Smashville
| Smashville | |
|---|---|
 File:Animal Crossing Icon.gif | |
| Universe | Animal Crossing |
| Appears in | SSBB |
| Availability | Starter |
Smashville is a stage for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, based off of the Animal Crossing franchise. Players battle on a platform with a moving horizontal jump-through platform suspended above an Animal Crossing town while spectators watch on. The stage's scenery changes from night to day depending on the Wii's internal clock. If the stage is selected during the day, if either Blathers or Celeste (both owls) are present in the background, they will be asleep and not pay attention to the match. It also appears that some of the residents watching the match may react to the fighters, such as the the person they are smiling at loses a life, they will occasionally stare maliciously at the player who caused the death. The most notable of these villagers though, is certainly Dr Shrunk.
Incidentally, it is impossible to name a town "Smashville" in Animal Crossing or Animal Crossing: Wild World - the maximum amount of characters allowed is eight, but "Smashville" is ten letters long.
The stage goes along with Wii built-in clock. At night, it gets darker save for a few lights. Also, on Saturdays 8.00 PM-12.00 AM, K.K. Slider will perform one of six different songs.
Though there is an Animal Crossing stage, there is no Animal Crossing playable character.
Also, small, red balloons sometimes float overhead, usually holding food, however, the balloons can be popped with one hit. This is a reference to how sometimes in Animal Crossing, balloons carrying mysterious presents would come floating by.
Songs in My Music
- Title (Animal Crossing)
- Go K.K. Rider!
- 2:00 a.m.
- Town Hall and Tom Nook's Store
- The Roost
Song in bold must be unlocked
In addition to these songs from the stages My Music, the following songs play on the stage only during Saturday night's concert from K.K. Slider:
- K.K. Cruisin'
- K.K. Condor
- K.K. Western
- K.K. Gumbo
- Rockin' K.K.
- DJ K.K.
Background Characters
The following characters appear in the background of Smashville:
- Blathers
- Booker
- Brewster
- Celeste
- Copper
- Cornimer
- Crazy Redd
- Dr. Shrunk
- Gracie
- Gulliver (in the crowd and flying in his UFO)
- Harriet
- Human Boy
- Human Girl
- Kapp'n (in the crowd and driving his taxi to the town hall)
- Katie & Kaitlin
- Lyle
- K.K. Slider (on Saturdays at 8 PM)
- Mabel
- Pascal
- Pelly
- Pete (Flying in the background)
- Phyllis
- Rover
- Sable
- Saharah
- Sow Joan
- Timmy
- Tommy
- Tom Nook
- Tortimer
- Wendell
Origins
In each Animal Crossing game (minus City Folk) the entire game takes place in one town. The town can be seen in the background. Balloons holding presents can be seen in the sky on occasions, and can be shot down with a slingshot. All of the background characters are either player characters or important characters. Pete and Gulliver are always seen in the sky, just like in the game, where they can be shot down with a slingshot. K.K. Slider appears on Saturdays at 8:00 PM to 12:00 A.M. (midnight) at The Roost (a café in the basement floor of the museum), just like in the stage. Each emotion of the characters are also emotions that are used in Animal Crossing, complete with the exact same expression.
Animal Crossing version controversy
The debate over which version of Animal Crossing Smashville is based on is a source of controversy within both the Smash community and the Animal Crossing community.
There are some features of the stage which contradict the Stage Select screen, where it states it is based on Animal Crossing: Wild World (AC:WW):
- The characters in the background have been rendered since their appearances in AC:WW.
- The name "Smashville" is too long for it to be the name of a town. "Smashville" has ten characters, while AC:WW only allows for eight, but AC:CF also has the 8 character limit.
- In AC:WW, the Able Sisters shop was always next to Nook's store. This is not the case in Smashville or AC:CF.
This has lead some to believe the stage is based on the Wii sequel, Animal Crossing: City Folk (AC:CF). However there are also observations to suggest it is not based on AC:CF:
- Brawl came out before City Folk.
- In AC:CF, bridges are arched. Smashville's bridges are clearly flat.
- AC:CF towns have 'cliffs'. The background in Smashville shows a flat terrain. (This has been proven wrong. Pause the game and look to the left and right. Cliffs are there.)
- Some background characters on Smashville appear in AC:CF's new City feature (Gracie has her own store, GracieGrace for example), hinting they will not come to town as a visitor in AC:CF.
Therefore, there is no conclusive proof that the stage is based on either AC:WW or AC:CF, only speculation, leading some to conclude that Smashville is simply a generic Animal Crossing stage only.
Trivia
- If the player watches Kapp'n's taxi,after stopping at the town hall it mysteriously drives into a tree. It stays there for a few seconds before restarting the cycle.
- King Dedede can infinite chain grab every character in the game (including Jigglypuff) on the moving platform if he is facing the direction the platform is moving.
Gallery
Evening.
Night.
The Roost Cafe.
K.K. Slider giving a concert.
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