Super Smash Bros. Melee: Difference between revisions

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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 (joining the other {{uv|Mario}} universe characters; counting both the {{uv|Yoshi's Island}} and {{uv|Donkey Kong}} the Mario sub universes) then he relocates Pikachu to the bottom row (where Pikachu joins the other [[Pokémon]] universe characters).
**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.
**This is because Pikachu is the only character that is part of the "?" marked boxes in the ''character selection screen''. So, it's the only Pokémon available from the start. It appears next to Mario but moves to the bottom row when Luigi is unlocked. That may be because Luigi (from the Mario universe) and Jigglypuff, Pichu, and Mewtwo (from the Pokémon universe) are all unlockables.  
*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''.