my first memory of this game was when i signed up for a melee tournament at a boba place, never playing it once in my life, because my mother thought i was a messiah gamer even though at the time i literally just played dance games which you can argue arent really games (and i heard the phrase "video game tournament" and thought that was cool shit). anyway it later followed with a quick and funny 1st round exit where the guy had to teach me how to play the game.

though my favorite bit of this whole sitch was my mom forecasting that it was very very probable that i was going to lose against fully grown men (probably just teenagers but to me at the time anyone above five foot was a grown adult), and got me a flimsy souvenir participation trophy which i felt sheepish about before but now dawn on it with admiration.

this memory got me into brawl later on which was a fun little game