![]() One of the biggest memes currently going around in the game is “100 Percent Accurate” characters and custom designs based on the “Something About” series of YouTube videos by TerminalMontage. Related: Why Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Makes Ren & Stimpy A Single Fighter Given the internet’s history with modding as a whole, it was only a matter of time before people began to design outrageous characters based on popular internet memes. Once Rivals of Aether opened its gates to modding, this and more absurd matchups were possible. Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl has multiple characters, including Spongebob, Patrick, and more, and even has that memetic chicken move, but they can’t fight Weegee on the Windows XP background. Even beyond that, there are multiple designers who have all given their take on the same character, as is the case with the myriad of different Sonic designs and Kirby clones. Paper Mario even has a wheel of partners he can choose from which mirrors his ability to do the same in Super Paper Mario. Each of these characters plays wildly different and mimics the physics of their original games. Mario has many iterations, ranging from Paper Mario, to Super Mario World Mario, to Mario from Mario 64. One of the most fun things about the workshop is the ability for creators to separate different iterations of the same character and create different move-sets for them. Plus, many indie characters such as Fall Guys, the Untitled Goose, Frisk, and Fancy Pants Man all can find representation in a major fighting release despite not having a giant publisher behind them. Of course, the Workshop allowing anyone to create their favorite video game character means that players can finally pit dead Nintendo franchises like Kid Icarus against Sony characters Crash Bandicoot. This of course led to wacky creations like Seinfeld’s George Costanza and Ronald Mcdonald, just to name a few, but that’s the power of Rivals’ newfound freedom. With this, endless possibilities to resolve "what if?" fighting game disputes are now a reality. Often dream fights between comic and video game characters can only exist in imagination due to copyright owners, but with Steam Workshop content continually referencing characters from across franchises, the game has more weight as a crossover fighter than many official contemporaries. Related: Why Nick All-Star Brawl Succeeds Where PlayStation's Smash Clone Failed ![]() ![]() Over the years, the game has gotten free DLC which includes Ori from the Xbox and Switch game Ori and the Will of the Wisps as well as Shovel Knight from his self-titled game, and after receiving paid DLC as well, the game then opened itself up to the creativity of the community with Steam Workshop integration. and the ease of access with it being on PC and consoles. The game grew in popularity most likely due to its similarities to Smash Bros. Rivals of Aether is an independently developed game by Dan Fornace that had a pretty intuitive fighting system with completely original character designs. ![]()
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