You forgot something Trailer Drake. Final Smashes may have been introduced in Brawl, but they were originally intended to be in both the original and Melee, but they couldn't put them in due to time constraints and/or hardware limitations. Anyway, great video, keep it up!
who were the actual japanese characters you never heard about before? because all characters in this game belong to games that have seen western release.
***** you do have point with Kid Icarus and Fire Emblem, but they were still fairly small compared to a lot of other Nintendo franchises. Xenoblade Chronicles on the other hand barely got released in the west at all and is very hard to find without paying $100+ for it on EBay.
I'm not surprised that you haven't heard of shulk. Xenoblade was really rare here and not advertised. But guys PLAY FIRE EMBLEM AWAKENING, KID ICARUS URISING AND XENOBLADE!
Play fire emblem awakening. Arguably the best game on the 3ds. So good. Idk why he called robin and Luciana weird Japanese characters tho... Also TAHNK YOU FOR NOT RIPPING BRAWL I LOVE THAT GAME.
The Smash Ball wasn't *that* controversial. You wanna see controversial? -Slower speed -The Subspace Emissary -Unlocking characters through the Subspace Emissary -Master collections -Mewtwo -Roy -Wave dashing -L-cancelling -Meta Knight -Ice Climbers All more controversial than the Smash Ball
FateBringsMe2U But then you either have to wait to unlock every character before you start Subspace (which will take a while) or just unlock all the characters though Subspace. See? That's controversy.
***** Well yeah, but none were ever as easy as Subspace. Instead of actively seeking characters out and feeling rewarded once you find them, just play this mode straight through and have it done for you! Also, if people argue about it, it's controversial, so you can't say an argument isn't controversial because you think your point is the best when people still argue about it. For example, in the Gay Marriage debate, I think one side makes infinity more sense than the other, but people still debate over it so it's still controversial... sadly -_-
Wow,I never thought about Smash Bros. that way.Not only did the series introduce me to Nintendo's rich history,but also became a big tradition in my family.It's even helped bring games over to America that would never have come without the popularity of the series.It's just so cool to see what the franchise has become over the years with games still being released to this day.
There's Super Smash Bros, The original that everyone's played. Super Smash Bros Melee, the one that fans love. Super Smash Bros Brawl, the one that fans hate for not being melee. Super Smash Bros Wii U, the monopoly of ruining friendships.
Finally someone who gets it. SSE was an expansion of Melee's adventure mode. People say that it was dumb, but it wasn't. it was the same except that there were more levels, a plot, and a use for stickers (Even though nobody used them anyways).
Fun Fact: TrailerDrake can be found in... Game Theory with two shows... GameXplain and their recent discussions... Unpopular Opinions with popular crossovers... a Game Exchange Culture Shock cameo with Fox and his moveset origin... on every single popular video in the comments section (with at least one person replying)... and FootofaFerret with most recently, the Smash Bros. history!
Honestly most people nowadays know what Xenoblade is at the very least through Chuggaconroy, but if you plan on throwing a copy of a game that costs around $100 on Amazon at everyone who doesn't, you better have some pretty deep pockets.
Yeah. Cause someone physical harm, making them not want to play a game, because they haven't heard of a game that gets next to 0 attention in the states. That'll show them.
Love it :D It's vids like this that really remind people just how amazing Smash Bros is, in every single iteration of it! People tend to forget just how big of a deal a game like Smash Bros was when it first came out, and no matter which one you like best, they are all amazingly well crafted and solid games, and a huge love letter to all fans of Nintendo.
Smash actually is like a portal to another dimension for me, after getting Smash 4 I got interested in more game than what I liked like Pikmin and taught me about Zenoblade, I enjoyed animal crossing and even though I don't play smash anymore I still enjoys the game.
FootofaFerret When's the next non-gaming Brief history. I've been watching you since you started A Brief History and I'm sad I'm not seeing A Brief History.
I'm just going to briefly sum up the "Japanese characters you've never heard of". On the left is Shulk from Xenoblade. He can see the future. Next is Robin, the character avatar from Fire Emblem: Awakening. 3rd along is Palutena from Kid Icarus & Kid Icarus: Uprising. She's a goddess. Last is Lucina from Fire Emblem: Awakening. She's the daughter of Chrom - the prince. Also, she's a time traveller and pretended to be Marth - a king.
For a brief history video. Could you make one about a popular rock/emo band. (Ex. Black veil brides, Pierce the veil, falling in reverse, sleeping with sirens) bands like that. It would be so cool.
Shulk is probably the best character in terms of story and development (that is in Smash Bros). Not many people heard of Xenoblade but after the New 3DS release I hope more people get to feel it.
The Smash Ball was orginally going to be Smash 64 but due to the N64's limitations, it didn't make it into the final game. Also, in Smash 64's files there is an unused audio clip of Ness saying "PK Starstorm" and few other announcer audio clips. And one last thing is that some characters such as Peach, Bowser And Meowth were orginally going be characters but they didn't. In Melee, Peach And Bowser made it in as characters, and Meowth was made into an Assist Trophy in Brawl. That was just some extra information I wanted to note down for you.
You could have talked a bit more about Melee's success. I mean it was an MLG game. People still play it competitively today. But absolutely love the vid :)
Good stuff, but I thought you'd touch on the competitive aspects of it. For example, Brawl was intentionally made slower because melee developed such a competitive scene and Sakurai didn't want a competitive game. Good video still!
"Useless Stickers" YOU'RE USELESS! After finding out how useful the stickers are in Subspace Emissary, i was extremely surprised that nobody thought about this. IT MADE INTENSE SUBSPACE EMISSARY SO, MUCH, MORE, FAIR!!! There, done ranting.
Oh, wait, you were at Playlist? Dang, I was at Playlist. I was there as a chaperone for a group of young film students, so I didn't really have time to stalk people I liked anyway, but hey. If you saw a guy that would randomly swap between Pokemon hats and various animal hats throughout the day, that was probably me. I also lost my wallet there. That was nice.
You guys forget something about the 4th installment. It's the first ever game in the franchise that will have DLC in the form of MewTwo which is free when u have both the Wii U and 3Ds version.
Are you ever gonna do Brief Histories that aren't about video games, on your main channel? I do like the video game ones, but I also really enjoyed the TH-camr and musician ones.
You don't know who Shulk is? Ah well, give it a few years and you'll probably make a Brief History of Xenoblade Chronicles, once the franchise gets more games of course.
+BriefCasey795 Heck if I know. SSE made me into a Lucas main and I'm so proud of that. I enjoy my sunflower child so much~ SSE was extremely fun for me (it also made me want to kill Wario) and it helps build your skill without having to endlessly fight random battles with CPUs.
admittedly when I first started playing melee I only knew Mario so I made up fake lore for other characters. I made up that the "pk" thing that ness said meant power kid and his powers came from his backpack... I WAS 6 AT THE TIME OK?
It shocked me when I first heard no one knew who Shulk was. Seriously, years back all I could hear was "ZOMG XENOBLADE CHRONCILES IS COMING TO THE US", but now I hear "Who the fuck is Shulk?".
Can you do something on jack septic eye?? You know the boss of all bosses that can instill bossness just by being near you? Yeah that guy please do a brief history.
Ok guys, the Shulk and "Japanese Characters" bits were JOKES. Just JOKES. xD
Yea sure "jokes"
Most legit jokes ever.
its funny cause he knows who lucina and robin are he did a review on the game they were from
Your jokes are very offensive.
xavierdsejour1 they kind of are but hey the shulk one I understand everyone else I dont
Without a doubt, this is THE GREATEST collab video that I have ever done. Thanks again SO MUCH for having me on, Ryder! :D
DRAKE, WHY CAN'T YOU FEEL THE MONADOS POWER?!
I main Shulk, I can feel it.... :3
You forgot something Trailer Drake. Final Smashes may have been introduced in Brawl, but they were originally intended to be in both the original and Melee, but they couldn't put them in due to time constraints and/or hardware limitations.
Anyway, great video, keep it up!
Sai Prime, I didn't write the script. Take that up with Ryder. ;P
who were the actual japanese characters you never heard about before? because all characters in this game belong to games that have seen western release.
***** you do have point with Kid Icarus and Fire Emblem, but they were still fairly small compared to a lot of other Nintendo franchises. Xenoblade Chronicles on the other hand barely got released in the west at all and is very hard to find without paying $100+ for it on EBay.
I'm not surprised that you haven't heard of shulk. Xenoblade was really rare here and not advertised. But guys PLAY FIRE EMBLEM AWAKENING, KID ICARUS URISING AND XENOBLADE!
all some of the best games on their respective systems
Eduardo Ortiz You can get the 3DS Remake that's coming in Spring...
DO IT.
Play fire emblem awakening. Arguably the best game on the 3ds. So good. Idk why he called robin and Luciana weird Japanese characters tho... Also TAHNK YOU FOR NOT RIPPING BRAWL I LOVE THAT GAME.
Mitchell Zaic My favorite is Stahl for some reason...
Super Bowl < FootofaFerret
Super Bowl < staring at paint dry
You can probably tell I don't follow sports :L
Super Bowl... Is that the one with the all those pins and the heavy ball
MostlikeToast Actually I think its the one where everyone admires a bowl with super man painted on it, not sure though...
MostlikeToast I think it's that world famous cooking show actually.
saifors It's the one everyone watched because of Katy Perry's bewbs. With the guys running around with a ball.
The Smash Ball wasn't *that* controversial. You wanna see controversial?
-Slower speed
-The Subspace Emissary
-Unlocking characters through the Subspace Emissary
-Master collections
-Mewtwo
-Roy
-Wave dashing
-L-cancelling
-Meta Knight
-Ice Climbers
All more controversial than the Smash Ball
Yeah, I'm surprised they didn't mention the slower speed. This is why Melee tends to be the more popular game for competitive players.
You didn't have to unlock them through through subspace I thought?
FateBringsMe2U But then you either have to wait to unlock every character before you start Subspace (which will take a while) or just unlock all the characters though Subspace.
See? That's controversy.
Mitch L Or unlock the characters like the unlockables in Melee. Every character have at least 3 ways to be unlockable.
It is NOT controversial.
***** Well yeah, but none were ever as easy as Subspace. Instead of actively seeking characters out and feeling rewarded once you find them, just play this mode straight through and have it done for you!
Also, if people argue about it, it's controversial, so you can't say an argument isn't controversial because you think your point is the best when people still argue about it. For example, in the Gay Marriage debate, I think one side makes infinity more sense than the other, but people still debate over it so it's still controversial... sadly -_-
Brief history of Valve/Lord GabeN. Do it. Do it now!
Joseph Campbell You would be amazed at how many times people write this...
Joseph Campbell Also FUCK YEAH!
JUST DO IT
WHO else grew up with Brawl
Me
Me
Not me
Me
Little kid back in early 2010s
Wow,I never thought about Smash Bros. that way.Not only did the series introduce me to Nintendo's rich history,but also became a big tradition in my family.It's even helped bring games over to America that would never have come without the popularity of the series.It's just so cool to see what the franchise has become over the years with games still being released to this day.
Thank God THIS brief history video is better than the newer Super Smash Bros. video
There's Super Smash Bros, The original that everyone's played. Super Smash Bros Melee, the one that fans love. Super Smash Bros Brawl, the one that fans hate for not being melee. Super Smash Bros Wii U, the monopoly of ruining friendships.
and now, the switch version.
Finally someone who gets it. SSE was an expansion of Melee's adventure mode. People say that it was dumb, but it wasn't. it was the same except that there were more levels, a plot, and a use for stickers (Even though nobody used them anyways).
Fun Fact: TrailerDrake can be found in... Game Theory with two shows... GameXplain and their recent discussions... Unpopular Opinions with popular crossovers... a Game Exchange Culture Shock cameo with Fox and his moveset origin... on every single popular video in the comments section (with at least one person replying)... and FootofaFerret with most recently, the Smash Bros. history!
Nandin Lopez, Everywhere. Boom!
Don't forget the Black Nerd!
***** Don't forget in the comment sections all the fuck over TH-cam. :P
Zoe Boughton HE COMMENTS ON EVERYTHING!
Nitrometutorials, You know I stopped doing that like four months ago, right?
Ah, good to have you back Ryder! Have fun at Playlist!
Who here in 2018 sitting here thinking about smash ultimate
Whenever I hear someone say they don't know who Shulk is, I just wanna peg them in the face with a copy of Xenoblade Chronicles and say "PLAY IT!".
Good, so I'm not the only one
Smilesof159, To be fair, I DO own a copy of Xenoblade Chronicles. Sometimes, you have to make jokes for the sake of videos being entertaining.
Honestly most people nowadays know what Xenoblade is at the very least through Chuggaconroy, but if you plan on throwing a copy of a game that costs around $100 on Amazon at everyone who doesn't, you better have some pretty deep pockets.
Yeah. Cause someone physical harm, making them not want to play a game, because they haven't heard of a game that gets next to 0 attention in the states. That'll show them.
Good sir, I could not agree with you more.
Nice "I'm not really feeling it" reference from Xenoblade Chronicles.
I like this a brief history a lot more than the most recent one.
The new one barely has ultimate in it, but it's incredibly slow compared to this one.
All I wish is that you mentioned the booming competitive community for Melee. That was the biggest part of Smash Bro's legacy imo
Love it :D It's vids like this that really remind people just how amazing Smash Bros is, in every single iteration of it! People tend to forget just how big of a deal a game like Smash Bros was when it first came out, and no matter which one you like best, they are all amazingly well crafted and solid games, and a huge love letter to all fans of Nintendo.
Anyone else here from 2018. Cant wait for the next installment. It's literally going to be ultimate.
Smash actually is like a portal to another dimension for me, after getting Smash 4 I got interested in more game than what I liked like Pikmin and taught me about Zenoblade, I enjoyed animal crossing and even though I don't play smash anymore I still enjoys the game.
4:53 THE SUPER FIGHTING ROBOT MERGA MERN
sry mega Man....
FootofaFerret When's the next non-gaming Brief history. I've been watching you since you started A Brief History and I'm sad I'm not seeing A Brief History.
I'm just going to briefly sum up the "Japanese characters you've never heard of". On the left is Shulk from Xenoblade. He can see the future. Next is Robin, the character avatar from Fire Emblem: Awakening. 3rd along is Palutena from Kid Icarus & Kid Icarus: Uprising. She's a goddess. Last is Lucina from Fire Emblem: Awakening. She's the daughter of Chrom - the prince. Also, she's a time traveller and pretended to be Marth - a king.
For a brief history video. Could you make one about a popular rock/emo band. (Ex. Black veil brides, Pierce the veil, falling in reverse, sleeping with sirens) bands like that. It would be so cool.
You know what I'd Like to see? What I really want to see you try to do?
A "brief" summary of Once Upon A Time
"Shulk?! Who is this guy? I'm not really feeling it" Ahhhhh I see what you did there...
I have a good feeling you are going very far my friend.
Agreeing with this
Shulk is probably the best character in terms of story and development (that is in Smash Bros). Not many people heard of Xenoblade but after the New 3DS release I hope more people get to feel it.
This is 3 years late but TOTAL MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR REPLACING THE READY SET GO AT THE BEGINNING WITH THE SMASH 4 ANNOUNCER SAYING READY GO
I love how you put Paramore in the video! thanks XDD
The Smash Ball was orginally going to be Smash 64 but due to the N64's limitations, it didn't make it into the final game. Also, in Smash 64's files there is an unused audio clip of Ness saying "PK Starstorm" and few other announcer audio clips. And one last thing is that some characters such as Peach, Bowser And Meowth were orginally going be characters but they didn't. In Melee, Peach And Bowser made it in as characters, and Meowth was made into an Assist Trophy in Brawl. That was just some extra information I wanted to note down for you.
You guys really used the "I'm really feeling it" joke? Ah, who am I kidding, I just spent the last minute cracking up over it.
You could have talked a bit more about Melee's success. I mean it was an MLG game. People still play it competitively today. But absolutely love the vid :)
"And Shulk...Who is this guy, I'm not really feeling it." I'm dead
lol "I'm not really feeling it" That was funny.
Good stuff, but I thought you'd touch on the competitive aspects of it. For example, Brawl was intentionally made slower because melee developed such a competitive scene and Sakurai didn't want a competitive game.
Good video still!
If there was no subspace emissary, Brawl will not be that good. And the customization for your very own levels are awesome.
Oh cool, I learned stuff about things that I like. Have fun at playlist Ryder
"Shulk? Who is this guy I'm not really feeling it" I burst out laughing at that!!
RIP footofaferret's TH-cam channel. You will be missed
Shulk was the main char in what is probally the best JRPG to make it to the states in a long time, which was on the nintindo wii
Here is a suggestion
A brief history of MS paint adventures
or just homestuck, if you know, don't have a year to produce this thing
SHROOMSAUCE
I saw this before Vidcon... SURPRISED Honestly because you looked so different when I saw you IRL xD
"Shulk? Who is this guy? I'm not really feelin' it."
You're not really feelin' it! Ha ha!
Are you kidding me? How has no American ever heard of Shulk form Xenoblade Chronicles?
1:13 THE NOSTALGIA AHHHHHHHH MY CHILDHOOD!!!!!!
Two things I wished you talked about-
- Cut Characters
- DLC (Mewtwo)
"Useless Stickers" YOU'RE USELESS! After finding out how useful the stickers are in Subspace Emissary, i was extremely surprised that nobody thought about this. IT MADE INTENSE SUBSPACE EMISSARY SO, MUCH, MORE, FAIR!!! There, done ranting.
i love how Gijian was like "LAWL NOOBS ONLY I GET THIS GAME"
is game theory your new channel? game THEORY is the new place you upload brief HISTORIES? brief HISTORIES in game THEORISTS?
5:49 "im not really feeling it" Ahh I see what you did their.
OMG this video is awesome. Just purely Amazing. Super smash bros is the best
I'm not really feeling it. Oh, the best. Better than any Super Bowl commercial.
Oh, wait, you were at Playlist? Dang, I was at Playlist. I was there as a chaperone for a group of young film students, so I didn't really have time to stalk people I liked anyway, but hey. If you saw a guy that would randomly swap between Pokemon hats and various animal hats throughout the day, that was probably me. I also lost my wallet there. That was nice.
You guys forget something about the 4th installment. It's the first ever game in the franchise that will have DLC in the form of MewTwo which is free when u have both the Wii U and 3Ds version.
"I'm not really feeling it..." XD Trailer Drake! I see what you did there!
Frank Wak, ;D
Do a brief history of Gravity Falls plz that would be amazing
shulks always like "I'm really feeling it!" and at the end he said "who's shulk? I'm not really feeling it" xD did anyone else notice ??
Are you feeling it now, Mr. Krabs?
Shulk is from the biggest best rpg I've ever plaid on the wii Xenoblade Chronicles.
You may not feel Shulk, but he REALLY feels you.
A brief History of IIsuperwomanII She just hit six million subs!
This is basically what you show your friends if they don't know the game in a nutshell just for the basics.
The stickers weren't entirely useless. They gave you stat buffs in the Subspace Emissary, one of the lesser known features of it.
Have you heard it’s coming for the switch? You probably did.
I am left to wonder, as I have for many years now, what would the franchise look like if it had used original characters?
"I'm not.... Really....feeling it"
OH MY GODS-
DID YOU JUST-
YOU DID.
HEY GUYS
LOOK AT ALL THESE JOKERS
All-Star Mode...
SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME THE WORLD WAS GONNA ROLL ME.
SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE!!! (EVERYONE IS HERE!!!!!)
When you said Shulk you "weren't really feeling it" 😆
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I lol'd at the scratching the surface bit
Imagine Super Smash Brothers with Mario's magic floating hat Cappy from Super Mario Odyssey.
0:37 don't look a it too much, and the guy in blue got hit in his WOOJOOS!!!
Are you ever gonna do Brief Histories that aren't about video games, on your main channel? I do like the video game ones, but I also really enjoyed the TH-camr and musician ones.
I've been to the store at 5:29. It's Game Underground in Framingham, MA.
I love this guy's sense of comedic timing
The switch called super smash bros ultimate and snake,pichu,ice climber,young link,pokemon trainer,wolf, and daisy,inkling and even ridley
Shulk "not really hearing it"... I see what you did there XD
typo. I tried to edit it but it wouldn't change
You forget to mention that Smash Bros WiiU/ 3DS sold already close to 10 Million after 4 Months. :p
1:13 OKAY WE GET IT
So Ryder, who would you like to see in the next smash? Maybe a Splatoon or Codename Steam character?
You don't know who Shulk is? Ah well, give it a few years and you'll probably make a Brief History of Xenoblade Chronicles, once the franchise gets more games of course.
Why do people hate SSE so much? I liked it.
+BriefCasey795 Heck if I know. SSE made me into a Lucas main and I'm so proud of that. I enjoy my sunflower child so much~ SSE was extremely fun for me (it also made me want to kill Wario) and it helps build your skill without having to endlessly fight random battles with CPUs.
the part where you said "mega man" sounded like you said "meger mahn" to me xD
yaaay, if only I could go to playlist live... T-T
Who is Shulk?
WHO IS SHULK?!
ONLY THE PROTAGONIST OF THE 2ND BEST GAME OF ALL TIME!
admittedly when I first started playing melee I only knew Mario so I made up fake lore for other characters. I made up that the "pk" thing that ness said meant power kid and his powers came from his backpack... I WAS 6 AT THE TIME OK?
is it just me or does anyone else think he should do a brief history on cryaotic? I wonder how cry would take it.
DO A BRIEF HISTORY OF METALLICA PLZ THEY ARE AMAZING
best joke ever: "Scratches the Surface". good job
Waiting for new Brief History of Smash Bros.
It shocked me when I first heard no one knew who Shulk was. Seriously, years back all I could hear was "ZOMG XENOBLADE CHRONCILES IS COMING TO THE US", but now I hear "Who the fuck is Shulk?".
It's actually a rare game in the US now
Can you do something on jack septic eye?? You know the boss of all bosses that can instill bossness just by being near you? Yeah that guy please do a brief history.
Little did he know a new game is coming out on December 7 2018
my personal favorite game series
Same here
I saw that Paramore single, Ryder.
I saw it too!
I'm really feeling it.