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Super Smash Bros. Melee Battle Cards is a card game released as a free bonus of a 2005 release of Official Nintendo Magazine, based on Super Smash Bros. Melee. The card deck contains 52 cards: one for each playable character, and another 26 for stages.

The rules for the game are simplistic. Players get five random characters, hidden from other players. Each turn, players select a character to use, followed by selecting and revealing a random stage, and finally noting which of their character's three moves they intend to use. Characters are given their side, up, and down special moves in a random order (with side being listed as "left/right"), with each type of move forming a rock-paper-scissors relationship: up beats down, down beats left/right, and left/right beats up. Whichever character beats the other in this way wins the round and collects the cards; in case of a tie, the reward is added to the next round. However, if the stage that is revealed matches one of the players' characters, that character automatically wins. Each stage gives "home advantage" to a specific character, which does not strictly follow any in-game justification. The winner is whoever has won more cards after five rounds.

Characters and stages

Character	Attack 1	Attack 2	Attack 3	Description	Matching stage
Bowser	Koopa Klaw	Bowser Bomb	Whirling Fortress	With outrageous strength and flammable breath, Bowser is a constant threat.	Final Destination
Captain Falcon	Falcon Kick	Raptor Boost	Falcon Dive	His racer, the Blue Falcon, exceeds the speed of sound. Now 36, he wears his F-Zero X visor.	Mute City
Donkey Kong	Spinning Kong	Hand Slap	Headbutt	The great ape is fast despite his physique and he keeps his strength up with a diet of bananas.	Kongo Jungle
Dr. Mario	Super Jump Punch	Super Sheet	Dr. Tornado	With Princess Peach at his side, Dr. Mario spends day and night in his lab working on new miracle cures.	Rainbow Cruise
Falco Lombardi	Falco Phantasm	Reflector	Fire Bird	A Star Fox pilot, he's not much for cooperation, but he does respect those more skilled than he is.	Venom
Fox McCloud	Reflector	Fire Fox	Fox Illusion	From his Arwing, Fox leads the pursuit of the evil scientist Andross, who doomed Fox's father.	Corneria
Ganondorf	Dark Dive	Gerudo Dragon	Wizard's Foot	Said to be the sole man born to the Gerudo tribe in 100 years, he aspired to conquer the world.	Jungle Japes
Ice Climbers	Blizzard	Belay	Squall Hammer	That's Popo in the blue and Nana in the pink. Back in their glory days, they chased cucumbers!	Infinite Glacier
Jigglypuff	Pound	Rest	Sing	It puffs itself up when angry. It also evolves into Wigglytuff after exposure to a Moon Stone.	Fountain of Dreams
Kirby	Stone	Hammer	Final Cutter	A denizen of the planet Pop Star, Kirby became a citizen of Dream Land after defeating King Dedede.	Green Greens
Link	Spin Attack	Bomb	Boomerang	He is bound to the princess Zelda and Ganondorf by the awesome power of the Triforce.	Hyrule Temple
Luigi	Green Missile	Super Jump Punch	Luigi Cyclone	Mario's younger brother has always played second fiddle. He's now picked up a rival in Waluigi.	Mushroom Kingdom 2
Mario	Super Jump Punch	Mario Tornado	Cape	Best known as a hero, Mr. Nintendo has played many roles, including racer, doctor and villain.	Mushroom Kingdom
Marth	Counter	Dancing Blade	Dolphin Slash	He was forced into exile when Dolua was invaded by Altea. He led a revolt and defeated Medeus.	Kongo Jungle 2
Mewtwo	Confusion	Disable	Teleport	Mewtwo was cloned from the genes of Mew though its abilities have been heightened.	Battlefield
Mr. Game and Watch	Fire	Oil Panic	Judgement	The Game & Watch series is the father of all portable games. There are 39 in the series.	Flat Zone
Ness	PSI Magnet	PK Fire	PK Thunder	Ness is a master of PSI. He was living in Onett until a meteor sent him on a wild adventure.	Onett
Pichu	Agility	Thunder	Skull Bash	A baby electric-type Pokémon identifiable by its big ears. Pichu evolves into Pikachu.	Poké Floats
Pikachu	Thunder	Skull Bash	Quick Attack	Pikachu has electric pouches in both cheeks; when in danger, it shoots electricity at its enemies.	Pokémon Stadium
Princess Peach	Peach Bomber	Peach Parasol	Vegetable	Princess Peach's subject Toad does his best to protect her but always seems to fail spectacularly.	Peach's Castle
Roy	Double-Edge Dance	Blazer	Counter	The son of a lord, Roy assumed leadership of Pharae's armies when his father fell ill.	Fourside
Samus Aran	Screw Attack	Bomb	Missile	Samus is an orphan, the sole survivor of a raid that destroyed an Earth colony named K-2L.	Brinstar
Sheik	Transform	Chain	Vanish	Using a variation of the name of the ancient Sheikah tribe, she teaches Link melodies.	Yoshi's Island
Yoshi	Egg Roll	Egg Throw	Yoshi Bomb	With adhesive tongues and bottomless bellies, Yoshis have been known to eat anything.	Yoshi's Story
Young Link	Spin Attack	Bomb	Boomerang	Link's younger self is considered to be the true Link; he was a young boy in the first Zelda game.	Great Bay
Zelda	Transform	Din's Fire	Farore's Wind	Zelda evaded Ganondorf in Ocarina of Time by transforming into her alter ego, Sheik.	Dream Land

Stages that do not appear

Trivia

The descriptions are each based on the character's corresponding Classic Mode trophy.
- The description for Marth is inaccurate; it is based on the sentence "the kingdom of Dolua invaded Altea", but using "was invaded by" results in the nations' roles being reversed.
Several of the stages have different names than they do in-game:
- Icicle Mountain is called "Infinite Glacier".
- Temple is called "Hyrule Temple", a common nickname for it.
- Kongo Jungle 64 is called "Kongo Jungle 2", which is strange as it is actually the original version of Kongo Jungle.

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Contents

Characters and stages

Stages that do not appear

Trivia

References