Super Smash Bros. is a series of fighting games published by Nintendo, featuring characters from established video games. The series had a successful start in 1999 with Super Smash Bros. on the Nintendo 64. It achieved even greater success with Super Smash Bros. Melee, released in 2001 for the Nintendo GameCube, becoming the best selling game on that system. The third installment, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, was released on Wii on January 31, 2008 in Japan, and was released on March 9, 2008 in North America. Although HAL Laboratory has been the developers of the first two titles, the third game was developed by a cooperation of different developers.