Super Smash Bros. Melee Reveal & Reactions (E3 2001)

[@TheGamerGeek128]

Gotta love that one guy who recognized the Ice Climbers.

[@SpencerBrowFilms]

Ice Climbers? Yeah!

[@CloudyDaze]

"They really dug for that one" - Random guy in the audience, 2001

[@clickycal]

RIP

[@FumoReimuGaming]

Harry the Defiler me too

[@linguicaguy]

Dairunt I'd have to argue that both of those characters were more well-known than Ice Climbers were tho.

[@HeruruMeruru]

That one guy who cheered for the Ice Climbers.... Where is he now?

[@DoveStudiosOffical]

Playing ice climber

[@ramonfuentes5266]

He's nintendude

[@demonpirate5453]

wobbling

[@Treecko_2099]

He's Chudat and he's TOO GOOD.

[@rodrigojre98]

Chu Good*

[@GameXplain]

Yo, I was there in that room! The excitement was through the roof!

[@DavidTheCastle]

GameXplain I want to know more about this day. Where was it held? Did you meet Sakurai? Was it electric? Thanks!

[@Jptroll]

Sup GameXplain

[@Raddkann]

I as in Andre?

[@GameXplain]

@@Raddkann Yep!

[@Jptroll]

@@GameXplain how are you guys over there?

[@MayyroMusic]

Never seen that much hype for regular Samus.

[@ArtisanToast]

They probably thought Ridley was playable.

[@OrchidEleven]

SuperMarioman11 metroid was soooooo big for ninty, the people want it back so bad

[@LazyMusicIncorporations]

SuperMarioman11 Hey mario, I didnt know I could that I could you here. It's lazy from HOH

[@MayyroMusic]

Holy crap Lazy what's up!

[@LazyMusicIncorporations]

SuperMarioman11 i didnt expect you on some super smash bros videos

[@sparkarez]

“They really dug for that one.” Imagine if they revealed Mr. Game & Watch

[@linkmain6840]

No one comment this

[@SpiralPoli]

Imagine the pop for Mewtwo

[@gabrielfreefromitall]

15 years later but Ice Climbers I guess he says later

[@SpiralPoli]

If they revealed Marth, Roy and Game & Watch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooOweWiOqq-ZqJY

[@nanazsan7536]

"if they release melee for the first time again I'll sure be there" - Scott the Woz

[@mrproxd9336]

sombrero 18 lol yh

[@noisetank0994]

Lmao his new video talks about it

[@odinsplaygrounds]

This comment aged well.

[@youraveragejoe2]

Scott was sucking a pacifier at the time of this

[@Alex-eb6je]

@@youraveragejoe2 No he was in daycare.

[@aMAXproduction]

It's interesting to think how at the time Peach, Bowser, and Sheik were newcomers.

[@MrGuy__]

And Zelda

[@brodown64]

And ganon

[@Nova_Galaxian]

And Roy

[@Kakarotta17]

And Pichu

[@benjaminratthe9904]

And Falco

[@Bowserslave]

Still gives me goosebumps to this day

[@felix.rodent]

+Bowserslave Nolstalgia

[@riverm5889]

FUCK YEAH

[@jennarice4070]

I wasn't even alive when it came out, but it does give me goosebumps XD

[@felix.rodent]

Justice Karr-Rice Same Here.

[@junior234]

Bowserslave same

[@jjsponge1202]

0:43 They were cheering for Ridley 17 years ahead of their time.

[@noyes4632]

The cheer wasn’t just for Ridley

[@TheRawyan]

Quinn For The Win wut do u mean

[@ShermTank7272]

@Ryan theblaziken101 - at the time, the last time Samus was in a game was Smash 64, and before that Super Metroid in 1994 (7 years before this presentation). Suffice to say the crowd was happy to see everyone’s favorite bounty hunter back in action.

[@TheRawyan]

ShermTank7272 ohhhh I forgot about that

[@TheRawyan]

Rock Mork I believed him I did not need proof

[@OfficerFlatFoot]

2:07 Some Guy: "Is that Shit Fo' Real?!?!?"

[@BitosMr131]

And now 1080p graphics and people just do not get impressed

[@RibiRoo]

BitosMr131 now because it's all the same old shit these days, 3D graphics like that back then was very new, and surprised a lot of people.

[@ShaunsBlogs]

Jamike Falcon Wasn't that new. maybe around 5 or 6 years old? That's like saying that wireless controllers are new.

[@Sababu12]

they are all reacting to seeing Ridley in the game

[@bandicootsauce4569]

Yeah, they probably thought he was playable.

[@archivedchannel2]

The leap between the n64 version and the GameCube one is extremely huge. The Graphics!

[@a.x.x8184]

Bruh that's the same from Melee to Brawl. Clay models don't age that well in video games lol.

[@archivedchannel2]

@@a.x.x8184 bruh its been 4 years

[@Fabriziofilms]

64 to melee was the biggest smash upgrade ever also in less than 3 years and that is mindblowing

[@k-leb4671]

@@Fabriziofilms It was less than 3 years because Smash 64 was released late in the N64's life and Melee was released shockingly early in the Gamecube's life. I'm sure we could've gotten Brawl to 4's big leap in graphics in 3 years if Brawl was released later on and Nintendo got Sakurai working on the next game immediately.

[@tylercox1875]

That’s what I say with the leap from n64 to the GameCube in general the GameCube had really great graphics for the early 2000s

[@antonio.3432]

That moment when the music goes amazing and showed Sheik with the reflection of Zelda was the best part of the trailer, honestly.

[@timelesswho]

Gives me chills till this day

[@starchild5261]

It's sublime

[@michaelsmoak6267]

Oh yeah, and that melody with the backing woman's backing vocal, so beautiful, so magical

[@sand-attack]

2nd place only to the stampede of Yoshis

[@MungBaalin]

People being hyped over Ness being back still makes my day.

[@sparkeee3]

Hi

[@CrackshotSSB]

I will always love Earthbound. No matter how many people may dislike his Smash interpretations, you can’t deny that his home game is an absolute masterpiece.

[@rainehappy7097]

The reason they were hyped was because Ness was a secret character in the game before it and was totally OP. Ness coming back along with the other 3 secret characters meant they were mainstays and even more would be on the way. People speculated about who would be unlocked, including rumors of Sonic, Ridley, ect.

[@k-leb4671]

@@rainehappy7097 I don't recall Ness being OP in Smash 64.

[@rainehappy7097]

@@k-leb4671 He could use his PK abilities to stay in the field of battle and send opponents flying. Also that bat was awesome.

[@McBehrer]

Even today, the Melee intro is still the best.

[@genoobscureseverything7415]

No the Brawl one is

[@ibm30rpg]

@@genoobscureseverything7415 The Brawl one is just gameplay snips. Melee one was at least mostly cinematic content, therefore objectively the best one.

[@lmtx45]

People saying Brawl's intro is better are either bad trolls or braindead.

[@genoobscureseverything7415]

@@ibm30rpg Dang Melee fanboys get defensive over every factor of their game lol. I know Melee uses custom animations for the intro, and that Brawl used in game cutscenes, but that certainly doesn't mean that it took literally no effort at all. Brawl's Subspace Emissary is the definition of cinematic, and the cutscenes used in the intro probably took more work to make than Melee's anyways. You've got to cut the devs some slack for programing a new Smash game and a cinematic Adventure Mode. Plus Brawl's theme in many people's opinions including mine is the best in the series. (Not saying that I like vanilla Brawl better than Melee. I still like Melee the most out of all the games, but imo the best intro definitely is Brawl's.)

[@genoobscureseverything7415]

@@lmtx45 That was such an elitist comment. Your preferences over a video game intro doesn't make you superior to the majority of the population.

[@robofistsrevenge3288]

Man, I'm SO glad that this was recorded and archived. Maybe it sounds stupid to some, but this really is an historic moment in Nintendo/video game/pop culture and I still get goosebumps every time I watch it.

[@EvilApple567]

"15 years later Ice Climbers are back" 15 years later I'm watching this reveal

[@NIneDJcali]

15 years later Ice Climbers are gone

[@Ramseas119]

17.

[@immortalsun]

Ice Climbers are in Smash Switch, though! :D

[@peterGu895]

Dimentive how do you know?

[@rod1542]

Peter Now they are!

[@NotaSkeleton]

Those hype sounds everytime Samus comes on screen. That really warms my heart.

[@AzureR7]

NotaSkeleton same men:')

[@mariajimenafigueroa8311]

Go Samus!

[@CGR0620]

Given how no Metroid game was made for N64, makes sense that they would be excited

[@SpiralPoli]

It's probably for Ridley

[@jasonelpelotudo]

@@SpiralPoli it's not tho

[@TheDJGrandPa]

2001: ice climbers! *silence* 2018: ice climbers *expand dong*

[@greenllama2856]

No, one guy got hyped for them.

[@austindevine248]

Random Otaku they sure did look at the reveal again for Smash Ultimate people lost their when they brought the ice climbers back

[@tylercox1875]

Well they were obscure af in 2001 what do u expect

[@90sNath]

There were actually a few people cheering. Only one's dialog is legablie

[@CathodeRayKobold]

Dey really dug fo dat one.

[@mykehawk1563]

No one cheered when fox was shown...they had no idea.

[@Everik-ct6pg]

They were scared

[@li0n249]

Fox: "They underestimated me... Time to show who's boss....."

[@bruhmomentmaker4979]

Revenge s tier

[@polybent9748]

Myke Hawk Kirby actually looked viable back then

[@ZeppHead]

HIYA-SI-HUP-TORYA-COMEON-UWAAAAAAAAAA

[@Rubberman202]

People’s reactions to Samus whenever she showed up shows that even back in 2001, people love Metroid.

[@Lagw1020]

Im pretty sure thats because they saw ridley😂

[@EWOODJ]

@@Lagw1020 Yet they cheered during Samus’ second reveal. It’s obvious the reason is because Metroid hadn’t had a new game in 7 years skipping the N64 and we’re happy to see her.

[@seansmith6255]

@@Lagw1020 those poor souls

[@retrogamermax8287]

Imagine everyones' reaction here if they showed off Mewtwo and Ganondorf. People would be mind blown at the sight of Mewtwo here because I know myself and a lot of others were the first time we unlocked him in the game.

[@lmtx45]

They DID show Ganondorf tho. at 0:51 Who do you think that 3rd hand is (Middle)

[@retrogamermax8287]

@@lmtx45 Well, they showed off Pichu and a lot of Pokemon and besides Pichu and Jigglypuff all the other Pokemon in the opening didn't become playable. A lot of people could have known that third hand was Ganondorf, but wouldn't completely assume he's playable. There was more people who bought the idea that Ridley was playable because of him fighting Samus in the opening.

[@90sNath]

@@retrogamermax8287 actually. They were cheering for Samus actually. They cheer the exact same way when Samus appears in her own section during the character montage after the intro

[@retrogamermax8287]

@@90sNath I know since Metroid at the time hasn't had a game in 7 years last one being before Melee Super Metroid. But there was some folks who thought Ridley was playable after seeing that cutscene.

[@90sNath]

@@retrogamermax8287 yeah but that might have been like 3 people, and they might have understood when ridley never appeared with Samus in the character montages.

[@BradleyDS90]

This reveal still gives me goosebumps. The reaction is so powerful

[@samigysin1760]

Go watch Twilight Princess reaction. You'll legit shed tears, especially if you think this is great.

[@mat6585]

Brad S it gave me goose bumps too wtf

[@KarsonGameboy]

I laughed so much when it showed kirby at the part when it showed all the character and some guy went "KIRBYYYYY!!!!!"

[@KirbyMaster]

If I were there that would be me

[@terminianhistorian7185]

2:16 "KIRBYYY!!"

[@personwithdelta]

I will never forget him

[@molo-molo5103]

Ismael Espínola Villalobos XD kirby is my main

[@ryucosplay]

0:36 that screams when Peach's hand appeared 😭💖👑 It gives me chills

[@sainkanzaki]

That woman also screamed for Zelda, Sheik and Samus. She is awesome tbh

[@scottchaison1001]

@@sainkanzaki No.

[@masonhales]

they were screaming because for the quick flash of the smash bros logo

[@Werten25]

"Wow! I'm going to get to play as Wolf and Ridley! And wow! Look at all those Pokémon I'll be able to choose from!" *2021 update*: Yeah, this comment hasn’t exactly aged very well, has it? Thanks for the 2.6k likes regardless guys.

[@LinnyUwU]

lol

[@Werten25]

XD

[@Zacmario66]

If only

[@Werten25]

Yeah

[@holocronology]

Hoshi No Kaabii I REMEMBER 😂

[@kalaslsl]

I like that comment in the audience: ''Is that shit for real?''

[@Captanuki]

Blinky 182 Imagine. The Gamecube is brand new. You've only seen N64 graphics with bland(ish) cubes and polygons. And then you go to E3 2001 expecting more of that, and you see the Super Smash Bros. Melee clips. What else would you say to those graphics?! You hadn't expected _that_, you had expected... I dunno... a brand new Mario?

[@Medachod]

*+Captain Fox* GameCube being the most powerful of its generation also helped.

[@Lonequacker]

Kids today will never understand how insane the graphical leap from Smash on N64 to this was. There's a lack of insane technical innovations now adays compared to how it was back then. Seeing this and Luigi's Mansion made it seem like it was impossible for games to look that good.

[@heavydonkeykong5190]

Someone in the audience mentioned it had been fifteen years since the Ice Climbers game, and that's honestly absurd to think about. Mario Galaxy was sixteen years ago, roughly the same timeframe between the beginning of the NES and the start of GameCube, and yet back then the jump from NES to GCN was so indescribable.

[@maybefaith23]

As a kid who’s grown up with newer games (I was born in the Wii/PS3/Xbox 360 era and got into gaming the generation afterwards) I think it’s a real shame how graphical leaps have stagnated. New stories and gameplay mechanics are always cool to see revealed, but the thing that always used to make it the most apparent a game was next gen was a graphical improvement. The leaps from NES to SNES, SNES to N64 and N64 to GameCube were all massive and always made you feel like you were looking at something new and advanced (at least, I imagine they did, I obviously wasn’t there), and the leap from the GC/PS2/Xbox era to HD consoles was super noticeable too. 7th gen to 8th gen? The improvements are definitely there, but they aren’t nearly as amazing as previous leaps. Then from 8th to 9th gen, there are basically no improvements at all. Like, to use a recent example, compare The Last of Us Part II on PS4 to the remastered version on PS5. There is literally no difference and I think that’s a real shame.

[@gatotsu2501]

Not just Smash, everything about that generational leap was mind-blowing. Look at Silent Hill next to Silent Hill 2, Metal Gear Solid next to Metal Gear Solid 2, Final Fantasy VII-IX next to Final Fantasy X, Goldeneye next to Halo, Resident Evil 1-3 next to REmake… the list goes on. And it wasn’t just about graphics, all these games introduced major gameplay features that weren’t possible on earlier hardware. Melee compared to SSB64 had way more characters, more items and customizable gameplay modes, bigger and more complex stages, music recorded with a live orchestra… I can tell you as a someone who played Smash 64 trying Melee for the first time, in the early 2000s it felt like video games could do and be anything now. There has never been a bigger leap in technology occurring during a creatively healthier time for the industry than the fifth to sixth generation transition in video games. The only competition is the fourth to fifth generations, when console developers gained access to disc-based media and 3D.

[@gatotsu2501]

@@maybefaith23I just don’t think there’s actually that much farther to advance with graphics, and doing the advancement requires more and more expensive hardware for less and less noticeable improvement. In 1991, to portray a human figure in a video game you had to use a tiny abstract sprite or a blurry picture to represent a person. In 2001, you could use a detailed wireframe model and motion capture. The fifth generation of video games (DC/PS2/GCN/Xbox) was when video game graphics stopped being abstract and a person in a video game could now look, basically, like an actual person and not a simple cartoon character or series of Lego blocks. Once you’ve made that quantum leap, everything following it is just a matter of degrees. What I really miss from the fifth-gen era is the more creatively free industry with looser ideas about what a commercial video game could or should be. So many games these days are just a vague mush of familiar ingredients from other successful games and media properties, developed by huge teams where individual artists have less opportunity to stand out, for huge budgets that make publishers unwilling to gamble on any idea that won’t guarantee at least a million in sales. Back then you had publishers like Nintendo, Konami, Squaresoft, Capcom, etc. regularly putting out games that were completely different from anything they’d done before, pushing boundaries in terms of mechanical and artistic expression. Games like Pikmin, Metroid Prime, Animal Crossing, Mother 3, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Silent Hill 2, Metal Gear Solid 2, Devil May Cry, Monster Hunter, Killer7, Grand Theft Auto III, Indigo Prophecy, Xenosaga, The Sims, and many many more each in their own way represented radically new and visionary game ideas realized with the backing of major publishers. Even something like Luigi’s Mansion would be considered downright experimental by today’s standards. (A Nintendo character, in an original IP that represented Nintendo’s totally unique take on the survival horror genre?) What’s stagnated in the games industry isn’t just graphics, it’s innovation, which is a far worse thing to lose.

[@Liamfalconer2010]

*cough cough* ultimate

[@levirobbins8928]

3:20 Pika runs away cause he's afraid of Peach crouch cancel downsmash

[@penguhrsmeshbros2014]

you're right

[@ShellTree]

@@penguhrsmeshbros2014 very hard DK

[@CrackshotSSB]

I’ll give you credit, you’re the first Melee tech related comment that isn’t making fun of Fox.

[@IcyLapis]

Nah he's trying to peek up the skirt

[@shibbyguy101]

4:05 Is that the sound of a disposable camera winding up? Ah, 2001 times...

[@Gabo2oo]

I wasn't a Smash player when Melee came out, and I wasn't even born when Ice Climber for the NES came out, but I really feel it for the guy at 0:57 and 3:44. He's pretty much the only one who's that excited for them, and you can tell he's so happy to see them after so long.

[@90sNath]

Ikr. Him and seemingly also his friends must have had smiles on there faces

[@stephenbridges928]

And then they wobbled they’re way to victory 🔨

[@filleraccount1262]

Ice Climber? Yeah!!!

[@Dontrel3030]

I don't think any game reveal could capture the pure genuine excitement this put into some people ever again.

[@duckaroony2881]

Battlefield 1?

[@MONKEMAN2000]

battlefield isn't going to do anything to the gaming business. All it did is just make itself the top console fps

[@VinnimonCinnimon]

nope

[@RiorXD]

original phantasy star online ?

[@name8895]

Dude, the Twilight Princess reveal is just a bout the most hype thing you will witness.

[@5thkiechannel]

3:37 "Ice Climbers won!" they seem to be the only ones who knew about the japan only smash ballot for melee :P

[@fishactivation5087]

there was a what

[@5thkiechannel]

@@fishactivation5087 in japan only there was a poll to see who was gonna be in the next smash after smash 64

[@fishactivation5087]

@@5thkiechannel Huh.

[@nostalgiafactor733]

@@fishactivation5087 Bruh how dense are you?

[@baranorak4080]

@@nostalgiafactor733 it's an obscure Japan only ballot from 20 years ago, how is he dense for not knowing about it...?

[@Bowserslave]

0:45 I wonder if these same people 17 years later finally were able to witness Ridley being legitimately added into Smash and how they must've felt.

[@noyes4632]

The cheer wasn’t just for Ridley

[@TheRawyan]

Quinn For The Win what do u mean

[@maurice482390]

Banjo Kazooie as well

[@lolm2kmeme]

2001: No one was hyped for Captain Falcon. 2013: Everyone was hyped for Captain Falcon.

[@ashockmizer914]

F Zero is a Game We all Enjoy to play

[@dinospumoni663]

3:44 on Ice Climbers "they really dug for that one" lmao

[@Kholdster]

the way the title flashes on the screen for just an instant ... perfectly in sync with the sublime musical drop ... why was Nintendo so gangsta??!

[@FOG2006]

Funny is that when Melee was announces, NOBODY knew about Sakurai, nor even wondered about who was the Smash Bros. creator.

[@iamresh]

and now people worship him lol

[@Estwood9]

People cared about Sakurai when they heard he made Kid Icarus: uprising and Brawl

[@SanjiDiableSlasher]

Onionality He is also the creator of the Kirby games to add to that.

[@JaredIsLemons]

Then the internet happened

[@Medachod]

*+DiableSlasher* Sadly, he only made three main series Kirby games.

[@nesslucas1891]

RIP Ice Climbers

[@uncensorer]

At least Rosalina and Luma have the same conceptual combat. They are actually pretty good too. Not nearly as good as Ice Climbers, but still.

[@scourgeforlife8023]

RIP Ness Lucas' Hopes and Dreams.

[@Fisto64]

Scourge For Life What a baby...

[@laminadora18]

uncensorer I hate rosalina. I want the ice climbers back

[@uncensorer]

Kyon Zolanski I love Rosalina. I'm glad the Ice Climbers are gone actually. XD

[@matthewtheobald1231]

This gave me chills. The graphics must have blown them away. Such a leap in graphics from N64 to Gamecube.

[@netako]

Especially since Smash 64 was developed on a relatively small budget.

[@Mac14329]

How did it only take two years to look this good?

[@GabiN64]

@@Mac14329 sakurai says development crunch long hours sleepless nights. It was one of the destructive moments of his life he's admitted. But look at the result

[@dlwn64]

Yes! I remember watching live in 2001 and as a 13 year old, I was just blown away so much by the graphics.

[@dabadaba5847]

melee, luigi's mansion, and pikmin were all completely ridiculous back then. it was kind of like seeing 'real' versions of the characters for the first time

[@dyl-dyl]

1:14 At least one person acknowledged Kirby,my favorite character

[@greattvgames90]

Little did we know ,that this game would be a classic ...

[@Josechpruiz]

Ridley confirmed for smash since 2001

[@acicon]

I thought porn wasn't allowed on youtube

[@Dooskta123]

Why do you not have more likes???

[@HaloMG]

acicon and the likes just drop like ........

[@Kashaku3]

acicon Can we get a kickstarter going for this comment? seriously, I'd back the fuck out of it. Got about a thousand pesos when you're ready.

[@acicon]

Kashaku3 Philippine pesos or Mexican pesos?

[@acicon]

***** Perfect

[@HKBoba]

little did they know. this game would still be played in 2014

[@lukep692]

HKSpades heh. Little did they know it was already year 20XX.

[@PesceRossoSenior]

2018 you mean

[@angery9942]

It's still played in 2018, and still will be played in 2019, 2020, 2021... FOREVER

[@AFreshHotBun]

Still played playing in 2018. Hoping that this year's Smash will be great

[@Master_Hunter-Ging_Frecess]

I might have to buy a gamecube in a retro game store

[@JollyGiant64]

This was 17 years ago, yet the cheers sound the same as they did today with the reveal of Smash Bros Ultimate. What an amazing series this is.

[@UltraNurture]

Almost 15 years and still that intro is the best imo.

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

For sure... This game had the most charm of all the series' installments.

[@UltraNurture]

Yeah

[@k-leb4671]

I'm inclined to give that title to Brawl (mostly because of the epic music) or even 64, but Melee has the advantage in utilizing a bunch of CGI scenes exclusive to it so I don't know what to decide.

[@ThornReaper]

I like hearing the one Earthbound/Mother fan in the audience screaming NESS NESS with no remorse. gj mate. xD

[@90sNath]

And then the ice climber fans when they came on. So awesome to hear

[@exxeld]

Can't get over how dope this trailer is lmao. The cut to the name introduction at 0:32 alongside the music sync up is perfection.

[@FlygonFan27]

This makes me wish SSB4 was shown live at E3

[@LyonDRC]

i know, right?

[@AgentAltoMare]

Imagine all the hype LIVE as Megaman was shown.

[@JesseGraham3DSking]

'I can't take it' - Random E3 guy; 2:24, 2001.

[@brandonspain12345]

Fun fact: There were reports at the time that people were so amazed by the graphics of upcoming games during Spaceworld 2000/E3 2001, that they thought they were being animated by Pixar.

[@dabadaba5847]

@@brandonspain12345 oh wow i never heard that. i probably would have believed it at the time

[@3n3my33]

I watch this video over and over again. I've barely even played Melee, but by the end of the intro in this vid I always feel choked up. I get a lot out of enjoying something vicariously through first-time viewers of something lol. The intro is so great at building excitement. That part were it quickly reveals Link is the one fighting Mario and the logo flashes is just so perfect. That moment will be burned into my brain forever

[@sirspencerarnold]

Same dude, melee is awesome, and it always will be awesome

[@LordShaske]

Is that Bill? .... IS THAT BILL?

[@tremorchrist]

Hey your bill is here, can you guess which one :3

[@Sonnakai]

What Bill? Bill Cipher? Bill from Apple? A regular bill? EXPLAIN!

[@tremorchrist]

An electric bill, 1000000000000 dollars

[@Drakkona123]

It's phone Bill

[@Morgan-jy7qo]

Bill Trinen?

[@TheFamilySquidGuy]

Best. E3. Moment. Ever.

[@CabJC]

There was the Twilight Princess reveal with Miyamoto wielding the Master Sword and the Hylian shield, I've never seen anything that awesome ever in other E3's...

[@Zimx02]

cab0rod Too bad Twilight Princess was a dud. I wish it was never announced or released.

[@ScarletLink121]

***** Uh what? It's the 2nd best selling Zelda game with a big following, you must have a much different meaning of the word "dud".

[@faby6515]

2:59 this is when the people see the light

[@thatdiversegamer9772]

Just wait until E3 2018, we're getting Smash 5

[@radioffIine]

0:43 rip to all the ppl cheering who obviously thought ridley was being added to melee

[@Clark_PlaysYT]

@@radioffIine yup

[@nickp7364]

SMASH 5 HYYYYYPE

[@JuicyRedskin]

Better be Melee psychics with Smash 4 graphic.

[@grimes558]

+Delaney Thomas...Why can't they try something new?

[@JuicyRedskin]

Look at 4, it was slow and bland.

[@JuicyRedskin]

And always felt the same each match

[@Liam-qj8ti]

Delaney Thomas That'd just be Melee HD, no? Also I think Sm4sh was pretty awesome

[@Trance_Kitsune]

*Wipes tear* So beautiful. I remember watching G4 when I first saw the announcement/opening for Melee as a kid. I was jumping up and down saying "They look like they do on the covers and posters!!" over and over again. I couldn't believe how drastic the graphics leap was from N64 to Gamecube, even till this day. The thought of playing Super Smash Bros. in those graphics was mind blowing. It felt like a dream come true.. Melee for life!

[@VentusWK]

I never got to experience that kind of thing. Your comment got to me. *Chills From Other People's Stories*

[@theweepingwillows777]

kitsune i know that feel melee made my childhood.

[@NinteddyRose]

VentusWingKnight Kitsune91 Yeh I remember we were living with my uncle and I came home from school and my cousin was playing on corneria with my dad. I nearly had a heart attack. My cousin got a gamecube for graduating 5th grade and got melee with it. It was hype at its fullest.

[@BrickNGames]

Even when Melee was first announced it was hype!

[@faby6515]

Kitsune91 did i see you somewhere???

[@EthanMickanen]

0:57 how can one man know about that much ice climber?

[@Sumdud]

@@EthanMickanen aye I respect it

[@Phaileen001]

Almost started crying, awesome moment :D

[@DootNootem]

Bad footage of Fox during the character reveal part, not enough shines 7.8/10

[@WilliamTedros]

Should Multishine tho

[@Medachod]

Imagine the people watching this and being like "his Brawl f-smash was...wait what"

[@Nameless-qt8zu]

PKFreeZZy I was honking the same thing about fox not getting enough time

[@mariajimenafigueroa8311]

Fox would had been perfect if he wasen't super unbalance.

[@nopia3496]

@@mariajimenafigueroa8311 Super unbalanced lol wtf, fox is only as good as you think at TAS level, most modern tier lists put him on the same level as Falco marth and jigglypuff

[@T_Optimiste]

I wasn't even alive when this was presented and I have goosebumps.

[@90sNath]

Same

[@AxiomApe]

*17 YEARS GOING STRONG* A round of applause for the smash community. The game was kept alive in basements and college campuses and now look at it today.

[@kablooey60]

The hype must have been real there! The opening sequence is so different!

[@illustriousxxx_augustareus4064]

Even though I was very young like 6 or 7 I went to E3 2001 with my brother and sister and saw melee being revealed. I didnt really care at the time, I just wanted my pretzel afterwards

[@kablooey60]

Ruby Kentner I wasn't even alive if that puts things into perspective.

[@illustriousxxx_augustareus4064]

+Jack Registeel Oh. Even tho it was a great day in history i was a bit cranky on that day. I was sick, and i hadnt eaten yet. I might has well been unborn

[@valemontgomery9401]

+Jack Registeel I wasn't even a year old!

[@JustArcher19]

Bruh I legit cry Everytime I watch this video, the reveal and reaction were just perfect! One of my favorite E3 reactions ever!

[@DMviewerguy]

So sad how hyped they got when they saw Ridley.

[@SplashFire0X]

Ridley should have been in

[@Mezzanyne]

They got hyped when they saw samus, as evident by 3:02

[@RocketPlasma]

The hype was too big it couldn't have been for ridley.

[@DMviewerguy]

Ridley is pretty hype though.

[@GreatLange]

***** You mean the Ridley was too big it couldn't have been hype.

[@mrm64]

1:51, see my fellow Nintendo fans, although game play is most important, graphics DO matter to some degree :) See how excited the crowd was towards the Gamecube's graphical power?

[@metaretroaction8707]

I greatly agree since without updated powerful machinery to run better graphics on there can't be much of game play in the first place. It takes innovation along with improved merchandise to constantly evolve the gaming experiences, because how much thrill do you think someone would get out of exploring the vast land of Skyrim on a limited Atari System? or how about something like Devil May Cry or God Of War? point made until someone can prove to me that an equal amount of enjoyment from the games listed can still be had on a console like that.

[@NASCARFAN160]

Even though it is one of the first releases, I think Melee is, graphically, one of the system's best games. Some of the stage and item textures weren't anything special, but the character designs...damn. So much detail to them, I love the "realism" feel the characters in SSB tend to have, and I think Melee was the best demonstration of that. A lot of the characters' designs are resurrected from their N64 appearances, and look gorgeously remastered, and comparable to the art for their respective games.

[@mrm64]

NASCARFAN160 No kidding. But that Pokemon Stadium tho!! I mean that ground looks like an actual rug! And that is from 2001.

[@metaretroaction8707]

I'd say the pokémon stadium floor would be most comparable to a tennis court ground, but Im sure we can all agree that this game truly shines in it's model improvements. I think the reason melee is still considered the most graphically improved out of the later is because of how we all remember link looking in the first one, characters like mario and fox had shapes for hands and captain falcon looked like a straight up doll, even kirby in the first smash pales in comparison to his latest appearances but we didn't care then, you know why? because that was what we probably considered advanced at the time, but then we saw how they were able to take the franchise to the next level with melee, and that in turn lead us to expect more from brawl when we saw it's trailer, and soon to be smash u/3ds, so if done right improvements can be good for people and can lead to a raised standard of what we want to see in next gen gaming, this includes graphics, game play, and overall options of what were able to do in the gaming environment.

[@RIPhikennoace]

Nobody denies that graphics matter, but they still (to me at least) come after the gameplay and the artistic design

[@immortalsun]

Watching this genuinely brings a tear to my eye. Although I never got to play Super Smash Bros. Melee, seeing how excited people got over it is amazing. I’ve played every single Smash game except Melee, and I’m super excited for Smash Switch!

[@samuelshin4746]

Who would've thought this game would be played 13 years after it's release.

[@faceurhell]

+Sangwoo “KeimaFool” Shin *14 years

[@COMBATACE1]

+Johnknight1 15 years now

[@faceurhell]

COMBATACE1 Not til December technically lol

[@skippyasqueeze]

on its way to 16

[@Wobuffet3]

people still play pong and that shit's almost 50

[@FrenchFriesGamer398]

Damn, Samus got the best reactions out of all the other characters.

[@surgemendoza5252]

They were probably cheering for Ridley.

[@supershoo4518]

they weren't. It had been a long time since they've seen samus as she was completely absent on the nintendo 64. also later in the video when they show off samus, there are more cheers.

[@LeifEricsonYT]

Yep. Samus's only appearance on N64 was, coincidentally, the original Smash Bros.

[@k-leb4671]

She's surprisingly popular in the west (and I would even say specifically the USA) but Nintendo doesn't really get it.

[@marioPop76]

I remember seeing the trailer on our computer 20 years ago. As it was dial-up Internet, it took very long to load. Anyway, this became one of my all-time favorite games as I still play it on the Gamecube we got in March 2002. 😲😄

[@criticaldrive97]

this game has been out for at least 12 years and i have played it so much already before and yet i cannot help but be filled with hype just by seeing this

[@WiscoNortherner]

"They really dug for [Ice Climbers]." Son, you have no idea.

[@Captanuki]

Evan Conley But Ice Climbers is so fun! It isn't _rare_.

[@sackleson2251]

The guy recording this. Carefully he's a hero.

[@imseanpatrick]

I wish I could have been there for this great moment. So much genuine happiness about Melee, and it's a game still loved dearly to this day. Nowadays people would complain about Sheik being in over Ganondorf and how Ice Climbers were too obscure to deserve a spot over some other franchise. How I wish I could have been a part of the hype back in 2001, when everyone was just thankful to have this amazing series in the first place.

[@PlatformerFan]

+Sean-Patrick Racaniello If 2001 had KZbin as we currently know it, we would probably be hearing those exact complaints.

[@ShunShinimaru]

+Sean-Patrick Racaniello I guess you didn't see the Smash 4 reveal

[@illustriousxxx_augustareus4064]

I was there, actually. But if my mother hadn't told me about this I probably wouldn't have remembered. My oldest brother got tickets and brought me and my older sister. He and my sister were really excited for it, they were losing their minds, but since i was only like 6 or 7 i didn't really care at the time. But when we got melee a couple christmases later I loved it!

[@sammie756]

@@camthesaxman3387 they reached a point where they're more recognizable from Smash than their actual game, and it'll probably stay that way. Same with a couple others

[@Shritistrang]

@@sammie756 I wouldn't be surprised if, at some point in the future, someone looks at a picture of Wii Fit Trainer or the Miis and says: "Oh, it's those characters from Smash."

[@Joseph-xq5dh]

1:05 goosebumps

[@Slop_Dogg]

Smash Bros is THE crossover videogame. 24 years later, people would still be as excited for another new trailer.

[@MonkeyBiznessFGC]

13 years later, this is bringing tears to my eyes, and shivers to my spine.Arm hairs are standing straight up... This is when people saw it fro the first time. I was what, three, four? This was my first console game, and now I play it competitively, on the same Gamecubes, and the same CRT tvs with the rest of the community.

[@amberrebecca3802]

Could you imagine the reaction if they had showed ALL the characters? *shivers*

[@mrm64]

Meh, nobody really knew the Fire Emblem folks in the States back in 2001. Much less cared for Game&Watch. I liked it better when we were surprised when we unlocked them for ourselves instead of everything being spoiled on the internet.

[@JackofBlades500]

mrm64 IKR

[@YURTZYN42]

Mewtwo would've created chaos lmao

[@HyLion]

How did you... But... HOW DID YOU PREDICT ULTIMATE?!

[@TrundleTop1]

lol yea mewtwo woulda been so hype lol

[@Uhhok3]

20 years later and still the one of the greatest of all time

[@juliennekuanken899]

0:17 - Super Smash Bros. Melee (Intro)

[@cameronsz6830]

This is why Nintendo should have done an actual press conference at E3 2016. These reactions are gold.

[@Canela_t]

1:40 SUPER SMAASH BROTHEEEERS... MELEEEEEEEEEE!

[@dinospumoni663]

They spelled Sheik wrong lol 3:28.

[@WoobinTheScrub]

wait that's not how th.........?? wait a second UM

[@DaneWorms]

When the “I before E except after C” rule goes wrong

[@maurice9493]

Dino Spumoni that's how her name is written in Europe (or at least in germany )

[@parappathegamer2118]

I get chills every time.

[@K1_Trains]

0:44 Those poor people they all fought Ridley was in the game. While we did get him, in the end, it was only just 17 years later

[@ninboy01]

Melee was a great head start to the Gamecube. They couldn't decide which franchise should show front the system? Well, I guess all of them is a good start. It's unfortunate that the Wii U didn't get the same launch >.>

[@konst3502]

NINmann01 in the end wiiu and gamecube sucked... soo no more smash at a console release nintendo?

[@Ramseas119]

what are you smoking? Gamecube is one of the most successful game consoles ever. and the Switch is on the same path.

[@clumsyjester459]

Sure, it could have made more money and Nintendo stupidly wasted a huge potential by restricting devs to the small discs, but from a player's perspective it was a great system. Better than Wii and Wii U combined.

[@neilgalivan3179]

What the fuck am I doing not playing this game right now???

[@MichMasteR]

You are 13 years late buddy

[@SabreOfficial]

MichMasteR It's never too late for Melee.

[@neilgalivan3179]

MichMasteR I've actually owned this game for quite a while, I think since it first came out.

[@SirSquigglez]

Lol love your profile pic.

[@AyRookie]

You should be playing this. There's BIG tournaments coming up. And Melee is part of MLG and the Evo lineup :D

[@TheMutantCreeper]

I'm glad someone was there to record this. It's nice to see gaming history.

[@dddoriannn1473]

Thumbs up if you heard someone say, "Now this shit's real!"

[@BaconStar]

Little did they know this would become one of the most competitive games. Of all time.

[@DillonNafis]

Watching this gives me goosebumps. Such an iconic game for my childhood

[@BBassMAN21]

still gives me goosebumps every time T~T

[@Zinx10]

I feel the exact same way!

[@CaptCovfefe515]

I got goosebumps while the opening movie was playing and I heard the peoples' reactions to seeing the characters for the first time.

[@pokeaust7800]

I love how before the video they say “we know you’re wondering which of your favorite characters will be appearing in games on Nintendo GameCube, and we’re proud to bring an answer for you”

[@VectormanRxQueen]

1:35 you can hear a guy "what the hell"

[@SuperBustyEva]

This footage needs to be preserved forever. It's too valuable to fans. I cried a bit watching this.

[@odinsplaygrounds]

2:07 "Woah! That shit for real???" - This man has just had his mind blown.

[@KobeA7]

I like how every one stopped cheering when jiggly puff came on screen

[@javierpinon9443]

THE FIRST EVER SHINE

[@javierpinon9443]

the first ever *melee shine my bad

[@emisor9272]

Gamecade and half of those are from Hax

[@mariajimenafigueroa8311]

@@javierpinon9443 Oohh, I really hate how broken Fox was in this game.

[@Kuttyman]

Every time I see the short flash of "Super Smash Bros. Melee" at the beginning of the trailer, I get chills without fail.

[@MissFinefeather]

I remember downloading the trailer and going frame by frame to catch everything. It was so long ago, I'd completely forgot about that.