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The game could have been released in its earliest stages ...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 250 / 272
Date: November 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

... and sold to be a smash hit! The unexpected prequal, Super Smash Bros., for Nintendo 64 had very little excitement drawn to its release. I, myself, admit saying "That game looks stupid!" when I first saw it. In fact, I only purchased it because I was a Pokémon-freak at the time. But after getting the hang of it, SSB proves that fighters don't have to have 20 button combination moves and fatalities to be fun!
SSB is a very unique fighting game. Every character has three special moves, two throws, and a bunch of physical attacks, and they are performed all the same way. The moves are, of course, different and it takes strategy to use them effectively. And, instead of having life, you have damage. The more you get hit, the higher your damage percent goes up. The higher it is, the farther away you fly when you get hit. To die, you have to fall off the stage, which floats in the middle of no where. The true shine of SSB is its multiplayer action. It's perfect for when you have friends over and it's still the life of the party, 2 years (and growing) after I got it. Of course, fans wanted a sequal. Though one for the Nintendo 64 while it was still alive would have been nice, the wait was well worth it for Super Smash Bros. Melee, the sequal coming to the newest Nintendo console this December!
First off, the graphics are incredibly updated. They are just so beautiful! No more sharp, jagged objects. Everything is nice and round, beautifully animated, and nicely textured. The fur on Fox looks so real! Aside from graphics, and an incredibly soundtrack to boot, there is an incredible Titantic-sized ship-load of new features!
The game starts out with 14 default characters. You get Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, Kirby, Pikachu, Yoshi, Fox, Ness, Captain Falcon, and four new characters: Princess Peach, Bowser, Zelda, and the Ice Climbers, Popo and Nana! There are also at least 7 hidden ones, as Nintendo swears there are over 20 playable characters in the game. The previous title only had 12 characters (two, being Luigi and Jigglypuff, which are most certain hidden). This title also has 23 stages (5 hidden), while the previous only had 9! Want some more? Close to 30 or 40 items to use, while the previous had maybe 20. Tons of new game modes, such as Adventure Mode, Tournament Mode, Giant and Tiny Mode, One-Button Mode, Coin Battle Mode, Colessium Mode, Invisible Mode, and tons more! You'll never get bored!
The multiplayer fun factor still holds true, but HAL tried to boost the single player areas as well. The newest Adventure Mode is most likely the best. You control your character through different platformer worlds of various Nintendo stars, like through Mario levels or the castles in Hyrule!
I guess its time to give you an insight on some characters. Princess Peach is definitely gonna be a strong force! She can use a frying pan, tennis racket, golf club, parasol, explosive butt bump (no kidding), Toad, she can float, and she can throw vegetables! Yikes!
Bowser, on the other hand, is nothing but defense, power, size, and no speed. He can breathe fire, bite, body slam, butt stomp ... the usual big character stuff.
The Ice Climbers are more unique. Instead of fighting with one character at a time, you actually fight with two! You control the blue Eskimo guy, named Popo, while the pink one, named Nana, follows you around and copies your every move! Popo and Nana have to be together to use a lot of their moves, so losing one is a bad thing. Of course, they come back eventually.
Zelda is also very unique. She has love, wind, and fire attacks, as well as a special transformation move. She can transform into her male counterpart, Sheik! As Sheik, she's faster and has a new moveset, including throwing needles, a whip, and teleportation. You can switch back and forth constantly, making the strategy incredible!
Speaking of move sets, the moves are still as easy as ever to pull off. You can perform special moves by standing and pressing B, pressing Up and B (often used as an airborne jump to return to the stage), Down and B, and the new Side and B! Characters also now have four throws to chose from, as well as a multiple-hit throw. Tons of new techniques, even including tilting into the background or foreground to avoid attacks, are included as well!
Stages are incredible. Whether you're fighting in the middle of an F-ZERO race or in the peaceful town of Onett, the action is always great! Stages include a fight atop Peach's Castle from Super Mario 64, over the raging Kongo River, on an icy mountain, on a flying ship over the rainbow, in a retro 8-bit Mushroom Kingdom, on a planet of acid, and tons more! Each character has at least two stages, except for the Ice Climbers, who have 1, and Peach, Bowser, and Zelda, who share stages with related characters.
Another innovative feature is the Gallery mode. Every mode you play will reward you with Coins. You can use these Coins to play a Slot Machine game. If you win, you can win trophies of Nintendo characters! These trophies look nice and include short biographies, written by the director of HAL, but other than that, they are basically the "PokéDex" of SSBM. NES fans will be delighted to see old characters such as Balloon Fighter, Gloopy, and tons more!
If you get a GameCube, you can't possibly enjoy it without this game! People say its just a rehash of SSB, but in reality, its everything SSB had and tons, tons, TONS more! I recommend you get it, without a doubt, and buy a controller (or 3) while you're at it! It's definitely a multiplayer game.

Gamecube at its Multiplayer BEST!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 177 / 210
Date: June 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game at its release time and played it constantly since. I read the data of Super Smash Bros. and it said I played close to 100 hours total!!!!... and I'm still not tired of this game! The massive amount of lands (around 30) with their own obstacles and real-life simulation from other Nintendo games (some levels morph, melt away, constantly moving,... just amazing!!). The characters are real and have their own special moves and abilities.
-Dr. Mario*
-Mario
-Luigi*
-Donkey Kong
-Bowser
-Peach
-Mewtwo*
-Mr Game and Watch*
-Link
-Young Link*
-Ice Climbers (Nana and Popo)
-Zelda
-Marth*(from Fire Emblem, a Japanese game never released in the U.S.)
-Roy*(from Fire Emblem, a Japanese game never released in the U.S.)
-Jiggilypuff*
-Pikachu
-Pichu*
-Captain Falcon
-Falco Lambardo*
-Fox
-Kirby
-Samas Aran
-Ganondorf*
-Ness
-Yoshi
* = Hidden Characters to be Unlocked one way or another.

Also you can collect trophies... I have 249.This game is also unbeatable with it's 4 player-support.Like Gamepro rated it:

Graphics: 5/5
Sound: 5/5
Control: 4.5/5 (I think it's well worth a 5!!)
Gameplay: 1 player: 4.5/5
2 players+: 10/5

Forget the orginal!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 94 / 101
Date: October 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I thought that there was no game out there better than Super Smash Bros, but then I played THIS game at the at one of cube clubs, and all I can say is WOW! The graphics were incredible, the game play was intense, there's a ton of new things to do, and once you've played it, you'll want to throw Smash Bros. for 64 in the garbage. The Items are really cool to! For example, if you throw a Poke-ball, a 3D pokemon comes out moves around and attacks. (and it's not like 64 where it's a flat pokemon that just changes position) Their facial expression changes, they move around, and let your opponent have it! And If you think that the laser gun was a cheap item, wait until you see the laser machine gun in action! Your opponent won't have a chance! Nintendo Did an excellent job on this game. The characters all have individual fingers and you can even see the ruffles in Mario's overalls! It's amazing! You will be spellbound by this game so I encourage you to buy it if you haven't already!!!!

Super Smash Melee: A Smash Buy!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 43 / 47
Date: November 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game has it all! If you like the first, this is a must buy, especially if you have many friends. There are pretty much new of everything. More stages, items, modes, and MORE than 20 characters like new characters such as Peach, Ice Climbers, Bowser and Shiek/Zelda! If you didn't like the single player, you are not alone but in Melee, single player is much improved. You have to go through levels until you get to the character. It was said to be a lot of fun. Also, if people think this is a rehash, they are very wrong. First of all, this is a Multiplayer game! Not single! Also, this game is not allowed to be compared to Tekken or Street Fighter! They are two complete different things! The last thing is that there are so many new types of gameplay like Coin Mode, or HP Mode and now there is a new Forward B move. If there are any reasons to get the Gamecube, it's this game!(Other than Zelda, Mario, Metroid...)

Pro's
*WAY better graphics
*Control is much better
*Faster paced action (60 fps)
*New Modes (Gallery, Classic, Adventure, Home Run, Coin, HP...)
*New characters, more than 20!
*New types of moves like dodging, forward B...
*Harder CP
*Pretty much more

Con's
*Lack of friends means lack of enjoyment
*No Online Gaming(...)

#1 gamecube game on the market

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 41 / 63
Date: February 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

What can I say? A multitude of characters from a variety of games. You start with Link,Samus,Captain Falcon,Fox,Kirby,Pickachu,Zelda\Shiek,Mario,Peach,Ice climbers,Ness,Yoshi,Bowser,and DK.You have to unlock Mewtwo, Young Link, Luigi, Marth, Roy,Dr.Mario,Gannondorf, Pichu,Jigglypuff, Falco, and Mr.Game and Watch. Stages include Infinite Glacier:Icicle Mountain,Mushroom Kingdom:Princess Peach's Castle, Mushroom Kingdom: Rainbow Cruise, DK Island:Kongo Jungle, DK Island:Jungle Japes,Termina:Great Bay,Hyrule:Temple, Yoshi's Island: Yoshi's Story, Yoshi's Island: Yoshi's Island, Dream Land:Fountain of Dreams,Dream Land:Green Greens,Lylat System:Corneria, Lylat System:Venom,Super Flat World:Flat Zone,Planet Zebes:Brinstar,Planet Zebes:Brinstar Depths,Eagleland:Onett,Eagleland:Fourside,F-Zero Grand Prix:Mute City, F-Zero Grand Prix:Big Blue,Kanto:Pokemon Stadium,Kanto Skies:Poke Floats,Mushroom:Kingdom,Mushroom:Kingdom 2,Special Stages:Battlefield,Special Stages:Final Destination,Past Stages:Dreamland,Past Stages:Yoshi's Island, and Past Stages:Kongo Jungle. There are a variety of modes including vs. mode. vs. mode can be broken down into 3 different modes. Melee- a standard battle with up to 4 people. Tournament melee- a tournament consisting of up to 64 competitors in a 1 on 1 battle. Special Melee- a variety of different melees with special twists such as tiny mode and super sudden death. Next is the very long and challenging event mode. There are 51 events which get harder as you go along.There are also Stadium matches. They are target test, a mode n which youn break ten targets with a character, Home run contest, a match in which you hit a sandbag as far as you can, and multiman melee, a contest in which you defeat many lightweight characters.Classic mode is a series of matches in order to obtain a characters classic trophy.
Adventure mode is where you fight many obstacles to obtain a characters classic trophy. Allstar mode is where you defeat all 25 characters in order to obtain a characters allstar trophy. Another goal is to obtain the 290 trophies in the game.I hope this review causes you to buy this game.

Four Giant Bowsers stomping one little Pikachu, nuff' said!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 40 / 59
Date: November 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Ok, to get a full grasp of this game you have to have this picture in your mind:

Get two of your friends and your self to choose bowser as the character. Set the bot to be Pikachu. All three Bowsers get a power up to make them huge. Now get Pikachu a power up that would make him tiny. NOW STOMP THE RAT!!!

Four players at once, tons of nice levels of pure "melee". How can you go wrong with that. Might not be the technical fighter of Soul Caliber or Tekken, but the depth is huge. More modes of play that you can spank a monkey too. And for those who love the pokemon, Pikachu is not the only pokemon in the game. You can unlock three more, which I will not tell you what they are. Also you'll be able to unlock a certain Zelda villain, who will be nice and big... to stomp on all four pokemon. Pokemon Massacre!!! Take out all the frustration you have against the little buggers you want.

Have fun, this game is a sure fire way to get you to smile and have a good time.

Cooliest game on GameCube so far!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 40 / 47
Date: June 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the cooliest I have seen on Gamecube. This game is the sequel to Super Smash Brothers on Nintendo. For example, this game has 29 excellent characters and 25 cool levels. Please note that you have to unlock some of the characters and levels. The characters that are already unlocked are: Mario, Pikachu, Bowser, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Captain Falcon, Fox, Ness, Ice Climbers, Kirby, Samus, Zelda/Sheik, Link, and Jigglypuff. The hidden characters are: Mewtwo, Luigi, Marth, Mr. Game and Watch, Dr. Mario, Ganondorf, Young Link, Falco, Pichu, and Roy. The levels that are already loaded on the game are: Princess Peach's castle, Rainbow Cruise, Kongo Jungle, Jungle Japes, Great Bay, Te,ple, Yoshi's Story, Yoshi's Island, Fountain of Dreams, Green Greens, Corneria, Venom, Icicle Mountain, Brainstar, Onett, Mute City, Pokemon Stadium, and Kingdom. The Hidden stages are: Brainstar Depths, Fourside, Big Blue, Poke Floats, Kingdom 2, Flat Zone, Battlefield, Final Destination, Dream Land, Yoshi's Island, and Kongo Jungle.

In this cool cartoon battle game of Nintendo's hottest characters there is so many different options. For example, on one player theres: adventure mode, classic mode, 51 events, training practice, target tests, homerun contests, and multi-man melee. In vs. mode you can: play melee, tournament melee, and special melee.

You can even make up your own rules! Every character has different attacks and moves. If you want, try to collect the hundreds of trophies.

Once again I give this game 5 perfect stars. This is one of the most funiest games ever! I recommend that you should buy this game if you love fighting combat.

BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL!! (if you can imagine possible)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 37 / 50
Date: June 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is absolutely awesome! I used to rent the 64 original all the time because it was so fun.When I heard they were making a sequel for the gamecube i just knew I had to get it. I got this game for Christmas and I still play it all the time and it is June! You would not believe the hours of gameplay. My favorite way to play is multiplayer melee. You can play with up to 4 players in an all out smash-a-thon! Plus you can choose from 25 diferent players including the secret characters. Here is who you can choose from:

1 Marth (Marth and Roy are in a game called fire emblem which was only a Japanese game and was not released in the U.S.)
2 Roy
3 Link
4 Ganondorf
5 Zelda (which can transform into Shiek)
6 Ice climbers
7 Kirby
8 Donkey Kong
9 Mario
10 Dr. Mario
11 Peach
12 Yoshi
13 Luigi
14 Fox Mcloud
15 Falco Lombardo (Fox's partner)
16 Samus Aran
17 Pikachu
18 Pichu
19 Jigglypuff
20 Mewtwo
21 Captain Falcon
22 Mr. Game And Watch
23 Bowser
24 Ness
25 Young Link

Well I encourage every gamecube owner to buy this game. I hope this was helpful. Until my next review....... c-ya later......

No Collection is Complete Without It!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 35 / 42
Date: July 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is too good. There are 26 characters and 29 stages. The 15 default characters are Mario, Pikachu, Bowser, Peach, Yoshi, DK, C. Falcon, Fox, Ness, Ice Climbers, Kirby, Samus, Sheik, Zelda, and Link. The 11 hidden characters are Dr. Mario, Luigi, Ganondorf, Falco, Young Link, Pichu, Jigglypuff, Mewtwo, Mr. Game and Watch, Marth, and Roy. The 1-P Mode consists of Classic & Adventure Mode (All-Star to be unlocked), 51 Event Mode matches, 3 minigames in Stadium, and Training. Vs. Mode consists of Melee (Time, Stock & new Coin & Bonus), Tournament Melee (up to 64 players), Special Melee (10 different ways to play), Custom Rules & Name Entry. There are 290 different trophies to collect (100 in the Lottery alone). Look at your Collection or look at a description of each one in the Gallery. With 162-bit graphics, a ton of depth, a special movie and more, this is a must-have. Also buy Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, Star Wars: Rogue Leader, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Pikmin, and sports titles.

Super Smash Bros. Melee's brand new features!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 29 / 37
Date: October 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Super Smash Bros. Melee is a sequal of Smash Bros. from the nintendo 64. This NEW game now has more effects, better music(played by a real orchestra), and a whole new set of characters, items,battling locations,one player mode, and also has some familiar faces from the original! The characters that I know of so far that are in this great multiplayer game are: Link, Sheik, Peach, Bowser, Gannondorf, Luigi, Mario, Pikachu, Kirby, Captain Falcon, Ness, Samus, Yoshi, D.K., Fox, Ice Climbers, and there are more to come!! This game will be a huge hit and it's release will take place December 3rd 2001!! -Ryan Dugan

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