Melee Player Quits Match Over Opponent's Jigglypuff Stalling
Over the weekend, an entire venue of Super Smash Bros. competitors and spectators lost their collective minds over the…
Super Smash Bros. Melee Won't Be At Evo 2019
The Super Smash Bros. Melee community is reeling after organizers for the world’s biggest fighting game tournament,…
Super Smash Bros. Melee Technique Gets Fake-Banned And Then Actually Banned
Despite being old enough to get a driver’s license in much of the United States, the undying Super Smash Bros. Melee…
Smash's Beloved Feminist Icon Is Not Trolling, Mostly
Kayla “Mew2Queen” Mackay was one of five players who won a fan vote to play Super Smash Bros. Melee in Genesis 5, a…
Time Is Running Out For The Super Smash Bros. Scene's Favorite Game Controller
In the 16 years since Super Smash Brothers: Melee came out, it has gotten harder and harder for Smash tournaments and…
Two Weekends In Boston Showed Two Very Different Scenes In Competitive Gaming
Last Sunday, as two top League of Legends teams battled in Boston’s TD Banknorth Garden in front of thousands of…
Melee Player Starts Trend Where Fans Raise Chairs Over Their Heads After Victories
Johnny “S2J” Kim started a chair-raising trend this past weekend at Shine 2017, a Super Smash Brothers major at the…
This Guy Prefers To Play Smash Bros. Melee With The Controller Upside Down
And it’s mesmerizing.
GameCube-Only Controller Rule In Smash Melee Competition Raises Eyebrows
Five prominent Super Smash Brothers: Melee tournament organizers and players have formed a competition committee and rel…
Armada Wins Second Evo Melee Championship, Makes It Look Easy
Going late into the night, the Smash Bros. Melee championship at Evo 2017 saw Sweden’s Adam “Armada” Lindgren silence…
Infamous Invisible Ceiling Glitch Resurfaces At Melee Tournament
At 16 years old, Super Smash Bros. Melee has no shortage of unique glitches and mechanics hidden in its GameCube-era…
Musician Arranges Jazz Set For Pro Smash Matches
Music student Nicholas Caleb Goss sees melodies when he watches Super Smash Bros. Melee champion Jose “Mango” Marquez…
Fans Keep Trying To Revive Smash Bros. Brawl's Competitive Scene
Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the problem child of the Smash franchise—at least when it comes to its esports scene. Not as…
Smash Pros Do IRL Taunts For Charity
Earlier this morning, two top-five Super Smash Bros. Melee players, Adam “Armada” Lindgren and Jason “Mew2King”…
Rivals of Aether Makes The Smash Bros. Formula Feel New Again
Rivals of Aether, out today, wants to become every newbie’s first platform fighter. Rather than relegating that throne…
Three Indie Games Are Vying To Out-Smash Smash Bros.
18 years after Super Smash Bros’ initial release, a slew of indie games are challenging its dominance of the platform…
Smash Bros. Community Raises Over $23,000 For Sick Player's Hospital Bills
On February 19th, 2017, Nicholas “Ministry” McGuire went into cardiac arrest at the Swedish Super Smash Bros. tournament…