Super Smash Bros. Melee

About Super Smash Bros. Melee
 

Super Smash Bros. Melee is a sequel to the title Super Smash Bros. Released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64. It is a popular fighting game where up to four players can choose a Nintendo character and fight an a Nintendo-themed arena. The game was based on the original formula, while improving visuals and overall quality. Super Smash Bros. Melee is still one of the most popular multiplayer titles for the Gamecube.

Controls

 * Control Stick: move character/jump
 * How far and fast you tilt the control stick affects how fast you will move.
 * Tapping the Control Stick up will make you jump.
 * Tilting the Control Stick down will make you duck or drop through a floating platform.
 * A Button: standard attack
 * Pressing A repeatedly will do a combo.
 * Rapidly pressing A will do a side attack quickly and repeatedly that is hard to escape.
 * A Button + Control Stick: strong attack
 * This will create stronger attacks rather then attacking with just the A Button.
 * Tilting the Control Stick up, down, left, or right will make your character attack in that direction.
 * Tapping the control stick quickly up, down, left or right will make you do a strong smash attack in that direction.
 * Doing a standard strong attack in the air will do an arial attack that can be directed in four ways.
 * B button (+ Control Stick): special attack
 * Pressing the B button will do a different special attack for every character.
 * Pressing the B button and the control stick up, down, or to either side will also do a different special attack for ever character.
 * See the individual character for specific special attacks
 * X and Y Buttons: jump
 * jumping with the X and Y buttons is usually easier then using the control stick
 * L and R Buttons: Dodge/Shield
 * In a still position on the ground you can bring up your shield which will sometimes stop attacks but if used to long, it will break.
 * If in the air you can do in air dodge to dodge a projectile coming your way.
 * Tilting the control stick while pressing L/R will make your character roll to get around opponents and dodge attacks.
 * Z Button: Grab
 * Grab your opponent when you are close by pressing Z, then hit up, down, left, or right to through him.
 * C-Stick: Smash Attacks
 * The C-Stick can also be used to do smash attacks but is usually considered to be a cheat and is mostly only used by beginners.
 * D-Pad: Taunt

Characters


With a total of twenty-five nintendo-based characters(including the hidden ones), there can be some confusion as to which is the best character for you and what each one can do. That is what this section is about. Every character in the game will be discussed in detail, including an overall view, cons and pros, unique moves, and more. Hopefully any questions you have right now about the characters will be answered right here. The characters will be split by starting characters and hidden characters. The format of each characters description will lay out like this.

summary including background information and an overall view of the character

main games the character has been in as a lead rule(along with dates, hopefully)

B special moves for the character

user comments and tips on character

(this is all subject to change)

Mario


Mario has been at the forefront of Nintendo for a long time. He always has a problem with keeping the princess safe from Bowser. Mario first starred as "jump man" in Donkey Kong where he simply had to go through three stages and save the princess in each. Since then Donkey Kong has gone his own way and Bowser took his place in Super Mario Bros. for the original NES. Mario set the standard for 2d platformers, until, of course, Super Mario 64 where he set the standard for 3d platformers. Now he stands to fight against all the other big Nintendo stars and doesn't do to bad really.

(see a pattern?)
 * Donkey Kong
 * Super Mario Bros.
 * Super Mario Bros. 2
 * Super Mario Bros. 3
 * Super Mario World
 * Super Mario 64
 * Super Mario Sunshine


 * Fireball(B)
 * Medium pace, medium damage projectiles that will bounce off it's surroundings
 * Cape(B+left or right)
 * Reflects projectiles and spins enemies
 * Mario Tornado(B+down)
 * rapid spinning will hurt any enemies touching you(press B during the move to float up)
 * Super Jump Punch(B+up)
 * 3rd jump to get on stage, attacks rapidly

User Comments:(feel free to add your two cents)

Pikachu

 * Spark (B)
 * Rocket (B + left/right - hold)
 * Recovery thingy (B + up)
 * Once you've pressed B + up you can zip twice, just push the stick in the appropriate direction (and be quick about it).
 * Lightening (B + down)
 * This attack comes down from the sky, so it will hit any enemies above you but it stops when it hits a piece of the level.

Peach
Special:
 * Toad (B)
 * Deflects enemy attacks
 * ??? (B + left/right)
 * Parasol (B + up)
 * Attacks and lets her fall gracefully
 * Pluck a raddish (B + down)
 * Only works when you're on the ground

If you hold the button on Peach's second jump, she floats for a few seconds. Combining this with the parasol, she can stay in the air for a long time.

Yoshi

 * Tongue (B)
 * Eat your opponent and then lay them
 * ??? (B + left/right)
 * Throw an egg (B + up)
 * ??? (B + down)

Poor Yoshi doesn't have a recovery move, although his second jump is quite big.

Donkey Kong
Games:
 * Donkey Kong

Special:
 * Punch (B)
 * B winds up for the punch, B punches
 * Smash the opponent into the ground (B + left/right)
 * Recovery (B + up)
 * ??? (B + down)

Donkey Kong has the ability to carry his opponents on his back (just grab them and walk away).

Samus
Samus Aran is a bounty hunter who frequently encounters Space Pirates and Metroids in her day job.

Games:
 * Metroid
 * Super Metroid
 * Metroid Prime
 * Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

Special:
 * Arm cannon (B)
 * B to charge, B to shoot
 * Rocket (B + left/right)
 * Jump (B + up)
 * Power bomb (B + down)

Link
Link likes to wear green, fight monsters, and save Princess Zelda.

Games:
 * See Zelda
 * Soul Calibur II (GameCube version only)

Special:
 * Light Arrow (B - hold)
 * Boomerang (B + left/right)
 * Bomb (B + down)
 * Spin attack (B + up)

Link's hookshot (grab/Z) can be used to grab onto walls when he's in the air.

Zelda/Sheik
Zelda likes to be kidnapped and be rescued by Link.

Games:
 * Most of the games Link's been in.

As Zelda:
 * A crazy blue diamond shield thing (B)
 * A firey thing (B + left/right - hold)
 * Teleport (B + up)
 * Turn into Sheik (B + down)

As Sheik:
 * Throwing spikes (B)
 * Chain (B + left/right)
 * Teleport (B + up)
 * Turn into Zelda (B + down)

Zelda has the more powerful attacks while Sheik is much more spry.

Young Link
Young Link's moves are identical to Link's except that he does less damage and is more nimble (also, he shoots Fire Arrows rather than Light Arrows).

Pichu
Pichu is identical to Pikachu except most of his special moves do damage to himself and he's a little more nimble.