Opinion: Super Smash Bros. N64 is better than SSB Melee

[GrandAmChandler]

I constantly have this argument with some of my fellow gamers. Let me start out with some positives about Super Smash Bros. Melee for Gamecube.

-Beautiful Graphics
-Abundance of Characters
-Ear pleasing music and sound effects

But. It doesn't hold a candle in terms of control for the N64 version. Something about the controls in the Gamecube version just seem.... Off. The timing is different, and it seems like the placement of things in the enivronment that can hurt your performance just seem more random than the N64 version.

Long story short, I like the N64 version better. Which do you like better?

[PapaStu]

CUBE.

Honestly because I actually played that one. I've got SSB for the N64 and can't really remember playing it, but I did spend a decent amount of time on SSBM and although I do suck in comparison to those that really devoted time to it, I really did enjoy it quite regularly.

[Eggman]

After playing Melee, the N64 version is so slow and clunky that it is almost unplayable when compared to the smooth slowdown-free gameplay of it's sequel.

[Oobgarm]

Cube. Stu's response mirrors mine.

Even when it was out, I never got into the N64 version at all.

[Hardcore]

Both. I will crush you with Jigglypuff.

[GetImOliver]

I say the gamecube version is more balanced, although I like some of the characters in the N64 version much more. Cube overall, though.

[GrayFox]

I'd rather play the version that doesn't feel like swimming in molasses.

[heybtbm]

Super Smash Brothers: Melee is one of the greatest fighting games of all time. The original N64 version is fun, but not even close to its sequel. The music, gameplay, 480p option, and overall presentation make it superior. Also, another reason (that most people don't seem to notice) are the unbelievable amount of stats. SSBM keeps track of every single thing you do in the game. If I want to see when I unlocked Dr. Mario or how many times I battled with Kirby, it's all right there. There's a reason Nintendo never lowered the price from $29.99...it's that damned good.

[PsychedelicShaman]

N64 Super Smash Brothers is one of my favorite games. I probably would have warmed up to Melee if I was still in high school, but me and my friends drifted away for college. As far as the N64 version being sluggish, it's only as sluggish as the player is. Check out some youtube videos for the online n64 version. I will agree that melee is MUCH more balanced.

Also, another reason (that most people don't seem to notice) are the unbelievable amount of stats. SSBM keeps track of every single thing you do in the game.

N64 had a good amount of stats in the game too. How many hours logged for each character, a matrix of how many times each character killed another character, and others.

[FantasiaWHT]

Melee. Best game on the Cube by a long shot, arguably one of the best fighting games ever made. Definitely the best single-player fighting game experience ever.

The original was fun, but it didn't hold my attention very long.

[sabre2922]

The original was fun, but it didn't hold my attention very long.

same here

I remember renting SSB64 and thought it was good but never really got into it.

Gamecube Smash Bros. is completely different story though. I played this game for hours on end the same month of its release and still think its one of the best fighting games to date.

[RetroYoungen]

The 'Cube version. It's better looking, it plays a lot smoother, it's not quite so confusing when in the middle of a fightfest (some of the jagged edges threw me off... which resulted in my being thrown off the platforms more than once) and it just feels overall more polished.

[ubersaurus]

I gotta say cube.

First time I played melee, I found it to be uncontrollably fast paced, and impossible to handle anybody without getting killed. But now I've adjusted, and the N64 one just seems like I'm playing in molasses.

The larger cast and variety of stages are also much nicer in the Cube version, and considering the depth the game has shown in tournament play, I'm not going to say there's nothing to it. N64 one was good...but Gamecube one was excellent.

[Wolfrider31]

I have to go Melee. I loved Smash Brothers to death, but it always seemed to feel like an experiment. When I played Melee, that was a whole different ballgame. Everything was polished, fleshed out, controlled better, was deeper, etc etc.

I always think of the N64 version as almost a proof of concept. Really good, but in comparison to Melee, practically non-existent.

[Hawksmoor]

I must admit that I can't be very objective about this given that I've barely played Super Smash Bros. (N64) and have logged hundreds of hours on SSBM, but the latter is one of my favorite games of the past ten years or so and is incredibly balanced and polished. Even without having extensively played SSB, I feel safe in saying it's vastly inferior to its successor.

[Snapple]

Cube version. I loved the original, but Melee improved on the formula ten-fold. It's faster. It has fun challenges. It has more characters. It's got more levels and trophies. It's got more playing modes. Really fun to play with four people.

I cannot wait to get my hands on Brawl and play it online whenever I please.

[Promophile]

Cube obviously, since it's basically an improved version of SSB. The only thing I miss for SSB is overpowered Ness, since I love EB so much.

[Barbarianoutkast85]

I vote for Melee I just played it more and enjoyed it more. I didnt get to play the N64 version all that much, but my alliance is with the cube game.

[ryborg]

Super Smash Brothers: Melee is one of the greatest fighting games of all time. The original N64 version is fun, but not even close to its sequel. The music, gameplay, 480p option, and overall presentation make it superior. Also, another reason (that most people don't seem to notice) are the unbelievable amount of stats. SSBM keeps track of every single thing you do in the game. If I want to see when I unlocked Dr. Mario or how many times I battled with Kirby, it's all right there. There's a reason Nintendo never lowered the price from $29.99...it's that damned good.

Yeah, this. I've logged hundreds of hours of SSB:M with friends and roommates over the years. Going back to the N64 version is impossible.

[jcheatle]

Eh, honestly I voted for "They both suck." Given the choice, I probably wouldn't use the word "suck" to describe them as much as, "I just don't care for either one at all."

The thing is this... the single player game modes never held my attention enough to want to play through them repeatedly. And then the multiplayer options were rendered sort of useless since I rarely have three friends or more together playing games any more. (Yes, *I* suck.) Even when I would get people together, there was always at least one guy who played way too much beforehand and stomped us. No fun at all.

At gunpoint, like most others, I'm taking the 'Cube version. Played it more.