Is Smash a fighting game?

This gets talked about a lot, and I feel like the talk always gets mired by drama between the Smash community and the FGC. I'm not asking if Smash is a part of the FGC (it's not), I'm asking if Smash is a fighting game.

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No, it's not.

It's a 'fighting game', but not a competitive fighting game.

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Yes, it is.

This is an interesting topic that will likely yield insightful discussion!

Then what is a competitive fighting game? It's a fighting game. It's competitive.

Name 3 (three) other competitive fighting games released in the last year that does not have patch notes with each update.

Is that honestly where we're drawing the fucking line? Patch notes?

Party game with fighting dynamic.

Yes. Only brainlets say otherwise. Usually, they have to go through such rigorous mental gymnastics to convince themselves it isn't. Sad!

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