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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GoodKingJayIII" data-source="post: 4112263" data-attributes="member: 13804">Felon, Super Smash Bros. Melee was so popular because it took the concept of the original Smash Bros. and expanded upon it.  The game was easy to learn but difficult to master, had tons of characters to choose from to match various preferences and playstyles, and provided 4-player fighting that was chaotic and challenging.  Oh, and it was fun.The hype around the pre-release of Brawl really stemmed from the quality of Melee, the marketing of the new game, and the expectations of its fans.  In other words, the same things that hype usually stems from.  Now that Brawl has been out for a while, one can make judgments for or against that hype, but before that most of us had little to no comparison (not having played the game). How?  GTA4 isn't out yet, so unless you have played it, I'm not clear on how you could list those qualities.  By my reckoning, the hype created around GTA4 comes from the same place that all hype comes from.  Even if you have played the game, the vast majority of the GTA3 fanbase have not and only have their own expectations and pre-release tidbits to form an opinion.</blockquote>