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The Super Smash Bros. DOJO!! is 10 years old
- Thread starter TheDinoman
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secretanchitman
Member
Man how time flies - I used to stay up until 1-2AM to see what would be revealed!
I still think this was one of the best marketing campaigns for any game.
I still think this was one of the best marketing campaigns for any game.
I don't think I will ever experience a gaming event/Memory like the dojo ever again.
Smash 4's trailers were hype don't get me wrong, but knowing there was SOMETHING coming every day ranging from "lol this is how you jump" to "SONIC THE HEDGEHOG CONFIRMED" was just magical.
Luckily in the U.K. It updated at like 8am, so it was perfect for my school routine. Then of course meeting up with my friends in the morning at class and discussing the update.
The only thing that has recently even come close to that feeling was the great Pokémon GO hype of last summer where EVERYONE was on it.
So much has changed in my life since then Jesus Christ.
Dammit I'm getting all nostalgic. I fucking love video games.
Smash 4's trailers were hype don't get me wrong, but knowing there was SOMETHING coming every day ranging from "lol this is how you jump" to "SONIC THE HEDGEHOG CONFIRMED" was just magical.
Luckily in the U.K. It updated at like 8am, so it was perfect for my school routine. Then of course meeting up with my friends in the morning at class and discussing the update.
The only thing that has recently even come close to that feeling was the great Pokémon GO hype of last summer where EVERYONE was on it.
So much has changed in my life since then Jesus Christ.
Dammit I'm getting all nostalgic. I fucking love video games.
TheDinoman
Member
It was probably a very straining experience for Sakurai. Smash 4 did have a similar sort of thing happening on Miiverse with the Pic of the Day stuff. It was probably easier and less stressful for Sakurai to post a snapshot of the game with a funny caption rather than writing a whole page about it.
Zeyphersan
Banned
I remember the game got delayed so much, but I actually played a prank on a couple of my friends. I screenshot the website and in Microsoft paint edited out the release date and replace it with something months later, printed it out, and took it to school. They all believed it and one friend was so upset he ripped my picture into tiny pieces.
I'll always enjoy the Dojo. I totally stayed up crazy late in the mornings a couple times for those updates
I'll always enjoy the Dojo. I totally stayed up crazy late in the mornings a couple times for those updates
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Japan time, all the time
MrSaturn99
Member
In this case, patience really is a virtue.
Anyone else feel old? Can't believe it has been that long since the Dojo was up and running. I remember those glorious evenings where I stayed up late just to see what screenshot that was about to get posted and the hype behind Sonic's reveal that caused the page to crash several times over.
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Those were good times, but too bad the same couldn't have been said of the game itself... Poor Brawl never stood a chance against Melee...
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Those were good times, but too bad the same couldn't have been said of the game itself... Poor Brawl never stood a chance against Melee...
hoverboarder
Member
Thanks for the trip down memory lane! This site was what kept me going that year as I lost someone close in a car accident. I was up until 2-3 AM easily every night anyway, this helped greatly to numb the pain.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
But they did with miiverse, smashgaf can attest to staying up to 2-3 am everyday for those snapshots, ranged from nothing photos to mostly deconformarions of Nintendo characters like Ashley.
And sakurai trolled us so fucking bad all the time
OricWindstar
Member
It was both amazing and incredibly stressful, haha.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Sums it up, yup
BurritoBushido
Member
YOU MUST RECOVER
a phrase I use to this day
a phrase I use to this day
It was too stressful and time-consuming for Sakurai and the localization teams.
Super Moop
Banned
Checked it every day. Sonic was huge, and I remember seeing it right before I went to school that morning and I couldn't contain my excitement.
The reveals of Captain Olimar and King Dedede were also hype as hell for me.
The reveals of Captain Olimar and King Dedede were also hype as hell for me.
The Dojo was so amazing. I remember hanging out with friends one night, refreshing the page since we were up, and seeing Pokemon trainer. The idea seemed so insane and cool at the time.
And then I also remember so many nights where I was still up an hour or two before the update, and thought, "might as well stay up", only to be really mad when the update was bad, or worse, late.
And then I also remember so many nights where I was still up an hour or two before the update, and thought, "might as well stay up", only to be really mad when the update was bad, or worse, late.
MrSaturn99
Member
This is probably my favorite quote from the site:
Every time I see it, I just imagine a circle of hecklers pointing and laughing at Ganondorf, the Evil King slumped over in humiliation.
I guarantee you we'll get a Melee vs Brawl/Smash 4 argument in this very thread.
Every time I see it, I just imagine a circle of hecklers pointing and laughing at Ganondorf, the Evil King slumped over in humiliation.
I guarantee you we'll get a Melee vs Brawl/Smash 4 argument in this very thread.
Poltergust
Member
One of my favorite quotes:
Smash Bros. Dojo!! said:
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
I can reaffirm that this is not an exaggeration
Spring-Loaded
Member
The greatest hype train for better or worse. Have always been wary of hype ever since. A powerful lesson
I'll never forget this day. Like every Dojo update, it just showed up one morning, no advance announcement or fanfare. In my memory, the site, the IGN forums I frequented, and even YouTube were chugging hard all morning. I absolutely screamed with delight when I saw it, and it was all anyone was talking about at school.
In retrospect, it was probably the single greatest thing we got out of Brawl, lol.
Runners-up: Subspace Emissary, Assist Trophies. I guess online
play counts too but it was absolutely terrible.
play counts too but it was absolutely terrible.
The Dojo dominated my heart and mind for the full two-year long leadup to that game. What we finally got out of it was, looking back, clearly the lowpoint of the series, but I was young enough at the time that I glossed over the slow fights and the hype actually felt redeemed. It took Spore and Scribblenauts to finally break my hype spirit, lol.
MrSaturn99
Member
Oh man, I forgot about this one.
Yesss, those are good. Sakurai and/or his translators had such a way with words sometimes.
I like this quote on Starfy:
Also
Sakurai actually posted one of my screenshots I submitted.
It's the one titled "Go Slippy," on pg. 3 at this link: http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/gamemode/etc/etc03.html
It's the one titled "Go Slippy," on pg. 3 at this link: http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/gamemode/etc/etc03.html
MrSaturn99
Member
Wow, lucky!
Neko Godot
Member
Weren't Snake and Sonic both on the back of the game case though? I guess you're lucky you never turned it over!
Storm Kyleis
Member
Same.
And same.
As a kid, Lucario was my most anticipated reveal. Sonic was a pleasant surprise. So many good memories.
There needs to be a Smash Dojo in between Smash games, where they just tell you information you already know and post screenshots of Zero Suit Samus lying down every day. Occasionally with videos where Sakurai is always wearing the same shirt.
Or a Slash Dojo, where Sakurai entertains you with his Nintendo yaoi fanfiction on a daily basis.
Or a Slash Dojo, where Sakurai entertains you with his Nintendo yaoi fanfiction on a daily basis.
balladofwindfishes
Member
I'm not sure there will ever be game hype quite like the Dojo days
Wandering Robot
Member
I was still in school when it openedI remember sneaking into the site during class to check updates in the morning. Good times. Wish they'd bring that back in some form.
DecoReturns
Member
I never got the game Case lol.
It was a surprise gift from my dad, he surprised me by replacing my Mario Galaxy game without me knowing. I was shocked when the Menu showed Smash icon.
He then proceeded to lose Mario Galaxy and the case lol. It was worth it, I would take Smash over Mario Galaxy any day.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
Nobody link to (the summary of) the GAF Dojo Thread yet? For shame...
It's Snake that did it. Snake in Smash was something that no person could predict without having access to the Akashic records. Before Snake was revealed, people would have laughed at you for suggesting Sonic would be in. Cloud? Ryu? You must be crazy.
But then Snake came out, and now everything's possible. No suggestion is impossible because the impossible had already happened.
I feel like we've taken things for granted since then and that's a shame. What Smash is today is completely ridiculous and it's awesome.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Used to check this every day before school. The memories!
ivanthebearable
Member
Easily the most hype I've ever been for a game in my life. There was some insanely hilarious times brought because of this site, lots of memories of browsing GAF and GameFAQs around then.
"I'll do it! I'm doing it!" is still one of the funniest things to me.
"I'll do it! I'm doing it!" is still one of the funniest things to me.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
You have no time to ponder such questions.
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