
Melee for the Nintendo GameCube is a nearly 19-year old video game, it is possible to play with others online via the GameCube emulator Dolphin. Since the COVID-19 outbreak put a halt to all in-person Melee tournaments (and frustratingly, just as the Smash World Tour was announced), professional Melee players have been stuck at home, complaining about the game’s online lag.Īlthough Super Smash Bros. There is no ETA yet, but the team is working hard and will release it when it’s done.Slippi Online couldn’t have come at a better time for the Super Smash Bros.

The team is also planning on including a version update tool with the emulator that will automatically patch your version of melee to be online compatible. What this basically means is that they will only release the emulator and you will have to obtain the actual game ‘iso’ yourself. The team is basically creating a new, enhanced emulator for the Wii/GameCube version of Super Smash Bros Melee that will enable online functionality.

With these rudimentary variables synced, regardless of what happens on both clients, they will both have the same outcome as the server.” We should note that this is not a standalone game for the PC. As the team’s member ‘Massive’ said: “This is the most basic and important form of sync, and the first of many we will implement in the near future. Going into more tech stuff, the team revealed that the internal alpha version successfully synchronizes (syncs) 2 separate Melee sessions across 3 variables. The team is currently syncing the values for Percentage Display, Actual Percentage, and Character stock every 10 frames and there is no appreciable slow in game speed. Although this project was under development for quite some time, the team has successfully managed to release – internally – an alpha version that works quite well.

A team of passionate gamers is working on a fan project that will allow you to play Super Smash Bros Melee online.

No, this is not an April Fools joke so keep reading. Super Smash Bros fans, here is something for you.
