List of staff (SSBM)

This is a list of the staff involved with the game Super Smash Bros. Melee, modeled after its ending credits. Like its predecessor, Melee features an extended version of its full credit roll in which the credited personnel are matched to their specific roles in the production of the game.^[1] The names will be written in Japanese if the language is set to Japanese; all are listed next to their roman letter counterparts. Some names won't appear until the content relevant to them is unlocked.

Chief Director

Masahiro Sakurai (桜井政博) (HAL)
- Planning/Game Design
- Motion, Movie & Game Direction
- Data Design/Figure Explanations
- Character Design for Kirby

Assistant Chief Director

Yoichi Sukino (鋤野陽一) (HAL)
- Planning
- Stage Design
- Player Collision
- Motion Transposition

Programming Director

Yoshiki Suzuki (鈴木義樹) (HAL)
- Program Management
- System Programming

Programming

Akio Hanyu (羽生昭夫) (HAL)
- Character, Stage Selection & Effect Programming
Isao Takahashi (高橋功) (HAL)
- Item, Special Move & Event Match Programming
Seiji Otoguro (乙黒誠二) (HAL)
- Figure, Enemy & Device Programming
Yoshimi Takahashi (高橋芳美) (HAL)
- Item, Special Move & Device Programming
Kouichi Watanabe (渡辺浩一) (HAL)
- Playable Character Programming
Masakazu Ebihara (海老原正和) (HAL)
- Pokémon^{[n 1]} & Enemy Programming
- Database Management
Kazuhiro Mizusawa (水澤和弘) (HAL)
- Stage, Device & Camera Work Programming
Katsuhiro Sakoda (迫田勝弘) (HAL)
- Item, Special Move & Event Match Programming
Masashi Yamane (山根雅司) (HAL)
- Player Library, Dynamics & AI Programming
Yoshiya Taniguchi (谷口祥也) (HAL)
- Game Mode & Indication Programming
Yasuyuki Nagashima (永島康行) (HAL)
- Menu, Cinema Scene, Ending & Sprite Library Programming
Kim Sung-Kwen (キムソンコン) (HAL)
- Training & Tournament Programming
Tomokazu Tsuruoka (鶴岡友和) (HAL)
- Playable Character & Special Bonus Programming
Takayuki Sugano (菅野卓行) (HAL)
- All-Star Mode^{[n 2]} & Staff Credit Programming

Design Director

Hitoshi Kobayashi (小林仁志) (HAL)
- Design Work Management
- Playable Character Modeling
- Item & Figure Design

Design

Tsuyoshi Wakayama (若山強) (HAL)
- Item & Stage Modeling
- Device Design
- Figure Design Support
Tadashi Hashikura (橋倉正) (HAL)
- Stage Modeling
Hitoshi Kikkawa (吉川仁志) (HAL)
- Playable Character, Enemy & Stage Modeling
Tetsuya Mochizuki (望月哲也) (HAL)
- Playable Character & Enemy Modeling
Kenichiro Kita (北健一郎) (HAL)
- Playable Character Modeling
- Artwork Design
Sanae Kubota (久保田早苗) (HAL)
- Stage Modeling
Michiko Takahashi (高橋道子) (HAL)
- Menu, Character, Stage Selection & Staff Credit Design
Atsuko Nakamura (中村敦子) (HAL)
- Enemy & Stage Modeling
- Device Design
- Opening Movie Design Support
Kunio Watanabe (渡辺晋夫) (HAL)
- Effect, Stage & Background Modeling
Masaru Kobayashi (小林勝) (HAL)
- Motion Design
Dai Suzuki (鈴木太) (HAL)
- Motion Design
Akiko Hayashi (林明子) (HAL)
- Motion Design
Mutsuo Ohmiya (大宮睦夫) (HAL)
- Motion Design
Tatsuhiko Ohi (大井竜彦) (HAL)
- Motion Design
Takahashi Ariga (有賀隆志) (HAL)
- Motion Design
Masaya Akiyama (秋山雅也) (HAL)
- Motion Design
C. Shane Allala (アララ C. シェーン) (HAL)
- Motion Design
Takaaki Kawahara (河原孝章) (HAL)
- Game Demo Movie & Screen Shot Design
Kouji Akaike (赤池浩二) (HAL)
- Game Demo Movie & Screen Shot Design
Kazuo Yazawa (谷澤和男) (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Creatures Staff Management
- Motion Design
Kei Hoshiba (ホシバケイ) (Creatures)
- Playable Character Modeling
- Opening Movie Design
- Creatures Staff Management
Mikio Menjo (毛受幹雄) (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Motion Design
Katsura Tabata (田畑桂) (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Motion Design
Masahiro Abeki (あべき正博) (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Motion Design
Yuji Kawarada (川原田祐司) (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Motion Design
Jungo Suzuki (鈴木淳吾) (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Motion & Opening Movie Design
So Yoshimura (吉村崇) (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Motion Design
Yosuke Hirata (平田洋介) (Creatures)
- Figure & Stage Modeling
Atsuko Ujiie (氏家淳子) (Creatures)
- Figure & Stage Modeling
Toru Kurashige (倉重亨) (Creatures)
- Figure & Stage Modeling
Ryuta Kusumi (久須美龍太) (Creatures)
- Figure & Stage Modeling
Keita Komatsu (小松圭太) (Creatures)
- Figure & Stage Modeling
Satomi Kokubo (小久保聡鏡) (Creatures)
- Figure & Stage Modeling
Hikaru Jinguji (神宮字光) (Creatures)
- Figure & Stage Modeling
Hiromichi Sugiyama (杉山宏真) (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling (Assistant)
Nachi Sugiyama (杉山楠知) (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling (Assistant)
Yoshiyuki Tagawa (田川喜之) (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling (Assistant)
Shinichi Yoshikawa (芳川真一) (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling (Assistant)
Ken Ikuji (生地憲) (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Opening Movie Design
Tomohiro Sato (佐藤友広) (Dice)
- Figure Modeling
Design Support (ハル研デザインサポートチーム) (HAL)
- Hiroo Takeshita, Tomomi Minami, Reiko Iwao, Teruhiko Suzuki, Tomoko Nagaya

Sound & Music Director

Hirokazu Ando (安藤浩和) (HAL)
- Music Composition & Arrangement
- Music Coordination

Music

Tadashi Ikegami (池上正) (HAL)
- Voice Coordination
- Sound Composition
- Music Arrangement
Shogo Sakai (酒井省吾) (HAL)
- Music Composition & Arrangement
- Librarian
Takuto Kitsuta (橘田拓人) (HAL)
- Music Arrangement
- Drums: Mute City Theme

Musical Performance

Taizo Takemoto (竹本泰蔵) (Company AZA)
- Orchestra Conductor
Orchestra "Melee" (大乱闘オーケストラ)
- Flute, Piccolo (2), Oboe, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Horn (3), Trumpet (3), Trombone (2), Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (3), Harp, Violin (14), Viola (4), Violoncello (4), Contra Bass (2)

Sound

Hirofumi Sako (迫泓文) (Avaco Creative Sound)
- Mixing
Yuichi Kaneko (金子祐一) (Avaco Creative Sound)
- Mixing Assistant
Masafumi Mima (三間雅文) (Techno Sound)
- Pokémon^{[n 1]} Audio Planning

Voice

Dean Harrington (ディーンハリントン)
- Narration; Voice: Master Hand (uncredited) and Crazy Hand (uncredited)
Charles Martinet (チャールズマティネー)
- Voice: Mario, Luigi^{[n 3]}, Dr. Mario^{[n 3]}
Nobuyuki Hiyama (檜山修之) (Arts Vision)
- Voice: Link
Kazumi Totaka (戸高一生) (Nintendo)
- Voice: Yoshi
- "Yoshi's Story" Sound Composition
Makiko Ohmoto (大本眞基子) (Aoni Prod.)
- Voice: Kirby, Ness
Shinobu Satouchi (里内信夫) (Aoni Prod.)
- Voice: Fox (in-game vocal effects, Japanese cutscene dialogue)
Ikue Ohtani (大谷育江) (Ezaki Prod.)
- Voice: Pikachu, Goldeen (Japanese, uncredited)^[2]
Mika Kanai (かないみか)^{[n 3]}^{[n 4]} (Arts Vision)
- Voice: Jigglypuff (Japanese), Chikorita, Marill (uncredited)
Rachael Lillis^{[n 3]}^{[n 5]}
- Voice: Jigglypuff (English), Chansey (English, uncredited), Goldeen (English, uncredited)
Jen Taylor (ジェンテイラー)
- Voice: Peach
Ryo Horikawa (堀川亮) (Aoni Prod.)
- Voice: Captain Falcon
Jun Mizusawa (水沢潤) (Arts Vision)
- Voice: Zelda, Sheik
Hikaru Midorikawa (緑川光)^{[n 6]} (Aoni Prod.)
- Voice: Marth
Sanae Kobayashi (小林沙苗) (Prod.BAOBAB)
- Voice: Popo, Nana (uncredited)^[2]
Jun Fukuyama (福山潤)^{[n 3]} (Prod.BAOBAB)
- Voice: Roy
Takashi Nagasako (長嶝高士)^{[n 7]} (Arts Vision)
- Voice: Ganondorf
Fujiko Takimoto (瀧本富士子)^{[n 3]} (Arts Vision)
- Voice: Young Link
Masachika Ichimura (市村正親)^{[n 3]}
- Voice: Mewtwo
Satomi Kohrogi (こおろぎさとみ)^{[n 3]} (Prod.BAOBAB)
- Voice: Pichu, Togepi (uncredited)^[2]^[3]
Hisao Egawa (江川央生) (Aoni Prod.)
- Voice: Falco (in-game vocal effects, Japanese cutscene dialogue)
Tomohisa Asou (麻生智久)^{[n 4]} (Aoni Prod.)
- Voice: Peppy (Japanese)
Kyoko Tonguu (頓宮恭子)^{[n 4]} (Aoni Prod.)
- Voice: Slippy (Japanese)
Chris Seavor^{[n 5]}
- Voice: Peppy (English), Slippy (English)
Ben Cullum^{[n 5]}
- Narration Falco (English cutscene dialogue)
Steve Malpass^{[n 5]}
- Narration: Fox (English cutscene dialogue)
Yuji Ueda (上田祐司)^{[n 4]} (Arts Vision)
- Voice: Cyndaquil, Wobbuffet (Japanese)
Shin-ichiro Miki (三木眞一郎)^{[n 4]} (81 Produce)
- Voice: Scizor (Japanese), Charizard (uncredited), Staryu (uncredited)^[2]

Uncredited

Koichi Yamadera: Mew^[2]^[4]
Kotono Mitsuishi: Ditto^[5]
Mayumi Iizuka: Bellossom (Japanese)^[2], Chansey (Japanese), Clefairy (Japanese)
Unsho Ishizuka: Blastoise (Japanese), Weezing (Japanese)
Katsuyuki Konishi / Mr. T: Snorlax (Japanese)^{[n 8]}^[2]
Ryuzaburo Otomo: Venusaur (Japanese)
Eric Stuart: Blastoise (English), Venusaur (English), Scizor (English)
Michael J. Haigney: Snorlax (English), Weezing (English)
Kayzie Rogers Bellossom (English), Wobbuffet (English)
Tara Sands: Clefairy (English)
Guilaine Gilbert: Jigglypuff (French)
Mara Winzer: Jigglypuff (German)
Jean-Claude Donda: Announcer for Jigglypuff (French)^[6]
Kai Taschner: Announcer for Jigglypuff (German)^[7]

Rap Vocal

James W. Norwood, Jr. (ジェームズ w ノーウッド Jr.) (MRG Enterprises)
- "DK Rap" Performance

North American Localization

Rich Amtower (リッチアムタワー) (Nintendo of America)
- English Text Editing
Bill Trinen (ビルトリネン) (Nintendo of America)
- English Text Writing & Editing
- Localization
- Voice: Crowd Cheers
Tim O'Leary (ティムオリアリ) (Nintendo of America)
- English Translation
- Localization
- Voice: Crowd Cheers
Nate Bihldorff (ネイトビルドウフ) (Nintendo of America)
- English Translation
- Localization
- Voice: Crowd Cheers
Leslie Swan (レスリースワン) (Nintendo of America)
- Localization Management
Jeff Miller (ジェフミラー) (Nintendo of America)
- Localization Management
- English Text Editing

Localization

Norimasa Tanikawa (谷川典應) (HAL)
- U.S. Text Writing Support

European Localization

Daniel Schäfers^{[n 9]} (Nintendo of Europe)
- German Translation
Pierre Sanchez^{[n 9]} (Nintendo of Europe)
- French Translation
Palma Sánchez de Moya^{[n 9]} (Nintendo of Europe)
- Spanish Translation
Massimo Maietti^{[n 9]} (Nintendo of Europe)
- Italian Translation
Hiroyuki Uesugi^{[n 9]} (Nintendo of Europe)
- Localization Coordination
Kai Zeh^{[n 9]} (Nintendo of Europe)
- Localization Management
Tanja Baar^{[n 9]} (Nintendo of Europe)
- Localization Management

Original Game Staff

Koji Kondo (近藤浩治) (Nintendo)
- Music Composition: Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox 64^{[n 10]}
Jun Ishikawa (石川淳) (HAL)
- Music Composition: Kirby Super Deluxe^{[n 11]}
Hirokazu Tanaka (田中宏和) (Creatures)
- Music Composition: Metroid
Keiichi Suzuki (鈴木慶一)
- Music Composition: Mother, Mother 2^{[n 12]}
Akito Nakatsuka (中塚章人) (Nintendo)
- Music Composition: Ice Climber, The Legend of Zelda
Taro Bando (阪東太郎) (Nintendo)
- Music Composition: F-Zero X
David Wise (デビットワイズ) (Rare)
- Music Composition: Donkey Kong Country^{[n 13]}
Takaya Imamura (今村孝矢) (Nintendo)
- Character Design: Star Fox^{[n 14]}, F-Zero
Yusuke Nakano (中野祐輔) (Nintendo)
- Character Illustration: The Legend of Zelda
Yoshio Sakamoto (坂本賀勇) (Nintendo)
- Game Design: Metroid
Hiroji Kiyotake (清武博二) (Nintendo)
- Character Design: Samus
Tomoyoshi Yamane (山根知美) (Nintendo)
- CG Design: Super Metroid
Eiji Aonuma (青沼英二) (Nintendo)
- Director: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Tadashi Sugiyama (杉山直) (Nintendo)
- Character Design: Ice Climber
Shigefumi Hino (日野重文) (Nintendo)
- Character Design: Yoshi
Yoshiki Haruhana (春花良紀) (Nintendo)
- Character Design: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Shigesato Itoi (糸井重里) (APE)
- Producer: Mother, Mother 2^{[n 12]}
Takashi Tezuka (手塚卓志) (Nintendo)
- Producer: Yoshi's Story
Makoto Kano (加納誠) (Nintendo)
- Character Design: Some Nintendo Characters
Toru Osawa (大澤徹) (Nintendo)
- Character Design: Some Nintendo Characters
Satoshi Tajiri (田尻智) (GAME FREAK)
- Executive Director: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Junichi Masuda (増田順一) (GAME FREAK)
- Director: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Ken Sugimori (杉森建) (GAME FREAK)
- Graphic Director: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Shigeki Morimoto (森本茂樹) (GAME FREAK)
- Programming: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Kouji Nishino (西野弘二) (GAME FREAK)
- Planning: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Tetsuya Watanabe (渡辺哲也) (GAME FREAK)
- Programming: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Sousuke Tamada (玉田荘介) (GAME FREAK)
- Programming: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Tetsuji Ohta (太田哲司) (GAME FREAK)
- Programming: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Hiroyuki Jinnai (陣内弘之) (Creatures)
- Coordination: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Tsunekazu Ishihara (石原恒和) (The Pokémon Company)
- Product Supervision: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
- Producer: Mother 2^{[n 12]}
Satoshi Takizawa (滝澤智)^{[n 7]} (Nintendo)
- Character Design: Ganondorf
Tohru Narihiro (成浩通)^{[n 6]} (INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS)
- Director: Fire Emblem
Masahiro Higuchi (樋口雅大)^{[n 6]} (INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS)
- Design: Fire Emblem
Masayuki Horikawa (堀川将之)^{[n 6]} (INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS)
- Scenario: Fire Emblem
Taeko Kaneda (金田妙子)^{[n 6]} (INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS)
- Art Director: Fire Emblem
Kentaro Nichimura (西村建太郎)^{[n 6]} (Nintendo)
- Supervisor: Fire Emblem

Supervisor

Ashura Benimaru Itoh (伊藤アシュラ紅丸) (Creatures)
- Creatures Staff Management
Youichi Kotabe (小田部羊一) (Nintendo)
- Nintendo Character Supervision

Special Thanks

Yuji Yasuda (安田祐司) (Company AZA)
- Conductor Coordination
Noriyoshi Matsuura (松浦典良) (Gen)
- Vocal Cast Coordination
Steve "Bang" Pang (スティーブ "バング" パング) (MRG Enterpise)
- DK Stage Rap Vocal Coordination
Reiko Yanami (矢浪礼子)
- Orchestra Coordination
Suehiro Endo (遠藤末広) (Foritissimo)
- Choir Coordination
Hiroki Enomoto (榎本浩樹) (GAME FREAK)
- Supervisor: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Kazuyuki Terada (寺田和之) (GAME FREAK)
- Supervisor: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Akihito Tamura (田村晃士) (The Pokémon Company)
- Supervisor: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Ryohei Itakura (板倉良平) (The Pokémon Company)
- Supervisor: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Gakuji Nomoto (野本岳志) (The Pokémon Company)
- Coordination: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Ai Mashima (間島藍) (The Pokémon Company)
- Coordination: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Kunimi Kawamura (川村久仁美) (The Pokémon Company)
- Coordination: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Masayuki Miura (三浦昌幸) (The Pokémon Company)
- Coordination: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Yumiko Murai (村井由美子) (The Pokémon Company)
- Coordination: Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Takemoto Mori (盛武源) (Shogakukan Prod.)
- Proofreading for Pokémon^{[n 1]}
Marigul Management (マリーガルマネジメント) (Marigul Management)
- Marigul: Hisakazu Hirabayashi, Masachi Uchiyama, Yuko Yamamoto
- Param: Kazutoshi Iida, Rikuo Kurebayashi
- Noise: Kouji Suzuki, Shigeo Sasaki
Yumi Yoshimi (吉見由美)^{[n 15]}
- Totakeke Rough Design
Original Game Staff (オリジナルゲームスタッフ) (Nintendo)
- Satomi Maekawa, Wataru Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Takenaka, Tomoaki Kuroume, Katsuya Eguchi, Hisashi Nogami, Noriko Ikegawa, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Hiromu Takemura, Jin Ikeda, Junji Morii, Hiroyuki Kimura, Takeshi Hosono
Original Game Staff (オリジナルゲームスタッフ) (Nintendo)
- Shinya Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Aya Sumimoto, Tokihiko Toyoda, Tatsuya Hishida, Yasuhiro Sakai, Kenta Usui, Mitsuhiro Takano, Masamichi Abe, Hiroyuki Yamada, Keisuke Terasaki, Masashi Goto, Masanori Sato
Wilcolinks Digiworks Inc.
- Hideki Nakano, Yoshihisa Kato, Keiichi Abe, Takeo Niikura, Masako Ohno
Original Game Staff (オリジナルゲームスタッフ) (Nintendo)
- Takehiro Izushi, Hitoshi Yamagami, Hiroshi Sato, Toshiharu Izuno, Shigeki Yamashiro, Jun Tsujimoto, Nintendo Software Technology
HAL Lab Debug Team (ハル研デバッグスタッフ) (HAL)
- Senji Hirose et al.
NCL Debug Staff (NCLデバッグスタッフ) (Nintendo)
- Tsutomu Kaganezawa, Masahiro Takeguchi, Hironobu Kakui, Super Mario Club
Digital Media Lab.
- Shinji "Miki & Gaku" Torigoge, Tadashi Tominaga, Masaki Sakai, Nozomi Sanada, Satoshi Maruyama, Takayuki Higurashi, Manabu Takahashi, Syozi "Okap" Okada, Kazuhiro Nakatani, Kensuke Yamamoto
NOA Debug Staff (NOAデバッグスタッフ)^{[n 16]} (Nintendo of America)
- Michael Kelbaugh, Kyle Hudson, Eric Bush, Randy Shoemake, Kiyohiko Ando, Michael Chipman, Jason Mahaffa, Chris Needham, David Hunziker, Nicko Gonzalez, NOA Debug Team
NOE Debug Staff^{[n 9]} (Nintendo of Europe)
- Maurice Tisdale, Nick Hooijer, Ángel Victoria, NOE Debug Team
Buildup
- Nobuya Okabe, Satoshi Nagaoka, Tetsuya Amabiki, Masayuki Gotoh, Naoto Oonuki, Takayuki Hayama, Tomoya Ohata, Fumihito Saito, Ryoko Suzuki, Kazutsugu Kosugi, Shin Kitada, Hajime Ishiyama
Satoshi Ishida (石田聡) (HAL)
- Public Relations
Tetsuya Notoya (能登谷哲也) (HAL)
- Public Relations
Ryuichi Noguchi (野口龍一)
- Planning
- Stage Design Support
sysdolphin
- Chiharu Itoh, Hidetoshi Seki, Jun Yamasaki, Shigeru Hirayama, Junichi Aoyagi, Tatsuhiro Tanoue, Takaaki Kazuno, Hajime Kojima, Takashi Matsuda, Takashi Saito, Takeshi Shimada, Hiroshi Yoshino, Satoshi Kira
Masao Kamada (鎌田真男)^{[n 16]} (Nintendo)
- Artwork Coordination
Yukiko Kishimoto (岸本有紀子) (Nintendo)
- Coordination
Kamon Yoshimura (吉村佳門)^{[n 16]} (Nintendo of America)
- Coordination
Nintendo Support Staff (任天堂サポートスタッフ)^{[n 16]} (Nintendo)
- Koji Uyama, Takeshi Furuta, Ryuta Kaimoto, Kensuke Tanabe, Shin Hasegawa
Satoru Iwata (岩田聡) (Nintendo)
- Marketing Supervision
Minoru Arakawa (荒川實)^{[n 16]} (Nintendo of America)
- Marketing Supervision
Manabu "Mike" Fukuda (福田学)^{[n 16]} (Nintendo of America)
- Marketing Supervision
Package/Manual/HP Team
- Ryuji Hagino, Kazuya Konishi, Hisatoshi Takeuchi, Emi Masai, Tomoko Kitada, Hiroshi Fujie, Kaori Nishimura

Project Manager

Ryuki Kuraoka (倉岡龍樹) (HAL)
- Project Management

Producers

Masayoshi Tanimura (谷村正仁) (HAL)
- Producer
Hiroaki Suga (菅浩秋) (HAL)
- Producer
Shigeru Miyamoto (宮本茂) (Nintendo)
- Producer
- Character Design: Mario, Luigi, Link, and Donkey Kong
- Producer & Director of Original Games
Kenji Miki (三木研次) (Nintendo)
- Producer
- Director: Ice Climber

Executive Producer

Hiroshi Yamauchi (山内溥) (Nintendo)
- Executive President of Nintendo, Japan

Copyrights

This Game title "SUPER SMASH BROS. MELEE"^{[n 17]} includes many Characters, Items and Music, some of which are used courtesy of the following;

Creatures Inc.
- Pokémon^{[n 18]}
GAME FREAK Inc.
- Pokémon^{[n 18]}
APE Inc.
- MOTHER series, etc.^{[n 19]}
Keichi Suzuki
- MOTHER series^{[n 19]}
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS^{[n 6]}
- Fire Emblem series^{[n 20]}, etc.
Noise(Marigul)^{[n 15]}
- Custom Robo V2^{[n 20]}
Saru Brunei(Marigul)^{[n 15]}
- DOBUTSU BANCHO^{[n 21]}
Param^{[n 15]}
- DOSHIN THE GIANT^{[n 21]}

RARE LTD.

CERTAIN CHARACTERS AND ITEMS FROM PERFECT DARK AND DONKEY KONG COUNTRY 2^{[n 22]}.

DONKEY KONG 64 RAP MUSIC BASED ON ORIGINAL DONKEY KONG 64

MUSIC COURTESY OF RARE LIMITED.

All Rights of this game "SUPER SMASH BROS. MELEE"^{[n 17]}, including the copyrights of Game, Scenario, Music and Program, but excluding the copyrights reserved by companies and person who already shown, reserved by Nintendo and/or HAL Laboratory, Inc.

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INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

European manual credits

German manual

Localization Producer

Hiroyuki Uesugi

German Translator

Daniel Schäfers

Assistant Translator

Micky Auer

Testing Team

Ángel Victoria López, Chris Strauss, Wolfgang Weber, Rudi Schnitzer, Frank Heuchle, Zoran Tasevski, Pierre Diesing, Marcus Fernández

NOE Lotcheck Group

Kai Neumann, Philipp von Knoblauch zu Hatzbach, Patrick Thieret, Marcus Weis, Frank Heuchle, Marvin Davis

NOE Artwork Group

Silke Sczyrba, Martina Taxis, Jens Peppel, Art & Print GmbH - Nadine Strauß

Coordination

Kai Zeh, Tanja Baar, Maurice Tisdale, Nick Hooijer

French manual

Localization Française Producteur

Hiroyuki Uesugi

Traducteur

Daniel Schäfers

Assistant Traducteur

Steven Arhan-Cotten

Equipe de Test

Ángel Victoria López, Pascal Di Pasquale, Emeline Condy, Michaël Troger, Sébastian Aubre, Kamel Chelirem, Daniel Barsan

Groupe Lotcheck NOE

Kai Neumann, Philipp von Knoblauch zu Hatzbach, Patrick Thieret, Marcus Weis, Frank Heuchle, Marvin Davis

Groupe de Publication NOE

Silke Sczyrba, Martina Taxis, Jens Peppel, Art & Print GmbH - Ilonka Ritter

Coordination

Kai Zeh, Tanja Baar, Maurice Tisdale, Nick Hooijer

Italian manual

Localization Producer

Hiroyuki Uesugi

Italian Translator

Massimo Maietti

Assistant Translator

Andrea Salvi

Testing Team

Ángel Victoria López, Santo Gennaro, Michele Liuzzi, Andrea de Benedetto, Luca Riccioni, Lucia Palagi, Sonia Trepiccioni, Alessia D'Onofrio

NOE Lotcheck Group

Kai Neumann, Philipp von Knoblauch zu Hatzbach, Patrick Thieret, Marcus Weis, Frank Heuchle, Marvin Davis

NOE Artwork Group

Silke Sczyrba, Martina Taxis, Jens Peppel, Art & Print GmbH - Nadine Strauß

Coordination

Kai Zeh, Tanja Baar, Maurice Tisdale, Nick Hooijer

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Appears as "Pocket Monsters" / "Pocket Monster" in the Japanese-language versions.
^ Appears as "??? ???? ???? ?" if All-Star Mode is not unlocked.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Only appears if the relevant fighter is unlocked.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Only appears in the Japanese-language versions.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Only appears in the NTSC English and PAL versions.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Only appears if Marth is unlocked.
^ ^a ^b Only appears if Ganondorf is unlocked.
^ While Konishi is credited for Snorlax's voice in Smash for Wii U and Ultimate's Japanese Sound Tests, the anime episode the voice comes from (episode 41) credits someone going by "Mr. T". It is not known if "Mr. T" is Konishi.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Only appears in the PAL version.
^ Appears as "Lylatwars" in the PAL version.
^ Appears as "Kirby's Fun Pak" in the PAL version.
^ ^a ^b ^c Only "EarthBound" is present in the NTSC English and PAL versions.
^ Appears as "Super Donkey Kong" in the Japanese-language versions.
^ Appears as "Starwing" in the PAL version.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Only appears if the relevant trophy is unlocked.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Only appears in the NTSC versions.
^ ^a ^b Appears as "SMASH BROTHERS DX" in the NTSC-J version.
^ ^a ^b Appears as "POCKET MONSTERS series" in the Japanese-language versions.
^ ^a ^b Only listed as "EARTHBOUND" in the NTSC English and PAL versions.
^ ^a ^b "(Japan only)" is added here in the NTSC English and PAL versions.
^ ^a ^b "(TBD)" is added here in the NTSC English and PAL versions.
^ Appears as "SUPER DONKEY KONG 2" in the NTSC-J version.

References

^ http://themushroomkingdom.net/ssbm_credits-full.shtml
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Has voice clips also used in Smash for Wii U and/or Ultimate; directly credited in either or both Japanese Sound Tests.
^ Voice clip from the Japanese version of The Battle of the Badge, which credits Satomi Kohrogi as Togepi.
^ Voice clip from the Japanese version of Mewtwo Strikes Back, which credits Koichi Yamadera as Mew.
^ Voice clip from the Japanese version of Ditto's Mysterious Mansion, which credits Kotono Mitsuishi as Ditto.
^ Voice clip from the French version of Pokémon Stadium 2, which credits Jean-Claude Donda as announcer.
^ Voice clip from the German version of Pokémon Stadium 2, which credits Kai Taschner as announcer.