Ice Climbers? Yeah!

"They really dug for that one" - Random guy in the audience, 2001

RIP

Harry the Defiler me too

Dairunt I'd have to argue that both of those characters were more well-known than Ice Climbers were tho.

Playing ice climber

He's nintendude

wobbling

He's Chudat and he's TOO GOOD.

Chu Good*

sombrero 18 lol yh

Lmao his new video talks about it

This comment aged well.

Scott was sucking a pacifier at the time of this

@@youraveragejoe2 No he was in daycare.

GameXplain I want to know more about this day. Where was it held? Did you meet Sakurai? Was it electric? Thanks!

Sup GameXplain

I as in Andre?

@@Raddkann Yep!

@@GameXplain how are you guys over there?

No one comment this

Imagine the pop for Mewtwo

15 years later but Ice Climbers I guess he says later

If they revealed Marth, Roy and Game & Watch: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/orh9e5iJ2rDKomg.html

They probably thought Ridley was playable.

SuperMarioman11 metroid was soooooo big for ninty, the people want it back so bad

SuperMarioman11 Hey mario, I didnt know I could that I could you here. It's lazy from HOH

Holy crap Lazy what's up!

SuperMarioman11 i didnt expect you on some super smash bros videos

Gives me chills till this day

It's sublime

Oh yeah, and that melody with the backing woman's backing vocal, so beautiful, so magical

The cheer wasn’t just for Ridley

Quinn For The Win wut do u mean

@Ryan theblaziken101 - at the time, the last time Samus was in a game was Smash 64, and before that Super Metroid in 1994 (7 years before this presentation). Suffice to say the crowd was happy to see everyone’s favorite bounty hunter back in action.

ShermTank7272 ohhhh I forgot about that

Rock Mork I believed him I did not need proof

They were scared

Fox: "They underestimated me... Time to show who's boss....."

Revenge s tier

Myke Hawk Kirby actually looked viable back then

HIYA-SI-HUP-TORYA-COMEON-UWAAAAAAAAAA

And Zelda

And ganon

And Roy

And Pichu

And Falco

No the Brawl one is

@@genoobscureseverything7415 The Brawl one is just gameplay snips. Melee one was at least mostly cinematic content, therefore objectively the best one.

People saying Brawl's intro is better are either bad trolls or braindead.

@@ibm30rpg Dang Melee fanboys get defensive over every factor of their game lol. I know Melee uses custom animations for the intro, and that Brawl used in game cutscenes, but that certainly doesn't mean that it took literally no effort at all. Brawl's Subspace Emissary is the definition of cinematic, and the cutscenes used in the intro probably took more work to make than Melee's anyways. You've got to cut the devs some slack for programing a new Smash game and a cinematic Adventure Mode. Plus Brawl's theme in many people's opinions including mine is the best in the series. (Not saying that I like vanilla Brawl better than Melee. I still like Melee the most out of all the games, but imo the best intro definitely is Brawl's.)

@@lmtx45 That was such an elitist comment. Your preferences over a video game intro doesn't make you superior to the majority of the population.

No, one guy got hyped for them.

Random Otaku they sure did look at the reveal again for Smash Ultimate people lost their when they brought the ice climbers back

Well they were obscure af in 2001 what do u expect

There were actually a few people cheering. Only one's dialog is legablie

Dey really dug fo dat one.

And now 1080p graphics and people just do not get impressed

BitosMr131 now because it's all the same old shit these days, 3D graphics like that back then was very new, and surprised a lot of people.

Jamike Falcon Wasn't that new. maybe around 5 or 6 years old? That's like saying that wireless controllers are new.

they are all reacting to seeing Ridley in the game

Yeah, they probably thought he was playable.

Hi

I will always love Earthbound. No matter how many people may dislike his Smash interpretations, you can’t deny that his home game is an absolute masterpiece.

The reason they were hyped was because Ness was a secret character in the game before it and was totally OP. Ness coming back along with the other 3 secret characters meant they were mainstays and even more would be on the way. People speculated about who would be unlocked, including rumors of Sonic, Ridley, ect.

@@rainehappy7097 I don't recall Ness being OP in Smash 64.

@@k-leb4671 He could use his PK abilities to stay in the field of battle and send opponents flying. Also that bat was awesome.

They DID show Ganondorf tho. at 0:51 Who do you think that 3rd hand is (Middle)

@@lmtx45 Well, they showed off Pichu and a lot of Pokemon and besides Pichu and Jigglypuff all the other Pokemon in the opening didn't become playable. A lot of people could have known that third hand was Ganondorf, but wouldn't completely assume he's playable. There was more people who bought the idea that Ridley was playable because of him fighting Samus in the opening.

@@retrogamermax8287 actually. They were cheering for Samus actually. They cheer the exact same way when Samus appears in her own section during the character montage after the intro

@@90sNath I know since Metroid at the time hasn't had a game in 7 years last one being before Melee Super Metroid. But there was some folks who thought Ridley was playable after seeing that cutscene.

@@retrogamermax8287 yeah but that might have been like 3 people, and they might have understood when ridley never appeared with Samus in the character montages.

Bruh that's the same from Melee to Brawl. Clay models don't age that well in video games lol.

@@a.x.x8184 bruh its been 4 years

64 to melee was the biggest smash upgrade ever also in less than 3 years and that is mindblowing

@@Fabriziofilms It was less than 3 years because Smash 64 was released late in the N64's life and Melee was released shockingly early in the Gamecube's life. I'm sure we could've gotten Brawl to 4's big leap in graphics in 3 years if Brawl was released later on and Nintendo got Sakurai working on the next game immediately.

That’s what I say with the leap from n64 to the GameCube in general the GameCube had really great graphics for the early 2000s

15 years later Ice Climbers are gone

17.

Ice Climbers are in Smash Switch, though! :D

Dimentive how do you know?

Peter Now they are!

Someone in the audience mentioned it had been fifteen years since the Ice Climbers game, and that's honestly absurd to think about. Mario Galaxy was sixteen years ago, roughly the same timeframe between the beginning of the NES and the start of GameCube, and yet back then the jump from NES to GCN was so indescribable.

As a kid who’s grown up with newer games (I was born in the Wii/PS3/Xbox 360 era and got into gaming the generation afterwards) I think it’s a real shame how graphical leaps have stagnated. New stories and gameplay mechanics are always cool to see revealed, but the thing that always used to make it the most apparent a game was next gen was a graphical improvement. The leaps from NES to SNES, SNES to N64 and N64 to GameCube were all massive and always made you feel like you were looking at something new and advanced (at least, I imagine they did, I obviously wasn’t there), and the leap from the GC/PS2/Xbox era to HD consoles was super noticeable too. 7th gen to 8th gen? The improvements are definitely there, but they aren’t nearly as amazing as previous leaps. Then from 8th to 9th gen, there are basically no improvements at all. Like, to use a recent example, compare The Last of Us Part II on PS4 to the remastered version on PS5. There is literally no difference and I think that’s a real shame.

That woman also screamed for Zelda, Sheik and Samus. She is awesome tbh

@@sainkanzaki No.

they were screaming because for the quick flash of the smash bros logo

+Bowserslave Nolstalgia

FUCK YEAH

I wasn't even alive when it came out, but it does give me goosebumps XD

Justice Karr-Rice Same Here.

Bowserslave same

Blinky 182 Imagine. The Gamecube is brand new. You've only seen N64 graphics with bland(ish) cubes and polygons. And then you go to E3 2001 expecting more of that, and you see the Super Smash Bros. Melee clips. What else would you say to those graphics?! You hadn't expected _that_, you had expected... I dunno... a brand new Mario?

*+Captain Fox* GameCube being the most powerful of its generation also helped.

Fun fact: There were reports at the time that people were so amazed by the graphics of upcoming games during Spaceworld 2000/E3 2001, that they thought they were being animated by Pixar.

NotaSkeleton same men:')

Go Samus!

Given how no Metroid game was made for N64, makes sense that they would be excited

It's probably for Ridley

@@SpiralPoliFemboy it's not tho

Im pretty sure thats because they saw ridley😂

@@Lagw1020 Yet they cheered during Samus’ second reveal. It’s obvious the reason is because Metroid hadn’t had a new game in 7 years skipping the N64 and we’re happy to see her.

@@Lagw1020 those poor souls

Especially since Smash 64 was developed on a relatively small budget.

How did it only take two years to look this good?

@@Mac14329 sakurai says development crunch long hours sleepless nights. It was one of the destructive moments of his life he's admitted. But look at the result

Yes! I remember watching live in 2001 and as a 13 year old, I was just blown away so much by the graphics.

Why do you not have more likes???

acicon and the likes just drop like ........

acicon Can we get a kickstarter going for this comment? seriously, I'd back the fuck out of it. Got about a thousand pesos when you're ready.

Kashaku3 Philippine pesos or Mexican pesos?

***** Perfect

If I were there that would be me

2:16 "KIRBYYY!!"

I will never forget him

Ismael Espínola Villalobos XD kirby is my main

The cheer wasn’t just for Ridley

Quinn For The Win what do u mean

Banjo Kazooie as well

there was a what

@@fishactivation5087 in japan only there was a poll to see who was gonna be in the next smash after smash 64

@@5thkiechannel Huh.

@@fishactivation5087 Bruh how dense are you?

@@nostalgiafactor733 it's an obscure Japan only ballot from 20 years ago, how is he dense for not knowing about it...?

you're right

@@penguhrsmeshbros2014 very hard DK

I’ll give you credit, you’re the first Melee tech related comment that isn’t making fun of Fox.

Nah he's trying to peek up the skirt

Same

Go watch Twilight Princess reaction. You'll legit shed tears, especially if you think this is great.

Brad S it gave me goose bumps too wtf

At least Rosalina and Luma have the same conceptual combat. They are actually pretty good too. Not nearly as good as Ice Climbers, but still.

RIP Ness Lucas' Hopes and Dreams.

Scourge For Life What a baby...

uncensorer I hate rosalina. I want the ice climbers back

Kyon Zolanski I love Rosalina. I'm glad the Ice Climbers are gone actually. XD

Ikr. Him and seemingly also his friends must have had smiles on there faces

And then they wobbled they’re way to victory 🔨

Ice Climber? Yeah!!!

F Zero is a Game We all Enjoy to play

Battlefield 1?

battlefield isn't going to do anything to the gaming business. All it did is just make itself the top console fps

nope

original phantasy star online ?

Dude, the Twilight Princess reveal is just a bout the most hype thing you will witness.

Doriyah's hand*

and now people worship him lol

People cared about Sakurai when they heard he made Kid Icarus: uprising and Brawl

Onionality He is also the creator of the Kirby games to add to that.

Then the internet happened

*+DiableSlasher* Sadly, he only made three main series Kirby games.

i know, right?

Imagine all the hype LIVE as Megaman was shown.

For sure... This game had the most charm of all the series' installments.

Yeah

I'm inclined to give that title to Brawl (mostly because of the epic music) or even 64, but Melee has the advantage in utilizing a bunch of CGI scenes exclusive to it so I don't know what to decide.

Same dude, melee is awesome, and it always will be awesome

lol

XD

If only

Yeah

Hoshi No Kaabii I REMEMBER 😂

And then the ice climber fans when they came on. So awesome to hear

Ridley should have been in

They got hyped when they saw samus, as evident by 3:02

The hype was too big it couldn't have been for ridley.

Ridley is pretty hype though.

***** You mean the Ridley was too big it couldn't have been hype.

HKSpades heh. Little did they know it was already year 20XX.

2018 you mean

It's still played in 2018, and still will be played in 2019, 2020, 2021... FOREVER

Still played playing in 2018. Hoping that this year's Smash will be great

I might have to buy a gamecube in a retro game store

Hey your bill is here, can you guess which one :3

What Bill? Bill Cipher? Bill from Apple? A regular bill? EXPLAIN!

An electric bill, 1000000000000 dollars

It's phone Bill

Bill Trinen?

You are 13 years late buddy

MichMasteR It's never too late for Melee.

MichMasteR I've actually owned this game for quite a while, I think since it first came out.

Lol love your profile pic.

You should be playing this. There's BIG tournaments coming up. And Melee is part of MLG and the Evo lineup :D

Better be Melee psychics with Smash 4 graphic.

+Delaney Thomas...Why can't they try something new?

Look at 4, it was slow and bland.

And always felt the same each match

Delaney Thomas That'd just be Melee HD, no? Also I think Sm4sh was pretty awesome

They were probably cheering for Ridley.

they weren't. It had been a long time since they've seen samus as she was completely absent on the nintendo 64. also later in the video when they show off samus, there are more cheers.

Yep. Samus's only appearance on N64 was, coincidentally, the original Smash Bros.

She's surprisingly popular in the west (and I would even say specifically the USA) but Nintendo doesn't really get it.

Evan Conley But Ice Climbers is so fun! It isn't _rare_.

metalsabatico Why did I read this in the memed "Sakurai Robot" voice? 😂

Should Multishine tho

Imagine the people watching this and being like "his Brawl f-smash was...wait what"

PKFreeZZy I was honking the same thing about fox not getting enough time

Fox would had been perfect if he wasen't super unbalance.

@@mariajimenafigueroa8311 Super unbalanced lol wtf, fox is only as good as you think at TAS level, most modern tier lists put him on the same level as Falco marth and jigglypuff

+Sangwoo “KeimaFool” Shin *14 years

+Johnknight1 15 years now

COMBATACE1 Not til December technically lol

on its way to 16

people still play pong and that shit's almost 50

There was the Twilight Princess reveal with Miyamoto wielding the Master Sword and the Hylian shield, I've never seen anything that awesome ever in other E3's...

cab0rod Too bad Twilight Princess was a dud. I wish it was never announced or released.

***** Uh what? It's the 2nd best selling Zelda game with a big following, you must have a much different meaning of the word "dud".

2:59 this is when the people see the light

Just wait until E3 2018, we're getting Smash 5

I never got to experience that kind of thing. Your comment got to me. *Chills From Other People's Stories*

kitsune i know that feel melee made my childhood.

VentusWingKnight Kitsune91 Yeh I remember we were living with my uncle and I came home from school and my cousin was playing on corneria with my dad. I nearly had a heart attack. My cousin got a gamecube for graduating 5th grade and got melee with it. It was hype at its fullest.

Even when Melee was first announced it was hype!

Kitsune91 did i see you somewhere???

Meh, nobody really knew the Fire Emblem folks in the States back in 2001. Much less cared for Game&Watch. I liked it better when we were surprised when we unlocked them for ourselves instead of everything being spoiled on the internet.

mrm64 IKR

Mewtwo would've created chaos lmao

How did you... But... HOW DID YOU PREDICT ULTIMATE?!

lol yea mewtwo woulda been so hype lol

1000th said the same thing you said. What is it like being a fucking sheep?

@@Relaxdude123 well damn, I didn't even scroll through the comments. Chill

@@maximumpink8487 Why?

@@maximumpink8487 Then scroll down next time you lazy asshole

@@Relaxdude123 Ight cool, thanks for granting me permission to scroll through the comments dear lord. I shall use this privilege wisely. Sorry to question you, sir but what do you gain from calling me an asshole? Hypocrisy, maybe?

Even though I was very young like 6 or 7 I went to E3 2001 with my brother and sister and saw melee being revealed. I didnt really care at the time, I just wanted my pretzel afterwards

Ruby Kentner I wasn't even alive if that puts things into perspective.

+Jack Registeel Oh. Even tho it was a great day in history i was a bit cranky on that day. I was sick, and i hadnt eaten yet. I might has well been unborn

+Jack Registeel I wasn't even a year old!