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GameCube | Fighting | Super Smash Bros. Melee

Boxart for Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee 24 screen shots
  • GRAPHICS: 5.0
  • SOUND: 5.0
  • CONTROL: 4.0
  • FUN FACTOR 4.5
  • AVG USER SCORE 4.6
  • AVG CRITIC SCORE 4.5
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First Look: Super Smash Brothers Melee

First Look by STARDINGO | 05/25/2001 | 11:02:10 AM PST

The superstars of the Nintendo universe duke it out for the Best Mascot prize in this GameCube follow-up to the ridiculously fun N64 classic.

There are dangerous brains at work over at Nintendo HQ. Super Smash Brothers for the N64 was one of that system?s most fun multiplayer games?a giant, ridiculous brawl featuring all of Nintendo?s best, brightest, and most recognizable characters, from Mario, Donkey Kong, and Pikachu to Samus, Link and Star Fox. So what better way to showcase ?the Nintendo difference??and remind consumers what games they?re not going to see on Xbox or PS2?than to launch the GameCube with a version all its own? Clever?very clever indeed.

Super Smash Brothers Melee was one of the first titles Nintendo showed off at this year?s E3, and it looks like Nintendo?s not messing too much with what made the first game a success. At heart, Melee is still the same 4-player 2D platform-hopping ?fighting game,? only hyper-enhanced with plenty of new features and graphical enhancements for its Cube-shaped incarnation. The game will feature over a dozen arenas pulled from all of Nintendo's different universes, over 30 new whacked-out battle items to pummel your opponents with, and plenty of new hidden characters and play modes. All the characters from the N64 version are back, including some of the more obscure folks like Captain Falcon and the lil? psychic boy from Earthbound, as well a few unexpected faces like the pair of Eskimos from the NES cult favorite Ice Climber. Aside from the addition of a new 64-player tournament mode to beef up the multiplayer even further, Nintendo seems to the extra mile to make ensure a simply smashing single-player experience (easily the original version?s weakest element) with a side-scrolling solo quest mode. The GameCube launch lineup is shaping up to be one of the most solid in console history, with must-have titles everywhere you look?here?s hoping Nintendo carries through on that promise.


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