Post by Fat Magic on Apr 21, 2013 2:53:09 GMT -5
Super Smash Bros. Melee is one of my all time favorite fighting games. To defeat your opponent you must inflict enough damage so that you can eventually "smash" them off the edge of the platform in either an upward, left, right, or downward direction. This makes it different than your typical fighting games like Tekken and Soulcalibur, where winning only entails the depletion of your opponents health bar. Of all three Smash's, I consider this one to be the best. N64 smash certainly requires great skill to master, however its slow gameplay, quite frankly bores me. Smash bros. brawl, for Wii, was created in an attempt to limit the amount of "cheating" by those with actual skill. Nintendo implemented a trip-up function to impede people from wavedashing (repeatedly using a skillful diagonal downwards air-dodge to move about the map more quickly), although it tends to randomly happen to those who aren't attempting such a gnarly feat. This is one of many modifications that assists the average noob in victory. Another being, the game physics are somewhat childish in that the characters float awkwardly, thus giving them easy recovery from spikes or smashes off the edge. Gone are the days of the glorious Falco down spike.
There are so many amazing qualities one can exploit in any of the playable characters of Smash Bros. Melee... even Pichu. You've got your spikers (thrusting your opponent down while he's off platform to his doom)-
-Falco (speedy, powerful, and easy to pull off ⬇A)
-Ganondorf (slow, inhumanly powerful ⬇A)
-Ness (slightly faster than Ganon, slightly less powerful ⬇A)
-Mario (slow and weird ➡A)
-DK (he has three, which is cool ➡A, ⬇A and ➡B)
-Marth (fast, difficult to pull off ⬇A)
-Link (his ⬇A when opponent is above you, impossible)
-Young Link (same)
-Mewtwo (slow, not powerful ⬇A)
-Yoshi (much like Marios ➡A)
-Samus (slow, powerful ⬇A)
-Cpt Falcon (slow, powerful ⬇A)
The rest have spikes but they are very inconsistent. Fox's ⬇B can be used as a stun and a bit of an awkward spike if used properly. I enjoy jugging people off the edge with his ⬇B to showcase my awesomeness. Falco's ⬇B sends enemies upwards which is fun for on-platform juggling. If you are an avid Melee player, you will know that Fox and Falco are among the elite. You might say "Hey, FatMagic!?!? how do I roll with someone less powerful than Falco or less speedy than Fox?" Well let's use Young Link as a for instance. At first play-through you might think he's like a more difficult, less rangy version of Adult Link. You must use speed and projectiles to your advantage. He is faster than his adult counterpart especially when it comes to bombs and boomerang. His arrows are also more powerful because they are fire arrows. I like alternating between the three until my opponent gets fed up and hastily assaults me, allowing me to destroy him for foolishly prancing into my trap. After enough damage is dealt, just jump and ⬇A 'em.
But wait, what if you choose a character without several projectiles. How about Mr. Game & Watch. It doesn't take long to realize that his ➡B will randomly annihilate depending on the number your hammer is thinking. But there are also plenty of strange moves you can use to mess with people. his secondary ⬇A (hold down for a bit before pressing A) is a wonderful move for getting people off your case. Essentially the game is about trying to get your opponent into a position where they cannot do anything but get screwed over by your onslaught. If you are the one being juggled, you need to figure out how to escape (my Game & Watch example is perfect for escaping). Just don't get heated. I do some of my best wrecking when other people get frustrated. On that note, try and do a bunch of things that will piss the people you're playing with off. Using a well timed character taunt will often do the trick.
There are so many amazing qualities one can exploit in any of the playable characters of Smash Bros. Melee... even Pichu. You've got your spikers (thrusting your opponent down while he's off platform to his doom)-
-Falco (speedy, powerful, and easy to pull off ⬇A)
-Ganondorf (slow, inhumanly powerful ⬇A)
-Ness (slightly faster than Ganon, slightly less powerful ⬇A)
-Mario (slow and weird ➡A)
-DK (he has three, which is cool ➡A, ⬇A and ➡B)
-Marth (fast, difficult to pull off ⬇A)
-Link (his ⬇A when opponent is above you, impossible)
-Young Link (same)
-Mewtwo (slow, not powerful ⬇A)
-Yoshi (much like Marios ➡A)
-Samus (slow, powerful ⬇A)
-Cpt Falcon (slow, powerful ⬇A)
The rest have spikes but they are very inconsistent. Fox's ⬇B can be used as a stun and a bit of an awkward spike if used properly. I enjoy jugging people off the edge with his ⬇B to showcase my awesomeness. Falco's ⬇B sends enemies upwards which is fun for on-platform juggling. If you are an avid Melee player, you will know that Fox and Falco are among the elite. You might say "Hey, FatMagic!?!? how do I roll with someone less powerful than Falco or less speedy than Fox?" Well let's use Young Link as a for instance. At first play-through you might think he's like a more difficult, less rangy version of Adult Link. You must use speed and projectiles to your advantage. He is faster than his adult counterpart especially when it comes to bombs and boomerang. His arrows are also more powerful because they are fire arrows. I like alternating between the three until my opponent gets fed up and hastily assaults me, allowing me to destroy him for foolishly prancing into my trap. After enough damage is dealt, just jump and ⬇A 'em.
But wait, what if you choose a character without several projectiles. How about Mr. Game & Watch. It doesn't take long to realize that his ➡B will randomly annihilate depending on the number your hammer is thinking. But there are also plenty of strange moves you can use to mess with people. his secondary ⬇A (hold down for a bit before pressing A) is a wonderful move for getting people off your case. Essentially the game is about trying to get your opponent into a position where they cannot do anything but get screwed over by your onslaught. If you are the one being juggled, you need to figure out how to escape (my Game & Watch example is perfect for escaping). Just don't get heated. I do some of my best wrecking when other people get frustrated. On that note, try and do a bunch of things that will piss the people you're playing with off. Using a well timed character taunt will often do the trick.