Welcome to the Smash Index! This was the first real feature we began to run on p4Ratchet.com and it is in part this feature which has helped me continue to run it today. This here feature is a journey through the origins of each series featured in Super Smash Bros. for N64, featuring many titles that I had never played before. We covered all sorts of titles from Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros. to EarthBound Beginnings and Pokémon Red & Blue. Each game received mutltiple posts each including: an Overview of the game from the perspective of someone playing it today, a run through of the Legacy it has left behind, and finally a piece of Fan-Fiction split into multiple parts.
We bring them altogether for you all now in one place so please venture forth into the Smash Indexes. Let us know what you think in the comment sections below and check this space in future as we venture into the origins of each series introduced in the super successful smash sequel, Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Donkey Kong (Jul-1981) – Arcade
Super Mario Bros. (Sep-1985) – NES
“Pride, Prejudice and Koopa Troopas”
The Legend of Zelda (Feb-1986) – NES
The Legend of Zelda – Overview
Metroid (Aug-1986) – NES
EarthBound Beginnings (Jul-1989) – NES
EarthBound Beginnings – Overview
Super Mario World (Nov-1990) – SNES
F-Zero (Nov 1990) – SNES
F-Zero – Overview
Kirby’s Dream Land (Apr-1992) – Game Boy
“Fear and Loathing in Dream Land”
Starwing (Feb 1993) – SNES
Starwing – Overview“Return From out of this Dimension”
Donkey Kong Country (Nov 1994) – SNES
Donkey Kong Country – Overview
“Blood and Bananas in Kong Territory”
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island (Aug 1995) – SNES
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island – Overview
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island – Legacy
Pokémon Red & Blue (Feb 1996) – Game Boy
Super Smash Bros. (Jan 1999) – N64
Super Smash Bros. – Overview