Super Smash Bros. Melee DLC Character Calls

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Download Melee DLC voice lines: dean.melee.tv
THANK YOU TO DEAN HARRINGTON! Please support him if you can: www.deanharringtonvisual.com/voice_actor/
Dean Harrington is the voice of the announcer, Master Hand and Crazy Hand in Super Smash Bros. Melee. MelonSpeedRuns and I contacted him in 2016 about doing some recordings for fans, which he agreed to do at no cost. You can hear more about this in an interview he did with SourceGaming here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmjWk5KahpqdpJo
Credits:
Dean Harrington for being generous enough to donate these voice lines. Please support him if you have the chance.
MelonSpeedRuns and David V. Kimball for getting in contact with Dean Harrington and arranging for all these clips to be recorded.
jfaz (Pepe) for mixing raw audio (making it Melee) and generating the website where the files are hosted.
Portraits & Art credits:
Smash 2 + Melee Remastered portraits: smash2official
Smash 2 Omega portraits: forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=219975
Shantae: www.deviantart.com/matymatiasmaty/art/Shantae-SSBU-style-838810205
V Joe: www.deviantart.com/vexikku/art/Viewtiful-Joe-Render-842068933
Slippy: 8izzozero/status/1389395756122087426
Black Shadow: www.deviantart.com/mysteryart901/art/30-Black-Shadow-829450719
Ryu: www.deviantart.com/ghostoftime1/art/Ryu-Render-862554889
Raquaza: www.deviantart.com/pghazanfari/art/Rayquaza-116487983
Naruto: www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/cartoon-naruto-3d-3ds/600725
Smash 3C Lucina: forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=218820
Knuckles: forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=218373
Geno: gamebanana.com/mods/247403
Goku: www.renderhub.com/sinh-nguyen/son-goku-ready-to-fight
Dark Samus: www.reddit.com/r/Metroid/comments/3pvdh2/3d_render_of_dark_samus_that_i_did/
Crash Bandicoot: www.deviantart.com/bandicootbrawl96/art/Crash-Bandicoot-Retro-Render-841533026
Outro Music Credit: "Resting Place" by Garrett Williamson kzbin.info/www/bejne/emeUaa2OrNt7a7s

[@Taktaagic]

Dean is the best. The fact that he did this shows how much of a champ he is.

[@davidvkimball]

Definitely, he was amazing to work with. He agreed to do multiple takes after we reviewed! Went above and beyond for us.

[@Taktaagic]

Wow, really? He gets even more respect from me then. A true god among men.

[@tekgeekster]

The disappointment in his voice when he says "Charizard" has that Ganondorf energy. lol

[@Cerastes12]

The fact that this happened for a 20 year old game with a grassroot community is beautiful and awesome.

[@davidvkimball]

Seriously!!

[@bashirade-jamiu]

IKR

[@TreyPDB]

Man I hope he comes back for another game because I love this announcer voice

[@davidvkimball]

Me, too!

[@TheBanishedWind]

Doubt it. Listen to this and compare it to his actual Melee lines. The years have not been kind. Sucks too, I like his voice best, even though I can mimic Xander's performance.

[@adino.y96]

@@TheBanishedWind It's because Xander's isn't special and lacks personality. Harrington had many quirks with his pronunciations, inflections, and tone. He was unpredictable. Truly the most unique Smash announcer to date.

[@bearzdlc2172]

@@adino.y96 xander mobus sounds like and is a generic white boy trying to sound edgy and badass. its mad cringe

[@anthonydeadman]

@@adino.y96 Ganondorf.

[@Pooper]

This dude is a king for recording these for us. The voice of a generation.

[@ianhawke2203]

The Akaneia Build needs these clips!

[@pj1343]

It feels like a dream when fans can get in touch with the voices or voice actors of our favorite franchises and have them do awesome stuff like this. Never would've thought you'd get in touch with Melee's announcer to do something like this. It's such a treat to have!

[@davidvkimball]

Completely agree!

[@Novorious]

Dean Harrington is my favourite Smash Announcer, including while he voices Master Hand, epic. I’m surprised you managed to get him to voice these characters.

[@davidvkimball]

I completely agree!

[@thomaswest8447]

I remember when someone got Pat Cashman to do announcer calls for characters in Brawl sometime after it’s release. Hopefully someone can get Jeff Manning to do the same thing for SSB64 voice lines!

[@davidvkimball]

That would be awesome. Pat Cashman is actually a family friend of mine! He's done stuff for me in the past, another genuinely great guy. He's also very funny.

[@Star_Mans_Legacy]

@@davidvkimball Dude that is so awesome! :D

[@Chulosxd09]

​@@davidvkimballwow,incredible! The melee announcer says that

[@GalaxyRoyal]

20 years later after it’s release on GameCube, this feel like what if most characters could have been in each Smash game or if Dean Harrington stayed in as the Smash announcer just like in different languages! 🤩🥳

[@davidvkimball]

Makes you think What If, doesn't it?

[@GalaxyRoyal]

@@davidvkimball Indeed and glad that he accepted. I could now imagine him doing voice impressions of playable characters now. XD

[@McDunzo]

I've heard some of these in pm mods. Didn't know it was from the Dean himself.

[@worldsboss]

I believe PM used a sound-alike

[@davidvkimball]

@@worldsboss Project M proper used a different VO, these are the same clips from Legacy XP and other PM mods, just mastered differently. MelonSpeedRuns and I contacted Dean himself, so they're legit.

[@ness1278]

@@davidvkimball doing us all a service lol thanks a million this is like a dream come true to some of us

[@hedgethewedge]

@@davidvkimball yeah metal sonic stands out to me I remember him from PM remix

[@gnardawgyt]

That's a lot of characters! Very cool of Dean to contribute his voice work

[@davidvkimball]

He did even more than this even!

[@NeonDarius]

Spot on!! It’s like nostalgia all over again!

[@davidvkimball]

He did a great job!

[@emersonflorez97]

Rooting for a part 2 with banjo, Ayumi and the rest of the cut characters of melee

[@kevin__gabriel]

WHAT?! Dude, David this is awesome!!

[@davidvkimball]

Thanks Kev! 😊

[@ECartmanist]

Even 20 years later,he still has at!

[@davidvkimball]

Yep!

[@LofiRobotGuy]

This is so awesome! After all this time, I finally get to hear him say SAMUS instead of SOMEUS

[@davidvkimball]

Bahaha. Fun fact at first he said Sam-oose so I had to send him my own pronunciation

[@aprfinancing481]

@@davidvkimball you're telling me he didn't say zero suit sumus??

[@lucasgibbs4050]

SOMEUS? Metroid takes place in space, the character is masked, and said character has to find an imposter, who is suspicious or “sus,” right? More like AMOGUS!!!

[@MonkeyKingSSBM]

I was gonna add Toon Link into Melee but I gave up, but this gave me more confidence to do it. Thanks!

[@davidvkimball]

That's wonderful!

[@MonkeyKingSSBM]

@@davidvkimball Also, can I use the Toon Link voice clip from here for the character?

[@davidvkimball]

@@MonkeyKingSSBM You bet!

[@MonkeyKingSSBM]

@@davidvkimball Thanks!

[@SABlueAngryBlur]

I kid you not these will DEFINITELY be in various Melee mods and I'm completely down for it.

[@davidvkimball]

I hope so!

[@appleormac]

WHATT!! These sound so legit! Especially the Lucina one !!

[@davidvkimball]

They're getting regular improvements too to be even closer!

[@Tastefuljoy]

I love this so so much. Thank you for loving this game.

[@Gianluca_GMS]

Dean Harrington! What a Legend! So nice of him to record those! :)

[@davidvkimball]

Seriously, he's a great guy.

[@daisychain8116]

Just waiting on the modders to implement these characters now.

[@davidvkimball]

Lol, yeah that make take a bit. But many of them are playable in Melee-inspired Brawl mods like Smash 2. Even Akaneia has Charizard, Diddy Kong, and Wolf in Melee.

[@nathanblevins158]

Hearing dean saying shantae, waluigi and goku make me happy!!

[@davidvkimball]

So glad!!

[@nathanblevins158]

@@davidvkimball how did even got him!!??

[@NekorumiVT]

Smash Legacy XP and PMEX Remix announcer

[@salvadormontoya7088]

i played only the smash bros 64 and brawl, but i never played melee, i saw various videos about the game and always find it awesome: the gameplay, the style design and comunity, they show an inmense love to this game. i really hope in a future i come to play it.

[@davidvkimball]

Me too! If you enjoyed 64 you'll love this game

[@salvadormontoya7088]

@@davidvkimball i look foward to this :D

[@Micha-Hil]

Akaneia gonna have a field day with this one

[@itz_aquo]

I love how you used the nintendo 64 version of lucas

[@AwesomeMooseSmile]

I just realized that a I recognize a lot of these from legacy xp. That's pretty cool that legacy XP actually uses the Melee announcer, makes it feel even more like the quintessential melee sequel

[@davidvkimball]

That's right!

[@ZasuKugad]

Increíble, simplemente algo sin precedentes y a la vez nostálgico por recordar aquel gran juego hace más de 20 años, que gran época sin duda. Un saludo a la comunidad

[@davidvkimball]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@KellyAesop]

Soooo cool that he did these! And the effect on the voice is dead on. So weird how they decided it'd make him sound more epic if he talked into a tin can. They were right though!

[@davidvkimball]

It is super nice of him to work with us. And yeah, you're right!

[@CLTurtle]

The fact that he had more enthusiasm saying “Slippy” than “Sonic” worries me

[@davidvkimball]

😂

[@AwesomeFace2675]

He did an excellent job with these!

[@cyfer115]

WOW!!! Incredible! This is so cool 😎

[@davidvkimball]

I see what you did there. :)

[@matt-eo3gg]

wow!! dean harrington is such a G

[@davidvkimball]

He's the realest.

[@opadrip]

If these characters got modded into Melee, we should totally use these clips instead of sentence splicing existing ones.

[@davidvkimball]

That would be ideal!

[@shuumatsunojoshua]

I love how he says Shadow enthusiastically in place of an edgy tone, makes me more hyped for my favorite sonic character~

[@davidvkimball]

Perfect for the Ultimate Life Form.

[@TaleOfTheToaster]

Oh this gotta blow up soon

[@davidvkimball]

Thanks, I hope so!

[@Cal.F]

I think it’d be funny to put the slippy voiceline when you boot into slippi (the online melee mod)

[@davidvkimball]

Slippy!!

[@MetaKnuxXbeats]

Amazing job! One nitpick I have (and this is the most nitpick-est thing ever) is that Ryu’s SF4 model (I think it is SF4) I don’t really think really fits Melee but that is so minimal and really don’t matter in the grand scheme of things.

[@davidvkimball]

Thanks, yeah I'm not really too familiar with Ryu as a character. I tried to find era-appropriate portraits as much as I could, but I just don't have that level of knowledge with some of these characters lol.

[@MetaKnuxXbeats]

@@davidvkimball oh! Then that explains a lot then. I just realized that Ryu really only had a 3D model in the EX series before and during the time of Melee and even then, not sure if there is any good pic of Ryu’s EX3 model to use as reference.

[@davidvkimball]

@@MetaKnuxXbeats I did search for a while to try and find one suitable, it was tough haha.

[@MetaKnuxXbeats]

@@davidvkimball Yea, it would be very hard in terms of Street Fighter. Not sure if the Street Fighter EX3 models would be available but I have my doubts. Though speaking of fighting games, I know for a fact that Kazuya’s Tekken Tag 1 model I think would be a good fit for a Melee mod one of these days

[@alejandrovelez6358]

This sounds so cool! Tho I think you forgot James Bond lol xD

[@davidvkimball]

Legit! I can't believe we left him off of the list. lol

[@ogreman-lll-957]

He’s still the best announcer in the series.

[@davidvkimball]

Agreed!

[@superepicproportions]

This is so dope. Is there a mod which replaces 'bonus character' with the respective names in akaneia?

[@davidvkimball]

Not yet, but it's easily replaceable with m-ex.

[@LukeA471]

This is amazing

[@davidvkimball]

Thanks! Dean did a great job!

[@nikoadventures]

Bonus character 1,2 and 3 just left the building

[@davidvkimball]

We'll see!

[@eereree]

Even when he dies he’ll still be a legend for this

[@Andresitum]

Omg... Even the original voice actor has return to give more impressive voice clips for extra characters, but unfortunality of course because of the age and inspiriation of the making, this doesnt feel the same vibe like in 2001 but still very amazing

[@IronThomasthePokemonfan37]

This makes me wish I or someone else could get Xander Mobus to do some voice lines. Imagine hearing him say "Waluigi", "Scorpion", "Skull Kid", "Ninten" and so much more.

[@admir7762]

predicting Smash 6 for us eh Dean

[@TheBanishedWind]

Cool that he was willing to do this, but damn, the years have not been kind to his voice...

[@milesfernando]

Could you make a download for the raw audio files? I'd like to give a shot at mastering these myself.

[@twinkling_topaz14]

The way he says Shantae and Ike makes me giggle. Now I wanna hear him say Chrom and Byleth's names.

[@abyssalboy8811]

Top champ. He will always be the voice of Smash

[@davidvkimball]

agreed

[@user-zl8dx7bz8t]

Is it just me or does he sound completely different?

[@davidvkimball]

He sounds a little different yeah. He was about 15 years older when he recorded this haha

[@LHSMeleeClub]

Holy shiiiiz this is cool.

[@davidvkimball]

😊

[@MasterHeroLink]

Wasn't expecting any anime characters 😆

[@maiastniki]

ohhh my gosh i love the melee community

[@davidvkimball]

Me too!

[@JustAPrinnyDood]

Eat your hearts out modders

[@davidvkimball]

🔥

[@dvdreview7956]

0:53 Dark Samus needs to be in Melee Akaneia

[@WaterMeLoan64]

Super Smash Bros *MELEEEEEEEEEEE!*

[@azurewarrior2000]

>No Reimu Heresy.

[@richiecampbell605]

Not gonna lie, that was pretty good. I can hear the announcer names for Wario, Diddy Kong and King Dedede! That's what would've look like if Wario (or Diddy Kong) was in Melee while Bowser and Dedede were added early in Smash 64 before making their return to Melee. Mewtwo, Marth, Roy and clones were still added like it was originally planned (with Ganondorf have a Forward Tilt, Forward Aerial and Forward Smash with his sword). As for Black Shadow, he would've been a newcomer in Brawl in the place of Dedede (who appears in Smash 64). Dark Samus will be a Semi-clone of Samus in Smash 4 before Ultimate, the same applies to Kazuya who was a DLC in Smash 4 before Ultimate while Corrin was announced after Kazuya in Smash 4. Waluigi would then finally be a Newcomer in Ultimate after his appearance in Mario is Missing on SNES, Wario Land Shake it! and WarioWare Gold, not just the Mario Spin-offs. Blood Falcon can be a Echo Fighter of Captain Falcon in the same game. Either Crash, Dr. Eggman, Kasumi (DOA) or Shantae will be the be the fifth DLC for Fighters Pass Vol. 2 before Sora and Byleth will be the second DLC for Fighters Pass as she swap places with Hero who was the fifth DLC. That's for my vision for the different timeline. 😀 Although for my another take, Diddy Kong was playable in Melee while Wario is in Brawl like it originally was, Porky Minch was a fighter in Smash 4 instead of Dark Samus who was in Ultimate as planned, Hitomi (Dead or Alive) will be DLC for Smash 4 while Kazuya is in Ultimate.

[@davidvkimball]

Nice. Have you checked out my other videos on "what if?" Melee?

[@richiecampbell605]

@@davidvkimball Some of them, yes!

[@JnL_SSBM]

I deeply hope Jeff Manning does the same with Smash Remix, but the community are pretty stubborn.

[@davidvkimball]

That would be awesome!

[@EastonBranstetter]

Ridley is actually from the Metroid series.

[@RingloomAzur]

Black Shadow... people recognizing F-Zero is great, even better if it's someone like the Melee announcer

[@LierPlayz]

Omg. It’s real? Yes. .. donate to here a melee dlc fighter Addon. Yes? Yes.

[@myang12003]

Who's viewtiful joe?

[@Monhamd1000]

Most of it sounded similar from Legacy XP. Take notes PM Remix team.

[@davidvkimball]

Yep, they were the same takes!

[@kyocallscats]

They should use these for the akaneia build

[@PeterSpaghetti69]

Can't beleieve they added Viewtiful Joe

[@Nako-z3y]

Forgot Mach Rider

[@davidvkimball]

@@Nako-z3y we gave him a larger list than what we shared lol

[@Bazzooka1518]

"Pit!" Ok "Olimar!" Ok >"NARUTO" LMAOOO

[@mersunarytigre]

Wait, where's K Rool? :(

[@davidvkimball]

Part of the original recording, just not shown in this vid

[@SuperDavidBrothers]

Why anime characters?! Sakurai specifically said Smash is a celebration of gaming and not anime characters, movie characters, cartoon characters, etc. That's also why he didn't allow James Bond in Smash because he's from a movie franchise.

[@davidvkimball]

For fun? We were doing this for the modding community lol

[@SuperDavidBrothers]

@@davidvkimball nice lol (I guess)!!

[@doctorlatino123]

Forgot add to Simon Belmont and Bomberman, but well. xD

[@emersonflorez97]

Beyond melee and akaneia: STONKS

[@MG64OdysseyProductions]

I wanna see him do Kirito from Sword Art Online

[@coffeebird2857]

Man he really said Charizard like he did with ganondorf

[@davidvkimball]

Yep hahaha

[@DiabolicalStupidityBand]

thank you for not soaking the recordings in reverb like the original lol

[@davidvkimball]

haha yeah! There's raw versions and edited ones to have similar-sounding reverb.

[@DiabolicalStupidityBand]

@@davidvkimball you did a really good job with the sound design with it :)

[@spaceace9103]

Deans not a Charizard fan huh

[@davidvkimball]

Who does he dislike more... Charizard or Ganondorf? 🤔

[@BoyOHBoy123]

so sickomode

[@davidvkimball]

🔥

[@bingbong_luver]

DAM i thought it was AI generated. What a G, man of the people

[@davidvkimball]

Yeah! Dean actually recorded it. 👍

[@ovadyarachman7243]

Who's dean Harrington

[@davidvkimball]

Voice actor who was the narrator in Melee, and also voiced Master + Crazy Hand.

[@Mind_Crimes]

Whoever put Naruto & Goku in might as well have dropped Spongebob.

[@davidvkimball]

Lol

[@okpq287]

Do part 2

[@protocetid]

Why aren’t these in the Akaneia Build?

[@davidvkimball]

They weren't mixed like this yet, and probably other reasons.

[@osbelsoza007]

Announcer is Good in Akaneia Build Melee

[@Loty2693]

El actor de voz no esta para nada mal, pero faltaron megaman y el aldeano

[@davidvkimball]

Well we couldn't give him an endless list of character names lol

[@Loty2693]

@@davidvkimball Write them down for a part 2

[@kerokerocola99]

G E N O

[@davidvkimball]

Part of it is real lol

[@SheathEntertainment]

Wow this is cool! How did they do the same announcer reverb effect that was done in the original 2001 game? It’s a bit difficult to replicate a accurately in Audacity or Audition from experience here haha 😅

[@davidvkimball]

Check out the video description for who did it

[@skrub_king]

How did he get that voice effect

[@davidvkimball]

I edited it

[@skrub_king]

@@davidvkimball That is so awesome! Could you tell me what voice effect that is and how it was added on?

[@megamix5403]

No Mega Man :(

[@UmbraMK]

Sonic. Snake. SLIPPY!!!

[@davidvkimball]

SLIPPY!!!

[@morphix7212]

wished he also said Scorpion or Doomslayer :(

[@Nako-z3y]

Hey!!! Where's Daisy, Skull Kid, Bandana Dee, Krystal, Scizor, Heracross, Ninten, Isaac, Chibi-Robo, Sukapon, Balloon Fighter, Tails, Amy Rose, Silver, Ristar, Vectorman, Alex Kidd, Mega Man, Phoenix wright, Dante, Vergil, Pac-Man, Kazuya, Lloyd, Klonoa, Agumon, Bomberman, Black Mage, Sora, Rayman, Spyro, Banjo and Kazooie, Terry Bogard, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Shovel Knight, Sans, Tetromino, Vegeta, Gohan, Luffy, Sasuke, Ichigo, Deku, Jotaro, DIO, Inuyasha, Yusuke!!😡

[@davidvkimball]

@@Nako-z3y that's a lot of characters.

[@BryantheArchivist]

What is with you people and wanting anime characters in a fighting game for gaming icons.

[@davidvkimball]

They were community requests and not my personal picks.

[@sebastianhernandezvazquez4922]

Sounds different

[@yamama6514]

“Charrizard 😒”

[@dcb99filmz]

some of these are recycled from LXP, and some are brand new...interesting.

[@davidvkimball]

Lol, all of these were made by request of me and MelonSpeedRuns for the whole modding community. So they're not recycled from LXP exactly.

[@dcb99filmz]

@@davidvkimball that's way past cool

[@liamfunnyman6965]

Seriously, what's the deal with the Tails erasure on this channel?

[@davidvkimball]

Not personal

[@MassiveMarioLuigi700MassiveKun]

I think the voice needs more abit more reverb

[@davidvkimball]

Well that's applied in-game! All lines get a bit more reverb from the game itself. These are the raw clips. Also, though, improvements are happening as we speak.

[@MassiveMarioLuigi700MassiveKun]

@@davidvkimball that’s pretty awesome! Akenia mod is going to shine bright with these voice line. Thanks David!