What is Super Smash Bros. Melee?
{{Infobox VG |title=Super Smash Bros. Melee |image = |caption = |developer = [[HAL Laboratory]] |publisher = [[Nintendo]] |designer = [[Masahiro Sakurai]] |composer = [[Tadashi Ikegami]]<br>Takuto Kitsuta<br>[[Shogo Sakai]] |released = '''Original release:'''{{vgrelease|JP|November 20, 2001|NA|December 2, 2001|EU|May 24, 2002|AUS|May 31, 2002}}'''Player's Choice:'''{{vgrelease|NA|September 25, 2002|EU|April 4, 2003|AUS|April 4, 2003}} |series = ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' |genre = [[Fighting game|Fighting]] |modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] |platforms = [[Nintendo GameCube]] |display = [[480p]] [[4:3]] }} '''''Super Smash Bros. Melee''''', known in [[Japan]] as {{nihongo|大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズDX|Dairantō Sumasshu Burazāzu Derakkusu|lit. ''Great Melee Smash Brothers Deluxe''}} is a [[video game]] where players can choose from many people from famous [[Nintendo]] games and have them fight each other. Players can fight alone or team up with someone else against a friend. This game is a sequel to ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' for the [[Nintendo 64]]. ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' is for the [[GameCube|Nintendo GameCube]]. The following game is ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' for the [[Wii]]. ==Characters== ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' takes 26 characters from many of Nintendo's series. It includes all 12 veteran characters from ''Super Smash Bros. 64'', and adds 14 new characters, including Princess Peach and Bowser from the ''Super Mario Bros.'' series, Princess Zelda/Sheik and Ganondorf from ''The Legend of Zelda'', and new characters like Ice Climbers from ''Ice Climber'' and Marth from ''Fire Emblem''. Some characters seem to play more like other characters who were in the first game, like Ganondorf compared to Captain Falcon. Sakurai planned to include more characters, including [[Diddy Kong]], [[Meta Knight]], [[King Dedede]], [[Balloon Fighter]], Urban Champion, Ayumi Tachibana, Sonic the Hedgehog, Bubbles, Excitebike, [[Solid Snake]], and [[Lucas (Mother 3)|Lucas]]