The Shrine

<div style='font: 9pt "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>So what does everyone think of Super Smash Brothers Melee?</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Well, the graphics are certainly a lot better, and it's funny as hell on this one level getting hit by cars going 140 KMPH, I guess the Earthbound level. The one thing I noticed probably more than anything was the huge improvement to the animations and the actual control of the game, it just seamed much more natural, a gigantic improvement over the first game. Though I didn't get a chance to play the single player mode, I have heard that it is about a hundred times better than that of the first game, of course, ANY fighting game is all about the multiplayer for me =)

They added more moves to the game, and the controls are different for some characters. Link now has a Bow and Arrows along with his bombs sword and shield. Throwing people is A LOT more fun, and you can actually do stuff with your grappleing hook, though I haven't really played around that much with it yet. If you liked the first one, chances are that you'll like this one about twice as much at the very least. If you didn't like the first one, chances are you'll like this one.

Just too bad I can't afford any new games right now, I will get Smash Brothers eventually, but as it stands, I probably won't be seeing any new games until Eternal Darkness for Gamecube, I have WAY more than enough to last me until then however. I am probably looking forward to Eternal Darkness more than the new Resident Evil games right now, 2 months left.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Young Link- Plays a lot like regular Link, though faster and not as powerful. I think the biggest thing I like here is that while Link's spin knocks enemys away, Young Link's pulls them in then launches them up. Also Young Link's arrows are fire arrows, which can be really nice from time to time.

Mewtwo-Defidently an awesome character. He doesnt actually hold items, he uses his psychic powers to use them. He's slow, but powerful and has some incredibly useful moves.

Gannondorf-He's a slower, more powerful Captian Falcon. The power increase is just unreal. He is probally the most powerful character in the game, and was the hardest to unlock. Defidently a good one to learn.

Pichu-Better than Pikachu because of the juggleing ability with his Thunder attack. Where as Pikachu knocks them away with it, Pichu knocks them pretty much straight up, making it easy to combo multiple thunders together. His Torpedo Headbut is a great move to reenter the ring with.

Roy-Probally the best character in the game. Quick, well balanced, with good attacks, the most powerful single move in the game, though it has a HUGE charge time, good moves in general. I love playing as Roy and just tear up as him.

Zelda-awesome just for the fact that she has double the moves by being able to transform into Shiek. I think I prefer the Shiek form overall, though Zelda's Fireball attack and her up+A attack are both really nice.

Mr. Game and Watch-Just a plain out fun character to play. I thought he was a joke char at first then I gave him a shakedown and he is actually a pretty good char. I love flipping the bacon out of the frying pan at enemys. ^_^

Ice Climbers-Defidently an interesting character to play. The trick is to remember that you only control the blue one. Decent set of moves, including a good 3rd jump that only works well when you have both of them alive. Good power, average speed.

Dr. Mario-a good character. Oh high levels the computer can be quite difficult to beat if they are using him. Good moves and speed, great jumping ability.

Luigi-more diffrent from Mario and Dr. Mario than you would think. His torpedo headbut is a great move to score some damage getting back into the ring, much like Pichu's is.

Princess Peach-didnt care for the feel of her all that much. A decent enough character, but her specials are hard to capitilize on.

Bowser-a fun character to play, his wide variety of throws make him quite versitle. Its fun to grab someone throw them up into the air, catch them, and then start eating them ^_^

DK-Not really changed from the original. Still a powerhouse, though his power fails in comparasion to Mewtwo and Gannondorf, still a good character.

Marth-Very similar to Roy, though Roy is the better of the two. Good moves, really good for someone new to the game.

Jigglypuff-again, an expert character. Very hard to play, but if you learn her she can be a really good character. Have to really take advantage of her puff attack, and how powerful her sleep attack is.

I'll give my thoughts on the other characters later.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>Roy? Marth? Mr. Game? Watch? Who the fuck are these people?</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Roy and Marth are from Fire Emblem on NES, I think possibly the first strategy RPG ever made, and it has the classic story "Young Knight fights for Kingdom against rebels, discovers Kingdom is evil, joins rebels, wins war and in the end kills a God" type story seen in almost every Strategy RPG since</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>You mean "Square RPG"?</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>The God slaying stuff is really started by Square. FE is cult thing in Japan, a pretty big cult mind you, but a cult nevertheless.

I'd have to say they got a pretty good battle engine, though. Dialogue is really pathetic in the game.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>"Classic story?" That's not classic. That's stupid. I wish horrible deaths on Fire Emblem's creators.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Mr Game and Watch is the name of another character, and he is based off of a series of old tiger electronic-style games that Nintendo made before the GB</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>What?! No Sonic?!</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>I'd just call it a series that was never ported outside of Japan...I mean, Langrisser's about that big...and hell, it outsells most RPGs that have been released in Japan.

TearRing Saga (FE's pseudo-sequel for the PSX) was a great game too...you guys should import it :P</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Remember 8-10 years ago when Street Fighter came out, "Wouldn't it be cool if there was a fighting game where you could fight with ALL the Nintendo characters?"

Of course there is no logical connection between my two statements, but we can always pretend there is.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>I never thought I'd see Sonic on a Nintendo system, but low and behold Sonic Adventure 2 is coming out soon.</div>