Super Smash Bros. Melee

Super Smash Bros. Melee, known in Japan as  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 people  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
Bowser
Captain Falcon
Donkey Kong
Fox McCloud
Ice Climbers
Kirby
Link
Mario
Ness
Pikachu
Princess Peach
Samus Aran
Yoshi
Princess Zelda/Sheik

Unlockable 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 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.

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