Super Smash Brothers Melee (Nintendo Game Cube)

Super Smash Brothers Melee is practicly a platform game with almost every single Nintendo character (Link, Samus, etc.) trying to throw each other off a single platform. So now, you must all be thinking: Why did we bother putting up such a worthless page? Well, its mostly because the game takes a lot of strategy, and also, it includes pokemon =O

Pokemon in the game

While throwing other players off the field, Pokeballs can randomly flash into existance somewhere on the platform, together with some other random items like a flower or a box. If you pick up the Pokeball and chuck it at your enemy in the hope that he gets a bruise, the pokeball opens up and a random pokemon pops out. This random pokemon triggers a random effect that inflicts a random amount of damage on your enemy in their own attempt to chuck them off the field themselves. Of course, the pokemon serve you, and you alone because you picked up the Pokeball first. Also, every pokemon has their own attack, making a bit less random. (you don’t see a marill using flamethrower do you? o.O) Now (hopefully) your finding the game a bit more interesting and want to know which pokemon are worthless and which pokemon aren’t.

Here are the worthless ones:

Goldeen: Uses splash untill he dissapears of jumps off the platform o.O I mean, whats the use of that?

Mew: Flys away as soon as he comes out.. He does give you 10,000 bonus points though $_$.

Celebi: Doest the exact thing as Mew, and you also get a Celebi Trophy.

Marill: Walks across the platform bumping into people. It can be handy if the opponent isn’t smart enough to jump over him and let himself get pushed off the screen..

Wobbufet: He just seriously sits there and does nothing, untill you hit him. Then he bumps from side to side like a boxing ball untill he dissapears. >_<

Porygon 2: He jumps forward and then dissapears back into cyberspace. Its pretty useless exept if your opponent is in his way when he jumps forward, because your opponent shall most likely fly out of the screen.

Now here are the real great ones:

Articuno: Turns all the opponents around him into iceblocks =O

Entei: Fires fire up from his back. If you land in that, you should bet for a massive 200 damage or more. x_x

Lugia: Flys backwards and fires an Areoblast onto the field. The poor person unlucky enough to land in it, gains a massive amount of damage.

Ho-oh: Does the same as Lugia, but then with Sacred Fire and it comes down from above.

Raikou: Electrocutes the whole field, not hitting you. Bzzzzt… Not much to explain here.

Scizor: Flys up and down around the field, and packs quite a punch.

Snorlax: Jumps up and comes down again with almost the same size as half the field.

Suicune: Does the same as Raikou, but then around him and with snow.

Staryu: Flys around untill he’s got a good shot at you and then starts firing stars =O

Less bad ones than goods =D Of course, you also have the ones that pop up with something completely random, which can be weak or strong:

Clefairy: Metronome, so, random. This can trigger effects from earthquake to blizzard.

Togepi: Metronome too, and it can also trigger a really weird effect that turns the whole field black, not being really handy for the thrower of the pokeball either.

There are also loads more, but they’re just not uber nor worthless

Playable pokemon:

Well, now you know all the strong/bad pokemon that can pop out of pokeballs, its time to move on to the acctual battling. Nintendo has chosen 4 pokemon to participate in this game, of which 3 are weak and 1 is strong o.O Seeing nintendo didn’t want to spend their time making loads of really complicated moves for pokemon, they decided to be unoriginal. Give a massive applause for.. *drumroll*

Pikachu: As one of the 14 characters you start off with, he’s not very strong. Being small and light, a few heavy punches can easily get him off the field. His signature attack, Thunder (B-down), can pack quite a punch when stading next to an opponent. Thundershock (B) jumps over the platform for about a second and dissapears, and inflicts about 5-10 damage on impact. Quick Attack (B-up), is handy when you’ve been hit off the platform; it fires Pikachu in the direction you want with an amazing speed, and you can do another quick attack quickly after that by pressing B and your direction at the end of the first jump. You’ll need a steady hand for this move though. His strongest attack is possibly Skull Bash (hold B-left/right). Pikachu charges, and when you let go of the B button fires himself forward in a straight line. The speed depends on the amount of time you held in the B button. The attack electrocutes the opponent and sends him flying. Pikachu’s C-stick attacks are pretty strong too.

Strategy with Pikachu:

Do a few Thundershocks to inflict about 30 damage, then a Thunder to send him flying up, and a well timed, full blast Skull Bash should send the opponent flying away after that.

Strategy against Pikachu:

Ganondorf is the most handy against Pikachu, if not unlocked yet, use Captain Falco. A well timed Falcon/Warlock Punch should do the job. If Pikachu has more than 27 damage at the time, he’ll be out of the field in one hit with Ganondorf.

After completing the Adventure mode with Pikachu, (yes, they force you to play with Pikachu if you ever want to complete the game) Pichu arrives.

Pichu: Pichu’s attacks are exactly the same as Pikachu’s, exept that Pichu’s ones are a wee bit stronger, and inflict damage on Pichu himself. Again, Pichu’s C-stick attacks are pretty strong too. Pichu is lighter than Pikachu, so easier to hit off the field.

Strategy with Pichu:

The same as with Pikachu. Just make sure that you don’t get caught off guard with a enemy attack and that you don’t receive too much damage with your own attacks.

Strategy against Pichu:

Also, the same techinque as by Pikachu should work. Pichu’s One-hit-KO damage limit should be somewhere around 20 with Ganondorf.

After completing the Classic/Adventure mode with any character, you shall unlock another pokemon. This time, its Jigglypuff.

Jigglypuff: Jigglypuff’s attacks, are in one word, weak. Jigglypuff can jump about 8 times instead of the usual 2, but doesn’t have a attack to jump higher like Pikachu has Quick Attack. Instead, if you press B-up, Jigglypuff falls asleep, which is pointless in every way, seeing he doesn’t heal or trigger any other effect. Jigglypuff’s signature move, is of course, Sing (B-down). This move is pointless if used anywhere else than in about two steps of the enemy. If within that range, it puts the enemy asleep untill you stop singing, which is pretty pointless because you can’t start attacking untill you’ve stopped singing o.O His next attack is Rollout, (hold B) which catapults you forward when you let go of the B button. You can change course by quickly stabbing the B button again. His last attack is Mach Punch (B-left/right). This attack is handy for staying in the air for a longer period of time. You jump a few times, and then use Mach Punch. It keeps you up for a while and then lets you jump further. Jigglypuff’s C-stick attacks are pretty weak too.

Strategy with Jigglypuff:

Jigglypuff doesn’t really have a good strategy, I’lld just go for it with a few Mach Punches. When battling Multiplayer, Jigglypuff can be handy to put the opponent to sleep so that your friend can hit the opponent away.

Strategy against Jigglypuff:

Jigglypuff is well, mostly filled with air, so light and easy to knock away. The same technique as by Pikachu and Pichu should work. Jigglypuff’s One-hit-KO damage limit is a bit higher than Pikachu’s.

Now, we arrive at the strong Pokemon. It takes a while to receive, because you unlock him after 800 battles in the VS mode. This pokemon is none other than.. Mewtwo!

Mewtwo: Being a legendary, he’s pretty strong. His signature attack, Shadow Ball (Hold B), charges itself and you can fire it by letting B go. If the attack if fully loaded and you havn’t let it go yet, press L or R, and you stop the attack. It is now in your hand and you can fire it at will by pressing B. Mewtwo’s extra jump attack is Teleport (B-up). This attack, as the name says, teleports you two the direction you want. Its really handy for getting back onto the platform and dodging enemy attacks. Mewtwo’s other dodging attack hasn’t got a specific name, but it’s supposedly Psychic (B-left/right). You can use it too counter items that are thrown at you, if used at the right time. If it is a pokeball countered, the pokemon shall work for you. If used on an enemy infront of you, the enemy gets twirled around for a bit. Mewtwo’s final attack is Confusion (B-down). This attack sends flashes from Mewtwo’s eyes, setting the enemy infront of you into confusion. If used on a confused enemy, it sends him flying away. Mewtwo’s C-stick attacks are possibly his strongest.

Strategy with Mewtwo:

The key with Mewtwo is to be patient, avoid, and give damage slowly. The handiest thing is to fire shadow balls from a distance, and teleport around a lot. If you manage to get hold of a Lazer Sword, run at the enemy and press A. This lets the sword spin around infront of you, hitting the opponent. After the opponent has a lot of damage, fire a fully loaded Shadow Ball at him, or send him flying with confusion. C-stick attacks can help here too.

Strategy against Mewtwo:

Mewtwo’s a hard opponent, mostly because he’s good at avoiding, and can pack quite a punch when in the fray. The key is to predict his moves and avoid the shadow balls, and wait for a open spot to attack.

Those where the four pokemon that are playable in the game. So now I suppose your interested into if the pokemon have their own arena to battle in? They have two of them:

Pokemon Arena: This is one of the best area’s to train. The field keeps on changing, making it harder to battle all the time. The Arena has a massive screen at the back of the field, showing the current winner of the battle and when the field is going to change. I’ll note the different fields here:

Plain: Just a field with two small platforms, not much to say here.

Water: This field contains a windmill and some platforms, held up by water. Try to jump on to the windmill if in danger.

Rock: This field is an old mine. It’ll need some quick jumping. Try to corner your opponent to hit him many times on end. Jump behind the big rock wall on the left when in danger, just don’t fall off the side.

Fire: This field is a burnt forest with a hut and treestump to battle on. Battling on the main ground around the hut is the easiest, jump behind the tree for protection, and smash the opponent out of the air with a C-stick/A button-up when he jumps down from above.

Grass: Pretty plain, it contains two wooden walkways, a tree stump, and some platforms. Just normal battling should work here, or otherwise try to avoid close combat untill the next field change.

After playing 150 battles in the VS mode, you unlock the next Pokemon field:

Poke-Floats: This field is plainly in the clouds, with loads of massive pokemon. The point is to jump from pokemon to pokemon, and try to battle while jumping. This platform requires very carefull footwalk and some strong attacks. The best thing is to trick your opponent into jumping off the screen. Under the pokemon that you jump on, there are some ones that can easily trick you into falling off. I’ll note them here:

Goldeen: This one appears after walking over Seel. It goes down and jumps up again. Its OK to stand on him, but after the third time he goes down and dissapears. If you are on it at the time, you fall off the screen. The best thing is to jump onto Wobbufet and avoid the Goldeen.

Chansey: Jumping onto this pokemon is really hard to resist, because it appears while jumping from Unown to Unown, which move to one side of the field. After you’ve jumped on the Chansey hoping not to have to jump so much, the Chansey goes down like the Goldeen, taking you with it. Chansey appears three times while jumping by the Unowns.

Sudowoodo: To exacly a threat, but if you stay there too long, and want to jump off it to catch up with the screen, you easily get stuck and get pushed off the screen.

That’s about all the information about the Pokemon in the game there is. I hope your interested in the game!