


That title goes to an obscure game released back in 1994 by Namco (now known as Bandai Namco Entertainment) called The Outfoxies, though the aforementioned game and the SSB games have a lot of differing quirks.

Nintendo relented but remained iffy on the entire thing, keeping the budget on the game incredibly small and planning on a Japan-only release. Eventually Iwata became more interested in this "King of the Hill"-like fighter, and the company asked Nintendo if they could use some of their characters. started as a side project by Masahiro Sakurai that Satoru Iwata allowed him to do on the weekends at HAL Laboratory.
