Favorite and least favorite stages in Ultimate?

[Perkilator]

Just as the title says, pretty self-explanatory (certain stages I especially like or dislike are bolded). For me:

Favorite

• Dream Land 64
• Princess Peach's Caste
• Kongo Falls
• Temple
  • The ideal 8-player stage
• Brinstar
• Fountain of Dreams
• Green Greens
• Corneria
• Onett
• Figure-8 Circuit
• WarioWare, Inc.
• Bridge of Eldin
• Frigate Orpheon
• Yoshi's Island (Brawl)
• Halberd
• Lylat Cruise
• Distant Planet
• Shadow Moses Island
• Green Hill Zone
• Golden Plains
• Geudo Valley
• Tortimer Island
• Find Mii
• Mushroom Kingdom U
• Gamer
  • Some pretty fun chaos when 5-Volt enters the scene
• Garden of Hope
• Wii Fit Studio
• Boxing Ring
• Duck Hunt
  • I mostly just hit the ducks ;p
• Wrecking Crew
  • I really love blowing up the building and trapping people in barrels
• Wily Castle
• Super Mario Maker
• Midgar
• Dracula's Castle
• Mementos
  • I love how there's different stage colors depending on the music
• Spiral Mountain
  • A rotating stage is really cool
• King of Fighters Stadium
  • It's a stage deisgned to be more like a traditional fighting game (complete with breakable walls!), and it does this pretty well
• Spring Stadium
  • Once you get the hand of it, jumping off the spring platforms is really fun!
• Northern Cave

Least favorite

• Rainbow Cruise
• Jungle Japes
• Yoshi's Island (Melee)
  • Ever wanted to launch your opponent super close near offscreen? Well, too ****ing bad, because there's edges and destructible platforms out the wazoo!
• Venom
• Brinstar Depths
• Big Blue
• Mushroomy Kingdom
• Norfair
• New Pork City
  • Basically, poor man's Temple
• Summit
  • This clip from a Caddicarus video sums it up pretty well
• Skyworld
  • Same as Yoshi's Island (Melee) but even worse
• 75m
  • I can't go through this stage for the life of me; why not 25m instead? It's the one everyone knows
• Mario Bros.
  • Inconsistent blat zones purely because of accuracy to the source material isn't exactly fun
• Hanenbow
  • Water you can't swim in. That's all I have to say. at least the green screen memes were worth it
• Balloon Fight
• Great Cave Offensive
  • This cave is anything but great. But it certainly offends me.
• Coliseum
  • This one's just boring
• Flat Zone X
• Palutena's Temple
  • New Pork City on 'roids. That is all.
• Gaur Plain
• Windy Hill
• PAC-LAND
  • It's an eyesore
  • It's an autoscroller
  • The stage that actually represents how PAC-MAN is best known got the shaft for this

The rest I'm pretty neutral on.

 

[Þe 1 → Way]

Sounds cool. I’ll list my top 10 for each, in order of my feelings.

Favorite

• Northern Cave: less than a week old. But FF7 music is perfect for battle and the visuals are stunning. Layout is cool and non intrusive as well.
• Fountain of Dreams: cool visuals, thats mostly it
• Bridge of Eldon: this ones not great, but my brawl nostalgia means I still love it
• Final Destination: All music is great. Its a bonified classic. And its where most of my Smash rivalrys have ended with friends.
• Boxing Ring: It just feels right, yknow?
• Draculas Castle: I’ve always been a sucker for gothic horror. Plus Castlevania music is always a bop.
• Magicant: Aesthetic is so unique I love it. And the clouds unique properties make it fun
• KoF Stadium: The wall mechanic is literally perfection.
• Hyrule Temple: As OP said, the best 8 player stage.
• Minecraft World: Hate the name. But seeing Minecrafts wonderful aesthetic in Smash is so surreal I love it. Plus the different stages and layouts are great.

Least Favorite

• Moray Towers: Not a fan of Splatoon music. And the stage just never feels comfortable to play on.
• Mushroomy Kingdom: Its just not fun. The aesthetic is garbage and scrolling stages mostly suck.
• Brinstar Depths: I love Kraid. Still want him as a boss. But godamn his effect on the stage sucks on so many levels.
• Venom: Moray Towers X2. Not a fan of Star fox music and the stage never feels comfortable
• Super Happy Tree: The extra platforms are annoying and everything being slanted makes most attacks feel wonky.
• Hanenbow: What were the developers thinking when they made the layout here? This is a legitimate question, I don’t get it.
• Pac Land: Once again, OP already made it clear. Pac Maze got shafted.
• Great Cave is Offensive: Its in the name. Everything about this stage is wrong, so wrong.
• Balloon Fight: I hate that fish with a burning passion. The side swap and randomness of above platforms mean theres no way to fight that isn’t capable of killing you at 20%. Plus those little lights that launch are just stupid.
• 75M: I cannot describe how much I despise this stage with words. Only my signature can give you an idea of how much I wanna bury 75M 75 meters below the earth.

 

[cashregister9]

None of these are ordered

Favorite:
-Garreg Mach Monastery: This was my most wanted stage for a while, it fun layouts and themes
-KOF Stadium: I love the cameos and the Gimmick
-Mementos: Persona 4 music
-Minecraft World: Minecraft is something I thought would make a perfect stage, it did I love the look, layouts and cameos
-Tomodachi Life: I like the layout and I like the theme

Least Favorite:
-Venom: Starfox has really boring stages and this is the worst IMO
-Skyworld: I hate how the platforms are solid
-Dream Land GB: This is offensive to my eyes
-Great Cave Offensive: I like most large stages but GCO takes it too far and even the Battlefield/Omega version is boring
-PAC-LAND: This is offensive to my eyes and it is a dissapointment as PAC-MAZE was fantastic.

 

[Pupp135]

Favorites
Hyrule Castle: My favorite in the whole game.
Fountain of Dreams: beautiful map.
Magnificant: beautiful map.
Northern Cave: I like the background a lot.
Lylat Cruise: I like the layout of it.
Peach’s Castle: Fun layout.
Mushroom Kingdom 64: fun map with a lot of things.
Saffron City: Fun layout.
Arena Ferox: Fun layout.
Bomb Reset Forest: I like the hazardless layout.

Least favorites:
Palutena’s Temple: I feel like this stage can fit 20 people.
Great Cave Offensive: Not as disliked as the one above, but it’s pretty big. To be honest, I’m not a big fan of very large stages.

 

[Ridley64]

Favorites
Great Cave Offensive-I legitimately enjoy this one. It's actually fun if you have the right number of CPU's. Also, you need stages big enough for 8 player smash.
Mario Circuit-The background is amazing.
Spear Pillar-My favorite legendary Pokemon, I can play Palkia/Dialga's theme. Awesome when hazards are disabled.
Norfair-Only when hazards are disabled.
Mushroom Kingdom U-First stage I remember playing.
Boxing Ring-The only stage I feel happy when playing as Little Mac.

Least Favorites
75M-I main a character who has two jumps and who's recovery sucks. I have to put focus into leaping from platform to platform, and not in the ACTUALL FIGHT.
Hannenbow-Why can't you swim in the water? Also, the design looks like an eyesore.

 

[Janx_uwu]

Favorite-Halberd. The music (assuming you didn't choose something other than Meta Knight's Revenge like a little b****), the atmosphere, it's all just really incredible. And nostalgic too, as its one of the few Brawl stages that still looks like its from Brawl, and the Halberd reminds me of the fun times I had playing Subspace as a kid.
Least Favorite- Yggdrasil. IDK this stage is just boring to me. It's Town and City but not as good. Plus the background is distracting and disorienting.

 

[Deleted member]

Favorite Stages

• Umbra Clock Tower
• Peach's Castle (N64)
• Princess Peach's Castle
• Mario Galaxy
• Northern Cave (I did not get around to buying Sephiroth yet but I will tomorrow. This place is as futuristic as it gets)

Special Mentions

• King of Fighters Stadium
• Coliseum (hazards off)
• Bridge of Eldin (hazards off)
• Minecraft World

The other stages are okay as long as they are in Battlefield or Omega forms.

 

[Pupp135]

For fun, I’ll list my favorite and least favorites from franchises with more than one stage
favorites
Mario: Peach’s Castle 64
DK: Kongo Falls
LoZ: Hyrule Castle
Metroid: Frigate Orpheon
Yoshi: Yoshi’s Island Brawl
Kirby: Fountain of Dreams
Star Fox: Lylat Cruise
Pokemon: Saffron City (would be Pokemfloats if it was in)
Mother: Magnificant
F Zero: Mute City 3DS
FE: Arena Ferox
KI: Bomb Reset Forest
Wario: Gamer
Sonic: Green Hill Zone
Pikmin: Distant Planet
AC: Smashville
Mii: Wuhu Island
FF: Northern Cave
SSB: FD

Least Favorite
Mario: Mario Bros (I don’t hate this stage, I just prefer the other ones)
DK: 75m
LoZ: Great Plateau(I don’t hate this stage, I just prefer the other ones)
Metroid: Brinstar (I don’t hate this stage, I just prefer the other ones)
Yoshi: Super Happy Tree (I don’t hate this stage, I just prefer the other ones)
Kirby: Great Cave Offensive
Star Fox: Corneria (I don’t hate this stage, I just prefer the other ones)
Pokemon: I’ll say Pokemon Stadium 2 for being repetitive, but all stages are good
Mother: New Pork City (a little too big for me, but it’s still fine)
F-Zero: Port Town Aero Drive (I don’t hate this stage, I just prefer the other ones)
FE: Colosseum (I don’t hate this stage, I just prefer the other ones)
KI: Palutena’s Temple
Wario: Warioware (I just like Gamer more)
Sonic: Windy Hill Zone (I just like Green Hill Zone more)
Pikmin: Garden of Hope (I just like Distant Planet more)
AC: Town and City (I like it, but it’s pretty similar to Smashville)
Mii: Tomidachi Life (I don’t hate this stage, I just prefer the other ones)
FF: Midgar (I just prefer Northern Cave)
SSB: Big Battlefield (I don’t hate this stage, I just prefer the other ones)

For series that had more stages when counting those that missed Ultimate: I prefer Summit, Flat Zone X, Pac Maze, and the 3DS Pictochat for those games/series/features. From the Flat Zones, the Melee one is my least favorite.

 

[Oracle Link]

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• Venom
• Brinstar Depths
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• Norfair
• New Pork City
  • Basically, poor man's Temple
• Summit
  • This clip from a Caddicarus video sums it up pretty well
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• Mario Bros.
  • Inconsistent blat zones purely because of accuracy to the source material isn't exactly fun

I want to ask some questions

1st. Would you like New pork city with a better stage layout its a pretty stage after all

2nd.Brinstar D has a cool concept tho how would you change the concept mybe 90 deggree turns?

3rd. Norfair? its probably the Bunker right its the only difficult to dodge part

4th. Summit hm how would you design a iceclimbers stage maybe in 8 bit with section-Scrolling

5th. Try playing Mario bros by fighting the enemys and using them as Weapons its the intended way and much more fun

6th.Venom as a concept isnt bad right maybe add stage echos and make Venom a flipped Corneria