Super Smash Bros. Melee

crossover fighting video game developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube in 2001
VideoGame video_game Q1052131
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Summary

Super Smash Bros. Melee is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,019 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: esports discipline[3]
  • Director: Masahiro Sakurai[4]
  • Publisher: Nintendo[5]
  • Genre: platform fighter[6], crossover fiction[7]
  • Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto[8]
  • Performer: New Japan Philharmonic[9]
  • Developer: HAL Laboratory[10]
  • Part of the series: Super Smash Bros.[11]
  • Commons category: Super Smash Bros. Melee[12]
  • Platform: Nintendo GameCube[13]
  • Game mode: multiplayer video game[14], single-player video game[15]
  • Language of work or name: Japanese[16]
  • Country of origin: Japan[17]
  • Publication date: November 24, 2001[18]
  • Characters: Mario[19], Donkey Kong[20], Link[21], Samus Aran[22], Yoshi[23], Kirby[24], Fox McCloud[25], Pikachu[26], Luigi[27], Ness[28], Captain Falcon[29], Jigglypuff[30], Princess Peach[31], Bowser[32]
  • Voice actor: Charles Martinet[33], Nobuyuki Hiyama[34], Kazumi Totaka[35], Makiko Ohmoto[36], Shinobu Satouchi[37], Ikue Ōtani[38], Ryō Horikawa[39], Mika Kanai[40], Jen Taylor[41], Jun Mizusawa[42], Sanae Kobayashi[43], Masachika Ichimura[44], Hikaru Midorikawa[45], Fujiko Takimoto[46]
  • ESRB rating: Teen[47]
  • CERO rating: A (All ages)[48]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 3[49]
  • USK rating: USK 6[50]
  • Title: 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズDX[51], Super Smash Bros. Melee[52]
  • Different from: Melee[53]
  • Units sold: 1,000,000[54]
  • Australian Classification: G8+[55]

Why It Matters

Super Smash Bros. Melee has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . nintendo.co.jp. nintendo.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Tom Morris · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nindb game id → gcn/super-smash-bros-melee
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Nindb game id: gcn/super-smash-bros-melee, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/94349477|Super Smash Bros. Melee (#94349477)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/cata"
  2. 22d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mobygames game id → 5575, 109966
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Mobygames game id: 109966, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275231|batch #275231]]"
  3. 16w ago · Ewpa · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Super_Smash_Bros_Melee
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ P14470: Games/Melee"
  4. 16w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Super_Smash_Bros_Melee
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
  5. 17w ago · Jotamide · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → platform fighter, crossover fiction
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Genre: platform fighter"
  6. 19w ago · Leandro Di Renzo · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → HAL Laboratory
    Director → Masahiro Sakurai
    Aliases → —
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+5010'}, {'amount': '+6270'}, {'amount': '+6670'}
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Filmaffinity film id: 508350"
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