My five favorite characters in melee are
1. Mario: His speed and average power is amazing in ways I could never Imagine in a video game.
2. Link: His strong attacks and his spinging sword attack is way past cool.
3. Pichu: His speed surpasses pikachu's and is a clone of Pikachu but in someways different.
4. Luigi: His awesome looking speicals attacks gets him out of tight spots
5. Kirby: Becuase of his abiltiy to swallow anything except 3 things, Master Hand, Crazy Hand, and Giga Boswer.