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Super Smash Brothers!! Let the sound resonate all up in ya eardrum. Let’s take it back to ’99. Napster got you downloading Biggie, Jay-Z, Pac, Nas, Em & Dre, Destiny’s Child, Britney, Backstreet AND SOME. WHY? CUZ technology fam. Y2K bout to hit. Mufuckas is losing their minds doomsday prepping ‘n’ shit. But you lyin’ in the cut coolin’. Ya moms, pops, Nana or gramps just copped you a crisp Nintendo 64 as your big Christmas present, which had you hyped on some Super Saiyan 3 shit. You done crushed every game on the market. Super Mario? Collected every star twice. Goldeneye? Imma certified Marksman. Mario Kart? Runnin’ laps around fools. So you bored as shit during the summer of ’99, until you get word this new 4 player Royal Rumble style game just dropped and it is sick beyond belief.
Maaaaannnnnnnn Super Smash Bros was that ass kickin’, smacketh down layin’, bow droppin’ crossover greatness that changed the game! Sure, Marvel Vs. Capcom was crushin it in the arcades, but the homies wanted somethin’ real. Somethin’ to sit on the couch playing while slammin’ a whole pack of Oreos, two bags of Doritos and some Dunkaroos. Somethin’ you didn’t have to drop $18 in quarters on to enjoy all night. Somethin’ to play in your room with 5 of your 9th grade homies while mom dukes whip up some hot pockets and wings to be devoured. THE HOMIES WANTED CHARACTERS FROM ACROSS THE NINTENDO UNIVERSE. They wanted said dope ass characters to battle until they icy death. They want items shrou…
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Ja-Quan Greene
Ja-Quan is a NYC teacher and artist holding a B.A. in Sociology and History from SUNY New Paltz. On his journey to become Hokage, the Lord of The Speed Force and Protector of the Recaps…
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