analog's video: analog - Ep 30: Ultimate Melee Showdown

Rishi and Zane finally duke it out in Melee for our loyal podcast fans.... wait a second, that's not Melee! Please enjoy this special edition of 'analog' in which we play the brand new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate!! 0:00 First ever melee analog (actually playing ultimate) 1:15 We are actually playing ultimate/ Is falco the best char 2:00 Fire emblem lore and battle arenas 6:30 Feelings on Ultimate so far? 11:00 Zelda’s down b and shield grabbing nerfed 12:40 Jab into tilts don’t work 13:30 Playing while talking 14:20 Recoveries in Ultimate 15:40 Controller layouts 18:00 Diddy Kong and Chrom 19:40 Diddy and Cloud players are not happy with updated characters 20:50 Zane’s 1 v 3 on cheddar 25:20 What characters were we interested in before release and what are we playing now? 26:50 Inkling is overrated 29:00 Chasing double jumps 30:10 Ridley is underrated 33:20 Incineroar Dittos 36:50 Dogs play King K. rool 37:03 Melee characters and their smash ultimate counterparts 40:40 Pichu Vs Chrome 43:30 Break 46:35 Pokemon trainer Vs Isabelle 46:24 Villager is pointless 48:05 Squirtle is stubby / Leffen’s combos 48:40 Almost looks like shiny Charizard / Charizard is good 49:13 Stage Legality 50:10 Squirtle’s withdrawal clip / Pokemon Trainer Dittos 55:00 Luigi Vs Pokemon Trainer 55:40 Chrom’s recovery is bad 56:45 Two framing UPBs with squirtles recover 57:20 Rishi keeping tracks of characters he likes 58:10 Robin is better 59:05 Pikachu Best in the game? 1:01:10 Robin Vs Snake 1:02:50 Peach in Ultimate / Llod the first Arcadian 1:05:00 Falco Vs Robin / Falco is good 1:08:25 Falco Dittos 1:10:30 Doing the Mang0 with falco 1:11:20 Is fox any good? / Winning Xanadu 1:11:52 “This falco is good if...” / Wolf Vs Falco 1:12:50 Wolf is furry melee marth / SonicFox’s Character Choice 1:15:00 Pichu Dittos 1:16:40 Jab resetting is sort of true 1:18:00 Checking how much self damage they did / Dittos again 1:21:25 Entering at DPOTG 1:22:30 Ultimate Streams are insane / Zero’s 24 hour stream 1:23:20 Things to fix in the game 1:23:35 Will Melee players play this game? 1:25:00 Richter Vs Incineroar 1:29:00 Belmonts Throwing cross parry mix up 1:30:00 UI issues 1:31:10 Belmont Forward air snaps to ledge, can’t cover yourself during recover 1:33:10 Falco Vs Pichu 1:36:30 Runback 1:37:40 Feelings on Castle Seige 1:40:10 Zane really should have gone for that UpB 1:44:15 Pichu Vs Chrom (they aren’t really talking a lot) 1:48:30 Last Game 1:52:00 Final Thoughts / Watch DPOTG 1:54:00 Max Ketchum Commentary 'analog' is a weekly podcast focusing on issues in the Super Smash Bros. Melee scene. » Twitter: https://twitter.com/analogcast » Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/analogcast » iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/analog/id1367617317 » Patreon: https://patreon.com/analogcast » Contact: analogcast@gmail.com » Discord: discord.gg/sT6N9CB Music by swervenights aka Dreammates: https://soundcloud.com/dreammates Zane (@epengu) is a writer, video producer, and commentator. Although his first tournament was in 2013, he’s been avidly following Melee since his first wavedash in 2009. He formerly helped develop the social media and content at HTC Esports, and these days produces videos for Leaderboard Esports and is the lead writer for False Swipe gaming. You can stay up to date with Zane’s interviews on his YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/c/epengu. Rishi (@rishissb) is the Lead Smash Writer for Team Dignitas, and a professional Melee player currently ranked on SSBMRank. He has been playing Smash competitively since 2005, and has competed in all versions of the game. Formerly from the DMV area, Rishi now resides in NYC where he works in marketing analytics. Check out more of Rishi's writing on his personal site: supersmash.blog/.