Possible title: DUEL SHOCK: THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE

1. Kratos
From: The God of War series
Stage:  Rooftops of Athens
Special attacks: Roaring, tearing people in half with his hands, slowing time, Medusa’s gaze
SUPER special power: An ultra-bloody QTE finishing sequence

2. Sly Cooper
From: The Sly Raccoon/Sly Cooper series
Stage: Hideout
Special attacks: Silent theft, supernatural agility, getting other animals to do his dirty work
SUPER special power: An immaculately planned, flawlessly executed five-man robbery of your energy bar

3. Tommy Vercetti
From: GTA: Vice City
Stage: The Malibu Club
Special attacks: ‘Accidentally’ running everyone over in a sports car, wheelies, rampages, Hawaiian shirts
SUPER special power: Aggressively wresting your assets from you, and turning a neat profit on them

4. Lara Croft
From: The Tomb Raider series
Stage: The Croft Mansion
Special attacks: infinite pistols, adrenaline-fueled head shots, sassy one-liners
SUPER special power: Dodging everything you throw at her, with not a single hair out of place

5. Ratchet
From: The Ratchet & Clank series
Stage: Insomniac Museum
Special attacks: Several hundred guns that could turn a planet to powder. Plus, cute ears
SUPER special power: The RYNO weapon.  Makes a tank turret look like a comedy peashooter

6. The Prince
From: The Katamari series
Stage: Candy stage
Special attacks: Spinning wildly into things, steamrolling everything with a ball of garbage
SUPER special power: Incurring the King of All Cosmos’ drunken wrath upon your ass

7. Nariko
From: Heavenly Sword
Stage: Bohan’s battlefield
Special attacks: Unkempt hair, unending sword combos, massive cannon, steering thrown corpses mid-flight
SUPER special power: Battling an entire army with the use of just one button

8. Heather Mason
From: Silent Hill 3
Stage: Brookhaven Hospital
Special attacks: Clumsily hitting all and sundry with a steel pipe, transporting opponents into a twisted netherworld
SUPER special power: The Sexy Beam! Includes Sexy Beam costume!

In reserve: Jak (Jak & Daxter series), Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza), James Earl Cash (Manhunt), The Guitar Hero Guitar (Would you argue with it? Thought not), Amaterasu (Okami), Paul Phoenix (Tekken series), Yuna (Final Fantasy X/X-2), Dante (Devil May Cry series), Etna (Disgaea series)