The Smash Brothers
The Smash Brothers is a documentary series directed by Travis Samox Beauchamp, released in October 2013, shortly after the fourth largest Melee tournament of all time, EVO 2013. It is primarily about the competitive scene of Super Smash Bros. Melee, with nine episodes that detail the competitive scene of the game and its developments since its debut; in addition, the series covers multiple retired and active professional Melee players, as well as their effects on the Melee metagame over the time-span of a decade. Since the documentary came out, competitive Melee has steadily increased in popularity. The seven "Smash Brothers", in order on the poster from left to right are: Azen, Isai, Ken, PC Chris, KoreanDJ, Mew2King, and Mango. The overall total budget series amounts to $12,000.[1]
Episodes
The world of competitive Melee is introduced through a sting operation.
The Master of Diversity takes on the King of the West.
The showdown between Ken and Isai.
The Era of Ken.
A new challenger arises.
The master of overkill rockets to the biggest stage in Melee history.
One thing above everything else: Perfection.
The story of FC Legacy.
Melee returns to it's rightful place.
Smashers interviewed
Other Episodes
The greatest rivalry in smash history (Scar vs TheCrimsonBlur) plays out at Twitch HQ.
Upcoming Episodes
Metagame is an up-an-coming series follow-up that covers the current "Gods of Melee" Mango, Armada, PPMD funded with a Kickstarter of $34,583. [2] As of January 22nd, 2017, only 4 episodes has been completed being done with only half of the series. Amsa and Wes were mentioned as part of a promotion video as well.[3]
