The next Battle of BC tourney in 2026 doesn't have Smash in the lineup. Is this the year that Nintendo takes Smash esports ...

Heading into Super Smash Bros. Melee's development, Sakurai and his team new they wanted to represented the NES/Famicom era of games specifically. While the vast majority of Nintendo's most familiar ...

Reset the clock, because the Super Smash Bros. Melee community and Nintendo are at loggerheads again. For those who follow the wider competitive fighting game eSports scene, that’s a semi-regular ...

Fans can keep a game relevant as long as they want. Daniel Lee, the editor in chief of Melee It On Me, spoke at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco today about the grassroots community ...

In a moment of pure exhilaration, Jeffrey ‘Axe’ Williamson leaps from his seat and lets out a howling “YESSSSSS!”, drowning out the casters in the process. As he rises, his fist shoots through the air ...

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for Game Rant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. Sarah majored in game design in college and utilizes that knowledge to ...

With Ultimate's video editor and a lot of patience, one Smash Bros. fan managed to make a near shot-for-shot remake of the Melee intro scene. After Hungrybox won a Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament ...

Super Smash Bros. Melee remains one of the biggest games in the competitive scene, and recent rumors about its potential high-definition, Virtual Console debut on Nintendo Switch has gotten many pro ...

Super Smash Bros. Melee, above any other entry in Nintendo’s crossover fighting series, has endured. It’s still a fixture of major esports tournaments, like Evo and DreamHack, despite there being two ...

Gameplay It's very rare that a developer outdoes itself, but HAL has done just that with Super Smash Bros. Melee. Upon booting it up you will see basic options including a single-player mode and ...