Smash 2

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Smash 2 is a gameplay modification of Super Smash Bros. Brawl designed to make the gameplay more closely resemble that of Super Smash Bros. Melee, as well as Super Smash Bros. Unlike Project M, the character models, stages and feel of the game are completely refurbished and made to look like a true sequel to Melee, hence the name Smash 2. Smash 2 best replicates Melee, matching the tier, speed and overall gameplay of Melee, many mechanics and features of Melee make the characters look like their 2001 counterparts with total redesigns and moveset changes, such as Lucas, Wario, Sonic and Snake.

Smash 2 has had positive feedback from youtubers and fellow gamers/smashers. praising it for its smooth polish and gameplay.

Universal changes

Smash 2 is a unqiue mod in the sense that every aspect of its base game, Brawl, has been overhauled to be identical to Melee in almost every aspect. Changes include recreating Melee's menu, as well as giving characters their design, moveset, voices and sound effects from their appearance in Melee. While not a full 1:1 recreation based on limitations and flavor reasons, the mod is faithful to its inspiration and meant to appeal gamers that enjoyed Melee both aesthetically and for its gameplay. The mod also includes content not in Melee's final product, based on a "what if" scenario had Masahiro Sakurai included more content for the game if its development was not rushed.

Characters

The character-selection screen in Smash 2.

The roster given for the mod is mostly inspired from Melee, as every character from that game makes their return here; from the ones who seemed most obvious to be brought in like Mario and Link, to the more obscure picks like Pichu and Young Link. All of their alternate costumes also remain intact, with some of the characters even gaining at least one new costume.

There are also 10 characters in the mod that weren't playable in Melee, all with drastic moveset changes and adjustments that make them behave as if they were official characters in Melee. These characters are Diddy Kong, Zero Suit Samus (renamed Suitless Samus in this mod), King Dedede, Wolf, Lucas, Wario, R.O.B., Olimar, Snake and Sonic.

Players also have the ability to play as Suitless Samus and Sheik from the character select if they so choose to hold down the shield button when choosing Samus and Zelda as their playable character and proceed to the next screen, at which point they can stop holding it down. If done successfully, they should enter the match as either Suitless Samus or Sheik, depending on who the player picked as their character.

There have been plans to bring Meta Knight and Pit into the game, but them appearing is up for unconfirmed. A former member of the Smash 2 project confirmed that two new unique characters were planned but were scrapped before the project was inevitably canceled; these characters are Alm and Togepi, who would have replaced Ike and Lucario respectively.

List of characters

Characters
Mario	Luigi	Peach	Bowser	Dr. Mario	Donkey Kong	Diddy Kong*	Yoshi	Link
Zelda	Sheik	Ganondorf	Young Link	Samus	Suitless Samus*	Kirby	King Dedede*	Fox
Falco	Wolf*	Captain Falcon	Pikachu	Jigglypuff	Mewtwo	Pichu	Ness	Lucas*
Ice Climbers	Marth	Roy	Mr. Game & Watch	Wario*	Olimar*	R.O.B.*	Snake*	Sonic*

*: Characters not in Melee

Stages

Most of the stages in Smash 2 are made to function similar to that of their Melee counterparts, though not entirely. Every stage also has a main and alternate music track similar to Melee, which can be activated if the player holds down the shield button while they're selecting the stage of choice. There is some exceptions, and that is that Battlefield and Final Destination have a third track that can play if it's value in My Music is set to be higher than the main track. The alternate tracks listed are bolded while the exceptions for these alternate tracks are in italics.

Stages
Stage	Changes	Music	Stage	Changes	Music
Battlefield	Replaces Brawl's Battlefield.	Battlefield Multi-Man Melee 1 Metal Battle	Final Destination	Replaces Brawl's Final Destination.	Final Destination Multi-Man Melee 2 Giga Bowser
Princess Peach's Castle	Replaces Delfino Plaza, switches and Banzai Bills no longer appear, and the platforms on the sides move all the time as opposed to only when fighters stand on them.	Princess Peach's Castle Rainbow Cruise	Dream Land N64	Replaces Luigi's Mansion, Whispy Woods will eventually stop blowing fighters away after some time.	Dream Land Battle Among Friends (King Dedede)
Mushroom Kingdom	Replaces Mushroomy Kingdom, scale platforms now alternatively move up and down, and some blocks no longer regenerate when destroyed.	Mushroom Kingdom Dr. Mario	Mushroom Kingdom II	Replaces Mario Circuit, logs no longer drop from the waterfall and Birdo no longer makes an appearance.	Mushroom Kingdom II Dr. Mario
Icicle Mountain	Replaces Rumble Falls, now follows a set mapping of scrolling rather than a random one.	Icicle Mountain Balloon Fight	Hyrule Castle N64*	Replaces Bridge of Eldin.	Hyrule Castle Gerudo Valley
Great Bay	Replaces Pirate Ship, Tingle goes through the stage when his balloon pops.	Great Bay Saria's Song	Secret Cave*	A new stage that replaces Norfair, the stage takes place on the final transformation of Brawl's version of Castle Siege with some added rock platforms, one of them being attached to the stage and tilting with it.	Roy's Hope With Mila's Divine Protection
Brinstar Depths	Replaces Frigate Orpheon, the stage always rotates counter-clockwise by 2 every so often.	Brinstar Depths Brinstar Overgrowth	Yoshi's Story	Replaces Yoshi's Island (Brawl), Fly Guys no longer fly into the stage.	Yoshi's Story On the Beach
Fountain of Dreams	Replaces Halberd.	Fountain of Dreams King Dedede's Theme	Meteo	Replaces Lylat Cruise, the stage itself is still Venom, but the background is redone to one reminiscent to Meteo, another area in the Star Fox games.	Venom Star Wolf
Poké Floats	Replaces Pokemon Stadium 2.	Poké Floats Pokémon Center	Mute City	Replaces Port Town Aero Dive, the racers now only show up in the first area and fifth area, with the latter one's platform no longer tilting.	Mute City Mach Rider
Castle Siege*	Retextured to look more like how it would in Melee, the stage also no longer transforms.	Fire Emblem Fight	Wario's Castle*	A new stage that replaces WarioWare, Inc., there are two middle size platforms on the sides of the stage and one smaller one in the middle. The right platform goes down into a staircase lowering to the right side. Both big platforms have two soft platforms above them. There's also rushing water underneath the stage, similar to Jungle Japes.	Wario Land Vs. Wario
Forest of Hope*		Pikmin Forest of Hope	Fourside	Replaces New Pork City.	Earthbound Otherworldly Opponent
Summit*		Ice Climber Clu Clu Land	Yoshi's Island N64	Replaces Skyworld.	Yoshi's Island (64) Yoshi's Island Main Theme
Kongo Jungle N64	Replaces 75m, the cannon at the bottom of the stage no longer operates.	Kongo Jungle Lokjaw's Saga	Flat Zone	Replaces Mario Bros., the guy carrying the oil no longer comes outside and the platforms almost always stay in their default position.	Flat Zone Famicom Medley
Flat Zone II*		Flat Zone II Gyromite	Kongo Jungle	Replaces PictoChat, there's no longer a barrel cannon at the bottom of the stage and nothing comes in from the waterfall.	Kong Jungle Snakey Chantey
Shadow Moses Island*	Retextured to look more like how it would in Melee.	Metal Gear Solid Encounter	Green Hill Zone*	Retextured to look more like how it would in Melee.	Green Hill Zone Emerald Coast
Temple		Temple Great Temple	Yoshi's Island		Yoshi's Island (Melee) Super Mario Bros. 3
Jungle Japes		Jungle Japes Forest Frenzy	Onett		Mother Mother 2
Green Greens		Green Greens Pop Star Theme	Rainbow Cruise		Rainbow Cruise Wing Cap Mario
Corneria		Corneria Boss B2	Big Blue		Big Blue Fire Field
Brinstar		Brinstar SR388	Pokémon Stadium		Pokémon Stadium Pokémon Battle