Official Stage Discussion- New Minor Update 19/4

[twilight_hero]

^^^My thoughts exactly.

 

[tstumo]

yay i was right again today. im on a role. i said it would be music or the FE stage because of the revelation of Ike. and here it is. well then it will be music tomorrow for sure. I really like this stage and i kinda had a feeling that the floor would break revealing the inside. im surprised that you can go even lower. im guessing now dont expect to see Metaknight and snakes stage before they are revealed on the site themselves.

 

[twilight_hero]

^^^Which will hopefully be soon...

 

[Fizz-sama]

*is in love with the FE updates* Fangirling to the max and beyond.

I'm curious to what stages are going to be tourney legal and what have you, but man, I don't care. I'm going to play the **** out of that Castle Siege stage.

 

[twilight_hero]

*is in love with the FE updates* Fangirling to the max and beyond.

I'm curious to what stages are going to be tourney legal and what have you, but man, I don't care. I'm going to play the **** out of that Castle Siege stage.

Same. My thoughts. I'm going to play that stage as much as I play FD--more than I play HT.

 

[tstumo]

yeah i really think it's about time they show some snake and metaknight stuff. when was the last time we actually saw Snake in a screenshot or anything.im thinking you have to unlock him. what if it's the same with metaknight. either way we already know their in the game so it's alright. I think for tournaments they are gonna have to come up with new rules in order to make everything fair. something is telling me it wont be that much trouble. the characters look more balanced. but we dont really know if a stage caters to a character better than the other.

 

[twilight_hero]

D@mn, I hope MK is a starting character. I don't really care whether or not Snake is a default, but I was really hoping to try MK out right after Link, and it seems like we may not be able to. That would suck.

 

[tstumo]

there has to be a reason why Sakurai would show all these characters whom of which we knew would be in brawl. then highlight Metaknight in the trailer and wait sooo long just to put him up on the site. maybe because Meta Knight has something to do with the "this world" update so he's probablly holding out until he get's more into that. i dunno it's just weird though.

 

[GenG]

Oh well, since 4chan trollers have disabled the "What's going on in smashbros.com?" thread, I'll post my thoughts here too. Sakurai owned me once but I'm willing to especulate this again for the lulz.

Let's think about why they didn't want to show "the underground"...

The edits show that it's some kind of lava cavern.
Lava caverns are related to dragons.
Dragons are very very related with FE.
This same stage has flags depicting a black dragon.
A black dragon was the final boss of many games, it's a staple.
Deduction: There is an dragon down there.
Biased deduction: The dragon is related to Marth and that's why they didn't show it.

 

[Oni Andrew]

It's good but there are two things about the top portion of the stage.

1: The catapults appear only to be in the background. I wanted them to be a hazard!

2: It's too small!

 

[Pieman0920]

Why must Sakurai tease us with not showing the final part? :O

It must contain something really cool. Maybe it is a dragon...or maybe something diffrent....o_o

 

[tstumo]

the same reason he didnt show the top of the DK stage. im glad he's not showing us everything. so at least we can be somewhat surprised

 

[Pieman0920]

...Oh crud.

Is that Zelgius in the background? In the third picture? Spoilers may ensue if it is.

 

[GenG]

He isn't. These are generic armor knights, I've spotted another swordman in the 4th pic, and there's one with an axe too. But all of them have undoubtly a Begnion-esque design.

 

[Serpit]

The underground is either a stalagmite cave filled with lava or water. Look at the last screenshot after a little photoshopping...

Compare this to the original screenshot, and you can see that the textures match perfectly.

By the way, I didn't make this, someone posted in on the German SSBM Boards and I reposted it here. All credit for the discovery goes to Harliart, not me.

 

[5@/\/\U5]

but has anyone addressed the fact that the stage with the stautes holding up platforms and the stage showing the outside of the castle could easily be two parts of the same stage (two areas of the same castle). Something could happen that destroys the floor (there is a war going on around the thing) and then the characters fall into that grand hallway area with the statues holding up those platforms. That would be a kickass stage

called it, but didn't think there would be an even deeper section!

this pic from ZSS's profile is definitely from the deepest section of the castle seige stage

 

[Pieman0920]

That's Metaknight's stage.

 

[Salaad]

This stage better not be banned... -.-

 

[the grim lizard]

Wow, nice job, Serpit.

Also, MK and Snake are going to be unlockable. That's why they haven't been shown yet.

 

[lanky_gunner]

The underground is either a stalagmite cave filled with lava or water. Look at the last screenshot after a little photoshopping...

Compare this to the original screenshot, and you can see that the textures match perfectly.

By the way, I didn't find this, someone posted in on the German SSBM Boards, so I doN't know who to give credit exactly =)

this is a cool find. guess when brawl comes out we'll know if it's right, but by judging how it looks, i'd say this is pretty accurate.

but now i wonder will we stay in the underground area, or will something send us back to the top?

 

[CodeRed]

I wonder if we will be able to get back up the the outside portion of the castle after falling to the Underground.

 

[Dynamism]

I'm guessing it'll be a platform with just dark emptiness all around. kindof like the first part of the stage but all dark and gloomy.

 

[MzNetta]

I win.
Yay me.

 

[X-x-Dyce-x-X]

^^^^
Fvcking... you and my friend. Me and my friend had a long convo about this stage just yesterday. I'm telling him that it's two different stages from FE1 or FE3. Then he's telling me that it doesn't necessarily have to be from any particular game and it's all one stage because the floor will break or something.

I hate when I'm not right at all and he is 100% on the money.
He's going to be so cocky about this.

EDIT:
As for the last part (if that even is the last part of the stage), I think the water will slow you down when you're wallowing in it. It looks fairly deep, unlike the water in Fountain of Dreams and Pokemon Stadium. If you jump you move at normal speed, but your run speed is decreased heavily on foot.

 

[twilight_hero]

^^^Uh...out of curiosity, what water? I see no water...I like that you can break the statues inside. That'l make some platforms drop, right?

I really love this stage, and all the others so far. I like how deep Sakurai is going with level design this time around. In Melee, the most complex stages were Big Blue, Rainbow Cruise, and Poke Floats. Not saying they weren't fun, but after the same repetition fifty thousand times, it gets kinda old, you know? If they return as Past Stages, I probably won't play them...we still have, what, four months till Brawl is released? That's enough for another thousand repetitions, you know? I'll just be glad to have some fresh stages and experiences. And they all look good so far!

 

[X-x-Dyce-x-X]

^^^^
Go back a page. Serpit photoshopped the final screenshot and revealed a water cavern.

 

[twilight_hero]

^^^Oh, right. Ooo...I hope you can swim in this game! O_O

 

[X-x-Dyce-x-X]

^^^^
Hahaha! "What's at the bottom of the stage? An bottomless moat! None of the characters can swim by the way! So once the second floor breaks... it's GAME OVER! "

 

[Red_Maniac]

Will the Metal Gear stage be like this? From the Nintendo World Trailer, it looks like there's an interior and exterior.

 

[Serpit]

^^^^
Go back a page. Serpit photoshopped the final screenshot and revealed a water cavern.

Thanks, but I didn't discover this, I just found it and posted it. All credit goes to Harliart for the photoshop.

 

[twilight_hero]

^^^^
Hahaha! "What's at the bottom of the stage? An bottomless moat! None of the characters can swim by the way! So once the second floor breaks... it's GAME OVER! "

That would be cool! But not really...

 

[helterskelter]

Hey guys i think i found something that will add to the speculation!

Alright the first thing i have to say is that this stage looks very interesting and reminds a bit of the original Hyrule stage from Smash 64, solely because of this little roof that you can go under

Zero Suit Samus is the one under it.


And finally i think that the castle stage doesn't end once you reach the underground area. I think in fact you go outside of the castle. See take a look at this picture and notice how Mario and Kirby are below the castle and are right by a lowered drawbridge as if they had just came out of it

 

[twilight_hero]

Hey, nice find man! Good job!

And I have to agree with you. And I also have to hope it happens...

 

[maxpower1227]

1: The catapults appear only to be in the background. I wanted them to be a hazard!

Me too.

 

[flicker]

Very nice find helter :D

 

[Pieman0920]

Why do people think it's a water cavern? There are no water caverns in FE. There are lava caverns though. >_>

 

[twilight_hero]

Me too.

Well...it says the floor breaks...that means they could be a hazard...if they do it, that is.

 

[cubican62]

wow all i can think of now is a crazy air battle between metaknight and pit.

 

[twilight_hero]

^^^Uh, yeah!

 

[MzNetta]

God this is all so stupid.
Its an underground magma/lava/fire cavern.
There is no water.
Give up on it.
And @ helterskelters moronic post on the page previous, mario is being thrown off the stage (as seen CLEARLY in the trailer) that the nintendog is obscuring.