3/13 Stage: Stage Unlocks #7*

[dcmjlive]

Secret Melee Stages

Even among the Melee stages, there are a few hidden ones. Here I’d like to do a quick rundown of four such venues.

<Jungle Japes>



Here’s Cranky Kong’s shack and outhouse.



Fierce rushing waters flow beneath the platforms!





<Green Greens>



This stage is just hanging in space like some floating island.



Whispy Woods and the trademark stacking blocks made it here intact.





<Pokémon Stadium>



Pokémon Stadium 2 is available in Brawl but we’ve brought back the original as well.

Just like the newer iteration of this stage, Melee Pokémon Stadium’s terrain transforms into four different types.

Fire Type: It calls to mind the charred aftermath of a volcanic eruption.



Water Type: The real star of this terrain is probably the waterwheel.



Rock Type: The towering mass of rock on the left side of the screen is this terrain’s distinguishing feature.



Lastly, here’s the Grass Type. This one’s comparatively simple in its structure.

Add the above four types to the additional four available in the Pokémon Stadium 2 stage and you’ve got a total of 8 different elemental terrain types to fight in.

<Big Blue>



This unique stage has a real sense of breakneck speed to it.



Get the jump on the opponent from one of the F-Zero machines cruising by.

The Melee stages available in Brawl are arranged so that you get one from each game world.

You can use the My Music feature on Melee stages, too.

In the previous Smash Bros., the background music for each stage had the same name as the stage regardless of the song’s source, so you may find yourself feeling a bit like "Huh?" when viewing just the song titles for some of the music on these stages. (EarthBound-related music is the exception to this rule.)

Additionally, the My Music feature for these Melee stages allows you to include some secret songs and music from other stages from that game world in your mixes! Collect all the songs and try it out for yourself.

[Shadow_SevenGunz]

damn...i wish that there were N64 stages in Brawl too...oh well

[dcmjlive]

damn...i wish that there were N64 stages in Brawl too...oh well

At least we can recreate it.

[DoNotDelete]

Meh - Lame update.

I don't rate any of these stages highly - why they NEED to return is beyond me.

[CHaDOS]

Meh - Lame update.

I don't rate any of these stages highly - why they NEED to return is beyond me.

I wouldn't mind so much, but a few of them haven't been updated tremendously well, like the Big Blue stage. Those racers look like they're made of cardboard, and the Melée Starfox stage is similarly last-gen too.

[DoNotDelete]

I wouldn't mind so much, but a few of them haven't been updated tremendously well, like the Big Blue stage. Those racers look like they're made of cardboard, and the Melée Starfox stage is similarly last-gen too.

Graphics for this kind of stage don't bother me actually - they're representative of the game the level is based on - for example:

   

When "RETURNING POKEMON" where announced people also criticised the "level of graphics/rendering" used - for example:



But isn't this representative of (in this case "Lugia's") graphics in the N64 "Pokemon Stadium" games - just as "Excitebike" is representative of NES graphics and "Andross" of SNES graphics.

[Rad]

I've never particularly liked these stages. Big Blue is an exception though, it being among my favorite in Melee (Hyrule comes first). I just love the amount of non-chaotic cool-race-car action there is in it. A fun stage, if nothing else.
Green Greens...a terrible "replacements" for Dream Land 64. I loved that stage. It was so simple, yet so...oh...endearing (not quite sure if that's the word I'm looking for). It was my favorite in SBB1. Making it in Stage creator just isn't the same. Ah well. I am thankful for what we have gotten though. They really put a lot of work into this incredible game.

[dcmjlive]

I totally agree with you, that's why people eff me when they complain about the graphics. I fine it neatly woven all together. Except maybe for not making Toon Link cel-shaded. But uh, other than that, I love the graphics.

[rockinon]

Add the above four types to the additional four available in the Pokémon Stadium 2 stage and you’ve got a total of 8 different elemental terrain types to fight in.

And so we can't have all 8 in one level because...

[dcmjlive]

That's because you can't have it all. And having it split gives you a choice. If you want to experience both, then have 2 battles.

[Malintendo]

Wohoo my favorite stage returned
Jungle Japes I love you

[The-Forgotten-One]

I hope you can actually swim in Japes this time...

[Malintendo]

I hope not, the flowing water that you fell right through was really helpful to me.

[RockyRaccoon]

I hope you can actually swim in Japes this time...

you can .

[<Ninja Goron]

man i hated that stage. i always fell and hit the stupid croc or whatever it was and died. GRRRRRRR...