So, the week started out not great. The first three nights I was unable to make any progress to unlocking Ness. I was losing all three stocks before I even got to the Polygon fighters.
I was getting discouraged, but I was unable to unlock Item Switch on Night T
On Night Four I came up with a new strategy – for the next three nights I would play as one character only. For Night Four I was going to start with Kirby, and then move on to Mario/Luigi and Pikachu for subsequent nights.
But I was able to unlock Ness with Kirby on just the second try. My palms were sweaty when facing Ness and it was a tough fight, but I was able to unlock him finally.
I played Ness vs Random CPUs from Levels 1-9 on the default Time Attack. The difference between 1-3 level CPUs are barely noticeable. The difference between 4-8 level CPUs aren’t too obvious either. But when I went from level 8 to Level 9 it was an insane jump. It was the first time the computer just demolished me.
The next day, Controller Classic Pros came in from eBay! I really like the form factor of the Classic Pro more than the normal Classic. However, on the original Classic the grab buttons for Super Smash Bros. are the middle shoulder buttons and the block buttons are the outer shoulder buttons, I had really gotten used to that. The shoulder buttons on the Classic Controller Pro are even with each other like a Xbox or PS controller and I kept pressing block when I meant to grab.
After playing Level 9 CPUs using tournament rules, this game’s options feel very limited. Can’t turn off stick jump?
One thing that really struck me about the 64 game, the KO percentages are so low. You get up even near 80 percent and one good hit is instant death. I’m fairly certain in each subsequent game the characters soak up more and more damage.
Then it was time to crack out Melee. Loading up my save, I already have most of the unlockable characters – I just need to unlock Pichu,
For Stages I have a lot to unlock – F-Zero Grand Prix: Big Blue; Kanto Skies: Poke Floats; Superflat World: Flat Zone; Battlefield, Final Destination, Dream Land (N64), Yoshi’s Island (N64), and Kongo Jungle. Unless some of these names I’m looking at on this unlockable list are wrong and I’ve already got these stages. I”m not too worried about getting every stage,
First I went through Adventure Mode on N
The Metal Mario Bros. stage was really difficult, it took me quite a few
Then, I self-destructed a few times in Smash until I was able to unlock the F-Zero Grand Prix: Big Blue Level. I spent the rest of the night trying to unlock Yoshi’s Island (N64) stage in
The next day I looked into what Event Matches I had left to beat. I had three still be beat before I could unlock Event Matches 31 – 39. Event Match 26 Trophy Tussle 2, Event Match 27 Cold Armor, and Event Match 28 Puffballs Unite. I couldn’t beat any of them, which must be why they were the three remaining. To be honest, I’m not sure I beat all of the other levels, my little brother may have won most of them. I’m going to keep trying, but I don’t think I’ll ever beat these three events, so I’ll never unlock Final Destination.
The next day I tried the three Event Matches still open to beat, with no success. To be honest, I’m not really getting the Melee love at the moment. These Event Matches don’t seem to much challenging as they seem just unfair. In the 1P
The last day of the week I started out just leaving a VS Mode on for a few hours so I could get up to the 20 hours needed to unlock
I tried the Home Run Contest some more, didn’t get close to the 1,333 feet need to unlock the N64 Yoshi Stage. I looked up some walkthroughs on the Event Matches I was stuck on. I played through the Trophy Tussle throw multiple times, trying every character, no luck. I tried to Cold Armor over and over again; I was able to get down to one Metal Samus left on the Cold Armor Event but still ended up losing. I tried Puffballs Unite multiple times as well, but the Kirby’s were too tough. So, I went over to the 15-Minute Melee task and beat it on the third try, by just constantly spamming DK’s down-B special. Unlocked the Kongo Jungle stage.
I took a break for a few hours, which really helped
Came back a few hours later and just sort of lucked into beating Trophy Tusssle 2, which then unlocked Event Matches 30 – 39.
So, I played Event Match 37
And I immediately took Pichu to Event Match 28 Puffballs Unite. She is the ideal selection for the this Event, her down B just destroys the Kirbys. It took some time but I got the strategy down and finally passed it.
Then I tried the other newly unlocked Event Matches just once for each. I beat some, I lost some. Seems like I’ll be stuck on a few of these new Event Matches as well.
To finish out the week I went back to the Homerun Contest. I was able to get over 1,000 feet, but not the 1,333 feet required. Honestly, I don’t particiulary care about getting the extra Yoshi level, it just seems like this should be a challenge I coudl easily beat.
So, that was Week Two.