Smash Bros. intro done with Team Fortress 2 cast

by Alexander Sliwinski { May 20th 2009 at 1:00AM }

The Team Fortress 2 vignettes are clever, but YouTube videographer AyesDyef did something that takes serious geeky dedication when he recreated the opening to Super Smash Bros. with the TF2 crew. The video above is an incredible recreation of the original Smash Bros. opening. How do we know it's so accurate? Well, there's a comparison video after the break if you don't believe us.

Tags: ayesdyef, super-smash-bros, team-fortress-2, valve

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

rockatansky89 @ May 20th 2009 1:03AM

totally loved it.

especially the secret character's popping in the background.

SecretAgentHam @ May 20th 2009 1:07AM

that was awesome. i wish TF2 would go on a weekend sale on steam again as i would love to pick it up at a nice price. oh the pain of not being able to play such an awesome game

The Baron @ May 20th 2009 11:13AM

You know the whole Orange Box was on sale for $10 like two weekends ago?

Bagels: Commander in Chief of the lolcat sarcasm alert force. Flying Monkeys beware. @ May 20th 2009 1:20AM

Oh that reaks of awesomnisity.
The "secret" characters that pop up, replacing luigi ness jigglypuff and captain falcon... I can pick out 2 being spies, the one on the left possibly being a scout... no idea what's on the right. It's imitating Jiggly, obviously.

Arrowned @ May 20th 2009 1:33AM

Someone in a comment to the video claimed they're ALL Spies.

Bagels: Commander in Chief of the lolcat sarcasm alert force. Flying Monkeys beware. @ May 20th 2009 1:58AM

And according to the recent spy short film, it goes without saying they could all be spies. :)

Ryan P. @ May 20th 2009 1:26AM

Wow. Just... Awesome...

8bitgeorge @ May 20th 2009 1:26AM

Incredible.

Oscar @ May 20th 2009 8:34PM

Valve should have done more to protect their reputation with the console versions but to be honest, as you said, the PS3 version was doomed from day one.

I myself own TOB on 360 and it really is nothing compared to the PC version of TF2, right now TF2 without the unlockables and thousands of custom maps would be impossible to imagine.

Bascially, for Valve games, just buy it on steam. If your computer isn't up to scratch then you should look up upgrade it cheaply (I built my current computer for TF2 for a TOTAL of AU$400 over a year ago and cun run everything on max).

For everyone's information Team Fortress 2 is free to play right now on steam as there is a free weekend. Try it out.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/440/

Otis @ May 20th 2009 1:29AM

This, the "meet the" videos, as well as fan made things, are so much better than the actual TF2. I'd even go so far as to say that it makes the game out to be something that it isn't.

Bagels: Commander in Chief of the lolcat sarcasm alert force. Flying Monkeys beware. @ May 20th 2009 2:00AM

Yeah, ditto... is it widely thought that the PS3 version is inferior? Cause it's the only one I've played and it wasn't all that. Mediocre in terms of actual gameplay. Art style rox.

Oscar @ May 20th 2009 3:14AM

Yes, the PS3 version wasn't even published by Valve. It's the most glitchy, worst ported and the worst version by far.

Do yourself a favour and pick up TF2 on steam again when they drop the price to $10 during their sales or at least try it on a free weekend It is the best multiplayer game of all time in my opinion.

jarhead906 @ May 20th 2009 9:35AM

@ Oscar

While I don't think the PS3 version of The Orange Box is even as bad as people make it out to be, I don't understand why everyone thinks it's a legitimate excuse to not support the PS3 version (like Valve does for Xbox 360 and PC) just because it was EA that published it instead.

The whole point of the matter is that it's Valve's property. They chose to abandon the whole concept of PS3 support from day one. While I'm happy that the PS3 version was even made, it's still Valve's responsibility to have continued support for things such as TF2.

I guess investing in PS3 development/training would be too large of a leap.

The Baron @ May 20th 2009 11:16AM

How about that millions of people still play TF2 on PC?

Given that there's probably only a few hundred people playing it on 360, even asking them support that is going a bit far.

cloud858rk @ May 20th 2009 5:17PM

I don't see how Valve can update the PS3 version when they have no PS3 devs.

Oscar @ May 20th 2009 8:37PM

@jarhead - Goddamn it, the joystiq the comment system seems to suck...

Valve should have done more to protect their reputation with the console versions but to be honest, as you said, the PS3 version was doomed from day one.

I myself own TOB on 360 and it really is nothing compared to the PC version of TF2, right now TF2 without the unlockables and thousands of custom maps would be impossible to imagine.

Bascially, for Valve games, just buy it on steam. If your computer isn't up to scratch then you should look up upgrade it cheaply (I built my current computer for TF2 for a TOTAL of AU$400 over a year ago and cun run everything on max).

For everyone's information Team Fortress 2 is free to play right now on steam as there is a free weekend. Try it out.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/440/

Giroro @ May 20th 2009 1:57AM

lol @ crabwalk

Mitsuo @ May 20th 2009 3:01AM

that sir is what we call a Spy Crab. It is endangered and should not be shot.

Ian @ May 20th 2009 1:58AM

haha awesome. wish i could play it on a mac. :(

Surge @ May 20th 2009 2:32AM

http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxgames/

Ian @ May 20th 2009 4:03AM

wow thanks i might actually try that out see how it works

jarhead906 @ May 20th 2009 9:36AM

BOOTCAMP

Ian @ May 20th 2009 2:03PM

dont want to buy windows..

Pat @ May 20th 2009 2:19AM

HOLY CRAP

Rentaro @ May 20th 2009 2:28AM

Where did they even get those airplane models? Don't remember seeing them in any maps O.o

n0thx1ng @ May 20th 2009 7:18AM

Most, if not all, of it was shot using Garry's Mod.

Surge @ May 20th 2009 2:30AM

Im playing it on mac with Crossover. Go here for more info: sbriz001@student.ucr.edu

Surge @ May 20th 2009 2:31AM

oops. wrong paste

Markez @ May 20th 2009 2:54AM

How's the smog in the IE treating you?

Ciros 360 @ May 20th 2009 2:41AM

In an unrelated Valve comment I am going to pick up Left4Dead new edition this week!

Anticrawl @ May 20th 2009 2:44AM

Gentlemen.

Young_Nastyman @ May 20th 2009 5:45AM

I love how Jigglypuff is still in there

CrabBattle @ May 20th 2009 6:56AM

And in other news, TF2s "still awesome"

Storm Eagle @ May 20th 2009 9:00AM

That's awesome. I actually have the Smash Bros. Intro as the screensaver for my PC so I'm very familiar with it and they got it right down to the T. I love how they the Soldier to blast the Heavy like it was Samus blasting DK. Brilliant! Sentry Down!!

KeegdnaB @ May 20th 2009 9:38AM

there are no words

Dan Bugglin @ May 20th 2009 10:16AM

I converted this into a BIK file to use in the Source engine intro videos. :D

This RAD Video Tools will do it: http://www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm

But first you want to grab the HQ version (video.mp4) from YouTube, then you'll need a DirectShow codec for it so RAD Video Tools can transcode it (make sure to preview while encoding so you're sure it's not all black).

I ended up having to transcode to Xvid in another program first (mplayer) since I didn't have a DirectShow codec for the YouTube HQ format.

Once you have the BIK, stick it in Team Fortress 2\tf\media, and then copy the TXT file from Team Fortress 2\valve\media to the tf\media folder, edit it in notepad, and add an entry for the new media\.bik file.

Then launch TF2 and there's your new intro after the Valve one.