List of regional version differences (SSBM)

Examples of regional differences as demonstrated in the Collection mode; the image on the left is from the American version, while the image on the right uses the Japanese language setting.

There are many differences between the NTSC versions and PAL version of Super Smash Bros. Melee, which are listed here.

Game disc

The text found near the center of the back of the Melee game disc indicates the version of the game.

Version	Text
1.0 NTSC	DOL-GALE 0-00
1.1 NTSC	DOL-GALE 0-01
1.2 NTSC	DOL-GALE 0-02
PAL	DOL-GALP 0-00

MD5 hash

The version of a .gcm or .iso file of Melee can be determined by checking its MD5 hash.

Version	MD5 hash
1.0 NTSC	3a62f8d10fd210d4928ad37e3816e33c
1.1 NTSC	67136bd167b471e0ad72e98d10cf4356
1.2 NTSC	0e63d4223b01d9aba596259dc155a174
PAL	5e118fc2d85350b7b092d0192bfb0f1a
1.0 NTSC-J	378be81bb6c38febd847fc4b7f7dc36f
1.1 NTSC-J	f590cbc155097468d7f04e126d7bd898
1.2 NTSC-J	dc07abd4b6a5e1517da575274ceefcf8

General

Version 1.0

• All glitches exist, including one that can overwrite Multi-Man Melee scores.

• If the player plays as one of the clone characters, lower scores can overwrite higher ones, and if the player plays a clone and then a regular character, the score can duplicate itself on other characters.

• In the Home-Run Contest, the track ends at 1521.0 m (4990.0 ft), and if Sandbag isn’t already on the track when the player strikes it with the final attack and it goes over 1389.0 m (4556.9 ft), it will result in No Distance. In the Japanese version, it will start to say No Distance from about 890.0 m (2920.0 ft).

Version 1.1

• Home Run Contest track was changed to 4990.0 m (16371.0 ft) long, but the bag can’t land anywhere past 3458.5 m (11347.2 ft).
• The all-floats glitch can no longer be performed.
• The turnip glitch can no longer be performed.
• The shadow glitch can no longer be performed.

Version 1.2

• Moves that do less than 1% are now possible to Smash DI.
• The Multi-Man Melee glitch was fixed, the Superjump Glitch was removed, and many other glitches were corrected.
• The announcer now says “A New Record” if a new record is achieved in Multi-Man Melee.
• The game is now able to record and store negative scores in the single player modes; finishing with a negative score will count as 0 instead of the maximum of 999,999,999.
• Many methods of freezing the games no longer cause freezing.

PAL version

• Lag and loading times have been reduced.
• Character stock icons shown at the bottom part of the screen during a match are considerably smaller.
• The progressive scan query shown during the booting of the game if B is held is replaced by a 60 Hz query, which lets the player select between PAL50 (576i50) and PAL60 (480i60).
• The "Special Movie" was removed, as was the Archives section in the Data menu. A dedicated menu selection for the How to Play video replaces the Archives submenu.
• In the Home-Run Contest, the platform is longer and the invisible backwall is a bit farther.
• The Tamagon trophy has been completely removed from the game.
• Player markers are not shown above Star KO'd characters.
• Inert hitboxes no longer disable article hitboxes

Character-specific differences

Bowser

	1.0 NTSC	1.1 NTSC	1.2 NTSC	PAL
Weight	117			118
Down throw	Dependent on enemy weight, so it does not hit Jigglypuff or Mr. Game & Watch			Independent of enemy weight, so it will hit Jigglypuff or Mr. Game & Watch.
Flame cancel	Can perform		Cannot perform

Captain Falcon

	All NTSC	PAL
Rapid jab	Triggered after the A button is pressed or released 4 times (tricky to avoid when attempting to only get the Gentleman)	Triggered after the A button is pressed or released 7 times (the Gentleman is trivial to use)
Knee Smash	Late hit deals 6% damage and has 35 base knockback	Late hit deals 3% damage and has 30 base knockback
Raptor Boost	Can pass through projectiles	Can no longer pass through projectiles

Donkey Kong

	All NTSC	PAL
Giant Punch	Donkey Kong will lose his charge if he is hit out of Spinning Kong	Being hit out of Spinning Kong does not affect Giant Punch's charge.

Falco

	All NTSC	PAL
Down aerial	Has spike angle of 290 for clean hit and meteor for late hit	Has spike angle of 290 for clean hit and Sakurai angle for late hit.
Down throw	Fox cannot tech out	Fox can tech out.

Fox

	All NTSC	PAL
Weight	75	73
Dash attack	Late hit has angle of 72 and lasts 10 frames	Late hit has angle of 55 and lasts 9 frames
Up smash	Clean hit deals 18% with 30 base knockback and 112 knockback growth	Clean hit deals 17% with 26 base knockback and 108 knockback growth
Down smash	Sweetspot deals 15% with an angle of 25	Sweetspot deals 13% with an angle of 30
Fire Fox	Strong hitbox deals 14%	Strong hitbox deals 12% and is 0.75x the radius; covers less distance than NTSC Fire Fox but more than Fire Bird
Reflector	Does not knock Marth down	Knocks Marth down, due to his changed weight
Falco's down throw	Cannot tech out due to unlucky math involving throw's weight-based animation speed	Can tech out due to new weight

Ganondorf

	NTSC 1.0	NTSC 1.1	NTSC 1.2	PAL
Neutral aerial	Hits on frames 7-8 then 16-17 This timing results in the second hitbox being active too early, before Ganondorf extends his leg.	Hits on frames 7-8 then 20-21
Forward aerial	Base knockback is 60			Base knockback is 40
Down aerial	Deals 22%, base knockback is 50			Deals 21%, base knockback is 40
Bunnyhood Double Jab	Can be performed	Cannot be performed
Dark Dive state	Ganondorf is considered grounded during Dark Dive	Ganondorf is considered airborne
Gerudo Dragon	Can pass through projectiles			Can no longer pass through projectiles

Ice Climbers

	All NTSC	PAL
Freeze glitch	Can perform	Cannot perform

Jigglypuff

	All NTSC	PAL
Bowser's down throw	Undamaged by it	Will take damage from it

Kirby

	All NTSC	PAL
Weight	70	74
Dash speed	1.4	1.5
Dash attack	Clean hit deals 8% and has 66 knockback growth	Clean hit deals 9% and has 50 knockback growth
Forward aerial	Landing lag is 20 frames (10 if L-cancelled)	Landing lag is 18 frames (9 if L-cancelled)

Link

	1.0 NTSC	1.1 NTSC	1.2 NTSC	PAL
Boomerang superjump	Can perform		Cannot perform
Boomerang	Catching the boomerang while airborne cancels the grapple animation, allowing Link to use Spin Attack		Catching the boomerang does not cancel the grapple animation
Spin Attack	Has a lingering semi-spike with a trajectory of 0 degrees			Lingering hit sends opponents at the Sakurai angle

Mario

	1.0 NTSC	1.1 NTSC	1.2 NTSC	PAL
Weight	100			98
Fireball	Increases speed when banking off certain angles on Yoshi's Island (SSBM)	No longer increases speed
Maximum air speed	.86			.83

Marth

	All NTSC	PAL
Weight	87	85
Maximum aerial velocity	0.90	0.85
Down aerial	Tipper spikes opponents (tip has angle of 290)	Tipper meteor smashes opponents (tip has angle of 270)

Mewtwo

	1.0 NTSC	1.1 NTSC	1.2 NTSC	PAL
Shadow glitch	Can perform	Cannot perform

Mr. Game & Watch

	All NTSC	PAL
Bowser's down throw	Undamaged by it	Will take damage from it

Ness

	1.0 NTSC	1.1 NTSC	1.2 NTSC	PAL
PK Thunder	Stays active when Ness is hit		Despawns if Ness is hit

• There is a long-standing rumor that Ness can charge his up and down smash attacks further over ledges in one version of the game and not others. This is false; in all versions of Melee, Ness can charge his smash attacks over a ledge to the same degree.

Samus

	All NTSC	PAL
Grapple Beam	Can use Extended Grapple and can bomb jump after grapple is used in midair	Cannot use Extended Grapple and cannot bomb jump out of grapple beam

Sheik

	All NTSC	PAL
Up smash	Deals 17% with 105 knockback growth	Deals 16% with 102 knockback growth
Up aerial	Clean hit deals 12% and late hit deals 9%, both with 120 knockback growth	Clean hit deals 10% and late hit deals 8%, both with 110 knockback growth
Down throw	Trajectory is 80 degrees, allowing guaranteed followup into many other moves, and first hit has fixed knockback value of 90	Trajectory is 60 degrees, only allowing guaranteed followup into dash attack, and first hit has fixed knockback value of 100

Yoshi

	All NTSC	PAL
Weight	108	111
Forward smash	Deals 16%	Deals 17%
Up smash	Deals 14%	Deals 15%
Down aerial	Deals 51% (all hits)	Deals 38% (all hits)

Young Link

	1.0 NTSC	1.1 NTSC	1.2 NTSC	PAL
Boomerang superjump	Can perform		Cannot perform
Boomerang	Catching the boomerang while airborne cancels the grapple animation, allowing Link to use Spin Attack		Catching the boomerang does not cancel the grapple animation

Language

• PAL

• The NTSC version allows changing between English and Japanese, while the PAL covers five languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian.
• Also in the Language selection, English is represented by the Union Jack instead of the American flag.
• Names can now include uppercase and lowercase letters and with diacritics; Japanese characters, however, are no longer usable.
• The Motion Sensor Bomb is called the Proximity Mine.
• Distances are always measured in metres, as is customary in most European countries.
• Snag trophies! is called "Grab a Trophy".
• Rainbow Cruise is changed to "Rainbow Ride".
• In the NTSC version, the text at the top of the Lottery screen reads "Chance of getting a new trophy"; in the PAL version, it simply reads "New trophy chance".

Trophies

• PAL

• None of the trophies have release dates.
• Kirby Super Star is referred to as Kirby's Fun Pak.
• Star Fox is referred to as Starwing; Star Fox 64 is referred to as Lylat Wars
• The NES game Yoshi is referred to as Mario & Yoshi..
• Helirin is erronously referred to as Heririn in NTSC games. This is fixed in the PAL version.
• The EarthBound trophies have "Not released in Europe".
• The GameCube's trophy has May 3, 2002, its release date in the PAL region.
• The Tamagon trophy is completely removed and unobtainable altogether.

Character names

The character selection screen in Japanese.

The character selection screen in English.

All the characters' names are the same in English, Italian and Spanish. Characters not mentioned are the same as in English.

English	French	German
Young Link	Link Enfant	Junger Link
Mewtwo	MEWTWO	Mewtu
Jigglypuff	RONDOUDOU	Pummeluff
Pikachu	PIKACHU	Pikachu
Pichu	PICHU	Pichu
Sheik	Sheik	Shiek

When selecting Jigglypuff in German or French, its name is said by another announcer, and it has separate voice clips. The crowd, however, shouts something sounding like "Dong dong" in both languages, for some reason.

Of course, Japanese character names reflect the original Japanese names of those characters: Bowser is Koopa, and Jigglypuff is Purin. In addition, Ice Climbers are referred to as Ice Climber, and "DK" is written as "D.KONG". The first three use appropriate voice clips, while the latter is "Donkey Kong" in both English and Japanese anyway.

The French and German versions have a unique announcer for Jigglypuff.

Stage names

All stages' names are the same in English and Italian. Stages not mentioned have the same name in all languages.

English	French	German	Spanish
Princess Peach's Castle	Château de Peach	Prinzessin Peachs Schloss	Castillo de Peach
Rainbow Ride	Rainbow Ride	Regenbogen Raserei	Rainbow Ride
Kongo Jungle (SSBM)	Jungle Kongo	Tiefster Kongo	Selva Kongo
Jungle Japes	Jungle Japes	Tropen Trubel	Jungla Jocosa
Great Bay	Grande Baie	Schädelbucht	Gran Bahía
Temple	Temple	Tempel	Templo
Yoshi's Island	Île des Yoshi	Yoshi's Island	Yoshi's Island
Fountain of Dreams	Fontaine des Rêves	Traumbrunnen	Fuente de los Sueños
Icicle Mountain	Montagne Icicle	Icicle Mountain	Montaña Carámbano
Flat Zone	Espace 2D	2D-Welt	Zona extraplana
Mushroom Kingdom	Royaume Champignon	Pilz-Königreich	Reino Champiñón
Mushroom Kingdom II	Royaume Champignon II	Pilz-Königreich II	Reino Champiñón II
Brinstar Depths	Profondeurs de Brinstar	Die Tiefen von Brinstar	Abismo de Brinstar
Mute City	Mute City	Mute City	Circuito Mute City
Big Blue	Big Blue	Big Blue	Circuito Big Blue
Pokémon Stadium	Stade Pokémon	Pokémon Stadium	Estadio Pokémon
Poké Floats	Poké Flotte	Poké-Flug	Poké Globos
Battlefield	Champ de Bataille	Battlefield	Campo de batalla
Final Destination	Destination Finale	Final Destination	Destino final
Kongo Jungle N64	Jungle Kongo N64	Tiefster Kongo	Selva Kongo N64
Yoshi's Island N64	Île des Yoshi N64	Yoshi's Island	Isla de Yoshi N64

Notes

• The Japanese discs also have three different known versions, although there are some aesthetic differences exclusive to the Japanese release. This includes graphical changes such as the title screen, certain videos, seal Topis rather than yeti, and some references to Perfect Dark (such as the Proximity Mine design). In addition, the language is set to Japanese on default with only minor alterations in the English setting's text, and the Tamagon Trophy was originally available in-game. Switching languages between English and Japanese will not affect these changes.
• In the French versions of both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Pokémon names are in all caps, referencing how Pokémon names before Generation V are formatted, as well as being changed. In the PAL version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the names of the Pokémon are in all caps in all languages.

See also

• List of regional version differences (SSB)
• List of regional version differences (SSBB)
• List of regional version differences (SSB4)

External links

• MD5 hashes