Crush

Samus is crushed in The Research Facility (Part II).

Crushing is an uncommon method of being KOed, appearing only in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Being crushed involves the player's character being stuck between two solid platforms that move into each other; if players are unable to move out of the way from the common collision point of the two platforms, then they will be crushed when the two platforms meet. This results in an instant KO without passing the blast line.

Stages that feature crushing

Almost all methods of being crushed occur in various stages of Brawl's Subspace Emissary.

Outside of the Subspace Emissary, the only way to get crushed is on the Pirate Ship versus stage, at the moment right before the ship crashes onto a rocky island. If players jump off the ship onto the rightmost edge of the island before the ship crashes into it, they can be crushed by the collision between the island and the ship. This is somewhat difficult to pull off, as touching the hull of the ship before the collision will result in getting meteor smashed instead. In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Pirate Ship returns as a DLC stage, but instead of being crushed, the player will be spiked and will ricochet off the rock and be KO'd across the upper blast line.

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  Close-up of Samus being crushed