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I remember playing friendlies with Amsa at a tournament in Sweden. He's one of the absolute nicest people I've ver met. The entire 3-day tournament he went around giving free Red Bulls to attendees. Legend.
Amazing. Japanese players always come off as incredible respectful when I see them on recorded sets. Most importantly, they seem to play not to win, but to cut loose and do freaky shit. Highly experimental stuff.
For those complaining about the title: As mentioned in the video, tier lists over Melee's competitive life have historically placed Yoshi between bottom to mid tier. The competitive opinion on Yoshi has shifted almost exclusively because of Amsa, so calling him a low-tier hero within the full context of his career and the evolving meta of the game is appropriate.
I think y'all passed on Amsa's 2022 to get to Big House 10. He got 3rd at Pound and then 2nd at Double Down, pushing Yoshi further and further into tournaments despite how competitive the current era is. Those are important points that need to be discussed in the story of Amsa because for awhile he never seemed to get beyond his 4th place at Genesis. His climb to finally win in 2022 is what I think makes the moment all the more poignant. Sometimes the story is being able to snap win. But sometimes the story is about the one who gets closer and closer to putting it all together and finally winning. That's the Amsa story and we can't gloss over the improvements he made in 2022 to reach where he is now.
Also, the whole conversation around the "tier list meta" where everyone plays a small portion of the cast only because of their known potential. aMSa grinded away at a lower midtier and it was considered a low midtier because no one like aMSa was grinding it. Who knows how many "hidden yoshis" there are in the cast that just haven't had their own aMSa to play them. Why grind away on a midtier that doesn't have much data around it and you have to find the meta yourself, when you can just switch to Fox or Marth and watch 100 pros to learn from.
I remember "aM5a" kept on getting 5th for a bit I think this part of the story actually starts at summit 11, mang0 and Zain seemed untouchable then aMSa beat one and went game 5 with the other, and not unlike plup that tournament, he was a contender for the best player in the room, however he unfortunately ran into Hungrybox and axe in the final bracket who were both hard for him. Since then aMSa has winning records on Hungrybox, Axe, and Zain. He got another unfortunate bracket at SWT, running into hiss biggest demons of Trif and Plup. But then 2022 came about, at genesis he got 5th yet again, but pound he beat Leffen, Cody Schwab and Llod, all tough for him. The double down, he game second, just one unfortunate SD from resetting the grand finals. He was closer than ever. Only then came the big house.
there’s a documentary by AsumSaus that goes pretty in-depth on aMSa, it’s pretty good. About as thorough as a SummoningSalt documentary (if not more), you’ll probably be satisfied with that video
@@heartgoldkarma6494 even with Axe, many will point to bracket luck. Amsa has taken it a step further by winning two super majors beating all the best players in the hardest era of melee. It's crazy
@@sareaper69 exactly, it was unthinkable. It wasn't like Fox, we all knew Fox could do crazy shit but we thought it was not consistent for a human. With Yoshi we just didn't know nor give a shit
to be fair tiers are based on number of options they have at any given time. not necessarily the matchup between the characters. lower tiers can have decent matchups against higher tiers they just have less options.
@@sel2230 Bro yoshi can’t even jump out of shield. This kind of stuff is just meant to discredit how much aMSa has worked for this, same with people who said pikachu was high tier after axe’s win. These players are insane at the game while also benefiting from relative matchup inexperience on the part of others (while they grind the high tier matchups continuously). What you should say instead is that aMSa makes Yoshi LOOK like a high tier, which is absolutely true. This doesn’t make the character a high tier though, Yoshi has waaay to many exploitable weaknesses for that.
Amsa’s Red Bull sponsorship feels super appropriate given what he does. They’re all about sponsoring people who push boundaries in all sports, and Amsa is no doubt one of the biggest boundary pushers the Smash community has ever seen
I'm so glad you guys are covering this. Amsa is crazy good and pulled off the impossible after a decade and just keeps winning more and more majors. He deserves all the love.
I'll admit it. I cried when Amsa won TBH10. I was so happy for him man. I still get teary eyed watching that last stock. When he won apex I was super stoked but I actually expected it.
This has special meaning to me, because I've been playing Smash since the very first one on 64, and I've never mained any other character except Yoshi through all of them. To see my lifelong Smash character finally get recognition in such a huge way, and even better by such an admirable player...warms my heart to the core.
Amsa is a joy to watch. His rise to the top 3 this year has been not only my favorite storyline in melee, but my favorite in all of competitive gaming.
The first time I discovered competitive Smash was back in 2013-2014, when PM was hot and before Smash 4 came out. I wanted to dig and find my place in the scene, and aMSa was someone I gravitated to very quickly. I've ALWAYS admired the dedication he constantly brought as a player; it fueled me to be the best I could be in my game of choice, even if I never reached the level of skill or reputation that the top players had. To see him get this epic win at The Big House 10 was beyond awe-inspiring to me. The amount of joy I had brought me to tears. aMSa is absolutely a legend.
I love how aMSa went from not being able to break top 3 to not being able to get 1st to being in the conversation for best in world within less than a year. It's been so amazing to watch.
@@Domebuddy kind of nuts that he was willing to get past those hardships from covid, considering they 'should've' set him back for way more years given the lack of tourney experience and isolation but nah, this is aMSa, the fucking insane yoshi main who prolly used that as motivation to get even better wishing him the best now, he's got a good shot of keeping in the top 5 for some time now
As a huge melee fan you did a beautiful job with explaining all the key details needed to understand this! I watched this tournament live and it was historic ❤ P.s. should have mentioned he won his second major weeks later
@@curtisturley7 they didn't, they mentioned him winning a smaller major the following week. this past weekend, amsa won apex, a supermajor comparable to the big house 10
the only reason people say yoshi isnt low tier is because of amsa himself. without him everyone would think yoshi sucks. the other 3 yoshi mains of the world arent pushing the meta like this lol
Got such chills watching this! I also have to say the love the community has given Amsa is incredible! All Yoshis moves does so much damage its wicked honestly
THIS kind of video is why I subbed to you guys. I have no attachment to fighting games, I understand them but not a big fan of them. Yet here I am FULLY invested in this documentary. 👏👏👏
The moment your competitive scene is based solely around "meta" of the game, especially in a game that features numerous characters, then it's no longer skill-based. Thankfully we have cases exactly like this to spit in the face of that and expose the faulty nature of the "meta" system in competitive scenes.
Having watched both scenes for a while, watching Amsa is like watching peak Rangchu over and over again. And the best thing is that I can't see him ever switching away from Yoshi either, and he's just getting better.
seeing axe then amsa win majors over the past few years have been some of the best things to happen to melee. all the top players put in countless hours of work to reach the level theyre at but seeing people do it with "sub optimal" characters just adds another layer to it. like watching any old craftsman make something. you can feel that extra dedication to grind out every frame of combat to bring characters no one thought would ever win a major to dominate the competition. my favorite part is none of it was free. they all had to go through GODs to reach the winners circle.
One of the advantages of using Yoshi is due to there not being many pros that main Yoshi, pros aren't able to practice against that character giving Amsa somewhat of an advantage.
It's important to remember that before aMsa Yoshi was a bottom tier character, considered one of the worst in the game. It was aMsa that put Yoshi into Mid tier.
Such an amazing dedicated player for a character he loves. He had to work twice as hard to get Yoshi to work against those insane top tier characters and hungry box. Congratulations to asms.
aMSa inspires me as I can relate to him- he picked and learned Yoshi because he just LIKED Yoshi. He took it and ran with it, and because of his work, Yoshi has seen a huge raise on the official tier list. It's very cool to see.
Amsa's biggest strength is converting Yoshi's weaknesses to strengths. Can't jump out of shield? Use the shield carefully, pick stages with platforms to shield drop and then jump. up B not good for recovery? use it with incredible precision to edgeguard. he knows when to best utilize his 2nd jump for super armor to take advantageous trades. he has mastered yoshi
Glad to say although I didn't get to see TBH 2022 live (Amsa's breakthrough into the pantheon), I DID get to see him win over Zain in Grand Finals at Apex 2022 last week. And man, WHAT a tourney. I'm glad because Apez was his true "Big House wasn't luck and it wasn't a fluke" win ...and I got to see it live in person with a big crowed losing their minds...I love Smash Bros. Love Melee.
aMSa is one of the few people who make their characters come to life. Everybody has their main, but there's really only one Yoshi main that is synonymous to the player.
Amsa became a legend in America. Also around the World but especially for super Smash bros melee and the gaming scene. What a great player. I would love to see him live playing
I knew Yoshi was Strong since Middle School! I use to pick him because he's the Mario OG. The one who beat Bowser before Mario! I would always crush my friends who'd pick Fox. Yoshi is heavy but FAST and can take a lot of damage + deal good damage back! He's a solid character!
Not a lot of people mention that Amsa is also just built different; What kind of human being can chug Red Bull all day and function at a world class level?
I've once heard a retired Starcraft 2 Pro (also sponsored by Red Bull during his prime) saying that he used to refill empty cans with water, lmao. He also hinted about it being common practice amongst his former peers, as excessive caffeine and sugar consumption impacts one's performance.
Melee is still the best ssb. I just recently started using Slippy emulator and playing online after taking a few years hiatus and i am in love all over again. So many good players to fight. I just wish there was an in game chat and an ability to have a friends list
And not to mention that before aMSa started playing competitively, yoshi was originally the 6th worst character in the game. He single-handedly brought yoshi up the tierlist
Amsas story makes me tear up every time. I don’t even play melee it’s just the fact that he chose a goal and made it happen. Plus he was humble the whole time, who the f doesn’t wanna be that cool! Ps I’m aware how dorky that is but come on man he’s living the dream.
So glad we have aMSa in the scene. Hopefully more Japanese and Asians play this game. That'd be so good for the game. But this top level requires a decade+ of playing against good competition, so it's hard for newer players....
That's not quite true! Look at 3 of the top 5 players right now (Zain, iBDW, Jmook). Neither of them have played even close to a decade, and they are #1-3, respectively.
@@SirPage13 You might be right about iBDW and Jmook, so point taken, but Zain has been playing for a long time. He just got mad good outta nowhere. I do have faith with all the resources out there new players can shoot up in skill. It's a fun game and very addictive, after all.
The year is 2XXX. After centuries of meta evolution, a lone kirby main reigns supreme as the best player in the world, finally confirming what many had long suspected - melee was a perfectly-balanced game all along
I remember getting pooped off the edge by yoshi. Op same with Kirby. They suck you up and jump off. Spit you out and than fly away like nothing just happen.
19:10 when you said 2004 was the last major, that was either from captain Jack or bombsoldier. Those two are one of the best old school players out there. Edit: bombsoldier still play smash to this day since he was 14 years old back at 2004.
2:47 Great video so far, but the top players in Melee rn would disagree with this. Mang0, Zain, Cody, Hbox, & Leffen all have different opinions about the order of the top 5 and Mang0 often says that the top 3 and the 4-5 spots are really arguable. Fox may still be the best, but it's really close. Other top 5 characters are showing up in top 8s with the same or higher frequency of Fox and lower representation. Many players are switching to Falco from Fox, which is the exact opposite of 5 years ago. No top player agrees on putting jiggs as 4th best or 1st. I think 2 top 10 players put Marth as #1. Anyway, I think melee USED to view the top 5 as big gaps. But not anymore. The top 5 is really debatable and a lot of it is coming down to player skills & matchups / matchup knowledge. Oh man, great find getting Toph on as the guest to explain.
Calling Yoshi a low tier in 2022 is really kind-of misleading. To be clear, the historical part of this video is absolutely 100% correct, Yoshi used to be considered low tier in 2012, like...seriously low. Like bottom 5 characters in the game. And then Amsa started showing up to tournaments in the US starting with EVO 2013 and Yoshi immediately moved up 10 spots on the next tier list (12th in the 2015 tier list). By the time Amsa won TBH10, consensus around Yoshi was already about...8th on the tier list. Probably right below Jigglypuff and Peach, but certainly ahead of Ice Climbers and Pikachu. And yeah, we've had a Jigglypuff player be the best player in melee, we've had a Peach player be the best player in melee, we might be heading into an era where a Yoshi player is the best player in melee. And I am here for it! But Yoshi, Jigglypuff, and Peach would be better described as "high tier". (Not "top tier", sure, but the tier immediately below that).
Obviously we used to rank yoshi way too low but before amsa yoshi was 22/26 on the tier list. He single-handedly made yoshi relevant at the highest level
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You might have a chance with a low-tier Bowser, though. One got Top64 at apex.
I remember playing friendlies with Amsa at a tournament in Sweden. He's one of the absolute nicest people I've ver met. The entire 3-day tournament he went around giving free Red Bulls to attendees. Legend.
Amazing. Japanese players always come off as incredible respectful when I see them on recorded sets. Most importantly, they seem to play not to win, but to cut loose and do freaky shit. Highly experimental stuff.
His name means happy in my language lol
Wow, what a nice guy. Redbull is quite expensive. I remember him from way back... Started watching competetive melee in like 2012-2013
It’s the same 4 pro players competing with the same 4 characters it’s time …
😂😂😂 that stuff makes you jittery and causes cardiac arrest. He was literally just trying to make his opponents too wired to focus.
For those complaining about the title: As mentioned in the video, tier lists over Melee's competitive life have historically placed Yoshi between bottom to mid tier. The competitive opinion on Yoshi has shifted almost exclusively because of Amsa, so calling him a low-tier hero within the full context of his career and the evolving meta of the game is appropriate.
i still thinks hes a mid tier (like close to doc) but im amsa fan for life
I think y'all passed on Amsa's 2022 to get to Big House 10. He got 3rd at Pound and then 2nd at Double Down, pushing Yoshi further and further into tournaments despite how competitive the current era is. Those are important points that need to be discussed in the story of Amsa because for awhile he never seemed to get beyond his 4th place at Genesis. His climb to finally win in 2022 is what I think makes the moment all the more poignant.
Sometimes the story is being able to snap win. But sometimes the story is about the one who gets closer and closer to putting it all together and finally winning. That's the Amsa story and we can't gloss over the improvements he made in 2022 to reach where he is now.
Also, the whole conversation around the "tier list meta" where everyone plays a small portion of the cast only because of their known potential. aMSa grinded away at a lower midtier and it was considered a low midtier because no one like aMSa was grinding it. Who knows how many "hidden yoshis" there are in the cast that just haven't had their own aMSa to play them. Why grind away on a midtier that doesn't have much data around it and you have to find the meta yourself, when you can just switch to Fox or Marth and watch 100 pros to learn from.
I remember "aM5a" kept on getting 5th for a bit
I think this part of the story actually starts at summit 11, mang0 and Zain seemed untouchable then aMSa beat one and went game 5 with the other, and not unlike plup that tournament, he was a contender for the best player in the room, however he unfortunately ran into Hungrybox and axe in the final bracket who were both hard for him.
Since then aMSa has winning records on Hungrybox, Axe, and Zain.
He got another unfortunate bracket at SWT, running into hiss biggest demons of Trif and Plup.
But then 2022 came about, at genesis he got 5th yet again, but pound he beat Leffen, Cody Schwab and Llod, all tough for him.
The double down, he game second, just one unfortunate SD from resetting the grand finals. He was closer than ever.
Only then came the big house.
there’s a documentary by AsumSaus that goes pretty in-depth on aMSa, it’s pretty good. About as thorough as a SummoningSalt documentary (if not more), you’ll probably be satisfied with that video
Amsa is amazing, he’s pulled off what most thought was impossible
It’s also great cause the same thing happened with axe
@@heartgoldkarma6494 even with Axe, many will point to bracket luck. Amsa has taken it a step further by winning two super majors beating all the best players in the hardest era of melee. It's crazy
Not only was it thought by most to be impossible, it was actually not even considered at all.
@@sareaper69 exactly, it was unthinkable. It wasn't like Fox, we all knew Fox could do crazy shit but we thought it was not consistent for a human. With Yoshi we just didn't know nor give a shit
Congrats to amsa for winning apex 2022 dudes a legend
"No tier list can measure potential" is a goddamn bar
In some games unfortunately it matters.
@@RadicalizedRadicalsuper late but melee was considered in that grouping of “some games” yet aMSa changed that fact
@@biezom. true
This has got to be one of the biggest achievements in all eSports in 2022.
Nah. Definitely in all time. This was 20 years in the making. It's gonna take a lot to follow this hard performance.
Axe and Amsa are just in a league of their own.
2 of the most entertaining players to watch as well as 2 of the most wholesome guys on the planet
Axe invited over a bunch of people to his place once and we all got drunk and he showed us the Ness glitches and whipped everyone
aMSa is so fucking lit to watch. Got to see him live once and it was the most fun I've ever had at a smash tournament hands down.
His irl name literally means happy in my language
2:47 Discusses Yoshi being mid-tier, shows footage of him losing to a Ganon and a Bowser.
In fairness, Ganon is also a mid tier
to be fair tiers are based on number of options they have at any given time. not necessarily the matchup between the characters. lower tiers can have decent matchups against higher tiers they just have less options.
and also calls them a low tier in the title
yoshi is a top tier. Amsa proved it
@@sel2230 Bro yoshi can’t even jump out of shield. This kind of stuff is just meant to discredit how much aMSa has worked for this, same with people who said pikachu was high tier after axe’s win. These players are insane at the game while also benefiting from relative matchup inexperience on the part of others (while they grind the high tier matchups continuously). What you should say instead is that aMSa makes Yoshi LOOK like a high tier, which is absolutely true. This doesn’t make the character a high tier though, Yoshi has waaay to many exploitable weaknesses for that.
Amsa’s Red Bull sponsorship feels super appropriate given what he does. They’re all about sponsoring people who push boundaries in all sports, and Amsa is no doubt one of the biggest boundary pushers the Smash community has ever seen
red bull just keeps hitting gold at times
I'm so glad you guys are covering this. Amsa is crazy good and pulled off the impossible after a decade and just keeps winning more and more majors. He deserves all the love.
I'll admit it. I cried when Amsa won TBH10. I was so happy for him man. I still get teary eyed watching that last stock. When he won apex I was super stoked but I actually expected it.
amsa's big house win was like the greatest moment of the last 4 months for me, shit had me overjoyed
What a looser lmao
Amsa even won Apex 2022 :)
Always believe in the Yoshi
Dashie: the homie Yosh!
This has special meaning to me, because I've been playing Smash since the very first one on 64, and I've never mained any other character except Yoshi through all of them. To see my lifelong Smash character finally get recognition in such a huge way, and even better by such an admirable player...warms my heart to the core.
Yoshi 64 was the best smash Yoshi.
Amsa is a joy to watch. His rise to the top 3 this year has been not only my favorite storyline in melee, but my favorite in all of competitive gaming.
The first time I discovered competitive Smash was back in 2013-2014, when PM was hot and before Smash 4 came out. I wanted to dig and find my place in the scene, and aMSa was someone I gravitated to very quickly. I've ALWAYS admired the dedication he constantly brought as a player; it fueled me to be the best I could be in my game of choice, even if I never reached the level of skill or reputation that the top players had. To see him get this epic win at The Big House 10 was beyond awe-inspiring to me. The amount of joy I had brought me to tears. aMSa is absolutely a legend.
I love how aMSa went from not being able to break top 3 to not being able to get 1st to being in the conversation for best in world within less than a year. It's been so amazing to watch.
him moving to canada probably really upped his game and access to practice partners.
@@Domebuddythat, and having a bit of income stress alleviated so that he can focus on smash
@@Domebuddy kind of nuts that he was willing to get past those hardships from covid, considering they 'should've' set him back for way more years given the lack of tourney experience and isolation
but nah, this is aMSa, the fucking insane yoshi main who prolly used that as motivation to get even better
wishing him the best now, he's got a good shot of keeping in the top 5 for some time now
As a huge melee fan you did a beautiful job with explaining all the key details needed to understand this! I watched this tournament live and it was historic ❤
P.s. should have mentioned he won his second major weeks later
script was probably done by the time amsa won apex
They did
@@curtisturley7 they didn't, they mentioned him winning a smaller major the following week. this past weekend, amsa won apex, a supermajor comparable to the big house 10
I think part of how he pulled it off is that NO ONE plays Yoshi so no one knows how to fully counter him in a master's hands.
If course! And that is the genius of his dedication.
People saying yoshi isn't a low tier in the comments haven't gone into unranked with yoshi.
Amsa is just a beast who works his ass off training.
Seems like people think tier lists are made in the future lmao
Nah yoshi is definitely high tier.
the only reason people say yoshi isnt low tier is because of amsa himself. without him everyone would think yoshi sucks. the other 3 yoshi mains of the world arent pushing the meta like this lol
If your character is consistently at least making top 8 at tournaments for *years* , then they aren't a low tier, period.
At a pro level he isn't low tier, just absolutely insane to become good at using. High difficulty, high reward
Got such chills watching this!
I also have to say the love the community has given Amsa is incredible!
All Yoshis moves does so much damage its wicked honestly
THIS kind of video is why I subbed to you guys. I have no attachment to fighting games, I understand them but not a big fan of them. Yet here I am FULLY invested in this documentary. 👏👏👏
It's an Amsah tech btw, not an Amsa tech. Very similar sounding ik, but there was no need to highlight it
As someone who stopped watching pro smash 2 years ago, this was so cool to watch 😭 great job aMSa!!!!
Absolute legend. Seriously the dedication he makes to Yoshi is truly inspiring. I love it
He just won another major a week ago, Apex 2022. Most people do not consider The Off-season as a major.
Dude is a legend for defeating them by use a low-tier character called Yoshi in the tournament and amazing video man :]
The moment your competitive scene is based solely around "meta" of the game, especially in a game that features numerous characters, then it's no longer skill-based. Thankfully we have cases exactly like this to spit in the face of that and expose the faulty nature of the "meta" system in competitive scenes.
I credit aMSa for being why yoshi is still my favorite smash character. Watching him play is like art in motion.
Man i love low tier gods, got the same vibe with rangchu from tekken
Having watched both scenes for a while, watching Amsa is like watching peak Rangchu over and over again. And the best thing is that I can't see him ever switching away from Yoshi either, and he's just getting better.
now we need a samus player to win
seeing axe then amsa win majors over the past few years have been some of the best things to happen to melee. all the top players put in countless hours of work to reach the level theyre at but seeing people do it with "sub optimal" characters just adds another layer to it. like watching any old craftsman make something. you can feel that extra dedication to grind out every frame of combat to bring characters no one thought would ever win a major to dominate the competition. my favorite part is none of it was free. they all had to go through GODs to reach the winners circle.
One of the advantages of using Yoshi is due to there not being many pros that main Yoshi, pros aren't able to practice against that character giving Amsa somewhat of an advantage.
like puff and pikachu
@@frozzle And Young Link
@@frozzle puff less so now that there’s another top player playing puff(2saint)
You can see people on the crowd hugging each other and stuff. Truly beautiful. This is what it's about 🤷 moments in time
Respect to every Smash player having fun and using characters they love, instead of picking top tiers exclusively because they’re top tiers.
It's important to remember that before aMsa Yoshi was a bottom tier character, considered one of the worst in the game. It was aMsa that put Yoshi into Mid tier.
It was funny how you said kodorin, but this is a well researched vid. Love seeing melee in the larger gaming sphere.
It's real guys, 20 Eggs eggs is here.
10:25 It feels weird hearing this now since I’m Ultimate the opposite is true with Yoshi being puffs worst mu
aMSa is the guy with the suit and a briefcase. He is hard working and he means business.
That is super dope that someone put their heart and soul into a low tier and showed the world you make anything happen
Such an amazing dedicated player for a character he loves. He had to work twice as hard to get Yoshi to work against those insane top tier characters and hungry box. Congratulations to asms.
Amsa is my favorite melee player, I always played yoshi in brawl as a child, and seeing him drag a bottom 6 character to top 10 alone is so impressive
"even gaps between the top 5 characters are massive" literally just not true
Only character maybe applicable is sheik
aMSa inspires me as I can relate to him- he picked and learned Yoshi because he just LIKED Yoshi. He took it and ran with it, and because of his work, Yoshi has seen a huge raise on the official tier list. It's very cool to see.
I'm glad you guys caught this story
Amsa's biggest strength is converting Yoshi's weaknesses to strengths. Can't jump out of shield? Use the shield carefully, pick stages with platforms to shield drop and then jump. up B not good for recovery? use it with incredible precision to edgeguard. he knows when to best utilize his 2nd jump for super armor to take advantageous trades. he has mastered yoshi
And then he went on to win Apex against Zain, the current Rank 1 Player in Melee
"A YOSHI???!?!????" - Bobby 'Bobby Scar' Scarnewman
Dang, what’s next a solo Bowser main in top 8 at a super major. Melee still surprises even after 20 years.
Glad to say although I didn't get to see TBH 2022 live (Amsa's breakthrough into the pantheon), I DID get to see him win over Zain in Grand Finals at Apex 2022 last week. And man, WHAT a tourney. I'm glad because Apez was his true "Big House wasn't luck and it wasn't a fluke" win ...and I got to see it live in person with a big crowed losing their minds...I love Smash Bros. Love Melee.
aMSa is one of the few people who make their characters come to life. Everybody has their main, but there's really only one Yoshi main that is synonymous to the player.
What an amazing Journey. Talk about getting to your goal when everyone doubted you.
Amsa became a legend in America. Also around the World but especially for super Smash bros melee and the gaming scene. What a great player. I would love to see him live playing
Imagine the future of melee is Yoshi... I am here for it. I wonder where melee would be had Amsa moved to NA years ago.
aMSa also won Apex this week. He's absolutely fucking amazing
So happy for him. No one believed in Yoshi but he did and he made us all believe.
I knew Yoshi was Strong since Middle School! I use to pick him because he's the Mario OG. The one who beat Bowser before Mario! I would always crush my friends who'd pick Fox. Yoshi is heavy but FAST and can take a lot of damage + deal good damage back! He's a solid character!
Yooo this is probably the video I most wanted from this channel let's goooo
It's probably the greatest character come up in fighting game history
I think kuma is more amazing
this dude : asks for the camera to come closer
also this dude : *LEANS FORWARD*
Amsa SINGLE HANDEDLY moved Yoshi from low-mid tier to high tier. Not a single top 100 player plays yoshi besides Amsa. Not 1.
Not a lot of people mention that Amsa is also just built different; What kind of human being can chug Red Bull all day and function at a world class level?
I've once heard a retired Starcraft 2 Pro (also sponsored by Red Bull during his prime) saying that he used to refill empty cans with water, lmao. He also hinted about it being common practice amongst his former peers, as excessive caffeine and sugar consumption impacts one's performance.
So good to see aMSa getting a specialized documentary!
“What player won big house 10 with a 69% combo?” would make a good question card in Trivial Pursuit: Melee Edition
Melee tournaments should be aired on TV. They get more hype reactions than the NFL.
The year is 30xx. Grand finals the top player from new United States versus a new up and coming talent from west Korea. Yoshi vs Yoshi
Melee is still the best ssb. I just recently started using Slippy emulator and playing online after taking a few years hiatus and i am in love all over again. So many good players to fight. I just wish there was an in game chat and an ability to have a friends list
I love how this was released after aMSa won Apex.
Gotta love him, such a positive figure in the community!
And not to mention that before aMSa started playing competitively, yoshi was originally the 6th worst character in the game. He single-handedly brought yoshi up the tierlist
Yes! More melee content!
Amsas story makes me tear up every time. I don’t even play melee it’s just the fact that he chose a goal and made it happen. Plus he was humble the whole time, who the f doesn’t wanna be that cool!
Ps I’m aware how dorky that is but come on man he’s living the dream.
Im so happy for aMsa, what an amazing player. The one clip of his finger movements on his controller just dumbfounded me, holy crap
So glad we have aMSa in the scene. Hopefully more Japanese and Asians play this game. That'd be so good for the game. But this top level requires a decade+ of playing against good competition, so it's hard for newer players....
That's not quite true! Look at 3 of the top 5 players right now (Zain, iBDW, Jmook). Neither of them have played even close to a decade, and they are #1-3, respectively.
@@SirPage13 You might be right about iBDW and Jmook, so point taken, but Zain has been playing for a long time. He just got mad good outta nowhere. I do have faith with all the resources out there new players can shoot up in skill. It's a fun game and very addictive, after all.
18:39 Amsa in cat girl pose
Yoshi has been pretty above avg for a while. Around Pikachu, Peach level was the standard for most tier lists.
Yea but its ONLY because of Amsa's results..
@@alexmacdougall5700 right. there are maybe a handful of yoshi mains around the world, but ONLY amsa is pushing the character this far.
The year is 2XXX. After centuries of meta evolution, a lone kirby main reigns supreme as the best player in the world, finally confirming what many had long suspected - melee was a perfectly-balanced game all along
Everyone loves a good underdog story! This was great!
CANADA REPRESENT!!! Glad to have Amsa on the team. Welcome!
Amsa did it, but now, 20DK is coming...
I remember getting pooped off the edge by yoshi. Op same with Kirby. They suck you up and jump off. Spit you out and than fly away like nothing just happen.
Get egged on has never been so insulting.
Respect thou
kha-door-in, KHA-DOOR-IN
Ko-duh-rin Kappa
Huh, Doomfist in Overwatch is just the Yoshi of his game.
Love these off meta spotlights!
aMSa built different.
not gonna lie as soon as amsa won his first major i instantly thought hes gonna get a vid made of how a low tier won a major.
This is beautiful! Very, very happy for Amsa. The success seemed definitely earned. :)
Lets go more melee
19:10 when you said 2004 was the last major, that was either from captain Jack or bombsoldier. Those two are one of the best old school players out there.
Edit: bombsoldier still play smash to this day since he was 14 years old back at 2004.
2:47 Great video so far, but the top players in Melee rn would disagree with this. Mang0, Zain, Cody, Hbox, & Leffen all have different opinions about the order of the top 5 and Mang0 often says that the top 3 and the 4-5 spots are really arguable. Fox may still be the best, but it's really close. Other top 5 characters are showing up in top 8s with the same or higher frequency of Fox and lower representation. Many players are switching to Falco from Fox, which is the exact opposite of 5 years ago. No top player agrees on putting jiggs as 4th best or 1st. I think 2 top 10 players put Marth as #1.
Anyway, I think melee USED to view the top 5 as big gaps. But not anymore. The top 5 is really debatable and a lot of it is coming down to player skills & matchups / matchup knowledge.
Oh man, great find getting Toph on as the guest to explain.
Calling Yoshi a low tier in 2022 is really kind-of misleading.
To be clear, the historical part of this video is absolutely 100% correct, Yoshi used to be considered low tier in 2012, like...seriously low. Like bottom 5 characters in the game. And then Amsa started showing up to tournaments in the US starting with EVO 2013 and Yoshi immediately moved up 10 spots on the next tier list (12th in the 2015 tier list).
By the time Amsa won TBH10, consensus around Yoshi was already about...8th on the tier list. Probably right below Jigglypuff and Peach, but certainly ahead of Ice Climbers and Pikachu. And yeah, we've had a Jigglypuff player be the best player in melee, we've had a Peach player be the best player in melee, we might be heading into an era where a Yoshi player is the best player in melee. And I am here for it!
But Yoshi, Jigglypuff, and Peach would be better described as "high tier". (Not "top tier", sure, but the tier immediately below that).
These are the videos I come here for. Your original bread and butter.
YEA! Giving Yoshi the swag he deserves!
I saw Low Tier and I thought they finally made one about LTG
My shoes are in a shot and no one said a thing LOL
Amazing!! My best friend believed in aMSa since the beginning 🎉
Yoshi is not a low tier but that doesnt take away from how huge his recent wins are. aMSa is an absolute fucking legend. 20 Eggs Eggs
Obviously we used to rank yoshi way too low but before amsa yoshi was 22/26 on the tier list. He single-handedly made yoshi relevant at the highest level
@@TheCagedKhe and all the other like 2 or 3 yoshi mains really brought their character out of the low tier darkness
@@PeptoAbismol aMSa is the only "high tier" yoshi, as he constantly places top 10