Random: Masahiro Sakurai Talks Super Smash Bros. Melee In Latest Video

To this day one of the greatest games ever made. I spent countless hours with my friends playing it and it was always exciting. Thanks Sakurai!

I was kind of hoping he’d just throw in a line there about competitive melee because it’s such a large part of melees history but I get that the idea of this section is not to just talk about the game but more of the ideas behind it

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It’s a pretty short video glosses over a ton stuff like adventure mode. He might bring it up when he talks about Brawl but he’ll probably just focus on the addition of 3rd party characters and it’s much expanded adventure mode so he can avoid having to talk about things like tripping and the slower game feel.

I still play it, 21 years into getting it!

It is always fun and a nice contrast to newer Smash, and I love them all including the awesome 3DS version.

Amazing to me they never re-released this as an online fighter for Switch. A remaster would be so great.

Melee was good in its day but one of the things I like about the franchise is the fact that each entry improves on what proceeded it. I look forward to seeing what ways they find to move Smash forward in the future.

but also highlights the lack of spare time within the studio at the time.

It shows.

Having played it last year after a 10+ year hiatus, it made me think the game was slightly rushed (may not be the appropriate word since it is still very playable and stable compared to other rushed games, just not very balanced) for its Holiday 2001 release. But I understand that was probably a Nintendo decision and not Sakurai's or HAL's.

Having said that, I haven't watched the video yet. I will after work.

Hah, funny story. I had a friend who challenged my brother and I to match. 2v1. He was pro at the game and us mere amateurs. We;; he bested my teammate, but using an old trick i recalled which was done to me, i spared an extra stock and revived him.

I guess that friend was shocked by it, because he shouted "unfair!" and shut down the game. My brother and I may have not be the best players, but we won regardless that day.

This game made me realize realistic Yoshi is a nightmare.

One of my fave games of all time but that video was a little underwhelming. I thought Sakurai would have shown off a few more concepts or given us a little more behind the scenes footage.

@HammerGalladeBro when you get down to the nitty-gritty, Melee is almost completely busted as a game. It's very stable, so it won't crash, but the amount of bizarre glitches and character oddities are truly off the charts. Despite that, or perhaps maybe a bit because of that, it's a fantastic game.

I heard that this game did have issues with not having enough time and all that. I think Sonic was supposed to be in this game, too.

Not my favorite Smash game, but it does have one of THE best glitches ever. So there's that. lol

One of my favorites GC titles, also I'm late saying this but happy 21th anniversary Melee!

@msvt: It would be great to have the game re-released again on Switch, or even greater if it was part of some Switch Smash collection that includes the N64 original, Brawl, and both versions of Smash 4.

I think the only time I heard Nintendo ever mention a possible Melee remaster was when the late Iwata said he would have allowed it or something if Sakurai declined the request to lead Brawl's development. I would love a remaster myself.