Super Smash Bros. Melee
2001 video game
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| 2024 | MultiVersus is set for wide release, continuing the trend of crossover platform fighters inspired by Super Smash Bros. |
| 2024 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate continues to receive minor updates. |
| 2022 | MultiVersus goes into early access, adopting Super Smash Bros. mechanics with Warner Bros. characters. |
| December 2022 | The Smash World Tour finals were cancelled due to legal action from Nintendo and potential interference from Panda Global, estimated to have caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses. |
| December 2021 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate stops receiving balance patches. |
| November 2021 | Nintendo and Panda jointly announced the first officially licensed Smash Bros. tournament circuit for North America in 2022. |
| 2020 | Project Slippi, a Dolphin emulator modification for Melee, was updated to support rollback netcode and integrated matchmaking for online play. |
| June 2020 | The competitive Smash community faced a wave of sexual misconduct allegations during the #MeToo movement, leading to significant tensions with Nintendo. |
| January 2020 | Nintendo announces a second Fighters Pass for Ultimate with six additional characters, alongside the reveal of Byleth as the final character in the first Fighters Pass. |
| 2018 | Justin 'Plup' McGrath won the Melee tournament at Genesis 5, which was proclaimed as marking the end of the 'Five Gods' era in competitive Melee. |
| 2017 | Rivals of Aether was released, inspired by the faster, skill-based pacing of Super Smash Bros. Melee, marking a significant moment in platform fighter game development by an indie developer. |
| 2017 | Multiple platform fighting games are released, including Rivals of Aether, Brawlhalla, and Brawlout, all drawing inspiration from the Super Smash Bros. formula. |
| February 2016 | Active development begins on the next Super Smash Bros. game after completion of Smash 4 DLC, with Bandai Namco Studios assisting Sora Ltd. |
| October 2015 | Gonzalo 'ZeRo' Barrios's 55-tournament winning streak in Smash 4 ended when he was defeated by Nairoby 'Nairo' Quezada. |
| 2014 | Melee was again included at EVO, while Nintendo hosted an invitational tournament for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at E3, which was won by Gonzalo 'ZeRo' Barrios. |
| 2014 | Competitive scene for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U begins, lasting until 2018. |
| 2013 | A crowd-funded documentary called 'The Smash Brothers' was released, featuring the competitive Melee scene and profiling prominent players. |
| 2012 | Sony Computer Entertainment publishes PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, a crossover platform fighter inspired by Super Smash Bros. mechanics. |
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