Super Smash Bros Brawl's Story Mode: The Subspace Emissary is Timeless

Smash Bros Brawl: The Subspace Emissary is a full Smash Bros story mode, complete with cutscenes and a wordless plot
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[@RTGame]

I love the story this game has and the many unique cutscenes. Just a proper love letter to games and their characters in general. Also please say it with me: YAH EEE

[@yaboipktendo]

YAH EEE

[@StickMaster500]

YAH EGG 🥚

[@qwertyuiop.lkjhgfdsa]

YAH EEE

[@NameName-qw7ip]

YAH EEE

[@prototype9635]

YAH EEE

[@ionamorwenna5564]

"Having no knowledge of the Earthbound franchise, this boss is very freaky." Honestly, I think having Earthbound knowledge makes the boss even more freaky.

[@darkshot4424]

Makes the boss both more freaky and makes you want to take him even more

[@davidtowers1863]

I really kinda hate the earthbound stuff. Like. They literally have Ness and Lucas backwards, they're characterising Lucas as young Lucas and adding cowardice he never even had. Ness is more of a crybaby when they're protagonist age, homesick all the time. And man. Old timefucked Porky doesn't even get to speak to Ness, ik thats the point but. Man...

[@-memoria-2136]

​@davidtowers1863 I think I get what they were trying to do with Lucas and give him a condensed version of his original arc (Ness possibly as the Claus parallel and Wario being a nod to Fassad), but it still does feel very jarring. Atleast we got a bit more recognition with those final spirits in WoL

[@Hamantha]

Yeah it literally only gets worse with knowledge

[@TheMegaMarshtomp]

The more you know about EarthBound, the freakier EarthBound seems. C'mon Reggie, give us Mother 3!

[@EthyrielY]

you know it’s going to be good when story starts with an entire stadium of people perishing to the void

[@mistletoecanary]

terraria veteran ethyriel?!

[@hisupwassup]

don't worry, they just were transmuted using Philosopher's Stone glitch

[@DerpidyDerp]

Turn the left item... into the right item...

[@placeholder-jc1bc]

Is this the start of the avengers?

[@AuroraIceFlame]

Yeah you know it’s good when it ends with fighting a multiversal deity

[@thesophisticatedbaby8594]

Huge shoutouts to Brawl for being the reason Kid Icarus Uprising exists. Sakurai really looked at this random angel dude from some 20ish year old nes game and was like "woah this guy's cool im gonna put him in my fighting game" and subsequently went "woah this guy's cool im gonna make one of the best games on the 3ds with him"

[@masterofdoots5965]

And then, it hasn't been released for the Switch or something

[@derpytaco1134]

It’s a shame it never got ported off of the 3ds.

[@cameronwilsey9334]

​@@masterofdoots5965 I could see Splatoon style controls working for it, but I'm not sure how it'd actually feel. Regardless, I want it to happen. More people need to experience that game's banter

[@caseyogden7105]

thank you brawl and thank you sakurai for my favourite video game

[@scrapper2519]

How can we get Dan to play uprising? Kid Icarus needs all the attention it can get.

[@zoro4661WasTaken]

I love that the only reason Kirby comes back is because he sees the Dedede amulet, goes full toddler mode and immediately swallows it whole

[@alexsiemers7898]

I wonder if this is the only time Kirby has ever been able to spit out something after swallowing it

[@zoro4661WasTaken]

@@alexsiemers7898 Well he does spit out opponents after swallowing them, and in the newest game he only partially swallows cars!

[@ingothasnolife8040]

@@alexsiemers7898 Squeak Squad

[@RF-Ataraxia]

​@@alexsiemers7898Would Kirby 64 count as well? When you swallow an enemy you can spit it out and hold it above your head

[@hyhyd6135]

technically he is a toddler

[@MarxSoul2001]

Olimar being involved in all of this is especially funny when you know he's a middle-aged long-haul trucker, father of 2 and biology nerd. Like he should be asking his son what a TikTok is, not saving the planet.

[@bondgaming0001]

If that's the case, how's he end up in space?? (I've never played pikmin)

[@VTEySAG]

@@bondgaming0001 He's not litterally a trucker, but it IS very long-haul. He works for an interstellar freight company, as captain of the S.S. Dolphin, getting cargo to and from different planets, so being is space is just part of the job.

[@main7168]

@@bondgaming0001 because he's the best nintendo character. he's trained a species of plant to overtake their ecosystem, smoked weed, had sex at least twice, has two dogs (one from his home and the other also from space), put up with a shitty boss overworking him, and had to deal with louie

[@Joosher56]

@@main7168having to deal with louie is definitely the biggest achievement on the list

[@ReceptiveRaptor]

​​@@main7168have any other brawl characters had sex? Besides Snake, we all know Snake FUCKS

[@starpops02]

i love plots that throw crackfic-style combinations of characters together i love cutscenes that exist just to make cutesy bing bing wahoo characters look cool i love pointlessly edgy OCs, backstories and casual stadium nuking i love how peach's double-jump is far better in the story mode than outside of it god i fucking love subspace emissary

[@staticvitality146]

The true emotions being put to words

[@thepotatoportal69]

They LOVE subspace emissary

[@themanhimself1949]

I love parallel stories meeting and clashing I love redemtion arcs that feel natural I love the different levels being themed and built entirely different I love having a single player mode (that you can play w a friend too!!) incase ur not a big fan of just fighting I love when games make your choices matter, even if it ends the same

[@JFTSwiertz]

I love the big gun scene.

[@abysssans8188]

"Turns out Kirby is messed up in a different kind of way." I love the fact that Dan knew Kirby was messed up, but for the wrong reasons.

[@yueievy2182]

it's like joe never left us

[@Bapedeboopy]

Yeah i think going on massacres just for a piece of cake

[@alexsiemers7898]

Forgotten Land changed him

[@unknownchicken954]

Funny how Sonic, the character who's entire thing is being fast, was the last character to arrive

[@ThunderMouse1999]

*Laughs in Toon Link, Wolf, and Jigglypuff*

[@Mjgaming54321]

Also funny how he has no introduction or explanation as to why he’s just there. He just shows up, whereas every other character has at least some explanation that is either explained or easily inferred.

[@chinsaw2727]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Mjgaming54321 I guess Tabuu took Sonic’s world as well, and Sonic just went off on his own adventure entirely off-screen, avoiding being captured until encountering the main group at the end. The actual real reason is that Sonic was a late addition to Brawl. That is why he was shoehorned in towards the very end of Subspace Emissary, because he originally wasn’t supposed to be in the game. So when they got SEGA’s permission for his inclusion, they hastily threw him in at the end of the story mode.

[@Castersvarog]

@@chinsaw2727heck they had to delay the game because of sonic

[@CiromBreeze]

@@ThunderMouse1999 I mean those characters aren't even part of the plot, so can you really say they arrived

[@TheRedCap]

"Oh and Lucas is just traumatized by this" Trust me, Dan, that was a walk in the park for Lucas. That boy was already traumatized before he was ever wrapped up in Subspace.

[@Skullhawk13]

No that’s the best part. This is clearly not already beat Mother 3 Lucas. He still has the trauma of the masked man yet to go

[@TheRedCap]

@@Skullhawk13 I always thought it was Post-Mother-3-Lucas because New Pork City is completely destroyed and desolate, which to me implied the last needle was pulled and the dragon destroyed it. Also Brawl (or was it 4?) said that Poo and Kumatora taught Ness and Lucas how to use Star Storm after the events of their respective games. Granted, Final Smashes aren't active in Subspace, but it's always been assumed other moves they didn't know (like PK Fire, PK Thunder, all that shit) were the same kinda deal.

[@Skullhawk13]

@@TheRedCap he’s clearly pre-character development tho. The subspace emissary seems to pluck the heros from random spots. Like Pokemon trainer just started and such. Of course this is making an assumption they’re the same characters as from their home game at all, Olimar is like Kaiju size for instance, he’s only as tall as a quarter in canon.

[@MatchaBunBunTea]

to this day the one thing that always cracked me up about brawl is the simple fact that snake has a random chance of saying 'tasty' when you pick up healing food items

[@moosesues8887]

He still says that in ult too

[@Skullhawk13]

@@moosesues8887his dialogue is entirely recycled in ult. Notice no new Codecs. ((Apparently Col Cambell’s Japanese VA passed away and the character was completely retired.))

[@magickoopa24]

19:40 Sakurai sitting here going "I'm going to have the cool swordsman OC i made hang out with the super cool swordsmen from fire emblem", i respect it

[@KingOfFools784]

I find the dichotomy of the FE characters in this game funny because you have Marth, a king, and then there is Ike who is just a guy who accidentally ran into the last remaining royal family member of his home country and is tossed into a war

[@future7879]

​@@KingOfFools784the hero-king hanging out with mystery ball and a fucking farmer is probably the best team in this entire story mode just because they are so wildly different, yet make so much sense together

[@OriginalGameteer]

​@future7879 that kinda feels like fire emblem in a nutshell imo: weird radically different groups working together but it still makes sense

[@future7879]

@@OriginalGameteer youre absolutely right, yeah! I guess that would make sense too, with how much i like that type of thing.

[@zekeram129]

@@KingOfFools784And in the middle of it, you have the local winged edgelord who heads a ragtag team of mercs who fucked up a coup once.

[@thepopeofpineapples6275]

Subspace is the greatest fanfic of all time, and the fact that it’s official makes it all the better.

[@nixel1324]

Wasn't there a brawl fanfic that was literally the greatest for a while? As in, size wise it was the largest piece of fiction. Out of all of them. All fiction.

[@nyahnyahson523]

​@@nixel1324Yes. Currently the largest piece of fiction is a bad crossover Loud House fanfiction, who's creator views it has his job.

[@spiritualviolation]

​@@nixel1324 i'm genuinely interested to know what this fic is

[@nixel1324]

@@spiritualviolation It's called "The Subspace Emissary's Worlds Conquest", and it's 4.1 MILLION words long.

[@Slenderage]

I had forgotten about how happy Dedede was to see Kirby. Pretty sure he knows Kirby is the guy to call when weirdo interdimentional nonsense starts happening.

[@Klausweichen]

I mean how many times did kirby stophim from being mind controled? He's a fairly chill guy apart from the mind control

[@-FutureTaken-]

@@KlausweichenDream Land 3, 64, Triple Deluxe, Robot Star Allies, and Forgotten Land (maybe dream land 2 I dont remember) and I’m definitely forgetting some

[@trevorgustin1572]

​@@-FutureTaken-To be fair, Robobot was a clone of Dedede, not the original being mind controlled

[@overthinkit_]

3:55 SnapCube Fandubs completely brutalized this scene for me. All I can hear when this comes on now is echoes of *"IT'S A-ME, WARIO!! GONNA WIN!!!!!"*

[@Emerald-Fluffie]

In the stream he literally prefaced it by saying chat isn’t allowed to quote the fandub

[@yaboipktendo]

WARIO!!!! GONNA WIN!!!!!!!

[@wowmaster888]

​@@Emerald-Fluffie he HATES fandubs

[@IamaPERSON]

@@wowmaster888wait, why?

[@yaboipktendo]

​@@Emerald-Fluffie It was more of a "keep it to a minimum so you dont be annoying" kind of request

[@realsanmer]

Subspace is the reason why Brawl is still my favorite Smash. That game had so much single player content, which was awesome for a kid with no friends or online like me.

[@MrSpartan993]

Same here.

[@TheHearthGuy]

Man, Brawl was a huge part of my childhood, and that included the Subspace Emissary. Its such a shame that Smash never tried for something similar to it again (And no, World of Light doesn't count)

[@donovanlocust1106]

Yes, it does? It's a story mode in Smash Bros.?

[@yaboipktendo]

​@@donovanlocust1106 I get what they're trying to say. World of Light is more just the regular Smash Fights, while Subspace has unique stages, enemies and cutscenes (damn you Sakurai) Its not just Fights against CPU characters on the Regular Smash Stages

[@ImpfiniT2007]

@@donovanlocust1106 it is more like an adventure mode rather than a story mode

[@supersandwichdz4491]

world of light amounts to being a really long set of event mode matches

[@coolwizard22]

I'm in the same boat. Brawl is the only Smash game I've ever played. And I absolutely loved playing these characters in these different situations. Despite mostly not knowing any of them since I barely played any Nintendo games growing up. I knew big names like Link, Mario and had played Pokemon at this point, but most of the other franchises I didn't know even existed. Unsurprisingly Meta Knight was my favourite to play with Lucario a close second. MK for how well he played, Lucario cause I liked the aura mechanic. World of Light was a let down imo. Or at least was very misadvertised. Its opening voiced cutscene and it's initial gameplay made it look like Subspace 2. But that cutscene was the only voiced scene and the actual gameplay is a very long slugfest.

[@MrWooaa]

I liked how well the story communicated without any dialoge.

[@emblemblade9245]

I’m pretty sure it had supervision from a Final Fantasy writer

[@Crazy56U]

>fails to save everyone from the Great Maze >fails to unlock Jigglypuff >gives up >gambles away life savings to end video What a heartbreaking end to this playthrough

[@bonniedan123mc]

“Dan relives his childhood” series is actually quite enjoyable. Really appreciated it.

[@sizzle5775]

19:33 If I actually remember correctly, Marth is one of the few matchups in the Brawl that Meta Knight doesn't actually completely stomp.

[@kspbro506]

What are the other ones? Just curious, as I haven't played brawl in years

[@sizzle5775]

@@kspbro506 Olimar, Diddy. Falco and Pikachu all have decent matchups into MK as well if I remember correctly.

[@ThunderMouse1999]

Pikachu is the best against Meta Knight, if I remember correctly

[@kinsmanne98]

Pikachu arguably isn't *that* good against MK, it's just that ESAM was really good in the matchup when he played

[@NerfPlayeR135]

@@kinsmanne98I've heard that ESAM is also _very_ vocal about Pikachu being top tier.

[@p0k3f4n7]

And Porky Minch was never seen again... He doesn't even have a spirit in Ultimate! Maybe he's still stuck in the Absolutely Safe Capsule.

[@p0k3f4n7]

It's kind of neat that something from all 3 games made it into Brawl, though. The Ruined Zoo is actually a location from the first Mother game!

[@spiritomb108]

@@p0k3f4n7 Huh. I never pieced that together. Significantly less Starmen in the offices though.

[@competitively3315]

The absolutely safe capsule is just a random fusion spirit and that’s all porky gets lol

[@timothymenard1750]

It is absolutely safe after all

[@NerfPlayeR135]

It's so Absolutely Safe that it has maxed-out defense and zero attack.

[@agent_8167]

As a representative of Pit's 15 fans, we will not stand for this Pit slander and demand you play Kid Icarus: Uprising to atone

[@lizzyserf]

kiu is genuinely such an interesting and funny game …. we love pit

[@RequiemAoi]

But is there a way to play it without giving yourself crippling carpal tunnel?

[@lizzyserf]

@@RequiemAoi 😬😬😬😬😬😬 Best I can say is take breaks

[@Multi_fandom_man]

@@lizzyserfwe need to get Vernias to help stop the Pit slander.

[@scrapper2519]

Floor ice cream gives you health!

[@Sirgen020]

I often wonder how the plot of subspace would be with voices and came to the realization that it would still make no sense

[@hund7458]

go and watch the subspace emissary real time fandub :)

[@nathanford2072]

WARIOOOOO IM GONNA WINNN

[@samboi123]

I needa monsta to clobba dat dere pingas

[@Multi_fandom_man]

@@nathanford2072WARIOOOOOOOO

[@emblemblade9245]

I’M GONNA WIIIIIIIIIN

[@FailcopterWes]

Teasing Snake just to pull a "Kept you waiting, huh?" joke when he finally gets out of the box is wonderful.

[@expendableindigo9639]

It was always very confusing how he wasn’t in the same place as Samus as a kid.

[@Ked676]

I forgot how the way Wario handles everyone's trophy forms terrified me as a kid, the way he slings the princess over his shoulder and grabs Ness by the head was horrifying. Thank you for allowing me to reminisce about this childhood trauma RT.

[@dhampir_days]

shout out to chat during Snake's segment joking about Liquid Snake and not realising that's an actual character. Solid Snake does indeed have an evil twin called Liquid Snake and it's not even a joke. also 1:06:08 hey that's me!

[@-FutureTaken-]

average Kojima plot point

[@SpectralT23]

Okay but like at 31:02 that Pit animation was insane! The rings acting as support and then sliding right back onto his wrist. It's immaculate and he even does it during his Neutral B!

[@dead_vibes]

The bow is called the Palutena Bow so she'd want help him anyway she could. It works the same in Kud Icarus Uprising too

[@NerfPlayeR135]

@@dead_vibesWhat's strange is that despite being Pit's signature weapon, the Palutena Bow is locked behind a challenge that you can't clear until the postgame.

[@PreyfortheMad]

I need to get to reading that Subspace Emissary Fanfic that's the world's longest novel.

[@FloridianFool]

No, because now the longest piece of English literature is a shitty Loud House fanfic

[@mimikyutubesaltaccount4875]

Same here

[@Milk_Toast05]

@PreyfortheMad Hey nice pfp dude

[@donlasagna479]

Oh dude, that's been beaten now. Someone wrote a Loud House fanfiction that's 35 MILLION words, compared to Subspace Conquest's 4 Million.

[@emperortoho]

@@FloridianFool doesn’t really count cuz it plagiarizes constantly

[@cah137-y4s]

The Subspace Emissary is what got me into Smash Bros in the first place. I had no experience with fighting games, but this glorious fanfic nonsense campaign appealed to my crossover-loving mind so goddamn much. If we ever end up getting a Smash Bros 6, I sincerely hope they end up doing something like this again.

[@demothiguillermo2059]

They probably won't do something like this again because some people thought it was a good idea to upload the cutscenes from their review copies BEFORE THE GAME RELEASED, and now Sakurai has trust issues

[@mackerelmafia2898]

Remember that according to the wikipedia, the ROBS worked for Tabuu because he *threatened to genocide their entire race* if they refused. Classic Nintendo... T for Teveryone? Dammit, my joke was thwarted by the iron fist of reality.

[@GuyWhoPlaysMapGames]

This game is rated T

[@mackerelmafia2898]

@@GuyWhoPlaysMapGames Huh, could have sworn it was rated E. Guess you learn something new every day.

[@jasonkeith2832]

Rated T for Trauma.

[@SonicTheCutehog]

I mean, he almost did just from them working for him

[@zwillscoopchannel9689]

@@mackerelmafia2898fun fact the reason it was T was because E 10 wasn’t a thing yet

[@nathanpixelkid]

that scene with the Halberd exploding and everyone flying out of the explosion always brings me to tears from nostalgia and just how awesome that scene is

[@Snakegg2]

Unironically my childhood. I didn't have any friends or access to online but I 100% this game and every single trophy and would spend hours just reading all the lore blurbs in the trophy menu.

[@timesnewlogan2032]

I remember getting emotional over the Cubone trophy, with the music in the background.

[@Act-gw8hg]

4:40 i love that the quantum blast is represented in the minimap. The player is constantly reminded about the grim reality that they couldn't save a stadium's worth of people

[@selfloathinggameing]

If you think the Great Maze is bad, Sakurai (the developer of Smash) made an ENTIRE GAME in that format: Kirby and the Amazing Mirror

[@1Thunderfire]

Not really. It was co-developed by HAL, Flagship and Dimps. He's actually only credited as a special advisor for that game and it's incidentally his last Kirby credit. In all honesty, Sakurai was not as involved in Kirby as people may think. He only directed 5 games in the end, one of which was an enhanced remake.

[@why3994]

Sakurai didn't make the amazing mirror, but he did make the great cave offensive from kirby super star

[@notloopers1110]

I love the great cave offensive I foundout you can make a custom mode in smash ultimate Great cave offensive - fixed camera - tiny players - invisible players - sudden death I call it fly catching

[@faultf4]

Except amazing mirror is fun despite the agony it brings

[@notloopers1110]

@modestzachman758 highly reccomend it keep a eye for moving particles!

[@StickMaster500]

I’m going to tell my future kids that this is Avengers: Endgame And I say this because despite being considered the black sheep in the Smash family, Brawl is probably one of the most important Smash games to date as without it, Smash Ultimate probably wouldn’t exist

[@Natoursofcourse]

broski you were ON this upload

[@WhoTookSaltyCabbage]

Smash 4 is worse you can’t change my mind

[@Drazil232]

Brawl is great, just not for competetive

[@GunSpyEnthusiast]

Begone, Demon.

[@loreman2803]

​@@Drazil232 oh you mean fun for most people who play for fun ?? 😂

[@growlingscarab7]

everytime i replayed this, i always saved zelda because if you know the button combo from later in the game, you can just turn into sheik immediately at the start and i loved playing as shiek.

[@justafanofsans9934]

To this day i love spamming zeldas side b since that fireball can hit bassically 80% of a stage

[@Aerowarrier]

I love that Subspace takes place in this massive world where all the various characters are each on their own quests and stuff honestly. It’s such a cool thing to see, and I would love a true Subspace 2 at some point that expands on it instead of what World of Light did

[@Ardomew]

It was crazy of Sakurai to give us a full story campaign in a Smash Bros game, only to go "Someone uploaded it to KZbin, so I'm NEVER gonna do this again!".

[@raridino600]

Really? What about SSB Ultimate? /gen

[@rojakishibe7113]

​​@@raridino600world of light is super cool on concept, but the minimal cinematics are kind of a result of sakurai not wanting the KZbin reposts to proliferate again (I did still have a good time with it, but it was all gameplay no cutscenes)

[@TheMegaMarshtomp]

Sakurai hates KZbin. He has made several KZbin videos where he talks about just how much he hates KZbin.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

@@TheMegaMarshtomp Based.

[@OriginalGameteer]

​@@TheMegaMarshtomp ok now I'm lowkey interested in his videos lol

[@almostirrelevant9181]

I audibly gasped when I saw the title. I played through the whole subspace emissary with my brother as kids, and it was a formative gaming experience

[@OmegaJ12]

RT I want you to know that this video inadvertently led to me having a mental breakdown. During the cutscene where Sonic finally arrives I saw his little shoe buckle and went “oh that looks off” and realized his little buckle locks weren’t there. I then proceeded to spend the next hour checking all artwork on the Sonic wiki, fanart, screenshots from the games etc. only to learn that he never had a little clip lock for his shoe buckles to begin with. It genuinely led me down a rabbit hole all my friends thought I was going insane for. I wouldn’t be freaking out as much if it wasn’t for the fact that I have a Sonic amiibo I see literally every day just above my bed and thus see him everyday and have clear memory of that buckle lock. Anyways great video 10/10.

[@SloshyLamp]

Dan should absolutely play Kid Icarus : Uprising so that he can learn to appreciate the greatness that is Pit.

[@CiromBreeze]

And also realise why Pit Two is actually a really cool character despite QUITE LITERALLY being a clone

[@feifeichin3855]

Dan should absolutely play Kid Icarus : Uprising so that 1:15:54 1:16:01 1:05:58

[@misirtere9836]

Glad to see RT is part of the time-honored tradition for everyone who plays this game. "WE FORGOT IKE!"

[@felixargyle5424]

homestuck pfp ‼️

[@nicoyeetzawa5342]

There’s a club on my university’s campus that calls themselves the “retro games club” and I’m guessing a year or two before I was a freshmen, they played smash brawl once on the Wii and went straight downhill from there, because four years later they’re only playing smash ultimate which isn’t even retro, they just got tired of only playing brawl

[@TheWizardMus]

I feel like every gaming club needs a "No smash bros" clause otherwise it'll inevitably become another Smash Bros club. Like an invasive species. I love the series but it always smothers out other games

[@toxizenz]

but,,, melee,,, 64,,, i love melee & 64,,,

[@moosesues8887]

@@TheWizardMusbecause it’s just that good 👀

[@bb010g]

Pull out Fightcade and open up local 3rd Strike. that's retro

[@markomcdowell2297]

This single player story absolutely scarred me as a kid. When I was a little, I had a bunch of cool toy monster trucks. I loved those things. And because I loved them, my siblings hated them. My sister really liked breaking them apart, especially breaking the wheels off and leaving them around the house. Anyway one day I was playing through this campaign and getting super into it and I stepped on one of the axles. It went a solid inch into my heel. My heel now has a crater on it.

[@qbertking1910]

I may or may not have spent the first 5 minutes wondering when Kirby was going to pull out a Bible

[@user-be3qc7re9o]

TerminalMontage Reference.

[@chibicelesti4859]

Same here. I was weridly disappointed he didn't pull a Baptism on Taboo like he did to Zero Two

[@q_0191]

he left it at home

[@chibicelesti4859]

@@q_0191 oh yeah. He did 😅

[@GunSpyEnthusiast]

For those confused of what the 4 variants of Marth are that Dan mentioned, they are Marth Not Marth Clearly not Marth and I Cant Believe it's not Marth!

[@TheMegaMarshtomp]

This is it. This is (possibly) the greatest story I've ever seen in all of fiction. The only English appearance of Lucas. My favorite appearance of Ganondorf. And exactly the right amount of Sonic the Hedgehog. We will never see anything as incredible as this ever again.

[@rainstarsworld9429]

I think it deserves to be considered one of the greatest game narratives ever, even if other games are objectively written way better due to all the odds stacked against it and it still pulling through. It is a silent film with dozens of tonally clashing characters written by a fricking Kingdom Hearts writer. It is a miracle that it is a comprehensible storyline that also manages to fit in character arcs, plot twists, and worldbuilding. You do have to read the supplementary Brawl Dojo post launch post for everything for everything to make sense, but other than that it’s a remarkable achievement that no other game has ever done

[@themanhimself1949]

​@@rainstarsworld9429😅t

[@dimazed870]

Trips while running towards video

[@feeblecursedone2540]

Brawl's opening just hits different.

[@liamsgreatbitgaming]

Subspace is so cool. Barely anything happens in the story mode but god if the barely doesn’t look cool as hell

[@coolwizard22]

Why do you need a story when you have a humanoid fox and a small ape fighting a green space serpent?

[@dhampir_days]

​@@coolwizard22 I do think it's funny that Rayquaza, the god of the sky who mostly hangs out in space defending earth from meteors and eating them, was just chilling in a lake and had a bone to pick with Diddy Kong in particular

[@TransientWitch]

@@dhampir_days To be fair...We should all have a bone to pick with Diddy Kong in particular. He let our boy DK get kidnapped. Twice.

[@brennanmarsh1572]

​@@dhampir_days I've heard there is a scrapped cutscene where fox's ship crashes into him but there's nothing that he does that couldn't have been replaced with Gyarados

[@expendableindigo9639]

@@dhampir_daysI always wonder which of the bosses worked for the main villains lol. Like Ridley probably did but Pokey? Rayquaza? Petey Pirahna?

[@confirmedbachelor4650]

I remember playing this game with my family as a kid and my Father would *always* play Meta Knight and then brag about how much better he was at the game then his like 5-year old children. That flying-spin attack lives in my knightmares. The guy has literally never touched a Kirby game he just knew Meta Knight was good.

[@rhysofsneezingdragon1758]

From the producer of "RT only uses R1" comes "RT only uses the A button"

[@Crazykidthree33]

A feature that I feel is largely ignored wtih subspace is that stickers actually have a use. In the story's map, you can see a menu called "Stickers" and that allows you to equip stickers to characters I believe. Stickers tend to give boosts to stats mostly, and usually the larger the sticker the stronger it was at the cost of taking up more space since they cannot overlap.

[@yuaisnek]

I think what's kinda funny is the reason we never got another subspace emissary is because of videos like this.

[@draconis17]

Fun fact, Mr. Game and Watch is canonically the source of the "shadow bugs" that create the evil clones and most of the subspace army. Apparently an infinite amount of that stuff can be mined from his body.

[@Natoursofcourse]

The "subspace emissary as a kid" experience is swearing you could remember more cutscenes and stages than that which are actually in the game, just because of how it got your excited kid brain *whirring*

[@thelittleghost3784]

I love that the plot is Meta Knight wants his fucking ship back

[@penguinman2233]

This is the closest we will get to RT playing Kid Icarus Uprising.

[@heavensdoor6500]

I WANT TO BE CLOSER

[@scrapper2519]

MORE!

[@ciremai303]

0:30 this is exactly how I found out about Metal Gear as a kid. I thought he was Chuck Norris at first

[@faultf4]

Best part of the plot was everyone so eager to kill each other for most of the first half

[@somenerd4414]

Dan bringing ganondorf to the final boss and saying Sonic was the weak link physically killed me

[@TheSpeep]

This game really did just have the best main theme of my childhood. Not to forget the single sickest cutscene in the history of the medium.

[@nuclearfurret5284]

Daniel is now drifting between games just to beat up everyone in (almost）every video game series Hey, at least there is trophies for him!!!

[@TheWhite-Guy]

Of course he’s drifting between games, haven’t you heard? He used to be the Drift King back in college.

[@dragonfire5568]

I just love how consistent Kirby’s is portrayed. Every single time. He is just a happy little baby boy with the power levels of a god.

[@beknown63]

Dan doing marginally better with Brawl Ganondorf (the worst character in any smash game) than Brawl Meta Knight (the best character in any smash game) is kinda hilarious.

[@SubSpace-bs5fr]

My first game ever was Brawl. After growing up with it, it's lovely to see the RT play it :D

[@alexross9150]

I love watching RT Game play the EXACT way as 12-year-old me rushing to get through story mode before the sleepover ends

[@Robofan998]

From someone who at one point was learning and considering running the Brawl subspace emissary speed run category, Its funny hearing Dan talk about meta-knight, because while everything he says is true about meta-knight in competitive play, my perspective from the speed run is that all of the things that make him strong in competitive play, make him pretty mediocre for subspace for most nonspeedrun players. Meta-knight is oppressive in comp for a bunch of reasons; His recovery is amazing and has high priority meaning they just beat other moves that try to changeling them, His 5 jumps allow him to spend most of the game camping in the air with upair and downair meaning he doesnt have to worry about tripping. He's floaty in a game is generally pretty slow and difficult to capitalize on stray hits, meaning there are very few if any kill confirms that work on him, and his moves all start up insanely fast meaning he has a really good neutral game. He also has very good dash speed, with good walking speed and an average air acceleration (how fast you start/change the direction you are moving in the air) All of these strengths make him insanely oppressive. In competitive. See in subspace, nearly all of these are actually a liability for most players. For most of subspace, his recovery isn't needed and while his runspeed and up-b can put in some work most players arent looking to run from point a to point b without searching for things, fighting enemies and collecting stickers and trophies. Theres not really much need to air camp, as enemies often have super armor or just don't have any meaningful hit stun. Being floaty in subspace means that you die much faster than other characters from the same hits, and without good DI you can kinda just die to a single mistake sometimes. Since there arent really any combos you need to worry about, being floaty is often a liability for most players. His moves start up fast, but since damage matters alot more in subspace for most fights, frame data doesn't matter as much as neutral isnt really a factor. None of this is to say he's bad in the speedrun. Once you get him in the maze at the end of the game, he can reliably be the fastest at defeating most of the 1v1 fights vs the shadow versions of the main cast, and his movement speed makes him great for navigating the maze and getting to the taboo fight, but then you swap to Charizard for the pure damage numbers bc his job is done. Or peach if you are making a TAS, since the stitch is broken but for human players, the rng isn't worth throwing away a 2hour run for the chance at a slightly faster Taboo fight. TAS's get to cheat bc they know exactly what frame they can pull a stitch in any level/bossfight, meaning they can abuse it. Anyways if you read all this you are a real one, If any other speedrunners show up and i missed something from my analysis, know that i did not end up going that deep and struggled to stick with the run, meaning that this is based on my understanding of the role he plays in the speedrun. If you have anything you wanna add or corrections to make, lemme know and Ill edit my comment to reflect that. This is just my thoughts on his role in both the speedrun and casusal run through of the game, with a bit of perspective i have as a person whos a fan of the competitive smash community. And something i wanted to talk about because i think its cool that the things that make you broken in one mode can hinder you in another.

[@cannae920]

Subspace Emissary is such a fond memory for me, so I'm incredibly happy you decided to revisit it! There's certainly a degree of nostalgia affecting my fondness, but I still think recent Smash editions are sorely missing out on this kind of story mode

[@raflamar4146]

Haven't played this game since I was a kid, now I'm 20 years and finally I understand I understand the obscure character references

[@Flyingdurito]

To get real for a moment, brawl still to this day actively holds the title for longest amount of time exclusively playing one game in my life When I first got this game, I kid you not, I played it for 6 MONTHS IN A ROW, whether it was classic, tourney, all star (when I finally got that mode) and multiple playthroughs of subspace This game was my sole form of entertainment for months without any other game in between, and even to this day it hasn’t been dethroned and I doubt it ever will Thank you Sakurai for ruining my life in the best way possible, from then till now

[@LordSusaga]

Do you guys remember when Dan beat Breath of the Wild without dying? Do you remember all those Nuzlockes he completed? Do you remember those FromSoftware bosses he beat? Just had to remind myself he's good at games for a moment.

[@notaword1136]

It has never once not made me a little sad to see diddy cover his eyes when his friend is being murdered 9:59

[@reddragonpress]

I remember that as a child, the revelation that the Ancient Minister was ROB (and then joined our team!!!) was HUGE. And the scene where the Halberd gets blown up and all the heroes fly toward the Subspace cannon to destroy it is absolutely the most hype moment in the whole game.

[@Xahnel]

That scene did more for sales of Kirby Air Ride than any advertising budget.

[@JacksonJinn]

The shield button doesn't exist. Rolling is a myth. Spot-dodging is heretical. (RT's fun is always good to watch but the stalwart *refusal* to block the most telegraphed of attacks is stunning.)

[@M4SKED2001]

I have super fond memories of playing this back in the day with my friends and family.... And maybe constantly getting my ass beat by the Level 9 AI and my friends and family. Maybe those memories weren't so fond after all

[@justas423]

RTGame should 100% play Kid Icarus Uprising. That game has top notch writing!

[@scrapper2519]

Only game that managed to completely surprise me 5 times over. Absolutely fantastic and hilarious!

[@TheChiefBusta]

Ikes reveal in this made him my favorite fire emblem character. Sure eould love to play one of his games without paying 800 dollars one day

[@gooseman9360]

The best game ever

[@azuquirtle]

I like the implication that Metal Gear Rising Revengence is further removed from Metal Gear Solid than Super Smash Bros Brawl is

[@leontriestoart]

This game walked so avengers infinity war could run

[@dead_vibes]

The way dan plays this makes me itch, bless his heart

[@X-SPONGED]

Brawl continues to be one of my favorite Smash games despite it's seemingly casual nature and simple story. Smash Bros was always a game about childlike wonder of playtime. The villian of Brawl being the literal embodiment of the Tabuu of still playing with action figures as a grown-up that's physically manipulating the "subspace emissaries" who control the figurines may not be the most subtle comparison but it's still very charming. I've moved on to Ultimate but Brawl always has a place in my childhood

[@KaedeLanyo]

Every mention of Meta Gear, makes me want to see RT experience it more and more. I'd love to witness his reactions to the sheer insanity of it.

[@Tyfighter152]

Having a fun platforming adventure story mode in Smash Bros was such a good idea. Im so glad they kept it for the rest of the series and it definetly wasnt a one time thing...

[@BigLadSnorlax]

OH MY FECKING GOD YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY I AM THAT YOURE PLAYING ONE OF MY CHILDHOOD FAVOURITE GAMES IM ASCENDING

[@greenan984]

Captain Falcon's introduction in this game is honestly top 10 coldest gaming moments

[@GoldenKitsune777]

Love that Olimar is just being pressed into combat, the man is just some middle aged dude desperately trying to survive

[@ashleysabharwal6662]

this campaign was such a highlight of my childhood! it brings me a great deal of joy to watch you play it RT, i hope all of you in the comment section are having a lovely day :)

[@elliemercury1400]

extremely hyped to see daniel rtgame show us his smashing skills

[@HokutoDokuro]

You joke, but I'd watch a Coin Launcher highlight reel...

[@RepChris]

"you dont just drive through his living room window" we call that maneuver a Gregory House

[@ballisticboo7808]

HOUSE MENTIONED

[@meredithvaughan5946]

sometimes I just go and watch that charge at the villain ship, the music is epic and honestly when they all come out of the explosion it still gets me a bit even years after.

[@nofeetmemestealers1867]

Brawl was generally goated, what a game sub space still holds up.

[@korokonas]

Memories of playing this game as a kid during summer with my best friend staying the night, playing through Subspace multiple times and messing around with team brawls with them. Honestly this is my favorite Smash Bros of all time just for this one summer, it was one of the best times of my life.

[@aspendespain4606]

boy did this bring back memories. the story mode was such a big thing for us as children, thank you so much for introducing more people to this wild, fun smash bros story, it was a blast going through it again with you. (and finally seeing the ending! could never get past Tabuu and that stupid insta kill attack. probably didn't help that I was always doing it two player so it was always a two for one when he did that.)

[@mranderson9553]

50:35 in the kirby game the ship was powered by the wheelies (sentient moter-unicycle) in tubes going back and forth so this is probably meant to be a recreation of that, fun fact to add to the list of kirby horrors, he kills everyone on that ship except metaknight with the wheelies trying to flee off the ship but they can't due to being sentient wheels and the captain of the ship ends up sacrificing himself in order to keep the ship from crashing long enough for metaknight to escape from kirby before the ship goes up in a fireball in the ocean, there's a dramatic thing with metaknight telling him abandon the ship and the captain refusing all while kirby slaughters the fleeing crew, i think one of the waddledees even wants to save himself but the captain calls him a coward and convinces him to sacrifice himself in order to pay back metaknight

[@Xahnel]

I think you're doing Kirby a massive disservice here. Because Meta Knight and his crew are absolutely the baddies here. Meta Knight just decides one day that the inhabitants of dream land lead lives that are far too idelic and lazy, and he builds a massive airship carrier and fills it with an army so that he can conquer Dreamland and set the populace to more productive lives. Kirby isn't just randomly boarding the Halberd and slaughtering a pleasure cruise. He's defending the planet and its inhabitants from a conquering army. Further, when the captain decides he's going down with the ship, he tells the bridge crew to leave, and he'll stay behind to make sure they can evac. This inspires almost the entire bridge crew to stay. No one is ordered or shamed into self sacrifice. Finally, Wheelies try to kill Kirby just as much as any other enemy. There is no indication in the story that they were captured or enslaved.

[@CiromBreeze]

It's also worth pointing out that nobody really dies in the Kirby universe, at worst they just respawn Also you see the Wheelies escaping right before the ending sequence, where Kirby hops ON a Wheelie to outrun Meta Knight.

[@mranderson9553]

@@CiromBreeze some of the wheelies might escape but that crew is 100% dead

[@raimarulightning]

Subspace really solidified Smash's status as a love letter and living museum to video games as a whole. Timeless masterpiece indeed.

[@keystone5750]

With all the smack Dan is talking about Pit, they should make a day for it. Everyone pick on Pit day, perhaps...

[@CiromBreeze]

It almost makes you take pity on Pitty.