Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee is a 2001 crossover fighting game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It is the second installment in the Super Smash Bros. series. It features characters from Nintendo video game franchises such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, Pokémon, and Donkey Kong among others. The stages and gameplay modes reference or take designs from these franchises as well.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2001
- Developer
- HAL Laboratory
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 24 November 2001 |
|---|---|
| Developer | HAL Laboratory |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo GameCube |
| Genres | platform fighter, crossover fiction |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q1052131, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Super Smash Bros. Melee? How long to beat it
Total play time for Super Smash Bros. Melee is about 150.8 hours to do everything, and around 10 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 10h | 124 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 53.2h | 143 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 150.8h | 68 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Super Smash Bros. Melee sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Super Smash Bros. Melee lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 61ahead of 15% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 56ahead of 93% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Super Smash Bros. Melee
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about Super Smash Bros. Melee
What platforms is Super Smash Bros. Melee on?
Super Smash Bros. Melee is available on Nintendo GameCube. It first released in 2001.
Who made Super Smash Bros. Melee?
Super Smash Bros. Melee was developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Super Smash Bros. Melee?
about 10 hours for the main story, 53.2 hours with the main extras, 150.8 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.