21 years of Super Smash Bros. Melee: Masahiro Sakurai shares designs for the opening – ntower

21 years ago today, on November 21, 2001 Super Smash Bros. Melee first released in Japan for the Nintendo GameCube – the European release followed six months later. Even in times of the Nintendo Switch, the fun brawler is still very popular with fans and ensures regular headlines. Masahiro Sakurai has matching the 21st anniversary published a YouTube video in which, among other things, he gave exclusive insights into Story drafts and concept drawings for the CG opening has shared. Be it Sheik playing the harp, the Zelda image in the starry sky or Kirby’s appearance on the warp star – every second of the intro was planned in detail. Here, see and read Sakurai’s notes that the indefatigable Japanese wrote during the 2000 Christmas holidays:

©Masahiro Sakurai

©Masahiro Sakurai

©Masahiro Sakurai

For many fans, this is the finale Super Smash Bros. Melee-Introvideo the best opening of the entire Smash series:

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Finally, check out the full one here Super Smash Bros. Melee-Video von Masahiro Sakurai in which the Smash creator goes into more detail regarding the music and the considerations in the development of the second Super Smash Bros. offshoot:

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In his next developer video, Masahiro Sakurai will be covering Kirby Air Ride – we’ll be covering that in a news as well.

What memories do you associate with Super Smash Bros. Melee and the Opening?

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