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Friday11th Jul 2014
Watch Super Smash Bros. Melee Evo 2014 Pool Matches - Live!
It begins...
Earlier this week we brought you the Evo 2014 schedule, as the Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament will play a prominent role in the event. So much so that it's actually kicking off proceedings on the main channel. Today brings us 12 hours of Melee mayhem, if we're reading the chart correctly, as the pool matches will be completed in...
Wednesday9th Jul 2014
News If You Want To Follow Super Smash Bros. Melee at Evo 2014, These Are The Details You Need
Jump between streams like a pro
Evo 2014 is just days away, bringing together the best competitive fighting game players from around the world to compete across multiple titles. After a briefly troubled history last year, Super Smash Bros. Melee has long been confirmed for this year's event. Evo will be streamed fully online, and there's so much...
Wednesday28th May 2014
News Check Out This Incredible Valve / Super Smash Bros. Melee Mash-Up
The right game in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world
Although Nintendo and Valve have never worked together, the two companies actually share quite a lot in common. For starters, they've both produced some of the most critically acclaimed and best loved video game franchises in history. While a joint collaboration between the...
Wednesday12th Mar 2014
News Super Smash Bros. Melee Confirmed for Evo 2014
Re-joins after a dramatic 2013 appearance
Keen fighting game fans may already have Evo 2014 in their diaries, taking place at Las Vegas Hotel & Casino between 11-13th July and all set to be streamed online to thousands of eager fans. Those that followed last year's events may also recall the controversy and happy ending over its Super Smash...
Monday30th Dec 2013
Video This New Harmony of Heroes Smash Bros. Album Trailer Sets the Scene
Let's play spot the franchise
Earlier this year we told you about Harmony of Heroes, a Smash Bros. fan album from the same group that led the Harmony of a Hunter Metroid music projects. Like those albums, when this offering arrives in 2014 it'll be a free download, with a dedicated website to be setup soon. As a number of months had passed since...
Friday16th Aug 2013
News Former Nintendo Marketing Specialist Sheds Light on Smash Bros. as a "Dangerous" Brand at EVO
Also explains parallels between Wii U and GameCube challenges
Kyle Mercury was involved in major marketing and events decisions at Nintendo of America between 2001 and 2007, undertaking various key roles throughout that period. He was particularly active in the region's efforts to promote the GameCube in these years, a system that saw Nintendo...
Thursday25th Jul 2013
News Masahiro Sakurai Rules Out Story Sequences For Super Smash Bros. on Wii U and 3DS
Blames online leaks of Brawl CG videos
While not necessarily loved by everyone, the Subspace Emissary adventure in Super Smash Bros. Brawl was undoubtedly loved by some, with a fairly lengthy campaign and a bonkers storyline incorporating a broad spectrum of characters. While Masahiro Sakurai has stated there'll be some form of single-player...
Monday15th Jul 2013
News Smash Bros. Melee EVO Tournament Broke Viewer Records
130,000 were watching
While the EVO tournament is always a popular event, the issues surrounding the inclusion of Super Smash Bros. Melee grabbed a lot of headlines. The Nintendo legal team denied permission for the game to be live streamed, and then Nintendo of America rapidly retracted that decision, so that the brawler's contest could go ahead...
Thursday11th Jul 2013
News Nintendo Initially Requested a Shutdown of the Whole Smash Bros. EVO Event, Before Backtracking
It wasn't just the stream
We know that Nintendo, in recent months, has been attempting to assert greater control over its image and any representation of its IPs. It started claiming the advert money from monetized videos featuring its properties on YouTube, before subsequently backing down in some cases; it wouldn't be surprising if this was due to...
Wednesday10th Jul 2013
News Nintendo Will Allow Super Smash Bros. Melee Stream From EVO 2013
Tournament now returning to regularly scheduled programming
Mere hours ago it was revealed by Shoryuken that Nintendo was, for some unknown, likely inane reason or another, blocking a stream of 2001 Gamecube title Super Smash Bros. Melee from the EVO 2013 fighting game tournament in Las Vegas this month. Well, scratch that: After a flurry of...
News Nintendo Denies Permission For a Live Stream of Super Smash Bros. Melee At EVO 2013
*UPDATE* Stream is back on
UPDATE: In a strangely prompt turn of events, it looks like Nintendo has reversed its decision to block the stream. What an eventful evening. ORIGINAL STORY BELOW Back in January this year, we reported that Super Smash Bros. Melee was a firm favourite to be the eighth title at EV
Thursday13th Jun 2013
News Sakurai: New Super Smash Bros. To Strike A Balance Between Hardcore And Casual
Tripping is out, for one
Some people like to place themselves in one of two camps when it comes to the Super Smash Bros. series: either siding with the faster-paced, more technical Melee or favoring the wilder yet easier to access Brawl. The rest of us just shrug and start chucking home run bats at each other no matter which version we’re playing,...
Friday26th Apr 2013
Video Luigi Defeats All Characters On Super Smash Bros. Melee By Doing Absolutely Nothing
A devious tactic
When playing Super Smash Bros. Melee there are various tactics you can use to come out on top. You could pick the speedy Fox McCloud and run rings around the other players, blast people from afar as Samus, maybe pick a powerhouse character and take it to your opponent from close range. Or you could just pick Luigi and win by doing...
Tuesday2nd Apr 2013
Weirdness Looks Like Link Is Versed In The Japanese Art Of Kyudo Archery
They sure know their Far Eastern archery skills in Hyrule
We sure get sent some unusual news tips here at Nintendo Life, but when Ben "Mikeyman64" Barger decided to tell us about a cool feature he'd found in Super Smash Bros. Melee, we knew we were onto something a little more out of the ordinary. According to our tipster, Link's bow-work in the...
Monday28th Jan 2013
News Smash Bros. Melee Needs Your Help To Make It To EVO 2013
Donations required to secure final place in Las Vegas
EVO is the place to be if you're into competitive fighting games, and the 2013 event is scheduled to take place in July. Eight games will be making the trip to Las Vegas, with seven already decided upon. The organisers are opening up a donation run to decide the eighth and final entrant, and...
Tuesday28th Aug 2012
News Rest Easy, New Characters Are Coming To Smash Bros. 3DS and Wii U
Masahiro Sakurai confirms new additions to roster
Super Smash Bros. supremo Masahiro Sakurai's recent comments regarding the 3DS and Wii U versions of the game have caused a little concern amongst fans. Speaking a few weeks ago about adding more cameos to the game, he said: "Introducing more non-Nintendo characters willy-nilly will lose the focus of...
Wednesday8th Aug 2012
News Sakurai Spills Some Beans On Super Smash Bros. 4
Control methods being explored, more cameos looking unlikely
Super Smash Bros. boss Masahiro Sakurai has spoken to IGN about the fourth installment in the series, revealing that he's keen to avoid unnecessary gimmicks and feels that adding more non-Nintendo characters might be detrimental to the game's focus. "The GameCube controller is not the...
Thursday9th Dec 2010
News There May Never Be Another Smash Bros. as Hardcore as Melee
So says Sakurai
Super Smash Bros. Melee holds a special place in the hearts of many Nintendo fans, but creator Masuhiro Sakurai regrets aiming the game so strongly towards hardcore gamers, saying it's a mistake he wouldn't repeat again. Claiming to have created Smash Bros. to counteract the industry-wide move towards making the fighting game genre...
