If you’ve been following the Super Smash Bros. fan game scene for the last decade, you’ve heard the name Crusade . It started as a humble Flash game with sprite-based characters and a wild roster. Fast forward to today, and Crusade CMC v9 (the latest major Community Made Compilation) feels less like a fan project and more like a love letter written in code, blood, and wavedashes.
Crusade CMC v9 isn’t trying to replace Ultimate or Melee . It’s a chaotic museum of platform fighter history, a proof of concept for what happens when passionate fans ignore “too many cooks” and just start cooking. super smash bros crusade cmc v9
I spent the last two weeks grinding matches, breaking the training mode, and testing the new v9 additions. Here’s why this update is a big deal. For the uninitiated: Crusade is a free, PC-based platform fighter. Unlike Rivals of Aether or Fraymakers , it’s not trying to be its own IP. It’s explicitly a Smash tribute, borrowing the physics and feel of Melee/Project M but with a roster that’s completely unhinged. If you’ve been following the Super Smash Bros