Super Smash Bros. Melee
Template:Infobox Super Smash Bros. Melee (also known by the acronym SSBM) is a fighting game for the Nintendo GameCube. It is the sequel to Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64 and the predecessor to Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii. Super Smash Bros. Melee is a very popular video game, making it the best selling game for the GameCube.
Super Smash Bros. Melee is a fighting game where various characters from Nintendo's popular franchises battle on different courses, also taken from Nintendo franchises. SSBM almost solely focuses on multiplayer mode, but also has many different single-player modes.
Gameplay
Players can use their attacks to damage other players. This causes damage, measured in percent. The higher the percentage is, the faster the player is knocked out. The damage can exceed 100%.
General Actions
Players move around on the linear, side-view stages using the GameCube Controller's control stick, and can jump by pulling the control stick up or pressing the X or Y button. It is possible to jump again in the air a single time. By moving the control stick down, the player can crouch or move a layer down on the stage.
A basic punch is performed with the A button. When moving the control stick into a direction, the player can punch upwards and downwards or to either side.
Some characters have a special ability, which allows them to perform multiple punches on after the other when the A button is pressed repeatedly.
When the hit of the A button and the movement of the control stick are timed right, the player can perform a Smash Attack. These are very powerful, chargable attacks which cause a lot of damage. Each character's attack works a little bit different, and the Smash Attacks upwards and downwards are special, too.
Character Special Moves
Each character has his/her own set of special moves, which are performed with the B button. When moving the control stick in a certain direction, or not moving it at all, a different special move is performed. Most character's Up+B move involves jumping, which makes it possible to perform a third jump in the air to prevent the character from falling down.
Usage of Items
Randomly, items appear on the stage and can be used by the players. When the character is standing next to an item, the player can use the A button to pick the item up.
Some items have effects that are activated when the item is picked up. These effects involve reducing the characters's damage percentage.
Other items can be used as weapons. When holding it in the hand, a weapon can be used with the A button. With the Z button, the weapon can the thrown away. This thrown item can also hurt other characters when it hits them.
Shielding
When pressing the L or R triggers, the character's shield is activated. The shield is a bubble (except for Yoshi, where it is a Yoshi Egg) which protects the character from any attacks. The shield's power is decreasing every time it is used, and when the shield breaks, the character is unable to move for a short period of time. Light characters may even be knocked out by the shield break.
The character can also to do roll to the side to protect him/herself when moving the control stick while pressing L or R.
Grabbing and Throwing
When holding no item and standing next to another character, the player can press Z, or L and R in combination with A, to grab the other character.
The player can now attack the grabbed character, who is unable to respond, using the Z or A button, and can also throw the other character in any direction or smash him on the ground.
While being thrown, the character can hit and hurt other characters as well. The higher his percentage of damage is, the faster he flies off the screen.
Other Actions
In Single-Player Mode, the player can use the C-Stick to zoom the camera in or out.
In VS Mode, the player can move the C-Stick in any direction. The player's character then performs an uncharged Smash Attack in the given direction.
When pressing Up on the D-Pad, the player's character performs the Taunt move.
Rules Settings
There are four standard fighting modes in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
When there is a tie between two or more players in any of these modes, there will be a Sudden Death. It is a quick stock battle, where each of the players who are tied will fight. All start with 300% damage. The winner of the Sudden Death wins the match.
Time
Players gain points by KOing other players, and lose points by going KO. When the time limit has run out, the player with the most points wins. It can be set by the player whether self-destructs cause players to lose 0, 1 or 2 points. A special function displaying the players' points during battle can also be unlocked.
Stock
Players have a set number of lives. They lose lives when getting KOed. The last player standing wins. Optionally, a time limit can be specified. When the time has run out, the player with the most lives wins.
Coin
Players have to collect Smash Coins. Coins appear by hitting an opponent. When a player gets KOed, he will lose half of his coins. When the time limit has run out, the player with the most coins wins.
Bonus
Players get points for their fighting style. There are 249 different kinds of bonus points. Bonus points can be simply for KOs, for jumping a lot, for looking in the same direction all the time, for getting a rare Pokémon out of a Pokéball, etc. They often have humorous names. When the time limit has run out, the player with the most points wins.
Playable Characters
There are twenty-five playable characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee; seven of which are from the Marioverse.
Marioverse Characters
Other Characters
- Link from the Legend of Zelda series
- Princess Zelda/Sheik from the Legend of Zelda series
- Samus Aran from the Metroid series
- Captain Falcon from the F-Zero series
- Fox McCloud from the Star Fox series
- Ness from the EarthBound/Mother series
- Kirby from the Kirby series
- Pikachu from the Pokémon series
- Popo and Nana, The Ice Climbers from Ice Climber
- Ganondorf from the Legend of Zelda series (secret)
- Young Link from the Legend of Zelda series (secret)
- Falco Lombardi from the Star Fox series (secret)
- Pichu from the Pokémon series (secret)
- Jigglypuff from the Pokémon series (secret)
- Mewtwo from the Pokémon series (secret)
- Marth from the Fire Emblem series (secret)
- Roy from the Fire Emblem series (secret)
- Mr. Game & Watch from the Game & Watch games (secret)
Clone Characters
Super Smash Bros. Melee introduced a range of characters who were "clones" of other charaters, meaning they have a similar moveset, however look different. All of these are secret unlockable characters. Unlike "regular" unlockable characters, the clone characters' spaces on the character select screen are completely invisible as long as they are not unlocked, instead of showing a question mark.
These clones include: Template:Spoiler
- Dr. Mario, a clone of Mario
- Ganondorf, a clone of Captain Falcon
- Falco Lombardi, a clone of Fox McCloud
- Young Link, a clone of Link
- Roy, a clone of Marth
- Pichu, a clone of Pikachu
Items
There are several items in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Some are from Mario games, and some from other games.
Marioverse items
- Bob-ombs, used to throw at another character to make an explosion, or if left on the ground for a few seconds, starts walking around on the ground. Sometimes if the bob-omb hits a player, the player will get blasted off the stage.
- Fire Flowers, used to shoot fire at someone.
- Freezies, used to throw at another player to freeze them in an ice block. Using fiery attacks will make them normal again.
- Green Shells, used to throw. It slides along the ground, and can hit multiple characters.
- Red Shells, pretty much the same as the green shells, but does less damage and homes in on characters.
- Hammers, a massive hammer from Donkey Kong if picked up it can do some great damage, but the player can't double jump, nor can he/she drop the item. The head may fall off and be picked up and thrown to get an almost guaranteed KO.
- Metal Box, makes the player weigh a lot and can't be thrown off the stage easily, but if he/she gets thrown off, it'll be harder to survive the fall.
- Super Mushrooms, makes the player double in size, and thus become stronger, harder to KO, and slower, but easier to hit (due to the size) and less flexible.
- Poison Mushrooms, the opposite of Super Mushrooms. The player shrinks in size, gets easier to KO, gets weaker but runs faster. He/she also gets more flexible and easier to miss.
- Starmen, makes the player invincible for a moment. That means, the player can drown in the acid lava in Zebes.
- Barrel Cannons, used to trap a character inside, and then the barrel rotates, depending when the trapped character presses a button, he/she'll be fired out in a certain angle.
Other items
- Beam Swords, from the original SSB
- Ray Guns, also from the original SSB
- Bunny Hoods, from the Legend of Zelda series
- Cloaking Devices, from Perfect Dark
- Flippers, from Balloon Fight
- Homerun Bats, from the original SSB
- Lip's Stick, from Panel de Pon
- Mr. Saturn, from EarthBound/Mother 2
- Motion-Sensor Bombs, from Perfect Dark
- Fans, from SSB
- Parasols, from the Kirby series
- Party Balls, introduced in SSBM
- Poké Balls, from the Poke'mon series
- Screw Attack, from the Metroid series
- Star Rods, from the Kirby series
- Super Scopes, from the game Nintendo Scope
- Warp Stars, from the Kirby series
- Maxim Tomatoes, from the Kirby series
- Food, introduced in SSBM
- Heart Containers, from the Legend of Zelda series
Stages
There are 29 stages in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
- Infinite Glacier: Icicle Mountain
- Mushroom Kingdom: Princess Peach's Castle
- DK Island: Kongo Jungle
- Termina: Great Bay
- Yoshi's Island: Yoshi's Story
- Dream Land: Fountain of Dreams
- Lylat System: Corneria
- Superflat World: Flat Zone (unlockable)
- Mushroom Kingdom: Rainbow Ride
- DK Island: Jungle Japes
- Hyrule: Temple
- Yoshi's Island: Yoshi's Island
- Dream Land: Green Greens
- Lylat System: Venom
- Planet Zebes: Brinstar
- Eagleland: Onett
- F-Zero Grand Prix: Mute City
- Kanto: Pokémon Stadium
- Mushroom Kingdom
- Planet Zebes: Brinstar Depths (unlockable)
- Eagleland: Fourside (unlockable)
- F-Zero Grand Prix: Big Blue (unlockable)
- Kanto Skies: Poké Floats (unlockable)
- Mushroom Kingdom II (unlockable)
- Special Stages: Battlefield (unlockable)
- Special Stages: Final Destination (unlockable)
- Past Stages: Dream Land (unlockable)
- Past Stages: Yoshi's Island (unlockable)
- Past Stages: Kongo Jungle (unlockable)
Modes
Single-Player mode
The single-player mode got widely expanded since Super Smash Bros. There are several new modes in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Classic mode
The classic mode is based upon the single-player mode of the game's predecessor. However, it is no longer set what opponents you will fight. They are chosen randomly. Still, there is a set pattern for the battles.
In the beginning, the player chooses the difficulty (very easy - easy - normal - hard - very hard) and the number of lives (1 - 5) he will have for the whole mode.
All battles are in stock mode, with the opponents having one life, and a 3 minutes time limit. The arena is one of the opponent's home arena.
- Stage 1: The player fights a single opponent.
- Stage 2: A team of the player and an ally fight against a team of two opponents.
- Bonus Stage 1: Break the Targets!: The player has to hit all the targets within a time limit of 2 minutes. Each character has his own arena for the target test. When failing in the test, the player does not lose a life for his upcoming battles.
- Stage 3: Again, the player fights a single opponent.
- Stage 4: A team of the player and two allies fight a single opponent. However, the opponent appears in his giant form, just if he ate a Super Mushroom.
- Bonus Stage 2: Collect the Trophies!: The player has to collect the trophies falling from above. To do this, he has to hit them so that they fall into his collection point. Again, when failing, the player does not lose a life.
- Stage 5: Once again, the player fights a single opponent.
- Stage 6: The player has to fight 10 opponents, all being the same character. He fights 3 at the same time. When one gets KOed, another takes its place.
- Bonus Stage 3: Race to the Finish!: The player has to get to the finish. However, there are a lot of finishs around on the player's way. The farther away the finish he takes is from his starting point, the more coins he will earn. The time he has for this varies from character to character, but it is usually around 45 seconds. As with the other two Bonus Stages, failing does not cause loosing a life.
- Stage 7: The player has to fight an opponent in his metal version. The battle is on the Battlefield stage.
- Stage 8: The player has to fight the 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 vary between the difficulty settings. Additionally, when the player is fighting on the normal or a higher difficulty setting and has finished the other stages of the classic mode in a time lower than 10 minutes, 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 has the same number of HP as Master Hand.
Adventure mode
The adventure mode is a mode taking place in all world of the games featured in Super Smash Bros. Melee. It features some special side-scrolling stages only available in adventure mode.
As in the classic mode, the player chooses the difficulty (very easy - easy - normal - hard - very hard) and the number of lives (1 - 5) he will have for the whole mode.
- Stage 1: Mushroom Kingdom:
This side-scrolling level is totally influenced by the Marioverse. It features classical Mario enemies, Goombas, Koopa Troopas and Paratroopas, as well as Warp Pipes and Brick Blocks. Toads are seen in the background. Near the end of the stage, the player has to battle 10 Yoshis, three at the same time.
When he has completed the side-scrolling stage, he gets to Princess Peach's Castle. There, he has to fight Mario and Peach, who are in a team.
Template:Spoiler When the player has completed the first part of the Mushroom Kingdom stage with a 2 in the seconds place (XX:X2:XX) on his time counter, Luigi will kick Mario off the castle before the battle begins. Then, the player will have to fight Luigi and Peach instead. When the player then completes the rest of the adventure mode, he will get to unlock Luigi in the end. Template:Endspoiler
- Stage 2: Kongo Jungle:
In the first part of the DK stage, the player has to fight two mini-versions of Donkey Kong at the same time. The battle is in the Kongo Jungle stage.
After defeating the mini DKs, the player will fight Giant DK in the Jungle Japes stage.
- Stage 3: Hyrule:
This side-scrolling level takes place in an underground dungeon. The player has to fight ReDeads and other enemies from the Zelda series. There are six special places in the dungeon. One is containing the finish, the Triforce. In the other five places with the Master Sword in the room, Link will appear and battle the player. He has a different color each time.
When the player has completed the Dungeon, he gets to Hyrule Temple, where he has to fight Princess Zelda.
- Stage 4: Brinstar:
In the first part of the stage, the player has to fight Samus in Brinstar.
When Samus is defeated, a self-destruction mechanism will be activated. The player then gets to a small side-scrolling level were he has to jump upwards to escape the exploding planet. When he fails to do it in time, he will lose a life.
- Stage 5: Green Greens:
Firstly, the player has to fight a single Kirby in the Green Greens stage.
When it is defeated, a team of 18 Kirbys, all having stolen abilities from other characters, will fight the player. He fights 3 Kirbys at the same time.
When the player has defeated the Kirby team within 30 seconds, Giant Kirby will appear and also fight him.
- Stage 6: Corneria:
The player has to fight Fox on the Corneria stage. In this battle, there are no Arwings seen.
When Fox is defeated, the Arwings will arrive and intervene in the battle on the Star Fox by heavily bombing it. In the meanwhile, the player has to fight Fox again. If Falco is unlocked, he might be there instead of Fox in the second battle.
- Stage 7: Pokémon Stadium:
The player has to fight a team of 12 Pokémon in the Pokémon Stadium. The team mainly consists of Pikachus. When they are unlocked, Jigglypuffs and Pichus can also be seen. Additionally, the only item in this battle is the Pokéball.
- Stage 8: F-Zero Grand Prix:
The stage begins with yet another special side-scrolling level. It is a part of the track of a GP race. The player has to complete it by foot. Occasionally, the F-Zero drivers will pass the player. He then has to hide on one of the platforms hovering above the track. Else, he is knocked out by them.
When completing the race, the player has to fight Captain Falcon in Mute City.
- Stage 9: Onett:
The player has to fight three Nesses in the Onett stage. The only item found here is Mr. Saturn.
- Stage 10: Icicle Mountain:
As Icicle Mountain is a scrolling stage anyway, is acts like that here, too. In the beginning, the player has to reach a certain height of the level. On his way are a lot of Topis, Polar Bears and Freezies.
When he has reached the certain height, the player will fight two pairs of Ice Climbers at the same time.
- Stage 11: Battlefield:
The player has to fight 20 Fighting Wire Frames, 5 at the same time.
When he has defeated the Wire Frames, the player has to fight Metal Mario. When Luigi is unlocked, he will have to fight Metal Luigi at the same time as well.
- Stage 12: Final Destination:
The player has to fight Giant Bowser on the Final Destination Stage.
When the player plays on a difficulty setting of normal or higher and has completed the past stages of the adventure mode in a time lower than 18 minutes, he will have to fight Giga Bowser as well.
All-Star mode
The All-Star mode can be unlocked by unlocking all secret characters. Unlike other modes, the player only has one life for the whole mode, and his percentage of damage is not set back after a battle. However, he can use up to three Heart Containers to restore his health.
In the beginning, the player chooses the difficulty setting (very easy - easy - normal - hard - very hard).
In the All-Star mode, the player has to fight all 25 characters of the game. All battles are in the stock system, with each combatant having one life.
In the first four rounds, the player will fight a single opponent in their home stage. In round five to eight, he has to fight two opponents at the same time, and in round nine to twelve three opponents. In the 13th round, he has to fight 30 Mr. Game & Watches in the Flat Zone, five at the same time. After each battle, he returns to a stage in-between, with his remaining Heart Containers, showing which characters he has already beaten and which he will fight in the next battle. Occasionally, a trophy can be collected.
Event match
Event matches are specially designed missons. They have a certain goal to be achieved. All the player can choose is his character, though even that is pre-defined sometimes.
Event matches can break the rules of a normal battle in Super Smash Bros. Melee. For a rules summary of each of the 51 event matches, refer to the following table.
To unlock more event matches, the player has to win a certain number of the previous ones, and sometimes unlock additional characters.
| Event matches | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Character | Stage | Description |
| 1 | Trouble King | Mario | Battlefield | The player has to fight Bowser in a simple stock match, each starting with two lives. |
| 2 | Lord of the Jungle | Giant DK | Kongo Jungle | The player has to fight a Tiny DK in a stock match of two lives each. |
| 3 | Bomb-fest | Selectable | Princess Peach's Castle | The player has to fight Link and Samus in a stock match of one life each. Link and Samus only use their bomb attacks. The only items appearing are Bob-ombs, Motion Sensor Bombs, and Pokéballs containing Electrodes.
Upon winning the event match, the player obtained a trophy of the Motion Sensor Bomb. |
| 4 | Dino-wrangling | Selectable | Yoshi's Story | The player has to fight Giant Yoshi in a stock match, him-/herself starting with three lives and Giant Yoshi with a single one. |
| 5 | Spare Change | Ness | Onett | The player has to obtain 200 smash coins before Captain Falcon does so. |
| 6 | Kirbys on Parade | Selectable | Fountain of Dreams | The player has to fight 3 tiny Kirbys, each having two lives. |
| 7 | Pokémon Battle | Selectable | Pokémon Stadium | The player has to fight Pikachu in a stock battle with each having two lives. However, regular attacks to not damage the opponent. The only way of doing so is using Pokéballs, the only items appearing in this Event Match. |
| 8 | Hot Date on Brinstar | Selectable | Brinstar | The player has to fight Samus in a stock match with each having two lives. The player's character enters battle with 102% of damage, Samus enters it with 130%. |
| 9 | Hide 'n' Sheik | Selectable | Great Bay | The player has to fight two Zeldas, each having a single life. However, if Zelda is in her Zelda form, she will respawn when KOed. The player has to KO her in her Sheik form in order to defeat her. |
| 10 | All-Star Match 1 | Selectable | Yoshi's Island, Jungle Japes, Yoshi's Story, Peach's Castle, Rainbow Cruise | The player, starting with two lives, has to fight Mario, DK, Yoshi, Peach and Bowser in a row, battling each in a different stage. |
| 11 | King of the Mountain | Selectable | Icicle Mountain | The player has to fight two pairs of Ice Climbers. All he has to do is surviving in battle for 1 minute. |
| 12 | Seconds, Anyone? | Selectable | Mute City | The player has to KO Captain Falcon in the short time limit of seven seconds. Both he and the player start with 100% of damage. |
| 13 | Yoshi's Egg | Yoshi | Rainbow Cruise | The player has to protect the Yoshi Egg, a special item that can take damage, from the opponents Pikachu, Fox and DK for a time of 55 seconds. |
| 14 | Trophy Tussle 1 | Selectable | Goomba Trophy | The player has to fight three randomly chosen opponents, each combatant having two lives.
Upon winning the event match, the player obtained the Goomba trophy. |
| 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. |
| 16 | Kirby's Air-raid | Kirby | Corneria | The player has to KO 10 Kirbys in 38 seconds. The only way to damage them is using the Warp Stars appearing from time to time. |
| 17 | Bounty Hunters | Samus | Jungle Japes | The player has to KO Bowser before Captain Falcon does the same. However, it is not possible for the player to damage Captain Falcon. |
| 18 | Link's Adventure | Link | Temple | The player has to fight Dark Link in a stock match with each having two lives. |
| 19 | Peach's Peril | Mario | Final Destination | The player has to protect Peach from Bowser for 1 minute. When Bowser is defeated, he will respawn instantly. |
| 20 | All-Star Match 2 | Selectable | Brinstar, Great Bay, Temple, Mute City, Corneria | The player, starting with two lives, has to fight Samus, Link, Zelda, Captain Falcon and Fox in a row, battling each in a different stage. |
| 21 | Ice Breaker | Selectable | Princess Peach's Castle | The player has to fight two pairs of Ice Climbers. The goal is to defeat both Nanas. When a Popo is defeated, the Event Match is failed. |
| 22 | Super Mario 128 | Selectable | Mushroom Kingdom II | The player has to fight 128 tiny Marios. Five appear on the stage at the same time. |
| 23 | Slippy's Invention | Selectable | Venom | The player has to fight Fox and Falco, each having two lives, and Falco and Fox being invisble. |
| 24 | The Yoshi Herd | Selectable | Yoshi's Island | The player has to defeat 30 Yoshis in 2 minutes. The last one of the Yoshis is a Giant Yoshi. |
| 25 | Gargantuans | Giant Bowser | Fourside | The player has to fight Giant DK, each combatant having two lives. Additionally, a tiny Mario and tiny Peach appear on the stage. However, they are defeated by Giant DK seconds after the Event Match begins. |
| 26 | Trophy Tussle 2 | Selectable | Entei Trophy | The player has to fight three randomly chosen opponents, each combatant having two lives.
Upon winning the event match, the player obtained the Entei trophy. |
| 27 | Cold Armor | Samus | Brinstar Depths | The player has to fight three Metal Samuses, with each combatant having two lives. |
| 28 | Puffballs Unite! | Selectable | Green Greens | The player has to defeat 14 Kirbys, each having a different copied character abilty. There is a time limit of two minutes. |
| 29 | Triforce Gathering | Link | Temple | The player has to fight Ganondorf, and is helped by Zelda. The player and Zelda have one live, Ganondorf has two. If Zelda is defeated, the Event Match is failed.
Upon winning the event match, the player got the possibility to unlock Ganondorf as a playable character by fighting him one-on-one. |
| 30 | All-Star Match 3 | Selectable | Fountain of Dreams, Pokémon Stadium, Onett, Icicle Mountain | The player, starting with two lives, has to fight Kirby, Pikachu, Ness and the Ice Climbers in a row, battling each in a different stage. |
| 31 | Mario Bros. Madness | Selectable | Mushroom Kingdom | The player has to fight Mario and Luigi in a regular time match. He has to earn more points than the other two in a time of two minutes. |
| 32 | Target Aquired | Falco | Corneria | The player has 1 minute to KO Jigglypuff as often as possible. He has to defeat it more often than the Arwings. |
| 33 | Lethal Marathon | Captain Falcon | F-Zero Grand Prix (from Adventure mode) | The player has to reach the finish of the stage in a time of 45 seconds. However, the speed of the game is raised by far, making it difficult to control, and the player is KOed instantly when touching the F-Zero racers. |
| 34 | Seven Years | Young Link | Great Bay | The player has to fight Link in a stock match with each having three lives. |
| 35 | Time for a Checkup | Luigi | Yoshi's Story | The player has to defeat Dr. Mario and Peach, who are in a team, which each having a single life. |
| 36 | Space Travelers | Ness | Fourside, Battlefield | The player, starting with a single life, has to defeat Samus, Kirby, Fox, Captain Falcon and Falco in a row. The first three are fought on Fourside, the others on the Battlefield stage. |
| 37 | Legendary Pokémon | Selectable | Battlefield | The player, with one life, has to defeat four giant Fighting Wire Frames, as well as Jigglypuff, who all have two lives. The only way doing to is using the Pokéballs around the stage, which all contain powerful legendary Pokémon.
Upon winning the event match, the player got the possibility to unlock Pichu as a playable character. |
| 38 | Super Mario Bros. 2 | Selectable | Mushroom Kingdom II | The player has to fight Mario, Luigi and Peach in a stock battle, with each having two lives. |
| 39 | Jigglypuff Live! | Jigglypuff | Pokémon Stadium | The player has to fight three Jigglypuffs, with each combatant having two lives. |
| 40 | All-Star Match 4 | Selectable | Temple, Mushroom Kingdom II, Poké Floats, Final Destination, Flat Zone | The player, starting with two lives, has to fight Marth, Luigi, Jigglpuff, Mewtwo and Mr. Game & Watch in a row, battling each in a different stage. |
| 41 | En Garde! | Marth | Temple | The player has to fight Link in a stock match with each having two lives. |
| 42 | Trouble King 2 | Luigi | Poké Floats | The player has to fight Giant Bowser in a stock match, with each having two lives. |
| 43 | Birds of Prey | Fox | Big Blue | The player has to fight Captain Falcon and Falco, who are in a team, in a stock match, with each combatant having two lives. |
| 44 | Mewtwo Strikes! | Selectable | Battlefield | The player has to fight Zelda in a stock battle. After a time of 15 seconds, Mewtwo appears and fights on Zelda's side. The player's goal is to KO Mewtwo. KOing Zelda will cause the Event Match to fail. |
| 45 | Game & Watch Forever! | Mr. Game & Watch | Flat Zone | The player, starting with three lives, has to fight 25 Mr. Game & Watches. Five of them are on the stage at the same time.
Upon winning the event match, the player obtained the Game & Watch trophy. |
| 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 having three lives. |
| 47 | Trophy Tussle 3 | Selectable | Majora's Mask Trophy | The player has to fight three randomly chosen opponents, each combatant having two lives.
Upon winning the event match, the player obtained the Majora's Mask trophy. |
| 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. |
| 49 | All-Star Match Deluxe | Selectable | Mushroom Kingdom, Venom, Pokémon Stadium, Great Bay, Temple, Final Destination | The player, starting with two lives, has to fight Dr. Mario, Falco, Pichu, Young Link, Roy and Ganondorf in a row, battling each in a different stage. |
| 50 | Final Destination Match | Selectable | Final Destination | The player, having a single life, has to battle Master Hand and Crazy Hand at the same time, each having 300 HP. |
| 51 | The Showdown | Selectable | Final Destination | The player has to fight Mewtwo, Ganondorf and Giga Bowser in a stock match, with each combatant having three lives.
Upon winning the event match, the player unlocked Final Destination as a selectable stage for the VS mode, as well as the Final Destination trophy. |
Target test
Here the player can play the Break the Targets! test, as it appears in Classic mode, separately. There is no time limit in this mode, as compared to the one in Classic mode.
Home-Run contest
The goal of the Home-Run contest is to throw the Sandbag as far as possible. The player gets a Homerun Bat to do this. He has a limited amout of time to damage the Sandbag before hitting it, so that it will fly farther away.
The player can win special trophies by getting a specific distance at the Home-Run contest, as well as unlock the Past Yoshi's Island stage.
Multi-Man Melee
In this special mode the goal is to fight Fighting Wire Frames.
- 10-Man Melee: The player has to fight 10 Wire Frames in the fastest time possible.
- 100-Man Melee: The player has to fight 100 Wire Frames in the fastest time possible. When winning, he can unlock Falco.
- 3-Minute Melee: The player has 3 minutes to kick out as many Wire Frames as possible.
- 15-Minute Melee: The player has 15 minutes to kick out as many Wire Frames as possible. When winning, he can unlock the Past Kongo Jungle stage.
- Endless Melee: The player has an unlimited amout of time to kick out as many Wire Frames as possible.
- Cruel Melee: As in Endless Melee, there is an unlimited amout of time. However, the Wire Frames are a lot harder to beat and there are no items.
Training mode
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 statuses such as walking and standing, or by a human player. Items can be created to practice with them specially.
VS mode
In the VS mode, up to four players and computer-controlled characters can compete with each other. The player can set all the rules for the battles, such as the mode (Time - Stock - Coin - Bonus) and additional options about which items should appear, the computer level, handicap mode and the stage to fight on.
Melee
The basic VS mode. It works as described above.
Tournament mode
When more than 4 players want to play against each other, they can use the tournament mode.
Tournament: The number of entrants is selected and can be up to 64. The rules for the battles and the level of additional computer opponents can be specified. Each player chooses their character and the tournament begins. Up to four players fight in a battle, and the winner passes on to the next round, according to the tournament tree.
Winner out/Loser out: This mode is for human players only. A number of players fight against each other. The winner or the loser of the match, depending on the setting, gives his controller to the next player waiting for his turn to come. This continues endlessly, until the mode is cancelled. Players are free to change their characters while the tournament is ongoing.
Special Melee
This mode offers a couple of different rules settings for the Melee mode.
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.
Stamina mode
As it is seen at the Master Hand in Classic mode, players have 150 HP instead of percentage of damage. When a player's HP hits 0, he dies. The amout of HP the players start with, however, cannot be changed.
Super Sudden Death
All players start with 300% damage. This will cause them to be KOed instantly when hit.
Giant Melee
All players are giant, as if they had taken Super Mushrooms.
Tiny Melee
All players are tiny, as if they had taken Poison Mushrooms.
Invisible Melee
All players are invisible, as if they had Cloaking Devices.
Fixed Camera mode
The camera is zoomed out as far as possible, showing the whole stage. It does not move in the battle. This may cause that players do not see their characters.
Single-Button mode
Only the control stick and the A button work in this mode, allowing only basic attacks.
Lightning Melee
In this mode, the games players a lot faster, making it hard for players to react on attacks.
Slo-Mo Melee
The opposite of Lightning Melee. The game is a lot slower, making it easier to react on attacks.
Trophies
- Main Article: Trophy
Trophies can be collected in single-player mode, won in the special lottery mode, or acquired on special events, such as playing a certain number of matches in VS mode.
There are 290 trophies in the game (293 in the Japanese version), with an enormous percentage being Marioverse characters, items, locations, and concept.
Note that each of the playable characters has three trophies, and two of them explain their SSBM background. They can be collected by completing the Adventure or All-Star mode with them.
Trivia
- Using an Action Replay code, it is possible to access the debug menu. There, characters such as Master Hand or Giga Bowser can be used (while using Master Hand or Crazy Hand it isn't possible to move on sidescrolling areas, to be defeated and to be P1 or P2). It is also possible to play in sidescrolling levels, the health regain area in all-star mode, and test level.
Media
The game's soundtrack was released as Super Smash Bros. Melee: Smashing...Live!.
