How to Unlock Characters in Super Smash Brothers Melee

Method One: Playing Versus Matches

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  Play versus matches. Playing normal matches would make this incredibly tedious, so the best plan is to experiment with the match settings to make the matches as short as possible.

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  Set up a one-on-one stock match with you and a computer-controlled player. Be sure to set the stock to one life per player, start the match and immediately jump off the stage. A lost match still counts as a match, after all.

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  Unlock characters roughly every 100 matches until you reach 1,000. The character order is as follows:

  50 - Jigglypuff
  100 - Dr. Mario
  200 - Pichu
  300 - Falco
  400 - Marth
  500 - Young Link
  600 - Ganondorf
  700 - Mewtwo
  800 - Luigi
  900 - Roy
  1,000 - Mr. Game and Watch

Method Two: Playing Single Player Modes

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  Complete various goals in the game's single-player modes. Though method one will probably be faster, this method is certainly more fun, but also more difficult.

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  Complete classic mode using Mario without continuing to unlock Dr. Mario.

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  Complete the 100 Man Melee and then defeat Falco to unlock Falco.

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  Complete Event 29 and then defeat Ganondorf to unlock Ganondorf.

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  Complete Adventure or Classic mode once to unlock Jigglypuff.

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  In Adventure mode, finish the first stage with a 2 in the seconds meter on the timer and then defeat Luigi to unlock Luigi.

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  Finish Classic mode with all 14 standard characters or play as every character in Versus mode to unlock Marth.

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  Play Versus mode (or leave your console on in a Versus match) for 20 hours and then defeat Mewtwo to unlock Mewtwo.

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  Complete Classic, Adventure or the target test with all characters to unlock Mr. Game &Watch.

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  Complete Event 37 and defeat Pichu to unlock Pichu.

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  Complete Classic mode using Marth and defeat Roy to unlock Roy.

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  Complete classic mode with 10 characters and defeat Young Link to unlock Young Link.