Super Smash Bros. Melee featured a number of stage remakes in place of revivals as Past Stages (save Dream Land, which was not only brought back but remade in the form of Green Greens). Brawl featured no remakes (save Mute City/Pokémon Stadium), which is probably part of the reason why the original stages were met with such disdain. The arenas did not feel familiar; they were not generic representations of the franchises and outsiders felt lost. I feel like it is due time for another set of remade stages. Given that Melee stages are not likely to return, there are some stage concepts that are too familiar to completely abandon. What stages would you like to see reimagined in HD?
Stages remade for Melee that have potential for new incarnations:
Sector Z/Corneria
Dream Land/Green Greens
Planet Zebes/Brinstar
Mushroom Kingdom
(you could argue that Norfair/Mushroomy Kingdom were remakes, but they feature significant differences from their predecessors)
Additionally, I would like to see a new, large Castle/Temple Zelda stage (and not something ridiculously lazy along the lines of New Pork City, which essentially was just platforms, a fancy backdrop and bad camera). A new Mute City/Port Town Aero Drive would be nice, but I could see them only bringing back the latter as a Brawl Stage, unfortunately. A new skyscraper stage along the lines of Saffron City or Fourside would be incredible, as there were none in Brawl.
Stages remade for Melee that have potential for new incarnations:
Sector Z/Corneria
Dream Land/Green Greens
Planet Zebes/Brinstar
Mushroom Kingdom
(you could argue that Norfair/Mushroomy Kingdom were remakes, but they feature significant differences from their predecessors)
Additionally, I would like to see a new, large Castle/Temple Zelda stage (and not something ridiculously lazy along the lines of New Pork City, which essentially was just platforms, a fancy backdrop and bad camera). A new Mute City/Port Town Aero Drive would be nice, but I could see them only bringing back the latter as a Brawl Stage, unfortunately. A new skyscraper stage along the lines of Saffron City or Fourside would be incredible, as there were none in Brawl.
