Super Smash Bros. Melee facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Super Smash Bros. Melee |
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| Developer(s) | HAL Laboratory |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Designer(s) | Masahiro Sakurai |
| Composer(s) | Tadashi Ikegami Takuto Kitsuta Shogo Sakai |
| Series | Super Smash Bros. |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo GameCube |
| Release date(s) | Original release:
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| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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 subsequent 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, 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
- Bowser
- Captain Falcon
- Donkey Kong
- Fox McCloud
- Ice Climbers
- Kirby
- Link
- Mario
- Ness
- Pikachu
- Princess Peach
- Samus Aran
- Yoshi
- Princess Zelda/Sheik
Secret characters
- Dr. Mario
- Falco Lombardi
- Ganondorf
- Jigglypuff
- Luigi
- Marth
- Mewtwo
- Mr. Game & Watch
- Pichu
- Roy
- Young Link
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 |
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| 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.
