Smash 3
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| Language(s) | English |
| Budget | $9,290 |
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| Director(s) | Corey Shin |
| Music by | Stephen Walking |
Smash 3 was a cancelled Super Smash Bros. Brawl and early Super Smash Bros. 4 documentary produced by False that was kickstarted in February 2016.[1] The Kickstarter grew to $9,290 at a goal of $6,303. The documentary was meant to be Brawl's and SSB4's answer to The Smash Brothers, and was planned to cover the main chronology that followed events that took place between the Apex World Championship events and profiles each year's grand champion, among other influential figures.
Following mid-2017, updates on the project slowed, and the project was ultimately cancelled on December 23rd, 2022.
Planned episodesEdit
- "The First King" (2008) - release of Brawl, reign of Mew2King, rise of Meta Knight. Mew2King on a consistent rampage, winning everything
- "The Northern Assassin" (2009) - Ally's revenge, a new champion, birth of Apex. Ally overthrows Mew2King at multiple majors. The rise of many start here.
- "The Farmer in the East and the Boxer of the West" (2010) - international invasion (Japan), glimpse of eSports (MLG). Japan redefines the game's limits, DEHF (Larry Lurr) redefines the game.
- "Blips" (2011) - vicegrip of Meta Knight, first major period of attendance drops, vague confirmation of Smash 4 at E3. Brawl tournament entries begin losing steam
- "Clear" (2012) - Japan's revenge, appearance of Europe, fire lit under everyone's asses, MK preserved, splits in community. Japanese and European players show the complacent US what's up.
- "New Hope" (2013) - Salem rocks everyone's world, brief revival, attendance shrinks down to its most dedicated players. Smash 4 at E3, remotivation. Melee at EVO/#oneunit. A dark horse takes Apex by storm, Smash is thrust into a new, greater spotlight.
- Untitled episode (2014) - Brawl not present at MLG comeback or EVO, #freessbb, forsaking of #oneunit, attempts to revive game in last days, E3 invitational, game shown to be like Brawl, community split continues, Smash 4 release/gradual transfer.
DevelopmentEdit
The project was published on Kickstarter on February 9th, 2016 with a goal of raising $6,303. The goal would be reached only 9 days later. Funding for the project ended on March 10th, 2016. The project ended up earning $9,290 from 337 backers. Following the successful funding of the project, False began recording major tournaments and interviewing players.[2] By late May of 2017, False had accumulated nearly one terabyte of footage for the documentary. Despite this, a lot of footage and many interviews were still needed. Acquiring an interview with Otori was notably a big obstacle in development due to there existing a large language barrier and Otori not being present within the community recently. Editing on the documentary began in June or July 2017. Prior to beginning the editing process, False contacted Samox, the director and producer of The Smash Brothers for help and insight on how to organize footage. A program named Scrivener was used to help organize footage. Around the same time as contacting Samox, False managed to find and work with a narrator for the documentary. During this time, False also began working with Stephen Walking on composing the soundtrack for the documentary.[3] A trailer was released to backers of the kickstarter on April 10th, 2018.[4]
Controversy and cancellationEdit
Following mid-2017, updates on the project slowed down, with the second-to-last update being released on August 19th, 2019. During this time period, False became infamous for ignoring almost all questions regarding his project, and only released footage and his editing process following repeated pressure that stemmed from an assault controversy.
An anonymous Twitter burner account known as "Error: 102-R" alleged in a TwitLonger post that false had relied on his organization, team ZENMA, to help him with editing his project, however following the team's disbandment due to the aforementioned controversy, false decided to stop working on the project.[5]
Following over 3 years of silence on the project, false posted one last update onto the Kickstarter on December 23rd, 2022, where he announced that he was releasing all captured footage but declined to release any completed portion of the documentary, effectively cancelling the documentary.[6]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Thank you everyone!" (2016-02-18).
- ^ "Thank you for your patience!" (2016-10-12).
- ^ "[5/26/2017] Update!" (2017-05-26).
- ^ "SMASH 3: Smash Bros. Movie (Intro/Trailer)" (2018-04-10).
- ^ Error: 102-R's TwitLonger (2020-07-02). Archived from the original on 2020-07-13.
- ^ End of the documentary (2022-12-23).