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**''Melee'' is also the only major GameCube appearance for [[Ness]], [[Marth]], Roy, [[Ice Climbers]], and [[Mr. Game & Watch]]. | **''Melee'' is also the only major GameCube appearance for [[Ness]], [[Marth]], Roy, [[Ice Climbers]], and [[Mr. Game & Watch]]. | ||
*Despite there being 5 "?"-marked character boxes initially, there are a total of 11 unlockable characters, with the ones not marked by a "?" being [[clone]]s. Given that ''Melee'' directly identifies these characters as clones by how they're presented on the selection screen, this raises interesting questions about how they were treated by the development team. | *Despite there being 5 "?"-marked character boxes initially, there are a total of 11 unlockable characters, with the ones not marked by a "?" being [[clone]]s. Given that ''Melee'' directly identifies these characters as clones by how they're presented on the selection screen, this raises interesting questions about how they were treated by the development team. | ||
*Oddly, on the [[character selection screen]], when Luigi is unlocked, Luigi takes his place next to Mario | **Oddly, on the [[character selection screen]], when Luigi is unlocked, Luigi takes his place next to Mario and then he relocates Pikachu to the bottom row. | ||
*Not counting Mario sub-universes {{uv|Donkey Kong}} and {{uv|Yoshi}}, ''Melee'' introduces four {{uv|The Legend of Zelda}} series newcomers, which is more series newcomers than any other universe has in the game. | *Not counting Mario sub-universes {{uv|Donkey Kong}} and {{uv|Yoshi}}, ''Melee'' introduces four {{uv|The Legend of Zelda}} series newcomers, which is more series newcomers than any other universe has in the game. | ||
**It is tied with the {{uv|Pokémon}} series, which introduced four newcomers in ''Brawl''. | **It is tied with the {{uv|Pokémon}} series, which introduced four newcomers in ''Brawl''. |