What's the point of HUGE Stages?

[Nickelbacker]

Alright, we all know Sakurai is prone to adding stupid ideas on smash games (tripping, broken characters, etc.), but the addition of ridiculously large stages is unacceptable. Back in the days of Melee, temple was a fun stage because it was more fast paced, but why the heck would they bring it back to brawl? The games drag on FOREVER. To make matters worse, there is yet, ANOTHER unneedingly huge map as well- New Pork City, and this time, it's even bigger! Seriously, if no one wants to play in an abnormally huge stage, then what's the point of making one? If anything, Pokefloats, Fourside or others would have been superior to Temple. I say no more huge stages in the next smash game!

 

[John12346]

4 player FFAs with all items on high pretty much mandates a large stage if you want to live above 50%...

I do admit, though, Temple and NPC are boring as crap.

 

[UberMario]

Having a large amount of big stages isn't new to Brawl. For example:

64:
-Yoshi's Island
-Sector Z


Melee:
-Brinstar Depths
-Fourside
-Temple
-Corneria
-Poke Floats
-Icicle Mountain
-Big Blue (the platforms can spread out so far that a person on a high platform simply needs to stand still to be out of range)

Brawl:
-75m
-New Pork City
-Hanenbow
-Rumble Falls
-Bridge of Eldin
-Mario Bros



They're just for casual play, bob-omb fests are more fun when you can survive longer. They should stay, as Melee, and especially Brawl's, stage rosters were designed with variety in mind, showing new and innovative [though not necessarily practical] ways of using the game engine.

 

[Ussi]

Yo man, Temple is a fun stage.

And FFA, med items, all stages MMs are too good. Counter picking summit, rumble falls, and Green Hill Zone all daaay.

 

[t3h Icy]

To bring unity by having everyone hate the same thing.

 

[Eternal Yoshi]

Temple is very fun.....

until someone decides to run away.


Kinda makes me wonder why he still put in NPC knowing that matches there can and will lead to excessive amounts of run away...

 

[Xyless]

Temple is a fun stage, though far moreso in Melee.

NPC is very visually impressive, and for a large stage, is very well thought out in terms of exit points and different places to go. However, it's for show, and not for competition.

 

[tko112]

I think the huge stages are more about having fun than competition

 

[soif]

One of the worst things is the amount it zooms out. To the person who mentioned all stage MMs, surely you don't play on NPC? D:

 

[Legend Vermillion]

That stages are horrible. Sakurai added them thinking about 4 players, free for all matches. In competitive brawl they aren´t viable at all.

 

[ぱみゅ]

What's the problem with them?
You guys should stop seeing Brawl as a full-comtetition srsbsns and play with it once in a while.

 

[Life]

NPC/Temple et. al. aren't designed to be played to win, but for fun. They're the stages with the greatest amount of variety in their terrain, so you get more replay value (as a casual) out of large stages than you do small ones. (Although large+small>lots of large stages, which is why we have Smashville and Lylat to go with our Temple and NPC.)

Remember, casuals don't run away.

 

[Raziek]

To bring unity by having everyone hate the same thing.

Honestly, I agree with this. xD

 

[Nickelbacker]

Well all I can honestly say is if Sakurai uses abnormally huge stages in the next smash game, at least ban them from being used in Wi-fi. I can't even stay in Basic Brawl because of those huge stages >

 

[SuSa]

This games a party game.
Get over it.

Or get off WiFi.

Or get friend codes and only play WiFi against other competitive players who don't play on large stages.

 

[Nickelbacker]

I guess I can't really complain about that seeing it is a party game. Oh well, I guess I can live with huge stages, but they do look pretty cool visual-wise...

 

[Meta_Ridley46]

What is the point of HUGE stages?

So taunt parties can taunt.

 

[Xyless]

Apex 2010 Taj's Crazy Hyrule Adventure - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RiiudZjk6k

This is how you have fun on a large stage in Melee.

 

[blahman179]

Two words: Casual Players.

 

[i8pie]

Big Stages aren't that bad; they make four player battles fun. But it's when you get levels like NPC that are terrible and do Big Stages incorrectly. That and 75m; the latter is terrible for brawls and better for dodging practice.

 

[Eternal Yoshi]

What's the problem with them?
You guys should stop seeing Brawl as a full-comtetition srsbsns and play with it once in a while.

I already do that.

Problem is, once someone in the circle of players starts running away on huge stages, all bets are off.

 

[RoboticOwnageBuddy]

personally, temple is my fav stage. NPC is a**cream, though.

 

[\/aarsivius]

Having a large amount of big stages isn't new to Brawl. For example:

64:
-Yoshi's Island
-Sector Z


Melee:
-Brinstar Depths
-Fourside
-Temple
-Corneria
-Poke Floats
-Icicle Mountain
-Big Blue (the platforms can spread out so far that a person on a high platform simply needs to stand still to be out of range)

Brawl:
-75m
-New Pork City
-Hanenbow
-Rumble Falls
-Bridge of Eldin
-Mario Bros

Yes, but nearly all of them are banned in their respective game tournaments.

I agree with thread creator, what was Sakurai thinking?

Also, on a slightly off-topic note, pratfalls are quite rare, and add to the fun.