20 Years of Melee.
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Celebrating 20 Years of this incredible game. Here's to 20 more.
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#Melee20th - Hry
“I know Melee was kind of an accident, but so were half of us and we’re awesome.”
The most Mang0 thing I’ve ever heard
The most wholesome thing I've ever heard out of his mouth.
@@blahquinnyblah quite possibly yeah
@@blahquinnyblah Idk he has a sound that's pretty insightful when somebody gifts some subs. "eeeughgghewaaahha hehehehe!"
The greatest game ever made. Nothing like it.
Ultimate?
Greatest game No. Unique game indeed.
Thank you ConnorEatsPants at twitch gaming, very true
Being a fan of Melee is like being a fan of ConnorEatsPants
Chao!!
Not gonna lie, this brought a tear to my eye. A great tribute to a great 20 years.
Indeed
I love your videos and your channel! You make me wanna do content similar to yours mate!
Me too
Did not expect to see you here but I’m definitely happy about it! Thanks a lot SwankyBox, love your content!
Thats pretty gay if you cried
i love scars speech i want to live in a world where everyone finds there own version of the melee community i think thats a great line
Scar has so many great lines
This had me in tears... I've been an observer, a fan, a player (albeit never branching out passed locals), and I'll never stop playing melee. It's been an incredible journey. Melee forever. Here's to another 20 years
"I'm like proof that a nobody can become number 1, cause I was a nobody then I become number 1"
I love M2K, both for his play style, and his quirky personality.
I love him, but His playstyle is sooo lame 🤡. Literally zain innovated on marth so much by doing basic things that jason never did because he was lazy
@@yobobby9 that's nice and all, but who cares dude. People just trying to be positive and yet here you are
@@yobobby9 You know his greatest claim to fame was his frame data research right? Like who the hell cares if he didn’t play as well as some of the newer guys, he was an innovator in his own right.
@@yobobby9 you're not wrong but at the same time, the fact that M2K never inovated but has been near the top for so long just shows smart of a player he truely is
@@ChipCheerio He's just sharing his opinion. No need to force toxic positivity onto him.
Leffen getting bodied in every combo in the first five minutes lol
Also congrats to abate for making like 3 of the clips
half of melee’s greatest moments involve someone fighting a swede
Because it is something that doesn’t happen very often
I choked up watching this even though I've only really followed the competitive Smash community since last year. What an amazing video and a great homage to Melee and it's legacy.
I’m fairly new as well but ppmd yelling “ I did it” at apex gets me all the time
welcome to the community man
Welcome to Melee. Stay a while ❤
the amount of emotion alone and hype grand finals with different winners in the last 2 minutes of this video, post and including the s2j m2k chair victory, is just insane and that's like barely anything of the history of melee. beautiful.
"You have a GameCube controller? You are one of us" when Prog said this, I shed a tear. This is why I LOVE meele. It's a community filled with a bunch of misfits who all have the same love for one game...and that's what makes it perfect
Here’s to 20 more. The most fun game ever made.
For real
I'd say maybe the most accidentally fun/great game. Glad it's your favorite in terms of fun, though. Certainly legendary either way and I'll be a fan for ages to come.
@@BlueGrovyle why does it being an accident matter?
@@BlueGrovyle so was penicillin
@@jazaniac well I was saying that I think it's generous to call it the most fun game ever, all things considered, but what I _can_ agree with is that few (if any) other games were comparably fun while not intenting to be what their communities made them to be. As I also said, it's a great game and I'm happy for anyone who enjoys the game to such an extent that it'd be the most fun they have playing any video game.
4:38 that's the smash club at my college, very happy to be represented in this video as one small piece of such an incredible legacy of a game and community :D
maybe this thought is silly or ridiculous, but i hope nintendo sees this and maybe understands a little bit of why melee is such a special game. Here's to another 20 !!
Good news: Nintendo is officially collabing with panda global for an officially licensed NA smash circuit, featuring ultimate, AND MELEE. NINTENDO RECOGNISED MELEE, AND IS OFFICIALLY SUPPORTING IT NOW
@@ZeBanded yeah, I’ve heard :)
Hoping this means a new era of melee, for the better. If hax’s 1.03 is standardized, despite its glaring issues (I hate the stage changes bro), it’ll for sure be a signal of that
Very exciting time to be a part of this community !
lol nintendo is a discompassionate company, not a person… i’m hopeful for the NA melee circuit but I don’t have high expectations. Could just be nintendo inserting themselves into the community (again) to justify more C&Ds (again).
@@Babaj997 yea, always good to be wary, but i'd rather be optimistic and hopeful
and ofc nintendo isnt an entity but i still think my sentiment got across :)
I hope nintendo never sees melee again so they can leave us alone
I see the clip of Axe winning summit and can't help but feel something. What an amazing moment. So many amazing moments. I've never been much into sports or competition but something about melee just uniquely scratches that itch for me. It's such a beautiful game that displays the skill of the people playing it so clearly. Truly amazing that twenty years later people are still getting so much better.
the nostalgia hit on this is insane, that part where it went from champ to champ to champ to champ for grandfinals wrapping up and basically all the gods and others on the come up finally breaking into their first wins was REALLY hype. Seeing the back and forth of mango armada or m2k's summit win after so long or plup axe wizzy win is like dangggg we really got history and it just keeps going
oh and of course all the huge quotes from so many members of the community obviously set this on another level, not just a combo video but a real commemoration to 20 Years of Melee. Awesome.
This game was one of the most emotional journeys I've been able to experience because of the time and heart I've put into this game for the last 5 years and seeing the ups downs and struggles of this community and its players really let's me live it all over again, and I would be surprised if nobody else felt this way. Long live melee.
No + ratio
@@KingNewt no + ratioed ur ratio
I'm 20 years old, Melee was the first game I'd ever played and i got into the competitive scene when I was 12 years old and didn't get good till 2 years ago
Even tho I've never went to a SSBM tournament, this game can change anyone's life if your willing to stay and just watch abit
The compilations of wins in the last two minutes got me. Brought back so many memories. So many waves of emotions from watching those grand finals live. Melee is truly something special.
2:35 just noticed for the first time that S2J is shaking a bit when he drinks his redbull. Just a cool thing to observe in such a stoic and composed player. Great vid.
Melee helped me find myself and best friend. The memories of just pounding energy drinks practicing melee in the summer with my buddy will be some of the most cherished ones I have. I will always love melee to the day I die 💜
Last year, i stood right beside my best buddy as he got married. Our friendship started with us staying up all night and playing smash together in my room.
Thank you Melee Nintendo for your insight
Watching this a year later. Seeing Amsa's little chest bump cameo at the end. It made me realize there really was more melee to be played. There are so many clips and moments to add to this just from this last year of competition, I look forward to what the game and its players give us next.
I used to absolutely hate this game but watching the competitive scene has turned that opinion around.
Well done Melee for being relevant for 20 years and here's to many more.
There are many people with blind hate for melee that it warms my heart whenever people just give it a chance and realise that maybe it isn't so bad.
Same goes for ult.
Smash is amazing and I wish more people would just have fun with the other side of the community, or at least tolerate them without blind hate
@@kestrel7493 the problem is that melee can be a difficult game to get into, and while we do have a ton of great people focused on making melee as a game and as a community a more welcoming space, a lot of people still do have this idea of what the melee community is. elitists, stubborn people sticking to an old game, smelly lmao. what a lot of people fail to realise about melee is that its biggest strength is its community. melee is incredible as a game but it certainly has a BRUTAL learning curve. the reason people are so willing to toss themselves into that is because of the community and how much passion there is, the love of the game. the real way to grow the melee community is to bring more people into the community, because from there, a good portion of those people will develop the same passion we have. those preconceived notions of the melee scene are only backed up when someone even tries to play the game and it feels like shit (because to someone who only plays ultimate or whatever it will at first, its very difficult to argue that melee feels great when u pick up a controller and play for the first time). the problem with that is that if they already want to believe that melee is a bad game, that awkward and uncomfortable feeling will just make them put down the controller when really, once u push past that barrier, and get over that learning curve, melee grants you more freedom than nearly any other game out there and it feels incredible. that's what people from outside the community dont understand. when a melee player who's passionate goes on and on (prime fucking example right here lmfao) about how special the game is and how its the best game ever made or whatever, all the have in their mind is either a bad experience with the community or the game or just a general understanding from other people, and they're like... but my game is good why do u say that my game feels like garbage, or, its an old game move on, or whatever idea they already had. you dont have to enjoy melee or even like the game, that's fine !! not everybody has to be willing to get over that learning curve. but i think melee players just get caught up in their passion that sometimes it can come off as elitism, although there are definitely some not so pleasant people out there, there always will be.
@@somsnosa. why are y'all non melee players saying the same thing ? We know that Melee don't give a good image for the beginners, we know that it's really hard to take him in hands and to became just decent not even good, we know that you will play some hundreds hours with a single character to became just decent and playing decent matches in unranked, by decent matches i mean not being destroyed 4 stocks to 0. We already know all these things, but the social aspect and especially the community part make all these harsh things so sweet. I mean, knowing that if you play a lot and became a top 8 player, you can make history with a single match, became a member of the great Melee family, all these things make all the hard mental and techskill grind more more easy and less sour. So all these things to say, the Melee history was at the manner it has to be, there is no other Melee history that we want because it's just perfect how it is, the golden era, the 5 gods era, the platinum era, if you have a problem with the state of the Melee community, just know that the problem isn't us, but you. (PS ; i'm not a Smash 4/Ultimate hater, i already love SSBU and really enjoy seeing MkLEO or Glutonny playing, but it's not the game of my heart. And sorry if i seems harsh and trash talk, it was not expected lol.)
All this sh** to say a single thing : thank you Melee, you are how you are, and being how you are is the best thing you can make, may you live long and when you will die, may your death be as splendid than your live was.
@@jundullah9869 what are you talking about lmao did u even read what i said ? melee and p+ are my only smash games i dont play any of the newer ones. i went on a rant about how the game is obviously difficult to pick up but that its important to get people engaged because the investment wont be worth it without that same passion u get from the rest of the community. melee isnt perfect but it is an incredible game and so is its community so i have no idea who u were responding to
Shout out my friend in 2018 telling me the story of melee then beating my ass for years teaching me the game. I'll never forget those nights staying up till 5am playing. Here's to 20 more years :)
Bawled my fucking eyes out. I love this game and all of the people that come with it. I recognized just about every single moment in this video and had a memory relating to watching each. From laughing at Wizzy's Smash and Splash 5 popff, to choking up when Axe won Summit 8, to being in complete shock that Mang0 somehow clutched his way through The Big House 9. I've only been playing since April of 2020, but I've fallen in love with this game so much more than any game I've ever played. There is, and always will be, so much more melee to be played.
I appreciate so much that:
A. Half of these clips are Leffen getting dumpstered
B. I probably rewinded during this video 20 times to rewatch every clip.
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and that's the 20 shines for 20 years of melee
Melee was my first video game ever, I got it along with my GameCube when I was around 4 to 5 years old. I remember watching the intro and just being mesmerized at all the characters and the passion for those franchises represented. I played it a lot both by myself and with my friends, with some of my fondest memories with those friends revolving around it. When I got a little older I began getting more into Nintendo games and eventually games as a whole. Melee has a special place in my heart because of how it influenced my love for gaming with the developer's passion and how it affects me even now os much time later. My old disc doesn't work anymore, unfortunately, but I still have my memory card so at least I can get another disc to play it again
Bruh, there is nothing on CZcams than I anticipate more than a turndownforwalt video
Noone else even comes close to describing how I feel about melee, and competition in general.
I held it together right up till the "there's so much more Melee to be played" line. Love your stuff, walt.
7:53 was edited so well. I felt that hug, damn.
even though im only 16, melee as a whole has impacted me so much, I seriously love this community. I remember first playing melee with my cousins when I was 10 and only talking about m2k and hbox cuz they were the only players we knew. Melee has stayed close and has easily stayed my favorite since then. Great video, I hope I continue to grow up with this game❤️
I am not afraid to admit that I cried watching this video. Thank you for doing an incredible job highlighting and celebrating our amazing community!!!
hey seal, im kinda curious
how long have you been on the melee community? I see you everywhere!
@@Gabriel-sd1oh 7 years, I joined in late 2014
Im only 17 but im so glad that ive got to learn about this awesome community through youtube and clips. I've even got to experience summit 11 on stream which is considered the greatest set of all time. Its crazy man makes me wanna keep playing :)
It’s a great time to be new to melee, here’s to another 20 years everyone
Axe winning summit is for me the peak of melee. Not just because of the level of skill being displayed. Not just because of the importance of the tournament. Not just because of the story of the game's competitive up to that scene.
But because of that emotional send-off.
Just incredible. Any game that can produce a moment like that, even if it's a sucky ass game, it's automatically one of the greatest games ever made.
Happy b-day melee.
Putting Iwata's quote in there gave me goosebumps. What a legendary developer and businessman that Nintendo lost, I think that loss is still being felt today.
This video just shows the evolution of Melee with people's skills, hearts, and emotions.
this game is older than me, this is the fighting game to play, it’s been 20 years, and 20 more to come
Omg, young Axe is a treasure. That clip's adorable. Amazing video altogether!
This game has always been a part of my life to some extent. I still remember when my friend Cole stayed the night at my home in McKinney when I was in 4th grade, and he brought this game over to my house to play. It was my first time ever playing a Super Smash Brothers game, and shortly after, I would beg my parents to get Brawl for Christmas. Melee would be out of my radar until about 2013 or so when Smash 4 was starting to come out, but around that time, i would still consume Smash Bros related content on CZcams like Smashtasm. Around that time, I'd start watching the competitive scene on CZcams and follow players like Mew2King, Hugs, Hungrybox and Sethlon after watching the Smash Bros documentary.
I had always enjoyed playing video games since I was little, and I always had specific game series that I fixated on. When i was very little, it was Mario Sunshine and Pokemon Pearl, then Sonic Adventure 2 (along with the whole Genesis line-up) and Metal Gear Solid 3 and V. But Smash was different. I wasnt really good at other fighting games growing up. Its wasnt until recently that I started to really understand traditional fighting games on a more fundamental level (i'm still pretty dog shit at them, but I at least understand how I would go about getting better at those games if i wanted to), but Smash Bros has always been a series that was incredibly accessable to people of any skill level. There's something for everyone, but there's also this drive in the community that pushes people to want to improve. It was something I really needed in my life back then.
While I'm incredibly good at Ultimate (like, i could probably take local tournaments if i wanted to apply myself, but i'm more so fixated on competitive Yugioh nowadays), Melee has always been too much for my hands, so I probably wont ever learn how to play it on a competitive level myself. I blame Smash 3DS for that mostly, that game is also murder on one's hands due to bad ergonomics and I all but destroyed my wrists playing that game throughout high school every day. But as a spectator sport, Melee is easily just as interesting as any other individually driven, non video game sport like Nascar, Formula 1, Golf, Tennis, Poker, Magic the Gathering or Yugioh (and i dont think its that far fetched to call TCG games analog sports if Poker is considered one already).
There's always something new going on in the ongoing story of this game. Some new player rising to the top, some new technique being discovered, some new innovation like Slippi that completely changes how we experience Melee. Smash Ultimate may be the best selling fighting game of all time, but Melee is just as much a quintessential corner stone of the genre like games such as Street Fighter II, Marvel vs Capcom 3, and Dragon Ball FighterZ. Melee walked so Ultimate could run, and while I think people will still play Ultimate long after the inevitable sequels come out, the same is true for Melee and it'll keep on being played even after people get tired of Ultimate.
Here's to another 20 years of excellence.
There is so much more Melee to be played. Thank you Walt for this beautiful homage, Melee will never die and it's partially thanks to documentarians and creators like you. Keep up the excellency ♡
Thank you for this Walt, truly appreciated
Thanks for the video Walt. Captured so many great moments, some of which I was lucky enough to be a part of. I appreciate the trip down memory lane
Got Melee and Luigi's Mansion with a Gamecube for Xmas in 2001. Still playing Melee to this day.
this was beautiful. Literally gave me chills. Amazing job. Long live Melee.
Man I've watched this video a bunch of times and it never fails to make me tear up, the feelings this video brings are so raw and meaningful. I starting playing the game because of some guy I went to school with after going to parties where there was a set up off to the side, little did I know that these people that I played with and taught me the basics of melee would become my best friends and arguably some of the most important people to me. 20 years strong and so many more to go! It's all love in the melee community.
I only cried a lot. I’ve never been good but I’ve been around since day one watching, playing and traveling in my region when I can afford the time and money. This game will always literally be a large piece of my heart.
First day of lockdown in Austria today really had me down. This just brought my emotions, tears and feelings up in an overwhelming way. Couldn´t have had a better timing, thx so much for making this. To another 20 great years!
“Melee gives life to a lot of people. A LOT of people.”
I am always watchting "the most iconic moments in Melee history" video. But now, this is what I will be watching.
This video made me nostalgic and teary-eyed for something I never experienced.
bro you have no idea how many chills this gave me, im freezing all the sudden
Got this game back in kindergarten after begging my parents to let me get it. They initially said it was too violent, but eventually they caved. So many fond memories after playing for all these years, and the fact that I'm still playing it here and there is amazing ❤️
I have no way to prove this to anyone (deleted my account a few years ago) but some of you might remember the "Melee 20XX timeline" from like 7 years ago on /r/smashbros.
That's me, I made that. I was a sophomore? in high school at the time and was bored out of my mind in English class, so I made the timeline. It was just memes and a way of poking at my friend who I mentioned on the timeline, and I never expected it to get any attention. Just a bit of passion.
I made that timeline hoping that Melee would be a thing for a hundred years to come, and that people would never stop playing this fucking great game. I'm really glad to see it's still here seven years later.
Found your Frame Data series a year or two ago, I'm so happy to see how far you've come as a personality in the scene. Thank you, Walt.
THE HYPEEEE IS UNREAL
BLEEDING THROUGH THE SCREEN ISTG
I cant-
The amount of emotion and passion that the casters can project onto the viewer is so underappreciated I feel like. Casters are hiddne mvps of the community
Melees the type of game that reminds you that there is a lot of great people out there
i’ve been barely following the scene since 2018 and then got really into in 2020 and I cannot express how much love I have for this game
Happy birthday to one of the most influential fighting games of all time
I remember getting this for Xmas. I remember unlocking the chars, all the hype, all the rumors. I remember learning wavedashing from my brothers friend, playing every day with my roommate in freshman year, watching M2K combo videos, the rise of Axe, Leffen, etc. This game is amazing
The axe clip makes me so happy. never have i seen him before the pikachu hat
It's crazy that I found the smash community in 2014, I remember being a junior in high school watching the melee documentary and thinking it was the coolest thing ever. Can't believe it's already been 7 years since then and I don't know where I'd be without this game, without those weekends playing smash all day and all night with my best friends. Thank you melee, even though I played smash 4, smash as a whole would be nowhere without the melee community. Thank you for bringing me some of the best times of my life and some of my favorite memories, thank you.
I'm not a Melee player, but the fact that a game can produce this many iconic clips, memes, and moments that even people who don't play recognize, is truly a testament to its impact
I teared up from that. Nice work! To 20 more years!
I swear, that sequence with the tourney wins starting at 6:21 gave me a serotonin explosion
Thankyou for making this Walt. I was never at any of these events however remember watching them live and I cannot believe how many perfect era defining moments you managed to fit into this one video.
great vid walt, see y'all in 2051 for the 50 year anniversary
As the saying goes, there is still so much more Melee to be played. This game is unlike anything else. without Melee i doubt any other smash game would have as much of a competitive scene
Melee walked so Ultimate could run
Absolutely incredible video Walt. Thank you for everything you do for this community ❤️
Wow this brought a tear to my eye. Here's to many MANY more years of this game.
I love how the melee meta switched over the years. I think when I joined in 2015, the meta was "play to be the best" but now, in the past couple years, the game has evolved so far past that to the point where no single person is aiming to be the #1. It's now itself about having fun, curating your community and I can't be any happier to be playing the game right now
And maybe that's just what life is all about. Living... Loving... and Learning.
Melee has brought the most amazing people I've ever met to me. Melee is the most special thing in my life right now and I can't believe it's been out for 20 years with many more great years to come.
I mean no other fighting game or smash game for that matter can bring this much hype and emotion at a large event
i dont play melee but just hearing the crowd go wild and all the ways that the peoples lives have been effected by the game brought a tear to my eye
ppmd's "I DID IT" always makes me tear up
Literally crying, and yes I do mean literally, the history, the iconic moments, the players, the community.
This was awesome. This game is truly one of a kind. The only clip I think is missing is hbox rolling on the floor lmao
I can hardly even play melee but God damn it dude, if it werent for it, I'd have no insight onto esports or speedrunning. The continual hype and perpetual storylines across so many folks all utilizing and pressing forth with the cleanest and coolest of tech will never cease to amaze me. It truly is one of a kind, and thats why we already have a flourishing 20 years of history with it built almost purely from scratch and passion. Bless the melee scene and here's to several more decades
Axe s summit one of these best days of melee melee is sick
Beautifully presented as always. Here's to many more years of melee down the road
Great quote from Zain at the end. The current best player. Always nice to see Armada, the true GOAT. And then it hit me really hard when PPMD, after winning Apex 2015, screamed, “I DID IT!!” What an immortal victory.
Hell yes. I love this game so much so much nostalgia. Thank you, continue to support the community this way.
Thank you Walt. That brought a tear to my eye.
Incredible homage to an incredible run. Here’s to 20 more years of this amazing game and (despite the usual suspects) amazing community. Thanks Walt for always bringing a high level of quality and storytelling to much needed melee content
There is so much more melee to be played. It's incredible the love and passion of the last 20 years, lets make the next 20 just as good.
I do not enjoy playing this game, but I sure as hell love watching it
First played this in the fall of 2001, owned it in 2002....can't believe it's going this strong 20 years later...
Ending with Zain was wholesome
isai's talking about 64 in the clip at 4:40 lmao
I wish i knew of melee back in 2013. I wouldve been only 8, but if i wouldve know just how quirky the game is, i mightve started competitive then. I first got into melee from Asumsaus doing his video about "high tier oddities" and i fell in love with the game ever since. I havent been in this game for a very long time, but its definitely one of my favorite games ever. Live on melee. We all love you
i dont play melee but watching for the last 5 ish years. got emotional man
Beautifully presented friend. Amazing work, and honestly touching. Thank you.
So many great moments in this video, and in melee as a whole. Its hard not to get a little choked up
I would love for Sakurai to see this, I would love for Sakurai to know how much the Melee community loves Melee. I would love for him to see the Smash Documentary and the Metagame documentary. I would love for him to know how special Melee is to the Melee community.
I choked up watching this beautiful video. I love watching melee so much, thank you for 20 years and much more.
tears to my eyes, i love this game. thanks walt.
I cried watching this. Thank you so much