List of staff (SSBM)

This is a list of the staff involved with the game Super Smash Bros. Melee. 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 (for example, the game's voice actors are matched to the characters that they voiced).^[1] Some names won't appear until the content relevant to them is unlocked.

Chief Director

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

Assistant Chief Director

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

Programming Director

Yoshiki Suzuki (HAL)
- Program Management
- System Programming

Programming

Akio Hanyu (HAL)
- Character, Stage Selection & Effect Programming
Isao Takahashi (HAL)
- Item, Special Move & Event Match Programming
Seiji Otoguro (HAL)
- Figure, Enemy & Device Programming
Yoshimi Takahashi (HAL)
- Item, Special Move & Device Programming
Kouichi Watanabe (HAL)
- Playable Character Programming
Masakazu Ebihara (HAL)
- Pokémon & Enemy Programming
- Database Management
Kazuhiro Mizusawa (HAL)
- Stage, Device & Camera Work Programming
Katsuhiro Sakoda (HAL)
- Item, Special Move & Event Match Programming
Masashi Yamane (HAL)
- Player Library, Dynamics & AI Programming
Yoshiya Taniguchi (HAL)
- Game Mode & Indication Programming
Yasuyuki Nagashima (HAL)
- Menu, Cinema Scene, Ending & Sprite Library Programming
Kim Sung-Kwen (HAL)
- Training & Tournament Programming
Tomokazu Tsuruoka (HAL)
- Playable Character & Special Bonus Programming
Takayuki Sugano (HAL)
- All-Star Mode & Staff Credit Programming

Design Director

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

Design

Tsuyoshi Wakayama (HAL)
- Item & Stage Modeling
- Device Design
- Figure Design Support
Tadashi Hashikura (HAL)
- Stage Modeling
Hitoshi Kikkawa (HAL)
- Playable Character, Enemy & Stage Modeling
Tetsuya Mochizuki (HAL)
- Playable Character & Enemy Modeling
Kenichiro Kita (HAL)
- Playable Character Modeling
- Artwork Design
Sanae Kubota (HAL)
- Stage Modeling
Michiko Takahashi (HAL)
- Menu, Character, Stage Selection & Staff Credit Design
Atsuko Nakamura (HAL)
- Enemy & Stage Modeling
- Device Design
- Opening Movie Design Support
Kunio Watanabe (HAL)
- Effect, Stage & Background Modeling
Masaru Kobayashi (HAL)
- Motion Design
Dai Suzuki (HAL)
- Motion Design
Akiko Hayashi (HAL)
- Motion Design
Mutsuo Ohmiya (HAL)
- Motion Design
Tatsuhiko Ohi (HAL)
- Motion Design
Takahashi Ariga (HAL)
- Motion Design
Masaya Akiyama (HAL)
- Motion Design
C. Shane Allala (HAL)
- Motion Design
Takaaki Kawahara (HAL)
- Game Demo Movie & Screen Shot Design
Kouji Akaike (HAL)
- Game Demo Movie & Screen Shot Design
Kazuo Yazawa (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Creatures Staff Management
- Motion Design
Kei Hoshiba (Creatures)
- Playable Character Modeling
- Opening Movie Design
- Creatures Staff Management
Mikio Menjo (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Motion Design
Katsura Tabata (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Motion Design
Masahiro Abeki (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Motion Design
Yuji Kawarada (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Motion Design
Jungo Suzuki (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Motion & Opening Movie Design
So Yoshimura (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Motion Design
Yosuke Hirata (Creatures)
- Figure & Stage Modeling
Atsuko Ujiie (Creatures)
- Figure & Stage Modeling
Toru Kurashige (Creatures)
- Figure & Stage Modeling
Ryuta Kusumi (Creatures)
- Figure & Stage Modeling
Keita Komatsu (Creatures)
- Figure & Stage Modeling
Satomi Kokubo (Creatures)
- Figure & Stage Modeling
Hikaru Jinguji (Creatures)
- Figure & Stage Modeling
Hiromichi Sugiyama (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling (Assistant)
Nachi Sugiyama (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling (Assistant)
Yoshiyuki Tagawa (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling (Assistant)
Shinichi Yoshikawa (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling (Assistant)
Ken Ikuji (Creatures)
- Figure Modeling
- Opening Movie Design
Tomohiro Sato (Dice)
- Figure Modeling
Design Support (HAL)
- Hiroo Takeshita, Tomomi Minami, Reiko Iwao, Teruhiko Suzuki, Tomoko Nagaya

Sound & Music Directors

Hirokazu Ando (HAL)
- Music Composition & Arrangement
- Music Coordination
Tadashi Ikegami (HAL)
- Voice Coordination
- Sound Composition
- Music Arrangement
Shogo Sakai (HAL)
- Music Composition & Arrangement
- Librarian
Takuto Kitsuta (HAL)
- Music Arrangement
- Drums: Mute City Theme

Musical Performance

Taizo Takemoto (Company AZA)
- Orchestra Conductor
Orchestra "Melee"
- 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 (Avaco Creative Sound)
- Mixing
Yuichi Kaneko (Avaco Creative Sound)
- Mixing Assistant
Masafumi Mima (Techno Sound)
- Pokémon Audio Planning

Voice

Dean Harrington: Narration, Master Hand (uncredited), Crazy Hand (uncredited)
Charles Martinet: Mario, Luigi, Dr. Mario
Nobuyuki Hiyama (Arts Vision): Link
Kazumi Totaka (Nintendo): Yoshi
Makiko Ohmoto (Aoni Prod.): Kirby, Ness
Shinobu Satouchi (Aoni Prod.): Fox (in-game vocal effects, Japanese cutscene dialogue)
Ikue Ohtani (Ezaki Prod.): Pikachu, Goldeen (Japanese, uncredited)
Mika Kanai^{[n 1]}^{[n 2]} (Arts Vision): Jigglypuff (Japanese), Chikorita, Marill (uncredited)
Rachael Lillis^{[n 1]}^{[n 3]}: Jigglypuff (English), Chansey (English, uncredited), Goldeen (English, uncredited)
Jen Taylor: Peach
Ryo Horikawa (Aoni Prod.): Captain Falcon
Jun Mizusawa (Arts Vision): Zelda, Sheik
Hikaru Midorikawa^{[n 4]} (Aoni Prod.): Marth
Masachika Ichimura^{[n 1]}: Mewtwo
Satomi Kohrogi^{[n 1]} (Prod.BAOBAB): Pichu, Togepi (uncredited)
Fujiko Takimoto^{[n 1]} (Arts Vision): Young Link
Jun Fukuyama^{[n 1]} (Prod.BAOBAB): Roy
Takashi Nagasako^{[n 5]} (Arts Vision): Ganondorf
Sanae Kobayashi (Prod.BAOBAB): Popo, Nana (uncredited)
Hisao Egawa (Aoni Prod.): Falco (in-game vocal effects, Japanese cutscene dialogue)
Tomohisa Aso^{[n 2]} (Aoni Prod.): Peppy (Japanese)
Kyoko Tongu^{[n 2]} (Aoni Prod.): Slippy (Japanese)
Chris Seavor^{[n 3]}: Peppy (English), Slippy (English)
Ben Cullum^{[n 3]}: Falco (English cutscene dialogue)
Steve Malpass^{[n 3]}: Fox (English cutscene dialogue)
Yuji Ueda^{[n 2]} (Arts Vision): Cyndaquil, Wobbuffet (Japanese)
Shin'ichiro Miki^{[n 2]} (81 Produce): Scizor (Japanese), Charizard (uncredited), Staryu (uncredited)
James W. Norwood, Jr. (MRG Enterprises): "DK Rap" vocals

Uncredited

Koichi Yamadera: Mew
Mayumi Iizuka: Bellossom (Japanese), Chansey (Japanese), Clefairy (Japanese)
Unsho Ishizuka: Blastoise (Japanese), Weezing (Japanese)
Katsuyuki Konishi: Snorlax (Japanese)
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)

North American Localization

Rich Amtower (Nintendo of America)
- English Text Editing
Bill Trinen (Nintendo of America)
- English Text Writing & Editing
- Localization
- Voice: Crowd Cheers
Tim O'Leary (Nintendo of America)
- English Translation
- Localization
- Voice: Crowd Cheers
Nate Bihldorff (Nintendo of America)
- English Translation
- Localization
- Voice: Crowd Cheers
Leslie Swan (Nintendo of America)
- Localization Management
Jeff Miller (Nintendo of America)
- Localization Management
- English Text Editing

Localization

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

European Localisation

Daniel Schäfers^{[n 6]}
- German text
Pierre Sanchez^{[n 6]}
- French text
Palma Sánchez de Moya^{[n 6]}
- Spanish text
Massimo Maietti^{[n 6]}
- Italian text
Hiroyuki Uesugi^{[n 6]}
- Coordination
Kai Zeh^{[n 6]}
- Localisation management
Tanja Baar^{[n 6]}
- Localisation management

Original Game Staff

Koji Kondo (Nintendo)
- Music Composition: Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox 64
Jun Ishikawa (HAL)
- Music Composition: Kirby Super Deluxe
Hirokazu Tanaka (Creatures)
- Music Composition: Metroid
Keiichi Suzuki
- Music Composition: EarthBound
Akito Nakatsuka (Nintendo)
- Music Composition: Ice Climber, The Legend of Zelda
Taro Bando (Nintendo)
- Music Composition: F-Zero X
David Wise (Rare)
- Music Composition: Donkey Kong Country
Takaya Imamura (Nintendo)
- Character Design: Star Fox, F-Zero
Yusuke Nakano (Nintendo)
- Character Illustration: The Legend of Zelda
Yoshio Sakamoto (Nintendo)
- Game Design: Metroid
Hiroji Kiyotake (Nintendo)
- Character Design: Samus
Tomoyoshi Yamane (Nintendo)
- CG Design: Super Metroid
Eiji Aonuma (Nintendo)
- Director: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Tadashi Sugiyama (Nintendo)
- Character Design: Ice Climber
Shigefumi Hino (Nintendo)
- Character Design: Yoshi
Yoshiki Haruhana (Nintendo)
- Character Design: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Shigesato Itoi (APE)
- Producer: EarthBound
Takashi Tezuka (Nintendo)
- Producer: Yoshi's Story
Makoto Kano (Nintendo)
- Character Design: Some Nintendo Characters
Toru Osawa (Nintendo)
- Character Design: Some Nintendo Characters
Satoshi Tajiri (GAME FREAK)
- Executive Director: Pokémon
Junichi Masuda (GAME FREAK)
- Director: Pokémon
Ken Sugimori (GAME FREAK)
- Graphic Director: Pokémon
Shigeki Morimoto (GAME FREAK)
- Programming: Pokémon
Kouji Nishino (GAME FREAK)
- Planning: Pokémon
Tetsuya Watanabe (GAME FREAK)
- Programming: Pokémon
Sousuke Tamada (GAME FREAK)
- Programming: Pokémon
Tetsuji Ohta (GAME FREAK)
- Programming: Pokémon
Hiroyuki Jinnai (Creatures)
- Coordination: Pokémon
Tsunekazu Ishihara (The Pokémon Company)
- Product Supervision: Pokémon
- Producer: EarthBound
Satoshi Takizawa (Nintendo)^{[n 5]}
- Character Design: Ganondorf
Tohru Narihiro (INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS)^{[n 4]}
- Director: Fire Emblem
Masahiro Higuchi (INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS)^{[n 4]}
- Design: Fire Emblem
Masayuki Horikawa (INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS)^{[n 4]}
- Scenario: Fire Emblem
Taeko Kaneda (INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS)^{[n 4]}
- Art Director: Fire Emblem
Kentaro Nichimura (Nintendo)^{[n 4]}
- Supervisor: Fire Emblem

Supervisor

Ashura Benimaru Itoh (Creatures)
- Creatures Staff Management
Youichi Kotabe (Nintendo)
- Nintendo Character Supervision

Special Thanks

Yuji Yasuda (Company AZA)
- Conductor Coordination

Noriyoshi Matsuura (Gen)
- Vocal Cast Coordination

Steve "Bang" Pang (MRG Enterpise)
- DK Stage Rap Vocal Coordination

Reiko Yanami
- Orchestra Coordination

Suehiro Endo (Foritissimo)
- Choir Coordination

Hiroki Enomoto (GAME FREAK)
- Supervisor: Pokémon

Kazuyuki Terada (GAME FREAK)
- Supervisor: Pokémon

Akihito Tamura (The Pokémon Company)
- Supervisor: Pokémon

Ryohei Itakura (The Pokémon Company)
- Supervisor: Pokémon

Gakuji Nomoto (The Pokémon Company)
- Coordination: Pokémon

Ai Mashima (The Pokémon Company)
- Coordination: Pokémon

Kunimi Kawamura (The Pokémon Company)
- Coordination: Pokémon

Masayuki Miura (The Pokémon Company)
- Coordination: Pokémon

Yumiko Murai (The Pokémon Company)
- Coordination: Pokémon

Takemoto Mori (Shogakukan Prod.)
- Proofreading for Pokémon

Marigul Management (Marigul Management)
- Marigul: Hisakazu Hirabayashi, Masachi Uchiyama, Yuko Yamamoto
- Param: Kazutoshi Iida, Rikuo Kurebayashi
- Noise: Kouji Suzuki, Shigeo Sasaki

Yumi Yoshimi^{[n 7]}
- Totakeke Rough Design

Original Game Staff (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, 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, Takehiro Izushi, Hitoshi Yamagami, Hiroshi Sato, Toshiharu Izuno, Shigeki Yamashiro, Jun Tsujimoto, Nintendo Software Technology

Wilcolinks Digiworks
- Hideki Nakano, Yoshihisa Kato, Keiichi Abe, Takeo Niikura, Masako Ohno

HAL Lab Debug Team (HAL)
- Senji Hirose et al.

NCL Debug Staff (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 (Nintendo of America) ^{[n 8]}
- Michael Kelbaugh, Kyle Hudson, Eric Bush, Randy Shoemake, Kiyohiko Ando, Michael Chipman, Jason Mahaffa, Chris Needham, David Hunziker, Nicko Gonzalez, NOA Debug Team

Nintendo of Europe debug staff^{[n 6]}

Maurice Tisdale
Nick Hooijer
Ángel Victoria
NOE Debug Team

Satoshi Ishida (HAL)
- Public Relations

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

Tetsuya Notoya (HAL)
- Public Relations

Ryuichi Noguchi
- 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 (HAL) ^{[n 8]}
- Artwork Coordination

Yukiko Kishimoto (Nintendo)
- Coordination

Kamon Yoshimura (Nintendo of America) ^{[n 8]}
- Coordination

Nintendo Support Staff (Nintendo) ^{[n 8]}
- Koji Uyama, Takeshi Furuta, Ryuta Kaimoto, Kensuke Tanabe, Shin Hasegawa

Satoru Iwata (Nintendo)
- Marketing Supervision

Minoru Arakawa (Nintendo of America) ^{[n 8]}
- Marketing Supervision

Manabu "Mike" Fukuda (Nintendo of America) ^{[n 8]}
- Marketing Supervision

Package/Manual/HP Team
- Ryuji Hagino, Kazuya Konishi, Hisatoshi Takeuchi, Emi Masai, Tomoko Kitada, Hiroshi Fujie, Kaori Nishimura

Project Manager

Ryuki Kuraoka (HAL)
- Project Management

Producers

Masayoshi Tanimura (HAL)
- Producer
Hiroaki Suga (HAL)
- Producer
Shigeru Miyamoto (Nintendo)
- Producer
- Character Design: Mario, Luigi, Link, and Donkey Kong
- Producer & Director of Original Games
Kenji Miki (Nintendo)
- Producer
- Director: Ice Climber

Executive Producer

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

Copyrights

This Game title "SUPER SMASH BROS. MELEE" includes many Characters, Items and Music, some of which are used courtesy of the following;

Creatures Inc.
- Pokémon
GAME FREAK Inc.
- Pokémon
APE Inc.
- Earthbound
Keichi Suzuki
- Earthbound
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS^{[n 4]}
- Fire Emblem series (Japan only), etc.
Noise(Marigul)^{[n 7]}
- Custom Robo V2 (Japan only)
Saru Brunei(Marigul)^{[n 7]}
- DOBUTSU BANCHO (TBD)
Param^{[n 7]}
- DOSHIN THE GIANT (TBD)

Rare Ltd.

CERTAIN CHARACTERS AND ITEMS FROM PERFECT DARK AND DONKEY KONG COUNTRY 2.

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", 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.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Only appears if the relevant fighter is unlocked.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Only appears in the Japanese versions.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Only appears in the non-Japanese versions.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Only appears if Marth is unlocked.
^ ^a ^b Only appears if Ganondorf is unlocked.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Only appears 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.

References

^ http://themushroomkingdom.net/ssbm_credits-full.shtml

[unlf-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Only appears if the relevant fighter is unlocked.

[jpcr-3] Only appears in the Japanese versions.

[intcr-4] Only appears in the non-Japanese versions.

[unlm-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Only appears if Marth is unlocked.

[unlg-6] Only appears if Ganondorf is unlocked.

[palcr-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Only appears in the PAL version.

[unlt-8] Only appears if the relevant trophy is unlocked.

[ntsccr-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Only appears in the NTSC versions.

[1] ttp://themushroomkingdom.net/ssbm_credits-full.shtml

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