The Melee Orchestra Concert Begins!

The original website was posted here. Special thanks to brando for revising this translation!

A concert for Super Smash Bros. Melee will be held!

We have already sold out of tickets. Thank you, everyone, for supporting the concert!

Date	：	August 27th, 2002 (Tuesday）
Location	：	Tokyo Bunka Kaikan（Tokyo・Ueno）
Doors Open	：	1 PM（Afternoon）　5:30 PM（Evening）
Starting Time	：	2 PM（Afternoon）　6:30 PM（Evening）
Performance by	：	New Japan Philharmonic
Conductor	：	Taizo Takemoto
Ticket	：	3,000 JPY (for any seat)
Sponsors	：	Nintendo, HAL Laboratory
Collaboration	：	The Pokémon Company、Intelligent Systems, Game Freak、Creatures
Production	：	Company AZA、HAL Laboratory
Supervisor	：	Masahiro Sakurai

The entire staff has been working hard to prepare for the performances. We enjoyed working on things we normally can’t do in game development such as making posters, tickets and writing the score for the orchestra (even if it was a bit painful).

The following songs will be performed.

First Half

Planet Corneria

Jungle Garden

Great Bay Shrine

Dr. Mario

Original Medley

Fountain of Dreams

Pokemon Medley

Second Half

Opening

Planet Venom

Yoshi’s Story

Depth of Brinstar

Smash Bros. Great Medley

Fire Emblem

Rainbow Cruise

There are a lot of songs you might be interested in, like the “Smash Bros Big Medley”. This is a good place to hear it. Maybe.

Everyone who attends will also receive this pamphlet. It’s small so it shouldn’t be too much trouble to hold it during the performance.

Even though I (Masahiro Sakurai, director of Melee) am a bit shy, I’ll be hosting the event! Also, Makiko Ohmoto, the voice actress of Kirby will be helping out as well!

Please look forward to this unprecedented combination of a game director and voice actress as your MCs! Also, there may be some guest appearances.

Although the songs are from video games, this is a full-fledged orchestra concert, focused on enjoying the sounds. There won’t be any advertisements or videos playing, nor any flashy showmanship, so please keep that in mind.

A Smash Bros concert is essentially the same as a Nintendo music concert! It’s rare to see Nintendo’s music from the past and present be performed in full force. I hope you enjoy the beauty of a live performance, for a fleeting moment in time!

Stay tuned!

Ticket applications are no longer being accepted. We’re preparing to mail the tickets out, so please wait for the results if you have applied.