List of Super Smash Bros. Melee staff

This is a list of the staff involved with the game Super Smash Bros. Melee. Data from this list is sourced from this page.

Planning

 * Masahiro Sakurai
 * Yoichi Sukino
 * Ryuichi Noguchi

Director

 * Masahiro Sakurai

Assistant chief director

 * Yoichi Sukino

Programming director

 * Yoshiki Suzuki

Programming

 * System:


 * Yoshiki Suzuki


 * Characters, stage selection, and effects:


 * Akio Hanyu


 * Items and special moves:


 * Isao Takahashi
 * Yoshimi Takahashi
 * Katsuhiro Sakoda


 * Devices:


 * Seiji Otoguro
 * Yoshimi Takahashi
 * Kazuhiro Mizusawa


 * Figures:


 * Seiji Otoguro


 * Enemies:


 * Seiji Otoguro
 * Masakazu Ebihara


 * Event Matches:


 * Isao Takahashi
 * Katsuhiro Sakoda


 * Playable characters:


 * Kouichi Watanabe
 * Tomokazu Tsuruoka


 * Pokémon:


 * Masakazu Ebihara


 * Database management:


 * Masakazu Ebihara


 * Stages and camera work:


 * Kazuhiro Misuzawa


 * Player library, dynamics, and AI:


 * Masashi Yamane


 * Game modes and indication:


 * Yoshiya Taniguchi


 * Menus, cinema scenes, endings, and sprite library:


 * Yasuyuki Nagashima


 * Training and tournaments:


 * Kim Sung-Kwen


 * Special bonuses:


 * Tomokazu Tsuruoka


 * All-Star Mode and staff credits:


 * Takayuki Sugano

Design director

 * Hitoshi Kobayashi

Design

 * Game and data design:


 * Masahiro Sakurai


 * Stage design:


 * Yoichi Sukino


 * Item and figure design:


 * Hitoshi Kobayashi


 * Device design:


 * Tsuyoshi Wakayama
 * Atsuko Nakamura


 * Artwork design:


 * Kenichiro Kita


 * Menu, character, stage selection, and staff credits design:


 * Michiko Takahashi


 * Motion design (HAL Laboratory):


 * Masaru Kobayashi
 * Dai Suzuki
 * Akiko Hayashi
 * Mutsuo Ohmiya
 * Tatsuhiko Ohi
 * Takahashi Ariga
 * Masaya Akiyama
 * C. Shane Allala


 * Motion design (Creatures Inc.)


 * Kazuo Yazawa
 * Mikio Menjo
 * Katsura Tabata
 * Masahiro Abeki
 * Yuji Kawarada
 * Jungo Suzuki
 * So Yoshimura


 * Game demo movie and screen shot design:


 * Kouji Akaike
 * Kazuo Yazawa


 * Opening movie design:


 * Kei Hoshiba
 * Jungo Suzuki
 * Ken Ikuji


 * Playable character modeling (HAL Laboratory):


 * Hitoshi Kobayashi
 * Hitoshi Kikkawa
 * Tetsuya Mochizuki
 * Kenichiro Kita


 * Playable character modeling (Creatures Inc.)


 * Kei Hoshiba


 * Item modeling:


 * Tsuyoshi Wakayama


 * Stage modeling (HAL Laboratory):


 * Tsuyoshi Wakayama
 * Tadashi Hashikura
 * Hitoshi Kikkawa
 * Sanae Kubota
 * Atsuko Nakamura
 * Kunio Watanabe


 * Stage modeling (Creatures Inc.)


 * Yousuke Hirata
 * Atsuko Ujiie
 * Toru Kurashige
 * Ryuta Kusumi
 * Keita Komatsu
 * Satomi Kokubo
 * Hikaru Jinguji


 * Enemy modeling:


 * Hitoshi Kikkawa
 * Tetsuya Mochizuki
 * Atsuko Nakamura


 * Effect and background modeling:


 * Kunio Watanabe


 * Figure modeling (Creatures Inc.):


 * Mikio Menjo
 * Katsura Tabata
 * Masahiro Abeki
 * Yuji Kawarada
 * Jungo Suzuki
 * So Yoshimura
 * Yousuke Hirata
 * Atsuko Ujiie
 * Toru Kurashige
 * Ryuta Kusumi
 * Keita Komatsu
 * Satomi Kokubo
 * Hikaru Jinguji
 * Ken Ikuji


 * Figure modeling (Dice):


 * Tomohiro Sato


 * Figure modeling assistants:


 * Hiromichi Sugiyama
 * Nachi Sugiyama
 * Yoshiyuki Tagawa
 * Shinichi Yoshikawa


 * Figure design support:


 * Tsuyoshi Wakayama


 * Stage design support:


 * Ryuichi Noguchi


 * Opening movie design support:


 * Atsuko Nakamura


 * Design support:


 * Hiroo Takeshita
 * Tomomi Minami
 * Reiko Iwao
 * Teruhiko Suzuki
 * Tomoko Nagaya

Sound and music staff

 * Music composition:


 * Hirokazu Ando
 * Shogo Sakai


 * Music arrangement:


 * Hirokazu Ando
 * Tadashi Ikegami
 * Shogo Sakai
 * Takuto Kisuta


 * Music coordination:


 * Hirokazu Ando


 * Voice coordination:


 * Tadashi Ikegami


 * Sound composition:


 * Tadashi Ikegami


 * Librarian:


 * Shogo Sakai


 * Mixing:


 * Hirofumi Sato


 * Mixing assistant:


 * Yuuichi Kaneko


 * Pokémon audio planning:


 * Masafumi Mima

Musical performance

 * Orchestra "Melee"
 * Conducted by Taizo Takemoto

Voice acting

 * Announcements:


 * Dean Harrington (also voices Master Hand and Crazy Hand)


 * Mario, Luigi, Dr. Mario:


 * Charles Martinet


 * Link:


 * Nobuyuki Hiyama


 * Yoshi:


 * Kazumi Totaka


 * Kirby, Ness:


 * Makiko Ohmoto


 * Fox:


 * Shinobu Satouchi (vocal effects, Japanese cutscene dialogue)
 * Steve Malpass (English cutscene dialogue)


 * Pikachu:


 * Ikue Ohtani


 * Jigglypuff:


 * Mika Kanai (Japanese)
 * Rachel Lillis (English)


 * Peach:


 * Jen Taylor


 * Captain Falcon:


 * Ryo Horikawa


 * Zelda, Sheik:


 * Jun Misuzawa


 * Marth:


 * Hikaru Midorikawa


 * Mewtwo:


 * Masachika Ichimura


 * Pichu:


 * Satomi Kohrogi


 * Young Link:


 * Fujiko Takimoto


 * Roy:


 * Jun Fukuyama


 * Ganondorf:


 * Takashi Nagasako


 * Popo:


 * Sanae Kobayashi


 * Falco:


 * Hisao Egawa (vocal effects, Japanese cutscene dialogue)
 * Ben Cullum (English cutscene dialogue)


 * Peppy, Slippy:


 * Chris Seavor


 * Crowd cheers:


 * Bill Trinen
 * Tim O'Leary
 * Nate Bihldorff


 * "DK Rap" vocals


 * James W. Norwood, Jr.

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

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 character design:


 * Tadashi Sugiyama


 * Yoshi character design:


 * Shigefumi Hino


 * The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time character designs:


 * Yoshiki Haruhana


 * Ganondorf character design:


 * Satoshi Takizawa


 * 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


 * Fire Emblem designer:


 * Masahiro Higuchi


 * Fire Emblem scenario:


 * Masayuki Horikawa


 * Fire Emblem art director:


 * Taeko Kaneda


 * Fire Emblem supervisor:


 * Kentaro Nichimura


 * Super Mario Bros. and Star Fox 64 music composition:


 * Koji Kondo


 * The Legend of Zelda music composition:


 * Koji Kondo
 * Akito Nakatsuka


 * Kirby Super Deluxe 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

 * Youichi Kotabe

Special thanks

 * Conductor coordination:


 * Yuji Yasuda


 * Voice cast coordination:


 * Noriyoshi Matsuura


 * "DK Stage Rap" vocal coordination:


 * Steve "Bang" Pang


 * Orchestra coordination:


 * Reiko Yanami


 * Choir coordination:


 * Suehiro Endo


 * Pokémon supervisors:


 * Hiroki Enomoto
 * Kazuyuki Terada
 * Akihito Tamura
 * Ryohei Itakura


 * Pokémon coordination:


 * Gakuji Nomoto
 * Ai Mashima
 * Kunimi Kawamura
 * Masayuki Miura
 * Yumiko Murai


 * Proofreading for Pokémon:


 * Takemoto Mori


 * Marigul Management:


 * Hisakazu Hirabayashi
 * Masachi Uchiyama
 * Yuko Yamamoto
 * Kazutoshi Iida
 * Rikuo Kurebayashi
 * Kouji Suzuki
 * Shigeo Sasaki


 * Totakeke rough design:


 * Yumi Yoshimi


 * Original game staff:


 * 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:


 * Senji Hirose et al.


 * Nintendo Co., Ltd. debug staff:


 * Tsutomu Kaganezawa
 * Masahiro Takeguchi
 * Hironobu Kakui
 * Super Mario Club


 * Nintendo of America debug staff:


 * Michael Kelbaugh
 * Kyle Hudson
 * Eric Bush
 * Randy Shoemake
 * Kiyohiko Ando
 * Michael Chipman
 * Jason Mahaffa
 * Chris Needham
 * David Hunziker
 * Nicko Gonzalez
 * NOA Debug Team


 * 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


 * Public relations:


 * Satoshi Ishida
 * Tetsuya Notoya


 * 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


 * 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


 * Artwork coordination:


 * Masao Kamada


 * General coordination:


 * Yukiko Kishimoto
 * Kamon Yoshimura


 * Nintendo Support Staff:


 * Koji Uyama
 * Takeshi Furuta
 * Ryuta Kaimoto
 * Kensuke Tanabe
 * Shin Hasegawa


 * Marketing supervision:


 * Satoru Iwata
 * Minoru Arakawa
 * Manabu "Mike" Fukuda


 * Package and manual design, editing, and printing:


 * Ryuji Hagino
 * Kazuya Konishi
 * Hisatoshi Takeuchi
 * Emi Masai
 * Tomoko Kitada
 * Hiroshi Fujie
 * Kaori Nishimura

Project manager

 * Ryuki Kuraoka

Producers

 * Masayoshi Tanimura
 * Hiroaki Suga
 * Shigeru Miyamoto
 * Kenji Miki

Executive producer

 * Hiroshi Yamauchi