26. Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)
Super Smash Bros. was back and bigger than ever! A brand new single player mode that had different Nintendo-themed areas as locations, trophies to collect, much more hidden characters to find and defeat... and of course, bigger, badder, and even awesomer 4 player multiplayer action! This game was so much fun with three friends and a couch. So many nights of laughter, shouting, and other crazy shenanigans as we smashed the crud out of one another. It was actually later that I discovered that there was a "competitive" group of players, and that Smash Bros. was srs business. My roommate in college was actually one of those competitive players, and so we spent days practicing moves and fighting each other 1 on 1 (Final Destination no items!). It was a different way of playing. Tough, tense, but still fun and satisfying. Oh, and on a somewhat ironic note, I've never ever wavedashed, and I refuse to ever do so! This game provided me hours upon hours (over 700 hours to be exact...) of fun, challenge, and Smashing goodness.
Main: Falco (I know... only until I got into the competitive spirit did I realize that this guy was top tier and much more powerful than other fellas. Oh well!)
