Four Nintendo mascots flung off the top of a platform, and a whole generation screaming in the living room.

On very few votes, the profile already shows a funny split personality. What moves people, the emotion and the urge to relive it, puts the first Smash ahead of three quarters of all games. The attachment is there, the nostalgia too, and the soundtrack edges ahead of 72% of titles, though that needs confirming on so few duels. But the moment you talk about fun in hand or visual style, it drops hard, below the middle of the pack. Here is the tension: people love it for what it represents, those nights with friends, far more than for what it actually delivers today, controller in hand.

It makes sense. Smash 64 is the brilliant rough draft of a formula that exploded later. The richer, snappier sequels ate its fun alive. What it keeps is its founder status, and the emotion that comes with it.

So, who is it for? You, if you grew up with it, if you want the memory more than the modern brawl. Much less if you arrive today expecting the ultimate party game, the recent entries do everything better.