A trip down memory laneДЄnd we (all) had that one friend who not only had the audacity to play as Sonic, but insisted on doing so with a Wii Remote and a wired Nunchuck. And that friend, well, he earned himself bragging rights for the next month or so, which is a pretty big deal in High School. Even then, Smash had a way of creating moments of awe with the attention it paid to the little details and rewarded players for exploring and trying new things. Our minds were blown to bits when our (very inexperienced) friend won a face-off with his Bowser by jumping off-stage with the opponent in his clutches. Sometimes weвЂ™d give each other crap for unworthy cheap wins with the horrendously overpowered Meta Knight and Pit. My friends and I used to gather at each otherвЂ™s houses after school and on weekends, with Brawl being the only thing on the agenda. Then the golden days of the Wii arrived, and now in High School, duking it out in Brawl (2008) became a cool thing to do again. But slowly, the GameCube became a relic of the past, and all the kids started moving onto other things, elsewhere. And that led to dozens upon dozens of afternoons and sleepovers of PokГ© Ball and home run bat-filled, 4-player chaos on Corneria all throughout from Primary/Elementary School, to even Middle/Secondary School. My sister just wanted to play Mario Kart. Melee (2001) was one of the reasons I persisted in convincing my parents to get a GameCube for Christmas.

That game eventually got a bunch of sequels on each of NintendoвЂ™s subsequent home consoles. (or known colloquially as Smash) has been a part of my life since then. Fast forward 22 years, and it feels surreal to sit here and realise that Super Smash Bros.

I had so much fun that afternoon that I spent several weeks afterwards thinking about and dreaming about this magical game. And it had this fighting game with this red-hatted, moustachioed little man who kept shouting вЂњwoohoo!вЂќ after every hit, an anthropomorphic fox with a laser gun and a cool jacket, and a bunch of PokГ©mon in it, including a certain electric mouse. You could plug up to 4 ridiculous M-shaped controllers into it (till this day, there are still debates on how youвЂ™re supposed to hold an N64 controller), which was a huge deal back when most consoles only supported up to 2 players. When I was 4 years old, I remember being at a friendвЂ™s house for a birthday party, and they had this green, oddly-shaped, transparent gaming console which, unlike my PlayStation, used these big, grey cartridges instead of discs to play games.

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