aMSa: The Only Yoshi (who could do it) 

The goat 🐐🐐🐐

The goat himself. Incredibly well deserved

You’re an inspiration to us all king.

youre such a positive force! keep on going my dude!

Let's goo!! aMSAsumSaus

Literally it sounds like a comedy anime plot xD

A dude with his dino. (Quote- AsumSaus- 2023)

@@takkos283yoshi irl?!?!

What? I main yoshi in smash, So?@@samuelharms-ul8pm

Idk much about games but What about the guy that used jigglypuff I saw in the chart that jiggly was the worst

What a fucking madlad

Goddamn legend

Imagine what he could have done if he had played a "competitive" character from the start?

he did "yoshi" they just diden't know it yet@@professorpantherhardraad3921

@@professorpantherhardraad3921 I mean if he was playing a “competitive” character we probably wouldn’t be talking about him as much or maybe at all

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Winning or losing with dignity is so respectful

My favorite/best charachter is kirby, who is even lower tier. lol

@@tommytheshimigamithe character isn’t low tier, Kirby is bottom tier

@@AbstractVen0m haha yeah (;

It's the power of super chill dudes. Love these guys. Wished I was them

​@@crack4184never too late to become one.

He's a huge win for the whole community! Every match ends with one winner and one loser. And at this level the outcome is basically a coin flip. So what's the point of being negative? It won't change the result, and in the worst case it could split the community, which then is a loss for everyone. I think that joy and friendliness should be part of every competition. It's a sign of a great personality if you can even enjoy the win of your opponent. As long as there's any winner, there's a reason to party! So enjoy your time with all the people that came together for the same thing: To see an entertaining and exciting match :) We need more people like aMSa all around the world!

For real. Mango is kind of an ahole but even he had to hug him.

​@benm1295 it's a common trait among the people who become icons in every game and sport - they'll be ecstatic over a beautifully played match, even at their own losses, from sheer joy for the game.

As you say, Mang0 didn't want to lose at all, much less to a Yoshi; there definitely was competitive passion in that throw that we can all empathize with, but he is nonetheless a great sport (and the GOAT). That picture of Mang0 holding aMSa's fist up in celebration and sportsmanship at the end (52:58) is one of the most emotionally moving and cherishable pictures taken of our sport.

Mang0 was upset because he really wanted to win Big House 10. It was the biggest tournament of the year alongside Genesis, and Mang0 wanted to build his Goat case by winning it and being the #1 ranked player that year.

The Big House is a really important tournament for Mang0. I’m not sure why but he seems to want to win those more than other majors. Add onto that the magnitude of the tournament that year and how close he was to winning… I don’t think aMSa’s character was why he threw his controller.

yeah its understandable to be upset in the moment. He took that moment, collected himself, and then walked over and gave the winner a hug. Nothing wrong with that.

Mang0 has all of his big house wins tattooed around his arm, its an extremely important series to him and he was heating up before Amsa managed to stop him, had to let some of that anger out before he could go in for the hug. Its also important to note that in the final set the Mang0 chants got drowned out by Amsa chants, Mang0 chants getting drowned out at Big House of all tournaments is unheard of.

Lmao yeah

I love Dr. Peepee's name so fuckin much, and his 4 letter IGN being PPMD is the icing on the cake xD The fact that one of the greatest players of all time has such a silly name makes me so happy

@@ComFurt PPMD is top-level clever.

we are waiting for Mr Poopoo

​@@ComFurtPPMD is genuinely the best tag I've ever seen. Not only does it rhyme, not only does it mean essentially the same thing as "Dr PeePee", but it also looks completely innocent at first glance. You could comfortably tell someone's uptight grandmother that his online name is PPMD and they wouldn't bat an eye.

one must imagine aMSa happy

No. He is the indomitable dino spirit.

One must imagine Red Yoshi happy.

The Unyielding Cruelty of the Matchup-Chart vs The Indomitable Low-tier Spirit

​@@shalevasor911he IS happy

Heck this video IS a movie, let's nominate it for an oscar

Despite knowing how the whole story ended, the way AsumSaus edited the biggest house Mango vs aMSa matches _still_ had me on the edge of my seat and gave me the jitters. The perfect presentation for the ultimate underdog story.

You're about to cry for a red Yoshi? Can't blame you, I already cried

He even made Mang0 spike his controller! He was already fearsome, now he is a LEGEND!

Only AsumSaus could maybe something feel so beautiful in the end

It really does seem like aMSa had this charm to him that made even the most jaded of melee players smile and not care about losing. Every time it's like you can hear their thoughts of "oh, I was beat by a Yoshi"

Probably one of those things where he's been playing the game so long, losing a set to a Yoshi was totally novel and fresh. Like seeing a new chapter open up in the same old book you've been reading for a decade.

Is that supposed to be an anti-American snide?

@@nonical1429 Can you elaborate on what exactly you think I meant? "I'm not sure how you came to that conclusion

@@MrGeorgeFlorcus I'm thinking perhaps they meant the crowd. Yelling over the "USA USA" guy to chant for a player of a different nationality. I still think their comment doesn't really make sense but I think that's what they were trying to say?

@@ComFurt For clarity, all I was saying was that I thought it was funny, and a little heartwarming, that there was so much support and love for AMSa, that it overrode the hype for the actual winner

@@MrGeorgeFlorcus I know what you were saying, I was telling you what I thought they were saying :P

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wdym arguably…

Not just a "salaryman" but an engineer

Arguably best in Japan? He’s number 2 in the world and last I checked number 1 isn’t Japanese

In a country known for its messed up work culture too. Insane

@@Loxu69 at the time he was working as an engineer he was not 2nd in the world yet, that happened some time after switching to full time melee

Yo Austin, I've been watching your videos for ages!

Thanks for telling me how to get max arrows in breath of the wild(:

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Wait where was the funny number moment?

@@Brent-jj6qi 28:20, right after he beat Mang0 for the first time

*dr peepee.*

What makes it better is that asum said it so seriously 😂😂😂

What makes his name even funnier is that his 4 letter IGN is PPMD, that's so fuckin hilarious to me especially considering he's one of the greatest and most respected players to ever touch the game xD

​@@ComFurt I only ever knew him as PPMD 😭

Hello dood

I’m glad 2 inspirations are interested in each other’s content..!!!

hello dood

2 youtubers that I love holy moly

YOOOOOO IT’S THE DOOD

What's interesting is how basically nobody knew how high Yoshi's skill ceiling went, not even aMSa himself until he began to truly plumb it's depths.

@@TextualDeviant Fucked around and found out

@@TextualDeviantMewtwo is next

Bowser viable maybe?

@@Ryan-kj5bq didn't leffen just go on a rampage with an alt account for eu only using mewtwo?

It was a 0 to death combo from one mistake.

@@TitaniumDragonwelcome to melee

Hi Stefan

​@@TitaniumDragonNEWS TIME GUYS!!!! did you know every smash Works like this??

And did that on FINAL DESTINATION

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​@@Mai.Calico hater comment

@@Mai.Calico I give a shit

​@@Mai.Calicoyour so quirky man, congrats

@@Mai.Calico schizo comment

on his favorite character

I scrolled down just to make sure I wasn't the only motherfucker crying in the comments 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I came to the comments to see if anyone else cried. I haven’t played this game in so long and didn’t even expect to get gripped into watching it all but I cried multiple times

@@92SMIF Don't worry brother, Im there too. I remember the APEX 2014 cheering for this guy. Seeing him now actually made me cry! He fucking did it!

The thing is, I still don't think he proved Yoshi is high tier. I think he just proved that he's a fucking monster with a mid character. (Which he had already proved repeatedly, but you know what I mean)

Cry gang I cried too ❤

Gotta learn to lose before you learn to win

Nah, "playing to win" always leads to toxic mentalities. What aMSa was doing is "playing to get better". Losing is just part of the process, it teaches you more than winning does.

@@leinadlink Playing to win CAN lead to toxic mentalities, but it doesn't always go there. Want to know how? A player who truly wants to win also wants to improve. If he loses? He wasn't good enough and he can improve. Do you think aMSa was watching replays on his way to work for the hell of it? These weren't replays from his competitors: they were his own matches that he more then likely lost. This dude completely had a 'Play to Win' mentality. Except he never took it to the point that he was blaming others. He accepted that his loses were because of some fault on his part. He knew his character better then anyone else could. He rose through the ranks, practicing and reviewing what he could do better. I mean, there's no better example of this then Final Destination. He absolutely dreaded and lost at that map every time he was counterpicked. He realized that this was a weakness and he couldn't just ALWAYS give his opponent a free game... he couldn't give them that tool to take advantage of. So he turned the tables and adopted a completely different playstyle FOR THAT VERY MAP! Even the commentators were surprised! But he did it. He lost the first time he did it, but his BIGGEST WIN was on Final Destination." The dude turned a weakness into a strength. He plays to win, no fucking doubt about it.

Thats a pretty good comparison, cuz damn I love that movie, and these videos just remind me how much I love Melee.

Also cried

FACTS!

mai calico uniderstands the referenece :^)

low-key mekk with ganon maybe but he got a long ways to g9

Enough is enough all you ever do is complain complaining

@@crabby2685???

hbox better (ur opinion good)

On GOD

I refuse to believe this is a video, it should be considered a movie!

Right? It didn't have to go this hard.

litteral chills, this is some high tier pruduction

REAL

@@jayten2979 what

@@jayten2979 did someone it you?

Could see he almost dreaded giving mango a handshake he was happy but probably was sad he made mango sad

Axe and aMSa have the most genuinely wholesome friendship in competitive Smash history. It makes me tear up thinking about how close those two are.

ive never seen this before, so beautiful

I also keep coming back to this, and literally watch it start to finish again and again. Such a wonderful story, brought to life with such beautiful delivery.

The cherry on top of the story lmao

Up a stock? You know the vibes

One day…

>Kirby

Fire Sheep Sweep

Then we'll get a 10 hour long video of a random dude showing up and kicking all the ass with Kirby

Tech #1: Whirling Fortress Ledge Cancel

*Pause*

Whole smash community visited your mouth? Nice

Say that outloud very slowly

@@DanielSousa-le6wv *You can't pause multiplayer games*

@@tappajaav lol

Emplemon made a great doc about hungrybox too

For real the editing done for the last combo string on Fox had me in tears. As someone who didn't know the result beforehand it was really epic.

i agree! this is just an amazing work of scripting, editing and pacing all ’round! like, i already knew asumsaus was good but this video gave me sooooo much more respect for just _how good_ he truly is at his craft. i’m not even _that_ into melee but this just broke down everything so well and clearly … and the visuals! omg! mwa! *chef’s kiss*

Smash Melee is like only E sport heck Sport in general that I watch from those documentaries even tho I don't play Melee, it's entertaining to spectate And so many underdogs too who became stars!

Has some real Jon bois energy

I need to find the full clip online because that was so funny 😂

Timestamp?

@@yulianverleun9081 28:27

daddy sunglasses

A wild Huggbees appeared!

And by that we're of course referring to rooting for Donkey Kong mains.

You do give falcon player energy

"Did Batman really think a Yoshi main could stop me?"

NO BUT FR LMFAO

A yoshi?!

My thoughts exactly. I dont even follow any MLG but holy crap.

SAMEEEE LMAO

I accidentally hit my keyboard and this started playing but same as you I was moved by his determination...

Pinoybros we won

ARAW NG YOSHI

@@CounterCurseMantrayh

​@@blobzilla69Tagalog. Masaya = happy

@@Goosewitdajuice317the brrrrring pa of liberation

Then become one dont let tier list define the person you play like me I play little Mac and in my first tournament I got 25 out of 50 which isn’t as good but all I have to do is keep improving and show people that he can be viable

It's like a pokemon player literally using magikarp to slowly but surely beat the top players

@@theunknown479 okay maybe not that extreme, more like if they used a Butterfree or a Pidgeot

“Strong Pokémon. Weak Pokémon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled Trainers should try to win with the Pokémon they love best.” - Karen, Pokémon Gold & Silver

@@sugarkane1571 apply that logic to someone who's favorite pokemon is magikarp and see how far that gets them

ive noticed you enjoy good games, good on you

The crossover I didn't know existed.

"The perfect crossover doesn't ex-"

I just watched your ac6 video lol I never knew you liked melee

didn't know you were into melee

I really like it at 22:30 when someone starts chanting USA but then they chant aMSa instead

Everyone loves an underdog story haha

37:30 was the one of the most heartbreaking/heartwarming moments tbh the way Cody kinda felt bad because he didn’t want to win like that either. the way they’re consoling each other is just truly heartwarming

Who could hate amsa

you mean, a YOOOSSSHIIIII????

One must imagine amsa happy

When are we getting our anime?

Most kids today overuse and don't know what the word "literally" means or stands for.

"used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true."@@BalboaBaggins

@@Neo-zp1if That's how most people use it. Thus incorrectly.

@@BalboaBaggins its slang bro

That's how it usually goes. It only takes one person to have a good idea

Agreed

Yoshi is a decent pick? Lol

@@EbonySeraphim you saw how far up it went in the rankings on the video. I'd say if that's not a decent position compared to where it used to be, I dunno what is.

@@EbonySeraphim Yoshi had the tools that let aMsa win bighouse 10 didn't he? If yoshi wasn't a "decent pick" he couldn't of won bighouse 10. aMsa is incredible, but when people say stuff like "Yoshi/Pikachu are trash, Axe/Amsa are just gods" its some of the most copium takes I've ever heard. All of yoshis tools aMsa used to win bighouse 10 can be used by any other Yoshi player with dedication and skill. All of pikachus tools that Axe used at Summit 8 can be used by any other Pika player with dedication and skill (Or as we see out of box pikas like Swift, even more potential)

Wait. Is that THE balls man? I didn’t know you watched melee??

Ikr Such an amazing story told in such and engaging way

Yesss ‘‘twas so hype

I genuinely teared up near the end

omg is that the circle toons hd from the circle toons hd? the beans guy? omg ur so cool

Just wakin' up in the mornin', gotta thank God I don't know but today seems kinda odd

we’re eating GOOD this day 👏

About aMSa no less 😎

I saw it in my recommended and was really excited for a well edited 10-15min thing but... then I saw the time and holy shit I strapped in, asum vid

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omg just like goku

​@@CaptainMeleonGoku WISHES they were like asMa

Actual shonen protagonist

37:25 timestamp

cody really did NOT wanna win like that, in any world. i bet if you asked him he would rather have lost than win from that SD. although in hindsight, it make's amsa's big house win way more dramatic, so maybe it all worked out.

@@slepy7304the best part of that clip is that of you asked someone who they thought won, they would almost certainly say amsa. Cody with his hands on his head and amsa patting him on the back and holding the handshake on his side, smiling. Incredible sportsmanship

They clowned on his boy, and he took that shit personally

lmao trueeeee

​@@DisatiereInsult him? Eh, whatever. Insult Yoshi? Nah okay, you took it too far, little shit

So is Yoshi like new Jigglypuff aka due to 1 guy he gets an S tier and Salty Fox mains complain he's "unfair and unfun to fight against"

​@@danielsurvivor1372Yeah probably. It seems like the constant smiles let him off easier than hbox though.

even mew2king gave amsa that look when he beat him for the first time, they really respect him

Coming from mango especially, i was surprised lmao

It's the kinda thing you can't replicate in fictional storytelling since it's almost always gonna end in the main character getting a triumph. But in real life, anything can happen

Fox running out of gas was hilarious though

Same here … and I already knew who won💀

The imagery of yoshi hanging on to that ledge for the victory was incredible

The Man, the Myth, the Yoshi... aMSa!!!

Oh hey spiff

Spiff summed up my words but it’s been over a day for me.

Spiff don’t you have Fnaf to play

Ey! Didn't realize you liked melee, hell yeah!

May not be a God but he is a Hercules

Dude is a god butcher

@@lvl5Vaporeon dude is a From Soft protagonist, just mopping up any gods in the area to get stronger

He's God level skill he just plays Yoshi

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Don't think any legit competitor would want to win like that. There were no winners that day.

He looked so empathetic at that moment. Little did he know, aMSa didnt need that win. He needed a story.

I swear he looked more devistated then aMSa somehow

legit made me wanna tear up when seeing cody feeling remorse for amsa like that.

@@zemc77 well, apart from the winner, Cody

Tbf didn't EmpLemon video on Hungrybox came out way way before aMSa first major win? I think at that point he only had mewtwoking beat and 1-2 Gods a couple of times. aMSa was probably such an underdog that even Emp overlooked him, because Hungrybox and Jigglypuff as a whole started from better place then Yoshi, also Hungrybox story is just a bit more dramatic so to say, so there's that

@@danielsurvivor1372 Oh shit, you're right. Well, ignore all the other points; what only matters is that his Never Ever video on Hungrybox came out 3 years ago, while Big House 10 was held a little less than a year ago. The tournie that marked him as something comparable to the five gods would only happen 3 years after this video was POSTED. Realistically, the editing for such a long video like this could have started 4 years ago. So him promoting aMSa wouldn't really have even been possible with the information at the time. Really goes to show how meteoric his rise really is, when you compare him to the five gods.

@@TextualDeviantthat and also hbox was supremely dominate, w like 3 yrs in a row as the #1 player

FYI, hungrybox also graduated from college and kept a job during a majority of his smash career.

It's always funny when people talk about EmpLemon's video and criticize it. It was a product of it's time, and almost 4 years old now. A pre-covid time. Back when HBox was the top player, and had been the top player for 3 years, with a completely dominant streak of wins to back it up. Mango just had the worst year of his career in 2018, a year before the video came out. He went from winning an average of 5 tournaments a year, to only making it to finals twice, with mixed results in 2019. At the time, aMSa hadn't even finished top 3 against US players, and as this video notes, he hadn't traveled much to non-Japanese tournaments back then. No one knew if aMSa would make it or crash. Plus, there was a lot less content on aMSa back then, so it wouldn't have been as interesting of a video. Half of Emp's video is about HBox's personal struggles, which aMSa doesn't seem to have. Emp's video notes that the tides were turning. That newer players were finally reaching the strength of the five gods. It's almost prophetic how true it was. Back in January of 2020, the only non-gods to win a major were Leffen, who everyone knew was good, and Plup, who had just proven himself in 2018 and 2019. But now, not just aMSa, but other players like Zain, Jmook, and Cody are top players. The current 2023 Summer SSBMRank has exactly zero of the gods in the top 5 players. It's safe to say that the era where the five gods dominated melee is over. Emp's video talked about it as if the five gods were still around, but I think it's safe to say that a lot has changed in almost 4 years since it released.

This the first smash doc I seen that I can remember bro what are your other two picks?

@@poopyfartboi I'd put it up there with emplemon's hungrybox doc and ofc the smash brothers doc by travis beauchamp

@@adamb306Walt’s doc of Axe’s journey to take Smash Summit 8 is also a really good one

@@adamb306 I absolutely love the Hungrybox doc as well. That one is incredible.

@@poopyfartboinew amazing doc just dropped about Mango as well

It's more of a "I'd rather win with my favorite than win with the best one" after all, he doesn't play to have fun, he plays to win!

Seeing axe and amsa chilling in the background of summit 6... the two highest representations of their mid tier characters. And that they still are amazing friends to this day. Gives me goose bumps.

The editing was on an other level

Felt like watching an anime tournament arc where aMSa is the protagonist I'm so happy for him😢