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Welcome back to ours guide to arenas and scenarios from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The sixth episode you are about to read is the only one in which the clear cuts we were aiming for will disappear: in fact today we will talk about both the latest settings taken from Brawl that of the first coming from fourth chapter. As for the order that we will follow, given the double format of the penultimate Smashfor today we will focus on the levels in common with the 3DS version and the Wii U version. Finally, in the appendix, we will discuss the concept of Supercoracethat is the immunity to hesitation after an attack suffered.

Preamble of the Appendix

Here’s what to expect from the arena and scenery guide of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In each of these twelve events, we will talk about each scenario, its origins, who are the fighters who play at home and, in the case of the DLC, also the availability. No scenario, except for the aforementioned downloadable content, needs to be unlocked: everything is available right from the start of the game. Ironically, you may need to unlock historically associated characters at certain levels, but there is a guide for that too. Furthermore, as for the wrestlers, here too the images precede their respective section. Are you ready?

The Heavenly Kingdom – advanced guide to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arenas and scenarios

Of the three arenas from the world of Pit and associates, the Celestial Kingdom is perhaps conceptually the simplest of the scenarios in this guide a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. These are four static and solid platforms, plus one moving under the arena. However, the four solid platforms can be destroyed, leaving traversable counterparts in their place: in other words, therefore, to re-enter the field your strategy depends on the state of the scenario in question.

• Origin: Kid Icarus
• Stage representative of: Pit, Palutena
• History: This is the only scenario of the three belonging to the world of Kid Icarus to refer to the homonymous first chapter for NES. After Brawlin fact, Masahiro Sakurai has recycled his redesign of Pit and Palutena in that game to revive the series on 3DS with the rail shooter (and third-person shooter) Kid Icarus Uprising. From this last game come the other two arenas that we will talk about later. As for the Celestial Kingdom, unlike many other locations in Ultimate it is certainly not the first in its game of provenance. On the contrary, Pit’s first adventure began in the underworld!

Smash Village – advanced guide to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arenas and scenarios

Even before the Dweller was revealed as the first new face of the fourth Smashthe third has already paid homage Animal Crossing with a themed arena. Ironically, given its spartan layout, Smash Village is one of the few arenas accepted with open arms by the competitive community. It is a simple solid platform, accompanied by a traversable one that moves from one edge of the scenario to another. Apart from this minor danger, there is nothing else to report.

• Origin: Animal Crossing (mostly Wild WorldNintendo DS)
• Stage representative of: Inhabitant
• History: The villages of Animal Crossing they are all more or less like what appears in the background. A shop, a few houses, a museum and little else. Next to the fighters it is possible to see inhabitants (and not) consume the bartender of La Piccionaia at the Bartolo counter. The time of the arena is the same as the console. How easter eggplaying on Saturdays at 8pm in this scenario will make singer KK Slider appear just like in the original series, and therefore the soundtrack will change accordingly.

Vetta Lancia – advanced guide to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arenas and scenarios

For the first time since Saffron City, we finally have an arena that pays homage to a game Pokémon specific. There Summit Lancia it is a vital location both in Pokémon Shining Diamond / Shining Pearl that in Pokémon Legends: Arceusand in Smash traces the epic clashes of which it was the scene. There are three platforms: two solid one above the other and two smaller on the sides, which can be crossed. Depending on the Legendary Pokémon appearing in the background, the fighters and / or the main solid platform in the center can be attacked. In other words, the main platform is destructible, but only by those in the background.

• Origin: Pokémon Diamond Version And Pokémon Pearl Version
• Stage representative of: Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Pichu, Mewtwo, Lucario, Pokémon Trainer (fifth costume)
• History: The summit of Mount Corona which bisects the Hisui / Sinnoh region is where the Legendary Pokémon of each version of the game resides. In Diamond Dialga appears, while Palkia is the mascot of Pearl. In this scenario, Cresselia, a legendary from the same games but unrelated, can also appear, or the lake Pokémon Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf can also appear.

The Top – advanced guide to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arenas and scenarios

Since Icicle Mountain (“Monte Ghiacciolo”) in Melee has attracted the fatal wrath of the entire competitive scene (for excess of zeal in replicating the climbs of Ice Climber), the mountaineering duo finds a new home on the top of the same mountain. The scenario is called literally The top, and contemplates a solid platform at the base, another in the center and three that can be crossed at each corner of the central structure. This summit will soon slide downstream, tilting and affecting inertia in your aerial movements, before magically returning… well, to the top. Beware of the fish Balloon Fight (we will talk about the arena of the same name later): it awaits you on the water only to drag you fatally into the abyss. In the lower part, the stalactites can harm you. The ground is slippery, but we don’t think we need to tell you …

• Origin: Ice Climber
• Stage representative of: Ice Climbers
• History: As we said, Icicle Mountain replicated the continued climb of the game Ice Climber with too much zeal, which is why Masahiro Sakurai opted for a more pragmatic solution in the sequel. However, the arena faithfully incorporates several details from that game, from the design of the traversable platforms to the polar bears.

WarioWare, Inc. – advanced guide to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arenas and scenarios

As we said in our special dedicated to Wario, it is a real shame to see how much the Big N prefers to celebrate its most recent incarnation rather than Wario Land. Anyway, WarioWare, Inc. of its own consists of a solid main platform and four smaller traversable ones. However, the elevator in the background (taken from the very first installment of the series, on GBA) will occasionally open to kick off a minigame. Of course, you can ignore the minigame instructions, but at the cost of not getting a power-up. Which can also include invincibility, so be careful!

• Origin: WarioWare: Minigame Mania
• Stage representative of: Wario (odd costumes)
• History: As in the world of WarioWare, the suspension of disbelief is somewhat less: somehow, when the elevator door opens, it is only necessary to think of a micro-game. In the original series there are many, many more, thanks to their short duration. In fact, these are different gameplay experiences to be consumed in a few seconds. All micro games in the arena are identical to their counterparts in the home series.

Yoshi Island (Brawl) – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arena and scenario advanced guide

And finally we have an arena inspired by Yoshi’s Island, it took time! Yup, Yoshi Island (Brawl) is the real island of the most adorable dinosaur in the Mushroom Kingdom. It is a curved (solid) platform at the base, a smaller one in the center (passable) and, finally, one that appears and disappears at the edges of the arena. Given the scarcity of dangers, this arena is tolerated a lot in tournaments.

• Origin: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island/Yoshi’s Island – Super Mario Advance 3
• Stage representative of: Yoshi
• History: The arena follows the pastel hues seen in the original game. The Phantom Shore, which moves the occasional platform to the edges of the scenario, was mostly a permanent presence in the various fortresses and castles of the original game, but otherwise the background is based on “Lay eggs, throw eggs”, the first level of Yoshi’s Island. The transition to the cold seasons during the clash instead evokes “Take the ski lift on the fly!” from the world 5.

The Ring – advanced guide to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arenas and scenarios

While anticipating the reveal of Little Mac by a few months, the Ring it’s the first arena (for the Wii U version, at least) of the fourth Smash to be shown in full in the first trailer, when the Dweller takes his hold on Mario. The arena consists of the actual ring, two sloping walk-offs on the sides, and a destructible platform at the top (which will collapse into the ring before regenerating).

• Origin: Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out !!/Punch-Out !!
• Stage representative of: Little Mac
• History: Despite the two different possible designs for the logo in the center (the World Circuit of Punch-Out !! and the logo of Smash), the arena expressly refers to the boxing ring present in the original game. From the arcade version of the game we have the occasional use of the big screen to show the various epithets of the characters (except in the 3DS version of the fourth Smash), which reinterprets the course of the fight up to that moment in the context of boxing. Originally, the protagonist’s final opponent was supposed to be Mike Tyson, but the boxer’s scandal forced Nintendo to abandon the partnership.

Duck Hunt – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arena and scenario advanced guide

“I said it’s duck hunting, shoot!“Jokes about Looney Tunes aside, Duck Hunt resumes duck hunting from the game of the same name fairly faithfully, without the hunter affecting the fight. Despite a spartan layout (a solid platform, another emerging from the ground every so often and the tree branches to the left), the arena is banned from tournaments due to the ability to use the shrub to score easy vertical KOs. .

• Origin: Duck Hunt
• Stage representative of: Duo Duck Hunt
• History: The duck hunting of the original game has no pretensions, and indeed reinterprets the practice in a very cartoonish way. The platform that emerges to which we alluded is precisely the dog (the same one who became a character in itself in the fourth Smash), which as in the original game appears to mock the player. Alternatively, you can impress him by hitting the ducks… just like in the original game, in fact.

The Plain of Gaur – advanced guide to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arenas and scenarios

If you want to give competitive lovers a headache, the plain of Gaur is for you. These are in fact two main solid platforms with walk-offs on the sides, plus other small platforms below them. As an arena it is quite large, so much so that both sides have springboards to go up. There is no central platform, and when night falls a boss (Black Face) emerges to give everyone trouble. The fight practically stops until someone fills him with beating properly. Do your math …

• Origin: Xenoblade Chronicles
• Stage representative of: Shulk
• History: If you ever feel small in front of the titan in the background, think that you are fighting on the knee of the one in front of him! Mechonis and Bionis are the lifeless bodies of two giants, on which new forms of life have arisen. Clairvoyant Shulk is not a human; technically, he is part of a species called Homs. He and his group reach the Plains of Gaur on their journey to Bionis’ head.

Midgar – advanced guide to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arenas and scenarios

Raise your hand if you don’t know Midgar! The metropolis of Final Fantasy VII in Smash it boasts a layout identical to that of Le Ruine, with the difference of the invocation Matter. Collecting it can change the scenario based on who appears. Ifrit pushes the arena to the side with a blaze, Odin cuts the arena in two with a slash (dealing massive damage to those in the center), Ramuh electrifies the scenery, Leviathan floods the sides of the arena and finally Bahamut ZERO devastates a third of the level with its Teraflar.

• Origin: Final Fantasy VII
• Stage representative of: Cloud, Sephiroth
• History: The story of Final Fantasy VII opens with Cloud’s assault on the reactors of the Shinra electric company on behalf of the “ecoterrorist” cell AVALANCHE. We don’t want to proceed further with the spoilers, but suffice it to say that the attention to detail by the team of Masahiro Sakurai is so obsessive that they have included the destroyed reactor in the panoramic view in the background. In short, the former PlayStation exclusive remains in excellent hands!

Sixth deepening in the appendix: Supercorazza

We have included this explanation following a few here pro quos that occurred while playing with friends. Investing a little time in a game only occasionally can lead you to think that “in this title, things happen by chance” when the skill levels of the players are not equal. However, the bitter concept of Supercorace it is a reality that every fighting game fan must come to terms with. Some characters and / or attacks can completely overwhelm an attack immediately without interruption, taking the blow but inflicting their own at the same time. As you can see above, Pichu’s thunder can start, but without preventing Donkey Kong from burying him with a skull thanks to the latter’s super armor. Experiment to believe!

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