The Smash Bros. series' trophy descriptions say they're more akin to golems rather than zombies. The trophy descriptions are also very unreliable, though, so it doesn't really prove anything.
That Redead trophy in SSB Melee is completely flawed. It ignores the poem inscribed next to the Sun's Song, and the warnings in the royal tomb:
"The rising sun will eventually set, A newborn's life will fade. From sun to moon, moon to sun... Give peaceful rest to the living dead."
"Those who break into the Royal Tomb will be obstructed by the lurkers in the dark…"
"Shine light on the living dead..."
This is long before Ganondorf's corruption of the world, too. Kakariko's Graveyard and The Bottom of the Well are filled with tombs of Redeads and Gibdos in coffins.
Of course, I really stopped trusting those SSB trophies after reading that King K. Rool and Kaptain K. Rool were "brothers"....
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