Melee is the Smash that I had the longest and have the most nostalgia for. It was my favourite (Yes, I'm one of THOSE Smash players) until Ultimate. This was my first Smash game and is another of the games that I played with my cousin when I was younger. I didn't understand how the game worked at the time, but I still enjoyed playing it. For a while it was the only one I had and played, so much so that it explains why I was so terrible at the game starting out. I did not know Smash attacks were a thing until I was told about them when playing Smash 4 with friends. The c-stick only performed Smash attacks when playing multiplayer with other people, something I did not get to do pretty much ever. I also did not know Ness (and therefore Lucas) could recover with PK Thunder until I watched another person play as Lucas in 4 since the Ness CPU never attempted to recover with PK Thunder when offstage when I played Melee. Samus and Luigi were my mains in Melee, carrying into the later Smash games. The core reason I mained them in Melee was 'cos I could wavedash as them easily. I gained actual skill and proper use out of them in the later ones. I do play as Ness in Melee now in addition to Luigi and Samus as he is my official main. Aces all around, I'd say.