YouTube

YouTube's current logo.

YouTube is a website created for the purpose of sharing and viewing videos on the Internet. While first founded by three former PayPal employees, it is now under ownership of Google, LLC.

Overview

YouTube's two main purposes are to allow users to upload videos they have made onto the Internet, where people are universally able to view them. These users can also comment on these videos, rate them using the Like and Dislike system, and share the video via social networking sites. YouTube also has a messaging system for users to contact one another, and users can even make money from their videos, should they earn YouTube partnership, and monetize their videos.

Relevance to the Super Smash Bros. series

YouTube has played a vital role throughout the history of the Super Smash Bros. series; prior to YouTube's creation, the distribution of videos over the internet was a rather difficult process, with smashers often having to use slow, unreliable services to upload and view videos. YouTube's ability to quickly and easily view and upload videos, as well as to discuss them, almost immediately increased the distribution of gameplay videos; later developments to YouTube's services also allowed for more in-depth videos and playlists to be uploaded to the site.

Within the competitive community, YouTube acts as one of the primary places to upload tournament battles or money matches to the Internet, and for others to watch them. Friendlies between professional smashers have also been uploaded to the site, and some smashers, such as aMSa, also upload technical data and combo videos to the site.

YouTube users have also made instructional videos for aspects of the Super Smash Bros. games as to assist casual players, such as how to perform certain techniques such as wavedashing and L-canceling, in addition to game guides on how to complete game modes, such as the Subspace Emissary or Break the Targets. Other miscellanies include the uploading of the music of the Super Smash Bros. series, reviews, trailers, speculative videos, and walkthroughs/Let's Plays of the Super Smash Bros. games.

Use by Nintendo

Nintendo itself owns a YouTube channel, under the name of "Nintendo"; the channel is used to upload videos concerning developments of Nintendo consoles and games, as well as for advertisements of such ventures.

There was originally an official Super Smash Bros. YouTube channel, which uploaded all of the trailers for Super Smash Bros. 4, first named SmashbrosCh, and later renamed to Super Smash Bros. These videos are still live on YouTube, and claim to be uploaded by Super Smash Bros. However, the channel itself no longer exists, and simply redirects to one of the general Nintendo YouTube accounts. The Super Smash Bros. 4 Official Site also has YouTube videos embedded onto it.

See also

• The SmashWiki YouTube channel

External links

• YouTube
• Official YouTube channel for Nintendo
• Official YouTube channel for the Wii
• Official YouTube channel for the Wii U