I just bought a Melee copy for my collection, and found out my version is 1.0 NTSC. I don't know if it's good to practice, or more valuable for a collection than the other versions.
Posted Aug 17, 2022, 11:59 PM UTC
Pre 1.02 i thinks let's you boomerang fling link up into the air when hookshotted on a wall that you can hang from.
The most important difference
You'll need a copy of Melee that's 1.02 if you want to play on Slippi, but other than that, it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things for practice. Bug fixes for the most part, but tournament set ups provided by players used to have all three NTSC versions until memory card mods became more common.
For playing on a PC, you can just find a 1.02 ISO.
For locals, you can get a memory card mod with UCF that will also apply all the 1.02 changes.
As far as rarity, 1.02 discs are by far the most common. But I don't think it's rare enough to be super special or anything.
1.02 is the tournament standard, but there are so few differences between the NTSC versions (and none that affect tournament gameplay) that it doesn't matter.
As for rarity, 1.00 would likely be the rarest version, though I don't know how much more worth the game has (especially once used).