Prism Tower

The tower in Lumiose City from Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. The platforms that the fighters battle on float around the tower itself. Prism Tower (, Prism Tower) is a stage in and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It originates from the universe and is set in  of the  region.

Stage overview
The stage begins on the streets in front of the tower's base in broad daylight. A few seconds into the battle, moving platforms will appear and must be jumped onto to begin the ascent to the top. Near the top, the sun begins to set, and it turns nighttime once at the top, where the players can continue to fight. Eventually, the platform flies away from the tower, then down back to the front of the tower's base as daylight returns. The stage always plays out in a set order for the same amount of time.

Like Saffron City, Pokémon Stadium 2, and Spear Pillar, there are Pokémon that appear in the background. can be seen on the ground, while, Zapdos, , and can be seen while the platform flies around the tower (save for Yveltal, all the appearing Pokémon are Electric-type, matching the theme of the Lumiose City Gym). The base of the tower features two televisions that cycle between advertisements. These include advertisements for, s, , the , s, and something featuring Kalos Champion , a Lucario, and another indistinguishable character.

Ω forms and Battlefield form
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, the Ω form is set on a metallic platform far above the ground, with the city seen in the background.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Ω form and Battlefield form are similar to SSB4's Ω form; however, the main platform is redesigned, and it is resized and reshaped to match and, respectively. The three soft platforms of the Battlefield form resemble the ones in the normal form. Unlike in SSB4, where the stage always takes place at night, Ultimate's variants feature a day-night cycle.

Tournament legality
In, Prism Tower was a counterpick stage. However, despite not having intrusive hazards, it still has many features considered unusual for legal stages in SSB4, such as being a touring stage with an initial walkoff section and another section with multiple platforms with grabbable edges. Its status as a legal stage is largely owed to the poor availability of competitively suitable stages in the 3DS version, and due to its unpopularity in competitive settings, Prism Tower is hardly ever seen in competitive play.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Prism Tower is universally banned, thanks to the larger availability of more conventional competitive stages.

Update history
 3.1.0
 * Prism Tower's on-screen appearances and revival platforms locations have been changed.

Origin
In , Lumiose City is at the center of the Kalos region and is the largest city in the Pokémon world. The Prism Tower, in Centrico Plaza, also serves as the, where the player battles —an Electric-type specialist—for the after solving a series of questions involving Pokémon. The design of the Prism Tower is based on the (Lumiose City itself is based on ).

In terms of design, the tower in Smash has a composite between its game version (with the more arched entrance, the yellow gym leader symbol, and more outside flora) and its anime version (with more tinted windows and glass doors).

With the exception of the legendary Pokémon Zapdos and Yveltal, the Pokémon that appear in the background seem to reference Clemont's team in his Gym Battle; Emolga, and  (the latter two being evolved forms of Helioptile and Magnemite).

Trophy
The Prism Tower trophy is exclusive to.

Trivia

 * In Ultimate, the following Assist Trophies can only appear on the Battlefield and Omega forms of this stage: Nightmare, Andross, Color TV-Game 15, Devil, Dr. Kawashima and the Ghosts. The Moon cannot be summoned on this stage at all.
 * Additionally, the following Poké Ball Pokémon can only be summoned on the stage's Battlefield and Omega forms: Lugia, Palkia, Victini and Lunala.