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{{italic title|List of ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' staff}}
{{italic title|List of ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' staff}}
This is a list of the staff involved with the game ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. Data from this list is sourced from [http://themushroomkingdom.net/ssbm_credits-full.shtml this page].
This is a list of the staff involved with the game ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. The game, like [[Super Smash Bros.|its predecessor]], features an extended version of its full credit roll in which the credited personnel are matched to their specific roles in the production of the game (for example, the game's voice actors are matched to the characters that they voiced). Data from this full credits list is sourced from [http://themushroomkingdom.net/ssbm_credits-full.shtml this page].


===Planning===
===Planning===
*Masahiro Sakurai
*[[Masahiro Sakurai]]
*Yoichi Sukino
*Yoichi Sukino
*Ryuichi Noguchi
*Ryuichi Noguchi


===Chief director===
===Director===
*Masahiro Sakurai
*Masahiro Sakurai


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===Programming===
===Programming===
'''System:'''
'''System'''
*Yoshiki Suzuki
*Yoshiki Suzuki


'''Player collision; motion transportation:'''
'''Characters, stage selection, and effects'''
*Yoichi Sukino
 
'''Characters, stage selection, and effects:'''
*Akio Hanyu
*Akio Hanyu


'''Items and special moves:'''
'''Items and special moves'''
*Isao Takahashi
*Isao Takahashi
*Yoshimi Takahashi
*Yoshimi Takahashi
*Katsuhiro Sakoda
*Katsuhiro Sakoda


'''Devices:'''
'''Devices'''
*Seiji Otoguro
*Seiji Otoguro
*Yoshimi Takahashi
*Yoshimi Takahashi
*Kazuhiro Mizusawa
*Kazuhiro Mizusawa


'''Figures:'''
'''Figures'''
*Seiji Otoguro
*Seiji Otoguro


'''Enemies:'''
'''Enemies'''
*Seiji Otoguro
*Seiji Otoguro
*Masakazu Ebihara
*Masakazu Ebihara


'''Event Matches:'''
'''Event Matches'''
*Isao Takahashi
*Isao Takahashi
*Katsuhiro Sakoda
*Katsuhiro Sakoda


'''Playable characters:'''
'''Playable characters'''
*Kouichi Watanabe
*Kouichi Watanabe
*Tomokazu Tsuruoka
*Tomokazu Tsuruoka


'''Pokémon:'''
'''Pokémon'''
*Masakazu Ebihara
*Masakazu Ebihara


'''Database management:'''
'''Database management'''
*Masakazu Ebihara
*Masakazu Ebihara


'''Stages and camera work:'''
'''Stages and camera work'''
*Kazuhiro Misuzawa
*Kazuhiro Misuzawa


'''Player library, dynamics, and AI:'''
'''Player library, dynamics, and AI'''
*Masashi Yamane
*Masashi Yamane


'''Figure explanations:'''
'''Game modes and indication'''
*Masahiro Sakurai
 
'''Game modes and indication:'''
*Yoshiya Taniguchi
*Yoshiya Taniguchi


'''Menus, cinema scenes, endings, and sprite library:'''
'''Menus, cinema scenes, endings, and sprite library'''
*Yasuyuki Nagashima
*Yasuyuki Nagashima


'''Training and tournaments:'''
'''Training and tournaments'''
*Kim Sung-Kwen
*Kim Sung-Kwen


'''Special bonuses:'''
'''Special bonuses'''
*Tomokazu Tsuruoka
*Tomokazu Tsuruoka


'''All-Star Mode and staff credits:'''
'''All-Star Mode and staff credits'''
*Takayuki Sugano
*Takayuki Sugano


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*Hitoshi Kobayashi
*Hitoshi Kobayashi


===Design work===
===Design===
'''Game and data design:'''
'''Game and data design'''
*Masahiro Sakurai
*Masahiro Sakurai


'''Stage design:'''
'''Stage design'''
*Yoichi Sukino
*Yoichi Sukino


'''Item and figure design:'''
'''Item and figure design'''
*Hitoshi Kobayashi
*Hitoshi Kobayashi


'''Device design:'''
'''Device design'''
*Tsuyoshi Wakayama
*Tsuyoshi Wakayama
*Atsuko Nakamura
*Atsuko Nakamura


'''Artwork design:'''
'''Artwork design'''
*Kenichiro Kita
*Kenichiro Kita


'''Menu, character, stage selection, and staff credits design:'''
'''Menu, character, stage selection, and staff credits design'''
*Michiko Takahashi
*Michiko Takahashi


'''Motion design (HAL Laboratory):'''
'''Motion design (HAL Laboratory)'''
*Masaru Kobayashi
*Masaru Kobayashi
*Dai Suzuki
*Dai Suzuki
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*So Yoshimura
*So Yoshimura


'''Game demo movie and screen shot design:'''
'''Game demo movie and screen shot design'''
*Takaaki Kawahara
*Kouji Akaike
*Kouji Akaike
*Kazuo Yazawa
*Kazuo Yazawa


'''Opening movie design:'''
'''Opening movie design'''
*Kei Hoshiba
*Kei Hoshiba
*Jungo Suzuki
*Jungo Suzuki
*Ken Ikuji
*Ken Ikuji


'''Playable character modeling (HAL Laboratory):'''
'''Playable character modeling (HAL Laboratory)'''
*Hitoshi Kobayashi
*Hitoshi Kobayashi
*Hitoshi Kikkawa
*Hitoshi Kikkawa
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*Kei Hoshiba
*Kei Hoshiba


'''Item modeling:'''
'''Item modeling'''
*Tsuyoshi Wakayama
*Tsuyoshi Wakayama


'''Stage modeling (HAL Laboratory):'''
'''Stage modeling (HAL Laboratory)'''
*Tsuyoshi Wakayama
*Tsuyoshi Wakayama
*Tadashi Hashikura
*Tadashi Hashikura
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'''Stage modeling (Creatures Inc.)'''
'''Stage modeling (Creatures Inc.)'''
*Yousuke Hirata
*Yosuke Hirata
*Atsuko Ujiie
*Atsuko Ujiie
*Toru Kurashige
*Toru Kurashige
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*Hikaru Jinguji
*Hikaru Jinguji


'''Enemy modeling:'''
'''Enemy modeling'''
*Hitoshi Kikkawa
*Hitoshi Kikkawa
*Tetsuya Mochizuki
*Tetsuya Mochizuki
*Atsuko Nakamura
*Atsuko Nakamura


'''Effect and background modeling:'''
'''Effect and background modeling'''
*Kunio Watanabe
*Kunio Watanabe


'''Figure modeling (Creatures Inc.):'''
'''Figure modeling (Creatures Inc.)'''
*Mikio Menjo
*Mikio Menjo
*Katsura Tabata
*Katsura Tabata
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*Jungo Suzuki
*Jungo Suzuki
*So Yoshimura
*So Yoshimura
*Yousuke Hirata
*Yosuke Hirata
*Atsuko Ujiie
*Atsuko Ujiie
*Toru Kurashige
*Toru Kurashige
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*Ken Ikuji
*Ken Ikuji


'''Figure modeling (Dice):'''
'''Figure modeling (Dice)'''
*Tomohiro Sato
*Tomohiro Sato


'''Figure modeling assistants:'''
'''Figure modeling assistants'''
*Hiromichi Sugiyama
*Hiromichi Sugiyama
*Nachi Sugiyama
*Nachi Sugiyama
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*Shinichi Yoshikawa
*Shinichi Yoshikawa


'''Figure design support:'''
'''Figure design support'''
*Tsuyoshi Wakayama
*Tsuyoshi Wakayama


'''Stage design support:'''
'''Stage design support'''
*Ryuichi Noguchi
*Ryuichi Noguchi


'''Opening movie design support:'''
'''Opening movie design support'''
*Atsuko Nakamura
*Atsuko Nakamura


'''Design support:'''
'''Design support'''
*Hiroo Takeshita
*Hiroo Takeshita
*Tomomi Minami
*Tomomi Minami
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===Sound and music staff===
===Sound and music staff===
'''Music composition:'''
'''Music composition'''
*Hirokazu Ando
*Hirokazu Ando
*Shogo Sakai
*Shogo Sakai


'''Music arrangement:'''
'''Music arrangement'''
*Hirokazu Ando
*Hirokazu Ando
*Tadashi Ikegami
*Tadashi Ikegami
*Shogo Sakai
*Shogo Sakai
*Takuto Kisuta
*Takuto Kitsuta


'''Music coordination:'''
'''Music coordination'''
*Hirokazu Ando
*Hirokazu Ando


'''Voice coordination:'''
'''Voice coordination'''
*Tadashi Ikegami
*Tadashi Ikegami


'''Sound composition:'''
'''Sound composition'''
*Tadashi Ikegami
*Tadashi Ikegami


'''Librarian:'''
'''Librarian'''
*Shogo Sakai
*Shogo Sakai


'''Mixing:'''
'''Mixing'''
*Hirofumi Sato
*Hirofumi Sato


'''Mixing assistant:'''
'''Mixing assistant'''
*Yuuichi Kaneko
*Yuichi Kaneko


'''Pokémon audio planning:'''
'''Pokémon audio planning'''
*Masafumi Mima
*Masafumi Mima


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:Conducted by Taizo Takemoto
:Conducted by Taizo Takemoto


===Voice===
===Voice acting===
*Dean Harrington  
<!--DO NOT MODIFY; the TMK extended credits list clearly identifies the roles that were portrayed by the individual actors and actresses.-->
*[[Charles Martinet]]  
'''Announcements'''
*Dean Harrington
 
'''Mario, Luigi, Dr. Mario'''
*[[Charles Martinet]]
 
'''Link'''
*Nobuyuki Hiyama
*Nobuyuki Hiyama
'''Yoshi'''
*[[Kazumi Totaka]]
*[[Kazumi Totaka]]
'''Kirby, Ness'''
*Makiko Ohmoto
*Makiko Ohmoto
'''Fox (vocal effects)'''
*Shinobu Satouchi
*Shinobu Satouchi
'''Pikachu'''
*Ikue Ohtani
*Ikue Ohtani
'''Jigglypuff'''
*Rachael Lillis
*Rachael Lillis
'''Peach'''
*[[Jen Taylor]]
*[[Jen Taylor]]
'''Captain Falcon'''
*Ryo Horikawa
*Ryo Horikawa
*Jun Mizusawa
 
'''Zelda, Sheik'''
*Jun Misuzawa
 
'''Marth'''
*Hikaru Midorikawa
*Hikaru Midorikawa
'''Mewtwo'''
*Masachika Ichimura
*Masachika Ichimura
*Jun Fukayuma
 
*Sanae Kobayashi
'''Pichu'''
*Satomi Kohrogi
*Satomi Kohrogi
'''Young Link'''
*Fujiko Takimoto
*Fujiko Takimoto
'''Roy'''
*Jun Fukuyama
'''Ganondorf'''
*[[Takashi Nagasako]]
*[[Takashi Nagasako]]
'''Popo'''
*Sanae Kobayashi
'''Falco (vocal effects)'''
*Hisao Egawa
'''Peppy, Slippy'''
*Chris Seavor
*Chris Seavor
*Hisao Egawa
 
'''Fox (cutscene dialogue)'''
*Steve Malpass
*Steve Malpass
'''Falco (cutscene dialogue)'''
*Ben Cullum
*Ben Cullum
*James W. Norwood Jr.
 
'''Crowd cheers'''
*Bill Trinen
*Tim O'Leary
*[[Nate Bihldorff]]
 
'''"DK Rap" vocals'''
*James W. Norwood, Jr.
 
'''Uncredited Pokémon voice actors'''
*Eric Stuart
*Kayzie Rogers
*Michael Haigney
*Tara Jayne
*Shinichirô Miki
*Yuji Ueda
*Kôichi Yamadera
*Mika Kanai


===North American localization===
===North American localization===
'''English text editing:'''
'''English text editing'''
*Rich Amtower
*Rich Amtower
*Bill Trinen
*Bill Trinen
*Jeff Miller
*Jeff Miller


'''English text writing:'''
'''English text writing'''
*Bill Trinen
*Bill Trinen


'''English translation:'''
'''English translation'''
*Tim O'Leary
*Tim O'Leary
*Nate Bihldorff
*Nate Bihldorff


'''Localization management:'''
'''Localization management'''
*Jeff Miller
*Jeff Miller
*Leslie Swan
*[[Leslie Swan]]


'''U.S. text writing support:'''
'''U.S. text writing support'''
*Norimasa Tanikawa
*Norimasa Tanikawa
===European localisation===
'''German text'''
*Daniel Schäfers
'''French text'''
*Pierre Sanchez
'''Spanish text'''
*Palma Sánchez de Moya
'''Italian text'''
*Massimo Maietti
'''Coordination'''
*Hiroyuki Uesugi
'''Localisation management'''
*Kai Zeh
*Tanja Baar


===Original game staff===
===Original game staff===
'''Producer and director of original games:'''
'''Producer and director of original games'''
*Shigeru Miyamoto
*[[Shigeru Miyamoto]]


'''Mario, Luigi, Link, and Donkey Kong character designs:'''
'''Mario, Luigi, Link, and Donkey Kong character designs'''
*Shigeru Miyamoto
*Shigeru Miyamoto


'''''Star Fox'' and ''F-Zero'' character designs:'''
'''''Star Fox'' and ''F-Zero'' character designs'''
*Takaya Imamura
*Takaya Imamura


'''''The Legend of Zelda'' character illustration:'''
'''''The Legend of Zelda'' character illustration'''
*Yusuke Nakano
*Yusuke Nakano


'''''Metroid'' game design:'''
'''''Metroid'' game design'''
*Yoshio Sakamoto
*Yoshio Sakamoto


'''Samus character design:'''
'''Samus character design'''
*Hiroji Kiyotake
*[[Hiroji Kiyotake]]


'''''Super Metroid'' CG design:'''
'''''Super Metroid'' CG design'''
*Tomoyoshi Yamane
*Tomoyoshi Yamane


'''''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' director:'''
'''''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' director'''
*Eiji Aonuma
*Eiji Aonuma


'''''Ice Climber'' character designs:'''
'''''Ice Climber'' director'''
*Kenji Miki
 
'''''Ice Climber'' character designs'''
*Tadashi Sugiyama
*Tadashi Sugiyama


'''Yoshi character design:'''
'''Yoshi character design'''
*Shigefumi Hino
*[[Shigefumi Hino]]


'''Kirby character design:'''
'''Kirby character design'''
*Masahiro Sakurai
*Masahiro Sakurai


'''''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' character designs:'''
'''''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' character designs'''
*Yoshiki Haruhana
*Yoshiki Haruhana


'''Ganondorf character design:'''
'''Ganondorf character design'''
*Satoshi Takizawa
*Satoshi Takizawa


'''''EarthBound'' producers:'''
'''''EarthBound'' producers'''
*Shigesato Itoi
*Shigesato Itoi
*Tsunekazu Ishihara
*Tsunekazu Ishihara


'''''Yoshi's Story'' producer:'''
'''''Yoshi's Story'' producer'''
*Takashi Tezuka
*[[Takashi Tezuka]]


'''Miscellaneous Nintendo character designs:'''
'''Miscellaneous Nintendo character designs'''
*Makoto Kano
*Makoto Kano
*Toru Osawa
*Toru Osawa


'''''Pokémon'' executive director:'''
'''''Pokémon'' executive director'''
*Satoshi Tajiri
*Satoshi Tajiri


'''''Pokémon'' director:'''
'''''Pokémon'' director'''
*Junichi Masuda
*Junichi Masuda


'''''Pokémon'' graphic director:'''
'''''Pokémon'' graphic director'''
*Ken Sugimori
*Ken Sugimori


'''''Pokémon'' programming:'''
'''''Pokémon'' programming'''
*Shigeki Morimoto
*Shigeki Morimoto
*Tetsuya Watanabe
*Tetsuya Watanabe
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*Tetsuji Ohta
*Tetsuji Ohta


'''''Pokémon'' planning:'''
'''''Pokémon'' planning'''
*Kouji Nishino
*Kouji Nishino


'''''Pokémon'' coordination:'''
'''''Pokémon'' coordination'''
*Hiroyuki Jinnai
*Hiroyuki Jinnai


'''''Pokémon'' product supervision:'''
'''''Pokémon'' product supervision'''
*Tsunekazu Ishihara
*Tsunekazu Ishihara


'''''Fire Emblem'' director:'''
'''''Fire Emblem'' director'''
*Tohru Narihiro
*Tohru Narihiro


'''''Fire Emblem'' designer:'''
'''''Fire Emblem'' designer'''
*Masahiro Higuchi
*Masahiro Higuchi


'''''Fire Emblem'' scenario:'''
'''''Fire Emblem'' scenario'''
*Masayuki Horikawa
*Masayuki Horikawa


'''''Fire Emblem'' art director:'''
'''''Fire Emblem'' art director'''
*Taeko Kaneda
*Taeko Kaneda


'''''Fire Emblem'' supervisor:'''
'''''Fire Emblem'' supervisor'''
*Kentaro Nichimura
*Kentaro Nichimura


'''''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Star Fox 64'' music composition:'''
'''''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Star Fox 64'' music composition'''
*Koji Kondo
*[[Koji Kondo]]


'''''The Legend of Zelda'' music composition:'''
'''''The Legend of Zelda'' music composition'''
*Koji Kondo
*Koji Kondo
*Akito Nakatsuka
*Akito Nakatsuka


'''''Yoshi's Story'' music composition:'''
'''''Kirby Super Star'' music composition'''
*Kazumi Totaka
 
'''''Kirby Super Deluxe'' music composition:'''
*Jun Ishikawa
*Jun Ishikawa


'''''Metroid'' music composition:'''
'''''Metroid'' music composition'''
*Hirokazu Tanaka
*Hirokazu Tanaka


'''''EarthBound'' music composition:'''
'''''EarthBound'' music composition'''
*Keiichi Suzuki
*Keiichi Suzuki


'''Ice Climber music composition:'''
'''''Ice Climber'' music composition'''
*Akito Nakatsuka
*Akito Nakatsuka


'''''F-Zero X'' music composition:'''
'''''F-Zero X'' music composition'''
*Taro Bando
*Taro Bando


'''''Donkey Kong Country'' music composition:'''
'''''Donkey Kong Country'' music composition'''
*David Wise
*[[David Wise]]


===Creatures staff management===
===Creatures staff management===
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===Nintendo character supervisor===
===Nintendo character supervisor===
*Youichi Kotabe
*[[Yoichi Kotabe]]


===Special thanks===
===Special thanks===
'''Conductor coordination:'''
'''Conductor coordination'''
*Yuji Yasuda
*Yuji Yasuda


'''Voice cast coordination:'''
'''Voice cast coordination'''
*Noriyoshi Matsuura
*Noriyoshi Matsuura


'''"DK Stage Rap" vocal coordination:'''
'''"DK Stage Rap" vocal coordination'''
*Steve "Bang" Pang
*Steve "Bang" Pang


'''Orchestra coordination:'''
'''Orchestra coordination'''
*Reiko Yanami
*Reiko Yanami


'''Choir coordination:'''
'''Choir coordination'''
*Suehiro Endo
*Suehiro Endo


'''Pokémon supervisors:'''
'''Pokémon supervisors'''
*Hiroki Enomoto
*Hiroki Enomoto
*Kazuyuki Terada
*Kazuyuki Terada
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*Ryohei Itakura
*Ryohei Itakura


'''Pokémon coordination:'''
'''Pokémon coordination'''
*Gakuji Nomoto
*Gakuji Nomoto
*Ai Mashima
*Ai Mashima
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*Yumiko Murai
*Yumiko Murai


'''Proofreading for Pokémon:'''
'''Proofreading for Pokémon'''
*Takemoto Mori
*Takemoto Mori


'''Marigul Management:'''
'''Marigul Management'''
*Hisakazu Hirabayashi
*Hisakazu Hirabayashi
*Masachi Uchiyama
*Masachi Uchiyama
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*Shigeo Sasaki
*Shigeo Sasaki


'''Totakeke rough design:'''
'''Totakeke rough design'''
*Yumi Yoshimi
*Yumi Yoshimi


'''Original Nintendo game staff:'''
'''Original game staff'''
*Satomi Maekawa
*Satomi Maekawa
*Wataru Yamaguchi
*Wataru Yamaguchi
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*Hisashi Nogami
*Hisashi Nogami
*Noriko Ikegawa
*Noriko Ikegawa
*Yoshiaki Koizumi
*[[Yoshiaki Koizumi]]
*Hiromu Takemura
*Hiromu Takemura
*Jin Ikeda
*Jin Ikeda
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*Keisuke Terasaki
*Keisuke Terasaki
*Masashi Goto
*Masashi Goto
*Masanori Sato
*[[Masanori Sato]]
*Takehiro Izushi
*Takehiro Izushi
*Hitoshi Yamagami
*Hitoshi Yamagami
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*Shigeki Yamashiro
*Shigeki Yamashiro
*Jun Tsujimoto
*Jun Tsujimoto
*Nintendo Software Technology
*[[Nintendo Software Technology Corporation|Nintendo Software Technology]]


'''Wilcolinks Digiworks:'''
'''Wilcolinks Digiworks'''
*Hideki Nakano
*Hideki Nakano
*Yoshihisa Kato
*Yoshihisa Kato
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*Masako Ohno
*Masako Ohno


'''HAL Lab Debug Team:'''
'''HAL Lab Debug Team'''
*Senji Hirose et al.
*Senji Hirose et al.


'''Nintendo Co., Ltd. debug staff:'''
'''Nintendo Co., Ltd. debug staff'''
*Tsutomu Kaganezawa
*Tsutomu Kaganezawa
*Masahiro Takeguchi
*Masahiro Takeguchi
*Hironobu Kakui
*Hironobu Kakui
*Super Mario Club
*[[Mario Club Co., Ltd.|Super Mario Club]]


'''Nintendo of America debug staff:'''
'''Nintendo of America debug staff'''
*Michael Kelbaugh
*Michael Kelbaugh
*Kyle Hudson
*Kyle Hudson
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*NOA Debug Team
*NOA Debug Team


'''Digital Media Lab:'''
'''Digital Media Lab'''
*Shinji "Miki & Gaku" Torigoge
*Shinji "Miki & Gaku" Torigoge
*Tadashi Tominaga
*Tadashi Tominaga
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*Kensuke Yamamoto
*Kensuke Yamamoto


'''Public relations:'''
'''Public relations'''
*Satoshi Ishida
*Satoshi Ishida
*Tetsuya Notoya
*Tetsuya Notoya


'''Buildup:'''
'''Buildup'''
*Nobuya Okabe
*Nobuya Okabe
*Satoshi Nagaoka
*Satoshi Nagaoka
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*Hajime Ishiyama
*Hajime Ishiyama


'''Sysdolphin:'''
'''Sysdolphin'''
*Chiharu Itoh
*Chiharu Itoh
*Hidetoshi Seki
*Hidetoshi Seki
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*Satoshi Kira
*Satoshi Kira


'''Artwork coordination:'''
'''Artwork coordination'''
*Masao Kamada
*Masao Kamada


'''General coordination:'''
'''General coordination'''
*Yukiko Kishimoto
*Yukiko Kishimoto
*Kamon Yoshimura
*Kamon Yoshimura


'''Nintendo Support Staff:'''
'''Nintendo Support Staff'''
*Koji Uyama
*Koji Uyama
*Takeshi Furuta
*Takeshi Furuta
*Ryuta Kaimoto
*Ryuta Kaimoto
*Kensuke Tanabe
*[[Kensuke Tanabe]]
*Shin Hasegawa
*Shin Hasegawa


'''Marketing supervision:'''
'''Marketing supervision'''
*Satoru Iwata
*[[Satoru Iwata]]
*Minoru Arakawa
*Minoru Arakawa
*Manabu "Mike" Fukuda
*Manabu "Mike" Fukuda


'''Package and manual design, editing, and printing:'''
'''Package and manual design, editing, and printing'''
*Ryuji Hagino
*Ryuji Hagino
*Kazuya Konishi
*Kazuya Konishi
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===Executive producer===
===Executive producer===
*Hiroshi Yamauchi
*[[Hiroshi Yamauchi]]
:''President of Nintendo Co., Ltd.''
<!--Satoru Iwata did not become the main executive producer of Nintendo games until he became the company's president in 2002.-->


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[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Staff|Super Smash Bros. Melee]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Melee|*]]

Latest revision as of 20:09, October 2, 2023

This is a list of the staff involved with the game Super Smash Bros. Melee. The game, like its predecessor, features an extended version of its full credit roll in which the credited personnel are matched to their specific roles in the production of the game (for example, the game's voice actors are matched to the characters that they voiced). Data from this full credits list is sourced from this page.

Planning[edit]

Director[edit]

  • Masahiro Sakurai

Assistant chief director[edit]

  • Yoichi Sukino

Programming director[edit]

  • Yoshiki Suzuki

Programming[edit]

System

  • Yoshiki Suzuki

Characters, stage selection, and effects

  • Akio Hanyu

Items and special moves

  • Isao Takahashi
  • Yoshimi Takahashi
  • Katsuhiro Sakoda

Devices

  • Seiji Otoguro
  • Yoshimi Takahashi
  • Kazuhiro Mizusawa

Figures

  • Seiji Otoguro

Enemies

  • Seiji Otoguro
  • Masakazu Ebihara

Event Matches

  • Isao Takahashi
  • Katsuhiro Sakoda

Playable characters

  • Kouichi Watanabe
  • Tomokazu Tsuruoka

Pokémon

  • Masakazu Ebihara

Database management

  • Masakazu Ebihara

Stages and camera work

  • Kazuhiro Misuzawa

Player library, dynamics, and AI

  • Masashi Yamane

Game modes and indication

  • Yoshiya Taniguchi

Menus, cinema scenes, endings, and sprite library

  • Yasuyuki Nagashima

Training and tournaments

  • Kim Sung-Kwen

Special bonuses

  • Tomokazu Tsuruoka

All-Star Mode and staff credits

  • Takayuki Sugano

Design director[edit]

  • Hitoshi Kobayashi

Design[edit]

Game and data design

  • Masahiro Sakurai

Stage design

  • Yoichi Sukino

Item and figure design

  • Hitoshi Kobayashi

Device design

  • Tsuyoshi Wakayama
  • Atsuko Nakamura

Artwork design

  • Kenichiro Kita

Menu, character, stage selection, and staff credits design

  • Michiko Takahashi

Motion design (HAL Laboratory)

  • Masaru Kobayashi
  • Dai Suzuki
  • Akiko Hayashi
  • Mutsuo Ohmiya
  • Tatsuhiko Ohi
  • Takahashi Ariga
  • Masaya Akiyama
  • C. Shane Allala

Motion design (Creatures Inc.)

  • Kazuo Yazawa
  • Mikio Menjo
  • Katsura Tabata
  • Masahiro Abeki
  • Yuji Kawarada
  • Jungo Suzuki
  • So Yoshimura

Game demo movie and screen shot design

  • Takaaki Kawahara
  • Kouji Akaike
  • Kazuo Yazawa

Opening movie design

  • Kei Hoshiba
  • Jungo Suzuki
  • Ken Ikuji

Playable character modeling (HAL Laboratory)

  • Hitoshi Kobayashi
  • Hitoshi Kikkawa
  • Tetsuya Mochizuki
  • Kenichiro Kita

Playable character modeling (Creatures Inc.)

  • Kei Hoshiba

Item modeling

  • Tsuyoshi Wakayama

Stage modeling (HAL Laboratory)

  • Tsuyoshi Wakayama
  • Tadashi Hashikura
  • Hitoshi Kikkawa
  • Sanae Kubota
  • Atsuko Nakamura
  • Kunio Watanabe

Stage modeling (Creatures Inc.)

  • Yosuke Hirata
  • Atsuko Ujiie
  • Toru Kurashige
  • Ryuta Kusumi
  • Keita Komatsu
  • Satomi Kokubo
  • Hikaru Jinguji

Enemy modeling

  • Hitoshi Kikkawa
  • Tetsuya Mochizuki
  • Atsuko Nakamura

Effect and background modeling

  • Kunio Watanabe

Figure modeling (Creatures Inc.)

  • Mikio Menjo
  • Katsura Tabata
  • Masahiro Abeki
  • Yuji Kawarada
  • Jungo Suzuki
  • So Yoshimura
  • Yosuke Hirata
  • Atsuko Ujiie
  • Toru Kurashige
  • Ryuta Kusumi
  • Keita Komatsu
  • Satomi Kokubo
  • Hikaru Jinguji
  • Ken Ikuji

Figure modeling (Dice)

  • Tomohiro Sato

Figure modeling assistants

  • Hiromichi Sugiyama
  • Nachi Sugiyama
  • Yoshiyuki Tagawa
  • Shinichi Yoshikawa

Figure design support

  • Tsuyoshi Wakayama

Stage design support

  • Ryuichi Noguchi

Opening movie design support

  • Atsuko Nakamura

Design support

  • Hiroo Takeshita
  • Tomomi Minami
  • Reiko Iwao
  • Teruhiko Suzuki
  • Tomoko Nagaya

Sound and music staff[edit]

Music composition

  • Hirokazu Ando
  • Shogo Sakai

Music arrangement

  • Hirokazu Ando
  • Tadashi Ikegami
  • Shogo Sakai
  • Takuto Kitsuta

Music coordination

  • Hirokazu Ando

Voice coordination

  • Tadashi Ikegami

Sound composition

  • Tadashi Ikegami

Librarian

  • Shogo Sakai

Mixing

  • Hirofumi Sato

Mixing assistant

  • Yuichi Kaneko

Pokémon audio planning

  • Masafumi Mima

Musical performance[edit]

  • Orchestra "Melee"
Conducted by Taizo Takemoto

Voice acting[edit]

Announcements

  • Dean Harrington

Mario, Luigi, Dr. Mario

Link

  • Nobuyuki Hiyama

Yoshi

Kirby, Ness

  • Makiko Ohmoto

Fox (vocal effects)

  • Shinobu Satouchi

Pikachu

  • Ikue Ohtani

Jigglypuff

  • Rachael Lillis

Peach

Captain Falcon

  • Ryo Horikawa

Zelda, Sheik

  • Jun Misuzawa

Marth

  • Hikaru Midorikawa

Mewtwo

  • Masachika Ichimura

Pichu

  • Satomi Kohrogi

Young Link

  • Fujiko Takimoto

Roy

  • Jun Fukuyama

Ganondorf

Popo

  • Sanae Kobayashi

Falco (vocal effects)

  • Hisao Egawa

Peppy, Slippy

  • Chris Seavor

Fox (cutscene dialogue)

  • Steve Malpass

Falco (cutscene dialogue)

  • Ben Cullum

Crowd cheers

"DK Rap" vocals

  • James W. Norwood, Jr.

Uncredited Pokémon voice actors

  • Eric Stuart
  • Kayzie Rogers
  • Michael Haigney
  • Tara Jayne
  • Shinichirô Miki
  • Yuji Ueda
  • Kôichi Yamadera
  • Mika Kanai

North American localization[edit]

English text editing

  • Rich Amtower
  • Bill Trinen
  • Jeff Miller

English text writing

  • Bill Trinen

English translation

  • Tim O'Leary
  • Nate Bihldorff

Localization management

U.S. text writing support

  • Norimasa Tanikawa

European localisation[edit]

German text

  • Daniel Schäfers

French text

  • Pierre Sanchez

Spanish text

  • Palma Sánchez de Moya

Italian text

  • Massimo Maietti

Coordination

  • Hiroyuki Uesugi

Localisation management

  • Kai Zeh
  • Tanja Baar

Original game staff[edit]

Producer and director of original games

Mario, Luigi, Link, and Donkey Kong character designs

  • Shigeru Miyamoto

Star Fox and F-Zero character designs

  • Takaya Imamura

The Legend of Zelda character illustration

  • Yusuke Nakano

Metroid game design

  • Yoshio Sakamoto

Samus character design

Super Metroid CG design

  • Tomoyoshi Yamane

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time director

  • Eiji Aonuma

Ice Climber director

  • Kenji Miki

Ice Climber character designs

  • Tadashi Sugiyama

Yoshi character design

Kirby character design

  • Masahiro Sakurai

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time character designs

  • Yoshiki Haruhana

Ganondorf character design

  • Satoshi Takizawa

EarthBound producers

  • Shigesato Itoi
  • Tsunekazu Ishihara

Yoshi's Story producer

Miscellaneous Nintendo character designs

  • Makoto Kano
  • Toru Osawa

Pokémon executive director

  • Satoshi Tajiri

Pokémon director

  • Junichi Masuda

Pokémon graphic director

  • Ken Sugimori

Pokémon programming

  • Shigeki Morimoto
  • Tetsuya Watanabe
  • Sousuke Tamada
  • Tetsuji Ohta

Pokémon planning

  • Kouji Nishino

Pokémon coordination

  • Hiroyuki Jinnai

Pokémon product supervision

  • Tsunekazu Ishihara

Fire Emblem director

  • Tohru Narihiro

Fire Emblem designer

  • Masahiro Higuchi

Fire Emblem scenario

  • Masayuki Horikawa

Fire Emblem art director

  • Taeko Kaneda

Fire Emblem supervisor

  • Kentaro Nichimura

Super Mario Bros. and Star Fox 64 music composition

The Legend of Zelda music composition

  • Koji Kondo
  • Akito Nakatsuka

Kirby Super Star music composition

  • Jun Ishikawa

Metroid music composition

  • Hirokazu Tanaka

EarthBound music composition

  • Keiichi Suzuki

Ice Climber music composition

  • Akito Nakatsuka

F-Zero X music composition

  • Taro Bando

Donkey Kong Country music composition

Creatures staff management[edit]

  • Kei Hoshiba
  • Ashura Benimaru Itoh

Nintendo character supervisor[edit]

Special thanks[edit]

Conductor coordination

  • Yuji Yasuda

Voice cast coordination

  • Noriyoshi Matsuura

"DK Stage Rap" vocal coordination

  • Steve "Bang" Pang

Orchestra coordination

  • Reiko Yanami

Choir coordination

  • Suehiro Endo

Pokémon supervisors

  • Hiroki Enomoto
  • Kazuyuki Terada
  • Akihito Tamura
  • Ryohei Itakura

Pokémon coordination

  • Gakuji Nomoto
  • Ai Mashima
  • Kunimi Kawamura
  • Masayuki Miura
  • Yumiko Murai

Proofreading for Pokémon

  • Takemoto Mori

Marigul Management

  • Hisakazu Hirabayashi
  • Masachi Uchiyama
  • Yuko Yamamoto
  • Kazutoshi Iida
  • Rikuo Kurebayashi
  • Kouji Suzuki
  • Shigeo Sasaki

Totakeke rough design

  • Yumi Yoshimi

Original game staff

  • Satomi Maekawa
  • Wataru Yamaguchi
  • Hiroaki Takenaka
  • Tomoaki Kuroume
  • Katsuya Eguchi
  • Hisashi Nogami
  • Noriko Ikegawa
  • Yoshiaki Koizumi
  • Hiromu Takemura
  • Jin Ikeda
  • Junji Morii
  • Hiroyuki Kimura
  • Takeshi Hosono
  • Shinya Takahashi
  • Tsuyoshi Watanabe
  • Aya Sumimoto
  • Tokihiko Toyoda
  • Tatsuya Hishida
  • Yasuhiro Sakai
  • Kenta Usui
  • Mitsuhiro Takano
  • Masamichi Abe
  • Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Keisuke Terasaki
  • Masashi Goto
  • Masanori Sato
  • Takehiro Izushi
  • Hitoshi Yamagami
  • Hiroshi Sato
  • Toshiharu Izuno
  • Shigeki Yamashiro
  • Jun Tsujimoto
  • Nintendo Software Technology

Wilcolinks Digiworks

  • Hideki Nakano
  • Yoshihisa Kato
  • Keiichi Abe
  • Takeo Niikura
  • Masako Ohno

HAL Lab Debug Team

  • Senji Hirose et al.

Nintendo Co., Ltd. debug staff

Nintendo of America debug staff

  • Michael Kelbaugh
  • Kyle Hudson
  • Eric Bush
  • Randy Shoemake
  • Kiyohiko Ando
  • Michael Chipman
  • Jason Mahaffa
  • Chris Needham
  • David Hunziker
  • Nicko Gonzalez
  • NOA Debug Team

Digital Media Lab

  • Shinji "Miki & Gaku" Torigoge
  • Tadashi Tominaga
  • Masaki Sakai
  • Nozomi Sanada
  • Satoshi Maruyama
  • Takayuki Higurashi
  • Manabu Takahashi
  • Syozi "Okap" Okada
  • Kazuhiro Nakatani
  • Kensuke Yamamoto

Public relations

  • Satoshi Ishida
  • Tetsuya Notoya

Buildup

  • Nobuya Okabe
  • Satoshi Nagaoka
  • Tetsuya Amabiki
  • Masayuki Gotoh
  • Naoto Oonuki
  • Takayuki Hayama
  • Tomoya Ohata
  • Fumihito Saito
  • Ryoko Suzuki
  • Kazutsugu Kosugi
  • Shin Kitada
  • Hajime Ishiyama

Sysdolphin

  • Chiharu Itoh
  • Hidetoshi Seki
  • Jun Yamasaki
  • Shigeru Hirayama
  • Junichi Aoyagi
  • Tatsuhiro Tanoue
  • Takaaki Kazuno
  • Hajime Kojima
  • Takashi Matsuda
  • Takashi Saito
  • Takeshi Shimada
  • Hiroshi Yoshino
  • Satoshi Kira

Artwork coordination

  • Masao Kamada

General coordination

  • Yukiko Kishimoto
  • Kamon Yoshimura

Nintendo Support Staff

Marketing supervision

Package and manual design, editing, and printing

  • Ryuji Hagino
  • Kazuya Konishi
  • Hisatoshi Takeuchi
  • Emi Masai
  • Tomoko Kitada
  • Hiroshi Fujie
  • Kaori Nishimura

Project manager[edit]

  • Ryuki Kuraoka

Producers[edit]

  • Masayoshi Tanimura
  • Hiroaki Suga
  • Shigeru Miyamoto
  • Kenji Miki

Executive producer[edit]

President of Nintendo Co., Ltd.