A Tribute to Melee

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A Tribute to Melee (我ら、スマブラDXから參戦！ We are participants from Smash DX!), known as Melee is Life in PAL regions, was an Event Tourney themed after Super Smash Bros. Melee. It ran from from 6 a.m. on January 3, 2020 to 6 a.m. on January 6, 2020 (UTC), and was repeated on the following dates:

• 6 a.m. on April 1, 2022 to 6 a.m. on April 4, 2022 (UTC)
• 6 a.m. on March 31, 2023 to 6 a.m. on April 3, 2023 (UTC)
• 6 a.m. on March 29, 2024 to 6 a.m. on April 1, 2024 (UTC)

During the event, only characters and stages that debuted in Melee could be used, and every item from Melee that appears in Ultimate would appear.

Description

This tourney is just for fighters and stages that appeared in Super Smash Bros. Melee! Even the items that appear come from Melee!

The further you advance, the better the spirit you'll win!

Rules

• Format: Smash
• Rules: Time
• Time Limit: 2:30
• FS Meter: On
• Items: Medium

Available fighters

The character selection screen for A Tribute to Melee.

Fighters
Peach	Bowser	Ice Climbers	Sheik	Zelda	Dr. Mario	Pichu
Falco	Marth	Young Link	Ganondorf	Mewtwo	Roy	Mr. Game & Watch

Available items

• Smash Ball
• Poké Ball
• Container
• Food
• Maxim Tomato
• Heart Container
• Super Mushroom
• Poison Mushroom
• Super Star
• Warp Star
• Metal Box
• Bunny Hood
• Beam Sword
• Star Rod
• Home-Run Bat
• Hammer
• Lip's Stick
• Ray Gun
• Fire Flower
• Super Scope
• Bob-omb
• Motion-Sensor Bomb
• Green Shell
• Freezie
• Mr. Saturn

Available stages

Stages
Battlefield		Princess Peach's Castle		Rainbow Cruise		Kongo Falls		Jungle Japes
Great Bay		Temple		Brinstar		Yoshi's Island (Melee)		Yoshi's Story
Fountain of Dreams		Green Greens		Corneria		Venom		Pokémon Stadium
Onett		Mushroom Kingdom II		Brinstar Depths		Big Blue		Fourside

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	我ら、スマブラDXから參戦！	We are the fighters from Smash Bros. DX!
English (NTSC)	A Tribute to Melee	—
English (PAL)	Melee is Life	—
French (PAL)	La fête à Melee	The Melee Party
French (NTSC)	Souvenirs de Melee	Melee Memories
German	Die Melee-Meisterschaft!	The Melee Championship!
Spanish	Un tributo a Melee	A tribute to Melee
Italian	Viva Melee	Melee is life
Chinese (Simplified)	我等来自Melee参战！	We came from Melee to fight!
Chinese (Traditional)	我等自Melee參戰！	We came from Melee to fight!
Korean	과거작 베테랑들의 참전!	We came from Melee to fight!
Dutch	Ode aan Melee	Ode to Melee
Russian	Melee нaвсегдa	Melee forever

Trivia

• The banner is based on the character selection screen of Melee, with the characters being posed just like their Melee renders.
  • Sheik is the only character playable in this event who does not appear in the banner, referencing how she isn't present on the character selection screen in Melee and instead shares a slot with Zelda.
• The Smash Ball is the only item available in the tournament not to be present in Melee.
  • Likewise, the Fan, Red Shell, Barrel Cannon, Cloaking Device, Flipper, and Parasol are the only items from Melee to not appear, due to the fact that they are not present in Ultimate.
• Despite the fact that no fighters or stages debuting in Smash 64 are available for the event, items from the aforementioned game are available for the event. A similar situation also happens in Brawl Veterans Represent! and Free Four All.
• Despite Melee being the first installment to have a selectable Final Destination stage, Final Destination is not available for the event.