When and how did you discover the SSB series?
Curiously, pure coincidence. See, games weren't really the hot spot in Portugal back then, so games weren't really that popular. It was just offered as a gift when I was, what, seven?Because I liked to play those Mario and Pokémon games, and both were featured in the boxart.
Melee was also coincidence. I didn't ask for the game, but then I saw how Link was also on the boxart. I had been lucky that, in the previous Christmas, I had bought a pack of a black Gamecube with both Mario Kart: double Dash and a collector's edition of Legend of Zelda.
I was totally aware of Brawl's release, though. Quite the story. :p