Official Smash Ultimate Discussion

[Yoshisaurus Rex]

It sucks, too, because the Pac-Maze and Rainbow Road are inarguably two of the most iconic locations in all of gaming. And yet, they're the only two 3DS stages that didn't return.

Baffling, really.

It would’ve been sick to fight on the Moon in HD. Rainbow Road was such a beautiful stage.

 

[Idon]

can anyone actually explain why the whole "brainless/unga bunga" thing is supposed to be funny? because i'm an idiot and i can't play as any character in smash bros without thinking

and i mean as a joke it also isnt funny

It's an FGC joke.
Aggressive characters that do a large amount of damage with large margins for error, usually in the form of large hitboxes and/or super-armor are called "gorillas" and they make "unga" noises.
This is the origin

 

[Tree Gelbman]

legit salty rainbow road got cut yet we needed two mario circuits -.-

Yeah, this puzzles me.

Rainbow Road is the staple image of a Mario Kart course. Everyone who has even briefly touched Mario Kart knows it. It's such a meme that even people who haven't know it.

It really should be in Smash. Plus it'd have been gorgeous in HD.

 

[Yoshisaurus Rex]

Aggressive characters that do a large amount of damage with large margins for error, usually in the form of large hitboxes and/or super-armor are called "gorillas"

That’s just /s

 

[Idon]

That’s just /s

Yeah actually, DK is gorilla in all senses of the word.

 

[Opossum]

The worst thing is when people try to bring up the individual ghost and pellet function not working on Switch as a reason against Pac-Maze coming back.

1. Legit who the **** even cared about that feature?
2. They've changed stages pretty fundamentally already, like being able to swim on Tortimer Island and having a wraparound effect on Mario Bros, neither of which were present in the original versions and fundamentally change how the stages are played.

 

[Ura]

I'm also kinda salt that Melee Mute City didn't make it in because that would have looked dope on the Switch.

And besides, the stage is different enough from Port Aero Town to have a place in the game.

 

[TheYungLink]

They also changed the way the Find Mii stage gives stat bonuses to accommodate it for the Switch. Really don't see why they couldn't have figured something out for Pac-Maze.

 

[Deleted member]

The worst thing is when people try to bring up the individual ghost and pellet function not working on Switch as a reason against Pac-Maze coming back.

1. Legit who the **** even cared about that feature?
2. They've changed stages pretty fundamentally already, like being able to swim on Tortimer Island and having a wraparound effect on Mario Bros, neither of which were present in the original versions and fundamentally change how the stages are played.

Golden Plains also had a "3DS personal screen" gimmick that simply got changed to a counter mext to the character portraits.

 

[Jovahexeon Joranvexeon]

Some characters are kept. Others are replaced.

Interesting. Any standouts in particular?

 

[Saetanigera]

We always talk about characters and music, so my most wanted stages are:
Burger Time
Xenoblade (that actually shows off the titans)
Char (battle in the background)
Pac-Maze
meta living room with stacks of video games
Mario 64 clock tower
Diablo graveyard
Rapture
chrono: time looped stage
Okami
Muramasa

 

[Iridium]

I want this to return and become the premier "joke" stage. Not even kidding.

 

[Ramen Tengoku]

We always talk about characters and music, so my most wanted stages are:
Burger Time
Xenoblade (that actually shows off the titans)
Char (battle in the background)
Pac-Maze
meta living room with stacks of video games
Mario 64 clock tower
Diablo graveyard
Rapture
chrono: time looped stage
Okami
Muramasa

For me, it would be...

City Escape (Sonic Adventure 2)
Tetris (Tetris)
Virtual Boy (Virtual Boy)
New World (Minecraft)
Remix 10 (Rhythm Heaven)

 

[Arcanir]

Rainbow Road I could see the argument for it being a workload issue since it's a traveling stage attached to the 3DS, and thus could've required a lot more time to update and bring to standards then they had compared to other stages.

I have no excuse for Pac-Maze though.

 

[Ramen Tengoku]

Rainbow Road I could see the argument for it being a workload issue since it's a traveling stage attached to the 3DS, and thus could've required a lot more time to update and bring to standards then they had compared to other stages.

I have no excuse for Pac-Maze though.

Prisim Tower was a 3DS traveling stage, and they brought it back...

 

[Deleted member]

Stages that need to happen:
Crateria from Super Metroid: the starting area with the ship and the rain, iconic location and has an aesthetic we have yet to see(I just want a stage with visual rain, **** distant planet)
Dragon's Gate from FE7: probably the single most iconic location from the series, has an unique color palette too. Let Hector bring it with him.
Tal Tal Heights from Link's Awakening: my favorite Zelda game needs more love, it only has one song and it's a remix of this area's theme. Just... god, please give me it. It'd be a beautiful mountain scenery with the Wind Fish Egg in the background and it'd give us am excuse to get Marin's Song.
Airship from FF??: Airships are such an iconic part of the series and I'd love to see one represented. While I'd love it to be based off FFVI, I think basing it on FFIV would be the best as it could travel from the overworld, to the underground and all the way into the space and the moon.
****ing Mt. Silver: how the hell isn't this in yet??? ****ing anti-gen 2 bias. As you can see from my list, I like stage concepts mainly for their Aesthetic™ and this one takes the cake with a full on blizzard that'd take place all throughout the battle and as a reference to the games, it'd damage all fighters(except the Ice Climbers) throughout the match.

 

[KarneraMythos]

It sucks, too, because the Pac-Maze and Rainbow Road are inarguably two of the most iconic locations in all of gaming. And yet, they're the only two 3DS stages that didn't return.

Baffling, really.

I feel the same way about Mute City from Melee not making the cut. I loved the pink/purple aesthetic it had. It would have made a great middle ground between Port Town's industrial red/orange and Big Blue's oceanic...blue.

 

[Opossum]

Stage Wishes? Okay.

Bowser's Castle
Airship Fortress
Rainbow Road
Sunset Shores
Koholint Island
Victory Road
Fortree City
Phenac City
Iki Town
Macedonian Aerie
Khadein
Duma Tower
Sluice Gate
Outrealm Gate
The Final Trial
Gyromite
Jogging Route
Pac-Maze
Pac-Village
Clock Tower
Gluglug Lagoon
The Lady Liberty
N-Sanity Beach

 

[Untouch]

The worst stage in the game is Golden Plains because I'm fairly sure its inclusion is why coin battles didn't return.

 

[Deleted member]

The worst stage in the game is Golden Plains because I'm fairly sure its inclusion is why coin battles didn't return.

I was gonna say I agree but if the last but is true then it's the best stage in the game.
Imagine trying to play online and getting stuck on a coin match.

 

[Arcanir]

Prisim Tower was a 3DS traveling stage, and they brought it back...

IIRC, Prism Tower is more limited as a traveling stage as you're primarily based around the tower and don't have as many areas, Rainbow Road is more akin to Defino Plaza in that you're visiting more varied locales in your fights. Between the two, it could've been easier to port the former and not the latter, and since there's only so much time and resources Prism Tower managed to make the cut while Rainbow Road did not.

Like I said though, it's only a guess as I'm basing it on what other stages we have lost and what similarities they had between them (some had clear gimmicks, some were clearly labor intensive, some were redundant, etc.), theoretically there could've been some other factors that caused for it to get cut.

 

[Saetanigera]

I want to change my Starcraft stage to the crashed Hyperion for iconic value.

 

[Grie]

If where talking about stage wishes, this is just one idea.

Bowser’s Castle.

 

[Rie Sonomura]

I was watching the on demand video of the latest My Hero Academia and there was a review of Smash Ultimate and they gave it a 9/10, nice c:

 

[Noipoi]

TFW everyone and their mother's mother is talking about how absolutely amazing Persona 5 is and i'm kept out of their secret club because I only have a switch.

It's fine, I didn't want to play this supposedly awesome game anyway.

Spoiler

Switch port PLEASE ATLUS.

 

[Deleted member]

Golden Plains also had a "3DS personal screen" gimmick that simply got changed to a counter mext to the character portraits.

Difference is whether or not players were safe from Ghosts was hidden on each player's screens and the layout of the pellets was different.

 

[R O F L]

5 users and 1 guest... What happened?

So y'all are talking about stage wishes? I'll do it too because why not?

: Bowser's Castle
: N64 Rainbow Road Not 3DS Rainbow Road, in Mario Kart 7 that stage was awful.
: Rito Village
: Punch Bowl
: Dark Star with a Zero Two stage boss
: Another Dimension
: Travelling Cave Stage
: Titan Dweevil's Sink
: A stage that is inside of any kind of building.
: An actual, moving, giant R.O.B that you fight on.

 

[Iridium]

TFW everyone and their mother's mother is talking about how absolutely amazing Persona 5 is and i'm kept out of their secret club because I only have a switch.

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It's fine, I didn't want to play this supposedly awesome game anyway.

Spoiler

Switch port PLEASE ATLUS.

I was going to make an ESRB rating joke, but then I realized it can't work anymore on you. Works on me however, for now...

 

[Sari]

Since we're talking about stages I'd love to see the Cyrkensia Opera House from FE Fates make it into Smash somehow. It'd be the perfect way to get Fates music into Smash (since we only have Lost in Thoughts) and Azura could appear in the background to make the water icy or something.

 

[Wademan94]

Stages I had in mind for my newcomer choices

-Basilisk Mine Field (Ninja Gaiden)
-Burning Town (Shantae)
-Glade of Dreams or Land of the Livid Dead (Rayman Origins/Legends)
-Spiral Mountain (Banjo-Kazooie)
-Alolan Battle Tree (Cynthia)
-Homecoming Hijinks (DKC: Tropical Freeze)
-Still trying to figure out a good Superstar Saga or Bowser’s Inside Story stage for Fawful
-Ostrheinsburg Chapel (Soulcalibur II)

 

[Noipoi]

I wish Aether Paradise was a stage.

 

[LetterO]

: An actual, moving, giant R.O.B that you fight on.

But R.O.B. is the last of his kind..

This means that when R.O.B. joins the battle, Alfonzo is in charge of the stage.
Alfonzo: "Leave it to me!"

 

[Ramen Tengoku]

I wish Aether Paradise was a stage.

I'd almost grantee you, that if Incineroar had a stage (Like he should've), they likely would've chosen that

 

[RealLuigisWearPink]

Mario Party! Mario Party! Mario Party would make a great stage!

 

[YoshiandToad]

The only stage I've really ever wanted was Paper Mario's Glitz Pit stage, complete with paper audience members cheering and Rawk Hawk stage hazard.

Strangely enough I've not really supported Paper Mario himself. Huh.

 

[Guynamednelson]

But R.O.B. is the last of his kind..

This means that when R.O.B. joins the battle, Alfonzo is in charge of the stage.
Alfonzo: "Leave it to me!"

Explain the giant ROB on Port Town then.

 

[Rie Sonomura]

Explain the giant ROB on Port Town then.

Replica? It’s like literally just a statue

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Muramasa

Muramasa as in The demon blade Muramasa? In that case, Im game

 

[KingofKoopas]

The only stage I've really ever wanted was Paper Mario's Glitz Pit stage, complete with paper audience members cheering and Rawk Hawk stage hazard.

Strangely enough I've not really supported Paper Mario himself. Huh.

Wouldnt Rawk Hawk just be a reskin of the Birdman in Magicant though?

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Barely was able to win but finally managed to kick those R.O.B.'s asses and now finally saved as I figured was