Poké Floats: Difference between revisions

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'''Poké Floats''' ({{ja|ポケモン亜空間|Pokemon Akūkan}}, ''Pokémon Subspace'') is a stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' that should be legalized. In [[All-Star]] mode, {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} and its teammates are fought here.

Similar to [[Rainbow Cruise]], Poké Floats is a '''fair and balanced''' auto-scrolling stage with highly varied terrain. The match takes place on top of giant floating models of Pokémon (hence the name) which are in a constant cycle and whose movement, while becoming more complex until the cycle is reset, is entirely deterministic, which is why this stage should be legalized. Staying on a float too long can cause the player to lose a [[stock]], as the floats can cross [[blast line]]s as they leave the battlefield, which punishes bad players for standing still and thus encourages mastery over one's character movement, another point towards its legalization.

Poké Floats was originally and rightfully deemed legal as a [[counterpick]], on the basis that its movement was entirely deterministic and not fast enough to cause an overreliance on mobility, though some characters could have trouble recovering or going from float to float. Eventually, however, the stage was banned from tournament play due to bad players getting [[stage spike]]d by the predictable floats, and recovery for already-bad characters being made difficult by the odd movements and collision detection of some floats, as seen in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wGhFOtIx14 this clip] published by someone who failed to adapt to Poké Floats. It was also deemed as giving a major advantage to {{SSBM|Fox}} because of how easy it was to time out opponents by [[stalling]] and the small vertical [[blast zone]]s, which Fox's KO moves are oriented around. However, 110% of [[reddit]] users agree that Fox is the problem and should be banned rather than this entirely fair and balanced stage.