It does! I wrote about this in the comments too. It really reminds you of your heroes. At 0:49, all the heroes I’ve come to familiarize myself with over the years just flashes before me. It’s a somber reminder of what makes us who we are. All the characters in smash just coming together in one glorious fun battle game waiting for us to bask in nostalgia through game collaboration. really nice
Portersona I just wrote about this on this video. Isn’t it just much welcomed equillibrium to an other wise fanfare sounding intro? It’s so great. Really enables you to remember how you’ve familiarized your favorite childhood hero, whether it’s the legend of Zelda, donkey Kong , yoshi story, kirby n64, mario n64, earthbound, pokemon. 0:49 makes all those heroes flash in my mind all at once. Really nice
The absolute, raw confidence on display when they flash the logo for just a third of a second at 0:16, that's slowly become my favorite part of this video. When they showed this as a reveal trailer, people couldn't even start cheering before it was already gone.
The fact that THAT was the first glimpse the world ever had of this game. God. The freaking SWAG of that little eye-blink display of the logo and game title at E3. Or was it spaceworld? I forgot. Either way, no game reveal has had anything close to as much boss energy as this one since.
@@kidplaysgame3590 I was just playing Kirby's adventure and literally heard this part, came here because I can't seem to find many people who know it apart from you
0:29 just knowing all that Link sacrificed to save the world, seeing that slideshow of the events of Ocarina of Time...what an ode to such a powerful game...tears...
Alex Buell how do you know? have you ever been to heaven before? what's it like up there if you know what the choir is like up there. have you even met Jesus, god, or the angels
Queen Elsa thinking’s stfu you ignorant person that is the choir of angels singing down from heaven. I bet you’ve never heard anything more holy than SUPER SMASH BROTHERS MELEEEEEEEEEEEEE cuz I never had.
@Lucario el trapokemón Melee came out in 2001, and Brawl came out in 2008. Where did you get 4 years from? Unless if you're talking about going from Smash 4 to Smash Ultimate
yup, im probably biased due to my love for LoZ and OoT being my favorite but its my fav part with how the visuals sync with the theme. i also grew up with brawl instead of melee, so that part of the theme is the one i mustve heard the most and also my favorite :D
Wow I never really looked at the scenes in the back like that, I'm glad you said that because oot is so nostalgic for me, prolly still my favorite game of all time
@@SueMeriah that pause is epic, it adds so much tension in a fraction of a second. This is legit the perfect trailer and intro it’s still top tier to this day
0:49 I forget how beautiful this one bit is. The charm, the choir singing, and the way the scenery moves with zelda and shiek. Just breathtakingly beautiful
As a kid I always thought this was one of the most badass openings ever and still do. It made me want a story mode for Smash so bad and I was so hyped when I saw that Brawl had one. It wasn't all that great but the cutscenes in it were amazing and it was cool seeing all the characters come together
As sad or crazy as this may sound... This opening gives me such an intense feeling of nostalgia that i have goosebumps over my whole body the entire time and sometimes even tear up and cry. Ive never felt this level of nostalgia with anything else
I understand the feeling. Melee was my first video game and watching this intro for the first time as a 5 year old gave me a feeling I still can’t put into words. This intro and game itself have loads of sentimental value to me
Straight up magic. I'll never forget the day I saw this trailer. My 13 year old mind was truly blown beyond belief that day. Also imo, this intro is still the best Smash Bros opening.
In a game that was so quickly worked on, it was given so much love and effort, the creators really pushed the boundaries of what a Nintendo fighting game could be, this game is still well alive with its community, a sparkling future to come.
I really hope Nintendo can make another project like this that really oozes the passion of the developers, SSBU was amazing but there were many limitations to what they could do (in the cases of World of Light and Spirits) imo there was more focus on amazing gameplay than on the charm of the game. Nintendo tends to play it safe now but the N64/Gamecube era of games was overflowing with quirk, personality and just plain heart, it saddens me to see how poorly they treat their older titles with bad ports and straight up never acknowledging them even though they’re some of the best memories of Nintendo games for many people. BoTW and Metroid Dread were both steps in the right direction but we’ll have to see where Nintendo keeps going. I want to see more of their signature quirk from their games in the future and their consoles. (The switch UI is a little depressing.) One thing I loved about Nintendo is that you couldn’t get that whimsical experience anywhere else. Now it feels like Nintendo is solely depending on their iconic characters and titles to get people to stick around.
That Shiek part is just majestic, thanks to the beautiful music and crisp animation. The power of Kirby music combined with the will and effort of emotion is astounding. I will always come to this video.
one of my alltime favorite childhood games man . . . this intro you have to play every time at the max fucking volume and scream with the announcer SUPER SMASH BROTHERS, MELEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Straight up cried after watching this. This game heavily affected my childhood, and seeing the Sheik and Ness parts hit me right in the nostalgia, as my sister mainly used Zelda/Sheik, and I used Ness (now I use Roy, as we never unlocked anyone other than Luigi, Dr. Mario, Jigglypuff, Young Link, and Ganondorf). The opening was just the nost amazing thing I've ever seen at the time, and I remember when my sister and I unwrapped a GameCube on Christmas 2005 (being only 3 and my sister being 6) we were ecstatic. The GameCube was the first game console we ever had (aside from the V-Smile) and along with it, wegot Mario Kart: Double Dash, Wind Waker, Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes (for my dad) Mario Party 6, and an odd game called "Super Smash Bros. Melee. The only characters we recognized were the Mario Characters, and Pikachu. We tried out this game first, and loved it. My sister went immediately to Zelda, because she looked cool. I went to Ness, because I had a similar looking hat to him. We spent HOURS playing it, being TERRIBLE at the game, to the point where the GameCube somehow BROKE because we were on it way too long. We got another one, but tried out the other games first. Wind Waker was single player, so we noped on that one. MP6 was fun, we weren't allowed to play Twin Snakes, Double Dash was fun, we played Bob-Omb blast a lot. But we always eventually went back to Melee. We got Brawl a couple years later, (me now being 8) and were good at it, but we always went back to Melee. We got SSBU recently, although my sister wasn't able to play it much with me, being in High School now.
SSBU wasn't as fun as Melee or Brawl, because... I had nobody to play with. Recently, I modded our Wii to play GameCube ROMs and such. Melee was the first game i downloaded and I unlocked everything in it, now being a skilled player. For some reason, it wasn't as fun. It was still fun, but not as fun as when I played the game with my sister. The GameCube was pretty much my childhood, and I wouldn't be NEARLY as into games if it weren't for it.
What some younger folk may not get is that no smash bros had the jump between games as the Original and Melee. The graphics, characters, orchestra , stages, and combat all were such a significant improvement from the first in just a 2 year span.
i grew up with Smash 4, yet Fountain of Dreams from Melee still gives me HUGE chills. NO other song i've ever listened to has ever felt so dramatic, so impactful, so "important", like it's the final fight at the end of a movie to determine if the main character wins or fails. The beginning of that song still feels absolutely stellar.
Tbh, the original was kinda more experimental and had a much less budget, but melee had the power of the GameCube and even though it was rushed, it is still very impressive considering that melee was probably there to show the power of the GameCube.
I just realized something. The part where DK's getting shocked by Samus' charged energy ball is a reference to the first Smash Bros. intro where DK and Samus are fighting.
@@bombabombom3603 have you played melee?? it looks exactly like mewtwos attack...why not make it look like samus' attack if it was samus' attack? its just an easter egg.
Thanos is G A Y i literally said what, calm your tits. how about you fuck off with your ‘why is the internet so brainless’ i didn’t fucking understand. fuck you idiot lol
I mean, it’s arguably the best part of the whole song and I almost agree wholeheartedly but this whole opening is timeless. I still have the game and I still play it 20 years later and it’s still fun to play.
It's the heavy feeling of nostalgia that can really bring a man to his knees. It's the attachment I developed as a child, the love I've kept for it in the passing years. Here I am, more than a decade past its release, and I'm still infatuated with the game. Snuggled up in a blanket, controller in hand, and a whole weekend to kill. The days I would spend trying to find new, unique characters was my beloved quest. Each day I played it, I felt greeted by the introduction. Man, Melee truly was my pride and joy. I'll keep it for the rest of my life and cherish it like the true nerd I am.
Jeffrey Dirts I had it too and mine disc broke from me playing it too much it was awesome then I played brawl and that disc broke got anthoer one and that one broke as well
Mario sunshine, double dash, wind waker, twilight princess, metroid prime, echoes, smash melee, pikmin, luigi's mansion. i miss my childhood so much right now.
TheAgentofthesystem I wouldn't say you're a child at that point anymore, but without nitpicking, I agree. I'm one year older than you and all those games (except Pikmin) were part of that period of my life. I miss those times.
I absolutely love that the screen goes black, the music stops and it just says Nintendos All Stars in.. then just right back into like nothing happened
64’s Intro: Gamplay footage and a few animated sequences Melee’s Intro: Animated sequences scenes from trailers and some gameplay footage Brawl’s Intro: Mostly Cutscenes from subspace emissary and some gameplay footage 4’s Intro: Scenes from trailers and gameplay footage Ultimate’s Intro: A few scenes from World Of Light and mostly gameplay footage
I don't know why they've showed this clip to the public. That man's children or wife could be watching. I am highly shamed by news stations for putting this on their broadcasts
Am I the only one who absolutely loves 0:18? The choreography on Peach and the cinematography between Mario and Bowser is SOOOO GOOOOOD. It goes a long way towards showing the viewer exactly who these characters are and what they're like. Peach is elegant and bright, Bowser is menacing and dark and Mario is split between the two with the displays of his fighting moves showing how he prefers to let his actions do the talking for him. Or maybe I'm reading too much into this, I don't know. :V
This is the best video game intro I have ever seen. Melee is the best video game I have ever played as well. They clearly worked very hard to make this game. A game so deep even today it's being played at major tournaments and viewed by thousands of people. It was from a time when games were masterpieces. Worked on through and through.
***** It actually ended up working BETTER as a competitive game, it's kind of sad to see Sakurai completely dump on an entire community of a game simply because he sees no future. And honestly, competitive smash is the largest smash community there is.
***** You're right. You didn't... but Sakurai did. And ever since he did, people have been bitching about competitive play. "Durrr... TOURNEYFAGS! You play Smash competitively!?!?!?!? Durrr... Me hate you now." That being said, when something ends by clearly labelling winners and losers, that means there was competition in mind. Otherwise, every match would end with, "You All Win," or, "No Contest."
+The Shiny Greninja because in melee the characters of the Zelda game were based on the Ocarina of Time game, the only character based on Majora's Mask was young link and was a unlockable secret character, so, the had to keep it "secret" (not really since termina great bay was a stage in the game).
One of the few things that I love the most in this game and imho is the best announcer of all the other smash games. Something about the mixing in the voice that makes it so good to hear.
One of if not the best smash intro. Especially considering 0:49. There's just something so magical about this scene. I can't quite describe it but it's just absolutely amazing. Gives me chills evertime.
The music, the choir singing, the beautiful transition of Zelda and Sheik playing the harp looking into the night sky. Yeah, it’s easily the best part of this whole opening but the entire opening as a whole is timeless
We've made it! At the time I'm posting this of December 3rd, 2021, Super Smash Bros. Melee is now a 20 year-old game. This is the first Smash game I've ever played. I played it since around 2009. It's so nostalgic to me and an amazing game. It has a decent character roster, great gameplay, the best intro, and amazing soundtracks. Thank you Masahiro Sakurai for making not only an excellent video game, but also a work of art. Same applies to the latest Smash game. ❤
When I put this game in for the first time and watched this intro by the end I was convinced it was the coolest thing I've ever seen. I get such mad goosebumps every time it gets to the title, the voice is so epic it makes me choke up even today as a 22 year old
0:49 is where the song really equalizes a fanfare type intro into a somber reminder that while it’s still a fun battle game, its a battle game flooded with our childhood heroes and to always remember what they mean to us. That segment of melody at 0:49 is some true equillibrium. Nice
I'll never forget the day my dad drove me all the way up to a mall(Member those) and bought this game for acing my report card back in 6th grade. Best times ever.
I never even owned this game but watching this feels nostalgic. Melee without a doubt has my favorite opening OST in all of Smash. I especially love the melody at 0:30 , it feel so grand and epic.
Dude, Imagine back to 2001 and first seeing the opening sequence! The hand in the beginning was wise, the opening sequence for each character is so GOOOD. Links opening was great, fox's was great, sheik's music was amazing, all 3 triforces were like, WHAT GANONDORF AND ZELDA!! THE FRICKIN HORDE OF YOSHIS MAN. AND THE ENDING CONCLUDING ALL THE CHARACTERS WITH THE GET READY SCREEN, It's just a sight to behold. I also got shivers from watching it the first time.
Seriously, this intro makes what would have otherwise just been a simple crossover game feel like the most important journey you will ever take in your life.
The late 90s, early 2000s, were so artistical for videogames, the beginning of the intro it's so symbolical, Mario coming back to life, it's like a way to say ''You're not only a videogame character, you're here for something epic, and that it's, battling''. I love the way it portray the characters.
Super Smash Bros is essentially the Avengers of Nintendo. They each do their own thing and sometimes have a crossover, but when the world needs them, they unite.
Happy birthday Melee, my favorite game of all time! Wouldn’t be the same person without the influence and the people I met thru this amazing piece of art.
Every time the Sheik scene comes up, I feel like I'm about to cry.
+Sleepy Hound Same here
I aint gonna lie I did cry a bit
is The Kirby's Butter Building theme
+Sleepy Hound Me too, man. That nostalgia just hits so hard. They're tears of joy.
Nostalgic AF right? :)
"Avengers: Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover in history"
Me, an intellectual:
Brian Massey Or we could just enjoy them both
True
*and then Melee 2 came out*
what, isn't ultimate a port of melee?
No?
Aww man!
I dunno I think brawl can take that place.
Everyone know that theost ambitious crossover in history is : "Who framed Roger Rabbit"
;)
0:49 is literally the only snippet of music that I’ve heard in my entire life that consistently gives me mf chills every time I hear it. I love it.
TheMainVaporeon
It's Butter Building from Kirby.
funnily its the split-second starfox bit afterward that gets me rolling lol
Nitrotetrazole same, the Earthbound scene and Pokémon fires me up
Holy Crap, so I wasn't the only one 😮
It does! I wrote about this in the comments too. It really reminds you of your heroes. At 0:49, all the heroes I’ve come to familiarize myself with over the years just flashes before me. It’s a somber reminder of what makes us who we are. All the characters in smash just coming together in one glorious fun battle game waiting for us to bask in nostalgia through game collaboration. really nice
It’s crazy this game is 20 years old today.
This game, and the games that followed, were all masterpieces
Except smash 4
@@wyattmanhabel644 compared to the rest, smash Wii U is unimpressive. On its own in a vacuum, it’s still a decent game
@@Apeman_king_of_apes it was impressive until Ultimate came out
Melee is almost old enough to drink alcohol. That makes me feel old and I'm 23
Ngl smash 4 (on 3ds) was fun
My god, the memories. The amount of times I played this as a kid with my brother, this game will forever be in my heart!
I completely understand you! I wish I could go back in time just to be able to play the GameCube again 😢 the games are all scratched up now 😭
UltraSmokeX i know right!? Ahh no :( As long as the memories last it will always be nostalgic✨
@@sugarshot300 yup 😭🖤 thank God for our memories, they are a true blessing!
Same I played with my brother. I still have all the games and console
@@mtbnathan9624 same but the disc is all scratched now 😭 i gotta find a way to fix it
0:49 To cure depression.
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Best part
Shit that part gives me chills.
@@joestar_is_lost Yes
I dunno it just makes me sad cuz of the music
yeah sex is cool but have you listened to 0:49 of the melee opening
Portersona I just wrote about this on this video. Isn’t it just much welcomed equillibrium to an other wise fanfare sounding intro? It’s so great. Really enables you to remember how you’ve familiarized your favorite childhood hero, whether it’s the legend of Zelda, donkey Kong , yoshi story, kirby n64, mario n64, earthbound, pokemon. 0:49 makes all those heroes flash in my mind all at once. Really nice
😂
"Sex is cool" yeah right
ORGASMIC.......
Yeah, Melee’s cool. But have you heard of the entirety of brawl’s intro?
The absolute, raw confidence on display when they flash the logo for just a third of a second at 0:16, that's slowly become my favorite part of this video. When they showed this as a reveal trailer, people couldn't even start cheering before it was already gone.
The fact that THAT was the first glimpse the world ever had of this game. God. The freaking SWAG of that little eye-blink display of the logo and game title at E3. Or was it spaceworld? I forgot. Either way, no game reveal has had anything close to as much boss energy as this one since.
YES!! Nobody else is talking about this. That little glimpse of the logo is so powerful and syncs with the music *perfectly*
I regret selling this game.
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT YOU MONSTER!
I STILL HAVE ALL MY GAMECUBE GAMES AND I WILL NEVER SELL THEM!
Daitomodachi i lost my copy when i moved a long time ago. I was pretty young so i ended up crying
Daitomodachi HOW COULD YOU
what the fuc.. WHY WOULD YOU SELL THE BEST FUCKING GAME IN THE WORLD. UNIVERSE PROBABLY
0:49 just hits different sends chills down every part of my body.
its a butter building reference to kirby
Sounds a lot different
@@kidplaysgame3590 I was just playing Kirby's adventure and literally heard this part, came here because I can't seem to find many people who know it apart from you
@@yahiryellow1 what sounds different?
@@alwaysabiggafish3305 yea me too
0:49 nothing can change my opinion about this part of Melee’s opening theme it’s SOOOO GOOD
It’s actually Butter buildings theme from Kirby!
@@polyklept Thank you!
u the goat fr@@polyklept
0:29 just knowing all that Link sacrificed to save the world, seeing that slideshow of the events of Ocarina of Time...what an ode to such a powerful game...tears...
Goddamn I never noticed that. Have you watched the masterclass in subtext video?
I haven't noticed what that was till you called it out, I love this intro lol
Tears………OF THE KINGDOM
The hero of time was one of the peak heroes of zelda. My top 3 are hero of the sky, time, and twilight.
😢 😭❤️
0:49 the most beautiful part I love that melody
I totally agree with u, its the only part of the intro I listen to. It's so emotional
Same I agree with both of you, it’s actually the reason I searched this video initially!
It’s buyer building from Kirby
YEEA LOVE THE STRINGS!
Yes. I’m sitting here and bawling my eyes out 😭😭
Fun fact: the choir singing in the background at the end of the intro comes from heaven itself
Alex Buell I see what you did there :D
Alex Buell how do you know? have you ever been to heaven before? what's it like up there if you know what the choir is like up there. have you even met Jesus, god, or the angels
STFU Elsa!
Champ0426 thinking what?
Queen Elsa thinking’s stfu you ignorant person that is the choir of angels singing down from heaven. I bet you’ve never heard anything more holy than SUPER SMASH BROTHERS MELEEEEEEEEEEEEE cuz I never had.
This was ahead of its time , truly a masterpiece, I mean look at 0:49
The MCU world for sure studied this
It makes me tear up listening to that section.
This why I came here for
That part is actually from a Kirby song!
@@monochromesoul5873 name: butter building
1:22 I get goosebumps and teary eyes every time this part kicks in.
Holy shit, I just realized that when this game came out, Samus had still never been in a 3D game of her own
Parapraxium metroid prime came out a little before this. Or at least the same time.
@@sumlikedat No, Metroid Prime came out after. Melee was a launch title for Gamecube, while Prime didn't come out until 2002.
Work&Study melee wasn’t really a launch title, it came out about a week after launch
So did the pokemon, earthbound boys, and mr gnw
Riann Lim nope, Pokémon stadium and earthbound 64...
If they could remaster this opening it'd be amazing
white door someone did
I think it's a stupid idea
Sterben _ • may i ask why you think that that is a stupid idea?
@@Kaiissreezy cause if they do a new version of it it's like do supersmash bros ultimate
Sterben _ he’s talking quality.
0:27 And it only took 17 years for Ridley to actually make it into Smash... boy has time passed
I wasn't even close to 17 years old when Melee was new... and I wasn't even born when Ridley was created
*20
He was a stage background in Smash 64
@@ranya5456 But did Ridley fight Samus in the intro for Smash 64?
@@inticalik no
@Lucario el trapokemón Melee came out in 2001, and Brawl came out in 2008. Where did you get 4 years from? Unless if you're talking about going from Smash 4 to Smash Ultimate
0:29 is so amazing. How it shows scenes from OOT in the background and the music . I can’t be the only one.
Underappreciated french horns
yup, im probably biased due to my love for LoZ and OoT being my favorite but its my fav part with how the visuals sync with the theme. i also grew up with brawl instead of melee, so that part of the theme is the one i mustve heard the most and also my favorite :D
Thanks for pointing out the background. 17 years playing this game and I never thought to look at it.
Wow I never really looked at the scenes in the back like that, I'm glad you said that because oot is so nostalgic for me, prolly still my favorite game of all time
The Hero of Time got a portion of the song all to himself. And a fitting one at that.
0:07 when I saw this as a kid I literally couldn’t believe my eyes. Absolutely legendary.
Agree 100%. The first time I saw this blew my mind away. I was like, “Wow Mario is really being praised like a pedestal! Mario is dang awesome!”
@@Oscar-Guzman i read that as Mario is being pleased like a pedestal and I was like ya that makes sense too he deserves it
It's the pause and then the dramatic "BWAAHHH
@@SueMeriah that pause is epic, it adds so much tension in a fraction of a second. This is legit the perfect trailer and intro it’s still top tier to this day
The sheik part gives me shivers
COOLIO MCGOOLIO Same.
Who doesn't
Coolio McGoolio me too lmaoo
I mean it's butter building it was always gonna sound good.
Whats the name of the song when sheik comes on
0:55 Oh, hey, Kirby went so fast he travelled back in time temporarily to escape Galeem. :P
That would be so cool
Theory
Shit you might actually be right.
0:50
That is now my head canon
0:49 I forget how beautiful this one bit is. The charm, the choir singing, and the way the scenery moves with zelda and shiek. Just breathtakingly beautiful
My obsession that heart high five from the Ice Climbers. 1:17
*sheik
As a kid I always thought this was one of the most badass openings ever and still do. It made me want a story mode for Smash so bad and I was so hyped when I saw that Brawl had one. It wasn't all that great but the cutscenes in it were amazing and it was cool seeing all the characters come together
gamerprince1999 heya :^
Yomiel Ayeee. Your still alive!
2018 Sakurai: HOLD MY BEER hey guys new adventure mode for ultimate
Me : OOOH OH OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH...
Brawl is broken trash
Perfect Cell dude lol you mad bro just let people have their opinion I loved subspace emissary it was lit to the T
As sad or crazy as this may sound... This opening gives me such an intense feeling of nostalgia that i have goosebumps over my whole body the entire time and sometimes even tear up and cry. Ive never felt this level of nostalgia with anything else
Right there with ya brotha
I still remember grinding those last two event matches to this day. Amazing and beautiful game.
and this whole time I was thinking I'm the only one that is experiencing this. Crazy innit.
i’m feeling the exact same way rn.
I understand the feeling. Melee was my first video game and watching this intro for the first time as a 5 year old gave me a feeling I still can’t put into words. This intro and game itself have loads of sentimental value to me
Straight up magic.
I'll never forget the day I saw this trailer. My 13 year old mind was truly blown beyond belief that day.
Also imo, this intro is still the best Smash Bros opening.
+ΛDI N-No the Smash four intro or Brawl was better-NO! This is the best intro to Smash brothers.
+Boy-Ika Wii U is better (Hides in nuclear bunker)
+TheGoldenMarowak INTRUDER, GET HIM!!
Nah just kidding. ☺️
TheGoldenMarowak FIRE ALL MISSILES! SOMEONE DOES NOT AGREE WITH A DUMB OPINION!!!!!!!!!!!
brawl had sick music thi
In a game that was so quickly worked on, it was given so much love and effort, the creators really pushed the boundaries of what a Nintendo fighting game could be, this game is still well alive with its community, a sparkling future to come.
I really hope Nintendo can make another project like this that really oozes the passion of the developers, SSBU was amazing but there were many limitations to what they could do (in the cases of World of Light and Spirits) imo there was more focus on amazing gameplay than on the charm of the game. Nintendo tends to play it safe now but the N64/Gamecube era of games was overflowing with quirk, personality and just plain heart, it saddens me to see how poorly they treat their older titles with bad ports and straight up never acknowledging them even though they’re some of the best memories of Nintendo games for many people.
BoTW and Metroid Dread were both steps in the right direction but we’ll have to see where Nintendo keeps going. I want to see more of their signature quirk from their games in the future and their consoles. (The switch UI is a little depressing.) One thing I loved about Nintendo is that you couldn’t get that whimsical experience anywhere else. Now it feels like Nintendo is solely depending on their iconic characters and titles to get people to stick around.
That Shiek part is just majestic, thanks to the beautiful music and crisp animation. The power of Kirby music combined with the will and effort of emotion is astounding. I will always come to this video.
*cum
I stared at this for like 20 seconds thinking it said "That Shrek part" and I was so confused.
0:49 My goosebumps when from 0 to ∞
Dropped the most manliest tear in my entire life
YES
Sideways 8?
Lawbear101
Sideways 8 means infinite basically the infinite symbol
@@EndermanPierce ya i know i was just saying it as a joke
0:27
IT'S POSSIBLE NOW BOYS
Yeah boys
@@skybluepinata7997 I do
I haven't played as Ridley yet, but from what I've been told on Twitter, he's pretty average, not too good, not too bad.
YEET!
Bob Polo How do you not think he’s better? He destroys.
The nostalgia really just hits hard in the everything, doesn't it
1:23 it still gives chills even more than the whole intro. Love this game
The way he say "SUPER SMASH BROTHER, MELEE!!!" it makes me hype about this game
MELEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
When the explosion happens and this guy starts yelling I remember my cousin and I would be screaming to the top of our lungs at 5 AM
This moment is why I searched this video. MELEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeuh
0:35 When the final bell rings on the Last day of school
This year,that doesn’t happen.
absolt yea cause it already happened in March m8
Irish Potato I was actually picked up early that day😔
Ryan theblaziken101 lol i didnt go to school the last 2. Days
So true
1:17 Expand Dong gone wrong
Chino Spike he expanded to much and his dong blew a fuse
Chino Spike xd
Chino Spike l
Chino Spike p
Chino Spike So harsh Spike!
The French horns at 0:30 and links poses gives me happiness chills all over me
Imagine people at 1:06 saying “Dang, they made so many Pokémons Playable”
Yeah ikr
...
THE PLURAL OF "POKÉMON" IS POKÉMON YOU UNCULTURED SWINE!
OR SO YOU THOUGHT!
Nintendo: *UNO reverse card*
How tf do you make Wooper playable
15 years my friends
one of my alltime favorite childhood games man . . . this intro you have to play every time at the max fucking volume and scream with the announcer SUPER SMASH BROTHERS, MELEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
ogm
Juro make that 16 years
17 years 😣
@Mark Regan 2001-2018
the intro predicted amiibos
xTøby Yes, every one of them
Throwing the Mario trophy represents people throwing away the animal crossing party amiibos.
actually i think the opening inspired them partially with actually making them
GigaLem more like this game predicted Amiibos
Yee
Whoever composed this is a genius
Composed by Shogo Sakai, the composer of Mother 3. And yes he is a genius.
Straight up cried after watching this. This game heavily affected my childhood, and seeing the Sheik and Ness parts hit me right in the nostalgia, as my sister mainly used Zelda/Sheik, and I used Ness (now I use Roy, as we never unlocked anyone other than Luigi, Dr. Mario, Jigglypuff, Young Link, and Ganondorf). The opening was just the nost amazing thing I've ever seen at the time, and I remember when my sister and I unwrapped a GameCube on Christmas 2005 (being only 3 and my sister being 6) we were ecstatic. The GameCube was the first game console we ever had (aside from the V-Smile) and along with it, wegot Mario Kart: Double Dash, Wind Waker, Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes (for my dad) Mario Party 6, and an odd game called "Super Smash Bros. Melee. The only characters we recognized were the Mario Characters, and Pikachu. We tried out this game first, and loved it. My sister went immediately to Zelda, because she looked cool. I went to Ness, because I had a similar looking hat to him. We spent HOURS playing it, being TERRIBLE at the game, to the point where the GameCube somehow BROKE because we were on it way too long. We got another one, but tried out the other games first. Wind Waker was single player, so we noped on that one. MP6 was fun, we weren't allowed to play Twin Snakes, Double Dash was fun, we played Bob-Omb blast a lot. But we always eventually went back to Melee. We got Brawl a couple years later, (me now being 8) and were good at it, but we always went back to Melee. We got SSBU recently, although my sister wasn't able to play it much with me, being in High School now.
SSBU wasn't as fun as Melee or Brawl, because... I had nobody to play with. Recently, I modded our Wii to play GameCube ROMs and such. Melee was the first game i downloaded and I unlocked everything in it, now being a skilled player. For some reason, it wasn't as fun. It was still fun, but not as fun as when I played the game with my sister. The GameCube was pretty much my childhood, and I wouldn't be NEARLY as into games if it weren't for it.
fucking cry baby
+Alex Barrera lel
+Blaze Modz How about you both calm down, and don't fight hate with more hate?
Timothy Ngai lol
We can all agree that Melee had the best opening out of all of the Smash Bros. games currently.
GamerRider No doubt about it
Sure thing
Duh...
+ThatCrazyZygardeLady I still think that Melee is the best Smash Bros and one of the best games ever created ^^
+VanyaIvanovichBraginsky because neither Brawl or Wii U's openings tried to be this good.
Watching the intros legitimately make me want to cry
Ethan Brown I know 😢
Ethan Brown man same here I wish they brought it back
Ethan Brown because ridley?
Tears were shed here dude. You good.
What some younger folk may not get is that no smash bros had the jump between games as the Original and Melee. The graphics, characters, orchestra , stages, and combat all were such a significant improvement from the first in just a 2 year span.
i grew up with Smash 4, yet Fountain of Dreams from Melee still gives me HUGE chills. NO other song i've ever listened to has ever felt so dramatic, so impactful, so "important", like it's the final fight at the end of a movie to determine if the main character wins or fails. The beginning of that song still feels absolutely stellar.
Tbh, the original was kinda more experimental and had a much less budget, but melee had the power of the GameCube and even though it was rushed, it is still very impressive considering that melee was probably there to show the power of the GameCube.
I just realized something.
The part where DK's getting shocked by Samus' charged energy ball is a reference to the first Smash Bros. intro where DK and Samus are fighting.
I've heard that's supposed to be Mewtwo's Shadow Ball
looks more like mewtwos
@@IDisagree100 OK, then why in the world would they show Mewtwo's attacks when there are no other locked characters in this intro?
@@bombabombom3603 have you played melee?? it looks exactly like mewtwos attack...why not make it look like samus' attack if it was samus' attack? its just an easter egg.
@@bombabombom3603 well in the intro you can see Ganondorf, Pichu, and Jigglypuff. They're locked at the beginning of the game.
0:35 Me and the boys running to my house when mom makes pizza rolls.
XD
Now THATs gamer
You can beat the Totinos
@@garryeagle lol
@@garryeagle I beat it
0:49
Is a part of one of Kirby song named butter building
O__O never noticed that
A whole orchestral rendition like the segment in this song would be amazin
OMG thats true
Is that so?No wonder it sounds so familiar
Holy shit
0:49 why is it so beautiful??🥲
Like you
@@DavidGarcia-op4pcinsane rizz
0:49 to 1:02 is the best part to me
Jay Kay 2003 they need to make an extended version of that song
@@Droodt actually that song is from kirby.Serch up Butter Building Kirby.
Thanos is G A Y what
Thanos is G A Y i literally said what, calm your tits. how about you fuck off with your ‘why is the internet so brainless’ i didn’t fucking understand. fuck you idiot lol
Okay but what song from Kirby?
0:35 Yoshi final smash in Ultimate
It's kinda OP in ultimate
@sergio vergara telechea si
Yoshi’s running from the IRS
Long live the king
Lol it's Black Friday in a nutshell
0:49 Tears and chills everytime.
Ikr
it's a reference to kirby butter building
@@kidplaysgame3590 I'll have to listen for that sometime, Kirby seems to make its way into all sorts of nintendo IP's
@@pampamtamtam4001 true 👍
We all know this is what we came for…
Everyone’s obsessed with 0:49 and I agree! But this whole song is just genius. Masterpiece
I mean, it’s arguably the best part of the whole song and I almost agree wholeheartedly but this whole opening is timeless. I still have the game and I still play it 20 years later and it’s still fun to play.
@IvanimalReacts that is not the best part, the best is at the explosion
0:39 Nana saves Popo, that to me is more memorable.
SUPER SMASH BROTHERS..
MELEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
MEEEEEELLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
*MEELLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
MELEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
MELLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sheik's part ftw.
That's my fave part too.
+Jasmine Dubois sammeeeee
+H. T. Wolffenburg link?
Thanks
It's funny how Fox is the best character in the game and he comes out in the best part of the intro( Shiek's part).
I’m here for 0:49 - 1:00. This is literally the only game intro I never skip. I’m always amazed by it. 😃
Pause at 0:22
You Brawl much?
0:49 sounds like sad music
@@adonismoy721 mario dabs😂
100% agree can't skip this if I wanted to.
This will always be one of the best openings to a video game, and the best smash opening
It's the heavy feeling of nostalgia that can really bring a man to his knees. It's the attachment I developed as a child, the love I've kept for it in the passing years. Here I am, more than a decade past its release, and I'm still infatuated with the game. Snuggled up in a blanket, controller in hand, and a whole weekend to kill. The days I would spend trying to find new, unique characters was my beloved quest. Each day I played it, I felt greeted by the introduction. Man, Melee truly was my pride and joy. I'll keep it for the rest of my life and cherish it like the true nerd I am.
dude, I love nostalgia so much. Its a great thing, I feel the exact same way about it, like you do.
I played this when I was 10 and now I'm 26 wtf
Jeffrey Dirts I had it too and mine disc broke from me playing it too much it was awesome then I played brawl and that disc broke got anthoer one and that one broke as well
Ah yes the days where I was broken.
Mario sunshine, double dash, wind waker, twilight princess, metroid prime, echoes, smash melee, pikmin, luigi's mansion. i miss my childhood so much right now.
Twilight Princess? How old are you?
Yaeven 22....that would make me 14 when it came out.
TheAgentofthesystem
I wouldn't say you're a child at that point anymore, but without nitpicking, I agree. I'm one year older than you and all those games (except Pikmin) were part of that period of my life. I miss those times.
Yaeven young teen whatev, yeah 6th gen was awesome so was 7th.
OMG my childhood was also all this mainly metroid games, GAME CUBE FOREVER !!!!
I absolutely love that the screen goes black, the music stops and it just says Nintendos All Stars in.. then just right back into like nothing happened
64’s Intro: Gamplay footage and a few animated sequences
Melee’s Intro: Animated sequences scenes from trailers and some gameplay footage
Brawl’s Intro: Mostly Cutscenes from subspace emissary and some gameplay footage
4’s Intro: Scenes from trailers and gameplay footage
Ultimate’s Intro: A few scenes from World Of Light and mostly gameplay footage
"All animated sequences"
Yeah, a lot from trailers. Plus there's also a lot of gameplay footage.
sorry I did not really pay attention to the intro that much and never saw the melee trailer ill edit it in
You described every single SSB intro in a nutshell
3ds: none
The songs lyrics:
SUPER SMASH BROTHERS MELEEEEEEEEEEE
(No need to thank me :))
+Umut K You forgot the AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA at the beginning.
Kawaiiyashi98 xD
You forgot links hiay
DK: ARRUUGH
Lyrics:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
DK: Huh?
Yoshi: Etham! (tongue shoot)
Zelda: YA!
Link:Grrrrr!
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuh uuuuuuuuuuuuuh uuuuuuuuuuuuuuh uuuh uuuh uuuuuuuuh uuuh uhhh uuuuuuuuuuuuuuhuuuuuuuuuuh(transfer to opera)
Ha Haaaaaaaaaaa Ha..... HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
VoiceOver during the Ha part: SUPER SMASH BROTHERS MEEELEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Mario
Just because peach got in doesn’t mean you have to dab
0:22 pause
😂😂😂😂💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥👌👌🤣
The most famous Video game character is doing the very first dab in da world
AAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!
Why?
Just why
Happy 20th Anniversary, Super Smash Bros. Melee
0:29 I have tears of happiness. I miss my old times.
Same like old times.
who else never played melee but loves every smash game
The trumpets in combination with the strings on that part goes so fucking hard 🔥🔥🔥
1:12 um... yeah captain falcon literally just murdered that guy
Yeah, he was fat and evil.
NitroBoost Films Dude do you know how many people die daily in F-ZERO races?
Dont worry his franchise is dead for that
@@GOLDENOZZY He looked like a fire emblem nameless villain so of course u gotta kill him
I don't know why they've showed this clip to the public. That man's children or wife could be watching. I am highly shamed by news stations for putting this on their broadcasts
Damn, 0:49 made me emotional when I was younger now I have full on tears. Beautiful.
20 YEARS OF MELEE AND MANY MORE TO COME
Am I the only one who absolutely loves 0:18? The choreography on Peach and the cinematography between Mario and Bowser is SOOOO GOOOOOD. It goes a long way towards showing the viewer exactly who these characters are and what they're like. Peach is elegant and bright, Bowser is menacing and dark and Mario is split between the two with the displays of his fighting moves showing how he prefers to let his actions do the talking for him.
Or maybe I'm reading too much into this, I don't know. :V
Ninetails2000 Mario dabs
Agreed. This is the best part imo. The music and how it flows with the movement of the characters is spot on!
No I think all the characters are fucking ugly in that scene, especially peach.
@@triggeredgiantrobot2343 no u
Ninetails2000 0:49 was better
This is the best video game intro I have ever seen.
Melee is the best video game I have ever played as well. They clearly worked very hard to make this game. A game so deep even today it's being played at major tournaments and viewed by thousands of people.
It was from a time when games were masterpieces. Worked on through and through.
AmericanBuizel You realize Melee was also developed by Sakurai right?
***** It actually ended up working BETTER as a competitive game, it's kind of sad to see Sakurai completely dump on an entire community of a game simply because he sees no future. And honestly, competitive smash is the largest smash community there is.
***** You're right. You didn't... but Sakurai did. And ever since he did, people have been bitching about competitive play. "Durrr... TOURNEYFAGS! You play Smash competitively!?!?!?!? Durrr... Me hate you now." That being said, when something ends by clearly labelling winners and losers, that means there was competition in mind. Otherwise, every match would end with, "You All Win," or, "No Contest."
Andrew St. Clair Exactly. He didn't even name the online mode fit to tourney standards "Competitive," he just called it "For Glory."
Allmywhat all the budget was in the intro...it's broken but still good
0:35 when she breaks up with her boyfriend
now thats comedy
When the egirl is single
simp
Simp moment.
I didn’t think I’d see you here
Very few things make me feel like a kid again but 0:49 always takes me back to those days
Kirby's Butter Building
The Sheik scene is my favourite
+Mannequin Victoria Chase Indeed
I had a massive crush on Sheik because of that scene when I was younger 😂 used to think she was a boy!
+Fernanda ME TOO HAHAHAHAHA but i always see her like a girl
I wonder why the moon wasn't the "creepy" moon
+The Shiny Greninja because in melee the characters of the Zelda game were based on the Ocarina of Time game, the only character based on Majora's Mask was young link and was a unlockable secret character, so, the had to keep it "secret" (not really since termina great bay was a stage in the game).
The announcer is legendary
One of the few things that I love the most in this game and imho is the best announcer of all the other smash games.
Something about the mixing in the voice that makes it so good to hear.
This is why Made Meleena based on solgaleo
Still remains the greatest opening of the series.
Happy 20th anniversary Super Smash Bros Melee
This legend is never gonna died
0:35 oh look, its yoshi’s final smash in smash ultimate
The irony
Wow it was so good they put it in melee
It’s the smash community when ultimate gets released.
They’re running away from paying their taxes
sheik and zelda is the best part D:
actually the DK part (aerial view) is the best one and the sheik part is the 2nd best.
lol if you say so C:
lux bledstone do you know where the song is from?
its a sound track made esp for the game im guessing i really havent heard it any where else...
lux bledstone aw
Every time I see the Sheik scene I just get reminded that a game focused around Sheik-Zelda in all her ninja glory would be pretty cool.
When this game came out I would’ve said that was impossible…but now echoes of wisdom exists, so it could happen.
One of if not the best smash intro. Especially considering 0:49. There's just something so magical about this scene. I can't quite describe it but it's just absolutely amazing. Gives me chills evertime.
The music, the choir singing, the beautiful transition of Zelda and Sheik playing the harp looking into the night sky. Yeah, it’s easily the best part of this whole opening but the entire opening as a whole is timeless
This will never *not* be epic
0:49 to 0:50 That part is so beautiful with Sheik and Zelda. 💫
I’m obsessed too!
or zelda and zelda
BUTTER BUILDING HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAKAKANALAVDJSLSLQAQKJSOSHEDBCLCHCNA
Honestly, the Nintendo devs should make a scene where they both meet each other
Nintendo should just remake this opening in each new games with better graphics and new characters. wouldnt complain.
And keep brawl main theme as the main theme of all games
+Alim Koutm we no
+Alim Koutm ew
Alim Koutm Hell no...keep it as the title theme its awsome.
+Emmanuel Mondesir fuck you
We've made it! At the time I'm posting this of December 3rd, 2021, Super Smash Bros. Melee is now a 20 year-old game. This is the first Smash game I've ever played. I played it since around 2009. It's so nostalgic to me and an amazing game. It has a decent character roster, great gameplay, the best intro, and amazing soundtracks.
Thank you Masahiro Sakurai for making not only an excellent video game, but also a work of art. Same applies to the latest Smash game. ❤
WHY DO I REMEMBER THIS SO WELL IM CRYING
When I put this game in for the first time and watched this intro by the end I was convinced it was the coolest thing I've ever seen. I get such mad goosebumps every time it gets to the title, the voice is so epic it makes me choke up even today as a 22 year old
Literally every moment of this opening sequence is astounding
YES!
the frame at 00:17 always gave me chills. so epic.
It's really cool how they brought those four back for the Brawl reveal years later.
0:49 is where the song really equalizes a fanfare type intro into a somber reminder that while it’s still a fun battle game, its a battle game flooded with our childhood heroes and to always remember what they mean to us. That segment of melody at 0:49 is some true equillibrium. Nice
1:17 rip Donkey Kongs banana
Underrated comment
Top 10 saddest anime deaths
Donkey kong got his DONG executed
AAAAAAAAAHHH MI PICHULA!!!!!!!!
Lmfaoo
I'll never forget the day my dad drove me all the way up to a mall(Member those) and bought this game for acing my report card back in 6th grade. Best times ever.
Rented Gucci Mink Cool
I never even owned this game but watching this feels nostalgic. Melee without a doubt has my favorite opening OST in all of Smash. I especially love the melody at 0:30 , it feel so grand and epic.
Most people love the Shiek part, but it makes me sad because nobody ever acknowledges that the music played during it is from Kirby.
Interesting that they included a specific character theme in the main song
It's Kirbys?
Jeez I didn't realize it would be KIRBYS!
Can you link the theme on here mate?
Even though it's been 9 months I'd appreciate it
Isaias Saravia Buendia ua-cam.com/video/CguoLKFKILU/v-deo.html
It's because it's a bit remixed into sounding like a Zelda song
Dude, Imagine back to 2001 and first seeing the opening sequence! The hand in the beginning was wise, the opening sequence for each character is so GOOOD. Links opening was great, fox's was great, sheik's music was amazing, all 3 triforces were like, WHAT GANONDORF AND ZELDA!! THE FRICKIN HORDE OF YOSHIS MAN. AND THE ENDING CONCLUDING ALL THE CHARACTERS WITH THE GET READY SCREEN, It's just a sight to behold. I also got shivers from watching it the first time.
did you know back then not alot of people liked fox. they didn't know the horrors coming to competitive melee lol.
+Bryan Madrid I know people didn't think about melee being competitive but was pretty hype at the E3 presentation. :)
River M I actually there the ground was shaking a little when they flashed the super smash bros melee in the intro.
+River M I still get shivers when I watch this, not gonna lie.
the music was beautiful
Seriously, this intro makes what would have otherwise just been a simple crossover game feel like the most important journey you will ever take in your life.
0:49 this part is simply just legendary
Best Smash Bros intro without a doubt
The late 90s, early 2000s, were so artistical for videogames, the beginning of the intro it's so symbolical, Mario coming back to life, it's like a way to say ''You're not only a videogame character, you're here for something epic, and that it's, battling''. I love the way it portray the characters.
I bloody love the part where it shows Pikachu and all of the other Pokemon, then Jigglypuff comes in and takes up half the screen.
Shrek your first movie came out the same year this game came out :D
Shrek The Ogre yee
Super Smash Bros is essentially the Avengers of Nintendo. They each do their own thing and sometimes have a crossover, but when the world needs them, they unite.
Happy birthday Melee, my favorite game of all time! Wouldn’t be the same person without the influence and the people I met thru this amazing piece of art.