APEX 2013 SB64 GF Kikoushi VS Isai

[@isaissb]

Watch me play online ssb64 Tuesday nights at 8pm PST at www.twitch.tv/clashtournaments

[@justinisett]

ISAIIIIIIIIIIIIII!

[@GoGeToN88]

ISAI YES!

[@clearsurname]

I wish everyone was as sportsmanlike as you

[@Mmaketsu]

You look like a zombie when you're playing, how do you stay so calm?

[@BrickNGames]

ISAI I LOVE YOU

[@toocoolotool218]

I love how even when Isai loses he's laughing and smiling. A true competitor, a role model for us all.

[@toocoolotool218]

***** No the part where when he's losing yet still is smiling.

[@smkie-hf9pz]

Mario was a joke pick!

[@missedmurphy]

"When Kirby is high he does really good"

[@green3487]

The hit noise in 64 is so satisfying to my ears.

[@khaos3696]

have you heard the japanese version?

[@edgar8316]

+ManniBruhh what does it sound like?

[@green3487]

ManniBruhh No I haven't :P

[@khaos3696]

2:34

[@khaos3696]

4:00

[@Braleven]

These announcers are so great. I wish the 64 scene was larger. I feel like of all Smash games it has the least amount of douchebags and a lot of friendly players, Isai being one of the most friendly.

[@DanielJackins]

The announcers were terrible. Only thing about the video I didn't enjoy

[@DSC24]

Nintendude seems like a nice commentator when hes not swarmed with battlecows erection for Isai. There were so many points in this entire video where it wasnt commentating, but cheering for isai. Battlecow doesn't understand commentating but he was so excited to be there it seems.

[@8-bitBishop]

Braleven Yeah Nintendude is great. I love how enthusiastic Battlecow is. But it's exhausting. Understandable though. I had a huge boner for Isai in this set.

[@wiitubeaccount]

That was one of the most nail-biting grand finals I've ever seen. The suspense before the hit. The combo that comes after. The spacing and mind games. OMFG

[@jonnitti1]

i'm a calibur player and went to apex for that. i talked to kikoushi the morning before this was played. we barely understood what each other were saying and he told me he was the best player in japan and that he was going to win smash 64. i was rooting for him so hard that he would fulfill his statement. this dude was feelin himself and did work. mad respect.

[@calvinfranca8550]

Isai is just like "Poor kid, if I used my Rat things would get ugly..."

[@BrickNGames]

***** lol, I swear Isai should be #1 on the Smash 64 ELO Rating.. if he WANTS to win he will win, he can beat anyone with his Pikachu

[@Winchester7314]

23:16 ....THEY BROKE THE SOUND BARRIER

[@pokiendefterkirby5956]

v:

[@snoopsie580]

you could see the joy of Isai when he saw his opponent win. What a guy =D

[@Sanfilippo456]

The audio cut outs at the perfect moments

[@clearsurname]

Isai is a great person to have in the community. We need more guys with his kind of attitude

[@strawhats100]

nintendude corrected his co-commentator real quick when he was like "these players are on Isai's level".

[@BrickNGames]

Isai was a good sport

[@RandyLahey22]

you know hes a good guy when you see him smiling when he loses

[@Toya3816]

23:19 I think we've all had this moment at some point in our smash careers. The feels.

[@WillToWinvlog]

Are you kidding? This commentary was great! The commentators clearly knew what was going on, and they both clearly love the game.

[@toocoolotool218]

at 41:35 you can see frustration in Isai when he gets hit by Kikoushi's n-air.

[@PickyMcCritical]

+Anthony O'Toole Yeah, I think he thought it was over. He seemed surprised when he looked back to the screen.

[@CarniTato]

Isai is my favorite Smasher of all time, hands down. He just enjoys playing and doesn't take the game too serious like M2K for example. It's funny how much Kikoushi was sweating (no hate), but Isai stayed relaxed all the time. Is there a reason he stayed Mario?

[@trentblaser-welch7084]

Isai does that at tournaments sometimes. He'll just say at the beginning, "I'm only going to play as (insert character name) for the entire tournament" and this time it happened to be Mario. It's really nice that he's actually honest enough to stick by what he says.

[@CarniTato]

Trent Blaser-Welch it's even scarier that he actually is able to do that on such a level.

[@JimboG132]

revanskywalker It will be pretty exciting to watch him play jiggs at apex 2014 :D

[@YUSoEpic]

TheSorrow Isai is too good. If he plays Pikachu during tournaments, he will likely 5 stock everyone except maybe superboom... And that would just be boring

[@Heyim18bro]

I figured he was doing that to respect the japanese player, because in japanese smash tournaments you have to play as the same character all the way through.

[@runClimbCode]

The Japanese guy was sweating it. And Isia is like eh gg cause he is playing his 5th best character lol.

[@socerbaler]

Look at Isai's smile at the end. What a guy.

[@surreptitiouswritings]

the sound isn't muted, its clipping from Battlecow yelling. I think it only adds to the hype and novelty.

[@JimmyJoeMcGurl]

Gotta love battlecow breaking the mic with excitement! Just rewatching this since I saw it live and wow.. So incredible

[@elguaro3]

During the last match you can tell the japanese guy was nervous, Isai was so relaxed.....

[@surreptitiouswritings]

He is a high level player and is very involved in the scene. Loved your commentary Bcow, wanted Isai to win as well.

[@JimmyJoeMcGurl]

Isai such a good sport and competitor too, goes with all Dream Land and is all smiles for Kikoushi at the end of it.. What a set.

[@MAKRA567]

That was one of the most intense matches ever. Such high level play out of both of these two!

[@potsiiscool]

Glad to see I'm not the only one seeing this.

[@5688gamble]

Gotta love the totally-not-biased towards Isai commentary!

[@AlquimistEd]

He plays well with every character, and he usually chooses one character and plays the entire tourney without changing. On last year's apex he played the entire tourney with Link.

[@fkylw]

Great matches but the one commentator was way to combative to everything the other one said. Example: 'Some Isai chants' then he replies 'Shouts, not chants. I'm going to start a chant'. Or, 'I feel these players are on his level' 'no, they're not.' 'Well, I just fe-' 'No, they're not.' GREAT INPUT BUDDY! Really descriptive and engaging input.

[@Kulepennstrek]

Yeah I know. Nintendude did a great job but, it's hard when you're getting shut down by a commentator. He shut Nintendude up and I really like his commentary so that kinda sucked.

[@stevepisano6262]

I think he was just excited. I kind of took the 'I'm going to start a chant' as him acknowledging that he came off wrong and wanted to bring it back to chants.

[@anarchyyoshi9130]

fkylw totally agreed. what a melvin.

[@iammashdots]

I feel like i'm experiencing a part of history! Btw, Isai is such a good sport. Good on him.

[@TheCB94]

Hey battlecow here Definitely down to take all advice with regards to my commentary, and it was far from perfect. Isai is, to me and to many if not most 64 players, the reason I started to play competitively, and if I sung his praises too enthusiastically I'll reign it in next time. I hope that no one got the impression that I did not have tremendous and blinding admiration and respect for Kikoushi.

[@Marioguy92]

The smash god of America and the smash god of Japan. Both great sports, you can't beat that.

[@klutzykris]

EPIC, definitely a nail biter. I just can't believe Isai had the will power not to change characters when he was in that situation

[@LuckyHamburger]

Watched these sets 5 times and only just noticed the sick ass edge cancel at 33:59

[@miniatureface]

this is the best video of smash bros ever

[@felipebart10]

That Kikoushi play was so good that the mic died!

[@YoshiFanGM]

Isai should have gone Luigi in this one xD Regardless, amazing matches and very good commentary.

[@AlquimistEd]

I had a gif that showcased the whole hitbox, but I can't find it anymore. :( Also it has like what, 1 frame startup? lol It can parry pretty much anything in the game.

[@fliperotchy]

Isai playing one character per tournament. If he went Pikachu it would be a snoozefest.

[@lordfredplus]

that dude was raining sweat and isai just chillin

[@TheSw96]

23:19 too epic.

[@PickyMcCritical]

+PachinkoSam Yep, my favorite part of the video :P

[@Davidian_]

Sorry if it's late but yes that's how it works in Grand Finals. To be knocked out of the tournament you have to lose two sets. The person coming from Winner's Finals into Grand Finals has not lost a single set, and in order to be knocked out he must lose twice.

[@Crusader8389]

While it may be slow to watch, if you attempt to do any of the complicated techniques they display in this video, especially the ones with only 1-2 frame windows, it is extremely difficult. The way they chain several of these together while still being able to plan, react, and combo is nothing short of absolutely amazing. If you don't believe me, try to short hop up air z cancel with mario with any kind of success rate... and that's just one of the EASIER techniques isai displayed.

[@DSC24]

10:35 HOW DID HE KNOW HOW DID HEKNOW?! *Kikoushi does awesome reverse ledge DI* "...oh...alright..* All the excitement gone. Most Bias indeed.

[@TheM4cDaddy]

Same people like 7 years later...I think i might start pj64k'ing again...definitely miss playing on Kaillera

[@Pablo1517]

That is if he gets the secret of eternal life.

[@donnymallity6806]

THE MOST intense game of smashies I've seen...!

[@MassDynamic]

why doesnt kirby try to absorb powers? the fire balls could help against the edge-guard and Kirby's B can do some interesting stuff when the target is on the edge.

[@coyrex1480]

My goodness Isai had an amazing recovery at the end there on his last stock.

[@sevenharmon6248]

Isai plays every character, it's amazing how good he is with every one of them. Some people devote their time to one, but Isai gets bored playing one. His Pikachu is disgusting, but he chooses to use a random character than his Pikachu for fun.

[@Drflash55Official]

23:24... I think I went Deaf.

[@TheCB94]

As regards the issue of Isai's skill relative to Kikoushi--I am a great believer in the sanctity of tournaments for determining skill level. Isai is not. My understanding of the situation is that Isai determined how he measured up against Kikoushi in a large number of very serious non-tournament matches prior to WF's, and that with pikachu and fox (possibly kirby) he was at a decided advantage. If you want to say that these GF's make Kikoushi the "champ," I agree.

[@WomboCombee]

The funny thing is that you might actually beat Isai in a friendly. Not because your better, but because he would sandbag the fuck out of the match to make you feel good.

[@datyobosmash9221]

This is probably the highest level smash 64 match of all time.

[@JC_Revan]

Isai's Mario is the physical embodiment of Smash

[@aquaman5004]

His Link last Apex was awesome. I guess Mario does have a good recovery. Why didn't he switch maps? Too much pride?

[@Apollys]

Why the sound have to die right at the exciting points :(

[@JosephMuntz]

What was the Pikachu game they were referring to?

[@MrKingFunk]

At some point, not picking Hyrule won't be done out of pride but common sense. Those are some of the most amazing 64 matches ever.

[@shiv604]

i'm not talking tier lists here buddy, you are. isai's best character is pikachu plain and simple, while kikoushi's is kirby. if you go on isai's channel and watch isai's newest video it's him as pika vs kikoushi's kirby, where isai wins 3-0. just pointing out how isai is not all about winning and using his best characters (see brawl matches with MK's left and right). players like isai are about having fun, not winning. respect to him, that's all.

[@cablecho57]

Isai doing his best scorpadorp impression

[@iiGUNN3R]

how do they do their moves so quickly? i know i sound like an idiot, but i still play this game regularly (obviously not on their level). is it using shield to cancel the ai after the moves have been completed?

[@panamanian911]

Dude, no one is taking this that seriously. That's what the crowd does to generate hype. Cheering happening at a competition? OH THE HUMANITY

[@Crusader8389]

That's one of the differences between him and you. He plays the game to enjoy it, regardless of whether he gets beaten or not. And of course, you would absolutely loose. You may not realize it, but playing the game at his level takes huge amounts of both skill and practice.

[@1kotouba]

Isai is still a god for just playing any character he wants and still gets to finals

[@bforce14]

what do these guys do for controllers? the analog sticks wear out

[@cosplayeranime]

What's the difference between winners finals and grand finals?

[@Zant5976]

oh god my sides. Thanks for that good laugh.

[@joshisaac8070]

how do they stay in the air while comboing and the emeny is right next too them cause when i hit someone in the air they fly away.

[@MewtwoGenetic]

I love the anti scream feature on the Apex system

[@superhoops540]

lmao i love how these commentators passive-aggressively argue lol

[@blackorchids]

why does the apex sound always die when people scream?

[@Cofi_SL]

+seb nev mics because its not just the people the commentators are screaming so the sounds goes poof

[@yeetuscletus1919]

beautiful how the mic dies at 23:18 :D

[@amoneymoney]

Heh heh, loved the "shout out" at 21:25.

[@nintendo27027]

the audience did that in evo 2013 as well.

[@schweetfightachamplu]

he promised to stick to mario throughout the tourney.. whatta beast

[@WhiteZelda]

Where can i find the APEX 2013 Melee Finals in 1 video ?

[@Wakssbm]

It's kinda ironic for Kikoushi to know that by winning apex, he can, at most, consider himself as the second best player because of Isai's pikachu.

[@MrDiffEQ]

4:36 - ridiculous hit-box on that up-tilt

[@surreptitiouswritings]

the three nairs at 34:31 are insane

[@deneikatastelikecandy297]

Every one always wins isia, but he's good, a combo god, edge guard god

[@Reminiscable]

22:57 OHHHHHH! kirby up+B 33:14 nice edgeguard + recovery 39:15 Lol @ commentary - He gets hit. And he gets hit again. 40:28 Lol @ panic-DI and angry-DI 41:43 happy celebration :)

[@alienation69]

Damn I like brawl but out of all three GFs from each smash game I thought this GFs had the best ending. That was pretty cool haha ssb 64 looks hard to learn

[@cwolf2012]

If you were the one screaming and causing the mics to cut out, I would probably work on toning that down.

[@tracycampbell5890]

I can barely take professional cod seriously, I was laughing the entire video.

[@bishiknight]

As long as you were laughing, this video successfully served its purpose as entertainment for you.

[@DesVoador]

CoD? The technical skill Smash demands is simply on another level.

[@Ranger5004]

Be gone, troll.

[@tracycampbell5890]

how am I a troll?

[@TheAvgCommentator]

Tracy Campbell you're talking about Call of Duty on a video about SSB64... that's just dumb! You're stupid if you don't understand that.

[@wabitgirl]

So I don't understand the way that the ruleset works. Is it that the person coming from winner's bracket only needs one set to win the finals, but the person coming from loser's needs two?

[@panamanian911]

Even Isai predicted that Kikoushi was going to win, so "i don't know, man"

[@SRUFUS3D]

What a match that was great!

[@persionlamb]

THIS....is AWESOME

[@louievasquez6009]

Hahaha that was awesome. Such an amazingly fun game

[@Seanoftheworld]

Poor guy won Apex but has to deal with the fact that he knows (as well as everyone else thanks to Nintendude spilling the beans) that Isai wasn't even trying to win it and was purposely playing an inferior matchup, just trying to make it fun and challenging for himself, and exciting for the crowd. What a fucking cool guy and superb troll.

[@shiv604]

if isai used a high tier guy like pikachu he'd prolly win. but what would be the fun in that?

[@Jeduthunn]

My heart was beating cuz of the excitement

[@panamanian911]

He would have won for sure. I don't think Isai plays for that anymore. He probably just goes with characters he doesn't get to use often against amazing players to get a bit better and also to have more fun. This is by far the most entertaining match in Apex in my opinion.

[@Lexter1104]

He doesn't use his best character (pikachu) on tournaments. He only uses low tier characters like Mario, Link etc. If you want to see what'll happen if Isai DID use pikachu, go to his channel. He won 3-0 sweep with Kikoushi. That's how good Isai is.

[@wXingVinny]

Are you kidding me? It so much faster! More fun to watch!

[@PompousPicard1]

Fantastic matches. Commentary was good, though the obvious bias towards Isai by one of them is somewhat unprofessional. But overall, very nice to hear commentators who are actually focused on the incredible Smash being played.

[@GCLU]

This is KoRo. 1. This matchup is Even 2. I watched Isai play Kikoushi with Pikachu. They stayed even with Kikoushi taking him down to 1-2 stocks every time. I understand random's riding Isai but you?