The world of professional Smash Bros. play is a fascinating one, full of incredible highs and surprising lows. In 2013, Travis "Samox" Beauchamp tried to capture the essence of this competitive scene in a series of documentaries entitled The Smash Brothers. This series was incredibly successful, leading to a Kickstarter campaign to create a single documentary which focused on the very best Smash players in the business.
That funding has paid for the creation of METAGAME, which had its official unveiling at the recent MAGFest. As you can see from the trailer below, the film looks at talented Smash players like Armada, Mango and PPMD and explores what makes them so passionate about playing the series at a competitive level.
Give it a watch and let us know if you're looking forward to seeing this production.
[source siliconera.com]
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umm what? why would anybody want this? lol
@Ubercho because if you love Melee and esport thoses stories are incredibles. The Smash Brothers documentary is a great exemple of why melee is unique and why esport is entertaining.
@Kokusho So is the focus on Melee, then? I wouldn't be surprised, given the names of the players mentioned. I haven't been interested in watching competitive Melee since Smash 4 came out. This movie might still be worth a watch, though.
@Uberchu go on YouTube and watch The Smash Bros Documentary....trust me, it's fantastic.
how good is the smash bros documentary?(is it like indie game the movie?)
there are mroe than a few smash documentaries out there. shouldn't there be an nlife guide to them by now or something?
@Uberchu Because players actually have fairly interesting life stories like most people just someone was there to document it ie Samox.
That's nice, and Melee is a good game and all, but I REALLY don't care about these guys. I bet most of them have never even touched a non-Melee Nintendo game in their lives.
@BaffleBlend Wow a lot of assuming I see. First why are they jerks? Second, I'm 100% certain they have played another nintendo game and even if they haven't why does that matter lol. Go nerdrage sone where else please.
I personally love the Melee competitive scene and find it more interesting than Smash 4's. I play Smash 4 pretty much everyday but the complexity of Melee's technical level is simply astonishing. Watching top players hit huge combos can be jaw dropping.
Plus the Smash Doc is a must watch for Smash fans.
The Smash Brothers documentaries were really good so of course I´m excited about this one too.
I binged through the Smash Brothers documentary in one night. I was sucked in. As someone who somewhat aspires to become really good at Smash 4 (I main Ike second Cloud, btw), the competitive scene for the games is really cool. I was able to attend and participate in a non-official tourney for Smash 4 at Salt Lake Comic con, and ended up taking third place. The rush from the whole experience is unparalleled.
@Tuosev
I've been in one smaller Smash 4 tournament too and I really want to start playing that and Melee more competetively.
Watching the Smash Bros documentary makes you care about these players' life stories. The competitive scene makes Melee a completely different game.
If Samox is making it then it's gone be good!
The Smash Doc is one of the best eSports doc I've ever seen and this just looks like the spiritual sequel.
This should be a real treat. The Melee documentary was absolutely phenomenal.
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