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The logo for Project M

Project M is a mod for Super Smash Bros. Brawl designed to make the gameplay more closely resemble that of Super Smash Bros. Melee mainly, and also Super Smash Bros. to a lesser extent. The development team is partly descended from the original developers for Brawl+, now known as the PMBR, or Project M Backroom. It has members from over ten countries, though as of now, only an NTSC version has been released.[1]

Project M has been featured as a prominent event at several national tournaments, such as GENESIS 2, the Zenith series, and is on the game lineup for Apex 2014.

Universal changes

The actual version of Project M has two versions: Full Set and Wi-Fi. The former has Stock Control and Input Assistance as new features, which allow newer players to use advanced techniques better and have a stock advantage over experienced ones. However, Replays and online play won't work properly; if a Project M replay is viewed on the regular Brawl, it may cause malfunctions when beginning a match, possibly because of the stage replacement. The Wi-Fi version allows these two things to work properly, and while it keeps the former version's battle features, these are not implemented for online play, likely because Stock Control would have caused potential griefing within matches (by the distant opponent always choosing the maximum amount of stocks).

Both versions alter the original Brawl gameplay to be more resemblant to that of Melee, along with other changes to make the game more competitive in general, while keeping other Brawl beneficial techniques such as crawl, wall cling or DACUS. These changes include:

  • The following mechanics have been altered to match their Melee forms:
    • All characters have faster falling speeds and gravity, and more forwards momentum from a dash is conserved when jumping.
    • Air dodging applies a directional boost and causes helplessness, implementing wavedash techniques.
    • L-canceling halves landing lag when a shield button is pressed 7 frames before landing, and characters will flash white if performed correctly.
    • Dash dancing's timing has been reverted, and characters can shield during one.
    • Crouching cancels dashes.
    • Crouch canceling reduces knockback.
    • Consecutive jabbing is removed.
    • Hitting the C-Stick down while crouching uses a down smash (in Brawl it uses a down tilt).
    • Double jump canceling reimplemented; its usage varies slightly between characters.
    • The abilities to ledge tech and edge cancel attacks have been implemented.
    • Jumps can be canceled with grabs.
    • Powershielding can reflect projectiles during the first 2 frames.
    • Shieldstun formula reverted. Characters now also take longer to act out of a shield drop.
    • Edges cannot be auto-sweetspotted, so they cannot be grabbed neither from the back, nor during the attacking portion of recovery attacks. Some moves like Raptor Boost or Bowser Bomb still use this feature, though.
    • Window for teching reverted.
    • Amount of freeze frames reduced.
    • Hitstun canceling has been removed.
    • Random tripping has been removed.
    • Meteor canceling revamped: after being struck, all characters must wait for 16 frames before meteor canceling. Attempting to do this earlier results in the character not being able to meteor cancel during the entire hitstun of the attack (except if a jump input isn't used).
    • Items cannot be grabbed during dash attacks or aerials. Compared to in Melee, though, air dodges still auto-grab them, making it easier to counter item-based attacks.
    • Grab aerials cause helplessness if they miss a ledge, but can be used after an air dodge with the shield + attack combination, like in Melee. They still act as tether recoveries, though they won't restore a character's midair jumps if they drop from the ledge.
    • If an already-struck character gets hit by something else, the new knockback either replaces the old knockback (if the gap between the attacks was 10 frames or less) or has its direction and power combined with the old knockback (after 10 frames). (In Brawl, whether to replace the old knockback is based on the relative power of the two attacks, and no merging is performed.)
    • Brawl's random input delay is fixed.
    • Meteor smash angle reverted, therefore implementing spikes.
    • When dash-grabbing a foe, forward momentum is completely negated. Characters with low traction still possess this feature, though.
    • Grab released characters will get back their midair jumps (though the grab release glitch has not been removed).
    • Pummels reverted to all having the same standarized speed and dealing 3% damage per use; the only exceptions being Bowser and Zelda, whose pummels deal 4% damage, and Ivysaur, whose pummel deals 2%.
    • Grab physics reverted: characters can grab opponents behind them, though they cannot be grabbed by the lower legs or arms.
    • Locking is removed: characters hit when lying on the floor will bounce shortly and then get up automatically as in Melee. If the character bounces away without making contact with the ground, they will assume their falling animation.
  • Footstool jumping is done with a taunt input.
  • Tether recoveries now ignore edge-hoggers; characters will still grab the ledge without affecting them, and when pulled up they will perform an automatic jump get-up. This gives characters reliant on this technique a much better and safer recovery, and makes them harder to punish.
  • Tripping can be teched.
  • A glide toss can be done in the air.
  • Smash 64's taunt canceling returns.
  • Gliding is no longer usable with a jump button: a special move must be used instead to do so.
  • Stages such as Dream Land, Hyrule Castle and Fountain of Dreams replace stages such as Bridge of Eldin and 75m.
  • Buffering now works differently: the game normally has no buffering, like in Melee, though players can turn on Input Assistance to implement a 3-frame buffer window for helping newer players master advanced techniques, replacing the "Damage Gauge" option. Online matches instead have a different Buffer option that replaces handicaps, from 1 to 30, with these numbers being the respective amount of buffer frames.
  • Stock Control added, replacing handicaps. Players can now control the amount of stocks each player starts with before battle, from 1 to 30 stocks for each individual character. A Crew mode has been added in which the game keeps track of stocks retained after battles.
  • Stage selection menu modified to include built-in stage striking control (Full Set version).
  • Super Armor has been removed. Standardized knockback resistance system categorizes armor as Light, Medium, or Heavy. Some characters feature color overlays to indicate such armor, with more opaque overlays generally indicating stronger armor.
  • Special Brawl's "Curry Mode" is replaced with "Turbo Mode," in which all moves can cancel into any other move or action on hit or on shield.

Other changes and tweaks

  • L and R Buttons for the GameCube controllers were tweaked so that the player can input any actions requiring them by just light-pressing them, rather than pressing all the way down, making easier to use techniques such as wavedashing, L-canceling, or even shielding itself (due to Project M's lack of lightshields).
  • New Melee-like designs for the menu and character selection screens, with altered writing.
  • The game in general takes less time to load modes, characters and scenes, and things such as Records can be scrolled through quicker.
  • Brawl mode is now labeled as "Fight!", and all other modes and sections containing "Brawl" are replaced with "Smash" (such as Multi-Man Brawl being named Multi-Man Smash).
  • Default match type is 4 stock with an 8-minute timer, and Team Attack is turned on by default, similar to the settings of usual competitive Melee matches.
  • Altered camera that behaves similarly to in Melee's Camera Mode, as well as being capable of zooming out indefinitely and rotating around the entire stage, allowing to unrestrictedly take snapshots.
  • Stage selection screen revamped: stages are now ordered at the bottom in a rectangular shape, with the selected stage being displayed at the top. Stages are now also ordered in Pages 1 and 2, and the top background displays Project M.
  • Victory screen for VS. battles altered to be entirely black like in Melee.
  • Independent character icons for Zelda/Sheik and Samus/Zero Suit Samus.
  • Characters now grunt instantly when hit by a strong attack, as in Melee and 64, while in Brawl they did a second afterwards. There are also medium-damage and high-damage groans as well, with most characters using unused voice samples from the Sound Test. Characters now also use voice samples for sidesteps and air dodges, and variable voices for smash attacks.
  • Smash Taunts were introduced to more characters, such as Ness and Link, though these are less involved and can be done on any stage.
  • Characters now emit a spark when wall jumping.
  • The cast of characters and background at the beginning of the opening movie is slightly altered, and both it and the title screen now display "Super Smash Bros. Project M".
  • Mewtwo and Roy were added as opponents for All-Star mode.
  • Training mode now appears as the default Solo mode, and after entering it, the same characters that participated will appear chosen automatically for Group battles.
  • Home-Run Contest stadium no longer has a protective window, acting like its Melee counterpart. Its online competitive mode has also been added as a co-op mode offline, with records being saved.
  • No Replay time limit.
  • Many additional costumes are added for each character, and are shown on the characters profiles as "Colors". There are now also "Special" costumes for some characters, such as Dr. Mario for Mario, Shadow Queen Peach for Peach, and Armored Mewtwo for Mewtwo, some of which get team colors and changed aesthetics.
  • Due to issues with slow motion, Timers are removed and replaced with ordinary stickers, even for Training mode. Superspicy Curry is replaced with a "Turbo" item that causes characters to act like in Turbo Mode for a short period. Poké Ball Pokémon are also changed slightly: Latios & Latias deal half their usual damage, and Weavile no longer stuns opponents, instead sending them on a weak upwards trajectory. Other items remain unchanged, though, aside from a few Final Smashes.
  • CPU players have a much more advanced AI, with higher technical skill.

Characters

In addition to many universal changes, individual characters all received adjustments. Characters were largely buffed overall, creating a broad collection of viable characters with varying play styles, strengths, and weaknesses. However, some moves were nerfed to further flesh out certain fighters and break dependence on repeated use of a single move or set of moves. Some Project M characters are based on their Melee versions (such as Captain Falcon and Jigglypuff) while others are modified from their Brawl versions or a mixture of their iterations from both games. The sourcing of previous versions of a character depends largely on previous attendance and performance, with high tier Melee characters all being reverted to their past formats. This includes special and normal moves, properties such as gravity, weight, run-speed, and air mobility but does not include sound effects, textures, or vertexes. Some characters, due to having poor attributes and movesets in both Melee and Brawl (such as Bowser, Kirby or Zelda), had their positive attributes from each game merged and were given entirely new buffs.

List of characters

Characters
File:SJS mario.png
Mario
File:MarioSymbol.png 		File:SJS luigi.png
Luigi
File:MarioSymbol.png 		File:SJS peach.png
Peach
File:MarioSymbol.png 		File:SJS bowser.png
Bowser
File:MarioSymbol.png 		File:SJS yoshi.png
Yoshi
File:YoshiSymbol.png 		File:SJS wario.png
Wario
File:WarioSymbol.png
File:SJS donkey.png
Donkey Kong
File:DKSymbol.png 		File:SJS diddy.png
Diddy Kong
File:DKSymbol.png 		File:SJS link.png
Link
File:ZeldaSymbol.png 		File:SJS toonlink.png
Toon Link
File:ZeldaSymbol.png 		File:SJS zelda.png
Zelda
File:ZeldaSymbol.png 		File:SJS sheik.png
Sheik
File:ZeldaSymbol.png
File:SJS ganon.png
Ganondorf
File:ZeldaSymbol.png 		File:SJS samus.png
Samus
File:MetroidSymbol.png 		File:SJS zss.png
Zero Suit Samus
File:MetroidSymbol.png 		File:SJS kirby.png
Kirby
File:KirbySymbol.png 		File:SJS metaknight.png
Meta Knight
File:KirbySymbol.png 		File:SJS dedede.png
King Dedede
File:KirbySymbol.png
File:SJS fox.png
Fox
File:StarFoxSymbol.png 		File:SJS falco.png
Falco
File:StarFoxSymbol.png 		File:SJS wolf.png
Wolf
File:StarFoxSymbol.png 		File:SJS pikachu.png
Pikachu
File:PokemonSymbol.png 		File:SJS jigglypuff.png
Jigglypuff
File:PokemonSymbol.png 		File:SJS mewtwo.png
Mewtwo*
File:PokemonSymbol.png
File:SJS squirtle.png
Squirtle
File:PokemonSymbol.png 		File:SJS ivysaur.png
Ivysaur
File:PokemonSymbol.png 		File:SJS charizard.png
Charizard
File:PokemonSymbol.png 		File:SJS lucario.png
Lucario
File:PokemonSymbol.png 		File:SJS captain.png
Captain Falcon
File:FZeroSymbol.png 		File:SJS ness.png
Ness
File:EarthboundSymbol.png
File:SJS lucas.png
Lucas
File:EarthboundSymbol.png 		File:SJS popo.png
Ice Climbers
File:IceClimbersSymbol.png 		File:SJS marth.png
Marth
File:FireEmblemSymbol.png 		File:SJS roy.png
Roy*
File:FireEmblemSymbol.png 		File:SJS ike.png
Ike
File:FireEmblemSymbol.png 		File:SJS gamewatch.png
Mr. Game & Watch
File:Game&WatchSymbol.png
File:SJS pit.png
Pit
File:KidIcarusSymbol.png 		File:SJS olimar.png
Olimar
File:PikminSymbol.png 		File:SJS rob.png
R.O.B.
File:ROBSymbol.png 		File:SJS sonic.png
Sonic
File:SonicSymbol.png 		File:SJS snake.png
Snake
File:MetalGearSymbol.png

* Characters not in Brawl

Stages

Turbo Mode

An image of the Turbo item.

As of version 3.0, the Curry effect is replaced with a new one - Turbo. In Turbo mode, players are able to cancel any successful attack, upon hit or shield, into any other action except the same attack, and all aerial attacks auto cancel when landing, if they hit. Certain moves, such as Farore's Wind, consist of multiple actions and can be canceled into themselves. Turbo Mode has been compared to the Marvel vs. Capcom series, because it enables skilled players to perform extensive combos.

Turbo mode can be selected from the Special Brawl menu, or temporarily granted by the "Turbo" item, which replaces Superspicy Curry.

Notable Turbo-related resources:

Release history

Demo 1.0

Logo of Demo 1.0

Released February 8, 2011

Demo 2.0

Logo of Demo 2.0

Released April 17, 2012

Demo 2.1

Logo of Demo 2.1

Released May 23, 2012

  • Major bug fixes

Demo 2.5

Logo of Demo 2.5

Released December 29, 2012

Demo 2.5b

Released January 6, 2013

  • Various Minor Bug Fixes

Demo 2.6

Logo of Demo 2.6

Released July 17, 2013

The PMBR announced Project M 2.6 along with their new website design.

Demo 2.6b

Logo of Demo 2.6b

Released August 15, 2013

  • Various Bug Fixes

v3.0

Logo of version 3.0

Released December 9, 2013

  • Added 7 characters
  • Turbo mode added.
  • Princess Peach's Castle added, Norfair revamped, Distant Planet revamped, Training Room stage added.
  • Numerous alternate costumes for several characters added, including Dr. Mario.
  • Shedding of "Demo" title, now an official mod.
  • Formerly, an April Fools' video[4] announced that 3.0 would contain a universal gameplay change where all moves can cancel into any other move or action on hit or on shield. While the change being universal was a joke, it finally became available for play as "Turbo Mode" in Special Brawl, replacing the "Curry" option. Project M 3.0 also marks the first version to contain the entire Brawl roster, along with Roy and Mewtwo, and features many new alt costumes, such as Dr. Mario as an alternate skin for Mario, akin to Wario's biker and plumber skins. Other skins are: Melee Fox, Shadow Queen Peach, Ocarina of Time Link, Dry Bowser, Party Hat and Pirate Hat Pikachu, Crown and Fairy Jigglypuff, Armored Mewtwo, Mr. L, Virtual Boy R.O.B., Outset Toon Link, Classic Wolf, Boxer Donkey Kong, Pajama Ness, Masked Man Lucas, Fire Peach, additional Yoshi colors, Melee Falco, and Concept Art Meta Knight.

v3.01

Released January 11, 2014

  • A new launcher is released with the following features:
    • Support for SDHC cards larger than 2GB (Hackless method still limited to 2GB, unless Letterbomb is used.)
    • A news ticker will display current news for Project M which will update if your Wii is connected to the Internet.
    • The ability to update and patch both the Launcher and your version of Project M. If you have 3.0 installed on your SD card, the Launcher can automatically download and update you to version 3.01.
    • Extremely fast and reliable file loading.
  • Fixed the lag from the imported models such as Roy, Mewtwo and the alternative costumes.
  • Salty Runbacks implemented. Holding L+R+Y at the end of a match, or L+R+A+Y+Start at the pause screen, will cause the match to restart instantly. This feature is not available on Pokémon Stadium 1, Lylat Cruise, or Castle Siege. Similarly, it's possible to abort a stage loading by holding L+R+A, as in Melee, but higher loading times make this more difficult to perform.
  • Various bug fixes, including (but not limited to) the following:
    • Roy's Final Smash is reworked, and no longer causes game-breaking glitches.
    • Many of Kirby's copy abilities updated.

Errors

Despite having numerous updates over time, Project M still experiences some minor errors (i.e. bugs and faults) outside the regular Versus modes, which include:

  • Because the single-player Roy and Mewtwo assets are incomplete as of 3.0, when completing Classic or All-Star with a character, the trophy shown will always be that of Mario (though when viewing in the Vault, characters will still have their trophies collected as usual), and the FMV after the Character Roll Call will always be that of the Subspace Emissary introduction.
  • Trying to play tourney will make you go to Rotation instead.
  • Though the Pokémon Trainer's Pokémon will still have records saved for him, they cannot be viewed unless the regular Brawl is booted up.
  • Trying to play the Adventure Mode will make you go to Training mode instead.
  • Slow motion is incredibly buggy. Players who are slowed exhibit several odd behaviors:
  • Any move (or other action like a jump or air dodge) giving momentum to the player gives far more than it should, often enough to kill them.
  • Characters with more than one midair jump will use all of them at once if the player attempts to use one of them.
  • Rolling and sidestepping last for only one frame and do not move the player.
  • Some weapons like Kirby's hammer render invisible, though the effects around it are still visible.
  • Grabbing the edge or being grabbed causes the character to vibrate violently until they die off an edge.
  • When a non-slowed player grabs a slowed player with certain special moves (like Falcon Dive), the duration of the move is extended.
  • If a character is slowed more than once, none of these odd effects are present, and they simply exhibit normal slow motion behavior.

Downloading instructions

Project M can be downloaded here and requires only a SD card, non-PAL Wii, and a non-PAL Brawl disc.

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Developers

  • Project Leaders: Shanus, SHeLL, Magus, Strong Bad, jiang, Shadic, haloedhero, Yeroc
  • Magus: Magus
  • Playtesters: Historically, the PMBR has had playtesters such as Hungrybox, Mango, Lucky, KirbyKaze, Amsah, and many more. The current playtester team consists of Gimpyfish62, TheReflexWonder, Fuzzyness, Professor Pro, Fly Amanita, and Jolteon, among many, many others.
  • Graphics/Menu Design: FireBall Stars, ds22
  • Animation: haloedhero, SiLeNtDo0m
  • Stage Design: Mewtwo2000, Shadic, Vanguard, SOJ

Applications to the Project M Backroom can be made at the application subforum.

References

  1. ^ http://wii.ign.com/articles/122/1223403p1.html
  2. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fAcxTRR6mg
  3. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2zie3I5fPs
  4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z92MxCndZa4

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