Smash Bros. 4 needs a sweet intro movie, like Melee's

[Capybara Gaming]

There's another video I wouldn't mind.... but i probably shouldn't post it. :mischief:

 

[HammerHappy]

Yeah, I really didn't get the opera crap with the Brawl intro. Really failed to pump you up like Melee and to a lesser extent 64 did.
Not knowing the Latin translations didn't help.

Hopefully the intro to SSB4 has the same dramatic rises and falls like Melee did.

 

[CRASHiC]

They should just use Naruto music and call it a day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kd4mOSrTh8

 

[Guybrush20X6]

Yeah, I really didn't get the opera crap with the Brawl intro. Really failed to pump you up like Melee and to a lesser extent 64 did.
Not knowing the Latin translations didn't help.

Hopefully the intro to SSB4 has the same dramatic rises and falls like Melee did.

I think the main theme is the same one used in the Villager trailer so I expect that to play. Would that work for you?

 

[iam8bit]

When I see that part in Melee's with Sheik, I get goose bumps.

Favorite part for me since I laid eyes on the awesome intro.

Wait what? Did everyone watch all of the SSE cutscenes before playing Brawl? All of them cutscenes in the SSBB opening were brand f$#$@#% new to me when I saw em.

At least a few of them were showed in the Dojo prior to release.

But even if they were all new, they weren't made as an intro movie but as a part of SSE's story mode. They're random scenes edited together, even including fighting scenes with generic SSE enemies.

Melee's showcasing of each characters in their own world and the beautiful transitions between them are much better IMO. Probably because its sole purpose is to be a great intro movie.

 

[Capybara Gaming]

Yeah, I really didn't get the opera crap with the Brawl intro. Really failed to pump you up like Melee and to a lesser extent 64 did.
Not knowing the Latin translations didn't help.

Hopefully the intro to SSB4 has the same dramatic rises and falls like Melee did.

I did at least love the part with Sonic on Green Hill Zone. That looked kinda cool.

 

[MasterOfKnees]

Wait what? Did everyone watch all of the SSE cutscenes before playing Brawl?
All of them cutscenes in the SSBB opening were brand f$#$@#% new to me when I saw em. I didn't even know they were from SSE until I started playing the game. Yalls arguments for why Brawl's opening sucked make no sense.
I mean, the cutscenes in melee's opening could have been put into the adventure mode, that doesn't lower the quality of them.

EDIT: All that's really important is that the announcer shouts SUPER SMAAAASH BROTHERS at the end, that is a MUST in the next smash opening.

The difference is that while the 64 and Melee intros are obviously tailored around the idea of being introduction movies, the Brawl one isn't. It's rather obvious that its a bunch of out-of-context clips that have been smacked in with the way it clips and everything, not much unlike watching a fan video for a game you haven't seen before, you'll still be able to tell it's a bunch of clips just thrown together due to the way it transitions. It doesn't come off as a proper representation of all-things Nintendo in the same way because of this. I mean, why is Wario in the midst of a desert? Why aren't multiple characters on screen at the same time? In the Melee opening we have things like the Triforce trio crossing hands, the Yoshi herd, Samus fighting Ridley, all the ships in a race against each other, etc. In the Brawl opening it's mostly just shots of single characters, like Link drawing the Master Sword or ZSS looking at the Power Suit in the screen, and whenever there are multiple characters they are rarely interacting. It's also missing cinematic value, it doesn't have anything like Bowser rising up through the fire, Zelda's image being shown over Sheik playing the harp, or the mugshots of Fox and Wolf inside the Arwings, this is because the scenes in SSE obviously didn't call for this.

Plus, there's also the fact that it loses a ton of its rewatchability by being what it is, a compilation of clips. It just makes me wish I was watching the actual in-context clips rather than this thrown together video. I've been watching the Melee intro pretty often for 12 years now, and I'm still not tired of it, and that's because it truly feels like a big compilation of Nintendo goodness, and I never get tired of that.

And yes, if there's no yelling the name of the game, the intro never reaches its climax either. It's like the ultimate way to finish off an intro movie, it just screams "**** yeah this is awesome!"

 

[Clint Jaguar]

Fingers crossed that the intro cutscene is as badass as Melee's. I swear I get goosebumps every time I watch it. The epic build-up of showing all the characters in their own worlds before showing them preparing for battle is just amazing. The music is incredible and it's topped off my the greatest title reading ever. The way Dean Harrington roared the word "Melee" just gives me shivers thinking about it. On a side note, I really hope he return for this new game though I seriously doubt it. At least get someone better that the Brawl guy.

 

[~ Valkyrie ~]

I'm sure we'll get a big time quality intro akin to Melee now that the animation team doesn't have anything to draw from to make another clip compilation video. (Unless they really go that far and use some animated clips from the character trailers)

I'm though lookin' forward to the intro video, I bet it's going to blow our minds like it did with Melee, which I also dub as "Your Whole Childhood Summed In One Epic Video."

 

[Sobreviviente]

The trailer was already a sweet thing to me.
I have so many faith in this game...

 

[Souless_shadow]

I don't care what the intro looks like just as long as it gets me pumped when I first start up the game.

 

[iam8bit]

The difference is that while the 64 and Melee intros are obviously tailored around the idea of being introduction movies, the Brawl one isn't. It's rather obvious that its a bunch of out-of-context clips that have been smacked in with the way it clips and everything, not much unlike watching a fan video for a game you haven't seen before, you'll still be able to tell it's a bunch of clips just thrown together due to the way it transitions. It doesn't come off as a proper representation of all-things Nintendo in the same way because of this.

THIS, so much.

It all boils down to the fact that Melee's intro's sole purpose is to be an awesome intro movie for the game, something to excite you and get you pumped up for it. Brawl's intro, on the other hand, is made of clips that had a completely different purpose.

Smash 4 already seems to have more attention to detail put into it than Brawl, from what I can gather from the daily pics, so I have high hopes.

The way Dean Harrington roared the word "Melee" just gives me shivers thinking about it. On a side note, I really hope he return for this new game though I seriously doubt it. At least get someone better that the Brawl guy.

Well, they got the original DKC composer for Tropical Freeze, so you never know with Nintendo.

But yes, the title announcement is really epic. It's almost a shame it wasn't included in that original reveal video I posted, so everyone just kinda needs to shout "MELEEEEE" in their heads.

 

[Shudouken]

from did you know gaming

Because of Super Smash Bros. Melee's status as a launch title, it was specifically designed to showcase new features that the N64 wasn't capable of. This is why the game's opening sequence is a high-quality, full-motion video, which the N64 was incapable of producing. The developers at HAL even worked with 3 other production companies in Tokyo, Japan, to make Melee's opening sequence as outstanding as possible.

So yeah, that's teh reason why it's so awesome, they should definately make a cutscene like that again, still gives me goosebumps

 

[Mansta]

The music from the e3 trailer is probably going to end up the theme for the game.

I'm sure we'll get a big time quality intro akin to Melee now that the animation team doesn't have anything to draw from to make another clip compilation video. (Unless they really go that far and use some animated clips from the character trailers)

This, there's no subspace type thing in the game, so I expect the intro to be a lot like Melee or 64's.

 

[MasterLuigi]

I just want the announcer to yell the game's name at the end of the intro movie and I will be happy.

 

[KuroganeHammer]

Melee's intro was the best intro of any video game ever. Just saying.

At the time, the graphics were amazing, the music was superb... Even now it gets me that such a masterpiece exists. :^)

(My favourite part is Sheik with the Harp looking up with Zelda slightly above her <3)

 

[MasterofMonster]

I just want the announcer to yell the game's name at the end of the intro movie and I will be happy.

Announcer: "Super Smaaaash Brooootherssss foooooor Wiiiiii-uuuuuu!!"

 

[Empyrean]

Announcer: "Super Smaaaash Brooootherssss foooooor Wiiiiii-uuuuuu!!"

I just had shivers reading this, despite how lackluster that would sound.

 

[MasterofMonster]

I just had shivers reading this, despite how lackluster that would sound.

Do you prefer

Announcer: "Super Smaaaash Brooootherssss foooooor Threeeeee Deeeee Esssss!!"

I really hope this is the case for the cheere hilarity of it~

 

[Oniric Spriter]

I'm expecting and hoping it's the trailer we saw back at E3 but with more length and more franchises yet to be shown.

 

[D-idara]

The difference is that while the 64 and Melee intros are obviously tailored around the idea of being introduction movies, the Brawl one isn't. It's rather obvious that its a bunch of out-of-context clips that have been smacked in with the way it clips and everything, not much unlike watching a fan video for a game you haven't seen before, you'll still be able to tell it's a bunch of clips just thrown together due to the way it transitions. It doesn't come off as a proper representation of all-things Nintendo in the same way because of this. I mean, why is Wario in the midst of a desert? Why aren't multiple characters on screen at the same time? In the Melee opening we have things like the Triforce trio crossing hands, the Yoshi herd, Samus fighting Ridley, all the ships in a race against each other, etc. In the Brawl opening it's mostly just shots of single characters, like Link drawing the Master Sword or ZSS looking at the Power Suit in the screen, and whenever there are multiple characters they are rarely interacting. It's also missing cinematic value, it doesn't have anything like Bowser rising up through the fire, Zelda's image being shown over Sheik playing the harp, or the mugshots of Fox and Wolf inside the Arwings, this is because the scenes in SSE obviously didn't call for this.

Plus, there's also the fact that it loses a ton of its rewatchability by being what it is, a compilation of clips. It just makes me wish I was watching the actual in-context clips rather than this thrown together video. I've been watching the Melee intro pretty often for 12 years now, and I'm still not tired of it, and that's because it truly feels like a big compilation of Nintendo goodness, and I never get tired of that.

And yes, if there's no yelling the name of the game, the intro never reaches its climax either. It's like the ultimate way to finish off an intro movie, it just screams "**** yeah this is awesome!"

The Sheik part really gives me goosebumps too, the way Zelda looks towards the sky and then Kirby just ZOOMS in! Legendary! Also...I find it funny how Wolf appeared on SSBM's Intro but wasn't playable and he was nowhere to be seen on Brawl but he was playable. Another thing, regarding the announcer shouting 'SUPER SMASH BROTHERS...MELEE!' I was kinda surprised when I booted up Project M and didn't hear anything of the sort, would make a pretty nice detail if the Project M Backroom made 4.0 with all of the crew shouting 'PROJECT M' on the Intro screen :D

Also, I'd love Sonic, Megaman and Snake to be thrown into a Melee-esque intro...like, maybe Sonic facing againist Mario on a clip with a Genesis and a Super Nintendo clashing againist each other on the background, that'd be very epic, and a nice reference to Nintendo's history.

Also, I would personally have the announcer shout "SUPER SMASH BROTHERS...FOOOOOUR!" at the Intro screen, and since they sound similar, the four quickly morphs into 'for' and the Wii U/3DS part of the logo appears on a flurry of fire like on the trailer. Although I would've loved Super Smash Bros. Universe and Super Smash Bros. Dimensions, would've been much better names, I mean, those names were almost as no-brainers as Ridley.

 

[SuperMii3D]

I honestly want that KirbyXRainbowRoad incorporated into the main intro, but its pretty impossiburu at this point

 

[Deleted member]

Pretty high chances of this happening what with no Adventure Mode cutscenes.
I swear to god if they just mash together clips of gameplay though

 

[Mega Bidoof]

As the guy above me said, there is a much higher chance of there being an original intro movie, since there is no Subspace Emmisary, and Sakurai has nowhere to be lazy and steal clips from (unless he decides to just take clips from all the newcomer reveals...... Oh no......).

 

[Pichu4SSB4]

I just had shivers reading this, despite how lackluster that would sound.

http://youtu.be/y9R3T5tDSK4?t=57s

 

[Crocovile]

Smash 4 better have a sweet intro movie like Melee. Because when I pop that baby into my console and start it up, I want to see something that gets my blood pumping with excitement. Not a snoozefest like the Brawl intro.

(I see you Jokke)

 

[iam8bit]

(My favourite part is Sheik with the Harp looking up with Zelda slightly above her <3)

I love that a lot of you are mentioning this as a part of the intro that stands out because it does for me too. The visuals of Sheik/Zelda and the vocals they add to the track on that part are just perfect. Embarrass

So much attention to detail was put on that intro.

 

[Reila]

I agree. Melee's opening was so good. It was perfect. I got so many goosebumps watching it for the first time (and I still get goosebumps, more than a decade later, when watching it). Really hope SSB4's opening is as epic as Melee's. Brawl's opening sucks so much, that music with latin chanting makes me cringe. Nintendo was trying too hard to make something epic there.

 

[Deleted member]

I agree.

Melee's intro was so beautiful and so cinematic… even the music in the background was amazing and even immersive. Even in 2014, the intro still holds up to this day; I'm still rather impressed with what they did! When Brawl came out, I was expecting the same kind of intro… only to see that the intro was basically a compilation of SSE cutscenes. Seeing as how impressive the trailers have been thus far, I would be surprised if we didn't get an intro that is as impressive as Melee's.

 

[APC99]

I still have dreams that start like Melee's opening.

 

[Kevandre]

While I would say that Melee's intro (And their use of it to unveil the game) was definitely better, I think that Brawl's reveal trailer was even better.. At least at the time. It was glorious (I've watched it 35324 times)