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Super Smash Bros. Melee
HAL Laboratory
November 20, 2001
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Fighting, PlatformDevelopers
HAL LaboratoryRelease Date
November 20, 2001 (23 years and 6 months ago)Publishers
Nintendo, GradienteFranchises
Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, Star Fox, Pokémon, Earthbound, F-Zero, Fire Emblem, Yoshi, Super Smash Bros.
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Super Smash Bros. Melee is the second installment in the Super Smash Bros. series and the follow-up to the Nintendo 64 title. It includes all playable characters from the first game, and also adds characters from franchises such as Fire Emblem, of which no games had been released outside Japan at the time. Super Smash Bros. Melee builds on the first game by adding new gameplay features and playable characters: it's major focus is the multiplayer mode, while still offering a number of single-player modes.
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Fighting, PlatformPlatforms
Nintendo GameCubeDevelopers
HAL LaboratoryRelease Date
November 20, 2001 (23 years and 6 months ago)Publishers
Nintendo, GradienteFranchises
Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, Star Fox, Pokémon, Earthbound, F-Zero, Fire Emblem, Yoshi, Super Smash Bros.More from HAL Laboratory
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