A Tribute to Melee

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A Tribute to Melee (我ら、スマブラDXから参戦！), 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). During the event, only certain characters and stages that debuted in Melee, as well as every item in Ultimate that has appeared in Melee, could be used.

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

• Food
• Super Mushroom
• Poison Mushroom
• Warp Star
• Metal Box
• Bunny Hood
• [[Lip's Stick]
• Super Scope
• Green Shell
• Freezie
• Mr. Saturn

Available items

Items
File:SSBUSmashBall.png Smash Ball	Poké Ball	File:SSBUContainer.png Container	Maxim Tomato	Home Run Bat
Super Star	Heart Container	Beam Sword	Hammer	File:SSBUFireFlower.png Fire Flower
Ray Gun	Bob-omb	Star Rod	Green Shell	Motion-Sensor Bomb
Food	Super Mushroom	Poison Mushroom	Warp Star	Metal Box
Bunny Hood	Lip's Stick	Super Scope	File:Freezie spirit.png 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

Trivia

• The banner is based on the character selection screen of Melee, with the characters being posed similarly to their Melee renders.
  • Sheik does not appear in the banner, reflecting how she shared a character slot with Zelda.
• This is the second Online Tourney event based on a previous Smash game, following Original Class of '64.
• This is the second Online Tourney event in which only certain items are available, along with Original Class of '64.
• 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 from Smash 64 are available for the event, items from the aforementioned game are available for the event.
• Despite Melee being the first installment to have a selectable Final Destination stage, Final Destination is not available for the event.