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Originally Posted by Galvantula

If anything Melee was never really meant to be this super high end fighting game. It was always meant to be sort of a party game but the way the game was programmed led into what we now know as the "Melee Meta Game" which is non stop space animal combat on whatever stage is considered legal.

As someone who doesn't see himself as a serious fighter player I can safely say yes; I do get bored seeing Fox dittos and Diddy dittos all the time during tournaments. I can see the people who frequent Smashboards want to see matches that aren't a mess of wavedashing, L Canceling and of course seeing other characters win for once.

Because hearing "this game's winner is Fox/Falco/Marth/Peach" tends to get very old even for super fans of Smash.

I do think Melee had an intended competitive element too it, as many features that pro players used were intentionally programmed in (IE L-cancelling). But I imagine it was envisioned more like competitive Smash 4, with pushes and pulls rather then the aggressive Wavedash and shine heavy Melee the game has become.