It's often touted that the opening video to Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo GameCube is one of the greatest video game intros that Nintendo has produced. It was a video that set the scene for the excitement to come, all the while showcasing the all-star cast that Nintendo had to offer. It's even often used as a sort of benchmark for every new Smash Bros. opening, as the video does more than simply compile gameplay footage and character trailers and went a step further by really exhibiting the GameCube's graphical prowess.
With that said, a group of over 30 animators have come together and recreated this epic intro, each contributing with their own art style. It's a fun watch, especially due to a few snappy inclusions that stems outside of the original video. Also, watch out for that Kirby.
Have a watch of the below and let us know your thoughts.
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What is this? Especially the start. Otherwise it looks pretty cool!
i always wonder who the gray wolf was. (i'm guessing it was suppose to be Wolf?)
otherwise awesome intro.
That was pretty funny. I really enjoyed all the different styles in that.
0:16 Smashing!
Wow, that's a whole lot of decidedly mèh and sometimes even downright ugly animations, with only two or three highlights of people that can actually draw.
Guess I now have to go and watch the actual trailer again to erase this abomination from my brain...
Some of those perceptions were pretty hilarious, especially from 0:39-0:50. That low-poly Zelda and derpy Link tho.
Surprisingly seems like a bit more than the typical modern Melee fan effort, celebrating the game by parody rather than by force-feeding its claimed "everlasting superiority" down everyone's throat.
Wasn't the original opening just prerendered CG? How does that exhibit the Gamecube's power.
Haha love the part where Mario transforms into Sailor Moon
Eh.. Mkay
Melee's intro is definitely one of the best intro's I've ever seen, everything about it is just amazing and I'll never forget 8 year old me watching the intro again and again!
Saw this a couple days ago. It's pretty funny
It's ok but it's a bit of a mish-mash and I don't mean the art styles. Like a number of the animators playing it straight but some that seemed like they were parodying it. It seemsed a big disjointed,
That Sailor Mario kinda creeps me out. Speaking of which, wasn't there also a Sailor Moon video done in different animation styles with different artists?
Very nice, though the animations are kinda meh Dragon Ball Super quality.
That was pretty neat. Some better than others, but overall cool. I especially liked the Sheik/Zelda part.
Cringe.
These are the same guys behind the Pokémon Reanimated video, hence the bizarre art styles. Then again, when the animation is good in this video, it is REALLY good. Same for when it's bad, sadly.
50% good 2D animation, 30% bad 2D animation, and 20% terrifyingly horrible 3D animation.
Eh.
I love the Monty Python bit at 1:18!
that should be re-create
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