So I know that, in an 文章 that I made some time ago, that I 说 that Melee was probably my least 最喜爱的 Smash Bros. game. And I still happily joke about it, if only to piss off 粉丝 of the game. But looking at it now, I probably put the most time and had the most fun with Smash. Bros Melee. And well, here we are now. The first Smash Bros. entry on this list.
So during the good old days when my choices in consoles were a PS2, an Xbox, 或者 a Gamecube (And no one gave a shit about the Dreamcast), your choices were Halo for Xbox, Metal Gear Solid for PS2, 或者 Super Smash Bros. Melee. A game where Mario is slamming 皮卡丘 into the dirt while Link gets the super suck 由 Kirby, and it’s a 任天堂 game that’s Rated T? Well hell yeah, sign me up for it. Now, I won’t deny that Melee is not perfect. There are some problems with the items which can be pretty busted like the Pokeballs, and the characters do feel like they’re being reused, especially Ganondorf, who is just a slower Captain Falcon. But I’d be lying if I didn’t spend a lot of time on this game and have a whole lot of fun. This was the first game for the Gamecube that made me and my brothers get two controllers, and then three for some extra fun. I heard that if 你 leave your Gamecube on for 200 hours in matches, 你 can unlock Mewtwo, and it’s true, but we never used that strategy, just because me and my brothers played so many matches of Melee. And then there’s the Trophies. Oh dear god the Trophies. I can’t even begin to tell 你 how many hours of my life were wasted just trying to unlock all of the trophies. This is stuff that can take months 或者 even years to get all of them. And the challenges? Sheesh, Melee. 你 really wanted to get thicker and 更多 stuffed after the first game on the N64, huh? And the Arcade mode was a lot of fun to, even if it’s basically the same thing, which they did fix in later Smash games, but this game is just a nostalgia trip for me out of a majority of games on this list.
Smash Melee is not a perfect game, I am well aware of that. It has flaws, and the elitists that say this game is superior are honestly just upset that people don’t treat a party game like a fighting game, but I still enjoy playing Melee from time to time. It’s not my favorite, but damn is it a fine game.