#smash melee

[doctorwalrider]

Smash Bros Hyrule Temple Stage breakdown:

[devileaterjaek]

[skatunenetwork]

SUPER SMASH BROS MELEE FANS WYA?!?!

New cover over on the skatune network YouTube featuring the Grammy-winning video game jazz musician BUTTON MASHER!!!!

This was an incredible collab we got to do, and excited to have button masher perform on the skatune network video game nights at the end of the month!

In case you weren’t aware, these will be nights full of video game music! TWO NIGHTS ONLY! ONLG SKATUNE SHOWS FOR A WHILE! DONT MISS OUT, NORTHEAST FRIENDS!!!

[walynas]

Hero

[conkreetmonkey]

So this is probably really stupid to find interesting, but I watched a video about the evolution of King K. Rool over the years, and it's pretty clear to see that his golden belly armour being just that, armour, and not a part of his body is a pretty recent thing, which was seemingly introduced in Smash Ultimate. In his debut appearance in DKC, it does seem to be made of gold:

That's pretty clearly the same material on his crown, cuffs and belly, right? And as his cuffs and crown are clearly just accessories and not part of his body, it would be natural to assume that so is his belly armour. I'm actually not sure if this is the case, however, since I've never read the manual the game clearly expects you to have read, can't find a video of someone hitting him from the front to see what kind of sound effect it makes, and haven't gotten to the final boss of DKC myself yet (I'm stuck on Chimp Caverns, lol). So as far as this installment goes, with my limited knowledge, I could go either way (K. Rool experts, feel free to weigh in).

From this point forth, his belly armour remains golden for some time, and I don't believe an answer to whether it's part of him or not is given in any of the several games he appears in up until Smash Melee.

Then, suddenly, in DK King of Swing on the GBA, his belly armour is made of skin.

This change then remains consistent from this point up until Smash Ultimate, and K. Rool actually does appear in a surprising amount of games up until then, featuring in Barrel Blast, Super Mario Sluggers, and even in Brawl as a trophy.

Finally, after Brawl, his next appearance is in Smash Ultimate, in which we finally get a solid answer: it's a metal chestplate. Apparently. Despite the long string of games before in which it was clearly flesh. In Ultimate, this is even of mechanical importance, as it can be worn down and eventually broken by attacks, which stuns K. Rool and leaves him vulnerable. He can also use it to parry attacks, so it has multiple associated mechanics. This cracked texture would be kind of gross if it was made of tough skin instead of metal, so maybe that's why they made the change.

I also discovered that whether or not he has a tail, and how long it is, is wildly inconsistent. In Melee he has a short tail, in Brawl he does not, in Ultimate he has a nubby one yet again, and in DK64 he has a properly long crocodile tail longer than his legs. Weird.

idk why I thought this was interesting I just did.

[smittyxtv]

WTF SMASH BROS #2

The two of them play like a deformed ice climbers. When Mario gets tired Sonic(?) just whispers sweet little nothings into his ear - i.e GOTTA GO FAST OR ILL KILL YOU AND HARVEST YOUR LIFE MUSHROOMS.

This keeps Mario motivated to keep giving his all! These 2 really are the best duo, especially after the Luigi incident (RIP)...

[radiantbastard]

Man I haven't even looked at the smash scene in over half a decade, but one thing I keep coming back to is deepleffenbot. It never disappoints.

[killerinstinctgold]

more smash events

[greetings-inferiors]

I always thought that 2D fighters were so much more complicated and difficult than platform fighters, but now that I’ve gotten familiar with street fighter I can say that that really isn’t the case. Sure you need to memorise the motion inputs, but so? That’s hardly any different from learning what every special, tilt, and smash attack does, as well as all the intricacies. Just because attacks are easier to input doesn’t mean that the game is any less complex or challenging. Sure, smash is 100% easier and more accessible at a casual level. But at a competitive level it’s just as, if not more, complex and challenging. ESPECIALLY melee. That game has been constantly improving for 20+ years, some of the stuff regular melee players need to memorise would make a lot of 2D fighter player’s heads spin.

But at the end of the day, they are just two different genres. Sure they’re both fighting games, but they’re just completely different. A competitive street fighter player doesn’t have an advantage in smash just as a competitive smash player doesn’t have an advantage in street fighter. Sure, there are ways to make it more accessible where that knowledge would give an advantage, like fgc characters or modern controls, but you’ve still got to learn the fundamentals and learn a completely different game loop.

Something mango said really stuck with me. He was saying how some professional valorant players or league players practice for tens of hours a day, but he only practiced for four or five hours, but that was just as much work because melee is so active, whereas league and valorant and other esports have so much downtime (like when enemies aren’t visible)

I’d say that while the controls for smash are a lot less complicated, the neutral is a lot more involved and active than street fighter. Footsies is hardly a term in smash. Because every character is so mobile there’s so much more to think about, they have way more options, whereas in street fighter neutral options are a lot more narrower. But then once someone actually gets in, the amount of options explodes as the attacker now has their full arsenal available and the defender has a variety of defensive options, whereas in smash there are a limited number of attacks and they’re designed to not combo easily, as well as there being limited defensive options.

To summarise, 2D fighters and Platform fighters are incredibly different genres, and they are just as competitively deep, mechanically rich, and incredibly rewarding to play and spectate.

God I love video games.

[resident-dog]

Why the melee announcer gotta be so mean

Was in the shower thinking and why is he fucking like that???

like "fAiLuRe" i get it bitch I fucked up you don't gotta rub it in.

at least 4/Ult's announcer is more like God announcing what happened, not a judgement on you personally.

[keytaryourheart]

Slime announcing Cloud9 Valorant VCT 2023 Roster

[devileaterjaek]

[2dguy]

bowser is practicing his edge guarding on final destination

[deargodhelpmeaaa]

I main Zelda in Smash Bros and have been for almost a decade now, starting with the 3DS version, then Brawl and then Ultimate (that's the order I got the games) and yes I mean I mained ZELDA and not SHEIK on Brawl, never even using the down attack once. And I won several matches as her.

I get and have gotten sooooo much crap for it. Like it's rare for me to meet someone who doesn't hate me for it.

Zelda is also the only character in Smash Bros that I really know how to play all that well. I feel so weird as anyone else. I experience a sense of body dysphoria whenever I choose a different character from her. She is me, I am her, and we have been this way since I was young. I even went as her for Halloween one year!

So you know what. I'm going to get good at playing Zelda. Really, really good. I'm gonna master the game OUT OF SPITE and kick the asses of those people who said I shouldn't play as Zelda, am an asshole for doing it or am playing the game wrong the next time they see me.

My ass is going to emulate Melee and I'm going to main Zelda and get good at it IN THAT just to spite these people. I'm memorizing the mechanics of the game, figuring out every character's weakness and how to exploit them just to spite every single person who made fun of me. I don't want to hear "low tier" being thrown around as a slur. You can't say I'm doing it wrong when the option is there to play as her. I'm going to do this. And I will destroy you >:)

Zelda is my queen. I love and adore her with every fiber of my being because she is my mother, daughter and lover.

Ps I'm fine that they didnt make her botw Zelda in ultimate; I prefer it actually bc the new design is soooooo cute! botw Zelda isn't really my favorite tbh. She's just... not me haha.

[conkreetmonkey]

How does Sakurai keep aging backwards??

Watching the latest Masahiro Sakurai YouTube video and

how does this man keep aging backwards. He looks significantly younger now than he did when I was watching his Smash Ultimate reveal videos a few years ago. I'm actually comparing videos now and it's not just me misremembering what he looked like back then, he legitimately looked a decade older in his Smash for 3DS/Wii U videos compared to today. How does he do it?

Now, these example images are far from perfect, I wasn't planning on making this post so this is kind of a quickie. Still, am I crazy, or does Sakurai look far younger today than he did 4 years ago? (I'm aware the quality of the modern photo is far better than the first, but the hat's not on me there; the Smash Bros videos just had less resolution than is seen now on Sakurai's personal YT channel. Weird.)

I've noticed a few distinct ways in which he looks significantly better now:

His skin looks noticeably more youthful. His laugh lines seem to have all but vanished, and his face appears to have significantly more healthy colour to it. The difference appears slight in this photo comparison, but in some older videos from the 3DS/Wii U era it's much clearer. He looks significantly less pale now, and any lines that were present on his face have seemingly disappeared.

This one is more obvious: his eyebags are gone! He's clearly sleeping far better now. The difference is night and day.

Again, not too noticeable from the pictures given, but Sakurai's hair seems to be smoother, glossier and darker than it used to be. Perhaps he's dyed it or is using different products now, but it looks far healthier and youthful now, and that's not even to say it looked bad before. He's always had great hair (and has never been bad-looking in any field), but it's really shining nowadays.

idk why I'm even making this post. In all likelihood, he's just far less stressed nowadays without Smash Ultimate and Covid to worry about. Still, I think it was worth pointing out. Masahiro Sakurai looks phenomenal. Again, not to imply he's ever looked bad. He's always been, in my opinion at least, quite an attractive man. I also understand that this post may come across as creepy or obsessed, but I haven't watched any Sakurai content since high school, in which my friend group was heavily Smash-oriented and we kept up with the development and new character additions like other men do sports. In an unorthodox way, Masahiro Sakurai was a huge part of my teenage years. I idolized him back then, and I'd still consider him a man worth looking up to; his passion for his craft is damn near unmatched. If every big name gave developer cared as much about the art they were creating as Sakurai, the entire gaming scene would be so, so much better.

This is an appreciation post, I suppose, as well as just me being happy a guy I followed closely a few years ago now seems to be doing better than ever. I get that he was and still is a multimillionaire, but back in the day he was working himself to the bone. I mean, passing out at work, winding up in the hospital, and then going right back to work with a IV drip in his arm?? He's clearly worked extremely, unhealthily hard to gain his wealth. I'm glad he's visibly less stressed out nowadays, and austounded at how much better he looks. There's graceful aging, and then there's Masahiro Sakurai. He's 52, and works like a coked-out mule with a sick kid at home and a debt to the mob, yet despite all this I wouldn't think he's a day over 30. You fucking go, Sakurai.

[smittyxtv]

⚠️ NEW SMASH ULTIMATE CHARACTER!?

Is that Luigi?! No it can't be Luigi doesn't have that much volume, that much grace. At least if it was Luigi IT definitely isn't Luigi now...

Another victim to #SmittyxTV deadly tv virus. RIP Luigi, hopefully your soul escaped in time to avoid smitty's soul consumption, and now you're just chilling in Luigi heaven, Valhalla, or one of your mansions.