Melee’s sequel brought some unexpected changes, with tripping being a particularly contentious one.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl is celebrating its 15-year anniversary today, March 9, 2023.
Suddenly, Zimmerman’s Meta Knight tripped.
Coleman didn’t waste a second taking advantage of the moment.
Zimmerman just looked around the room with a shocked look on his face.
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Now Playing:Super Smash Bros. “Tripping is RANDOM,” Mew2King wrote in an earlyreviewof Brawl in 2008.
It’s COMPLETELY random from what I’ve been able to tell these past few hours."
It had more characters, stages, and music than Melee while only being in development for 13 months.
In those ways, Brawl was a particularly impressive game and an ambitious project.
There are several types of tripping, but the most critical are those that punish you for simply moving.
“It’s such a small thing on paper, but man it’s had such an impact.”
Nintendo has implemented mechanics in an attempt to level the playing field before.
One example is the infamousBlue Shell from Mario Kart.
The original Super Mario Kart didn’t have this item, making the kart racer a test of skill.
Mario Kart 64 then added the Blue Shell, which was widely regarded as a “catch-up” mechanic.
Ultimate player Eric “ESAM” Lew in atweet.
“[It’s] by far the worst.”
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