Teen
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
88
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.0
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

The sequel to HAL Laboratory's Super Smash Bros., which pitted Nintendo characters against each other, ups the ante by including more levels, more characters, and more game modes.

The game is a Nintendo fighting game with different rules to it. Instead of knocking your opponent's health down, you knock him or her out of the battle field. You choose from the wealth of Nintendo characters like Mario, Bowser, Yoshi, different Pokémon, and even Link and then either fight through the single-player portion, featuring modes like Classic, Adventure, and Event Mode or battle it out with your friends in a four-player frenzy. Also, with the simplified fighting controls, it's pretty easy for even your non-gaming friends to just pick-up and play.

Alternate Titles

  • "大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズDX" -- Japanese spelling
  • "SSB:M" -- Common name
  • "Smash" -- Shortened slang title
  • "Dairantou Smash Brothers DX" -- Japanese Title

Part of the Following Group


Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Super Smash Bros Melee GameCube $10.95  
ebay.com
Super Smash Bros.: Melee    
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User Reviews

One Of The First. Still The Best. Guy Chapman (1722) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
Incomparable Jon Collins (28) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
Crack on a 3-inch DVD WizardX (118) unrated
It'll last you a decade. BigJKO (69) 4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars
More characters, more levels, and a lot better graphics than the prequel... Jim Fun (226) unrated
I used to dream about a game like this when I was a kid. Thank you Nintendo for making it come true (again)! WildKard (11891) 4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars
SMASH your opponents to the moon. Da-Flea (27) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
A great game that I still love to play, even after almost 4 years of use! Phillip Leffel (3) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
Nintendo's BEST-EVER multi-player fighting game! Dark Cloud (35) 4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars
One of the greatest games. Ever. kawaii (16) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars

The Press Says

UOL Jogos Dec 05, 2001 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Global Nintendo 2004 9.9 out of 10 99
Sliced Gaming (GameBiz) Apr 15, 2003 91 out of 100 91
Game Freaks 365 Jan, 2002 9 out of 10 90
N-Zone Jul 06, 2003 84 out of 100 84
Game Revolution Dec, 2002 B+ 83
The Video Game Critic Apr 10, 2008 B 75
Jeuxvideo.com May 30, 2002 15 out of 20 75
Game Critics Feb 20, 2002 7 out of 10 70
Netjak Dec 17, 2001 6.5 out of 10 65

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Trivia

Apparently, Hideo Kojima, director of the Metal Gear Solid series, "begged" Nintendo to include Solid Snake as playable character in Melee. However, the game was too into development for this to happen, but Snake will be appearing in Brawl.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by JPaterson Bronze Star Contributing Member (9127) on Jan 03, 2002.
 

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