Super Smash Bros. Melee Cheats, Codes, and Unlockables for GameCube

Super Smash Bros. Melee is one of the most well-received video games of all time. It’s the GameCube’s best-selling title, it received praise from critics and fans, and has a die-hard community nearly 25 years later. First released in Japan in November 2001, Super Smash Bros. Melee was so monumental that it helped bring Fire Emblem to the West, as the inclusion of Marth and Roy introduced Western audiences to the franchise.

Super Smash Bros. Melee Premise

Super Smash Bros. Melee is a platform fighter where the goal is to knock opponents off the stage. As you attack your opponent, they accumulate damage percentage, which makes the goal of knocking away opponents much easier. The game uses characters from Nintendo video game franchises such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, and Pokemon. Most stages are also pulled from Nintendo IPs.

Super Smash Bros. Melee Main Characters

• Mario
• Luigi
• Peach
• Bowser
• Donkey Kong
• Link
• Zelda/Sheik
• Young Link
• Samus
• Yoshi
• Kirby
• Fox
• Falco
• Pikachu
• Jigglypuff
• Marth
• Roy
• Ice Climbers
• Doctor Mario
• Mr. Game & Watch

Other Titles In The Series

• Super Smash Bros. (1999)
• Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (2014)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)

Super Smash Bros. Melee Cheats

Unlockables

Play as Dr. Mario

Successfully complete classic mode with Mario without losing a life to unlock Dr. Mario. Alternately, play 100 versus mode matches. The winner of the 100th match will fight Dr. Mario. Defeat him and he will become a playable character.

Play as Falco Lombardi

Successfully complete the 100 man melee to unlock Falco Lombardi. Alternately, play 300 versus mode matches.

Play as Gannondorf

Successfully complete event mode #29 (Triforce Gathering) to unlock Ganondorf. Alternately, play 600 versus mode matches.

Play as Jigglypuff (Purin)

Successfully complete adventure mode on any difficulty setting to unlock Jigglypuff (Purin). Alternately, fight 50 multi-player battles.

Play as Luigi

Successfully complete the first stage of adventure mode with a time of xx:x2:xx. You will have to battle Luigi and defeat him in under one minute. Finish the remainder of adventure mode. At the end of adventure mode you will fight Luigi. Defeat Luigi and he will become a playable character. Alternately, playing 800 versus mode battles. After you have played 800 battles, the winner of the battle will be challenged by Luigi. Defeat him and he will become a playable character. If you lose, Luigi will challenge the winner of the next versus mode battle.

Play as Mewtwo

Mewtwo will appear at random at the end of a multi-player match and challenge the winner. He will be unlocked as a selectable character after he is defeated. Alternately, play 20 hours in melee vs. mode (combined number of human players times the number of hours). For example, if you play 1 human player vs. 3 CPU players, play 20 hours; 2 players vs. 2 CPU players, play 10 hours; 3 players vs. 1 CPU player, 7 hours; 4 player vs., 5 hours. To get Mewtwo easily, go into Custom Rules Melee and change “Stock” to “3” and “Item Flow” to “None”, and “Stock Time Limit” to “Off”. Choose two of your best characters (for fighting Mewtwo) and go into a match in the Pokemon Stadium level. Place both fighters on the Pokeball in the middle. Do not pause the game. Unplug the controllers, and leave the system on overnight to accumulate game time. Plug in the controllers again, and have one of the fighters die three times. If enough hours have been accumulated, Mewtwo will challenge you. Defeat him to unlock him as a playable character.

Play as Mr. Game & Watch

Successfully complete classic mode with all other 24 characters or complete target test mode with all other 24 characters to unlock Mr. Game & Watch. Alternately, play over 1,000 versus mode matches.

Play as Pichu

Accomplish one of the following to unlock Pichu:

Unlock both Luigi and Falco.

Complete event mode #37.

After winning, Pichu will become playable.

Complete adventure or classic mode as Mewtwo.

Play 200 matches in versus mode.

Play as Prince Marth

Play with all 14 default characters in classic mode without continuing to unlock Prince Marth. Alternately, play vs. mode more than 400 times. Alternately, play versus mode with all of the default characters. Marth will challenge the last character you played as (if you won the match). If you lose against him, then he will reappear to challenge the winner of the next versus match. Alternately, successfully complete classic mode with Ness on the very easy difficulty setting without continuing.

Play as Roy

Successfully complete the game with Prince Marth in classic mode to unlock Roy. Alternately, play over 900 versus mode matches.

Play as Young Link

Successfully complete classic mode ten times with different characters each time. One time must be with Link. Alternately, complete adventure mode with Ganondorf. Alternately, play 500 versus mode matches.

Battlefield stage

Successfully complete All-Star mode to unlock the Battlefield stage.

Big Blue stage

Play 50 multi-player matches. Either the Big Blue, Brinstar Depths, Fourside, or Poke Floats stage will be randomly unlocked every 50 matches. Play another 50 matches to unlock the next stage until all are unlocked. Alternately, play over 150 multi-player matches to unlock the Big Blue stage.

Brinstar Depths stage

Play 50 multi-player matches. Either the Big Blue, Brinstar Depths, Fourside, or Poke Floats stage will be randomly unlocked every 50 matches. Play another 50 matches to unlock the next stage until all are unlocked. Alternately, play over 50 multi-player matches to unlock the Brinstar Depths stage.

Dream Land stage

Successfully complete Break The Targets mode with all fighters to unlock the Dream Land stage.

Final Destination stage

Successfully complete event mode #51 to unlock the Final Destination stage.

Flatzone stage

Successfully complete classic mode with Mr. Game & Watch without losing a life to unlock the Flatzone stage.

Fourside stage

Play 50 multi-player matches. Either the Big Blue, Brinstar Depths, Fourside, or Poke Floats stage will be randomly unlocked every 50 matches. Play another 50 matches to unlock the next stage until all are unlocked. Alternately, play over 100 multi-player matches to unlock the Fourside stage.

Kongo Jungle stage

Successfully complete 15 Minute Spar mode to unlock the Kongo Jungle stage.

Mushroom Kingdom II stage

Win a Birdo trophy to unlock the Mushroom Kingdom II stage from Super Mario Bros. 2 . Try putting a lot of coins in the lottery to get it. Alternately, successfully complete adventure mode with five characters.

Poke Floats stage

Play 50 multi-player matches. Either the Big Blue, Brinstar Depths, Fourside, or Poke Floats stage will be randomly unlocked every 50 matches. Play another 50 matches to unlock the next stage until all are unlocked. Alternately, play over 200 multi-player matches to unlock the Poke Floats stage.

Yoshi’s Island stage

Hit over 1300 feet in homerun derby mode with Yoshi to unlock the Yoshi’s Island stage. To hit a long homerun as Yoshi, grab the bat as soon as you can start. Turn around and walk up close to the bag. Tap Jump as lightly as possible so Yoshi jumps no more then the size of the bag, then quickly tap Down + A to make him do his downward multi-kick. You will notice the multi-kick will bump the bag’s percentage up 30+. Keep doing the multi-kick until the countdown is at one, then blast him with the bat. It is possible to get over 1700+ feet with this trick.

Random stage select

To unlock the “Random Stage Select” option in Additional Melee Rules, first unlock all of the stages except Battlefield, Final Destination, and the three Past Stages. This allows you to decide which stages will be included and which will be omitted when you randomly select a stage. Alternately, successfully complete classic mode with all characters.

Score display

To unlock the “Score Display” option in Additional Melee Rules, accumulate more than 5,000 KOs in melee matches. This enables you to show or hide the score during melee matches.

Extra Events (#31-#39)

Successfully complete the first 30 events and unlock Jigglypuff, Luigi, Dr. Mario, Falco, and Young Link to unlock events #31-#39.

Extra Events (#40-#50)

Unlock all the characters in the game to unlock events #40-#50.

Event #51

Clear all other events to unlock event #51.

Trophy arrangements

Hold L and enter the “Collection” screen to arrange your trophies in rows. Hold R and enter the “Collection” screen to arrange trophies in a circle. Hold Y and enter the “Collection” screen to arrange the trophies in a triangle.

Luigi’s Mansion trophy

Insert a memory card with a saved game from Luigi’s Mansion to get a trophy featuring Luigi with a vacuum.

Paper Mario trophy

Hit over 1500 feet in homerun derby mode to get a Paper Mario trophy.

Pikmin trophy

Insert a memory card with a saved game from Pikmin . Begin the game and a Pikmin trophy will be available.

Wave Race: Blue Storm trophy

Insert a memory card with a saved game from Wave Race: Blue Storm . Begin the game and a Wave Race: Blue Storm trophy will be available.

Barrel Cannon trophy message

Look at the bottom of the Barrel Cannon trophy. You will see the message “2L84ME” (too late for me).

Alternate trophy background

Zoom in on a trophy, then press Start to change the background.

Nintendo game systems

Go to the trophy section to see most of the Nintendo game systems. Go to the “Collection” screen and zoom in on the background to the right of the television.

Sound test

Unlock all stages, all characters, and all 51 events to unlock the sound test option.

All-Star mode

Unlock all bonus fighters to unlock the single-player All-Star mode. This mode allows you to fight all game characters, but with less health items.

All-Star mode stages

Every character in All-Star mode has a specific stage you fight them in, even if it is not their stage. Eventually, you will fight two opponents at a time, and then three opponents at a time. Use the following trick to find out what stage you are going fight in. On the little path with the three hearts and the teleporter to the next fight, there are small TV screens that appear behind the teleporter. These screens show you what opponent(s) you are fighting next. When it shows two opponents, you will be in the stage of the one on the left. When it shows three opponents, you will be in the stage of the opponent in the middle.

Character	Signature Stage
Mario	Rainbow Cruise
Peach	Princess Peach’s Castle
Donkey Kong	Kongo Jungle
Yoshi	Yoshi’s Story
Link	Great Bay
Zelda	Temple
Captain Falcon	Mute City
Bowser	Yoshi’s Island
Fox	Corneria
Samus	Brinstar
Pikachu	Pokémon Stadium
Ice Climbers	Icicle Mountain
Kirby	Green Greens
Ness	Onett
Dr. Mario	Mushroom Kingdom II (Subcon)
Falco	Venom
Pichu	Fourside
Luigi	Mushroom Kingdom
Jigglypuff	Poké Floats
Mewtwo	Battlefield
Mr. Game & Watch	Flat Zone
Marth	Fountain of Dreams
Roy	Final Destination
Young Link	Jungle Japes
Ganondorf	Brinstar Depths

Alternate menu music

At the title screen, hold A and press Start. Different music will play at the main menu. Use the following trick to listen to any desired music in the gallery of trophies: After unlocking the Sound Test, use it to find a song you like, then press A to play it. Then, press B to exit. When you go to the trophy gallery, that song will be playing instead of the usual one.

Alternate menu music

At the title screen, hold A and press Start. Different music will play at the main menu. Use the following trick to listen to any desired music in the gallery of trophies: After unlocking the Sound Test, use it to find a song you like, then press A to play it. Then, press B to exit. When you go to the trophy gallery, that song will be playing instead of the usual one.

Stage	A Button Track	Hold L/R + A Track
Infinite Glacier – Icicle Mountain	“Ice Climber’s Theme”	“Ice Climber (NES)”
Mushroom Kingdom – Princess Peach’s Castle	“Super Mario Bros. (revised)”	Same as A
Mushroom Kingdom – Rainbow Cruise	“Rainbow Cruise”	Same as A
DK Island – Kongo Jungle	“DK Rap”	Same as A
DK Island – Jungle Japes	“Donkey Kong Theme”	Same as A
Termina – Great Bay	“The Legend of Zelda Theme”	“Saria’s Song”
Hyrule – Temple	“Zelda Theme”	“Fire Emblem Theme”
Yoshi’s Island – Yoshi’s Story	“Yoshi’s Island Theme”	Same as A
Yoshi’s Island – Yoshi’s Island	“Super Mario World Theme”	“Super Mario Bros. 3 Theme”
Dream Land – Fountain of Dreams	“Kirby Theme (revised)”	Same as A
Dream Land – Green Greens	“Kirby Theme”	Same as A
Lylat System – Corneria	“Star Fox Theme”	Same as A
Lylat System – Venom	“Fox’s Theme”	Same as A
Superflat World – Flat Zone	“Game & Watch Theme”	Same as A
Planet Zebes – Brinstar	“Super Metroid Theme”	Same as A
Planet Zebes – Brinstar Depths	“Metroid Theme”	Same as A
Eagleland – Onett	“EarthBound – Inside Ness’s House”	“Mother Theme”
Eagleland – Fourside	“Fourside Theme”	Same as A
F-Zero Grand Prix – Mute City	“Captain Falcon Theme”	Same as A
F-Zero Grand Prix – Big Blue	“F-Zero Race Theme”	“F-Zero Theme”
Kanto – Pokémon Stadium	“Pokémon Theme”	“Pokémon Red/Blue Battle Theme”
Mushroom Kingdom (retro)	“Super Mario Bros. Theme”	“Dr. Mario Theme”
Mushroom Kingdom II	“Super Mario Bros. 2 Theme”	“Dr. Mario Theme”
Special – Battlefield	“Melee Theme”	Same as A
Past – Dream Land	“Kirby Super Star Theme”	Same as A
Past – Yoshi’s Island	“Yoshi’s Island Theme”	Same as A