Playing games like Street Fighter inspired Sakurai to create Smash Brothers and now over 20 years later, Street Fighter characters are part of the roster. Kind of cool if you think about it.
Yeah, the video title is misleading. I didn't realize this would mostly be about competitive Smash and Nintendo's slights against the community. It's really weird since the story about Sakurai at the arcade primed me for a narrative about inclusiveness and elegant design. Instead, we get a David vs. Goliath story with competitive Smashers whirling the sling.
I hope after the smash ultimate DLC fighters and stages, sakurai and the rest of the dev team will take a break. Ultimate is a monumental achievement in gaming, and the sales for it skyrocketed. But damn, they all need a break in 2020
I lowkey hope another team gets to develop smash in the future, a team that understands that a smash game can be as deep as melee and still as casually fun as brawl/ultimate. Ultimate is a huge step in the right direction.
They most likely will besides sakuri still has probs with other things. From wut I can tell most smash games come out wen the next Nintendo consul comes out. So give it about 5-7 yrs and the next counsel will come out. I mean they actually r working on it now.
GordonRamses do you like being wrong? Rofl. People who actually know the grassroots aspects of smash you would know that brawl is actually respected by the real fans. It’s actually a really good game, and tripping is 99% irrelevant
2:48 Inaccurate. In reality, Shigeru Miyamoto rejected their pitch. Satorou Iwata hid this from Sakurai and they continued working on the game. Iwata suggested Sakurai make the characters more recognizable so he did. Iwata secretly pitched the game again and it got approved
64 : best sound effects Melee : best intro and most competitive game Brawl : best main theme and largest amount of single-player content Sm4sh : best online Ultimate : best roster, and best graphics
Sir Troll well actually ultimate is objectively best. Melee is competitively best. Brawl is best for single player and casuals. 64 is just well, 64. While sm4sh is the least memorable, it didn’t bring anything super new to the table, and didn’t have super broken chacters (there were broken chacters but not meta knight broken)
Great to see content on smash, i would suggest to anyone outside of the smash scene to check out the smash brothers documentary. It goes deep into the history of how the smash scene was built into what it is today.
Correction: how the Melee scene was built into what it is today. Really, things are different between the Melee scene and the (insert latest Smash game here) scene.
@@NRJee742 Yep. I'd suggest watching it either way, it's fairly interesting, but if people are just looking for the history of the newer games' competitive scenes, they'll mostly be wasting their time watching it.
@@StarWritterSW to be fair it has been the longest living game. Most of the changes and concessions that have occured in the development of the series have been because of the dedication of the melee community for a truly fun experience for them.
Some people are coming into Ultimate from Melee, and Others are coming in from Sm4sh. I came in from Smash 64 and I have no idea how to cope. I'm culture shocked.
It's a wonderful mode. Not because of the story. I mean seriously, gameplay is more important than story. It's great because it's a Zelda Vania beat em' up with co-op.
No kidding! I'd never heard that story before. It definitely explains Sakurai's design philosophy, but the rest of the video kinda glosses over that in favor of portraying the competitive community as a scrappy underdog.
9:28 The subspace emissary was easily one of the best things if not the best thing in Brawl! This man has no idea what he is talking about I wish we could have gotten another one for smash 4 and smash ultimate
You're blinded by nostalgia. It is unanimously agreed upon by the community back then that the only saving grace of subspace was it's cutscenes watching how different chars react w/ each other but the platform aspect of levels are poorly designed.
Meh, WoL was overall better than Subspace. Sure the cutscenes were great in Subspace, but the overall gameplay left much to be desired. While WoL is a bit repetitive at times, it is a lot more fun and has more fluid movement compared to Subspace.
The 3ds version didn't just hurt characters, sakurai said he slowed down the game in general cause they couldn't keep track of characters on the super small screen, i guess the one thing it helped with is that it makes Ultimate fill more distinct as it has the intended speed he wanted.
The first Smash game wasn't really important in terms of eSports history. The competitive community for that game developed as an aftermath of Melee, pretty much.
@@Rd0Lg Yeah it did happen after Melee and Brawl, though like Melee, it has stayed the test of time. It has a small, but solid player base compared to Brawl and 4, who's scene goes on to the next game.
@@mandalorianhunter1 That is true, but it's hardly the only retro game that has a competitive community. Third Strike, Brood War, Warcraft III and so on. I assume they left it out due to it seeming a bit too obscure. I doubt they'd talk about 3S and ST still having players if they did a documentary about the eSports history of Street Fighter.
@@Rd0Lg I wasn't talking about those other games, since we are talking about Smash thought you keep it Smash. Anyway you also forgot SF2 a certain edition, MvC2, MK Trilogy and others.
@@mandalorianhunter1 I was just giving my best guess why they ignored the 64 competitive scene. They completely ignored Project M as well, probably to save time or keep it more focused on the official games and only the most important parts of Smash's eSports history.
I really hope that Smash Ultimate will still be nominated for the Game Awards 2019. Sakurai deserves a Game Award more than anyone else I could think of.
The way he mentioned the 5 gods of Melee made it sound like Greek mythology lol. Really liked this video. This series is an inspiration to me in terms of how hardworking and passionate the developers, particularly Sakurai, are about it. He still needs more sleep though...
10:06 Can we acknowledge that Ultimate has nearly caught up the the lifetime sales of 13 year old game considered very successful in less than 3 months?
Brawl was probably the worst thing to happen to competitive esports ever, but can we all just appreciate how good of a game it is in general? Competition aside, it was fucking awesome
Brawl had an epic soundtrack, pretty good single player and a lot of stuff to do. It also introduced key features of Smash games, like Final Smashes and Stage Builder.
Definetly infact to this day I prefer it to melee. Unlocking charachters were alot less tedious, subspace is a hell of a lot of fun with some of the most iconic interactions between nintendo charachters that I wish would come back. Also alot of my personal favorite charachters were introduced in that game from nintendo. Plus to the people who cared about clone charachters Brawl made a considerable effort to make most of the new roster feel unique from each other.
@@BitchChill I mean, the input buffer and overall less control of your character isn't doing it any favors. Especially when you're dealing with people that only play on CRT's to reduce as much input lag as possible. I love both but I can definitely see why Melee people wouldn't want to move on full time.
the unfinished story, PP wants to build a legacy people will look back on in 5 years time bigger than the one he has now , & the influence he's had in melee theory & metagame development over the years he's been away really isn't well known at all, not sure escore would even be aware of it to include it
I've never been a serious SSB player. But I grew up with Nintendo and was playing the SSB series since the Summer of 1999 on N64 and still to this day on Nintendo Switch in late 2019. I've played and own every installment in order and have memories of each. I may not be a serious player, but I don't mind playing the competitive way every now and then. Some friends of mine are competitive while other just like to kick back and have fun. As for myself, I'm sort of in the middle. I'm passionate about the SSB series and even I smile thinking of all the great memories of the series and how the series has grown. SSB is not just a Video Game. It is a display of Nintendo's history and their IPs as a whole. And with each installment that has only improved. Thank-you Nintendo, for sharing Super Smash Bros with everyone and giving us all such awesome memories to this very day. Long live Super Smash Bros!
this video inspired me to try and make a documentary of not only melee but all smash games and the history of it so thank you for this amazing video and a lot of reference for me :D
If we were to talk about PM we may as well talk about the other mods, like Brawl Minus or Ch4os. But even though PM was used competitively, it's better not to enter that ring for this video and save it for another
@@Joeyy1024 damn its not like PM was integral to the growth in the community during the Brawl era or anything. /s Seriously though, it absolutely should have been included, and there's no reason whatsoever to be that rude to someone you don't agree with.
Now we have new chapters to the story of the series. Although these new and recent events have not been well, it will eventually show that we can persevere past tough times.
There is not a single video of yours that I dont watch, even if im not intrested in the game like smash, but you make videos with such passion, i love this channel
This honestly just sounds like a brief recap of the documentary, very heavily Melee focused. A lot of the Brawl>Sm4sh>now Ultimate players have already added further details of Brawl being very popular overtaking Melee during that time. There were actually some Melee players that played Brawl for over a year competitively since the payouts were better than Melee. Brawl def. helped a lot in that EVO situation, it wasn't just a Melee thing it was collective Smash effort. There was definite bad blood between the community, Brawl starting at first and then post Evo Melee retaliated hard esp. after the Documentary released.
@@Swix_FGC Swxkaw You sound exactly like a DocuBaby. Kid, learn your history. When Brawl released it overtook Melee in entrants and had larger payouts, and was more popular because of "new game" that was the most sold Smash at the time. You can go back and see some Melee players playing Brawl for a good 1 year+, Chillin, ChuDat. And ofc M2k breaking the game. Brawl didn't kill Smash as the real hit to Melee was MLG dropping Melee from the circuit. You obviously have terrible reading comprehension as well as my statement wasn't even about Brawl being good, but it had it's own impact in Smash's history and helped contribute to Melee getting a spot in EVO as Brawl players pooled into Melee's funding to ensure a smash game made it in.
my god this is a fantastic video. well done. basically the smash documentary, but trimmed down into something that can be consumed in a single sitting.
I remember when I got my Wii U, I didnt want it for Smash 4, I wanted it for Super Mario Maker and Minecraft. I got bored of them so I bought Smash 4 and MK8 and those were the only games I really bought. Until Smash Ultimate was announced, then I bought a switch
Yeah, I guess Sakurai has to explain that to the people who really hate terry for no reason. I mean right after that there was an announcement for more DLC, yet a lot of people are getting hella salty regardless. Poor Sakurai.
@@Whatthescallop1776 he's so incredibly underappreciated by whiny people who play smash another great piece of art with a toxic fanbase although to be fair the toxic side of smash is relatively small compared to a lot of other stuff
I admit I was a little confused at first but I thought it was cool regardless I'm down for nintendo getting weird and obscure and now that I see there's this symbolism behind it, that makes it wholesome lol
I love every entry of the Smash franchise but each one for different reasons: 1. Smash 64 - For the foundation of this franchise and the combo tournaments, I enjoy watching them. 2. Melee - For the competitive scene, hundreds of memorable moments and very personal E-sport players. 3. Brawl - For the Subspace Emissary, which filled the characters with more life than ever before in their cutscenes. 4. Smash4 - For the first smash game, I intended to play it competitively from the start. 5. Smash Ultimate - For bringing so many things together and hopefully improves over the year even more. I love this series, I love the community and I love to see what's coming next!
One genre of e-sports that was (to my knowledge) not featured yet on this channel is Dark Souls e sport. This might sound ridiculous but hear me out. So as many people probably know the souls games have been beaten - though they are harder than your usual games - without taking hits. This community of no hit runners that practice all types of games from Demon Souls to BloodbOrne and of course Dark Souls now have small tournaments on Twitch where they compete. These can be for example who gets hit less (since a no hit run is pretty unlikely) wins the match and proceeds.( if both have the same amount of hits the time is the deciding factor) it is very interesting and something which should be covered on this channel. If you want to look in to this, there is a TH-cam channel called McRapt0r who also posted some videos about this and also all the footage since he is also the host of the tournaments.
I love this game series especially ultimate and it has produced many great and funny moments in my life.the time I juggled people with ness up b and snakes side b.all the games ive won with flacon punch.blitzing my dad with sonic then when he respawned I dodged all of his attacks while taunting.
Ultimate is my favorite game of all time. And this series is something that I love to death. The communities is amazing and has helped me with stress and anxiety. Sakari, you have done so much for me. Take a brake. *sniff* I’m crying
As of July 30, 2019, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has sold 14.73 million copies and is to date the most sold fighting game and fastest selling Switch game of all time!
Sakurai brought people together. What he created is the one of the best things the gaming community will ever receive. I'm glad melee was my start and that sakurai succeeded. Almost a year after Ultimates release, the community is still growing. I'm glad to see melee players compete more and smash 4 veterans still looking strong. As well as bringing in newer and younger players to the competitive scene. The future of smash is bright and if this happens to be the last one we get. I wouldn't be sad. Because I was part of this generation. Thank you sakurai. Thank you smash God's!
Very happy to see a honest video tribute of the history of Smash Bros and its competitive side, which is not only from a Melee elitist point of view, but which also recognizes that Smash 4 is another important competitive scene with its own merits. And also a video that admits that Nintendo made mistakes in the past, but tries to be forgiven and unite THE big competitive scene of Smash Bros in peace. Thinking about Sakurai maybe finally reaching his main goal with the Smash Bros franchise gives me some tears of joy for him and the futur of the competitive scene. Let's move on but hand in hand now because we're all smashers. :)
Not gonna lie but I think that this video needed a few more "years of research." But seriously I know it was meant to highlight the disconnect of developer and fan base, but there was so much in here that was just skimmed over. Like you mentioned the imbalance of characters like Meta Knight and Bayo, yet showed really simple clips of there potential and didn't really explain why they were broken. Also there was a "mention" of the disconnect between melee and brawl/smash 4 players, but nothing really about how hostile it really got between the two communities. Take the dead meme at the start of this comment for reference. And you didn't even mention all the hate that smash in general used to, and in some cases still gets, from other fgc communities for not being a true fighting game. All and all, it really did hit on the important parts of the games history, and why there was such a difference of opinion between developer and player, yet nothing I felt was really explored all that much to really show just badly this community had struggled over the course of it lifetime.
I mean, yeah that stuff would be cool but the people who want to know that detail will check out the smash documentary. This is just a 20 minute overview of the game--not a 5 hour documentary.... I think it did a really thorough coverage considering the video's scope, and based on their other videos, I'm sure these guys know the things you mentioned and just didn't have room in the video to include it.
Meh. I don't think this video needed to delve deeply into why MK and Bayo were broken in their debut games. However, as this was more a history of Smash and the Smash community, it really should have mentioned Project M since that was the community saying "hold my beer" and building what they really wanted from Brawl. It was a rebellion against where Nintendo was taking the franchise. Another big omission is the fact that Dragon King was turned down by Nintendo, but Sakurai went ahead and made the demo anyway to prove that his concept was sound. Only after seeing the idea in action, did Nintendo approve it with Nintendo characters in place of original fighters, resulting in Super Smash Bros. But the series never would have happened if Sakurai hadn't decided that he knew better than his bosses at Nintendo and made it happen despite their initial rejection.
Yeah, this video seems a little unfocused, at least considering that the first few minutes doesn't really set up the narrative the rest of the video hangs its hat on. The "many things to many people" bit in the details isn't represented well.
Good lord, I'm so happy that Ultimate exists and is doing well at tournaments. I love how I can tune in to any random tourney and see players sweeping with Duck Hunt, Piranha Plant, Pikachu, Joker, Zelda, etc etc etc. I quickly and very completely outgrew watching Marths, Jigglypuffs, and Foxes dominate over and over in Melee. Ultimate's roster is so vast and (for the most part) so damn balanced that almost any character is viable, which just leads to more captivating tournaments.
I played smash 4 but never knew people played it competitively so much (Don't ask how) I was literally about to cry when I saw the G6 tournaments seeing the coward go wild over upsets, different players winning, ones we never expected to join (Melee players) I really do thank Sakarui for Ultimate and all smash games. If we never had the others Ultimate wouldn't be what it is today. Hope this game last long very long~
Cmg Villager Don't get too excited about the Melee players joining. They're in it for the money, especially Leffen. M2K played Brawl competitively for a long time, but he never liked it as much as Melee. He was just making bank, so why stop? PM already did what Ultimate is failing to do.
The story of Smash Bros is truly like no other. It’s such a rich history that makes you feel it’s older than it is. It’s player base is loyal and strong. And it’s creator is committed to giving the players what they need, a fighting game made for everyone.
This all makes sense now. It's very oblivious why melee is so beloved and why Wii, and Wii u are separated. Ultimate DOES seem like the most middle ground. Aaaaaaannnnnnnndddddd with patches and balance updates, the game should be the ULTIMATE smash game. Melee will remain in most people's hearts though.
@@Gigi-zr6hp I dont agree personally. At the moment puff is the best, easy. But players are getting better and better. Look at the smash 4 Luigi play doc, he can press one button 17 times a second! Soon players will have near perfect mechanics
@@xilverknight155 I know I'm a year late but it's that and the 2nd most competitive smash game (Ultimate) has only been out for a little bit by the time of the video
Over 20 years ago, the first official Super Smash Bros game was released on the N64. Sakurai, I salute you, Nintendo, and all of the Smash characters. Thank you.
Playing games like Street Fighter inspired Sakurai to create Smash Brothers and now over 20 years later, Street Fighter characters are part of the roster.
Kind of cool if you think about it.
Chun Li for DLC!
We just need an SNK character to go along with them.
We just need an SNK character to go along with them.
@@Klonoahedgehog snk?
@@Bigmanpo615 SNK, the company that made king of fighters.
"Two Competitive Communities that Lived in Peace"
> Shows Salem in next cut
Haha.. I think this is kind of an homage to Smash Ultimate. If they brought up Salem, it would kind of kill the vibe they were trying to set.
@@gamrage nah bro. Salem did brought the community closer because of his years of research.
due to my years of research I know that melee is not a smash game im sorry your wrong
Salem gets on fine with Melee's top players, he just trolled the Melee community so hard the average jo is still stinging from the Salt xP
Rofl
You missed the part when the project was denied but he still made a prototype without nintendo knowing, then they said yes
Or when they announced a new Smash game without telling Sakurai
idk why many forget that
Also the part where Nintendo said brawl was in development before Sakurai was on board to develop it.
Yeah, the video title is misleading. I didn't realize this would mostly be about competitive Smash and Nintendo's slights against the community. It's really weird since the story about Sakurai at the arcade primed me for a narrative about inclusiveness and elegant design.
Instead, we get a David vs. Goliath story with competitive Smashers whirling the sling.
MissAshley42 well it is an esports channel lol
Thanks Massive Hero Soccer Guy.
This deserves more likes.
Hahahaha awesome
Well, he _is_ a guy and he is a _massive_ hero.
mashedpotato samurai
mashed potato sack of rye
I hope after the smash ultimate DLC fighters and stages, sakurai and the rest of the dev team will take a break. Ultimate is a monumental achievement in gaming, and the sales for it skyrocketed. But damn, they all need a break in 2020
yessss they should
They also need money
I lowkey hope another team gets to develop smash in the future, a team that understands that a smash game can be as deep as melee and still as casually fun as brawl/ultimate. Ultimate is a huge step in the right direction.
They most likely will besides sakuri still has probs with other things. From wut I can tell most smash games come out wen the next Nintendo consul comes out. So give it about 5-7 yrs and the next counsel will come out. I mean they actually r working on it now.
I feel like if Sakurai was to work on a new smash game after this, HE'D DIE FROM EXHAUSTION!
Whoever gave the idea for the random Pichu at the end deserves a raise.
Where
Oh, found it
Where?
23:52
Pichu is so adorable
This game reminds me of the time dunkey beat sky in smash.
I thought I would find this here.
True
And still going
richard killface by the old gods
ooft
"subspace a disappointment"
Bruh, it's the best we've had
You must have low standards.
“fast paced”
It's the only great thing about Brawl besides PM lol
of course
GordonRamses do you like being wrong? Rofl. People who actually know the grassroots aspects of smash you would know that brawl is actually respected by the real fans. It’s actually a really good game, and tripping is 99% irrelevant
Kof started smash bros and Terry is now dlc what a beautiful tribute to Sakurai's original inspiration.
Yeah.....👍
2:48 Inaccurate. In reality, Shigeru Miyamoto rejected their pitch. Satorou Iwata hid this from Sakurai and they continued working on the game. Iwata suggested Sakurai make the characters more recognizable so he did. Iwata secretly pitched the game again and it got approved
thanks, researchbro
It's not that serious
64 : best sound effects
Melee : best intro and most competitive game
Brawl : best main theme and largest amount of single-player content
Sm4sh : best online
Ultimate : best roster, and best graphics
@Sir Troll ?
@Sir Troll I never said this was a ranking. 🤦♂️
@Sir Troll Melee is not the best
@Sir Troll Ultimate
Sir Troll well actually ultimate is objectively best. Melee is competitively best. Brawl is best for single player and casuals. 64 is just well, 64. While sm4sh is the least memorable, it didn’t bring anything super new to the table, and didn’t have super broken chacters (there were broken chacters but not meta knight broken)
Great to see content on smash, i would suggest to anyone outside of the smash scene to check out the smash brothers documentary. It goes deep into the history of how the smash scene was built into what it is today.
Thai742 little old tho
Correction: how the Melee scene was built into what it is today. Really, things are different between the Melee scene and the (insert latest Smash game here) scene.
Sompursone true, but without melee players creating a competitive scene there wouldn't be such a large one for the later games
A great man once said that melee isn't part of the smash community
@@NRJee742 Yep. I'd suggest watching it either way, it's fairly interesting, but if people are just looking for the history of the newer games' competitive scenes, they'll mostly be wasting their time watching it.
“The Story of Smash Bros.” aka the story of Melee and around 7 minutes of the other entries
True
Yeah what a Bullshit
@@StarWritterSW to be fair it has been the longest living game. Most of the changes and concessions that have occured in the development of the series have been because of the dedication of the melee community for a truly fun experience for them.
It was the one that had most impact and had&has the biggest smash competitive scene to date. Why wouldn't it be melee?
Jesse Kuna what do you mean?
Some people are coming into Ultimate from Melee, and Others are coming in from Sm4sh. I came in from Smash 64 and I have no idea how to cope. I'm culture shocked.
OmG I am a melee player, but I cannot imagine the jump in not only gameplay but content from 64
Imagine chilling with Smash 64 for 19 years and then seeing Ultimate and being like 😮
@@gcnelite5983 I feel called out by this post
So what was your reaction to the roster, and the inclusion of third-party characters?
"While the Subspace Emissary was a disappointment..."
Excuse me, WHAT
Do you want us to pick up our main and jump the.guys who.said that bro
We riot now
Maybe he meant the co-op aspect of Subspace Emissary?
It's a wonderful mode. Not because of the story. I mean seriously, gameplay is more important than story. It's great because it's a Zelda Vania beat em' up with co-op.
100% accurate representation of my reaction to that statement
Can you just imagine Sakurai winning EVO for King of Fighters?
Edit: bruh wtf how did this get to 1k so if anyone is reading this... buy SamSho
With Pichu
no
Can you imagine Yipes winning EVO for Melee? lmao
@@Tucanazo69 pichu is like AT LEAST top 20
@@demetraeconomou6096 I was talking about Melee Pichu tho
So are we going to ignore how Sakurai bodyed those people at the arcade...?
No kidding! I'd never heard that story before. It definitely explains Sakurai's design philosophy, but the rest of the video kinda glosses over that in favor of portraying the competitive community as a scrappy underdog.
@@MissAshley42 np
PSI psi yes
I mean, it's not his fault that he held better skill than that couple.
@@tmcttf8087 right? if someone is trash what is the good player supposed to do? let them win? lol
9:28 The subspace emissary was easily one of the best things if not the best thing in Brawl! This man has no idea what he is talking about I wish we could have gotten another one for smash 4 and smash ultimate
Some people weren't fond of the platforming
@UBF i gotta agree with you. Not against platforming but if they are it needs more. Wol is solid though despite being repetitive at times
You're blinded by nostalgia. It is unanimously agreed upon by the community back then that the only saving grace of subspace was it's cutscenes watching how different chars react w/ each other but the platform aspect of levels are poorly designed.
Subspace was definitely the best thing about brawl. It kept me playing it for hours!
Meh, WoL was overall better than Subspace. Sure the cutscenes were great in Subspace, but the overall gameplay left much to be desired. While WoL is a bit repetitive at times, it is a lot more fun and has more fluid movement compared to Subspace.
The 3ds version didn't just hurt characters, sakurai said he slowed down the game in general cause they couldn't keep track of characters on the super small screen, i guess the one thing it helped with is that it makes Ultimate fill more distinct as it has the intended speed he wanted.
I'm happy you saw it with different perspective unlike other 😁
When they only talk about the one that started it all for like 5 seconds
The first Smash game wasn't really important in terms of eSports history. The competitive community for that game developed as an aftermath of Melee, pretty much.
@@Rd0Lg Yeah it did happen after Melee and Brawl, though like Melee, it has stayed the test of time. It has a small, but solid player base compared to Brawl and 4, who's scene goes on to the next game.
@@mandalorianhunter1 That is true, but it's hardly the only retro game that has a competitive community. Third Strike, Brood War, Warcraft III and so on. I assume they left it out due to it seeming a bit too obscure. I doubt they'd talk about 3S and ST still having players if they did a documentary about the eSports history of Street Fighter.
@@Rd0Lg I wasn't talking about those other games, since we are talking about Smash thought you keep it Smash. Anyway you also forgot SF2 a certain edition, MvC2, MK Trilogy and others.
@@mandalorianhunter1 I was just giving my best guess why they ignored the 64 competitive scene. They completely ignored Project M as well, probably to save time or keep it more focused on the official games and only the most important parts of Smash's eSports history.
I really hope that Smash Ultimate will still be nominated for the Game Awards 2019.
Sakurai deserves a Game Award more than anyone else I could think of.
Tomentos but then you realize it came out in 2018
@@hunkykyle3681 Games in December are ignored cause the game awards are hosted in December.
and there you have it!
Seeing smash 4 feels so weird now
Because it's trash
@@ledgy69 That's why it is called Tr4sh
Yeah really.
@@ledgy69 wrong
The launch rate looks insanely slow compared to Ultimate
The way he mentioned the 5 gods of Melee made it sound like Greek mythology lol. Really liked this video. This series is an inspiration to me in terms of how hardworking and passionate the developers, particularly Sakurai, are about it. He still needs more sleep though...
10:06 Can we acknowledge that Ultimate has nearly caught up the the lifetime sales of 13 year old game considered very successful in less than 3 months?
i wonder how high it is now after the game has concluded
The west coast actually initially fought for items to be kept on in melee, but they were eventually overpowered by people in the east.
thank god
Know I can't believe where I'm from would support such nonsense lollolol
Brawl was probably the worst thing to happen to competitive esports ever, but can we all just appreciate how good of a game it is in general? Competition aside, it was fucking awesome
Brawl had an epic soundtrack, pretty good single player and a lot of stuff to do. It also introduced key features of Smash games, like Final Smashes and Stage Builder.
Brawl introduced me to the smash world. It is freaking awesome
Brawl was smash bros puberty stage
Definetly infact to this day I prefer it to melee. Unlocking charachters were alot less tedious, subspace is a hell of a lot of fun with some of the most iconic interactions between nintendo charachters that I wish would come back. Also alot of my personal favorite charachters were introduced in that game from nintendo. Plus to the people who cared about clone charachters Brawl made a considerable effort to make most of the new roster feel unique from each other.
Ultimate broke all of these, by having sold 12mil+ copies in 2 months.
*Best Game of 2019*
*WE'RE NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH 2019 YET*
MK11 coming soon👀
Can’t be best game of a year it didn’t come out in
AxelRad the game of the year is chosen from december of the year before to the november of the current year.
Won best fighting game
I am shocked they didnt mention the documentary. Probably the best esport documentary of all time
I don't agree. That documentary has issues, they become particularly evident on repeat viewings.
One day a friend of the producer
Now, he will try
There is a smite esports doco which is amazing.
I love the Melee documentary and I'm super excited for the Armada stuff that he's working on right now
Ultimate will unite both smash communities, hopefully
Alex Zepezauer It did for genesis lol, twitch numbers were crazy.
No. Melee fans are too stubborn
@@BitchChill I said hopefully
@@BitchChill I mean, the input buffer and overall less control of your character isn't doing it any favors. Especially when you're dealing with people that only play on CRT's to reduce as much input lag as possible. I love both but I can definitely see why Melee people wouldn't want to move on full time.
@@coolcool5181 this. I think if they didn't have the input buffer most melee (Leffen) players wouldn't be that frustrated
Alternate Title: The Story of the Most Beautiful Accident in Gaming.
Don't you mean mistake?
Still waiting for the last god story ppmd
I just check the playlist they also haven't do mango as well ,,
ppmd just doesnt really have as a good of a story or conclusion.
They will do it when he returns. Stack it up!
the unfinished story, PP wants to build a legacy people will look back on in 5 years time bigger than the one he has now , & the influence he's had in melee theory & metagame development over the years he's been away really isn't well known at all, not sure escore would even be aware of it to include it
Have they made Mang0's?
I've never been a serious SSB player. But I grew up with Nintendo and was playing the SSB series since the Summer of 1999 on N64 and still to this day on Nintendo Switch in late 2019. I've played and own every installment in order and have memories of each. I may not be a serious player, but I don't mind playing the competitive way every now and then. Some friends of mine are competitive while other just like to kick back and have fun. As for myself, I'm sort of in the middle. I'm passionate about the SSB series and even I smile thinking of all the great memories of the series and how the series has grown. SSB is not just a Video Game. It is a display of Nintendo's history and their IPs as a whole. And with each installment that has only improved. Thank-you Nintendo, for sharing Super Smash Bros with everyone and giving us all such awesome memories to this very day.
Long live Super Smash Bros!
Surely I'm not the only one who absolutely love subspace
I do
Me too
Same here.
this video inspired me to try and make a documentary of not only melee but all smash games and the history of it so thank you for this amazing video and a lot of reference for me :D
How's it going I think this could be good
10:00, yeah, but ultimate will pass them soon enough.
I thought it already had
ObeseWizard it didn’t
It did
No mention of Project M at all?
Only from Nintendo not fan made. Jackass
If we were to talk about PM we may as well talk about the other mods, like Brawl Minus or Ch4os. But even though PM was used competitively, it's better not to enter that ring for this video and save it for another
@@darthdistortion1934 they could make a video about PM and all the plat fighters smash has inspired.
@@Joeyy1024 damn its not like PM was integral to the growth in the community during the Brawl era or anything. /s
Seriously though, it absolutely should have been included, and there's no reason whatsoever to be that rude to someone you don't agree with.
Thats another history for another day
Now we have new chapters to the story of the series. Although these new and recent events have not been well, it will eventually show that we can persevere past tough times.
I’m Wanna See Smash Universality
"Its the ultimate party game"
*Sakurai feels satisfied now
Hate brawl all you want but I grew up with that game it will ALWAYS have a special place in my heart
@J.W. H. to me that makes it better because the competitive smash community is toxic AF
Platformer fighters are my favourite fighting games.
There is not a single video of yours that I dont watch, even if im not intrested in the game like smash, but you make videos with such passion, i love this channel
Now Zero and Nairo have been outed as predators.
This should be called “The Story of Competitive Smash”.
it’s an esports channel
This honestly just sounds like a brief recap of the documentary, very heavily Melee focused. A lot of the Brawl>Sm4sh>now Ultimate players have already added further details of Brawl being very popular overtaking Melee during that time. There were actually some Melee players that played Brawl for over a year competitively since the payouts were better than Melee. Brawl def. helped a lot in that EVO situation, it wasn't just a Melee thing it was collective Smash effort. There was definite bad blood between the community, Brawl starting at first and then post Evo Melee retaliated hard esp. after the Documentary released.
im glad i wasnt the only one who literally thought this was Smash Doc Abridged lol.
brawl never took over smash lmao. brawl nearly killed the scene with their broken ass game.
Also there is a reason why melee is still played to this day at a large level and brawl isnt.
@@Swix_FGC Swxkaw You sound exactly like a DocuBaby. Kid, learn your history. When Brawl released it overtook Melee in entrants and had larger payouts, and was more popular because of "new game" that was the most sold Smash at the time. You can go back and see some Melee players playing Brawl for a good 1 year+, Chillin, ChuDat. And ofc M2k breaking the game. Brawl didn't kill Smash as the real hit to Melee was MLG dropping Melee from the circuit. You obviously have terrible reading comprehension as well as my statement wasn't even about Brawl being good, but it had it's own impact in Smash's history and helped contribute to Melee getting a spot in EVO as Brawl players pooled into Melee's funding to ensure a smash game made it in.
@@XC11301991 And then Wombo Combo happened (joking...kind of)
my god this is a fantastic video. well done. basically the smash documentary, but trimmed down into something that can be consumed in a single sitting.
Take a shot every time you see or hear someone who got outed
call an ambulance before you think about doing this
yeah this documentary is "oops all pedophiles"
I remember when I got my Wii U, I didnt want it for Smash 4, I wanted it for Super Mario Maker and Minecraft. I got bored of them so I bought Smash 4 and MK8 and those were the only games I really bought. Until Smash Ultimate was announced, then I bought a switch
Watching this today makes the ending so funny
the first three minutes fully explains why Terry is a perfect fit for Smash.
Yeah, I guess Sakurai has to explain that to the people who really hate terry for no reason. I mean right after that there was an announcement for more DLC, yet a lot of people are getting hella salty regardless. Poor Sakurai.
@@Whatthescallop1776 he's so incredibly underappreciated by whiny people who play smash
another great piece of art with a toxic fanbase
although to be fair the toxic side of smash is relatively small compared to a lot of other stuff
I admit I was a little confused at first but I thought it was cool regardless I'm down for nintendo getting weird and obscure
and now that I see there's this symbolism behind it, that makes it wholesome lol
“Although Subspace Emissary was a disappointment”
Excuse me what
MagGunDO17 Greatest story mode ever
He’s referring that Melee community was disappointed by Subspace. It’s still one of the best modes ever.
@@sonicmania6753 well they are just poorly tasted tryhards
Only just seeing you uploaded this on my birthday, as a long time smash player this makes me very happy. Thank you.
Best video this channel has ever put out... But geez watch the volume changes. Nice, nice, nice, INSANE SCREAMCASTING, nice.
This series has quickly become my favorite on youtube, the production quality and content is incredible, keep it up!
Sakurai putting Terry in Smash Ultimate is just retribution for annihilating that young couple in the arcade back in the day
I love every entry of the Smash franchise but each one for different reasons:
1. Smash 64 - For the foundation of this franchise and the combo tournaments, I enjoy watching them.
2. Melee - For the competitive scene, hundreds of memorable moments and very personal E-sport players.
3. Brawl - For the Subspace Emissary, which filled the characters with more life than ever before in their cutscenes.
4. Smash4 - For the first smash game, I intended to play it competitively from the start.
5. Smash Ultimate - For bringing so many things together and hopefully improves over the year even more.
I love this series, I love the community and I love to see what's coming next!
One genre of e-sports that was (to my knowledge) not featured yet on this channel is Dark Souls e sport. This might sound ridiculous but hear me out.
So as many people probably know the souls games have been beaten - though they are harder than your usual games - without taking hits. This community of no hit runners that practice all types of games from Demon Souls to BloodbOrne and of course Dark Souls now have small tournaments on Twitch where they compete. These can be for example who gets hit less (since a no hit run is pretty unlikely) wins the match and proceeds.( if both have the same amount of hits the time is the deciding factor) it is very interesting and something which should be covered on this channel. If you want to look in to this, there is a TH-cam channel called McRapt0r who also posted some videos about this and also all the footage since he is also the host of the tournaments.
"Though the Subspace Emisarry is a disappointment."
Save some of whatever you smoked for me.
Let’s give a moment to realize all the trouble Sakurai went through just to entertain us...
He is truly a special man
I love this game series especially ultimate and it has produced many great and funny moments in my life.the time I juggled people with ness up b and snakes side b.all the games ive won with flacon punch.blitzing my dad with sonic then when he respawned I dodged all of his attacks while taunting.
pour one out for PM
@Tab Plus, Nintendo clearly took some ideas from PM for Ultimate, like charge specials charging in the air.
@@Twisted_Logic Look at DK's dash attack. Changed in Smash 4 to be like PM
Orb Plant what are they mods of
Ultimate is my favorite game of all time. And this series is something that I love to death. The communities is amazing and has helped me with stress and anxiety. Sakari, you have done so much for me. Take a brake. *sniff* I’m crying
9:28 subspace emissary was a disappointment? the hell? that was probably my favorite part of brawl
ikr, when I heard "subspace was a disappointment" and "fact paced gameplay" I was like, "boi, do you know what you're taking about".
Subspace cutscenes were amazing. The platforming was shit tho and the bosses were cool
Wow this was very well made and informative, even as a competitive
Smasher I learned quite a bit
Loving the smash content, it’s what I’m subbed for 🤘
As of July 30, 2019, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has sold 14.73 million copies and is to date the most sold fighting game and fastest selling Switch game of all time!
The couple at the arcade be like if they watched this video: damn, we started this?
Honestly, this video was well put together and feels like your telling an ancient legend of some kind. It's, amazing
8:00 was he wearing AirPods?? Time traveler maybe ??
25 años Super Smash Bros 1999-2024 64 - Melee - Brawl - For 3DS/Wii U - Ultimate Nintendo 64-Nintendo Switch
9:28 this dude just called subspace a disappointment. Bruh
Props to eastpointoictures!!! I watched that documentary and it has incredible depth in the beginning of this community
Why did they talk about Melee? Everybody knows it’s not a Smash game.
Proven by *years* of research
Super *Smash* Bros Melee
@@jakeystarsuper i think you didn't see the YEARS OF RESEARCH that was gifted to us
Sakurai brought people together. What he created is the one of the best things the gaming community will ever receive. I'm glad melee was my start and that sakurai succeeded. Almost a year after Ultimates release, the community is still growing. I'm glad to see melee players compete more and smash 4 veterans still looking strong. As well as bringing in newer and younger players to the competitive scene. The future of smash is bright and if this happens to be the last one we get. I wouldn't be sad. Because I was part of this generation. Thank you sakurai. Thank you smash God's!
Smash Ultimate is the best Melee successor.
Very happy to see a honest video tribute of the history of Smash Bros and its competitive side, which is not only from a Melee elitist point of view, but which also recognizes that Smash 4 is another important competitive scene with its own merits. And also a video that admits that Nintendo made mistakes in the past, but tries to be forgiven and unite THE big competitive scene of Smash Bros in peace. Thinking about Sakurai maybe finally reaching his main goal with the Smash Bros franchise gives me some tears of joy for him and the futur of the competitive scene.
Let's move on but hand in hand now because we're all smashers. :)
Not gonna lie but I think that this video needed a few more "years of research."
But seriously I know it was meant to highlight the disconnect of developer and fan base, but there was so much in here that was just skimmed over. Like you mentioned the imbalance of characters like Meta Knight and Bayo, yet showed really simple clips of there potential and didn't really explain why they were broken. Also there was a "mention" of the disconnect between melee and brawl/smash 4 players, but nothing really about how hostile it really got between the two communities. Take the dead meme at the start of this comment for reference. And you didn't even mention all the hate that smash in general used to, and in some cases still gets, from other fgc communities for not being a true fighting game. All and all, it really did hit on the important parts of the games history, and why there was such a difference of opinion between developer and player, yet nothing I felt was really explored all that much to really show just badly this community had struggled over the course of it lifetime.
I mean, yeah that stuff would be cool but the people who want to know that detail will check out the smash documentary. This is just a 20 minute overview of the game--not a 5 hour documentary.... I think it did a really thorough coverage considering the video's scope, and based on their other videos, I'm sure these guys know the things you mentioned and just didn't have room in the video to include it.
they made a video about op smash characters where they kinda went over why they were op. The rest of this comment is 100% accurate though
Meh. I don't think this video needed to delve deeply into why MK and Bayo were broken in their debut games. However, as this was more a history of Smash and the Smash community, it really should have mentioned Project M since that was the community saying "hold my beer" and building what they really wanted from Brawl. It was a rebellion against where Nintendo was taking the franchise.
Another big omission is the fact that Dragon King was turned down by Nintendo, but Sakurai went ahead and made the demo anyway to prove that his concept was sound. Only after seeing the idea in action, did Nintendo approve it with Nintendo characters in place of original fighters, resulting in Super Smash Bros. But the series never would have happened if Sakurai hadn't decided that he knew better than his bosses at Nintendo and made it happen despite their initial rejection.
Yeah, this video seems a little unfocused, at least considering that the first few minutes doesn't really set up the narrative the rest of the video hangs its hat on. The "many things to many people" bit in the details isn't represented well.
Good lord, I'm so happy that Ultimate exists and is doing well at tournaments. I love how I can tune in to any random tourney and see players sweeping with Duck Hunt, Piranha Plant, Pikachu, Joker, Zelda, etc etc etc. I quickly and very completely outgrew watching Marths, Jigglypuffs, and Foxes dominate over and over in Melee. Ultimate's roster is so vast and (for the most part) so damn balanced that almost any character is viable, which just leads to more captivating tournaments.
I played smash 4 but never knew people played it competitively so much (Don't ask how) I was literally about to cry when I saw the G6 tournaments seeing the coward go wild over upsets, different players winning, ones we never expected to join (Melee players)
I really do thank Sakarui for Ultimate and all smash games.
If we never had the others Ultimate wouldn't be what it is today.
Hope this game last long very long~
Cmg Villager Don't get too excited about the Melee players joining. They're in it for the money, especially Leffen. M2K played Brawl competitively for a long time, but he never liked it as much as Melee. He was just making bank, so why stop? PM already did what Ultimate is failing to do.
@@nahor88 Tbh ZeRo did the same for Smash 4 and people still love him today
He hated smash 4
The story of Smash Bros is truly like no other. It’s such a rich history that makes you feel it’s older than it is. It’s player base is loyal and strong. And it’s creator is committed to giving the players what they need, a fighting game made for everyone.
SUPER SMASH BROS THE ANIME
THE 5 GOD'S OF DESTRUCTION
0:09 "it's the ultimate *party game*"
*Breathes in
*Breathes out
This all makes sense now. It's very oblivious why melee is so beloved and why Wii, and Wii u are separated.
Ultimate DOES seem like the most middle ground. Aaaaaaannnnnnnndddddd with patches and balance updates, the game should be the ULTIMATE smash game.
Melee will remain in most people's hearts though.
"The antagonism between sakarai and the competitive scene, is finally over" that did not age well.
I can’t wait for the 20XX video
20XX is a fantasy. HBox Puff will prevent that future from happening
@@Gigi-zr6hp I dont agree personally. At the moment puff is the best, easy. But players are getting better and better. Look at the smash 4 Luigi play doc, he can press one button 17 times a second! Soon players will have near perfect mechanics
Yung Trashley Yeah dude can’t wait for the 12 year olds to suffer from arthritis
Sammy's Animations that calls for some artritis man
@@Bruh-po2th yea it did. But we have good doctors studying how to minimise hand injuries, and things like hand guards really help
First 17 minutes is 80% the Melee Documentary, and a few random clips. Great i learned so much.
Melee founded competitive smash and has survived for more than 15 years
@@erickdiaz2230 look up the "melee documentary"
many of the clips here are copy and pasted, and so is the narrative
in a nutshell:
nintendo characters and other third parties fighting each other
otherwise, better than the prototype sakurai had in his mind
I really loved miloni's reaction to getting bodied
"wait what?"
More like, "The story of super smash bros Melee"
Well, of course the most is melee, because it lived through all generations.
Melee is what started competitive smash. This is an eSports channel.
@@xilverknight155 I know I'm a year late but it's that and the 2nd most competitive smash game (Ultimate) has only been out for a little bit by the time of the video
Dude seeing sakurai at the end was amazing. He was so happy
here at 1,350 views.. i bet this will get millions
Same
Cancel that Feb 10 2019
Yo, world of light is just smash community viewed by Sakurai, dark world being melee community and light world being smash 4 players.
Man too bad that they bullied a 15 year old out of this community for just beating a pro player
You know your documentary is gonn a be good when it starts with one of the biggest memes/soundclips.
Whoa are sitting here ignoring the Virtual Boy when we call the Wii u Nintendo's weakest selling console?
Probably less ignoring and more forgetting, but the remark stood out to me all the same.
Love that the melee portion is just the smash bros documentary abridged
YO THIS MANS FORGOT ABOUT PROJECT M
Fan made crap don't count.
Great video, thanks 😭. Smash bros is my favorite game franchise of all time
The story of Super Smash Bros. Melee (and like 2 minutes for smash 4)*
Because smash 4 is a dead game?
Smash 4 is literally irrelevant, at it's core it's Brawl 2. I'm glad it's behind us now.
@Derpceus Oh thats cute, ultimate will be dead before melee dies
@Derpceus aww, someones upset :]
Over 20 years ago, the first official Super Smash Bros game was released on the N64. Sakurai, I salute you, Nintendo, and all of the Smash characters. Thank you.