Super Smash Bros. Melee: Adventure Mode (Normal) with Mario in HD

[@davidvkimball]

I hope you enjoy this casual playthrough of Adventure Mode! I wanted to include every bit of it, so I did some video editing to combine segments together, which is why you might notice some weirdness in the score totals.

[@tylermartell2023]

Of course, but it never stops me from having hope one day

[@dannyohare3645]

Roy is my main for Adventure Mode. He’s one of my favourite fighters in Melee. And KOing all enemies to get bonus points with Roy really hits them hard.

[@Kurokyura]

21:40 will always be the coolest scene

[@thundersauv]

Proof that you don't need high poly models to have a good looking game

[@davidvkimball]

Melee is like the flagship example of that!

[@BrokenG-String]

This might be my favorite art style of all the smash games. Nice solid and smooth colors. Kinda realistic but cartoony mixed well together.

[@davidvkimball]

@@BrokenG-String Again, 100% right.

[@AndyKusanagi86]

i don't even know why people thought the graphics were "just good" back in the day, even considering they were running on the Gamecube (and funny enough, this _was_ hi-poly back in its day). to me, they were always stunning and full of detail (and even considering how Ultimate finally took those stages to the next level, that opinion hasn't changed), even though i prefer how the characters look in later games (especially the Mario characters, they look kinda off to me here).

[@Tazerboy_10]

Nope; You don't have to high poly models to have a great video game!

[@SpicyWah]

I remember playing Melee's adventure mode to death as a kid. It was such a cool concept for a mode and wish they brought this back

[@davidvkimball]

I completely agree!!

[@BenJPics9925]

Subspace Emissary was essentially an evolution of Adventure Mode.

[@davidvkimball]

@@BenJPics9925 A step back in many ways too.

[@AndyKusanagi86]

yeah, it's probably my favorite single player mode in Melee, but with the amount of game worlds Smash covers now, returning to this formula would be kind of unwieldy and overlong... somewhat like Subspace Emissary.

[@mylesgarcia2807]

Those 2 punches were perfectly in sync with the music 1:41

[@davidvkimball]

Lmao!

[@Xhinryuu]

Not only that, but stomping the koopa and then landing on the ground is also perfectly in sync xD

[@kushkraken]

Dude this literally sparked the memory of my first time playing melee. I got it for a birthday and had no clue wtf smash bros was. I just saw Mario, pikachu, link, and bowser on the cover and shrugged because if I like those characters I should like the game, right? Well the first part of adventure mode took me like 5-10 tries because I kept dying to the winged koopas and Yoshi gauntlet. I remember crossing over that line being so proud, only to get demolished by peach and Luigi lol. Countless hours were spent lost in the temple, fighting all those links and falling down the main chamber. And then the first time I ever encountered Samus was in Brinstar. Getting burning by the stage, SD’ing a hundred times, and being forced to fight some alien being in a space suit will be burned into my brain forever. And then the escape challenged my early platforming skills, so it probably took me 10-20 tries to pass the first time. I could go on forever man, this is such a nostalgic video for me bro thanks haha. My original melee disc is cracked in half, so I’ll probably never experience this first hand again lol

[@davidvkimball]

Thank you so much for sharing your memories!! This was really fun for me to read. I hope you can get another copy of Melee someday.

[@blakenapier3125]

Brawl 4 3DS Wii U & Ultimate needs to have Nintendo All Stars again followed by Collaborating with Rareware

[@markthomaskiec2453]

This is probably the coolest concept for the single player you could ask for. If they make a new Smash after ultimate, I want an expanded form of this with the new characters. Maybe instead of big CG cutscenes, they do in-game cutscenes with a few unique ones based on which characters you pick for each of the sections. Kinda like a mix of the new classic mode and the cutscenes from Melee

[@davidvkimball]

Exactly!

[@blakenapier3125]

What would happen if you 1st Played Adventure Mode with Mario 1st Normal and than beat The 1st Level of Adventure Mode In The Mushroom Kingdom at Number 2 where you encounter Luigi & Peach and clear it without Losing or no Continuation.

[@TheTrueProdigy101]

Melee’s adventure was my favorite. Simple side scrolling action. I wish it was in Ultimate

[@davidvkimball]

couldn't agree more!

[@davidvkimball]

@@WyvernLP just scratches the surface

[@StanleySophana]

Playing as Mario on Mar10 Day made it perfect!

[@davidvkimball]

Dang you're right!! Haha

[@blakenapier3125]

Brawl Smash 4 3DS Wii U & Ultimate aren’t Finished

[@HugoSev_]

Great video, really made me feel the nostalgic vibes of when I discovered Melee and this amazing game mode!

[@davidvkimball]

Hooray! So glad to hear that

[@blakenapier3125]

Tell The Creator to go back to having 1st Party Characters like Nintendo All Stars again

[@brandonspain12345]

0:26 If Super Mario Bros. was made in 2001:

[@davidvkimball]

Exactly!! So cool

[@blakenapier3125]

The 1st Came out In 1999

[@brianjude6789]

9:23 Planet Zebes: Brinstar Dephts theme

[@CGB_Crash]

23:25 As a kid, THIS is the image that made Super Mario as a badass in my mind.

[@davidvkimball]

Mario in Smash is just that way isn't he?

[@blakenapier3125]

They need to add Some More Characters

[@h_b_g_4]

"Melee HD" Directed by David V. Kimball Never stop posting Melee videos !

[@davidvkimball]

Thank you, I won't! ♥

[@blakenapier3125]

Assist Trophies must be removed

[@brianjude6789]

9:03 (Sheik screaming)

[@MasterCreator1998]

1:58 😂😂😂😂😂

[@seanfreeman4514]

Haven’t seen adventure mode in melee since I was like 7 years old. Memories man

[@davidvkimball]

It's so good still right?

[@seanfreeman4514]

@@davidvkimball indeed

[@LimitlessXform]

This & The Subspace Emissary from brawl will forever be the best Game/Adventure modes

[@davidvkimball]

Agree!

[@blakenapier3125]

Miis & Wii Fit Trainers needs to be removed Including Duos and you know by having all Separate Standalone Characters Including Pallet Swaps removed

[@alejandrovelez6358]

Looks awesome in high definition! I miss the time when Mario sounded like this, his SM64 voice clips in this game sounds badass for a fighting game like Melee! xD One thing I would change this game is Luigi’s voice. He had his deeper voice in the N64 games with MK64 USA, Mario Golf 64 and Mario Tennis, he shouldn’t sound like Mario! XD Awesome gameplay I would love to see this but with Peach! ^^💞

[@davidvkimball]

Good to know! I might upload more. :D Fun fact, a fan asked Sakurai about Luigi's voice in 2001 and he replied that he used Mario Kart 64 as a reference (the Japanese version) where he had a higher-pitched voice. He was notoriously voiced by like 3 different people during the N64 era, s his voice portrayals vary quite a bit, especially factoring in different regions.

[@alejandrovelez6358]

@@davidvkimball Well I understand that statement with Sakurai taking Julian Barkadoff’s Luigi voice as reference, but what he could’ve thought of was that if he wanted Luigi to have a high pitched voice, I think he could’ve done that by making it exclusive to the Japanese of SSBM, just like he did with the Star Fox characters and Pokémon characters while still having Charles Martinet’s N64 era Luigi voices for the American version of the game. What’s really interesting is that in Luigi’s Mansion (the game that came out 2 months prior before Melee) they reused Toad’s and Boo’s voice clips from Mario Tennis 64 (which came out 1 year prior before Luigi’s Mansion and Super Smash Bros. Melee) they actually could’ve done the same with using Luigi’s voice from Tennis 64 but for Melee.

[@leohernandez8751]

Even tho The World of Light is good for what it is in Ultimate, I still miss this version of adventure mode where you actually GO to other gaming worlds as an actual ADVENTURE. Imagine Minecraft Steve traveling through the world of Tekken, Luigi going to Dracula’s Castle, Donkey Kong going through an F-Zero like track, Kirby traveling through Mementos from Persona 5 and SO MUCH MORE! Hopefully in a future Smash title (if there is one in the future), they’ll bring back an adventure mode similar to this one.

[@davidvkimball]

I agree with you except that World of Light is good.

[@leohernandez8751]

@@davidvkimball Oh no I wasn’t saying World of Light was bad with all due respect! I was saying that it was still pretty good, it just could’ve been improved upon like actually traveling to other gaming worlds to fight the spirit battles like fusing both Melee’s and Ultimate Adventure Mode concepts together.

[@anomaly395]

I don’t even have this game but I miss this mode so much. I wish they had brought this or Smash Run back for Ultimate. I’d love to run through the mushroom kingdom as Solid Snake chokeholding Goombas lol. Or Joker using his Persona to escape Brinstar. The combinations are endless.

[@davidvkimball]

Right?! Adventure Mode is godly in Melee.

[@blakenapier3125]

Nintendo can let their Games go to Playstation & Xbox Consoles just like Sega

[@ronniegeorge3152]

Been enjoying your HD pack on Slippi - thanks again!!

[@davidvkimball]

So glad you're enjoying it!!

[@blakenapier3125]

Luigi needs to have his Voice on The 1st from Mario Kart 64 and The One from Luigi’s Mansion for Melee

[@worsedoughnut]

Finally, Melee the way it was meant to be played! None of that "competetive" nonsense.

[@originalname4701]

Bro what? People are allowed to enjoy games however they wish. It's okay to not like that but it's not okay to put people down for it. Competitive smash didn't get rid of the original game it's still there.

[@furious_pie466]

@@originalname4701 it’s a joke -_-

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

@@originalname4701 except the this KZbinr was using a emulator, not the actual hardware with a CRT

[@blakenapier3125]

Fight

[@brianjude6789]

12:41 Dream Land 64 (Super Smash Bros. Melee) Soundtrack

[@brianjude6789]

25:33 Super Mario Bros. 3 Theme (Super Smash Bros. Melee) Soundtrack

[@XakTerrible]

Melee will always be the best. Doesn't matter what anyone says.

[@davidvkimball]

P. much agree.

[@blakenapier3125]

Q Forms can already be In The 1st 2ed & 3rd Super Smash Brothers

[@Sir_Bone-Head]

I never fully played Melee growing up, I did once, and I didn't know what I was doing, but something about it's adventure mode always interested me. I think if anything it was the Underground Maze, that's such a cool concept for a level. For me though, I played Smash 4's Smash Run, A LOT, and it was fun for me, but I think if anything, I would love to see another attempt at this style of adventure mode. It's pretty simple and to the point. If it were brought back in Ultimate though, I would love to see them experiment with some new ideas on how to go about it. I think a simple one would be how Luigi switches out with Mario when you beat the previous stage at a certain time, maybe it would go to Luigi's Mansion with Luigi and Daisy.

[@davidvkimball]

Right. I think this format is the most compelling Adventure mode concept of them all.

[@blakenapier3125]

Fight against Luigi & Daisy

[@dannyohare3645]

You should definitely play Adventure Mode as every character (especially Ganondorf and Roy because they hit harder) to KO enemies (Kirby and Yoshi can eat them too), Luigi (play as Luigi and you’ll KO Mario instead), Giant DK, Giant Kirby, Falco, The Metal Bros, Giga Bowser and become a Link master to get bonus points.

[@bluberrydee6205]

the fact that kirby's hammer doesn't grow when he gets big is the funniest thing ever they HATED him in melee

[@davidvkimball]

lol

[@blakenapier3125]

Funny

[@brianjude6789]

10:17 Warning! ⚠️‼️⛔️

[@kikigarza9092]

3:08 luigi is going to kamikaze into the mountains.

[@michaelmoor5019]

The stages are epic and awesome...

[@Thecandyquinn]

Just bought smash today and im extremely disappointed this version of adventure mode wasn't added 😭😭

[@davidvkimball]

@@Thecandyquinn oh in Ultimate? Yeah single player is rough in that game.

[@xcelron1580]

I've never seen the cutscene when Bowser comes back after being beaten the first time and transforms into Giga Bowser. It would just skip to the next fight. Maybe i skipped by accident.

[@davidvkimball]

Glad you got to see it!

[@blakenapier3125]

Giga Bowser

[@Superemie401]

14:07 Wait you just defeated Fox two seconds ago! How did he swap his place with Falco?!

[@BrokenG-String]

Melee's adventure will always be special to me. Imagine more they could have added if they had more time. Subspace didn't quite capture visiting each characters' universe like melee's adventure.

[@davidvkimball]

I completely agree with you!

[@blakenapier3125]

They need to remove 3rd Party Characters D.L.C Miis Wii Fit Trainers Avatars Duos Online and you know

[@brianjude6789]

17:00 ❗️

[@danielshottopics8187]

This Game is Amazing and it was the First Super Smash Bros Game I Ever Bought back in 2001, I Hope they make a HD Port of Super Smash Bros Melee.

[@davidvkimball]

Thank you for sharing. I love this game too.

[@blakenapier3125]

No Remake or HD nor anything like that

[@Moon_Dasher]

I really think the DK stage were supposed to be mini Diddy Kongs

[@MeMyselfI__]

17:02 That’s Karma right there!

[@hoplabobla]

This game is better now 👍

[@LiedsonGamer2006]

23:42 one thing i hate about super smash bros is that this version of bowser we face in adventure mode is not playable

[@AyRookie]

This looks beautiful!

[@davidvkimball]

Thanks man!

[@blakenapier3125]

It is

[@davidhill8565]

If Melee Adventure Mode were scaled up to represent all fighter-represented franchises as of Smash Ultimate it would be much longer (and have a save feature): • Stage 1: Super Mario (Mushroom Kingdom, Mario Galaxy, New Donk City) • Stage 2: Donkey Kong (Kongo Jungle) • Stage 3: The Legend of Zelda (Underground Maze, Hyrule Temple, Spirit Train, Great Plateau Tower) • Stage 4: Metroid (Planet Zebes) • Stage 5: Yoshi’s Island (Woolly World) • Stage 6: Kirby (Fountain of Dreams and Green Greens) • Stage 7: Star Fox (Corneria and Venom) • Stage 8: Pokémon (Pokémon Stadium and Prism City) • Stage 9: EarthBound (Onett, Fourside, and New Pork City) • Stage 10: F-Zero (Race across Mute City and Big Blue) • Stage 11: Ice Climbers (Climbing Ice Mountain, Summit) • Stage 12: Fire Emblem (Fane of Raman, Coliseum, Dragon’s Gate, Garreg Mach Monastery) • Stage 13: Game & Watch (Flat Zone) • Stage 14: Kid Icarus (Skyworld, Reset Bomb Forest, Palutena’s Temple) • Stage 15: Metal Gear (Shadow Moses Island) • Stage 16: Sonic The Hedgehog (Green Hill Zone, Windy Hill Zone) • Stage 17: Animal Crossing (Smashville, Tortimer Island, Town & City) • Stage 18: Mega Man (Wily Castle, Mega Man X Highway) • Stage 19: Wii Fit Studio • Stage 20: Boxing Ring • Stage 21: PAC-LAND • Stage 22: Gaur Plains and Alrest • Stage 23: Duck Hunt • Stage 24: Street Fighter (Suzaku Castle) • Stage 25: Final Fantasy VII (Midgar, Northern Cave) • Stage 26: Bayonetta (Umbra Clock Tower) • Stage 27: Inkling (Inkopolis) • Stage 28: Castlevania (Dracula’s Castle) • Stage 29: Persona 5 (Mementos) • Stage 30: Dragon Quest (Path to Yggdrasil’s Altar) • Stage 31: Banjo & Kazooie (Spiral Mountain) • Stage 32: Fatal Fury (King of Fighters Stadium) • Stage 33: Minecraft World • Stage 34: Mishima Dojo • Stage 35: Hollow Bastion • Stage 36: Battlefield and Final Destination

[@davidvkimball]

That would be quite a long campaign!

[@davidhill8565]

@@davidvkimball Instead, we got World of Light, which is in the Spirits folder.

[@davidvkimball]

@@davidhill8565 yeah what a downgrade lol

[@blakenapier3125]

3rd Parties & Fighting Game Characters outside of their Series and Genra Game Characters not part of Nintendo must be removed

[@essielesse]

David uploads a new video? queue party ball opening sound

[@davidvkimball]

DO DOO DO DOOO DO DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@blakenapier3125]

GAME

[@DaRandomChannel-tz4sj]

New super Mario bros on steroids

[@davidvkimball]

@DaRandomChannel-tz4sj lol! Sure

[@furious_pie466]

While I personally prefer subspace because of its character interaction story bosses certain levels and more I can definitely say melees Adventure mode has a certain charm to it that I think is really cool and all of the levels are awesome recreations of locations from Nintendo titles hopefully in the future we can get an adventure mode that’s like subspace and melees combined and has an actual story unlike the copout World of light was 1:58 Rip Mario drowned in a lake after being kicked by his brother he will be missed :(

[@davidvkimball]

Would be amazing for sure!

[@blakenapier3125]

Valowuigi has yet to show up

[@brianjude6789]

10:24

[@Noahmediacorner]

Wow this adventure looks cool it sucks they didn’t add one along with subspace emistry adventure in super smash bros ultimate because it’s ultimate and they should add these adventures as remakes or a collection

[@davidvkimball]

@@Noahmediacorner yeah, big missed opportunity

[@blakenapier3125]

Forget about Remakes

[@AspectCave]

omg looks so beautiful!

[@davidvkimball]

Thanks!!

[@mariavigil4944]

@@davidvkimball what are you playing my favorite character is Mario in smash bros melee

[@maiastniki]

i swear everyone does thesame thing when starting the first level of adventure more lmaoo sakurai really dis something w this game

[@davidvkimball]

The same thing?

[@maiastniki]

@@davidvkimball yea in every smash melee adventure mode video i see and my pwn memories lf playing this as a kid as soon as the level starts everyone seems to kill the two goombas by jumping then dohble jumps air dodges n throws a koopa shell or something extremely close and i always pick it out thru the years of watching smash videos idk how i left that out my comment lmao

[@davidvkimball]

@@maiastniki OK that's amazing hahaha

[@blakenapier3125]

Sakurai needs to go back and have 1st Party Characters again only while Rareware & Nintendo Collaborate

[@SharonisCarin321]

Melee is still gorgeous.. Brawl was too, but melee had some smooth animation and upscaling makes it better

[@davidvkimball]

Melee has aged much better than Brawl visually, no question.

[@SharonisCarin321]

@@davidvkimball I still love the Toy aspect from 64 the best. Everything looking like a plush toy gave it such a charm

[@davidvkimball]

@@SharonisCarin321 Agreed!

[@blakenapier3125]

Brawl needs to have 1st Party Characters

[@rabball]

David the game looks so clean how did you made it? I want to try it

[@davidvkimball]

Thanks! Melee HD texture pack, search for it on my channel

[@blakenapier3125]

Old Color Screens fits well for Flat Screens

[@tylermartell2023]

I would love to see Nintendo have a enhanced version of Nintendo GameCube online with widescreen support with 120FPS on the next Nintendo when it comes out with Super Smash bros melee, Super Mario Sunshine, the legend of Zelda Twilight Princess, Mario kart Double dash, Viewful Joe, and Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3

[@davidvkimball]

😱

[@blakenapier3125]

Quality is also Stronger

[@vincenzomarinostylex9765]

Could you imagine if someone recreated the entirety of Melee's Adventure mode in Rivals of Aether?

[@davidvkimball]

@@vincenzomarinostylex9765 that's a fun idea!

[@LHSMeleeClub]

makes me wonder if ppl will HD-ify the level titles c:

[@davidvkimball]

I could do that. But I'm too lazy.

[@blakenapier3125]

Yes

[@Alpha-0014]

16:36 Capt. Falcon Is Dead Last Place

[@MasterHeroLink]

2:02 Well that's okay, because that Mario is a fake anyways😂

[@davidvkimball]

Lol

[@blakenapier3125]

What do you mean fake

[@gmont28]

Wish adventure was like this on ultimate

[@davidvkimball]

@@gmont28 no kidding! Couldn't agree more.

[@blakenapier3125]

Kinda like how SC4 (SC5) SC5 (SC6) & SC6 (SC7) was like SE/SB (SC1) SC1 (SC2) SC2 (SC3) & SC3 (SC4)

[@infernal-toad]

The framerate somehow looks like it’s above 60fps in this game compared to modern games.

[@davidvkimball]

Haha! Nope it's just at 60!

[@blakenapier3125]

Definitely

[@williswayne1876]

What if adventure mode was longer and had cut scenes just like brawl did 🤔

[@davidvkimball]

That would be incredible!

[@williswayne1876]

@@davidvkimball you should make a video for that

[@davidvkimball]

@@williswayne1876 could be fun!

[@DarkLink1996.]

I have always said that Kongo Jungle and Green Greens deserved platforming stages. Corneria, Pokémon Stadium, and Onett would be a bit harder, but I'd like to see someone's takes on them, if modding Adventure Stages ever becomes a thing in either Melee or Brawl.

[@dannyohare3645]

Why didn’t Ultimate have an Adventure Mode like this or Brawl? I mean it did have cool bosses but still. It needed enemies like this, Subspace and Smash Run. And more cutscenes with action and characters interacting.

[@davidvkimball]

That would have been great lol

[@blakenapier3125]

Wokes wants to change everything

[@adrenaliner91]

Back when single player smash was really good.

[@davidvkimball]

Exactly

[@blakenapier3125]

Including Nintendo All Stars

[@maruan_shibly]

How did you get the game in so good quality)

[@davidvkimball]

1080p upscale with HD textures using Dolphin Emulator.

[@blakenapier3125]

Digital or HD Color is Filler

[@CandyGram]

Wasn’t he supposed to fight a giant glove ?? Or hand or something

[@davidvkimball]

You're thinking of Master Hand in Classic Mode!

[@blakenapier3125]

Master Hand & also Crazy Hand

[@ness1278]

4:37 cracked me up, my emulator does the same thing

[@davidvkimball]

That's the widescreen code for you...

[@blakenapier3125]

Two wide

[@SanDandi97]

Not gonna lie, when you lost that first stock something in my died

[@davidvkimball]

😭

[@blakenapier3125]

What

[@josecotts5403]

16:18 Wobbuffet

[@nintendoangel2478]

Sakurai… if by any slim chance you’re reading this, PLEASE BRING THIS BACK!!!

[@davidvkimball]

Agree

[@blakenapier3125]

Challenger Approaching

[@corryh5032]

1:43 yeesh…

[@GlitchanBlack]

1:58 for Mario dying, everyone.

[@davidvkimball]

Poor Mario.

[@blakenapier3125]

He didn’t deserve

[@MinakoMarioFan]

Melee is the best!

[@davidvkimball]

Agreed!

[@blakenapier3125]

1st & 2ed

[@brianjude6789]

12:42

[@brianjude6789]

16:50

[@ZodeHakkuLive]

I wish they had brought this back in Smash Ultimate…

[@davidvkimball]

Completely agree.

[@blakenapier3125]

Exactly

[@Tazerboy_10]

Nice!

[@WerewolfPatrick03]

Luigi sounds so weird in this game

[@davidvkimball]

His voice clips are just pitch shifted Mario voice clips lol

[@WerewolfPatrick03]

@@davidvkimball yeah but I'm glad they changed his voice in brawl though

[@LHSMeleeClub]

those poor kirbies....

[@davidvkimball]

Collateral damage. 😈

[@blakenapier3125]

They were so easily beaten

[@robinthebird6421]

I did this on normal mode WITH WHITE KIRBY!!!

[@davidvkimball]

Good job.

[@blakenapier3125]

Ballon Fighter Match Rider & Birdo needs to be on here while Sheik can be Unlockable Separated from Zelda followed by Nana & Popo as Standalone Characters

[@Tohru3608]

This is what we need in ultimate 🤗🌈🌼🦋🎉🔮🎮🤗

[@davidvkimball]

Big Agree

[@blakenapier3125]

And 1st Party Characters again

[@baseldroid]

My favorite mario's voice is better than wii, wii u and switch 🤗

[@davidvkimball]

Agree!

[@blakenapier3125]

Let’s A Fight

[@ssbb89]

GG

[@davidvkimball]

gg!

[@blakenapier3125]

Yah Woohoo

[@hombreglobo2344]

Wena

[@sturgeeon8682]

Wavecheater

[@davidvkimball]

You've caught me. 😳

[@blakenapier3125]

Someone Else needs to be made by having Another Introduced for The Legend Of Zelda instead of having Someone like Young Link

[@damonp6366]

ρяσмσѕм 😜

[@brianjude6789]

16:50

[@brianjude6789]

16:36