Super Smash Bros. Melee

Super Smash Bros.Melee

Super Smash Bros.Melee is a crossover fighting game and is the successor to the 1999 Nintendo 64 game Super Smash Bros. It is developed by HAL Laboratory with Masahiro Sakurai as head of production.

Features

Super Smash Bros.Melee is centered on characters from Nintendo’s video gaming franchises such as Mario, Pokemon, and The Legend of Zelda. The stages and gameplay modes make references to, or take their designs from, popular games released by Nintendo. Melee’s gameplay system offers an unorthodox approach to the “fighter” genre as percentage counters measure the level of damage received, rather than the health bar traditionally seen in most fighting games. In Super Smash Bros.Melee, inflicting the most damage does not guarantee victory. Rather, opposing players must force their opponents beyond the boundaries of the stage. Most attacks inflict damage and can, if enough damage is dealt, knock back the enemy. Each character’s health is measure by a meter that represents the damage received as a percentage. The higher the percentage value, the farther the player gets knocked back, and the easier they are to knock off the stage. During battles, items related to Nintendo games or merchandise fall onto the game field. These items have purposes ranging from inflicting damage on the opponent to restoring health to the player.