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.

Staff Credit

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

Crowd cheers

Bill Trinen
Tim O'Leary
Nate Bihldorff

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

English text editing

Rich Amtower
Bill Trinen
Jeff Miller

English text writing

Bill Trinen

English translation

Tim O'Leary
Nate Bihldorff

Localization management

Jeff Miller
Leslie Swan

U.S. text writing support

Norimasa Tanikawa

European localisation

German text

Daniel Schäfers^{[n 6]}

French text

Pierre Sanchez^{[n 6]}

Spanish text

Palma Sánchez de Moya^{[n 6]}

Italian text

Massimo Maietti^{[n 6]}

Coordination

Hiroyuki Uesugi^{[n 6]}

Localisation management

Kai Zeh^{[n 6]}
Tanja Baar^{[n 6]}

Original game staff

Producer and director of original games

Shigeru Miyamoto

Mario, Luigi, Link, and Donkey Kong character designs

Shigeru Miyamoto

Star Fox and F-Zero character designs

Takaya Imamura

The Legend of Zelda character illustration

Yusuke Nakano

Metroid game design

Yoshio Sakamoto

Samus character design

Hiroji Kiyotake

Super Metroid CG design

Tomoyoshi Yamane

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time director

Eiji Aonuma

Ice Climber director

Kenji Miki

Ice Climber character designs

Tadashi Sugiyama

Yoshi character design

Shigefumi Hino

Kirby character design

Masahiro Sakurai

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time character designs

Yoshiki Haruhana

Ganondorf character design

Satoshi Takizawa^{[n 5]}

EarthBound producers

Shigesato Itoi
Tsunekazu Ishihara

Yoshi's Story producer

Takashi Tezuka

Miscellaneous Nintendo character designs

Makoto Kano
Toru Osawa

Pokémon executive director

Satoshi Tajiri

Pokémon director

Junichi Masuda

Pokémon graphic director

Ken Sugimori

Pokémon programming

Shigeki Morimoto
Tetsuya Watanabe
Sousuke Tamada
Tetsuji Ohta

Pokémon planning

Kouji Nishino

Pokémon coordination

Hiroyuki Jinnai

Pokémon product supervision

Tsunekazu Ishihara

Fire Emblem director

Tohru Narihiro^{[n 4]}

Fire Emblem designer

Masahiro Higuchi^{[n 4]}

Fire Emblem scenario

Masayuki Horikawa^{[n 4]}

Fire Emblem art director

Taeko Kaneda^{[n 4]}

Fire Emblem supervisor

Kentaro Nichimura^{[n 4]}

Super Mario Bros. and Star Fox 64 music composition

Koji Kondo

The Legend of Zelda music composition

Koji Kondo
Akito Nakatsuka

Kirby Super Star music composition

Jun Ishikawa

Metroid music composition

Hirokazu Tanaka

EarthBound music composition

Keiichi Suzuki

Ice Climber music composition

Akito Nakatsuka

F-Zero X music composition

Taro Bando

Donkey Kong Country music composition

David Wise

Creatures staff management

Kei Hoshiba
Ashura Benimaru Itoh

Nintendo character supervisor

Yoichi Kotabe

Special Thanks

Yuji Yasuda (Company AZA)
- Conductor Coordination
Noriyoshi Matsuura (Gen)
- Vocal Cast Coordination
Steve "Bang" Pang (MRG Enterprise)
- 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

Nintendo

HAL Laboratory, Inc.

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.

©︎2001, 2002 Nintendo/HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Characters©︎Nintendo/HAL Laboratory, Inc./Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc./APE inc./INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

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.

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