Bro, I remember watching this so often with my friend back in the day. You actually got me to switch off Falco, who I switched to because of Bombsoldier. I used to watch all of your vids from Smash to Stepmania to GH3. Amazing how much influence early RUclips had on me. I even remember messaging you back in the day through RUclips DMs to help me figure out how to install Stepmania songs and going to my first tournament. You suggested I talk to M2K because he lived super close to me at the time in NJ but could never convince my parents that tourneys were a real thing. Ah the good ol times. I wish RUclips archived old DMs. Thanks for all the great memories bro I never met
For a second, I wondered why this video was so liked, considering this is a good falcon, but not nearly as good as today's standards. Then I realized it was posted 8 years ago. This is great shit for 8 years ago man. Technical skill wasn't very widespread until recently. This is very close to isai at that time.
thanks for reminding me this video is 14 years old! it really is crazy how far smash has come, I would've never thought people would still be playing it competitively this much later.
Tapion013 did it ever cross your mind about how much has been discovered within the game? Tech wise? Also do you still play melee by any chance? I would love to play with you on some rollback whenever you are available! :)
@@Axzle_YT People still seem to be discovering stuff too from what i can tell. Pretty absurd. I haven't played melee in a really long time, but I have been told to try the rollback netplay. I could give it a shot
Tapion013 haha thats understandable. A lot of the damn tech is hard to do, but I guess that’s what makes melee so unique I guess. When was the last time you played? Btw you totally should. It actually functions quite well, and recently was updated with a spectator mode if I remember correctly.
+TuxedoDude yeaaaa, this video was made 9 years ago... gaming lingo has definitely changed... nobody used to care that people would say that. I mean D.B.R., the crew with Germ, Silent Spectre, Clod Zero, yadda yadda, actually stands for "Death By Rape." Different times...
I just came here to see this awesome video again and then I read the post and I realized that Isai finally saw this video, hahaha congrats Tapion! I never get tired of watch this video =).
I thought the intro was pretty awesome myself. Any who has played a decent falcon knows how crazy it is to get cuaght the knee. I thought it was hella funny, since the comments were spot on. Amazing falcon, not sure why people give you a tough time. The knee is a homing rocket bro, I dig it.
I just realized I had never commented on this vid. I absolutly love it! It was the inspiration for my combo video, haha. Captain Falcon is too **** good!!
Hey Tapion, this was the first combo video I watched when I got into competitive smash. I had to pick up my jaw from the floor. Even now, almost a year later, I'm still very very impressed and entertained with your video. I wish I could personally thank you for the inspiration. Hopefully we'll get to play some day.
This video is what inspired me to get good with falcon 4 years ago. I fought through the gimping and the rape that spacies and marth dealt me, till that one day I did my first uair->uair->knee. Kept raping and didn't look back ever since. I don't play smash half as much as I used to anymore, but thank you, Tapion, for showing me your moves.
Geez, I can't believe I sat and read hundreds of comments of disbelief. That's how much I love your video. Tapion, you've been a great inspiration for my Falcon. I hope we get to play one day.
So I commented a year ago saying how much I still enjoy this a year after it was posted. Here's me 2 years later still watching this video, lol. Good shit, Tapion. Thanks again!
@Tapion013 A comeback mechanic, if I"m not mistaken, is basically a very powerful move specific to each character that can be used to gain a temporary advantage if it lands, right? That's what smash balls do. Shouldn't matter that it's obtained from an item, since the effect is unique to each character.
@kylej216 You problem with that is that the spike in order to do ANY KO at low -> mid percentages requires them to be off stage. With proper DI, they can tech the stage, or even survive the spike even if it's nipple spiked and can't be canceled. Always go for the knee since you can potentially get another one near the edge of the screen.
I remember watching this combo vid when it came out. wow i guess that shows how long we frickin play this game, i remember i thought this vid was amazing. now that i've found it again, very very impressive for the metagame back then of course. i remember i was amazed at the combo at 2:00 for some reason. ahha. good shit man. hope you're still playing like i am.
Best intro ever. I can't beleive you landed 4 dairs in a row and killed fox. Most of the combo vids I watch always show them missing the easy as hell dair landings.
Did you see his triple knee? I haven't seen anything faster or simpler. As he falls from a tiny short hop he does the first knee. Then he dashes and short hops to the second knee and dashes and full jumps once to the third. He then waits at the edge and drops down to grab the edge so that the now transformed Zelda cannot. This was against Sheik and it was started at a percent of I think 30.
I wish THIS C. Falcon was in brawl. Oh and by the way Tapion, though you may not be as good as Isai/Darkrain/whoever, your Falcon combo video absolutely TROUNCES every other one out there.
lol! Payday's music grew on me, though I liked the Rocky training theme either way. And come on, Isai did have a lot of characters, but we all know what we went to Isai the Movie to see :P Having said that dude, your vid's good enough to stand with the best, and it's like 7 friggin' years old LOL
Man, It sucks so bad that Falcon was nerfed in brawl... =( This is a very impressive video. I can't SH for life on melee. And those 0% - death combos were madd sik. Nice.
haha... although that's very encouraging, he would probably only put up a good fight against him (Isai is in his 20s i think), but he would still lose. BUT! Don't give up Tapion! You are very good. I bet nearly everyone here will be rooting for you when that time comes!
My footage was recorded by hooking up the TV straight to the computer via TV Tuner. The capturing was done directly, no digital camera. The down air (or as you say, meteor smash) is done through timing. Short hop, down + a or down on the c-stick, down on the joystick at peak of jump, L/R, repeat. It's called SHFFLing (Short hop fast fall L-Cancel). Pressing L or R makes the move "look faster."
i don't give a fuck what people say this video holds it weight after all of these years. seriously. i'm still impressed, and i'm impressed that i'm impressed lol. it's been about 3 years since i've seen this. instead of being knocked this should be called classic.
oh and one more thing...I also use Sheik, Dr. Mario, Ganondorf, Peach, Fox, Marth, Falco, Samus and Link. And I wanted to ask if I need to dump all my other characters and concentrate on C. Falcon, or is it possible to handle the confusion of all the different combos used with the different characters. Thx
Great combo video for Falcon. I recently picked him up about a month ago, I would say I can do about 70% of what I saw on this video, very impressive! The only thing I can not figure out how to do is, when holding the ledge and coming up off of it, doing the knee just as you hit the platform. A perfect example is at 3:05 on the video, anyway, great video!
14 years ago? Bruh not many falcons like this existed at the time lol, it's crazy bc I've rarely seen combos like this nowadays, but then again the meta has changed so much and you probably can't do a majority of these anymore bc everyone knows how to di out of everything. Insane
You say this isn't extraordinary, but for a casual ssbm gamer like me, it's amazing! Great combos, awesome video! You only forgot to write "There will be knees!" in the intro ;) I can hardly beat the lvl 9 cpus in ssbm, but in ssb64 I can dance with the pros! Great song btw!
Anything can become competitive if there's enough attraction to the activity, and the simplicity and the fact that there's so little skill required is what brings all the attraction to brawl. It's not competitive because it requires anything, it's competitive because the scene has made it such.
oh, it looked like the edge may have caught your legs preventing you from clearing it. But maybe cause Captain Falcon brings up his legs, it's like crouch jumping in halo. do you do your upairs with c-stick or tilt control stick and A?
@Tapion013 Why does it matter? In a normal fighting game, either player, whether ahead or behind in terms of life or rounds won, can still use their super moves. Aside from being collected via an item, how is using a Final Smash any less than equal to that in terms of functionality?
No worries, Tapion. Anyone who assumes you died or thinks these combos are impossible doesn't know the game. I love Smash videos because they're some of the few videos on the internet that require skills beyond basic video editing to create. Keep up the good work.
2.) Triple knees aren't seen often because falcon has much more safe and more efficient ways of racking up damage, not to mention you don't see falcon versing samuses or ganons that often due to the overwhelming space animal population. Basically, though, it's just that he has much safer options.
one of my favorite captain falcon combo is to grab, throw up, then jump forward a with the knee. It works even better if you just happen to throw them up on a platform, so you can time the knee move better
wow, you use blue falcon o.o I use blue falcon 2 ! i have never seen another one till now... you're very good, i'm a link main, but i think falcon has the coolest gameplay in the game, nice vid man
Yea thats true..I guess you gotta lose to get better right? and..the stage for practicing against Ganon..uh, is FD the best stage to use against him? Oh and..would playing Lv.1 falcons help to or no?
K looks like I finally sat down and watched the whole thing. It's official now. Isai watched on 28 June 2010 around 10:30pm EST.
I'll beat you in 64, play me bro
HYPE
BrickNGames why you on this old video
Same
Wait... 2010 was 8 years ago?
Bro, I remember watching this so often with my friend back in the day. You actually got me to switch off Falco, who I switched to because of Bombsoldier. I used to watch all of your vids from Smash to Stepmania to GH3. Amazing how much influence early RUclips had on me.
I even remember messaging you back in the day through RUclips DMs to help me figure out how to install Stepmania songs and going to my first tournament. You suggested I talk to M2K because he lived super close to me at the time in NJ but could never convince my parents that tourneys were a real thing. Ah the good ol times. I wish RUclips archived old DMs. Thanks for all the great memories bro I never met
Hope you're doin well these days! Glad you enjoyed my content :)
@@Tapion013 I'm doing well myself, don't play Smash much anymore but still watch Tourneys for Melee and Ult. Hope you're doing well too
For a second, I wondered why this video was so liked, considering this is a good falcon, but not nearly as good as today's standards. Then I realized it was posted 8 years ago. This is great shit for 8 years ago man. Technical skill wasn't very widespread until recently. This is very close to isai at that time.
This is the best Falcon footage because of the intro. It's just too good!
I'm reading this double from the time since this video was released and you commented, I agree with what you say especially that it's 16 years now 🤣
I love how this video's creator still is commenting on it 8 years later.
True dedication.
***** almost 9 :D
Tapion013 THE LEGEND NEVER DIES. TAPION STILL EXISTS
Isn't Tapion the inventor of the Dair to Falcon Punch on spacies combo?
+lil2Gutz yes he is
As a midwest falcon that has started in the past year, yes we are sick
I heard you got back into the game Tapion. Hype.
That Nair 1 to grab at 3:10 was pretty fucking advanced for the time
Melee Combo Videos, good old god damn days
Good video man. Glad you made this tbh! Honestly glad an old relic like this is up. Shows how far the community for melee truly has come.
thanks for reminding me this video is 14 years old! it really is crazy how far smash has come, I would've never thought people would still be playing it competitively this much later.
Tapion013 did it ever cross your mind about how much has been discovered within the game? Tech wise? Also do you still play melee by any chance? I would love to play with you on some rollback whenever you are available! :)
@@Axzle_YT People still seem to be discovering stuff too from what i can tell. Pretty absurd. I haven't played melee in a really long time, but I have been told to try the rollback netplay. I could give it a shot
Tapion013 haha thats understandable. A lot of the damn tech is hard to do, but I guess that’s what makes melee so unique I guess. When was the last time you played? Btw you totally should. It actually functions quite well, and recently was updated with a spectator mode if I remember correctly.
@@Axzle_YT If you want to try to play some, I'll get it installed, but I gotta warn you I'm pretty rusty! I'm idunnomaybe on the smashladder site
I'm so glad the term "rape" is no longer a part of the smash vocabulary. Also, SUCH a good video.
+Mrs. Featherbottom Agreed, very triggering word. Glad you like the video though :)
Tapion013 The man himself agrees with me? Tell me, do you still compete these days?
Mrs. Featherbottom I sure do :)
+Tapion013 it still is. nobody cares whether or not they hurt your precious feelings
wtf you simply don't use the word
Thanks for inventing dair>falcon punch, one of my favorite combos. :D
With true rape....
Um
+TuxedoDude yeaaaa, this video was made 9 years ago... gaming lingo has definitely changed... nobody used to care that people would say that. I mean D.B.R., the crew with Germ, Silent Spectre, Clod Zero, yadda yadda, actually stands for "Death By Rape." Different times...
Ya but man
Different times *shrugs* can't go back and change it
+TuxedoDude The rape was just too true man
I just came here to see this awesome video again and then I read the post and I realized that Isai finally saw this video, hahaha congrats Tapion!
I never get tired of watch this video =).
This is epic. Gotta be in the top 5 Falcon combo vids ever. The combo on Marth on Pokemon Stadium (Fire) was pure obliteration. I loved it.
Thanks for the complement, and yes I was trying to sync it. It says so in the description you seemed to like so much :)
Tapion I really liked how you did the beggining parts! They were great. I enjoyed watching every bit of the combo video too. Your Falcon is awesome!
The editing.
OMG.
How?
All the music...
The knees! The punches! The nairs!
Bravo.
I thought the intro was pretty awesome myself. Any who has played a decent falcon knows how crazy it is to get cuaght the knee. I thought it was hella funny, since the comments were spot on. Amazing falcon, not sure why people give you a tough time. The knee is a homing rocket bro, I dig it.
one of the best
captain falcons i have seem in my life
thumbs up for what u do
I just realized I had never commented on this vid. I absolutly love it! It was the inspiration for my combo video, haha. Captain Falcon is too **** good!!
amazing combo video! i never laughed so hard at any combo video. a lot of the kills were funny because they were just too good. keep up the good work.
best C.Falcon combos ive ever seen, and very nice use of the knee
Awesome video, really impressive combos...and the captions were hilarious too.
Hey Tapion, this was the first combo video I watched when I got into competitive smash. I had to pick up my jaw from the floor.
Even now, almost a year later, I'm still very very impressed and entertained with your video. I wish I could personally thank you for the inspiration. Hopefully we'll get to play some day.
This video is what inspired me to get good with falcon 4 years ago. I fought through the gimping and the rape that spacies and marth dealt me, till that one day I did my first uair->uair->knee. Kept raping and didn't look back ever since. I don't play smash half as much as I used to anymore, but thank you, Tapion, for showing me your moves.
Sick combo video lol, I think I've seen that clip of the bair up air string on Marth before used in montages
Geez, I can't believe I sat and read hundreds of comments of disbelief. That's how much I love your video.
Tapion, you've been a great inspiration for my Falcon. I hope we get to play one day.
watched it 3 years ago, and it's still one of my favorite falcon combo videos. :] so nice.
So I commented a year ago saying how much I still enjoy this a year after it was posted.
Here's me 2 years later still watching this video, lol. Good shit, Tapion. Thanks again!
This was added a year and 4 months or so ago, and it's still one of the best combo videos for Falcon out there. Put up or shutup, of course.
@Tapion013 A comeback mechanic, if I"m not mistaken, is basically a very powerful move specific to each character that can be used to gain a temporary advantage if it lands, right?
That's what smash balls do. Shouldn't matter that it's obtained from an item, since the effect is unique to each character.
:) thanks for the complement, I did put a lot of work into this. It's awesome to see new people still coming and enjoying this video :)
This video never ceases to amaze me
Man Tapion, 4 years ago you inspired me to play falcon at an advanced level and he is still my all time favorite to play today.
You know, it seems like I watch this every other day, but it NEVER gets old. Maybe it's the awesomely synched music that does it for me.
@kylej216 You problem with that is that the spike in order to do ANY KO at low -> mid percentages requires them to be off stage. With proper DI, they can tech the stage, or even survive the spike even if it's nipple spiked and can't be canceled. Always go for the knee since you can potentially get another one near the edge of the screen.
The combo from :48 to :58 was insane as well as the whole vid...great job
1. Awesome video.
-Well made
-Good quality
-Good syncing (even if you weren't trying to)
-Great content
2. It's so awesome that you're literate. Perfectly-spelled description with perfect grammar.
5/5, A+.
I remember watching this combo vid when it came out. wow i guess that shows how long we frickin play this game, i remember i thought this vid was amazing.
now that i've found it again, very very impressive for the metagame back then of course.
i remember i was amazed at the combo at 2:00 for some reason. ahha. good shit man. hope you're still playing like i am.
Here's a little throwback to this sick game and vid.
best credits to a vid ive seen in a while :P, ive been farming amv's for songs...
Best intro ever.
I can't beleive you landed 4 dairs in a row and killed fox. Most of the combo vids I watch always show them missing the easy as hell dair landings.
Did you see his triple knee? I haven't seen anything faster or simpler. As he falls from a tiny short hop he does the first knee. Then he dashes and short hops to the second knee and dashes and full jumps once to the third. He then waits at the edge and drops down to grab the edge so that the now transformed Zelda cannot. This was against Sheik and it was started at a percent of I think 30.
I wish THIS C. Falcon was in brawl.
Oh and by the way Tapion, though you may not be as good as Isai/Darkrain/whoever, your Falcon combo video absolutely TROUNCES every other one out there.
Tapion, do you live the combo at 1:58??
every single combo in this video falcon survives
I don't have the reign of chaos disc, and ever since I reformatted at the last CC tournament, I haven't been able to play.
lol!
Payday's music grew on me, though I liked the Rocky training theme either way. And come on, Isai did have a lot of characters, but we all know what we went to Isai the Movie to see :P
Having said that dude, your vid's good enough to stand with the best, and it's like 7 friggin' years old LOL
question: any sort of rule as to how many times you can punch a guy in a grab before he gets away?
Tapion you play in any tournaments? If so, alias and upload some videos.
Man, It sucks so bad that Falcon was nerfed in brawl... =( This is a very impressive video. I can't SH for life on melee. And those 0% - death combos were madd sik. Nice.
haha... although that's very encouraging, he would probably only put up a good fight against him (Isai is in his 20s i think), but he would still lose. BUT! Don't give up Tapion! You are very good. I bet nearly everyone here will be rooting for you when that time comes!
Have you found out if isai was watching or not? I mean, it's been 2 years.
My footage was recorded by hooking up the TV straight to the computer via TV Tuner. The capturing was done directly, no digital camera.
The down air (or as you say, meteor smash) is done through timing. Short hop, down + a or down on the c-stick, down on the joystick at peak of jump, L/R, repeat. It's called SHFFLing (Short hop fast fall L-Cancel). Pressing L or R makes the move "look faster."
@Teranova so does your use of apostrophes.
i don't give a fuck what people say this video holds it weight after all of these years. seriously. i'm still impressed, and i'm impressed that i'm impressed lol. it's been about 3 years since i've seen this.
instead of being knocked this should be called classic.
oh and one more thing...I also use Sheik, Dr. Mario, Ganondorf, Peach, Fox, Marth, Falco, Samus and Link. And I wanted to ask if I need to dump all my other characters and concentrate on C. Falcon, or is it possible to handle the confusion of all the different combos used with the different characters. Thx
i like the Taipon punches WINK WINK lol thanks for creating that :) i used it on my friend today lol and AMAZING combo video very entertaining
Great combo video for Falcon. I recently picked him up about a month ago, I would say I can do about 70% of what I saw on this video, very impressive! The only thing I can not figure out how to do is, when holding the ledge and coming up off of it, doing the knee just as you hit the platform. A perfect example is at 3:05 on the video, anyway, great video!
Tapion, this video was amazing. Very nice combos. It must have took you a long time to sync the music with the combos. Amazing work.
the part at about 3:02 thru 3:10 was like perfectly insync with the vid XD
awesome!
14 years ago? Bruh not many falcons like this existed at the time lol, it's crazy bc I've rarely seen combos like this nowadays, but then again the meta has changed so much and you probably can't do a majority of these anymore bc everyone knows how to di out of everything. Insane
Do most pro's C-stick for moves like down air and "THE KNEE" or use A, or both?
You say this isn't extraordinary, but for a casual ssbm gamer like me, it's amazing!
Great combos, awesome video! You only forgot to write "There will be knees!" in the intro ;)
I can hardly beat the lvl 9 cpus in ssbm, but in ssb64 I can dance with the pros! Great song btw!
Anything can become competitive if there's enough attraction to the activity, and the simplicity and the fact that there's so little skill required is what brings all the attraction to brawl. It's not competitive because it requires anything, it's competitive because the scene has made it such.
oh, it looked like the edge may have caught your legs preventing you from clearing it. But maybe cause Captain Falcon brings up his legs, it's like crouch jumping in halo.
do you do your upairs with c-stick or tilt control stick and A?
I've been trying to, but it's getting more and more difficult to gather footage :'( I don't see it happening.
@Tapion013 Why does it matter? In a normal fighting game, either player, whether ahead or behind in terms of life or rounds won, can still use their super moves.
Aside from being collected via an item, how is using a Final Smash any less than equal to that in terms of functionality?
Tapion, you're too good. Are you still up for doing a sequel of this one?. It would be just as awesome as this one, if not better.
These comments are so old they deserve senior discounts
No worries, Tapion. Anyone who assumes you died or thinks these combos are impossible doesn't know the game. I love Smash videos because they're some of the few videos on the internet that require skills beyond basic video editing to create. Keep up the good work.
Lol your too good with Falcon xD! You continue giving your opponents the ubber knee of justice! 5/5!
2.) Triple knees aren't seen often because falcon has much more safe and more efficient ways of racking up damage, not to mention you don't see falcon versing samuses or ganons that often due to the overwhelming space animal population. Basically, though, it's just that he has much safer options.
one of my favorite captain falcon combo is to grab, throw up, then jump forward a with the knee. It works even better if you just happen to throw them up on a platform, so you can time the knee move better
Ahh..I guess thats true. What would a basic but damaging combo be useful on a Peach player?
You're the best Falcon player I've ever seen. o_o
Oh ok. Makes sense. Yea i'll be attempting some combos on Fox and Ganon soon enough then lol. But what stages would you recommend using?
U are very good! have you ever played vs "the twins" of mexico?
I'm quite good at using C. Falcon but I do not use the C-Stick and was just wondering if you need the C-stick to be this good!!!
THIS CALLS FOR CELEBRATION!
Congrats Tapion.
oh btw what would be your perfect c. falcon combo? (That always works)
This is still the best Falcon combo vid out there. Sorry Silence, IKM, Mind Reader, Payday and WTF HAX.
This one had Falcon Punches.
hey how you do the knee when your hanging off the ledge thax.
I remember watching this video 4 years ago when it was released. I thought it was awesome. 4 years later, I still do :) . This video is a classic.
isai the best falcon player in ssb64 and ssbm for ever^^
awesome vid 5stars^^
how many versions of the f-zero theme are there for christ's sake
Any combo that ends with falcon punch is basically the best combo in the game.
4:58
...is Jiggly dashdancing there, or wtf is it doing..?
wow, you use blue falcon o.o
I use blue falcon 2 !
i have never seen another one till now...
you're very good, i'm a link main, but i think falcon has the coolest gameplay in the game, nice vid man
Yea thats true..I guess you gotta lose to get better right? and..the stage for practicing against Ganon..uh, is FD the best stage to use against him? Oh and..would playing Lv.1 falcons help to or no?
its amazing how much faster gameplay seems when theres shffling and lcanceling
Was that.. a sudden death in a stock match?!
I've only had that once in brawl when I kinda failed a bowsercide..
Dreaming is what got us here.
dreams inspire everyone.
What's the name of the first song at the intro.
u rock tapion!!!! , can u plz tell me the name of the songs ???? mute city (name of the band plz)
I can't find the opening song on youtube. can someone please send me a link through a pm?
Did you really type 1001th?
And yeah, I suppose so. I'm outta the game now though, there could be 10 or more by now.
any aerial A move for any character.
Well, I'm still having trouble with hitting them with the right part of the uair. Can you help?
that comeback on sheik at 3:52 was just too beautiful for words lmfao
how did he have an entirely white Marth???