Against the Meta: The Underdog Characters of Super Smash Bros Melee | A Smash Bros Documentary

In the brutally competitive world of Super Smash Bros. Melee tournaments, we follow the journey of a handful of players who chose a different path—rejecting the meta to push underutilized characters to their absolute limits. This is the story of how they challenged convention, rewrote expectations, and reshaped what was thought possible. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Welcome to the World of Melee 00:03:15 The Metagame 00:07:18 The Hero of Time 00:24:21 The Great Ape 00:45:06 The Electric Mouse 01:27:09 The Red Dinosaur 2:21:56 GAME! Special Thanks To: Genesisgg Last Stock Legends VGBootcamp Beyond The Summit MeleeEveryday PracticalTAS Melee Stats SSBWiki Liquidpedia meleeframedatadotcom All the other archivers of Melee content And of course, all the players in this video Tracklist (In Order) Welcome to the World of Melee Down to Earth - Ryuichi Takada The Metagame Redial - Jun Chikuma The Hero of Time Dawn - Einhander Foregone Destruction - Unreal Tournament fall - blu mar ten The Great Ape Track 05 - Need for Speed III Hot Pursuit Elysian Fields - Artemis Quiet Curves - Ridge Racer Planet Wisp Act 1 - Sonic Colors Dr. Bad Boon's Base - Super Monkey Ball 2 The Electric Mouse Battle Sim - Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness Alcajazz Theme - Aironauts Nina Williams - Tekken 3 Cool Manoeuvre - Pascal Level 8 - Sheep Raider SENSE - Kade Rubber Jungle - Team Buddies BGM04 - Confidential Mission Sunset Rush - Alpine Racer 3 International Track 8 - Corvette World 4 Inside a Whale - Super Monkey Ball 2 Little Cave - Dolphin's Dream The Red Dinosaur Liquid Realm - Aural Imbalance & Forensics Delayed Reaction - Inner-Vation Sunset Boulevard - Inner-Vation Realm of Innocence - Aural Imbalance Inclination of Ceres - Aural Imbalance Phaneron - Jamie Myerson Libra - Chronicle South Coast Sunrise - Aural Imbalance Mountain Sky - Aural Imbalance This Time - Aural Imbalance Virga - Shebuzzz & Limit Triangles - TOKYOPILL