Super Smash Bros. Melee

The sequel to HAL Laboratory's Super Smash Bros., which pitted Nintendo characters against each other, ups the ante by including more levels, more characters, and more game modes.

The game is a Nintendo fighting game with different rules to it. Instead of knocking your opponent's health down, you knock him or her out of the battle field. You choose from the wealth of Nintendo characters like Mario, Bowser, Yoshi, different Pokémon, and even Link and then either fight through the single-player portion, featuring modes like Classic, Adventure, and Event Mode or battle it out with your friends in a four-player frenzy. More characters and stages are unlocked as hidden objectives are met, and coins rewarded for playing in all modes can be spent on a capsule toy machine. The toys in the machine represent games from Nintendo's entire video game history, and each can be viewed in 3D with a brief description. Also, with the simplified fighting controls, it's pretty easy for even your non-gaming friends to just pick-up and play.

Playable characters come from the following games:

• Game & Watch (Mr. Game & Watch)
• Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
• Mario Bros. (Mario, Luigi)
• Super Mario Bros. (Princess Peach, Bowser)
• Metroid (Samus)
• The Legend of Zelda (Link)
• Ice Climber (Ice Climbers)
• Dr. Mario (Dr. Mario)
• Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi (Marth)
• F-Zero (Captain Falcon)
• Super Mario World (Yoshi)
• Kirby's Dream Land (Kirby)
• Star Fox (Fox, Falco)
• Earthbound (Ness)
• Pokémon Red/Blue (Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Mewtwo)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Young Link, Princess Zelda/Shiek, Ganondorf)
• Pokémon Gold/Silver (Pichu)
• Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi (Roy)