Editing Cruel mode

'''Cruel Melee''' and '''Cruel Brawl''' are [[Multi-Man Melee and Brawl|Multi-Man]] modes in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl|Brawl]]'', respectively. They challenge the player to defeat as many opponents, with high handicaps and increased aggressiveness, as possible ([[Fighting Wire Frames]] in ''Melee'', and [[Fighting Alloy Team|Fighting Alloys]] in ''Brawl'') before falling from the [[stage]] or [[Self-destruct|self-destructing]] themselves. In Cruel Brawl, the Fighting Alloy opponents mimic the characters [[Mario (SSBB)|Mario]], [[Kirby (SSBB)|Kirby]], [[Zelda (SSBB)|Zelda]], and [[Captain Falcon (SSBB)|Captain Falcon]], though they cannot make use of the corresponding characters' [[special attack]]s, making them slightly easier to knock-out as they have little ability to [[recover]] using their own moves. These are unarguably the most challenging of all Multi-Man Melees and Brawls, as the opponents faced are immensely harder than those who appear in the other modes.

The high scores of Cruel Melee and Brawl are recorded by the amount of opponents knocked out.

===[[Pikachu]]===

!MELEE ONLY! A very simple way to gain 5 kills in Cruel Melee with Pikachu is to gather all five Wire Frames in one corner and use Pikachu's Down Smash. The Wire Frames should fly out of the attack early with just enough [[Knockback]] to keep them from returning to the stage.

===[[Roy]]===

Using [[Blazer]] is an effective way to KO the wire frames. The best time to use it is when five of them are together.

== [[Jigglypuff]] ==

Simply float away from the stage, baiting the Alloys to jump off the ledge, and return to the ledge to refresh jumps. An example of 10+ KOs: [[http://www.youtube.com/v/bJ7TN3zcyvM]]

===[[Ike]]===

In the Cruel Brawl, just hang on the edge of the stage. When all the alloy's are grouped together quickly drop and use Aether. The alloy's should jump after you. Some will hop to safety off of others heads. Some will fall to their doom.

===[[Pit]]===

Use your B-up to fly under the stage from one ledge to the other. Like Ike's strategy, the alloy's will jump after you. You can KO ten alloy's this way in under three minutes.

===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===

* Defeating five opponents in Cruel Melee will result in unlocking the [[Mr. Resetti (trophy)|Mr. Resetti]] [[trophy]].

===In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===

* Defeating five opponents in Cruel Brawl will result in unlocking a trophy depicting the [[Fighting Alloy Team|Red Alloy]].

* Defeating ten opponents in Cruel Brawl will result in unlocking a [[sticker]] depicting [[Liquid Snake]].

* The ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' incarnation of this mode is famous for its involvement in the [[Sonic (universe)#Sonic & Tails Rumor|Sonic and Tails Rumor]] spread by ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' magazine. The rumor suggested that after defeating 20 Fighting Wire Frames in a single round would challenge the player to defeat [[Sonic]] and Tails of the [[Sonic (universe)|''Sonic'' series]], where victory would result in [[unlockable character|unlocking]] the characters. This rumor was proven false both in premise and in practice. Not only would it be highly unlikely that Sega (which, at the time of ''Melee''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s release, was not yet a third party company) would sell its characters for use in a [[Nintendo]] title, but Cruel Melee strategies proved very quickly that Sonic and Tails did not actually appear after knocking out 20 opponents.

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