Melee Madness...
Super Smash Bros Melee is probably the most common subject in my mailbox. Many good questions arrive, but unfortunately some people are still insisting that they've unlocked Sonic & Tails, or some other outrageous character. I'm not sure why people make these false claims... I'm not even sure if they realize how foolish they make themselves by submitting misinformation to someone who isn't going to believe them anyway. I really should start posting names and e-mail addresses on the website, that way the real Melee fans can harass these people for attempting to spread bogus rumors...

Now, onto the real messages - The ones that involve honest curiosity instead of pure stupidity. (Ok, I threw one stupid one down there... Try and guess which one. If you need a hint, think Sonic & Tails)

Hey. . .the picture in the multiplayer part of your Goldeneye 007 website confuses me. . . it shows statue in the multi level select screen. . . .is there a way to do this without a gameshark?

It's actually just an image that was created for the Multiplayer section of the site, so that visitors could choose a level by clicking on it. There are Gameshark codes for practically everything, so nearly everything can be modified to create 'impossible' screenshots. But that individual screenshot was made with a graphics editing program.

Hey Detstar, in Super Smash Bros Melee is it possible to unlock the Lip Stick trophy in the Lottery? Cause I've gotten to the point where I can't win anymore new trophies in the Lottery, and I also don't have the Lip Stick. So what's the deal?

Unlike most of the other item trophies, the Lip's Stick can't be unlocked via the Trophy Lottery. To earn this trophy you'll need to perform a 21 hit combo in training mode. The easiest (and cheapest) way to do this, is probably by heading to using the Fire Flower in Peach's Castle. By pinning your opponent between yourself and the middle wall of the castle, you can repeatedly burn them with the Fire Flower, scoring lots of consecutive hits and technically creating a combo. Just experiment with the right amount of space and positioning needed to trap the computer character and burn them to no end.

hi, in Perfect Dark i just finished skedar ruins battle shrine,on co-op mode though,at 7:08 am.
my heart was pounding soo hard and the cinema after was sooooooo cool,by the way,in the cinema,when Joanna was stuck under the fallen pillars,was the skedar leader grabbing her leg or was it another skedar?

Congrats on finishing Battle Shrine. It can be a pretty tough mission, and those vicious Skedar certainly aren't creatures that should be taken lightly.

As for the Skedar that grabs Joanna as she tries to escape, I'm pretty sure that it's the Skedar Leader. We can't completely see for sure, but Joanna makes some kind of comment that seems to imply her anger with that particular Skedar. Although that part isn't a definite clue, I'm assuming it's the Skedar Leader because it's who she just finished battling with. And just like in so many horror movies, the monster just won't seem to die at the end.

Hello my name is Jeff, and I have somewhat completed Super Smash Bros. Melee. A friend of mine at school tells me that Fierce Diety and Majoras Wrath from the Legend Of Zelda Majoras mask are actual hidden characters that can be earned. Is this true, or is my friend just an idiot?

Unfortunately, there are no additional hidden characters in the game that aren't featured on the website. And yes, your friend is an idiot. A complete and total idiot.

Hi my name is Roger,and I think you're site is one of the greatest sites ever! It's already the best Super Smash Bros Melee site ever! I am going to get the game tomorrow and I can't wait.
You're site inspired me greatly and now i'm sure to have MUCH more ours of fun playing the game.
I have the first super smash bros and I already think that's a great game,so then I think the melee version is really super cool! You're site is full of information about the game. It's really a GREAT site.
Thnx and bye.

Melee really is a great all-round game for the Cube, with tons of replay value. It's also one of those few games that practically anybody can play and enjoy. Apparently, the Melee site at Detstar has convinced many players to go out and buy the game. I wonder if the people at Nintendo realize this... If anyone on the inside is reading, feel free to equip Detstar with demo versions of any future SSB projects. They will certainly be put to good use.

Dear Det,
Is it safe to consider that the Goldeneye 007 page is dead?

By now you've probably already seen the anniversary update to the Goldeneye website... But I find it kinda ironic that you sent this message about four hours before the update was made.

Due to the amount of content the Goldeneye site has, there's not a whole ton of new stuff to add. And when I do have extra time to work on Detstar stuff despite my busy schedule, it's normally updates for the more recent games.

So Goldeneye certainly isn't dead. It's still played every day by hardcore fans all around the world. But unfortunately, updates to the Goldeneye site at Detstar won't be as frequent as some of the newer games.

How do you get Jon Stewart and the set of the Daily Show as shown on the picture of the website for Super Smash Bros Melee on Game cube and same with Toad?

In addition to looking at all the pretty screenshots featured on the website, it's often helpful to read some of the text that goes with it...
Obviously the Daily Show (and Jon Stewart for that matter) cannot be found in Melee, and that screenshot was just a piece of artwork that was submitted to the website. Same goes for those fake screenshots of Toad.

hey in Super Smash Bros Melee, i think i found a way to unlock sonic&tails! the way you u try to unlock them is go to cruel melee and beat 20 wire frame things and end the run then sonic&tails will chalenge you! then beat them and you get 'em!

You think you found a way... Or, you just found an old April Fool's issue of EGM magazine under your bed.
I'm hoping that you're just gullible enough to believe what you read in that issue... But if you're honestly trying to convince anyone that you have personally unlocked either of these two characters, then you should probably roll that magazine up and smack yourself in the head with it.
Next time, instead of simply reciting EGM's bogus claim, try to come up with something more original.