Duel Zone
| Special Stage Duel Zone | |
|---|---|
 
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| Universe | Super Smash Bros. |
| Appears in | SSB |
| Availability | 1P Game |
Duel Zone (デュエルゾーン, Duel Zone),[1] unofficially known as Battlefield or the Fighting Polygon Stage, is a stage in Super Smash Bros., home to the Fighting Polygon Team in the 1P Game.
Stage overview[edit]
Like its successors, it features a large main platform with three overhanging soft platforms. It's overall smaller than the Melee and Brawl versions, and also lacks Melee's infamous ledges on its main platform. It also has a higher ceiling than its Melee counterpart. The only way to use the stage for a multiplayer match is through hacking.
Nomenclature[edit]
This stage is officially unnamed in-game, as it cannot be selected for use in VS battles, and its name is not displayed during the 1P Game. Its name was given on the game's Japanese website, where it is called デュエルゾーン, a transliteration of the English "Duel Zone".[1] The same name is used for its music on the game's soundtrack release, and in all releases of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate; the latter being the first official English source to use the name.
After the release of Super Smash Bros. Melee, which introduced the selectable Battlefield (戦場, Battlefield) stage sharing its layout and gameplay role, the name "Battlefield" would widely be applied retroactively to this stage for consistency. The name remains in common use colloquially, even after knowledge of the Duel Zone name became more widespread.
Per its different name, Duel Zone appears to be internally regarded as a predecessor to Battlefield rather than an incarnation of it. The "Battlefield" name was not retroactively applied to its music in Ultimate, and event tournaments further distinguish them: Hailing from the '90s features Final Destination, but not Battlefield, whereas The Year Is 200X does.
Tournament legality[edit]
The stage is generally banned in competitive play: besides the fact that it needs a hacking device to be accessed, there is also a glitch where characters are automatically KO'd if they Smash DI into the stage. However, some tournaments that use specialized rulesets (such as GENESIS 5 and GENESIS 6) allow the stage as a legal counterpick stage for doubles, provided that the glitch has been fixed.
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