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Super Smash Bros. Melee

2002

Overall rating: 4 out of 5

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Nintendo?s craziest and possibly most popular Japanese beat-em-up extravaganza debuted on the ill-fated Nintendo 64. It demonstrated instant playability (as with most Nintendo games), and quickly became an outright classic in its homeland and in the States. It?s success was somewhat limited in the UK, but the game?s sequel, Smash Bros. Melee on GameCube, is more widely anticipated on European shores, due to the game?s success elsewhere. In all its Japanese-ness, Smash Bros. Melee is at heart, a simplified beat-em-up. Similar to Capcom?s own party fighting game Powerstone, players must choose from one of many famous Nintendo characters as they battle for supremacy in the Nintendo universe. You can choose to fight with mainstream heroes such as Mario or Link, or you can go for more obscure Nintendo characters such as the Ice Climbers. Once chosen, your character must fight against an onslaught of opposing Nintendo creations in any of dozens of renowned locations. But the most intriguing aspect of these fighting arenas is how they interact with the battle itself. Competing on an F-Zero circuit, for example, you suddenly find yourself hurled hundreds of metres down the track playing on a completely different layout. You must adjust your strategy accordingly. From the castle grounds of Peache?s all too familiar residence, to the deep caves of Super Metroid?s Brinstar, fighting against characters such as Giant Donkey Kong and Bowser can be quite intimidating. But all have their weaknesses, and finding them is only a matter of time. All characters have a standard set of attacks that can be put to use by tapping a direction and hitting a single attack button. The general goal within Smash Bros. Melee is simply to knock your opponent out of the fighting area. Each player has a damage percentage gauge at the bottom of the screen ? the higher the level of damage, the more likely it is that you can knock them out of the area. The most predictable way to end a battle successfully is to deal significant damage first, then finish the opponent off with a special attack, blasting them out of the arena to the point of no return. Various power ups, such as Dr Mario tablets and Pokeballs, will help you deal more damage and gain a significant advantage, but the same applies to the enemy. Smash Bros. Melee, as simple as it is to play, contains many intricacies that help it make more strategic and less of a button-bashing experience. The Japanese adore it, and it?s not hard to see why.

Super Smash Bros. Melee details

Format:	3 GameCube
Players:	1
Genre:	Fighting
Developers:	NINTENDO
Rental release:	Currently unavailable

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N64 Smash Bros is weak in comparsion

By Amy ET Robinson from Surrey, England , 15 Mar 2006

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Apart from fighting each other and winning to unlock characters, battlegrounds and events you have trophies to collect too. This is a fantastic all round game and I cannot wait for the next one! Lots of characters including Zelda, Peach, Link, young Link, Samus Aran, Mario, Luigi, Dr. Mario, Ganon, Captain Falcon, Kirby, Pokemon, Fox, and others. Definitely a must have game
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smash it up

By arshid (136 reviews) from Woking , 26 Jan 2011

i think your best opions is to return it within the day not good at all if you rent but not worth the buy so your choice really
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Amazing

By a customer from wales , 12 Sep 2007

this game was the only reason i bought my cube its action packed and hell of a lot of fun cant wait till the new smash bros brawl comes got got a cube get this
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Brilliant

By Jack Tapley from Kent, England , 09 Apr 2007

Amazing. Super smash bros melee in one word. if you want a frantic fight between Nintendo allstars you got it. link vs mario. you got it. even once you done everything you can like unlock all the caracters the events traing and all that. you can just keep fighting or watch the cpu fight each other even better if you've got more than one controller so invite your mates round so you can just kick lumps out of each others caracter (not them obviously). I've had it for ages and i still enjoy it. Its even one of the few cube games i got now i've got my wii. it is seriously worth investing your money in.
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N64 Smash Bros is weak in comparsion

By Amy ET Robinson from Surrey, England , 15 Mar 2006

Apart from fighting each other and winning to unlock characters, battlegrounds and events you have trophies to collect too. This is a fantastic all round game and I cannot wait for the next one! Lots of characters including Zelda, Peach, Link, young Link, Samus Aran, Mario, Luigi, Dr. Mario, Ganon, Captain Falcon, Kirby, Pokemon, Fox, and others. Definitely a must have game
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