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==Gameplay==

In ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', up to four characters fight on a side-view stage with invisible boundaries on each side. When a player hits these boundaries, the player is knocked out. Unlike other fighting games, the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series thus does not rely on hit points for each character which have to be brought down to zero, but on damage percentage. Whenever a player is hit, they get a certain amount of percent damage. The maximum damage that can be dealt to a player is 999%. The higher the damage percentage is, the easier it is for the player to be knocked out.

===Item use===

Items appear on the stage at random and can be used by the players. Items have various effects, and some trigger by themselves. They can grant the character special abilities for a short time, like becoming invisible, contain a number of items themselves, explode when touched, or can be used as a weapon. When players are standing next to an item, they can use the {{button|gcn|A}} button to pick the item up. Some items have effects that are activated when the item is picked up or touched, such as reducing the character's damage percentage, or turning characters into a giant version of themselves. Other items can be used as weapons. A held weapon can be used with the {{button|gcn|A}} button. With the {{button|gcn|Z}} button, or {{button|gcn|L}} and {{button|gcn|R}} in combination with {{button|gcn|A}}, the weapon can be thrown away. This thrown item can also hurt other characters when it hits them.

In single-player mode, the player can use the {{button|gcn|C}} to zoom the camera in or out. In VS mode, the player can move the {{button|gcn|C}} in any direction, allowing them to perform uncharged smash attacks easily. By pressing Up on the {{button|gcn|Pad}}, the player can use the [[Taunt]].

==Fighting modes==

===Bonus===

For a list of bonuses, see [[smashwiki:List of bonuses#Super Smash Bros. Melee|here]].

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Characters in ''italics'' are newcomers.

===Default characters===

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|[[Fireball]]

|[[Cape]]

|[[Super Jump Punch]]

|[[Mario Tornado]]

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|[[Fire Breath]]

|[[Koopa Klaw]]

|[[Whirling Fortress]]

|[[Bowser Bomb (move)|Bowser Bomb]]

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|[[Toad (move)|Toad]]

|[[Peach Bomber]]

|[[Peach Parasol (move)|Peach Parasol]]

|[[Vegetable (move)|Vegetable]]

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|[[Egg Lay]]

|[[Egg Roll (move)|Egg Roll]]

|[[Egg Throw]]

|[[Yoshi Bomb]]

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|[[Giant Punch]]

|[[Headbutt]]

|[[Spinning Kong]]

|[[Hand Slap]]

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===Unlockable characters===

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*Clear Classic or Adventure mode with any character

*Play 50 Melee matches

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*Clear Classic or Adventure mode with Mario without continuing

*Play 100 Melee matches

|[[Capsule|Megavitamin]]s

|[[Super Sheet]]

|[[Super Jump Punch]]

|[[Dr. Tornado]]

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*Complete Event #37--Legendary Pokémon

*Play 200 Melee matches

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*Clear 100-Man Melee

*Play 300 Melee matches

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*Play 400 Melee matches

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*Clear Classic or Adventure mode with ten characters, including Link and Zelda/Sheik

*Play 500 Melee matches

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*Complete Event #29--Triforce Gathering

*Play 600 Melee matches

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*Play a combined total of 20 hours of Melee matches

*Play 700 Melee matches

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*Finish the first stage of Adventure mode with ##:#2:## on the timer

*Play 800 Melee matches

|[[Green Fireball|Fireball]]

|[[Green Missile]]

|[[Super Jump Punch]]

|[[Luigi Cyclone]]

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*Complete Classic or Adventure mode with Marth without continuing

*Play 900 Melee matches

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*Clear Classic, Adventure or Target Smash with every other character

*Play 1,000 Melee matches

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==Stages==

===Default stages===

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!width=17%|Stage

!width=83%|Description

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|[[File:Princess Peach's Castle Melee.png|100px]]<br>[[Princess Peach's Castle (Super Smash Bros. Melee)|Mushroom Kingdom:<br>Princess Peach's Castle]]

|align=left|The Kongo Jungle stage is set on logs over a waterfall. A small platform also appears to the right, and sometimes logs are falling down the waterfall, creating temporary platforms. Below the stage is a [[Barrel Cannon]] which shoots out characters in a random direction when they fall into it.

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|align=left|The Great Bay stage, based on ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]'', has two platforms which stand fixed in the water, and a swimming stone. Sometimes, a turtle rises from the water, creating additional platforms. [[Tingle]] is also seen on the stage with a giant balloon, and is forming another platform.

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|align=left|Yoshi's Story features elements of the game ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. In the center is [[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]], and three smaller platforms are hovering above it. It also has a cloud moving below it to catch falling characters. [[Fly Guy]]s fly by occasionally, carrying Food.

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|align=left|On the Fountain of Dreams stage from the [[:Category:Kirby series|''Kirby'' series]], the fountain itself forms a big platform in the middle with three smaller hovering platforms above it, whose height varies.

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|align=left|In the Corneria stage from the [[:Category:Star Fox series|''Star Fox'' series]], the battle is held on the Great Fox, a spaceship. From time to time, Arwings fly by and shoot at the combatants.

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|align=left|The Jungle Japes stage from the [[Donkey Kong (series)|''Donkey Kong'' series]] is set on a river, with three ledges made of wood with a house and a toilet house found on them. The players fight on these platforms. Occasionally, [[Klaptrap]]s jump out of the water, trying to drag characters downwards into the water.

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|align=left|The Temple is the biggest stage of the game, designed after several games from the [[:Category:The Legend of Zelda series|''Legend of Zelda'' series]]. It features many different platforms and a tunnel system. Despite its size, it does not have any side effects.

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|align=left|The Yoshi's Island stage is set in a scene from ''[[Super Mario World]]''. The area is enclosed by a slope on the one side and a [[Warp Pipe]] on the other. In the middle, there is a hole with [[Rotating Block]]s above it. There are also two groups of Rotating Blocks floating on the stage serving as additional platforms.

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|align=left|Green Greens from the ''Kirby'' series is consisting of three separated grass platforms. The huge tree, [[Whispy Woods]], blows the characters away. Sometimes, [[apple]]s fall from him. Also, blocks and bomb blocks fall from the sky in between the platforms.

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|align=left|Much like Corneria, Venom is featuring the Great Fox flying over the surface. But unlike Corneria, the battle is fought on the Great Fox's four wings, and the ship is seen from the front. [[Arwing]]s also appear and shoot at the players.

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|align=left|Brinstar from ''[[:Category:Metroid series|Metroid]]'' is consisting of several platforms which are held together by organic material or other objects. These connections can be destroyed, causing some of the platforms to hover in the air. Sometimes, acid rises from below burning the characters, but also restoring broken connections.

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|[[File:Melee Onett.jpg|100px]]<br>[[Onett|Eagleland:<br>Onett]]

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|align=left|Mute City takes place on a large F-Zero race track with a small platform hovering in the middle of it. Occasionally, this platform will go down, exposing the road. F-Zero gliders will sometimes race into the players, but can also be destroyed.

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|align=left|The Pokémon Stadium looks like a simple stage with two floating platforms, but every once in a while the stage will change into one of four different terrains: Water, Fire, Rock, and Grass, which all have different featured obstacles.

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===Unlockable stages===

!width=17%|Stage

!width=50%|Description

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|[[File:FlatZone-Melee.png|100px]]

|Clear Classic, Adventure, or All-Star with Mr. Game & Watch.

|align=left|The Flat Zone modeled after a [[Game & Watch]] system. From time to time, wrenches, buckets, and other tools fall from the top. Oil can also be spilled over the ground, making it hard for the players to move. Some platforms vanish and appear at different places.

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|[[File:Brinstar Depths Melee.png|100px]]

|Play 50 Melee matches

|align=left|Unlike Brinstar, this ''Metroid'' stage features a large round rock platform found inside a spherical cage covered in embedded spikes. There are few floating rocks, which players can jump onto at any time. From time to time, Kraid slashes the large platform which causes it to rotate in any direction, exposing a different side of it.

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|[[File:Ssbmstagesfourside.jpg|100px]]

|Play 100 Melee matches

|align=left|This ''EarthBound'' stage is set high on the skyscrapers of Fourside. Players have to be careful not to fall into the gaps between the buildings. It has a giant [[UFO]] that occasionally shows up on the screen and can be used as a platform.

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|[[File:Ssbmstagesbigblue.jpg|100px]]

|Play 150 Melee matches

|align=left|Big Blue is side-scrolling, and the fight takes place on top of the F-Zero gliders. Players have to be cautious not to hit the track, as they would stay behind and, because of the high speed of the gliders, would hit the barrier at the left end of the stage, knocking them out.

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|[[File:Melee Poke Floats.jpg|100px]]

|Play 200 Melee matches

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|[[File:SSBM-Mario2.jpg|100px]]

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|[[File:Battlefield-Melee.png|100px]]

|Clear All-Star for the first time

|align=left|Battlefield is a floating stage in space consisting of a big platform in the middle and three smaller platforms hovering above it. The stage does not have any side effects, which allows players to solely concentrate on the fight.

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|[[File:Final Destination Melee.png|100px]]

|Clear Event 51: The Showdown

|align=left|Final Destination has absolutely no features, so the combatants are not bothered by the stage in any way.

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|[[File:SSB Dream Land.png|100px]]

|Clear Target Test with every character

|align=left|The Dream Land is a stage returning from ''Super Smash Bros.'' The only feature is [[Whispy Woods]] who occasionally blows a harsh wind in a random direction.

==Items==

!width=12%|Name

!width=12%|Series

!width=64%|Description

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|''Super Smash Bros.''

|The Barrel contains a single random item, which can be released by smashing the barrel or throwing it against a wall. When thrown to the ground, it will roll onward and hit players.

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|''Donkey Kong''

|The Barrel Cannon is used to trap a character inside. Then the barrel rotates, and depending when the trapped character presses a button, they will be fired out in a certain angle. However, the Barrel Cannon vanishes quite quickly after appearing on the stage.

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|''Super Smash Bros.''

|The Beam Sword can be used to hit other characters. It is powerful, but the hits are rather slow.

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|''Super Mario''

|The Bob-omb can be thrown at another character to cause an explosion. If left on the ground for a few seconds, it starts walking around. It then explodes after a certain amount of time or if it walks into a character.

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|''The Legend of Zelda''

|The character wearing the Bunny Hood is faster and can jump higher.

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|''Super Smash Bros.''

|The Capsule contains a single random item that is small. It can be easily thrown and sometimes explodes when hitting the wall or a character.

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|''Perfect Dark''

|The Cloaking Device makes the player invisible. The player still takes damage regardless of being invisible and harder to hit, but their damage percentage will not increase while invisible.

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|''Super Smash Bros.''

|The Crate contains three different random items. Sometimes, it explodes when hit.

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|''Super Smash Bros.''

|The Egg contains a single item and is very similar to the Capsule. Whether it is a weapon or Food depends on the current stage. It can also explode.

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|''Super Smash Bros.''

|The Fan is used to smack other characters. It is difficult to escape the Fan's fast hits, though they do not do much damage per hit.

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|''Balloon Fight''

|When thrown, the Flipper stops hovering in the air, creating an obstacle for players. It can also repel projectiles.

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|''Super Mario''

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|''Super Smash Bros.''

|The player's damage meter is reduced by a small amount. The actual amount varies from food to food.

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|''Super Mario''

|The Freezie glides along the stage and can fall off edges. It can be destroyed before it has been picked up. It can be used to freeze other players in an ice block when throwing it at them. Using fiery attacks will make them normal again.

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|''Super Mario''

|The Green Shell can be thrown, and then slides along the ground, being able to hit multiple characters.

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|''Donkey Kong''

|A massive hammer from ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''. If picked up, it can do great damage, the hammer of the top of the head will stay on all the time from now on.

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|''The Legend of Zelda''

|The Heart Container reduces the player's damage meter by 100%.

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|''Super Smash Bros.''

|When a smash attack is performed with a Home-Run Bat, the hit character is knocked out instantly. It is also featured in the [[Home-Run Contest]].

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|''Panel de Pon''

|The character hit by Lip's Stick gets a flower on their head, which is doing continuous little damage. The more often a character is hit, the bigger the flower grows, and the more damage it will do.

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|''Kirby''

|The player's damage meter is reduced by 50% when picked up.

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|''Super Mario''

|Hitting the Metal Box makes the player metal. They weigh a lot and cannot be thrown off the stage easily; but if they are thrown off, they cannot jump easily and it is harder to survive for them.

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|''GoldenEye 007'' / ''Perfect Dark''

|When placed on the ground, the ceiling, or the side of a ledge, the Motion-Sensor Bomb stays on the ground and explodes when someone touches it.

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|''EarthBound''

|They are used to throw it at other characters. When they are caught by the player again, they do not vanish, and can hit the other character many times.

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|''Kirby''

|The Parasol can be used to hit other characters. When falling, the character holding the parasol glides down slowly.

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|''Super Smash Bros.''

|When the Party Ball opens, items appear at random. There is a high chance that the items will be Food or Bob-ombs.

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|''Super Mario''

|The opposite of Super Mushrooms. The player shrinks, gets easier to K.O., and is weaker; but they also become more flexible and has more evasion.

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|''Pokémon''

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|''Super Smash Bros.''

|The Ray Gun can shoot out laser beams. It has 14 beams before it runs out.

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|''Super Mario''

|The Red Shell is much like the Green Shell, but does less damage, homes in on characters, and cannot fall off the stage.

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|''Metroid''

|As long as a character is holding the Screw Attack in their hand, their jump is in the form of Samus's [[Screw Attack (move)|Screw Attack move]]. When another character is hit by it, they also do that jump and take damage.

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|''Super Mario''

|The Starman makes players invincible for a moment. They do not take damage from their enemies and cannot be hit or grabbed, but they can still fall off the stage and get knocked out this way.

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|''Kirby''

|When the Star Rod is used, stars come flying out of it, hitting other characters. The Star Rod has limited use and when all stars have run out, the Star Rod cannot shoot stars anymore.

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|''Super Mario''

|It makes the player larger, and thus become stronger, harder to K.O., but easier to hit (due to the size) and less flexible.

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|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] peripheral

|The Super Scope shoots out many small energy balls, or, when charged up, up to three big energy balls. When it runs out of ammo, no more energy balls can fly out of it.

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|''Kirby''

|The character who picks the Warp Star up flies up into the air, and then crashes right back down, causing an explosion that damages other players. By tilting the {{button|gcn|Stick}} while in the air, the player can take influence on the landing point.

When the players run out of stock lives during the mode's progress, they can use a continue to gain all lives again, but they lose points for that, and at any setting except for Very Easy, they will have to pay coins for the Continue. Those coins are won in any regular battle by performing smash attacks, or in the Bonus Stages of the Classic Mode. They can also be used to pay for the Continue in the Adventure and All-Star mode and in the Trophy Lottery mode.

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!width=15%|Stage 1

|A team of the player and two allies fight a single opponent. However, the opponent appears in their giant form, as if they collected a Super Mushroom.

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|The player has to collect three Trophies falling from above. To do this, players must hit them so that they fall into their collection spot. If the player catches the three trophies, at the finish of Classic Mode they will receive the bonus Collector.  

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!Stage 11

|The player has to fight [[Master Hand]] on the Final Destination stage. Unlike the player, the Master Hand has hit points instead of percentage of damage. The number of hit points varies between the difficulty settings, anywhere from 150 to 360. Additionally, when the player is fighting on the normal or a higher difficulty setting and has finished the other stages of the Classic Mode without using any Continues, [[Crazy Hand]] will appear when Master Hand's HP hits its half. Then the player has to fight both hands at the same time. Crazy Hand starts with the same number of HP as Master Hand did.

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The players' scores are saved after every stage. They get awarded points for the time remaining when a battle ends, as well as for the damage they dealt. They also get Bonus Points, just as in the Bonus mode. In the Bonus Stages, the players get points for how many targets they hit, or how far they made it in Race to the Finish!. Special Bonus points are awarded in the end for hitting all targets in the Break the Targets! stage, collecting all trophies in the Collect the Trophies! stage, beating Crazy Hand, beating the mode on the Very Hard setting, or beating the mode without losing a life. The scores are saved separately for each character, and there is also a total score for all characters combined.

When the player runs out of stock lives during the mode's progress, they can use a continue to gain all lives again at the cost of some coins, but a penalty is received (it is Continuation, which subtracts 20,000 from the player's current score). Coins are won in any regular battle by performing smash attacks, or in the Bonus Stages of the Classic Mode. They can also be used to pay for the Continue in the Classic and All-Star mode and in the Trophy Lottery mode.

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!Part 2

|When players have completed the side-scrolling stage, they get to Princess Peach's Castle. There, they have to fight Mario and Peach, who are in a team. If players have completed the first part of the Mushroom Kingdom stage with a 2 in the seconds place (XX:X2:XX) on their time counter, Luigi will kick Mario off the castle before the battle begins. Then, players have to fight Luigi and Peach instead. When players complete the rest of the Adventure mode, they can unlock Luigi in the end.

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!Part 1

|After defeating the mini DKs, players will fight [[Giant Donkey Kong|Giant DK]] in the Jungle Japes stage.

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!Part 1

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!Part 2

|When players have completed the Dungeon, they will be at Hyrule Temple, where Princess Zelda is fought.

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!Part 1

|Players then get to a small vertically-scrolling level, where they have to jump to the top platform to evacuate the exploding planet. When they fail to do it in time, one life is lost, but gets to continue on.

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!Part 1

|If players have defeated the Kirby team within 30 seconds, Giant Kirby will appear and also fight. Defeating Giant Kirby gives players the bonus Giant Kirby KO, which gives 10,000 points.

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!Part 1

Fox or Falco appears with a red palette swap, but if the player uses the red palette swap of either Fox or Falco, the CPU uses the regular palette costume of the characters and vice versa.

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!Part 1

|After completing the race, players have to fight Captain Falcon at Mute City.

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|colspan=2 style|Players have to fight three Nesses at the Onett stage. The only item found here is Mr. Saturn, making this stage an easy way to get the many Mr. Saturn-related bonuses (such as Saturn Ringer).

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|colspan=2 style|Icicle Mountain is a scrolling stage, similar to the regular version. In the beginning, players have to reach a certain height of the level. On the way are a lot of [[Topi]]s, [[Polar Bear]]s, and Freezies. If almost a minute on the timer has expired, two pairs of Ice Climbers will appear, while the enemies and any possible trophies will disappear.

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!Part 1

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!Part 2

|When players have defeated the Wire Frames, they get to fight [[Metal Mario]]. If Luigi is unlocked, they have to fight [[Metal Mario#Super Smash Bros. Melee|Metal Luigi]] at the same time as well. Defeating the Metal Bros. will award players with 8,000 points.

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!Part 1

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Players' scores are saved after every stage. They get awarded points for the time remaining when a battle ends, as well as for the damage they have dealt. Bonus Points can also be received, just as in the Bonus mode. Special Bonus points are awarded for collecting a trophy that randomly appears on a stage, defeating Luigi, all five Links, Giant Kirby, the Metal Bros., or Giga Bowser, beating the mode on Very Hard, beating the mode without losing a life, etc. The scores are saved separately for each character. There is also a total score for all characters combined. Also, the hardest difficulty the character has played is viewed on the character select screen, represented by the color of the smash logo next to the point count.

=====Underground Maze=====

======Names in other languages======

{{foreign names

The '''F-Zero Grand Prix''' is the eighth stage of Adventure mode in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''.

Somewhere towards the end of the course, the player will use platforms to jump across a large gap in the race track. Since F-Zero machines only hover about a foot over the ground, the hovercars will fly right above the player, rather than under them. After finishing the "race", the player will fight Сaptain Falcon in [[Mute City (Super Smash Bros. Melee)|Mute City]].

The stage that is used is depended on what character plays as player 2. The stages go as follows:

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!width=15%|P2 Character!!width=20%|Stage

|Roy||Final Destination

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===Event Match===

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|1||'''Trouble King'''||Mario||Battlefield||The player has to fight Bowser in a simple stock match, each starting with two lives. Bowser's handicap is set to a weak level, making it easy for the player to KO him quickly.

|13||'''Yoshi's Egg'''||Yoshi||Rainbow Cruise||The player has to protect the [[Yoshi Egg]], a special item that can take damage, from the opponent's Pikachu, Fox, and DK for a time of 55 seconds.

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|15||'''Girl Power'''||Selectable||Fountain of Dreams||The player has to fight Peach, Zelda, and Samus, who are all bigger than the player's own character, with each having two lives.

|25||'''Gargantuans'''||Giant Bowser||Fourside||The player has to fight Giant DK, however, the player has one life, while DK has two. Additionally, a tiny Mario and tiny Peach will appear on the stage (both having only 1 life). However, they are usually defeated by Giant DK seconds after the Event Match begins. KOing tiny Mario and tiny Peach is optional.

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|27||'''Cold Armor'''||Samus||Brinstar Depths||The player has to fight three Metal Samuses, with the player only having one life, while the opponents have two lives.

|46||'''Fire Emblem Pride'''||Selectable||Temple||The player has to fight Marth and Roy, who are in a team, in a stock match, with each combatant having three lives.

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|48||'''Pikachu and Pichu'''||Selectable||Dream Land (Past Stage)||The player, starting with two lives, has to defeat the two Pichus. They are defended by a Pikachu which respawns when defeated. The Pichus are handicapped so that they are difficult to KO.

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To unlock more event matches, the player has to win a certain number of the previous ones, and unlock additional characters.

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!Events #

|30||Winning at least 27 of the event matches #1 - 29

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|51||Winning all event matches #1 - 50

===Stadium===

In the Stadium, special minigames are available. Each minigame opens the way to unlock one of the Past Stages from the original ''Super Smash Bros.''

===Training===

The player can practice here. There are no rules such as Stock or Time, and the opponent can be controlled either by the Training menu, and set to actions such as walking and standing, or by a human player. Items can be created to practice with them specially. When the player performs standard combos here, the maximum number of combos is saved for each playable character, and the player can unlock several Trophies when getting a high number of them.

==VS. Mode==

===Melee===

[[File:MarioJump-SSBMelee.png|thumb|[[Mario]] in midjump]]

===Tournament Melee===

'''Tournament''': In this mode, played as a single-elimination tournament, the winner of a battle passes on to the next round CPU-only matches can be skipped. The number of combatants per battle ranges from 2 to 4. The number of entrants is selected and can be up to 64. It is selected how many humans are among the competing players. The stage selection mode is selected; "Single Random" chooses a stage at random on that every match of the tournament is played, "Always Different" chooses a new random stage for each battle, "Choose First" lets the player select the stage for the tournament in the beginning and "Choose All" lets the player choose a new stage for each match of the tournament. The level of additional computer opponents can be set from 1 to 9, applied to all, or to a random value applied to each CPU player. The rules settings for the battles have the same choices as the VS mode. Each player chooses their character and the tournament begins.

===Special Melee===

This mode offers a couple of different rules settings for the Melee mode. Any records (such as amount of KOs) are not counted.

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|Camera Mode||In this mode, the players can take screenshots. These screenshots are saved on the memory card. The number of blocks a screenshot takes is defined by how many objects are visible on it.

==Trophies==

{{Main|List of trophies in Super Smash Bros. Melee}}

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==Unlockable features==

When unlocking any of the secret characters, the player first has to beat them in a stock battle with one life each. When the player loses, several characters will appear again after the player has played the next VS match. Other characters require the player to achieve the task again. In addition to their special method of unlocking, all characters can alternately be unlocked by playing a certain number of matches in the VS mode.

!Character

!First unlock method

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|Jigglypuff

|1000

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There is only one method to unlock the stages, and the player does not have to unlock them by an additional battle like the characters.

!Stage

!How to unlock

It was praised for its increased number of modes and characters, as well as improved graphics. The inclusion of the Adventure mode and Event Match was highly complimented. Overall, the game's critical reception was very positive, and the game still continues to be a gamer favorite, being frequently played at tournaments alongside more traditional fighting games such as ''[[:Category:Street Fighter series|Street Fighter]]''.

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|''Super Smash Bros. Melee has clearly been designed to appeal, foremost, to Nintendo's die-hard fans. Those who are familiar with the company's long and illustrious history will no doubt enjoy the game much more than the casual passerby. Judged on its own merits, though, Nintendo's spastic tribute to itself stands quite strong as one of the most engaging multiplayer games available for any console platform. Nintendo's last console was especially strong in the multiplayer department, and, if games like Melee are any indication, the GameCube seems like it will be too. Super Smash Bros. Melee is simply a huge game that, while best enjoyed in the company of others, will also keep the lone, die-hard fan busy for a good, long while.''

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===Sales===

''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' is the best-selling game for the [[Nintendo GameCube]], selling about 7.09 million copies worldwide, as of December 31, 2009.

==Staff==

{{main|List of Super Smash Bros. Melee staff}}

===Voice actors===

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|Mario, Luigi, Dr. Mario

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|Announcer, Master Hand, Crazy Hand

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==Pre-release and unused content==

{{main|List of Super Smash Bros. Melee pre-release and unused content}}

==Glitches==

{{main|List of Super Smash Bros. Melee glitches}}

==References to other games==

*[[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]] - A [[kart|racing kart]] appears in the form of a trophy.

*''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' - Donkey Kong's down special move, [[Hand Slap]], originated from this game. Some of Donkey Kong's animations are references to animations he performs in ''Donkey Kong Country''. Also, Donkey Kong's victory theme is an orchestration of the tune that plays when he wins in a [[Bonus Area]] or defeats a boss. [[Kongo Falls|Kongo Jungle]], a stage based on the first area of ''Donkey Kong Country'', appears. [[Klaptrap]]s appear on the Kongo Jungle and [[Jungle Japes (stage)|Jungle Japes]] stages, and as a trophy. A [[Barrel Cannon]] is used as an item in this game, as well as a stage element on the Kongo Jungle stage and a trophy. [[King K. Rool]] appears in the form of a trophy.

*''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' - The stage [[Super Happy Tree (stage)|Yoshi's Island]] returns from the original ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', which is based on ''Yoshi's Story'' that features the [[Super Happy Tree]] and other characters in the background. There is another stage based on ''Yoshi's Story'', which is [[Yoshi's Story (stage)|also named after it]]. [[Fly Guy|Flying Shy Guy]], [[Pak E. Derm]], and [[Raphael the Raven]] appear as trophies. Yoshi's voice clips are derived from this game. Also, Yoshi's victory theme is an arrangement of the main theme of ''Yoshi's Story''. The various colors of Yoshi, including respective shoe colors, originate from this game.

*[[Mario Golf (series)|''Mario Golf'' series]] - Peach cycles through a golf club in her forward smash. [[Plum]], a character who appeared in the first ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'' game, appears as a trophy.

*''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' - A trophy of Luigi holding the [[Poltergust 3000]] is collectible.

*''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' - In the Spanish version of the game, [[Rawk Hawk]] in his debut when taunting his opponents upon losing specifically references ''Melee'' when telling them they are better off playing that for "fighting" (in every other version, he simply says they are better off playing video games without specifying any specific games).

*''[[Donkey Konga]]'': The opening theme from ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' reappears as a track in the PAL version of this game.

*''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|Wii U]]'': An arrangement of ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''{{'}}s Battlefield theme appears in both games on the Final Destination stage. The Multi-Man Melee 2, [[Metal Mario]]/Luigi battle, and [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] menu themes also appear in the latter game alongside previous arrangements from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.

*''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' - Luigi is seen doing the Green Missile in this game's {{media link|Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - panoramic.png|panorama group artwork}}, which is also what he did in {{media link|SSBM.jpg|''Melee''{{'}}s group artwork}}. [[Yoshi]]'s new [[Final Smash]] is a reference to his appearance in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''{{'}}s opening. [[Giga Bowser]] returns as a boss in Classic Mode and Adventure Mode: World of Light.

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*In Classic Mode, for some unknown reason, the player never fights against [[Ganondorf]] or [[Roy (Fire Emblem)|Roy]]. Ganondorf appears only as a teammate in Classic Mode, while Roy never appears at all as a CPU player. In addition, Zelda is never a teammate for the player in that game mode. Also, the player only fights [[Mr. Game & Watch]] in the multi-man battle.

*''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' is not only the first in its franchise to be Teen-rated, but it's also the first time that any of those Nintendo characters that appear in-game, with the exception of ''[[:Category:Fire Emblem series|Fire Emblem]]'' characters, appeared in a game rated Teen or a foreign equivalent.

*This is the first GameCube game appearance for all of the playable characters excluding Mario, Luigi, and Bowser, whose first appearance in a GameCube game was ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''.

**However, Mario and Bowser were not playable on the GameCube until this game, making Luigi the only playable character in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' to be playable in a previous GameCube game, as ''Luigi's Mansion'' was released before ''Melee''.

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