Dai-Rantô Smash Brothers Deluxe (2001) (VG)

Director:

Masahiro Sakurai

Release Date:

3 December 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | History | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Prepare to Pummel!

Plot Keywords:

Pokémon | Master Hand | Eagleland | Nintendo | Yoshi

Cast

Dean Harrington	...	Master Hand (voice)
Charles Martinet	...	Mario / Luigi / Dr. Mario (voice)
Nobuyuki Hiyama	...	Link (voice)
Kazumi Totaka	...	Yoshi (voice)
Shinobu Satouchi	...	Fox (voice)
Makiko Ômoto	...	Kirby / Ness (voice)
Ikue Ootani	...	Pikachu (voice) (as Ikue Ohtani)
Rachael Lillis	...	Jigglypuff (voice: English version)
Jen Taylor	...	Princess Peach (voice)
Ryô Horikawa	...	Captain Falcon (voice) (as Ryo Harikawa)
Jun Mizusawa	...	Zelda / Sheik (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa	...	Marth (voice)
Sanae Kobayashi	...	Popo (voice)
Jun Fukuyama	...	Roy (voice)
Takashi Nagasako	...	Ganondorf (voice)

Also Known As:

Super Smash Bros. Melee (USA)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:T | UK:U (re-rating) (2003) | UK:12

Company:

HAL Laboratory Inc.

Trivia:

According to Masahiro Sakurai, director of the game, Hideo Kojima (creator of Metal Gear Solid) "begged" Sakurai to have Snake in this game. Sadly, it was too late in the development cycle and Solid Snake will be appearing in Smash Brothers Brawl.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Ness refers to his magic attacks as "PK" attacks. This is supposed to be "PSI." (The Earthbound games use the term PSI to refer to magic, though an early beta version of the game used PK, and this is probably what caused the error.)

Quotes:

Captain Falcon: Show me ya moves!

Movie Connections:

References Super Mario World (1990) (VG)

Better than the original, that's for sure.

Wow. This game is so perfect. The animation is crystal-clear, the stages are fun, the events are good, single-player mode is entertaining, and the characters and the scenery is completely accurate. This was my first game for Gamecube. Then I got LoZ:OoT and oh my God, the characters were even better in Melee than in the original Zelda game! I mean, Zelda's hair and her dress were exactly right, Link's sword was on the correct side, Young Link had a Deku Shield (He's not supposed to shoot Fire Arrows, though), Ganondorf was exact replica and Sheik was a clone. Then I got Majora's Mask and oh my God, Great Bay was and exact copy! Melee had the pirates cove, the columns in the water, the canoes on the beach, the Ocean Spider House, the umbrellas, the cave to Zora Cove, EVERYTHING! I'm sure if the cameras could turn all the way around, they would have included Pinnacle Rock and the Dragon Cloud too. Aside from the accuracy, the game itself is wonderful. The characters are so well animated, their moves are perfect, their taunts are cute, and they look so...upgraded. Every bit of it is fun. There are different modes to play with, trophies, training, event matches, melees against wire frames, Classic, Adventure, and All-Star single-player mode, it's all perfect! So, to sum everything up, perfect animation, perfect precision, perfect characters, perfect stages, perfect fights, perfect fun. Your all-around perfect game! 11/10!