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[In Smash Bros., most characters go into a free-fall animation after using certain specials. However, some characters cannot naturally go into free-fall. But in Smash 4, everyone has a free-fall animation because of Pac-man's up-special! After falling through Pac-man's trampoline, all characters go into free-fall whether they can do it naturally or not. To see these "rare" free-falls in action, watch this video by Beefy Smash Doods!

A new eSports team has formed! Created by former Smashers Alan "SamuraiPanda" Bunney and David "Mashumaro" Wu, Panda Gaming is not only a Fighting Game team, but also an eSports agency. SamuraiPanda and Mashumaro are two best friends who used to be top players in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as well as MOBAs such as League of Legends. SamuraiPanda is also a moderator here on Smashboards.

Rivals of Aether is an independently developed, Smash-inspired 2-D fighting game by a small team of talented indie developers. It beautifully combines Smash's core elements while bringing new features, making for a refreshing yet familiar experience. Along with that, Rivals of Aether boasts a wide variety of unique stages and characters, as well as a retro look and a catchy chip-tune soundtrack.

Last weekend, I had the good fortune of being able to go to APEX 2015. It was, simply put, awesome. Watching players from all around the world compete on the big screen with hundreds of other Smash fans is an experience I won't soon forget. Melee? Great. Smash 4? Amazing. Even 64 got its share of the limelight. But as some of the later Smash 4 matches rolled around, the event slowed to a crawl.

So you're a Brawl player trying to hold their own in Project M. You've got the new fundamentals mastered. You've adjusted to the increase in gameplay speed. Wavedashing is easy peezy. SHFFL'ing is a piece of cake. Ledge hogging gives you more invincibility. Blah blah blah. You get it. However, there are still several Melee mechanics that you probably weren't aware of that exist in Project M. Let's take a look at few techniques that you can use to level up your Project M game.




"But Omni, I already know what crouch cance-.." I know, I know. Everyone knows. At...

Welcome everyone to another year of PMRank! PMRank is a panel-based Power Ranking of the Top 50 Project+ players in North America. We're excited to put together another list of the best performers throughout the 30+ eligible events this year, covering Exodus 2023 through Honeypot 6. Initially, 76 players were qualified to be ranked based on their placings and attendance at major Project+ events throughout 2023. Panelists were tasked with reviewing this data and ranking each player in order, from #1 to #76. For each player, the highest and lowest rankings on all panelists’ lists were removed when averaging votes to reduce variance. After an initial ballot, panelists were given time to discuss the aggregated results and move closer to consensus in the case of players with high standard deviations. Then...

Nintendo announced today that Mario Strikers: Battle League will get free post-launch updates, including new characters. Nintendo announced that more details will come at a later date. Nintendo also announced a First Kick demo that will be available from June 3rd to 5th. All six of these sessions will be available for one hour. We've listed the times of each session in order

1. 8 PM PST / 11 PM EST on June 3rd, 2022. 5 AM CET on June 4th, 2022
2. 4 AM PST / 7 AM EST / 1 PM CET on June 4th, 2022
3. 12 PM PST / 3 PM EST / 9 PM CET on June 4th, 2022
4. 8 PM / 11 PM EST on June 4th, 2022. 5 AM CET on June 5th, 2022
5. 4 AM PST / 7 AM EST / 1 PM CET on June 5th, 2022
6. 12 PM PST / 3PM EST / 9 PM CET on June 5th, 2022

More information about the Mario Strikers: Battle League first kick...

Gameplay footage? Sccreenshots? A full match worth of footage, too. Now fans of MOBA and Pokemon alike can see more behind the game and decide what they think themselves.

The end of an era is upon us, as Super Mario Maker's online services will close on March 31st, 2021, and might even be delisted from the Wii U eShop.

The release of Project Slippi, the rollback-enabled netplay option for Super Smash Bros Melee, has opened up the possibilities for online tournaments. Project Slippi enables nearly-lagless online play across internet connections, with little regard to the actual internet speed of each competitor. This demands the question: do we still need Melee tournaments to be held in-person?

In order to start this conversation concisely and with precision, I’ll list out the negatives of the two most obvious options - in-person tournaments on traditional Melee setups versus online tournaments on Project Slippi setups. There are alternatives in-between these two, but beginning with binary options allows for a common reference point.

Issues with In-person tournaments

• Will be delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic
• Requires travel, resources and housing for players at long...

In this episode of "A Challenger Approaches", I meet "Sinclair", a student forced to leave university due to the 2019 Hong Kong protests. Read on to learn about Sinclair's experience and about Hong Kong's historic struggle with its government.

On April first, 2020, Dan Fornace, George Rogers and the rest of the Rivals of Aether team hosted their second Rivals Direct alongside content creator and former RCS Top 50 player Adam Carra. This presentation was part tongue-in-cheek send-up of Nintendo's own Nintendo Direct announcement streams and part genuine announcement of what's to come for Rivals.

Greetings one and all to the opening of the fourth annual ranking of Project M's top 50 players, PMRank 2019! We are very excited to begin unveiling this year's rankings, but first we want to acknowledge a couple players who very nearly missed out on a top 50 spot. These two players feature uncommon characters along with their uncommon skill, and we hope this taste of what's to come will only build greater expectations of the competitors on the horizon.


Christopher “~CP9~” Williams grabbed national attention this year piloting the scarcely used and seldom understood Olimar to new heights. Currently residing in the MD/VA region, ~CP9~ has travelled to several marquee East Coast events such as Blacklisted 5, where he netted a win against Aidan of PMRank 2018 fame. Much of the rest of...

“I want to get into traditional fighting games, but I don’t want to put all the time into learning one…”

The Nintendo Direct's new date has finally been announced!