Techniques
Here are various techniques to efficiently navigate the user interfaces found inside melee.
- Character Select Screen Tricks
- From CSS press LR+Start to get to the home screen faster to turn off rumble or modify sound settings
- Go into the name box to do start+x+y to reset controller and you won't advance to the level select screen. Alternatively, you can start x y during the loading screen of the level
- Sound Options
- Mash control stick left and dpad left to move the Music / Sound slider faster
- Handwarmers
- After you toggle pause you can press start to return directly to the character select screen (rather than pressing B twice)
- I recommend having pause off during handwarmers when both players are present. It gives the following advantadges
- Don't need to spend menuing to turn pause on before handwarmer
- Don't need to spend menuing to turn pause off after handwarmer
- Because of <above> you don't risk changing some other setting like damage ratio.
- In game
- To quit out of a game quickly: first hold L+R+A, then without releasing them, press Start→Start.
- Wrong stage selected
- you can LRA+start while the stage is loading to avoid going into the game