List of Super Smash Bros. Melee staff

This is a list of the staff involved with the game Super Smash Bros. Melee. The game, like its predecessor, 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). Data from this full credits 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


 * Mario, Luigi, Dr. Mario:


 * Charles Martinet


 * Link:


 * Nobuyuki Hiyama


 * Yoshi:


 * Kazumi Totaka


 * Kirby, Ness:


 * Makiko Ohmoto


 * Fox (vocal effects):


 * Shinobu Satouchi


 * Pikachu:


 * Ikue Ohtani


 * Jigglypuff:


 * Rachel Lillis


 * 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 (vocal effects):


 * Hisao Egawa


 * Peppy, Slippy:


 * Chris Seavor


 * Fox (cutscene dialogue):


 * Steve Malpass


 * Falco (cutscene dialogue):


 * Ben Cullum


 * 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 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


 * 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
 * President of Nintendo Co., Ltd.