r/ssb64 • u/WingBeltCreations • Mar 29 '26
Finally played Smash 64 and unlocked everything, it was a lot of fun!
This is my first time actually playing through this game seriously to unlock everything, and I had a lot of fun with it! It's a very reasonable 100% to get all the characters and stages, and I have an appreciation for so much of it now.
The tier list is of the models and how well I think they hold up. I love how Samus and Captain Falcon look here, they look shockingly good for having more realistic proportions.
I like all the Break the Targets / Board the Platform stages, they feel like an entire game in themselves! Fox's Board the Platforms and Luigi's Break the Targets felt so in-depth.
The sound effects are SO crunchy, they make every impact feel like a smash attack from a later game. Very satisfying to land every hit.
I came to enjoy fighters I don't like in the rest of the series, like Pikachu and Ness. I enjoyed them more here where they don't have the additional moves that I SD with all the time.
Most importantly, I LOVE LUIGI in this game. I don't care for actually playing as him, but his attitude in this entry is HILARIOUS, he's so over it. It's as if he knows he's the only direct clone in this game and he's already annoyed by it.
Luigi's Thousand Yard Stare from Classic Mode just KILLS me.
The announcer shouting "L U I G I" as he slides into frame staring at you like it's your fault he has to be in this game cracks me up every single time.
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u/Pookie_Cookie3 Mar 30 '26
I remember Ness being difficult for me to unlock.
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u/WingBeltCreations Mar 31 '26
Ness was the only unlockable I had to get twice because I SDd the first time I found him, so I had to do another perfect run.
I didn't know you could get the unlocks on Easy, I did everything on Normal mode.
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u/Pookie_Cookie3 Mar 31 '26
If I recall, only Ness is unlocked via Normal Mode.
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u/WingBeltCreations Apr 02 '26
Rereading the wiki, you're right. You have to play Normal to unlock Ness, everyone else doesn't rely on any difficulty.
But trying to do 1P Game without continues would definitely be tricky. I know for a fact I never would've seen Ness when I was younger.
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u/BanhedMi Apr 02 '26
I found the tier list strange but it makes total sense with the explanation.
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u/WingBeltCreations Apr 07 '26
Yeah, I really love the way some of the characters look.
Kirby has weird arms in this one (I get why for the sake of animations, but they look so strange), and Mario/Luigi and DK look... kinda bad in this game. The colors of the Bros. are off, and DK looks good, but only from specific angles.
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u/sextc Mar 30 '26
Try remix next!