From: Nintendo Average Rating: Binding: Video Game ESRB Age Rating: Teen Label: Nintendo Model: 45496960070 Platform: GameCube Release Date: September 07, 2001
Features:
It features a whole new set of characters, and some hidden ones for you to unlock
Create your own matches in the new Tournament Mode
New AI and smoother animation makes for a better game
Buy trophies of classic Nintendo characters such as Pit & Mach Rider
Product Description: Super Smash Brothers Melee is a great fighting game where you put your favorite Nintendo characters against each other, to find out who's the toughest of them all!
Amazon.com Review: Normally, Nintendo contract players such as Mario, Pikachu, Link, Donkey Kong, Bowser, and Kirby are generally happy and well-mannered, but in Super Smash Bros. Melee, the pleasantries get thrown out and the gloves (except for Mario's) come off. This update of the N64 favorite features these and other video game icons in furious, yet utterly absurd fisticuffs that usually make for a smashing good time. Just make sure you have at least one human opponent to pound on.
Starting off with 14 characters (an additional 11 are waiting to be unlocked), the game has a pretty standard premise--let Nintendo's stars beat on each other until the timer runs out. However, a lot of emphasis is put on knocking opponents off ledges while avoiding the same fate. In typical Nintendo manner, there are quite a few power-ups to assist you in the melee. The actual combat isn't as intricate as in other fighting games; however, the ultra-cartoony layout of the many, many arenas sometimes adds a strategic element not usually found in similar titles.
Super Smash Bros. Melee's strength lays in the mayhem created in four-player fights. The camera does an excellent job of positioning itself so all combatants are constantly visible. Also, Melee sports some of the best visuals seen in a Nintendo product. All the characters are highly detailed, and the movements of each are smoothly infused with personality. Donkey Kong lumbers and Princess Peach fights with grace.
As the multiplayer mode is the key reason for this game's existence, the single-player mode is decidedly weak. The game features an adventure mode that plays somewhat like an old-school, side-scrolling Mario game. Sadly, despite its good looks, its gameplay is rather uninspired. This game is clearly at its best when there are two or more players with controllers in their hands. --Mark Brooks
Pros:
Fantastic graphics and sound keep the action upbeat
Super Smash Bros. Melee This series has been a classic Nintendo series ever since the original came out on the N64. Excellent gameplay, with tons of different ways to play, this is one of the best games on the Gamecube.
I received this product in near perfect condition, instruction manual and all. Amazon was definetly a good place to order this game from.
A great Nintendo crossover fighting game worth checking out Nintendo has done it again. The follow-up to Nintendo's crossover fighting game for the N64, Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Gamecube. Your favorite Nintendo characters are back. Mario, Pikachu, Link, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Fox McCloud, and Samus Aran return, with newcomers like Princess Toadstool (a.k.a. Peach), Bowser, Princess Zelda, etc. Captain Falcon and Ness also return, but are unlocked by default unlike the original and Brawl. Luigi and Jigglypuff are still unlockable along with Falco Lombardi, Ganondorf, Young Link, Marth, Mewtwo, and Mr. Game and Watch. The gameplay remained intact, but it is more fun. The single player mode improved, with more variety. There are more weapons as well. The bumper was removed, however. It still has the bob-ombs, baseball bats, fans, food, and Pokeballs with new Pokemon up to the Gold and Silver generation. The multi-player mode is still a satisfying experience. It features new modes like sudden death, fast, slow, etc. It also has a bunch of trophies to collect. You can use coins at the lottery or you can find some in the Adventure mode. It is challenging for anyone willing to get this game. This entry in the Super Smash Bros. line would probably be my favorite. Brawl was probably a little bit behind, though. If you have a Gamecube or Wii, please pick this game up. It won't dissapoint.
Good game for its time I have played each and everyone of these games and my personal favorite is brawl. But that is now. Back then it was melee. The graphics r almost the same on charecters like kirby,pokemon,and charecters like that as brawls. The story mode is pretty good too. Though it is not as long or hard it still is pretty good. Brawl has many more things to do but the melee game has a better battle for multiplayer. The melee i like the music better because they r the original soundtracks from the actual games. Melee is also one of the oldest games for the GC and it has some of the best graphics of all of the GC games. My favorite GC game ever.
A Grandson's Wish Our grandson chose this game and he is as happy with it as he thought he would be! That makes this game a 'winner'! Thanks for prompt service!
what a game this game is a true classic and a must have for game collectors me myself I got it on that wonderful dec. 2 2001 if your a gamer that didnt have a gamecube this is a very enjoyable game playable on the wii so have fun with a blast from the past.
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