Amazon Minimum Age: 156 months
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Nintendo
EAN: 0827307913181
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Item Dimensions: 5072520525
Label: Nintendo
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Model: 45496960070
MPN: DOL P GALE
Number Of Items: 1
Platform: GameCube
Publisher: Nintendo
Release Date: September 07, 2001
Studio: Nintendo

Features:

• It features a whole new set of characters, and some hidden ones for you to unlock
• Create your own matches in the new Tournament Mode
• New AI and smoother animation makes for a better game
• Buy trophies of classic Nintendo characters such as Pit & Mach Rider
• One to four players

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Accessories:

• Controller- Jet (Black)
• Controller for Nintendo GameCube - Indigo
• Play
• Tips & Tricks Magazine

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Super Smash Brothers Melee is a great fighting game where you put your favorite Nintendo characters against each other, to find out who's the toughest of them all!

Amazon.com Review:
Normally, Nintendo contract players such as Mario, Pikachu, Link, Donkey Kong, Bowser, and Kirby are generally happy and well-mannered, but in Super Smash Bros. Melee, the pleasantries get thrown out and the gloves (except for Mario's) come off. This update of the N64 favorite features these and other video game icons in furious, yet utterly absurd fisticuffs that usually make for a smashing good time. Just make sure you have at least one human opponent to pound on.

Starting off with 14 characters (an additional 11 are waiting to be unlocked), the game has a pretty standard premise--let Nintendo's stars beat on each other until the timer runs out. However, a lot of emphasis is put on knocking opponents off ledges while avoiding the same fate. In typical Nintendo manner, there are quite a few power-ups to assist you in the melee. The actual combat isn't as intricate as in other fighting games; however, the ultra-cartoony layout of the many, many arenas sometimes adds a strategic element not usually found in similar titles.

Super Smash Bros. Melee's strength lays in the mayhem created in four-player fights. The camera does an excellent job of positioning itself so all combatants are constantly visible. Also, Melee sports some of the best visuals seen in a Nintendo product. All the characters are highly detailed, and the movements of each are smoothly infused with personality. Donkey Kong lumbers and Princess Peach fights with grace.

As the multiplayer mode is the key reason for this game's existence, the single-player mode is decidedly weak. The game features an adventure mode that plays somewhat like an old-school, side-scrolling Mario game. Sadly, despite its good looks, its gameplay is rather uninspired. This game is clearly at its best when there are two or more players with controllers in their hands. --Mark Brooks

Pros:

• Fantastic graphics and sound keep the action upbeat
• Many new characters and other goodies to unlock

Cons:

• Single-player experience is comparatively weak
• Too cute for a few folks
• Adventure mode is boring

Rating: - gets boring quick, more fun with friends
This game is a good sequel to SSB on the Nintendo 64.
But it's more fun with friends
Playing 1p all the time gets seriously boring fast especially after you beat the game. Play it with friends!!! but unlock everything first!

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Rating: - NOT EASY TO FIND!
The game was okay, but my kids lost interest two days after Christmas. There are other games with this same character that they like even more.

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Rating: - great game
This game is awsome.I got a gamecube controller for my wii and got this game.It was a great deal. It is my favorite game.Definitely buy it.

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Rating: - still great
The Camecube to many was a dissapointment but games like Smash Brothers gave the Cube what little leverage it had to offer. When you look back at fighting games a lot of people love this franchise. This game came packed in with my Cube when I got it back in 05 and its one of the few games I actually go back and replay. The game is just pure fun. There is no story you just brawl in matches and pimp slap your opponents around with a selection of moves and it works. Longevity wise theres plenty of characters ... Read More

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Rating: - Awesome
Hours and hours of fun. The combat moves are fun, stages visually entertaining, and graphics pretty good. Check out the newer version for Wii (Super Smash Bros. Brawl).

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