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[@dragonman011]

Max quoting himself during the Cloud trailer is peak humor, holy shit. Even the inflections were on-point.

[@elshogun1032]

We were all quoting Max's reaction to the trailer in the chat on Twitch, it was hilarious.

[@mapolo9500]

Yes that was amazing

[@707zacbuster]

Makes you wanna watch the actual reveal trailer again because as a FF7 fan, I lost my shit the same way max did

[@justintantiongloc6987]

He definitely watched that clip himself almost as many times as the rest of us have

[@pokestorm6026]

Was literally here in the comments to say i thought it was a nice touch that max was quoting himself..good on you. That "No fking way..NO FKING WAY!" Will always be iconic to me.

[@Hevenlee]

"Ridley's too big, he'll never make it" "Bayonetta's too sexy, she'll never make it" "Sora's too much of a hassle, he'll never make it" Team Dream's Come True.

[@andybilyak]

And sonic. "He's third party, he can't get in!" (Melee to his brawl reveal)

[@richardw1043]

Think about it. The amount of shit confirmed for smash meant people were honestly, feasibly thinking that Master Chief and Doom slayer were realistic chances. Like, actively anticipating their arrival. Imagine being told that 5 years ago. Not even Mugen and Deviantart would've thought that crossover. .......The fact is Doom guy did actually make it in some form. What the hell.

[@BROXBasher]

Team's Dreams Have Been Redeemed.

[@bulb9970]

“Goku is not a videogame character, he’ll never make it”

[@chrisbarrera7202]

@@richardw1043 It's even crazier when you realize Doom slayer was going to be our "fallback" character if Nintendo couldn't get sora, that's why his mii costume is so late and out of place with the splatoon ones

[@nyrisj]

What's important to remember is that when these trailers were first revealed, they didn't have the Smash logo in the beginning so it was actually a surprise mid trailer that it was Smash in the first place.

[@PrayForTanqueray]

Smash trailers were and still are known for baiting you into thinking it's not smash, see Rosalina's reveal, where it looks like Kirby is getting into Mario Kart more than anything.

[@ascended00hybrid58]

@@PrayForTanqueray And to this day, I still wish for a Smash Kart to be made. We were getting close when it got Link and Isabelle.

[@paperluigi6132]

@@PrayForTanqueray Pyra and Mythra’s trailer made me think we were getting essentially what is Future Connected for Xenoblade 2.

[@Doudoussin]

I think most of them had the logo actually, including the reveal trailer

[@nyrisj]

@@Doudoussin Not when they were live, they didn't. Go watch the Nintendo Directs were they debuted or the Game Awards footage. That's why people thought the Rosalina reveal was Kirby in Mario Kart.

[@thomaspalazzolo5902]

Cute reference: Lucas lives in the Nowhere Islands in Mother 3. Hence, "Lucas comes out of Nowhere!"

[@Lanman106]

Ahh! I never understood that. Thanks for the info!

[@AleehFM94]

Plus it was really unexpected. Nobody expected characters like Lucas and Roy to come back and in a time where there were a lot of leaked characters, Lucas was one who nobody knew it was coming before the trailer.

[@moroseloki1912]

Mother 3? Interesting

[@Jamester445]

I also like the idea that Lucas is saving Ness. Because in Brawl Ness "dies" protecting Lucas. So its nice to see Lucas finally repay the favor.

[@Davethe3rd]

Boy, those would be fun references for Nintendo to make... IF WE GOT THE GAME IN NORTH AMERICA!!

[@Aisoreta]

The fact that Palutena literally just said "Screw you pit, this is my fight now" and just sent him straight into the sky is hilarious to me

[@researchinbreeder]

Na, she saw Link and said, "it's time for some 'divine intervention' ;D". It's even in her voice and that little head tilt.

[@Hatsworthful]

i just wish they gave her one of her other two down specials instead of the counter in ultimate.

[@researchinbreeder]

@@Hatsworthful Lightweight was broken and Celestial Fireworks was garbage. Besides, folding Reflect into the Counter gives her anti-zoner utility. Tbh it's honestly more like a Reflect that slaps people lightly if they hit you during it.

[@Hatsworthful]

@@researchinbreeder Frankly i'd still take a move thats less useful but more fun/unique to use than counter (not saying it has to be one of the other two from smash4, could be a new one). Counter is already smash's "we don't know what the fuck to give so here's something to fill space" thing, and they just plain-ass refuse to make the existing ones unique. Plus out of everyone who has that kind of move palutena is by goddamn lighyears the one who has the least reason (as a character) to have it, the least they could do is give hers some sort of bonus special effect to add some diversity. EDIT: also more of a nitpick but i hate how reflect isn't a 'projectile' anymore (and it just works like zelda's neutral special).

[@codered1132]

Naw, she just wants link’s master sword 😏

[@ShmunkyMonke]

Max still has the World Record speed run for finding out it was Cloud in the reveal

[@JoshKaito]

I remember being bummed that Cloud didn't get a CG trailer, but Sephiroth's made up for it.

[@PepeMetallero]

Yes, we technically got the best CG trailer that has both cloudo-desu and sephiroth-chan

[@RBGolbat]

Nintendo realized for Smash Ultimate how great the trailers were and decided to use the budget on trailers for DLC

[@kay_sou]

To be fair, no DLC got a CG trailer aside from Corrin, but that was just literally a reused cutscene from Fates.

[@LupzWild]

@@kay_sou yeah, I remenber when I first played Fates, some years after Corrin beign in Smash, and I just watched this cutscene in the game and thinked "where the hell did I watched that before?".

[@KingGhidorah5464]

In hindsight I don’t think it was a budget thing, I just think Square Enix wouldn’t allow it because they were working on the remake at the time.

[@linksora7120]

Little Mac's trailer will always be my favourite smash 4 trailer, just that amazing artstyle for the start, the beautiful music remix of the training theme, then the speed and great showcase of his moveset. Honestly an easy 10/10 one of the trailers I could not stop watching and being a huge punch out fan it was a massive reveal :)

[@imgoingtosaythen-word2495]

Same

[@ferny1267]

Max's reaction for cloud for smash 4 is still legendary to this day!

[@thebloodedge284]

As legendary as the serhiroth reaction

[@JKDoodleJack]

@@thebloodedge284 beat me to it 😭

[@mrmelonmanag8733]

Can I get a amen?

[@kriscynical]

I think he was the only person in the entire internet who recognized the music within three notes. lmao

[@YungFishh]

@@kriscynical oh yeah without a doubt

[@obi-onekenerdi]

Hearing Max recite his original reaction to the Cloud trailer from memory gave me goosebumps. I’ve rewatched that original video so many times because it makes me so happy.

[@randomguy7951]

Maaaan, i remember the internet going NUTS when Megaman was revealed, and even more when we first saw his Final Smash. Good Times

[@bwoeYT]

The reveal was hype but it was extra special because Mega Man was treated like dirt by Capcom prior to his reveal. 2011-2013 was Mega Man's dark age, and Smash helped revive the series

[@exmaister3]

Yooo I remember that day so clearly, I was going nuts, its such a good trailer even to this day.

[@thehoopinggamer9166]

@@exmaister3 still watch it from time to time.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

@@bwoeYT It also didn’t help that Megaman Legends 3 was canceled in 2011, 10 YEARS AGO, yeah remember MML3?

[@MyOnlyFransAccount]

SUPERFIGHTINGROBOT…MEGAMAN…FIGHTINGTOSAVETHEWORLD

[@doom3926]

The Mii Fighter reveal with Reggie and Iwata was a trip back then and it’s still a trip in hindsight. Lowkey one of the wildest trailers in the series.

[@mrmelonmanag8733]

Mega Man’s trailer, no matter how long ago that was, will always make me feel a jitter of excitement. love how much has change because of Sakurai’s love and care of the game.

[@mythosinfinite6736]

That trailer singlehandedly cured a flu I had by hype alone.

[@mageking860]

SUPER FIGHTING ROBOT. MEGA MAAAAAAAAN!

[@SuperVada]

I remembered max reaction was like: oh fu*k you! Oh fuc* you!

[@MineCreeperLPs]

@@mageking860 I remember the guy who shouted that at the Megaman Reveal over all of the hype you heard him clear as day and honestly his hype made me care way more than I think I would have at the time

[@DyollAicrag]

@@MineCreeperLPs Yup. D1 is his name

[@greentoonlink]

I think an important thing to know about Lucas and Roy's trailers were that initially, there was no indication that _any cut characters other than Mewtwo_ would be returning in any capacity as DLC. If they had announced more fighters would be returning as DLC after Mewtwo then it'd be understandable that their returns would be "not very surprising". That said, they didn't make it in until quite a while after Smash 4 launched, and unlike Ultimate new characters weren't given dedicated directs, so these inclusions were pretty much dropped completely out of left field in random Nintendo directs Ryu and Cloud. Not saying that should boost Max's scores for them or anything, but for anyone not familiar with the context of the Smash 4 days, these were a pretty big deal. After several Melee characters were cut from Brawl (Roy included), it was assumed cut characters were *_cut._*

[@invaderpez12]

Max being kinda disappointed in the returning characters as DLC in smash 4, instead of all new characters, forgets that Smash 4 wasn't like Ultimate where we were still worried about certain characters being cut or not returning. Yeah they were already in Brawl or Melee, but I think we're spoiled by Ultimate being the first to not remove any characters. While Roy Mewtwo or Lucas werent as hype for me I get why people got excited.

[@enlongjones2394]

I got real excited when I saw Wolf back.

[@loganm.theninja1077]

Ultimate isn’t the first to not remove characters, it was Melee. All the characters from 64 made it back.

[@chubomikz7104]

I agree. It's understandable that he wouldn't get the significance, but he really under-appreciates how bummed people were that Lucas was cut, or how many people wanted Mewtwo and Roy back.

[@jignjorf9076]

@@loganm.theninja1077 Melee bringing everyone from 64 back was kind of a given tho, that roster was pretty small, even for its time But after Melee the roster pool had gotten big enough that it made sense if some of the fat got trimmed for the roster, which makes it all the more crazy that Ultimate just brought literally _everyone_ back

[@Jfray252]

I was existed about the dlc but max have the right to be disappointed in the returning characters as DLC, no ? He was pretty generous with mewtwo 6/10 for someone supposed dissapointed

[@robofistsrevenge3288]

While the initial Villager trailer is pretty standard, it _did_ introduce the concept of the "Smash Invitation", which has gone on to become one of the most iconic images in gaming. Credit where credit is due haha.

[@paperluigi6132]

2 things about Palu: 1) the shots probably meant to emphasize her accessories, but the double meaning is there 2) If people didn’t play Kid Icarus, they should’ve at least recognized her from her brief appearance in Brawl’s Subspace Emissary.

[@Foxy_Playz05]

True, but she was only in 1 scene which was when she gave Pit his arrows. But she’s also in Pit’s final smash in Brawl

[@SmashSlayer]

And Pit's old final smash

[@Neogears1312]

Yeah Max is crazy with how much he's focusing on people knowing about the character, Like you can make that argument for every character.

[@SlowZetta]

Yeah Kid Icarus Uprising also tended to go under a lot of people’s radars too I noticed

[@AKAProm]

@@Neogears1312 I don't think Max is too off base there. While I guess it's possible, it's pretty highly unlikely anyone who is actively following Smash Bros, watching all the reveal trailers would be unaware of characters like Pac-Man. Even if you've never touched a Pac-Man game, you still KNOW who he is. As weird as it is, it's similar to Steve from Minecraft. You could've never touched that game before but you know for sure who Steve is (even if you just call him "that guy from Minecraft") Not saying it's a bad thing if a character is obscure or more niche but an obscure character won't get the same kind of universal pop-off as others. I mean even if you like Fire Emblem, the fact that Corrin got announced before Fates even came out outside of Japan is still gonna make you scratch your head a bit.

[@julianx2rl]

The Mii trailer makes me realize just how special Iwata's presidency was, I mean, that kind of stuff never happened before, and it's probably never gonna happen again.

[@chibi2239]

I kinda wish we could go back and give Cloud and Bayo CG trailers. They're hype as they are but....they would have been godlike with how good the Smash CG ones are now.

[@ThatWolfArrow]

At least Sephiroth's trailer gave cloud some justice.

[@ken7007]

& bayo was there lmao

[@amosdeguzman9980]

Ryu needs one too.

[@mmmmine5439]

Man, am I glad the Smash Ult DLC got Digital Frontier trailers.

[@ericcrone8768]

Max not knowing/forgetting that Mewtwo was in Melee is a bit hard when he rails Lucas and Roy. I know these aren't his games, but I'm sad chat didn't correct him.

[@Color_Splsh]

His chat is as fgc as him

[@leocapn1069]

@@Color_Splsh fgc?

[@Color_Splsh]

@@leocapn1069 fighting game community

[@moroseloki1912]

Hehe

[@Cloud-dt6xb]

It's stupid that he forgot that no one knew for sure if cut charachters would be coming back even with the promise of DLC. So Metwo, Roy, and Lucas WERE suprises for alot of people me included.

[@NurseLee]

The Iwata vs Reggie Trailer will still be my favorites! RIP Iwata man!

[@TheObicobiHD]

Same 💖

[@Thollis1987]

Oh iwata!!😭😭😭

[@LordQuadros]

I was pretty happy about the Lucas reveal when it came. At the time, Brawl had set the precedent that characters could just be cut and you wouldn't see them again, so with Lucas missing from the base roster, having him back was a pretty damn big deal, not just as a Mother 3 fan, but as someone who found him way more fun to use than Ness. And of course, characters like Mewtwo and Roy who had been missing since Melee were even bigger for some.

[@lightbrand_]

I think it’s still quite scummy to cut him from the roster only to add him later as paid DLC with next to no changes made to his moveset, mewtwo and Roy at least had been missing for two games at that point and also got a complete moveset overhaul. Lucas feels cheap in comparison, although it’s not the first scummy practice from Nintendo and not the last either

[@CraigsCornerStudios]

Mewtwo's announcement seems so quiet without Etika's scream in the distance.

[@weabooheaboo1198]

God I know right its so nostalgic remembering it

[@DANCERcow]

Wait which scream? The one during the mewtwo reveal or during the bridge jump?

[@theblackheart5027]

@@DANCERcow dude are you serious?

[@CraigsCornerStudios]

@@DANCERcow Mewtwo reveal

[@KiskeFriedChicken]

@@DANCERcow "LOL OMG I MAKE FUN OF DEAD GUY I SO GOOD TROLL LOLOLOLOL" This is the translation for those who don't know how to read stupid.

[@kingbash6466]

Honestly, Mega Man wins everytime. The build-up, the references to the games, and the blue bomber just moping the floor with everyone with that banging’ Wily Fortress remix never fails to get me hyped. The only other reveals in Smash that has brought me this amount of joy were Pacman, Ridley, the Belmonts, K. rool, and Sora.

[@okagron]

I vividly remember people losing their shit with the Megaman trailer. Even i got goosebumps from it and i haven't even played the game.

[@nuraby_9228]

Little bit sad when Nintendo shows more love and care for Megaman than Capcom has in years.

[@DemonKing-oi4jd]

Memgaman reveal was my favorite out everyone.

[@CaravanNoobs]

I always wanted to see Max’s reaction to Ryu’s trailer back in the day. Too bad he was leaked and couldn’t get it then. Max giving it praise now is nice.

[@jumugama]

I never saw the Ryu leak! I lost my mind when i saw the reveal for Ryu!

[@SuperVada]

I remembered the leaks. Felt annoy because of that.

[@elmaionesosexo]

@@SuperVada same with what happened to Terry, that's why i don't like leaks anymore, its just a spoiler for something legendary, happened now with Sora but i didn't look up any leaks so it was an amazing surprise

[@stoked-6996]

Leaks in my opinion ruin the fun out of these games and even some movies. Why can't we just wait till the trailer comes out or the movie come out? Why spoil the fun for other people?

[@elmaionesosexo]

@@stoked-6996 agreed

[@synnamon_toast_crunch]

Mac's trailer is so good, having Doc coach him through out the trailer was awesome

[@ThatRedHusky]

So when the Theme of Love from Mother 3 started playing in Lucas' reveal, I started bawling my eyes out. The sheer power that music holds emotionally in the entire Mother series is second to none. Theme of Love, You've Come Far Ness, Eight Melodies, Pollyanna; once you've played them you really begin to understand the power they have. And of course the greatest of them all. Smiles and Tears. For those of us who grew up with or even found a new love in the Mother series, Smiles and Tears holds a very, very special place in all our hearts.

[@twincherries6698]

Yeah if Max had more familiarity with Mother 3 I think his tune would have shifted lol

[@imtired927]

The mii fighter trailer is so nice, you can see how much Iwata loved his company and what a fun loving guy he was

[@dizzleshizzle8227]

Max’s reaction to cloud will forever be the BEST!!!!

[@r.f.switch5847]

Second only to his Sephiroth reaction

[@707zacbuster]

Nah his cloud reaction is on par when he cried reacting to killer instinct returning to xbox

[@AndrewsWideWorldofGaming]

Oh man! It’s the whole reason I ONLY watch his reactions to stuff.

[@NeviTheLettyFan]

It's kinda sad he's missing the context on many reveals here, but his reactions are as priceless as ever

[@whxii]

rem

[@oBuLLzEyEo1013]

Context...?

[@keviphobia]

@@oBuLLzEyEo1013 iirc, the Roy and Ryu reveal got leaked.

[@Rik3n]

Rosalina's reveal didn't have the Smash Bros logo at the beginning. People legit thought it was a trailer for new Mario Kart characters until the announcement splash screen.

[@somakuruso]

Actually Robin and Lucina's trailer was well received. Awakening was a phenomenum that revived the franchise.

[@ken7007]

If it's not FF7 or capcum max wouldn't understand how other franchises makes people feel the same way as he does with FF7

[@captainmega6310]

@@ken7007 sad true

[@Lincolnrocknroll]

They are still fire emblem characters, so 90% of people don't care

[@ken7007]

Yes seeing people randomly bringing up FE to hate on it like they have PTSD gives me more fuel to dunk on people as byleth

[@TheAssirra]

@@Lincolnrocknroll In case you didn't noticed it yet, FE is huge so way more people care than you think.

[@PlasmoidThunder]

Considering the roster was still mostly unknown at the time, unlike Ultimate, the Robin/Lucina trailer was also Captain Falcon's reveal, which was significant because people genuinely didn't know if Falcon was going to make the cut. I ended up playing both Robin and Falcon anyway, but knowing he was in made it so much more hype for me.

[@nomight273]

I agree with max. As cool as cloud is I wouldn't put his trailer on the same level as Palutena or any of the Ultimate trailers

[@ZER0lPT]

Sephiroth at least got the treatment he deserved

[@Vyhox2000]

I don't know, piranha plant's trailer was about the same level

[@ScrubTheNub]

Aside from the announcement itself, the trailer for Cloud was pretty weak.

[@nextin_dabuilding2908]

@@ScrubTheNub it was fire.

[@nextin_dabuilding2908]

@@ScrubTheNub just cause it doesn't have a cgi trailer doesn't mean it was weak.

[@starmanjay3047]

That Rosalina trailer gets me every time, because the music they used is one of my favorite pieces. There's just something so friggin wholesome about it.

[@potatojustapotato1983]

my fav trailer was 7:00

[@pensologohesito]

We’ve seen so many reveals that most of this seems ancient by now.

[@CrazyAznKT]

It’s been a nonstop ride since Smash 4, like 7 years of character after character that we forget we used to have to wait years between entries each console generation to get new characters

[@darrellgardner4561]

I love how Max's original Cloud reaction was so hype, that even he is quoting it word for word in the review. It was such a good reaction too. Max's reactions always feel so much more genuine unlike a lot of other KZbinr's who are just *so* over the top, with them constantly throwing every guess they can come up with just so they can act like they called it or figured it out so fast. Then acting like every character is exactly who they've been waiting for their entire lives.

[@DarthEnderX]

Smash 4 and Ultimate's trailers are basically what we get instead of Subspace's cutscenes. And I'm okay with that.

[@MrVictachi]

The fact that Max can recite his reaction to the cloud trailer warms my heart. I too can recite word for word his reaction lol

[@DaDMonDCB]

Me being a Paultena-stan since Kid Icarus Uprising, I laughed my ass off as Max noticing the trailer properly.

[@StarDragonJP]

Love how he's like "Mewtwo is a great reveal" then shits on Lucas & Roy for being returning characters.

[@danielmaster8776]

I cringed hard when he gave Corrin's trailer a 3.

[@iamresh]

@@danielmaster8776 yeah 3 is too high

[@danielmaster8776]

@@iamresh Wtf, okay. Let me explain why it should have at least been a 5. For me, this trailer and this character coming to Smash is what got me into Fire Emblem, with Fates being the first game I played. Max was right about the cross promotion thing. So for people who were into Fire Emblem at the time, those in Japan who got the game sooner, and current Fire Emblem fans through hindsight, it's an amazing trailer. I know that's not everybody's experience, but it's funny how Max is so quick to sh*t on this trailer, yet rates the Minecraft Steve trailer super high when he's also indifferent to that game. He's like using the "I haven't played this game but I know it's big for some people" logic to give both high and low scores for trailers, which doesn't make any sense. I remember the trailer being poorly timed, yes, because we were sick of getting sword users, especially from Fire Emblem. BUT Fire Emblem is such a great series, nothing that comes from it can be less than a 5, unless it's like a no-effort whatsoever trailer, which we have yet to see.

[@threethej_rock]

@@danielmaster8776 wtf, okay. Let me explain why it should have at MOST been a 2. For me, this trailer and this character coming to Smash is what turned me off from the entire Fire Emblem Series.

[@danielmaster8776]

@@threethej_rock Are you so creatively deprived that you had to copy my comment format? I hate it when people do that.

[@Regrocks81]

You know how every went NUTS over Sora's reveal? I had that same energy when Mega Man made it into Smash. I could not believe it and was on air for days/weeks. I grew up on Mega Man so seeing him in my favorite crossover series was HUGE.

[@Klonoahedgehog]

Honestly same for both. I grew up with the DS and GBA so i played a Lot of the Megaman and Kingdom hearts games on those systems, so having both in smash Is exciting.

[@retrogamernes3121]

I didn't go nuts over it. I still believe it should've been Crono. I wanted Crono in since melee even though brawl was the first smash bros game that I properly played

[@ElChicoBush]

Lowkey, I really miss the old smash feeling. When it was a Nintendo crossover not that ambitious. Moments like 2:12 or 19:47 really hyped me back then, seeing my favorite Nintendo franchises coexist. Nowadays if a character is not a third party it's disliked. And I don't say this as a bad thing. I just love that simple emotion. The standard grew, so the expectations.

[@lightbrand_]

The only time it was "not that ambitious" was when the first game released, ever since melee was announced smash has been a BIG deal, it only got more famous over each release but it’s very clear that every game has been a big deal since. Saying otherwise is very much wrong and most likely it is just you who saw it from a different perspective, being a kid at the time of smash 4 probably

[@jesusdiaz4305]

I agree that Megaman & Cloud had two of the best overall trailers (though Palutena’s reveal had arguably the best non-CG animation), but I disagree entirely with Max’s rating of the Robin reveal. What with Fire Emblem basically being Nintendo’s post-Mario Final Fantasy, Robin showing up was one of Nintendo’s biggest flexes because they managed to prove that they had the ability to revive one of their own intellectual properties and stick it in Smash Bros. Gameplay-wise, non-Fire Emblem fans also need to remember that Robin’s contribution to Smash includes being the first character to introduce limited resources as part of a character’s gameplay mechanic. Whereas Lucina as an echo fighter served to show Sakurai’s team had both the ability (and more importantly the BUDGET) to pull a fast one on us by using Lucina’s reveal as a red-herring, Robin is all about micromanaging resources mid-battle. But of course, all that matters are the memes and third-party characters, right? Woo. TL;DR: Non-Nintendo characters are cool, but a lot of them were only made possible because Nintendo knows how to flex. Robin + Lucina = BIG flex.

[@Jormbis]

I love that in Rosalina’s trailer, DK has no interest in Luma and just immediately pokes Kirby.

[@HamStar_]

I'm glad Max has watched his reaction to Cloud almost as much as I have

[@nintentwins1867]

Little Mac's trailer will always be the most hype trailer to me. Especially as a Punch Out fanboy

[@puzzledhypnoshroom1004]

I agree, bowser junior was hype for me too but little Mac had the best one no doubt.

[@LelouchViKoikoi]

I wish I had actually felt the intended shock during Ryu's reveal, if it wasn't for those good-for-nothing twats who were quite active leaking and spoiling shit. The reference at the beginning of it was perfect, ideal throwback, but at the moment it was just a lukewarm "ah yeah I knew this was coming already, cool."

[@ninemugetsu]

Ikr, just wild how both him and Roy got leaked, like their classic mode victory videos were on youtube before they got revealed

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

It was an oversight by the devs, which definitely wouldn’t happen in Modern Smash, given the secrecy. The devs left code for Roy and Ryu in one of the updates.

[@Light-Rock97]

22:48 The top of DK's head has no business being this recognizable. It's amazing when character design succeeds so brilliantly.

[@thecamohunter2578]

Kid icarus is still one of Sakurai's babies so it makes sense that the Palutena trailer got so much love lol

[@AnthanKrufix]

Lucina and Robin's trailer was actually also the reveal of Captain Falcon. Even though he was an OG veteran of the series, a few months prior, every *_other_* Veteran had been revealed over Sakurai's Twitter all in the same week, but Captain Falcon was notably absent from that.. Meanwhile in an interview at around the time of the Palutena trailer, Sakurai is quoted as having said that Smash4 was going to reevaluate character inclusions. And with F-Zero being a pretty dead franchise there was serious talk that he'd been removed. It was serious hype seeing those eyes light up and that smile.

[@vegas3352]

Max re-acting his original reaction for Cloud's reveal warmed my heart ❤️

[@danielpenalozacamacho459]

Man that reenactment of the Cloud trailer reaction is pure gold! Laughed as much as when I saw the reaction the first time. Also it was thanks to the Cloud Reaction that I started following Max and I've been a Dood ever since! SHINE ON!!!

[@White1Tiger2Dan]

I will say, the one place where Max's biases become most known is in reaction to the 3DS fighters. Awakening pretty much blew up the Fire Emblem series so was definitely not a "who?" pick and was well received. Likewise Palutena got big fanfare because Kid Icarus Uprising was iconic for the whole system. Definitely not an unknown character.

[@MHSchonberg]

It’s kind of like that with every Nintendo character. People forget amid all the hype for 3rd party reveals that this is still the Nintendo fighting game at the end of the day. You have to expect Nintendo characters to show up; it’s not a wasted slot or forcing YOUR most wanted 3rd party pick out. No, Robin and Little Mac won’t have as much of an impact as the biggest Capcom or Square character getting announced... but it’s about Nintendo’s legacy first, and gaming as a whole’s legacy second. It’s like asking why there weren’t more Mortal Kombat characters in Injustice. Yeah it’s a great bonus, but at the end of the day, you’re gonna have more DC characters in your DC fighting game.

[@bobbafett5175]

The biggest giveaway is the Shulk Trailer IMO. He knew who Shulk was because he's friends with Simmons, but Robin and Palu were easily bigger "Reveals" to the general fanbases than Shulk was at the time. So his biases show extremely hard in that stretch.

[@ItsYuhBoyyyy]

Yea it doesn't make sense when he lowers scores because he isn't aware how popular some characters are

[@Cerealcasual]

@@ItsYuhBoyyyy it makes perfect sense cuz hes based. His great disbelief of Cloud making it into Smash because hes never been in a Nintendo game is not true, because there was KH: Chain of Memories for the GBA and Cloud was in that game

[@Cerealcasual]

yea when he gave Robin's trailer 6.5, that was a frown from me. But I saw it coming because I know Max doesn't care about the Fire Emblem series.

[@broccoliben7961]

What I love about some of the Smash 4 trailers is that some of them had completely different animation styles

[@tylerlaunius7396]

I loved seeing him referencing his original reaction to Cloud. I still go back and watch that one now and again. His reaction to Cloud specifically is... kind of nostalgic to me, honestly.

[@christophermetcalf7540]

I just want to point out that for the Mega Man reveal, they chose to play the two most iconic songs in the series, Mega Man 2's title theme, and the Dr. Wily Stage 1 theme, also from Mega Man 2.

[@WilfredCthulu]

Nostalgic I can't believe how long ago this was it still feels like it should be today at times. Summer 2014 was like nothing else with all the hype and the esrb leak and stuff. I was so big into Fire Emblem Awakening, seeing Robin's trailer with Lucina and the weapon switching and durability then was just fucking incredible. I'm also glad Chrom got his chance lol.

[@Anduril74871]

Lucina was one of my favorite characters in FE:A, I was so incredibly happy that she got in, even if she was pretty much just Marth.

[@davicito4841]

2014 was by far the worst year of my life

[@EphemeralBlitz]

Catch me always coming in for the Fire Emblem trailer reactions, I would like to bring up that the reason why Robin wasn't feeling quite as familiar as Lucina is because Robin was a customizable avatar acting as the second protagonist (with Chrom) of FE Awakening. Most people just designed their own and renamed them, so "Robin", as a character, wasn't quite as prominently shown, and even for pre-release Awakening stuff, Robin was mostly shown to be hooded, or to have multiple designs. Awakening released in 2013 (2012 in Japan), so neither Lucina nor Robin were really long running characters. I think at the time of their reveal, they may've been the most recent existing characters to get added into Smash, but I'm not 100% sure on that. At the time, Awakening did end up becoming one of the more popular games on the 3DS though, selling a million copies within a year or two of release (ftr, both Awakening and Fates are currently sitting in the top 30 highest selling 3DS games of all time). Far be it from me to hate an FE character addition, but I do think Corrin was a little odd. Being released before the english version of Fates dropped, coupled with the fact even people who knew about Corrin weren't the biggest fans of them as a character, thanks to Fates having poorly written them, it just leaves a strange feeling, even for me at the time. I had imported Fates and read through most of the game's fan-translation before the english release, so I was well aware of their quality as a character (or lack thereof), so I was far better equipped than most people, FE fans included, going into this reveal. I was hyped about it for sure, but less about the fact that it was Corrin, and moreso the fact that this series I had been in love with for over a decade (now nearly two decades), that had been largely ignored by practically everyone, was finally getting some extreme recognition. I don't care what anyone says, it warms my heart to know how much Sakurai loved Fire Emblem. I do think Azura should've been the Fates rep over Corrin though, had there HAD to've been one, but I do have to admit that Corrin's tools in the game are fun, at least. I just wish they were written better in their original game haha. They're very flaky, childish, they lack awareness, most of the other main characters do all the heavy lifting (both in writing and in combat), it's hard to really get a good gauge on them. The localization for Fates is also notoriously poor, pulling tension out of scenes and improperly presenting certain characters. Fates is a decent game overall, and I do recommend it to anyone interested in the series, just not as a first game... Finally, in much the same way that Roy was added to Melee to promote the then unreleased Fire Emblem: Binding Blade in Japan, I definitely agree that Corrin mimicked that choice without a doubt, even if Fates had released in Japan at the time. Fates did get many trailers in english before Corrin's reveal for Smash, so they were "recognizable", but as previously mentioned, yeah not many people actually knew them.

[@Sanjixoxo]

Not reading all that

[@EphemeralBlitz]

@@Sanjixoxo Imagine having a One Piece pfp and you're turned off by a couple paragraphs. The jokes make themselves, mate. 😆

[@orangeslash1667]

@@EphemeralBlitz the Reason for Fate's sloppy story, is because the writers where trying to achieve too much with not enough time. Intelligent Systems had an idea for Fates to have three stories to appeal to everyone, but they realized that they didn't have enough writers. So they hired an outside writer, Shin Kibayashi was that writer. Nintendo wanted Shin to write the outline for each pathway, what happened instead is that Shin wrote 500 pages for each pathway. Intelligent Systems knew this was too long so they cut the story into pieces without the writers permission and the fact the Nintendo demanded Fates come on the Fire Emblem Anniversary only made things worse. Which resulted in this hilariously mess of a story. The good news this that there is a manga based on Fates that is a little better. Its called Fire Emblem If: the Crown of Niberlung.

[@lthc_hiryu]

Minor correction, Roy was in Super Smash Bros. Melee before his source game, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. Corrin wasn't the first character to be added to Smash before their source game.

[@aquapyro1]

Shoutout to the Sonic trailer. Which revealed that 3rd party characters could come back. Even though it was super short

[@707zacbuster]

Maxs reaction to cloud being in smash was on par when he cried during the Killer instinct return to Xbox.

[@acemarvel1564]

Old trailers still look cool ngl

[@Kaijudomage]

What makes the Wii Fit Trainer trailer hilarious is that Link, who has once been raised by a tree... is failing the tree pose.

[@tinybee7780]

Man, it's been such a long time since Cloud's reveal for Smash. Definitely one of the vids that introduced me to Max's channel. His enthusiasm and ability to hype up things are so contagious and wholesome.

[@highulitma]

It was my first video of his. All the other reactions didnt pick up on the opening from FF7 and were guessing Wolf. Max was the first one to immediately pick up that it was related to FF7. I had a similar reaction to Max when Cloud was announced, where I recognized the FF7 opening and the Smash Bros Logo made me lose my mind. Max's reaction is iconic to me because it mirrors my own.

[@hakageryu307]

That Wily Stage 2 Music they used in Mega Man's trailer is an eternal banger.

[@HellfireComms]

Mega Man's is pretty legendary. I'm partial to Shulk's reveal too as a fan of Xenoblade.

[@HellfireComms]

God I forgot how good Mac's is too.

[@yoder6162]

I knew nothing about Shulk before that trailer, but seeing Shulk seeing visions like in That's So Raven holding his own with Link and Marth and seeing him change his stats made me intrigued.

[@hector4470]

@@HellfireComms Mac’s was badass loved his trailer.

[@quanthinh3487]

These trailer proves how brilliant Sakurai is. Like everything through his hand will turn out great.

[@soulsguy5954]

Sakurai is one of the greatest game designers in history

[@orangeslash1667]

@@soulsguy5954 Other person that helped create Smash is Satoru Iwata. RIP

[@Offbeaten]

Seeing Iwata again kinda made me misty-eyed. Good man.

[@quez2564]

IIRC, Roy in Melee was the first cross-promotion character; Marth as well to an extent since Fire Emblem on the NES never got released outside Japan at that point. Basically, it's always Fire Emblem

[@egtoonster]

that was a perfect recreation of your original reaction from the Cloud trailer, your intonation was on point.

[@TheSuperSmashBros01]

1:46 2013 Reveal 4:27 Mega Man 6:49 Wii Fit Trainer 8:53 Rosalina & Luma 11:54 Little Mac 14:05 Charizard & Greninja 16:50 Palutena 21:23 Pac-Man 23:27 Mii Fighter 26:19 Lucina & Robin 30:26 Shulk 33:08 Bowser Jr. 35:57 Mewtwo announcement 37:24 MewTwo (Gameplay trailer) 38:53 Duck Hunt 41:11 Lucas 43:18 Roy 45:22 Ryu 49:08 Cloud 55:00 Corrin 58:53 Bayonetta

[@gamemincraft1234]

You know, what if he rated the palutena style Codex stuff in ultimate? It covers all the characters up to Pirahna plant

[@nsgames24]

Mega Man's will always be my personal favorite, hands down. Next to him, I would say Little Mac, Pac-Man, Palutena, and Cloud had the best ones.

[@bornabrawler]

I realize I'm very much in the minority here, but Little Mac's trailer was probably my favorite because he was a character I wanted after seeing him as an assist trophy in Brawl. Punch-Out!! wasn't the series I grew up with but I still played the games and really wanted to see how they could transition him into a fighter. The super stylized training montage, the light-hearted humor that feels very much Punch-Out!!, and the new composition of the Jogging/Countdown theme made it an intensely satisfying trailer. All of the third-party trailers blew me away because of how bat shit crazy it was to see them in Smash 4, but Little Mac was undeniably my favorite 1st-party addition to the series.

[@KayFiOS]

Y'ever wonder how that Mii Fighter trailer would work today? It wouldn't. Instead of having Iwata versus Reggie, you'd have Furukawa versus Doug Bowser, who I don't think have nearly the same presence that their predecessors did. Instead of having two titans locked in a battle to the death, you'd have two suits fighting each other.

[@DarkSamusFan11]

My first time watching Max was actually his reaction to Mega Man in Smash 4.

[@boshman11]

Hey, Robin was hella hype for me! Just depends on which games you‘ve played what you‘re gonna get hyped for, right?

[@Cerealcasual]

Same and he was the first unique FE character because of the magic class he brought in, not just a sword character

[@Favalify]

Yup, totally subjective matters. Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@Hatsworthful]

Between robin, byleth and the tinfoil eyesore from fates, robin still reigns as the most hype for me aswell (trailer included)

[@RenShinomiya121]

@@Hatsworthful Robin is still the best MC for the more recent FE games.

[@DoBap_]

Gotta remember how incredible it was to see HD Smash with the first trailer, that upgrade from Brawl was beautiful.

[@cillafawn281]

Oh my god, the Lucas trailer to this day always makes me tear up. What an incredible game Mother 3 is, I wish more people had access to it outside of emulation.

[@failmeister9632]

I agree. I played and cried more than once.

[@Play_Dreams]

Smash has my favorite character reveal trailers of any fighting game hands down.

[@Tarkus_H]

I think Max's reaction to the MegaMan trailer was how I first discovered him and his channel.

[@cashordeals3672]

I remember seeing all these reveals in 7th grade man i miss etika his reactions just amazing 🤣

[@Legoguy9875]

Mega Man's reveal is one of the best character reveals in the whole series imo. The way it builds up the reveal with the characters silently looking up to the moonlit cliffs, with Mega Man's zero-suit design silhouetted in front of the moon, coupled with the music remix coming in right as his helmet comes on. All that followed by a montage showcasing his moveset using a fine balance of gameplay and cinematic sequences, backed by the Wily's Castle remix. Even now it gets me excited just looking at it, and I'm not even that big of a Mega Man fan - I imagine it felt like a pure love letter to die-hard fans, especially during a time where Megaman got little to no love from Capcom.

[@hit9819]

Max recreating his Cloud reaction made my day LMFAO word for word such an icon

[@padq1183]

My favorit trailer is definitly Palutenas trailer the animation quality was greatnd seeing Link as an anime boy was awsome

[@generaljimmies3429]

(Wii Fit Trainer's Trailer) Max: Did we all forget Wii Fit Trainer was here? Rule 34 artists: No!

[@rkelly201]

Favorite trailer will ALWAYS be Max seeing the cloud trailer and his reactions. 10/10

[@justintantiongloc6987]

Every other reveal before Cloud was, at most, "hype, but not outrageously outside of the realm of imagination" - Cloud's reveal was the "literally anything is possible" moment for sure

[@KnightsDisillusion]

I wish i got into Final Fantasy 7 earlier because that Cloud trailer would of hit me REALLY different if i did.

[@b9morion]

Same. It's only bc of Smash that I played it and it became one of my favorite games of all time.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

I’m with you there fam I was aware of the Final Fantasy series but somehow I could never get into it but Cloud being in Smash really convinced me to try it. With Sora I already got into Kingdom Hearts before he got into Smash.

[@wazow6281]

Cloud was semi-hype for me because of Kingdom Hearts, but it wouldn't be until FF7 Remake Demo convinced me to play the original FF7 and then Sephiroth getting into Smash that I would experience the same type of hype people felt for Cloud.

[@CloudyIsle07]

Same here. But Sephiroth’s trailer made up for it for me

[@KnightsDisillusion]

@@CloudyIsle07 Yeah, that Sephiroth trailer was insane.

[@chwenhoou]

11:56 I remember this reveal vividly. I was attending a training seminar near Chicago. I was using the Hotel computer while waiting for the shuttle bus. I was gobsmacked when I saw this news on Eventhubs. One of the most awesome reveals for Smash 4. Not on par with Cloud, mind you. But seeing this NES classic enter the halls of SSB history was something else.

[@Machamp-ps7wx]

I know Ryu’s wasn’t crazy cinematic minus that great reference in the beginning but still, just the idea of a street fighter rep in smash as a street fighter fan still gets me happy every time. Hope Bison can make his daybute in the next smash game. I’ll accept Vega or Balrog as well.

[@DIEGOLOKO82]

honestly, i think chun li and akuma have a better shot if there even is one

[@Machamp-ps7wx]

@@DIEGOLOKO82 as much as I love those characters, I think after two good guy characters they need some Shadaloo representatives.

[@Machamp-ps7wx]

@the EVIL rapwned anyone but him XD

[@fissilewhistle]

Bison is absolutely the Street Fighter character who should be next in Smash, but unfortunately, they’ll probably go with Chun-Li because she’s the go-to for crossovers.

[@Machamp-ps7wx]

@@fissilewhistle sad but true

[@cheezusdood]

Max referencing his previous reaction for the Cloud reveal is the most meta shit ever. LOVE IT!

[@tokyoraptor9415]

I feel like part of the hype for Lucas and Roy is lost on Max since he can’t remember when which character’s were playable

[@Countdownsmiles]

Even after he acknowledged that Roy was missing from Brawl he was still like yeah but he was in melee so it's still lame. Like fuck off everyone was happy that Roy came back and was his own character instead of bad Marth

[@MLmaster135]

Roy was actually one of the first cross promotional chars in the series, as he was put in melee to advertise Fire emblem 6(the binding blade) in japan, whilst corn(corrin) is pretty much the 2nd. but for the west corrin is pretty much technically the first since binding blade was never released outside of japan

[@KatanaRikku]

49:10 I love how he just said basically his whole reaction to the trailer the first time

[@Gabo2oo]

20:22 Uprising had already come out by this time and was selling like hot cakes, heck Kid Icarus was even one of the "flagship" series included in the first Smash 4 trailer (2:11). Palutena wasn't an "obscure" pick at all. The series never built up momentum to this day like, say Fire Emblem did after Awakening, but Uprising WAS one of the big games on 3DS.

[@gedster]

My favorite Smash 4 trailers were Mega Man and Little Mac. For Mega Man, I hadn't played any of the games at the time of the reveal, but the reveal itself and the music was so godlike that I had to love it. I think I screamed when I saw the helmet. And Mac? I had only recently started to play the Wii game and I absolutely LOVE that game, I saw the shadow of Mac on the ground and I was so unbelievably happy. I also really liked Palutena's reveal, the artstyle blew my mind as a kid. PAC-MAN's reveal? That was HUGE to a younger me. And then there was Ryu. I saw this trailer and lost my shit, I never thought we'd get traditional fighting game reps in Smash, and this led the way to so many other amazing reps. And Cloud? Man, I hadn't even PLAYED FF7 at the time and it still had me crying tears of joy. Smash 4 was a very nostalgic period for me, and I'll always look back fondly at this era of reveals. And yeah, nothing beats the Mega Man trailer. It was over for everyone else the moment we knew it was him.

[@jaidora]

Corrin’s trailer was very conversational because this was around the time when people were getting into FE Awakening, saw the trailer for the new game that was gonna be coming from Japan, and Smash did the same thing in Melee where Roy’s game wasn’t out in Japan so his debut would promote his game and give players an idea of how he is. There were several problems with that: people wanted Roy to return, we had 3 new FE reps, and he’s only recognized by the FE community while other dlc characters like Ryu and Cloud have a much larger notoriety.

[@unknownbyself]

Corrin still easily gets the worst reveal in the series, especially given the characters revealed before (Ryu, Cloud) and after (Bayonetta).

[@orangeslash1667]

@@unknownbyself RPG characters are hard to make trailers for because RPGs are about being tactical and methodical at all times. If Action games are style over substance, RPG's are the opposite.

[@Saz103]

Cloud was definitely the most hype reveal for smash 4.

[@hector4470]

Facts it was just so unexpected at the time and that’s what made it so amazing.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@hector4470 the Reason for fate's sloppy story, is because the writers where trying to achieve too much with not enough time. Intelligents Systems had an idea for Fate to have three stories to appeal to everyone, but they realized that they didn't have enough writers. So they hired an outside writer, Shin Kibayashi was that writer. Intelligent Systems wanted Shin to write the outline for each pathway, what happened instead is that Shin wrote 500 pages for each pathway. Nintendo knew this was too long so they cut the story into pieces without the writers permission and the fact the Nintendo demanded Fates come on the Fire Emblem Anniversary only made things worse. Which resulted in this hilariously mess of a story. The good news this that there is a manga based on Fates that is a little better. Its called Fire Emblem If: the Crown of Niberlung.

[@edfreak9001]

Corrin was also specifically a sticking point because it was the most obvious "Nintendo is forcing this in as an ad" character, that FE game hadn't even come out yet (or only in japan?) Like people probably rolled their eyes a bit at Lucina but she was basically just a bonus for with Robin. But CORRIN is where the "FE characters in Smash" thing actually truly started being an issue.