Super Smash Bros. Melee

Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Developer(s)	HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Masahiro Sakurai
Producer(s)	Shigeru Miyamoto
Designer(s)	Masahiro Sakurai
Composer(s)	Tadashi Ikegami; Takuto Kitsuta; Shogo Sakai
Series	Super Smash Bros.
Platform(s)	Nintendo GameCube
Release	Original release: JP: November 20, 2001; NA: December 2, 2001; EU: May 24, 2002; AU: May 31, 2002; Player's Choice: NA: September 25, 2002; EU: April 4, 2003; AU: April 4, 2003;
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Display	480p 4:3

Super Smash Bros. Melee, known in Japan as 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズDX (Dairantō Sumasshu Burazāzu Derakkusu, lit. Great Melee Smash Brothers Deluxe) is a video game where players can choose from many people from famous Nintendo games and have them fight each other. Players can fight alone or team up with someone else against a friend. This game is a sequel to Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64. Super Smash Bros. Melee is for the Nintendo GameCube. The following game is Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii.

Characters

Super Smash Bros. Melee takes 26 characters from many of Nintendo's series. It includes all 12 veteran characters from Super Smash Bros. 64, and adds 14 new characters, including Princess Peach and Bowser from the Super Mario Bros. series, Princess Zelda/Sheik and Ganondorf from The Legend of Zelda, and new characters like Ice Climbers from Ice Climber and Marth from Fire Emblem. Some characters seem to play more like other characters who were in the first game, like Ganondorf compared to Captain Falcon.

Sakurai planned to include more characters, including Diddy Kong, Meta Knight, King Dedede, Balloon Fighter, Urban Champion, Ayumi Tachibana, Sonic the Hedgehog, Bubbles, Excitebike, Solid Snake, and Lucas, but did not have time to fit them in. All of them except for Balloon Fighter made it into Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Default characters

Unlockable characters

Items

Items from different games can fall from the sky, like Poké Balls from Pokémon or Mushrooms from Mario. These items can be used in different ways. For example, Poké Balls can summon Pokémon, and Mushrooms can either grow the person whom touches it, unless it is a Poison Mushroom which makes them shrink.

Stages

Super Smash Bros. Melee has many stages that players can battle on. Most of the stages are based on Nintendo series like Mario, Pokémon, and The Legend of Zelda.

Home Stages

Series	Character	Home Stage	All-Star Home Stage
Super Mario Bros.	Mario	Mushroom Kingdom	Rainbow Cruise
Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong	Kongo Jungle	Kongo Jungle
The Legend of Zelda	Link	Great Bay	Great Bay
Metroid	Samus	Brinstar	Brinstar
Yoshi	Yoshi	Yoshi's Story	Yoshi's Story
Kirby	Kirby	Green Greens	Green Greens
Star Fox	Fox	Corneria	Corneria
Pokemon	Pikachu	Pokémon Stadium	Pokémon Stadium
F-Zero	Captain Falcon	Mute City	Mute City
Earthbound	Ness	Onett	Onett
Super Mario Bros.	Luigi	Mushroom Kingdom II	Mushroom Kingdom
Pokemon	Jigglypuff	Poke Floats	Poke Floats
Super Mario Bros.	Peach	Princess Peach's Castle	Princess Peach's Castle
Super Mario Bros.	Bowser	Rainbow Cruise	Yoshi's Island
The Legend of Zelda	Zelda/Sheik	Temple	Temple
Ice Climber	Ice Climbers	Icicle Mountain	Icicle Mountain
Super Mario Bros.	Dr. Mario	Yoshi's Island	Mushroom Kingdom II
The Legend of Zelda	Ganondorf	Brinstar Depths	Brinstar Depths
The Legend of Zelda	Young Link	Jungle Japes	Jungle Japes
Star Fox	Falco	Venom	Venom
Pokemon	Mewtwo	Fountain of Dreams	Battlefield
Pokemon	Pichu	Fourside	Fourside
Fire Emblem	Marth	Battlefield	Fountain of Dreams
Fire Emblem	Roy	Final Destination	Final Destination
Game & Watch	Mr. Game & Watch	Flatzone	Flatzone

Tournament Play

Super Smash Bros. Melee has become very popular in tournaments. These tournaments do not use items or most stages, believing that these make the game unfair. In tournaments, however, a lot of characters are not strong enough to win. Some of the best characters for tournaments are Fox McCloud, Falco Lombardi, and Jigglypuff.