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What Stages Do You Want to Be, or Think will Be, Competitively Viable Now?

Fenriraga

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With it being confirmed by the Treehouse itself that stage hazards can indeed be turned off, and with the absolutely staggering amount of returning stages, this will bar none be the largest available selection of competitive-friendly stages in the series. Moreso than all previous Smash Games combined, even. and we've only seen about 75 stages at this point!

The question is, which stages will fit the bill? We've already seen some pro players take a shine to Frigate, for instance. Pokemon Stadium can finally be played with its standard platform layout and no transformations (probably). What other stages do you think have a good shot at finally getting their shot in the competitive limelight? Would it be a neutral or a counterpick? I'm curious to see what people come up with.

Keep in mind that a stage not having hazards doesn't mean it's automatically a contender for competitive. Obvious examples would be walk offs and such, but think carefully about a stage's layout.
 
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MysticKnives

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I'll just list of some I feel have any sort of possibility depending on how the hazard toggle works for the stage in being legal in some tournament format:

Pokemon Stadium 1
Pokemon Stadium 2
Prism Tower
Frigate Orpheon
Wily's Castle
Magicant
Brinstar
Halberd
WarioWare
Arena Ferox

Among just these, I'd love PKMN Stadium 1, Prism Tower, Magicant, WarioWare, and Arena Ferox as tournament legal stages the most.
 

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It'll depend a fair bit on exactly how the hazard toggle affects each stage. There will need to be some research and data collection done on launch in order to figure that out. Based on what we know so far...

Definitely legal:
  • Battlefield
  • Final Destination
  • Smashville
  • Town & City
  • Yoshi's Island (Brawl)
  • Yoshi's Story (Melee)
  • Dream Land 64
  • Lylat Cruise

Probably legal:
  • Frigate Orpheon
  • Prism Tower
  • Unova Pokemon League
  • Kalos Pokemon League
  • Mushroom Kingdom U
  • Magicant
  • Midgar
  • Halberd
  • Pokemon Stadium
  • Pokemon Stadium 2
  • Wily Castle
  • Warioware Inc.
  • Pictochat

It depends:
  • Duck Hunt
  • Arena Ferox
  • Castle Siege
  • Umbra Clock Tower
  • Skyloft
  • Mario Circuit (Wii U)
  • Wuhu Island
  • Norfair
  • Brinstar
  • Green Greens
  • Reset Bomb Forest
 

Chameleos

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Having Arena Ferox, Green Greens, and Brinstar legal stages for competitive would be nice to see.
 

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Aside from the option to turn off hazards, the question remains as to whether or not Sakurai was able to attain the license for certain music to play in tournaments. If not, some stages might not be playable. I would enjoy playing on Metroid stages, since all of them are illegal.
 

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Aside from the option to turn off hazards, the question remains as to whether or not Sakurai was able to attain the license for certain music to play in tournaments. If not, some stages might not be playable. I would enjoy playing on Metroid stages, since all of them are illegal.
Ahhh right, I forgot all about that stupid situation. Ugh, what an absolute pain. Hopefully it won't be a major problem.
 

Scicky

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Legal Magicant makes me happier than you can imagine
I'm not sure it would actually be legal honestly. It'd be cool but the layout of the platforms is a bit weird and could make for some unfortunate stage spikes and camping scenarios.
 

MysticKnives

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I'm not sure it would actually be legal honestly. It'd be cool but the layout of the platforms is a bit weird and could make for some unfortunate stage spikes and camping scenarios.
This I agree with. I'd love it to be legal, and who knows it might, but that very small platform at the bottom definitely promotes camping, quite a bit.
 

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There is two stages I would like to see.

1. Minmin Island from Captain Rainbow
There is many different spots on this island that can be battled on. It could have be like Mario Sunshine or Skyloft where you move around to different parts of the Island to fight from time to time.
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2. A Hanafuda stage
Stage that changes throughout the months like Brawl's Yoshi Island. Certain months will have different effects like November will have the Rain Man appear and cause storms.
 
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