When a new platform fighter is released in the modern era, players know almost immediately which stages work and which ones don’t. But how did we get here? Join me in discussing the early, mostly undocumented trialanderror era that ultimately ‘set the stage’ for a decade to come.
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HUGE shoutouts to ‪@cfino9‬ for finding a lot of the clips used (most notably the Rainbow Cruise Pikmincide, my favorite clip in the video)
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Music used:
Intro / Persona 3 Reload It’s Going Down Now (Regular + Instrumental)
2:10 / Persona 2 Innocent Sin Unbreakable Tie (PSP Opening Theme)
2:46 / Persona 2 Innocent Sin Yukino’s Theme (Special Remix)
5:32 / Tatsunoko vs Capcom Morrigan’s Theme
7:51 / Streets of Rage Fighting in the Street (Stage 1)
10:01 / Bullet Casters Ella Battle Theme
11:29 / LEGO Rock Raiders Track 4 (PlayStation)
12:46 / Anata o Yurusanai Between Lie and Truth
Outro / Persona RE_Brilliance Signs of Love (Alright Mix)
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Video footage/credits:
Sample L: Maze tourney clip /    • GAMESTOP tournament SUPER SMASH BRIT...  
Apex 2013 Mikeneko vs ZeRo /    • Apex 2013 Winners Quarters  Mikeneko...  
PS1 Melee glitch clip /    • Plup vs S2J  Melee Singles Top 8: Lo...  
Norfair clip /    • C3 ranbat 5 SSBB finals, Timotee(Ness...  
Pirate Ship clip /    • Ken and Isai ARE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...  
Justin Wong evo clip /    • EVO  Ryzen(Falco) vs Justin Wong(Did...  
Sheik PS2 combo clip /    • SiiS6  Singles Bracket: Judo (Sheik)...  
PS1 MK/Peach clip /    • Brawling For Evo HDL (Metaknight) vs ...  
Yoshi’s Brawl clip /    • Keeblerchips (Pikachu) vs SHADOWASH7 ...  
ADHD vs Ally Pictochat clip /    • KTAR 3: WF ADHD (Diddy) vs Ally (Snak...  
EVO2008 Ken Luigi’s Mansion clip /    • Brawl Evo 2008 Winner Bracket First R...  
Corneria clip /    • Balanced Brawl Genesis Edition  Kenj...  
Frigate Orpheon FlipClip /    • Apex 2013  ESAM vs CT Vex Kasrani  ...  
Cute lil baby monkey clip(i’m so sorry for using it this way) /    • Monkey Baby Bon Bon goes shark fishin...  
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I used a .psd template from CosmoStudio [ https://www.freepik.com/freepsd/gold... ] for that sick “Golden Era” graphic
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