Metagame (2021)
Metagame
2021An eight-part docuseries following the five best Super Smash Brothers Melee players as they battle to be world champion. A follow-up to the 2013 documentary The Smash Brothers, it picks up where the first one left off and chronicling the epic “Era of the 5 Gods,” a unique period in the history of competitive Melee where 5 players emerged as distinctly dominant compared to all other competition.
Seasons & Episode
Our story begins in the misty far away days of the 1990s - the golden age of console gaming. It was in this rush to produce new and engaging multiplayer experiences that Nintendo created A Beautiful Accident - Super Smash Brothers Melee. The ostensibly casual and kid-oriented game would reveal itself to be far deeper than any fighting game in the world - and soon fostered a dedicated community of competitive players around it.
With a sudden explosion of popularity in streaming and a renewed interest in the game, it’s Sunday in America for the members of the Pantheon and the smash community. But as Armada finds his fire again, he comes face to face with a player he betrayed. Leffen seeks his revenge on his former playing partner and aims to become the “One True God”. Will the Pantheon fall to the brash “god slayer”?
As hype builds for the largest tournament of all time at Apex 2015, the gods each prepare in their own ways. PPMD works to control his inner demons as Armada reveals a secret weapon at the last Apex Qualifier. Meanwhile, Leffen’s incessant trash talk leads old-school legend Chillindude to challenge him to a money match, slated for the Apex Salty Suite. Tensions near the boiling point in The Pantheon’s Fall Part 1.
The final showdown arrives for everyone in The Pantheon’s Fall Part 2. After nearly being canceled once the original venue falls through, Apex is saved in a massive volunteer effort by the players themselves. In the hectic final days, the fate of the Pantheon, the god-slayer and the game itself all unfold in front of over a hundred thousand viewers watching live around the world.
An eight-part docuseries following the five best Super Smash Brothers Melee players as they battle to be world champion. A follow-up to the 2013 documentary The Smash Brothers, it picks up where the first one left off and chronicling the epic “Era of the 5 Gods,” a unique period in the history of competitive Melee where 5 players emerged as distinctly dominant compared to all other competition.