User blog:TheMindofMe/What was your first encounter with Super Smash Bros.?

Hello everyone. As you may know, the U.S. release for Super Smash Bros. 4 is only 2 weeks away! In honor of it's release, I'd like you all to take the time and tell me the story of your first encounter with the Super Smash Bros. saga. I'll tell you mine:

The first Smash Bros. game I ever actually played was Melee, which I had briefly played a few times in 2006 and 2007. However, the first Smash Bros. game that I actually encountered was Brawl and that is where the story begins.

It all started in March 2008, around the time Super Smash Bros. Brawl was brand new! We had gone to visit my cousin in Chicago (who now lives in Michigan) for our Spring Break. That is where we had first ever played the game. I ended up loving it, so I asked for it for my 9th birthday. Unfortunately, I instead got Mario Kart Wii for my birthday. But I still purchased it later. My brother only played it until June when I had actually started to. Since then, I had been OBSESSED with the game for pretty much the rest of 2008, so much so that I even dressed as Pokémon Trainer for Halloween that year. Super Smash Bros. Brawl basically defines the year of 2008 for me.

I later got a pre-played copy of Melee back in 2009 and SSB1 in 2010, but unlike Brawl, I wasn't fascinated with them for the rest of the year I had gotten them. But I still played all 3 of them equal amounts of time, and to this day I am still a true Super Smash Bros. fan.

Now it's your turn. Tell me the story of your first encounter with the SSB franchise. I'd love to hear what you have to say :)