Smash Series Confessions

[PikaSamus]

My first encounter with the series was on a Nintendo 64 at a relative's house. I spammed Thunder Jolt and the A attack as Pikachu at the top of the Great Fox's dorsal since all I knew how to do was move and do that.
I forgot about the series until I rented Brawl from Blockbusters.

 

[Wanderer from Roseyard]

It took me a long time to realize how to do "tilt" attacks. I used to perform them accidentally and never when I wanted to. For example, seeing Mario's roundhouse, and trying to do it again only to get the fiery punch Smash attack. Looking at the game manual sure does help sometimes, huh? Still, I found it difficult to reliably do tilt attacks in the heat of battle because it's hard to input analog stick commands quickly without hitting the stick all the way.

 

[JamietheAuraUser]

It took me a long time to realize how to do "tilt" attacks. I used to perform them accidentally and never when I wanted to. For example, seeing Mario's roundhouse, and trying to do it again only to get the fiery punch Smash attack. Looking at the game manual sure does help sometimes, huh? Still, I found it difficult to reliably do tilt attacks in the heat of battle because it's hard to input analog stick commands quickly without hitting the stick all the way.

I haven't really had this problem in Brawl, but back in Melee it was a huge issue especially with Up Tilts. That said, in Melee I often found it difficult to do Smashes without the C-stick. It seems like Melee's input timings are tighter and less intuitive than Brawl's, at least to me.

 

[Rie Sonomura]

I try to use everyone in a Smash game, but my "mains" if you can call them that are the characters I like most, for whatever reason. But I do try to get accustomed to each character's different playstyle and use them all equally. It's that way for me for Melee, Brawl, and Sm4sh.

 

[Deleted member]

• I don't use the C-Stick
• When me and my friend would do matches that were "tests of skill" we would turn on items that took "skill" to use, which included the Super Scope, Beam Sword, and Homerun Bat.

 

[Fathom778]

I DON'T EVER PLAY AS THE ORIGINAL 12!
There...got it out.

 

[LancerStaff]

I DON'T EVER PLAY AS THE ORIGINAL 12!
There...got it out.

Lol, I only ever play as Pit.

 

[Eisen]

So way back in 1999 when I made a friend who, for the first time, liked Smash Bros as I did, they informed me of the unlocked characters I didn't have, which I think were Ness and Captain Falcon.

When they said "Ness" I was like, "who the heck is Ness? Is that the Nesquick bunny?" and I was serious. That was my best guess as to who the hell Ness was. Ironically, Ness is one of my favorite Smash characters now.

 

[Foosedogg]

I play clones more than the initial character and was actually excited for Lucina.

 

[Sakura-chan]

Reggie Fils-Aime's quote from the Smash Invitational somewhat sums me up, but not fully: "I suck at Smash."
I've never played Melee. I can remember seeing others in my family playing it, but I've only played a few matches.
I'm also a casual Smasher.
I've never mistaken Marth for a girl, never played Subspace Emissary, and sometimes prefer to watch CPU matches rather than actually play.

 

[Saikyoshi]

• As much as it upsets me to think so, I think Project M is going to die a quiet death in obscurity. Its player base is already dissolving back to vMelee, and Smash 4, I think, will be the final nail in its coffin, once again returning the schism in this fanbase to Melee vs. Not Melee.

 

[JosukeM]

I'm the kind of person that finishes his games unlocking ALL of its content ... but Boss Battles on Intense difficulty is something that I most likely won't finish at all, it's really frustrating and I think is unfair that europeans can use the Golden Hammer to unlock the trophy and americans can't, also, it's such a big challenge for a crappy reward

 

[Rie Sonomura]

I have still not gotten every single trophy in Brawl or Melee. (As mentioned I have Lucas's, which spoiled M3 for me.)

....I thought the 0^2 remix in Brawl was alright. .___.

 

[JamietheAuraUser]

....I thought the 0^2 remix in Brawl was alright. .___.

I actually like that remix a lot, to be perfectly honest. It's pretty cool. But then, I'm not really familiar with the original song.

 

[ImReallyFeelingIt]

I'm never playing Project M.

I bought Brawl and didn't even know Sonic was in it (despite being a big fan of him, so yeah, I got stoked when I unlocked him)

I prefer playing Special Brawl than normal modes in Brawl.

I hate all Ike users with a passion.

I won't buy a SSB game if Ridley is playable.

I think Shulk and Mega Man are either going to be OP or most used characters online.

(I also liked the remix)

 

[Donkey_Inferno]

I go through classic on the lowest difficulty just so it's a lot easier to fight unlockable characters. I am also a total C-Sticker... And worst of all... I honestly don't understand what the issue is with the C-Stick is...

 

[LIQUID12A]

-C-Stick is overrated.

-I played Brawl with Nunchuck controls.

 

[Rie Sonomura]

I liked the song "Calling to the Night". It wasn't a very fight-y song I admit, but it was nice to listen to and if I dare say so, added a "dramatic" edge to fights.

If Snake doesn't even come back as DLC that's one of the many Metal Gear-related things I'll miss

I rather like vocal songs in Smash. I kinda want Falcon's theme from F-Zero GX to be in Sm4sh, I was surprised it wasn't in brawl.

 

[Jdaster64]

I'm the kind of person that finishes his games unlocking ALL of its content ... but Boss Battles on Intense difficulty is something that I most likely won't finish at all, it's really frustrating and I think is unfair that europeans can use the Golden Hammer to unlock the trophy and americans can't, also, it's such a big challenge for a crappy reward

This for me as well. I already blew a Golden Hammer on the all-stickers one since I didn't feel like sticker-farming or trophy-shooting forever to get everything (I still have only 696 stickers after 6,000+ VS matches played on my disk), but I'll probably never break that Intense Boss Battles one. Incidentally, I have cleared it once as the Ice Climbers... on my friend's Wii. And it took an ungodly number of tries. So yeah, I'm probably not going to bother doing it again, especially considering how long it is since I've played vBrawl.

All this from a guy who got all the trophies in Melee THREE TIMES (yes, that includes three damageless Classic Mode runs). At least getting the random trophies could be practically guaranteed with enough coins (95%+).

 

[JamietheAuraUser]

I actually hated all the Crush 40 music that was in Brawl... until i later listened to the full versions of the songs. I'm now miffed at how short a section of the songs they chose to use in Brawl. It's really a disgrace to Sonic.

Knight of the Wind in Smash 4 please? Also, can we get the Sonic Generations version of Super Sonic Racing? That would be awesome.

 

[VillageofFitness]

I sometimes forget that Captain Falcon isn't as OP as he was in SSB, so I find myself spamming his Bs whenever I play as him in the others.

 

[Flaxr XIII]

....I thought the 0^2 remix in Brawl was alright. .___.

There's a remix on Youtube that mashes up both Brawl and original mixes and I like that one soooo much better.

Take it as you will, I prefer this version.

- My Smash Sensei (the guy who introduced me to Smash Bros) can still beat me to this day with Link. Apparently Link is pretty bad so I'm sad about what that says about my skill...

 

[Senario]

• As much as it upsets me to think so, I think Project M is going to die a quiet death in obscurity. Its player base is already dissolving back to vMelee, and Smash 4, I think, will be the final nail in its coffin, once again returning the schism in this fanbase to Melee vs. Not Melee.

This is very sad as I find project M a fun game. A lot of people who I am friends with and play melee agree that it is a fun game. It isn't super balanced atm, but it is fun and that is what counts the most.

In my opinion people will still play project M (not as much as melee) but mainly due to the fact that the game is getting updated on a fairly regular basis for balance. In general a lot of people also like it because of how so many characters are good (even if some are a bit too good right now). I can't say the same for my character (sheik) since she is pretty bad in PM, but I have Marth so its k. Project M and melee aren't completely seperate scenes as many people who play either are also ok with either. I know I am. It is a superb and fun experience.

 

[Mr.Seven]

I never had the problem of thinking Samus was a guy, but when I was little, I thought Link was a girl.

When I got to Master Hand for the very first time ever, I thought he would become playable if I beat him.

 

[Shariq]

I bought Brawl and didn't even know Sonic was in it (despite being a big fan of him, so yeah, I got stoked when I unlocked him)

He is on the back of the box...

 

[SMauler9]

I kinda want Falcon's theme from F-Zero GX to be in Sm4sh, I was surprised it wasn't in brawl.

Forever he will be my hero.

I was really pissed that GX's Port Town Music wasn't in Brawl, especially since there was a Port Town stage was there. But I guess Green Plant's music was there, if I remember correctly.

 

[Saikyoshi]

I never had the problem of thinking Samus was a guy, but when I was little, I thought Link was a girl.

I actually thought Samus was a genderless robot at first.

 

[tommykittycat]

In melee, when I was a kid, I unlocked Luigi by playing 800 versus matches instead of the easier way of finding him in Adventure Mode if you ended the first stage with a 2 in the seconds digit. I seriously went through with every character in Adventure Mode and never once got that criteria for unlocking him. At that time, it never occurred to me that Luigi was in the game, even though I had played the original Super Smash Bros. Lol

 

[Saikyoshi]

In melee, when I was a kid, I unlocked Luigi by playing 800 versus matches instead of the easier way of finding him in Adventure Mode if you ended the first stage with a 2 in the seconds digit. I seriously went through with every character in Adventure Mode and never once got that criteria for unlocking him. At that time, it never occurred to me that Luigi was in the game, even though I had played the original Super Smash Bros. Lol

Cases like Luigi's is why I always look up how to unlock characters in advance.

 

[Kevandre]

- As much as I love to play the Smash Bros series, I enjoy the speculation period of a year+ even more than the game itself. It's because I feel like the game is Nintendo's love letter to itself and its fans and encompasses what Nintendo is at that time period. It's going to be very bittersweet after Saturday, when we know everything. It's this feeling that makes me glad that we only get it once (Or I guess twice in Smash 4's case) per console cycle.

- That said, I liked Brawl's pre-release speculation/confirmations/etc more than SSB4's. I wish that I had been here rather than a myspace group for it. Then again, I'd have probably been banned since I was quite the ruffian back then and reacted very strongly to people saying anything negative.

 

[Lautsuu~]

-I really admire Mew2King and how he plays Marth. I hope that someday, I can play Marth as well as he does. I'm an amateur.
-No matter how bad Marth is in Smash 4, I will always main him.

 

[ncepulo]

Only 20+? I have a 300+ pictures.

How? I can only get 140ish

 

[Saikyoshi]

• Even though I don't really like his playstyle that much, Smash has made me a huge Game & Watch series fan.
• Other series I only got into because of Smash:

 

[Robertman2]

I'm never playing Project M.

I bought Brawl and didn't even know Sonic was in it (despite being a big fan of him, so yeah, I got stoked when I unlocked him)

I prefer playing Special Brawl than normal modes in Brawl.

I hate all Ike users with a passion.

I won't buy a SSB game if Ridley is playable.

I think Shulk and Mega Man are either going to be OP or most used characters online.

(I also liked the remix)

Why? That's acting like a sore loser if you don't want him in.

 

[Pazzo.]

I'm a big fan of 'low-tier' characters in Brawl.

 

[LIQUID12A]

Back when I played Project M before my Wii broke my custom music came from everything BUT Nintendo with the grand exception of Metroid music.

And most of said music came from Playstation.

*runs away*

 

[Backgammon]

I thought for the longest time, that "spacies" included Marth. Because he's a very spacing heavy character.

 

[Saikyoshi]

Back when I played Project M before my Wii broke my custom music came from everything BUT Nintendo with the grand exception of Metroid music.

And most of said music came from Playstation.

*runs away*

You're not alone. I replaced all of P:M's menu themes with PlayStation All-Stars's menu themes, and I used Columbia A on Saffron City, and Polygon Man's theme on Final Destination.

 

[SorrowOfAcheron]

I used to think Marth and Roy were siblings when I first played Melee.

 

[LIQUID12A]

You're not alone. I replaced all of P:M's menu themes with PlayStation All-Stars's menu themes, and I used Columbia A on Saffron City, and Polygon Man's theme on Final Destination.

If there's anything PSAS got right, it's the music. Ironically, I only used 1 track from it, Dojo B on Saffron.

It's music is sadly outclassed at any rate by most other titles.