give it another shot!
@Ralizah Santa Monica helped develop Battle Royale so I don't think they're ripping it. It's just impossible for Kratos to explain in a more "serious" game like Ragnarok.
@Korgon I’m surprised they never did give it another go. Platform fighters that slap various IP together are bigger than ever now. Nintendo managing to get Final Fantasy, Persona, Metal Gear, Tekken and Kingdom Hearts into their game just speaks to the size of the ball Sony dropped.
I would happily play a follow up as long as they remove the super move requirement to defeat someone. I still have nightmares of everyone running around the stage chasing orbs instead of actually fighting.
Finished the game last night and absolutely loved it. However I feel like there should be a spoiler warning for this.
Game was never my cup of tea (though neither is SSB) but I didn't realize it was such a flop since my kids loved it at the time.
Funny that it's being referenced but man, what a spoiled Easter egg this is.
Maybe SMS knows something we don't? A new Ps Allstars is coming?
haha thats funny.i enjoy PlayStation all stars battle royal.kratos the g.o.a.t. 🐐 👑.word up son
@thetraditional
Shadow was going to be one? Dang I would have loved to see that. Same with Dart. As for Knack, that would have been really funny and I could have seen his play style being pretty interesting!
belittling a time when sony still cared about all their IPs and attempted variety .
nice
This makes me realize that PlayStation All-Stars was the last time we saw anything new of Parappa and that was a long, long time ago… Sony, what are you doing!?
Come on Sony give it another shot. They have so many more 1st part characters now.
@somnambulance Parappa's VA even stated in an interview at the time that he would be down for another Parappa game
Little do they know he was in mortal kombat and soul calibur too. 😆
How do we know this isn't a reference to Fortnite?
I didn't even realize this was a PASBR easter egg until this very article pointed it out.😅
Can you blame him? Him and Drake got beat up by a sack 😅
They should revisit the idea of a PlayStation crossover platform fighter with some newer characters like Aloy, Kratos (Norse edition), hell, maybe even Spider-Man!
The writing in this game is exceptional. About 15+ hours in now and i've laughed and cried already. Credit to the voice acting and animation too to really sell it. Wonderful.
I like to imagine All Stars was the darkest phase of Kratos' life, after leaving Greece and before arriving in Midgard.
They did Kratos wrong there...
And what about his adventures in the world of Mortal Kombat?
Sony has to try another go at an All- Stars versus game.
If WB can do it.
I haven't reached this point in the game yet, but nice lil easter egg.
@Ralizah I loved it I even platinumed it on PS3 u was just to late to finish it on my Vita.
Kratos is just embarrassed to have participated in such a tournament
Oh no that looks like a friendly witch. My fault for opening it
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