Masahiro Sakurai's hold on the platform fighter genre seems inescapable, and with the release of so many "smash clones", I began to question how that could be after 25 years since the release of the first Super Smash Brothers game. Rivals of Aether 2 is coming soon and I hope that this video sheds some light on how awesome it's going to be, while also demonstrating how to break away from the chains of Smash bros.

Editor's Note at 12:53 - Rivals of Aether's most popular year was 2022 at Genesis 8, not 2016

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:07 - The Genius of Sakurai
05:13 - The Platform Fighter Problem
08:57 - Why We're Stuck With Smash
14:22 - Sakurai's Vision
16:08 - Conclusion