The Lost Fighters of Super Smash Bros. Melee

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[opadrip]

Imagine being in the timeline where James Bond made it in

[elitobin]

Imagine a world where your average melee tournament had fox vs James Bond 💀

[FriendlyNeighborhoodNoob]

Balloon Champion technically made it in Smash considering the fact that Villager is representing him

[DarkOverlord]

The fact that *JAMES BOND* was even considered is still so *WILD* to me.

Honestly, he's an even more out-there pick than Goku or SpongeBob will ever be.

[DukeDarkshadow]

Imagine the hilarious awkwardness of seeing James Bond doing double and triple jumps in the air.

[ThePonderingOrb]

Mario: "what's your name, newcomer?"
"The name's Bond, James bond"

[MERCHIODOS]

You forgot to mention that Sakurai wanted Pit from Kid Icarus in Melee, but have trouble programming his wings so he was cut and then later first few to be added in Brawl

[rileywhite]

I didn’t know that banjo kazooie was planned that long ago

[SpazzerMcFly]

There’s a universe out there with James Bond in smash

[Superemie]

Banjo and Kazooie got cut because, as you all know, Rare got brought by Microsoft during Melee’s development, and because of copyright issues, the duet got cut from Melee. However, all the universes from Nintendo related to Rare in some way stayed in the game, like the Donkey Kong and the Star Fox universes (Fox, Peppy, Falco and Slippy use their voice from Star Fox Adventure, which was also in development).

[mylyfeyafizzlahyahnue]

It's so funny that Sonic was requested before Brawl and he was still rushed to the bone.

[tobexomega]

"Hey man, ¿Do you wanna play Melee?"
"Sure bro! I'm gonna play with my main James Bond"
"Cool! I'm gonna pick my main Ayumi Tachibana"

[ivyw]

We could’ve had James Bond Vs Minecraft Steve in an alternate timeline. 💀💀💀

[supersmashseandx]

If Bond ever goes to public domain, they gotta put him in

[Koonski]

That low res roster pic in the beginning unlocked a core memory of my trying to unlock all kinds of characters that people made up on random forums

[Frostyyy_yyy]

imagine a timeline out there were sakurai had as much time as he ever wanted, melee wouldve been a ginormous jump

[UltraMarioBrothers]

If Goomba is ever in Super Smash Bros he is immediately becoming my main

[xtgcsvo]

That feel when you could've been born in the Melee Snake universe...

[Medachod]

Takamaru was fairly serious, actually. Sakurai opted him out for Duck Hunt due to their more stronger overseas appeal. It is also noteworthy how far along he got when looking at how much more detailed his Assist Trophy is than others and even having a very well done remix of the various tracks from his game.

If Smash had been a Japanese only franchise, we would have had a ton of unique fighters for sure. Tachibana almost made it in Melee too, but was canned for the same reasons Takamaru faced later on.

[IltizioNic]

"Hey bro who do you main in smash"

" *James Bond* "



".."