Super Smash Bros. Melee Fighters & Costumes

All 25 fighters of Super Smash Bros. Melee and Zelda’s transformation, Sheik: every costume as the character-select screen shows it, with its stock icon, the fighter’s series, how to unlock the 11 secret fighters and the picture the game shows when you clear Classic, Adventure and All-Star Mode. All pictures are taken from the game’s files.

Dr. Mario

Series: Super Mario
Status: Secret fighter
Costumes: 5

Challenge: Clear Classic or Adventure as Mario without a continue.
Or play: 100 VS matches
Challenger fight: Princess Peach’s Castle

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Costumes

Clear pictures

Dr. Mario’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Mario

Series: Super Mario
Status: Available from the start
Costumes: 5

Artwork in the character directory

Costumes

Clear pictures

Mario’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Mario’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Mario’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Luigi

Series: Super Mario
Status: Secret fighter
Costumes: 4

Challenge: Finish Adventure stage 1 with seconds ending in 2; beat Luigi and Peach within one minute, then finish Adventure.
Or play: 800 VS matches
Challenger fight: Mushroom Kingdom II

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Costumes

Clear pictures

Luigi’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Luigi’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Luigi’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Bowser

Series: Super Mario
Status: Available from the start
Costumes: 4

Artwork in the character directory

Costumes

Clear pictures

Bowser’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Bowser’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Bowser’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Peach

Series: Super Mario
Status: Available from the start
Costumes: 5

Artwork in the character directory

Costumes

Clear pictures

Peach’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Peach’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Peach’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Yoshi

Series: Yoshi
Status: Available from the start
Costumes: 6

Artwork in the character directory

Costumes

Clear pictures

Yoshi’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Yoshi’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Yoshi’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Donkey Kong

Series: Donkey Kong
Status: Available from the start
Costumes: 5

Artwork in the character directory

Costumes

Clear pictures

Donkey Kong’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Donkey Kong’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Donkey Kong’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Captain Falcon

Series: F-Zero
Status: Available from the start
Costumes: 6

Artwork in the character directory

Costumes

Captain Falcon, Default costume — Default

Clear pictures

Captain Falcon’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Captain Falcon’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Captain Falcon’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Ganondorf

Series: The Legend of Zelda
Status: Secret fighter
Costumes: 5

Challenge: Clear Event 29: Triforce Gathering.
Or play: 600 VS matches
Challenger fight: Final Destination

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Costumes

Clear pictures

Ganondorf’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Ganondorf’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Ganondorf’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Falco

Series: Star Fox
Status: Secret fighter
Costumes: 4

Challenge: Clear 100-Man Melee.
Or play: 300 VS matches
Challenger fight: Battlefield

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Costumes

Clear pictures

Falco’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Falco’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Falco’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Fox

Fox’s character-select portrait in Super Smash Bros. Melee

Series: Star Fox
Status: Available from the start
Costumes: 4

Artwork in the character directory

Costumes

Clear pictures

Fox’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Fox’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Fox’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Ness

Series: EarthBound
Status: Available from the start
Costumes: 4

Artwork in the character directory

Costumes

Clear pictures

Ness’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Ness’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Ness’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Ice Climbers

Series: Ice Climber
Status: Available from the start
Costumes: 4

Artwork in the character directory

Costumes

Clear pictures

Ice Climbers’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Ice Climbers’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Ice Climbers’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Kirby

Series: Kirby
Status: Available from the start
Costumes: 6

Artwork in the character directory

Costumes

Clear pictures

Kirby’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Kirby’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Kirby’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Samus

Series: Metroid
Status: Available from the start
Costumes: 5

Artwork in the character directory

Costumes

Clear pictures

Samus’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Samus’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Samus’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Zelda

Series: The Legend of Zelda
Status: Available from the start
Costumes: 5

Artwork in the character directory

Costumes

Sheik

Zelda’s transformation has no portrait of her own, but she has her own stock icons and name plate.

Clear pictures

Zelda’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Zelda’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Zelda’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Link

Series: The Legend of Zelda
Status: Available from the start
Costumes: 5

Artwork in the character directory

Costumes

Clear pictures

Link’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Link’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Link’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Young Link

Series: The Legend of Zelda
Status: Secret fighter
Costumes: 5

Challenge: Clear Classic or Adventure with 10 different fighters.
Or play: 500 VS matches
Challenger fight: Great Bay

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Costumes

Clear pictures

Young Link’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Young Link’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Young Link’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Pichu

Series: Pokémon
Status: Secret fighter
Costumes: 4

Challenge: Clear Event 37: Legendary Pokémon.
Or play: 200 VS matches
Challenger fight: Pokémon Stadium

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Costumes

Clear pictures

Pichu’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Pichu’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Pichu’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Pikachu

Series: Pokémon
Status: Available from the start
Costumes: 4

Artwork in the character directory

Costumes

Clear pictures

Pikachu’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Pikachu’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Pikachu’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Jigglypuff

Series: Pokémon
Status: Secret fighter
Costumes: 5

Challenge: Clear Classic or Adventure with any fighter.
Or play: 50 VS matches
Challenger fight: Pokémon Stadium

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Costumes

Clear pictures

Jigglypuff’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Jigglypuff’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Jigglypuff’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Mewtwo

Series: Pokémon
Status: Secret fighter
Costumes: 4

Challenge: Accumulate 20 combined human player-hours in VS.
Or play: 700 VS matches
Challenger fight: Final Destination

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Costumes

Clear pictures

Mewtwo’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Mewtwo’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Mewtwo’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Mr. Game & Watch

Series: Game & Watch
Status: Secret fighter
Costumes: 4

Challenge: Clear Classic, Adventure or Target Test with all 24 other fighters.
Or play: 1,000 VS matches
Challenger fight: Flat Zone

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Costumes

Mr. Game & Watch, Default costume — Default

Clear pictures

Mr. Game & Watch’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Mr. Game & Watch’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Mr. Game & Watch’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Marth

Series: Fire Emblem
Status: Secret fighter
Costumes: 5

Challenge: Use all 14 starter fighters in VS, Classic or Adventure.
Or play: 400 VS matches
Challenger fight: Fountain of Dreams

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Costumes

Clear pictures

Marth’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Marth’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Marth’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Roy

Roy’s character-select portrait in Super Smash Bros. Melee

Series: Fire Emblem
Status: Secret fighter
Costumes: 5

Challenge: Clear Classic or Adventure as Marth without a continue.
Or play: 900 VS matches
Challenger fight: Temple

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Costumes

Clear pictures

Roy’s Classic Mode clear picture — Classic Mode

Roy’s Adventure Mode clear picture — Adventure Mode

Roy’s All-Star Mode clear picture — All-Star Mode

Bosses and others

The stock-icon table has icons for more than the playable cast.

Master HandThe boss at the end of Classic Mode.

Crazy HandJoins Master Hand at the end of Classic Mode on the harder difficulties.

Giga BowserThe final boss of Adventure Mode, on Normal or higher, for players who reach Bowser quickly without continuing.

Wire FramesThe male and female Fighting Wire Frames of Multi-Man Melee share this icon, the Smash emblem.

SandbagThe target of the Home-Run Contest.

Sources & picture credits

Pictures taken from the Super Smash Bros. Melee (USA, revision 2) disc: textures decoded from the game’s own archives (character-select portraits, stock icons, stage-select pictures, emblems and menu art), the clear pictures stored on the disc, and frames from the opening movie. Costumes are in the order the character-select screen cycles through them; the colour names are descriptive. Unlock conditions are from SmashWiki and match this wiki’s unlock guide. Game content © Nintendo / HAL Laboratory.