[QUOTE=Anonymous Prime][QUOTE=bigllama99]
Super Smash brothers is one of my favourite games of all time. Every single family party, we play it, and always have a blast. I've played it constantly, and I actually find it has a lot of strategy involved. I like how the grabs are actually effective, unlike those weak, useless grabs in the gamecube version. I also find using the c stick extremely cheap in the gamecube version. Also, I dislike how they reduced the firepower of the original N64 Characters in the gamecube version too.
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That was mostly because Melee, admittedly, was made to be more of a fighter than a party game like the original Smash64. Smash on the N64 had much more of an arcadey feel to it, and as a result, quick fights were the norm. Grabs were hugely overpowered, and smash attacks weren't chargable, making them more of a hit-or-miss deal, instead of the timing employed in Melee. As for the characters in transition to Melee, this was probably to help balance it out a little to, again, make it more of a strategic fighter....the end result...ironically...was Fox being the most overpowered fighter in a game.....ever.....EVER. Then again...I use Falco, so I shouldn't be talking....but in my defense, I always played as Falco, and didn't even know how highly he placed on the tier list until about a year ago, which was when I REAAAAALLY got into smash.
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Donkey Kong was an absolute POWERHOUSE in the N64 version, especially in the 200% mode. He had one of the strongest grabs, and his super punch was extremely effective if timed well. he was heavy, so he took a lot of damage before dying. But on the gamecube version, all of his attacks were pretty weak, and he was knocked around a lot more easily. In my opinion, the grabs in the n64 version were much better. The gamecube ones were way too weak, and I found them pretty pointless to use. Also, the gamecube had some pretty useless characters, such as the pikachu and pichu, Young link was very similar to link, princess peach was a stupid character, fox and falco were similar, and marin and roy were similar as well.