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BlackestGarden posted...

I haven't really played a Smash game other than 64 or Melee but I'd assume it's fun.

Something I never understood though--for all the hype newer entries get, they never seem to trump Melee in everyone's eyes. After a few months of playing, people start complaining and revert back to Melee aside from the casual player.

What is it? Blatant nostalgia or is it really that the mechanics were just right in that entry and Nintendo has failed to emulate them or build upon them?

All of Melees "mechanics" competitive people talk about are actually exploits or glitches that coincidentally make for a better competitive game. Melee also had pretty bad balancing and hitboxes which was fine for a party game but pretty much ensured people only use a few good characters. So it wasn't a case of Nintendo failing to make mechanics right as it was fixing the exploits people liked. Could they have turned them into an actual mechanic? Maybe, but from what I understand Sakurai(Creator/Director) was very much against Smash being a competitive game.
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