Mushroom Kingdom (SSBM)

This article refers to the Super Smash Bros. Melee stage. For other uses, see Mushroom Kingdom (disambiguation).

Kingdom
Mushroom Kingdom File:MarioSymbol(preBrawl).png
Universe	Mario
Appears in	SSBM
Availability	Starter
Tournament legality Melee Singles: Banned Doubles: Banned

Mushroom Kingdom (Japanese: キノコ王国) is a starter stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee. It is Mario and Luigi's home stage. In All-Star mode, this stage is played on when Luigi and any of his teammates are faced.

Origin

This stage is comprised of a variety of elements from Super Mario Bros., some of which can be seen here in World 1-1.

This stage is from Super Mario Bros. on the NES (Famicom in Japan). In Super Mario Bros., one has to hit a question mark box from the bottom to get an item. In Melee, one can hit any side of the question mark box to get an item. Also in Super Mario Bros., if the player has either a Super Mushroom or a Fire Flower, the player can jump under a brick box and destroy it. In Melee, a brick box can be destroyed on any side and the player doesn't have to have a Super Mushroom or a Fire Flower to destroy it. In Super Mario Bros., one can jump on one platform, make it go down and, make another platform go up. In Melee, this is still true. There are many references to Super Mario Bros. in the background of the Melee stage. [1]

There are two songs used in this stage. One of the songs is the original above ground music in Super Mario Bros. Also, in Super Mario Bros. the song speeds up when the timer gets low. In Melee when the timer gets to about 20 seconds the song speeds up. The other song used in this stage is the song Fever, which can be used when playing the puzzles in Dr. Mario. [2]

Description

The stage is split up into three sections: two small platforms on the left and right, and one main one in the middle. Between the outer ones are two pits. Over the right and left platforms, there are three blocks while the middle platform has two rows of blocks above it. All the boxes are bricks, except those with flashing "?" marks. This blocks can be broken, and breaking the "?" blocks will produce an item. Once in a while all the boxes will reappear as "?" boxes. There are also two floating platforms, each above a pit. If you stay on one too long, it will break off and fall into the pit but will reappear seconds later. The speed of the falling platform depends on characters weight. The lighter the characters is, the slower the floating platform will fall. Noticeably, but often unspoken of by Smash Bros. players, the Melee version doesn't use warp pipes like the original. However, by pausing and turning the camera, warp pipes that exit in the pits like in the original are visible but are behind the playable area of the stage and cannot be entered. If one pauses and turns the camera all the way to the right or left, a black wall with a word that says DANGER can be seen, which is appropriate as those areas are past the side blast lines.

Tournament legality

Due to it frequently having caves of life due to the bricks on the stage, as well as walk-off blast-lines and an irregular design, Mushroom Kingdom is banned in tournaments.

Trivia

• In the beta version of the game, the arena had a slightly different look, similar to the SSB version. Most notably was the presence of Warp Pipes near the corners of either side that could presumably be accessed.
• When tiny, Jigglypuff, Fox, Kirby, Mr. Game & Watch, and Pichu can stand on the floating platform indefinitely, without it falling.