Editing Duck Hunt (stage)

{{disambig2|the stage in ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' |Duck Hunt in other contexts|Duck Hunt (disambiguation)}}

|subtitle = ''[[wikipedia:Duck Hunt|Duck Hunt]]''

|image = {{tabber|title1=Ultimate|content1=[[File:SSBU-Duck Hunt.png|300px]]|title2=Wii U|content2=[[File:SSB4UDuckHuntStage.jpg|300px]]|title3=3DS|content3=[[File:Duck Hunt Smash 3DS.jpg|300px]]}}

|caption = [[File:DuckHuntSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br>Duck Hunt across the ''Smash'' series.

|availability = [[Unlockable stage|Unlockable]] (Wii U)<br>[[Downloadable content|Downloadable]] (Free) (3DS)<br>[[Starter stage|Starter]] (''Ultimate'')

In ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' and ''Ultimate'', [[Duck Hunt]] is fought here in their unlocking battle.  In {{for3ds}}, their unlocking battle is fought on {{SSB4|Battlefield}} because the game was not updated to change the unlock battle even after this stage was added.

During the match, one or two ducks appear at a time. They plunge into the grass when hit by an attack, increasing the score and occasionally dropping items. The 8-bit dog then appears to collect the fallen ducks or laugh if no ducks were hit, concurrently acting as a temporary platform. If players knock down the minimum number of ducks to move on to the next round after ten ducks appear, then the next round begins. Green ducks give 500 points, blue ducks give 1,000, and red ducks give 1,500. If all ten ducks are knocked down, a "Perfect" sign is displayed in the center of the stage just as in the original ''Duck Hunt'', adding 10,000 points to the total. If the minimum quota is not met, it will restart from the first round. There are 10 rounds in total, with a maximum potential score of 158,000, before the score resets to zero and it resets to the first round. In 8-Player Smash, Duck Hunt's unlocking battle in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'', All-Star Mode in ''SSB4'', or when hazards are turned off, no ducks nor dog appear at all. Scoring points and advancing through rounds has no effect on gameplay whatsoever.

Prior to 2017, this stage was legal in most tournaments, however, the 2017 recommended ruleset has made this stage banned in tournaments. Reasons behind this ban included the singular tree which promoted [[camping]] against characters with poor vertical movement (most notoriously {{SSB4|Little Mac}}), the low distance relative to the stage and the bottom/side blast lines, infamously the Duck Hunt dog itself who would occasionally interrupt gameplay (or even save a player from a punish) and the fact that the ducks, which would increase the score on the bottom of the screen when hit, may have been distracting for some players, as the game encouraged them to hit the ducks instead of focusing on the opponent.  

*[[Star KO]]s and [[Screen KO]]s occur in the 3DS version, but not in the Wii U version. This is also the case for Star KOs with the 3DS version of [[Super Mario Maker]].