SmashCafé Blog

SmashCafé is the Tumblr blog for all things Smash!

[nintendometro]

Link’s Intro ‘SoulCalibur II’ Gamecube

[smashcafe]

Melee 20th Anniversary Tribute

[davidvkimball]

I'd love to share with you my latest project, which was rotoscoping the Smash Bros. Melee opening movie, but incorporating all of the unlockable characters into it to create a concept illustration. There are over 500 images drawn for this. Hope you enjoy it!

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJec7pfFSJM

[meleehd]

Tutorial: How to Capture High Quality Footage for Super Smash Bros. Melee - Backgrounds, stages, B-Roll, etc.

Check out this video guide I made that helps anyone capture high quality background / stage footage in Dolphin!

Video

Blender Scenes Released

Via the download page for the Dolphin Melee HD pack, I've now included a link to download the .blend scene files so anyone can pose / render however they'd like. Enjoy!

Reddit Thread / Download

[retrogamingblog2]

Pokemon Papercraft Kits made by André Pinho

[nintendometro]

[triforce-princess]

[meleehd]

Definitive Melee HD Texture Pack for Dolphin and Slippi Online

Finally we've released! The most complete HD texture pack for Dolphin and Slippi is here.

Download here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SSBM/comments/niqgf9/definitive_melee_hd_dolphin_and_slippi_texture/

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYItKN88hzg

[thevideogameartarchive]

Blue Kirby ‘Kirby’s Air Ride’ Gamecube @Sora_Sakurai

[davidvkimball]

Introducing...

Elevated: The Development Story of Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Premiering tomorrow, 1pm, Pacific Time.

👇 Be there.

https://youtu.be/-3HiXYdFz38

[meleehd]

PokeFloats Background Seamless Loop

Seamless background animation in HD from the PokeFloats stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Available in both .MP4 and .WEBM format.

Preview + Download

Footage captured by me, David V. Kimball. No attribution required.

[meleehd]

Target Test seamlessly looping background

Seamless menu background animation in HD from the Target Test stages in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Available in both .MP4 and .WEBM format.

Preview + Download

Footage captured by David V. Kimball. No attribution required.

[meleehd]

Tournament Mode Menu Background Seamless Loop

B-roll footage of Super Smash Bros. Melee stages Battlefield, Fountain of Dreams, Dream Land, Final Destination, Yoshi’s Story and Pokemon Stadium. Available in MP4 format.

Download + Preview

Footage captured by davidvkimball. No attribution required.

[meleehd]

Super Smash Bros. Melee Stage Screenshots (1080p)

Every stage from Super Smash Bros. Melee captured in 1080p. Competitive stages have multiple screenshots, and other stages get multiple backgrounds when there’s a variety of scenery.

Download

Images captured by davidvkimball. No attribution required.

[smashcafe]

Perfect collection for creators. :)

[davidvkimball]

Hey! I’m almost at 500 Discord server members, please join my Discord for a chance to win free Discord Nitro for a month! There will be 5 lucky winners.

More details to come in the Discord! See you there. <3

Join the David V. Kimball Discord server

[meleehd]

Super Smash Bros. Melee Roster Wallpapers AI Upscaled

Roster artwork upscaled to 1920 pixels wide, varying heights.

Download

Upscaled and edited by davidvkimball. No attribution required.

[meleehd]

Super Smash Bros. Melee Opening Cinematic HD (1080p) AI Upscaled (Slideshow)

Almost 20 years later, this video still gives me goosebumps. 

This is the full intro video for Super Smash Bros. Melee from 2001 upscaled to 1080p. Since the original cinematic is 4:3, I have provided a full 1920x1458 version, as well as a custom, dynamic crop of a 1920x1080. I’ve also included the original 460p video in the download also. I decided to keep the footage in 30fps instead of 60fps, aside from the final moments where the menu is shown, which runs at 60fps momentarily. I used Topaz Gigapixel AI to upscale this footage. Each video file was exported with a H.265 HEVC codec in an MP4 container, with an extra version in H.264. Enjoy!

Preview + Download

Captured and upcaled by davidvkimball. No attribution required.