Suzaku Castle

Suzaku Castle
File:Ryu's stage.png
Universe	Street Fighter
Appears in	SSB4
Availability	Downloadable
Maximum players	8
Tracks available	For 3DS: Ryu Stage Type A Ryu Stage (Alternate) For Wii U: Ryu Stage Ken Stage Ryu Stage Type A Ken Stage Type A Ryu Stage Type B Ken Stage Type B

Suzaku Castle (朱雀城, Suzaku Castle) is a stage in Super Smash Bros. 4 based on Ryu's stage from Street Fighter II. The stage takes place on the rooftop of the Japanese castle, and features two long walk-off platforms on the right side of the stage and two smaller platform on the left side. Signposts located on the longest platform will break if a fighter is launched past them. Once all the signs are broken, they will eventually repair.

Ω Form

As the Ω Form of the stage consists of only the main platform centered without the smaller platforms and walk-off areas, it resembles a traditional Street Fighter match. Interestingly, the signposts can be broken even on the Ω version of the stage, making it the only Ω Form stage to have interactable parts (albeit background parts that don't affect the match).

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  Ω form in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

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  Ω form in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Origin

Suzaku Castle is a stage in Street Fighter II. Ryu is the recurring fighter that the player has to face when they reach Japan.

Gallery

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  Suzaku Castle (Japan Stage) as it originally appeared in Super Street Fighter II.

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  Two Ryus on the Ω Form of the stage.

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  Suzaku Castle as it appears in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

Trivia

• On this stage, if the current song playing is Ryu Stage Type A or Ken Stage Type A and the timer reaches 30 seconds in a timed match, or the last opponent has one stock left in a stock match, or when the last opponent's HP is under 100 in stamina match, or during Sudden Death, a sped-up version of the respective song will play. This references Street Fighter II, where the stage music speeds up when a fighter loses half of their health.
• The kanji written on the destructible signs are "風林火山", or "fūrinkazan", a Japanese expression meaning something along the lines of "As fast as the wind, as quiet as a forest, as daring as fire, and as immovable as a mountain", in reference to The Art of War. These same kanji appear on Ryu's obi.
• The Suzaku Castle is the only downloadable stage bundled with a DLC character - in this case, Ryu.
• On the Omega form of this stage, Ryu will walk right though a sign during his on-screen appearance if he is given the left-most or right-most spawn point.