Is this the first Smash game you started following?

[Starcutter]

I followed smash through Nintendo Power back during brawl. I guess this is the first smash I follow online.

 

[xiledx]

This was the first one I have been following, as I didn't know the series existed until Brawl came out.

 

[KokiriKory]

I'll never forget receiving the Nintendo Power with Beetle Adventure Racing on the cover. And in the corner was a little piece of artwork some of my favorite Nintendo characters all together.

WHY THE HELL WAS BEETLE ADVENTURE RACING THE COVER STORY? It's like they had no idea what they were about to unleash.

So, every Smash, I have gone crazy in anticipation, waiting to see what secret characters were revealed. I'll never forget when Melee's secret characters were dropped in name only, and me and my buddy called it Bull. Dr Mario, Pichu, Marth and Roy? Who the hell is Roy? Who cares OMG MEWTWO!!!!!!!!!

And then of course, the anticipation for Brawl, the weekly Dojo update (eating while reclining!). Almost a perfect set of newcomers, my friends and I stayed up for 24 hours when that game came out.

 

[Poots]

I played 64 and melee, but didn't start following until Brawl. We didn't have the internet yet so I had to go to the library every Saturday to check out the updates. I still remember how excited I would get when an issue of Nintendo power would cover some of the news!
Sometimes I go back to the Brawl dojo and relive some of the hype.

 

[AEMehr]

If by "Following" is joining a forum to talk about smash and religiously come to the forum each day to talk about luigi's nose and sakurai's [laughs] then yes

I did follow Brawl solo during Middle School though, with a personal friend or two. Otherwise this is my first time anticipating the title with some actual knowledge on mostly how everything works for the games.

 

[Fatmanonice]

Considering that I will most likely have a child or two, a different job, and more responsibility plus I am not getting any younger - I won't be able dedicate much time to speculation. Sure, if there is a Smash 5, I'll get it but I won't be as active in the speculation scene. A lot of stuff can happen in 5-6 years.

You know, it's funny, because I said a lot of the same things back with Brawl. Back in 2006 I was a senior in high school and now I'm wrapping up my Masters and working two jobs for 50-60 hours a week. You find ways to work around all the piles of responsibility to do the things you want to do. Granted, I was a ghost here pretty much between late 2009 and summer 2013 and I'll likely go back to lurking once everything is announced but if you like it here enough, you'll probably come back for SSB5, even if it's not for very long periods of time.

 

[spader13]

No, Brawl was the first game I followed, although not on Smashboards (mostly on Serebii and IGN at the time and of course with classmates). I've probably been a little more tuned into leaks this time around, but otherwise my following is about the same.

 

[Deleted member]

Pre-Brawl I would wake up every morning just to see what Sakurai posted. Each and every post got me more and more excited for the game!

Pre-SSB4, I still wake up every morning to see the pics (but I wouldn't stay up late to see them). However, this is the first time that I am following the speculation scene.

EDIT: My first Smash game was Smash 64. I loved the series since.

 

[TheMagicalKuja]

LOOK AT MY JOIN DATE.

Says everything.

 

[soviet prince]

I followed smash through Nintendo Power back during brawl. I guess this is the first smash I follow online.

It was a mistake that nintendo shut them done

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I used to go to the Japanese Melee page every day to see if a character had been updated

Hoping for King Dedede

 

[FalKoopa]

I used to go to the Japanese Melee page every day to see if a character had been updated

Hoping for King Dedede

You're kidding, right?

 

[The Slayer]

And ever since then, I followed it.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

You're kidding, right?

No, I didn't know there was an English site

I just googled Super Smash bros Melee and the Japanese site came up

...

and King Dedede was my most wanted character for Melee and Brawl

 

[evildevil97]

Used to stay up late to catch the Brawl Dojo updates. Now, I work early, so I catch them when I wake up. Maybe an hour after they're posted.

 

[ChikoLad]

I remember my first introduction to Smash was when I was in a computer store in Summer 2006 with my brother and they had a bunch of game trailers up on laptops and desktops. This was probably a year into me getting into Nintendo games more heavily (I mainly grew up with Playstation but I had a Game Boy and a few games). One of the trailers they had up was the E3 2006 trailer for Brawl, and I remember looking at it and being SO confused. Then the part with Snake showed up and my mind was blown (I was a MGS fan from a very young age, got to play a bit of MGS1 and got heavily into MGS2).

I then looked up the name "Super Smash Bros" and found out it was a series. I had an N64 emulator, so I downloaded the ROM for the original Smash and was hooked on it.

It was around this time that I would use pocket money to buy gaming magazines, and I would sometimes find Brawl news in these magazines. I think I found out about the Brawl Dojo through one, and since this was around the time I could use the internet from time to time in my dad's house, I started following it. A now-former friend who I met in secondary school was a Nintendo fan and we followed the updates together. I remember I would actually use my phone's 3G internet connection to get the updates daily, as my mother didn't have broadband in her house.

I remember seeing so many fake Sonic leaks that got me pumped and hopeful that he would somehow manage to get into the game (I was a Sonic fan even then). I gave up hope after a while and it became a wishful thinking kind of thing at most...then one of the magazines I bought had a picture of him fighting Link in Skyworld and I noticed that I didn't recognise this model. So I went online and found that reveal trailer and nearly had a heart attack. I seriously watched the trailer like 10 times in a row when I first found it. It was so amazing to me, like my wildest dream had come true! I also remember making a new friend around this time (who is now my very best friend), and he was saying how he liked Mario games and Sonic games and what not, and when I showed him Sonic in Brawl he was absolutely gobsmacked.

So no, Smash 4 is not the first Smash game I have been following. It is the first I have been able to communicate with others on besides one or two IRL friends, though. Even before I joined this site, I talked about it on the other forums I'm on, and with a few online friends, even before it's reveal trailer last year.

I just got into Mega Man games two years ago (mainly the X series, but I still play some of the Classics and really like them), so when I got home from doing a stressful English exam to my brother having just finished the E3 Nintendo Direct last year, and he skipped to a particular part, the Smash 4 trailer came up, and I was so happy. Then Mega Man showed up and I internally roared. It was pretty close to the excitement I felt for Sonic's Brawl reveal.

I remember on October 1st, I was discussing Smash 4 with a college friend, saying how it would be awfully disappointing if Sonic didn't return, because Mega Man is in and Mario VS Mega Man VS Sonic would be amazing, and how it makes too much sense since Mega Man and Sonic just had a crossover comic, and then when I got home and checked the daily pic, low and behold, Sonic was there, and then I found out about the Nintendo Direct, and saw the trailer, and was like "yyyyeeeeEEESSS!!!!".

Then, the day Rosalina was revealed, I was finished with my last bit of work in my last class, and logged onto the Smash 4 website because my friend was looking to see the current roster, and then I saw Rosalina & Luma there and I nearly laughed in satisfaction during class. Then I got home, saw the Direct, saw her trailer (AND that she was in Mario Kart 8), and I was so happy. That, combined with seeing her trailer for 3D World a month prior, pretty much rekindled the buried love I had for the character.

So yeah, Snake, Sonic, Mega Man, and Rosalina were the most hype reveals for me. If Layton and Reggie are confirmed, I will achieve similar hype.

And PS All-Stars was also pretty hype for me.

 

[Jason the Yoshi]

Nope! Ever since Brawl was announced, I kept an annoyingly close watch on it. I honestly didn't care that Mewtwo was cut because back then I only wanted Sonic playable to satisfy my best friend's desire.

 

[Globe]

Followed Brawl for a bit and was the main reason I bought a Wii.

 

[Pazzo.]

I didn't own a Wii until 2011. I was still rocking my N64, DS and SNES, so I got Brawl LATE into the scene. So yes, SSB4 is my first.

 

[Priap0s]

Didnt know about Smash 64 untill I played it at a friends house. Then I bought it myself.
Pre-Melee was when internet was very young (and so was I). All I remember was watching the E3 trailer as fast as I could (Internet to crappy at home back then) after its release. From then on I mainly checked some sites like IGN (only gaming site I knew about as a kid) at my dads office, cause they had decent internet where he worked. So when I got the chance I used that internet acces to check up on melee. IGN released alot of game footage once and I remember opening like 50 pics one after another and they took like 20-30 seconds to load each xD
Brawl however, I followed pretty close. Not on a daily routine (wasn't that hyped about it) but I kept up to date.

So Smash 4 WiiU is pretty much the first game I am following this religously. I'm a swede so every morning when I get up, I eat breakfast and then I check r/smashbros too look at the pick of the day (It's usually up around 09.00-10.00 in the morning here) and if there is any other new info/article about the game. I almost check smashboards daily too nowdays. I get some dull moments at work when nothing happens. Usually I kill that time here

 

[Deleted member]

I followed Brawl pretty much religiously (something I will try not to do for Smash 4, so as to not spoil myself too much), so that was the first game I really started following. I didn't even know Smash 64 existed until my parents got it for me, like most games back in the days of the N64 and SNES, and Melee was the same situation as Smash 64.

 

[nat pagle]

Brawl. Intensely.

No one was prepared for the hype Brawl brought to the table. A Smash installment backed by Sakurai's full capabilities, a decent timeframe, and on a console that's been released for 2 years? It's no wonder.

I've stopped keeping up really with Smash 4, it's April 2014 and we still don't have a release date or most characters revealed.

 

[IsmaR]

Not by a long shot. Although I didn't truly "follow" Smash until Melee's later days (as in I didn't follow/know anything competitively, know any names, etc.), I was always lurking. And I guess fervidly keeping up with the games themselves doesn't count.