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'''Fourside''' ({{ja|フォーサイド|Fōsaido}}, ''Fourside'') is a stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. In ''Melee'', it is an [[unlockable stage]], while in ''Ultimate'', it (along with all other non-DLC stages) appears as a [[starter stage]]. It is one of {{SSBM|Ness}}'s home stages, but {{SSBM|Pichu}} and its teammates are faced here in [[All-Star Mode]].

The stage is set on the rooftops of three buildings of the city of Fourside at nighttime, with several more skyscrapers in the far background. Between the buildings there are pits narrow enough to be scalable by [[wall jumping]].

The building on the left has a slanted, triangular roof. A crane in its background keeps a floating [[soft platform]] suspended over it. Occasionally, the crane activates and moves the platform: it starts almost completely over the roof, then it moves to the left until it is fully over the pit, then slighly upwards, then to the right over the building, then down to its starting position.

The skyscraper in the middle, the Monotoli Building, is the largest of the three. A tall spire rises on the left part of its roof: its top is flat, and at about half its height jut out two small ledges. The right part of the roof is a wide flat surface with a helipad in the background: occasionally, a yellow helicopter flies to and from it, with no effect on the fight.

The building on the right is the shortest one, and its roof is a simple flat surface.

Occasionally, a UFO floats downwards with an eerie noise and remains suspended over either the left or the right part of the stage, serving as a temporary [[semisoft platform]] which bobs slightly. Its [[slippery]] surface is slightly slanted with a bulge in the middle. Its middle section is directly aligned either with the right pit or the middle of the roof of the left building, depending on its position. [[Wavedashing]] on the UFO can provide a major distance boost.

This stage is based on the city of {{s|wikibound|Fourside}} from ''{{b|EarthBound|game}}'', which is the largest town in {{s|wikibound|Eagleland}} and the fourth town that [[Ness]] visits as the name suggests being preceded by ([[Onett]], {{s|wikibound|Twoson}} and {{s|wikibound|Threed}}) It is visually inspired by {{s|wikipedia|New York City}}, and includes attractions such as a theatre, a dinosaur museum, a café, and an expansive department store.

It also has a dark and bizarre parallel version, {{s|wikibound|Moonside}}, created by the power of the evil {{s|wikibound|Mani-Mani Statue}}. Moonside is primarily made up of neon lights and features inhabitants who behave and speak erratically. Once the Statue is defeated by Ness and [[Jeff]], Moonside disappears. While Fourside is set during the day in ''EarthBound'', it appears at night in ''Smash'', causing it to more closely resemble Moonside's darker color palette; however, it lacks the shining neon lights that make up the majority of color in Moonside.

The {{s|wikibound|Monotoli Building}} is one of the tallest buildings in the city, with a private helipad on its roof. It is the workplace of Fourside's mayor, {{s|wikibound|Geldegarde Monotoli}}, who—under the influence of the Mani-Mani Statue—keeps [[Paula]] prisoner. After Paula is freed, he offers to lend his helicopter to Ness and his friends to help them reach their next location; however, [[Porky Minch]] steals the helicopter and flies away. In ''Melee'', the helicopter has a more realistic appearance, while in ''Ultimate'', it closely resembles its appearance in ''EarthBound''. The helicopter will eventually come back to repeat the cycle, unlike ''EarthBound'' where Pokey didn't come back after flying away. In both games, the design of the Monotoli Building is different than how it appeared in ''EarthBound'', though it retains the vertical "MONOTOLI" sign on its front.

 

 

The UFO's appearance is based on the ones which appear in the opening sequence of ''EarthBound'', which shows a still image depicting three large flying saucers attacking a small town. The sound which signals the UFO's entrance in ''Smash'' originally played during this opening sequence. Large flying saucers make no further appearances in the game; however, [[wikibound:Li'l UFO|smaller UFOs]] appear as enemies in both ''EarthBound Beginnings'' and ''EarthBound''.

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Fourside is often [[Tournament legal (SSBM)|banned]] due to the various ways in which players can camp and stall due to the large size and unusual geometry of the stage. The lack of large, flat platforms also hampers fighting between players, particularly in doubles. In addition, the UFO provides a platform that is too close to the upper [[blast line]], thus potentially causing early vertical KOs. The presence of pits between buildings gives relevant advantages to some characters, such as {{SSBM|Peach}} (who can stall indefinitely by using [[Peach Bomber]] repeatedly against the walls), while greatly crippling characters with primarily horizontal recoveries, such as {{SSBM|Donkey Kong}}, who are even more susceptible than usual to early KOs from [[meteor smash]]es and [[spike]]s. The narrow pits also give an advantage to characters capable of [[Wall jump|wall jumping]] such as {{SSBM|Mario}} and {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}} and makes recovery very difficult for {{SSBM|Ness}} should he fall between them due to the wide angle needed for [[PK Thunder]] to be used correctly, making directional [[air dodging]] his only form of recovering.

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*Despite its [[unlockable stage|unlockable]] status, this stage can be seen multiple times in ''Melee'' prior to its unlocking: it appears in some characters' {{SSBM|Classic Mode}} endings (such as {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}}) as well as in the [[Gargantuans]] [[event]]. Additionally, the stage shows up in Captain Falcon's vignette in the [[Special Movie]].

**Excluding the Gargantuans event, when Fourside appears in these cutscenes the moon is not completely full, unlike how it appears during gameplay.

*In ''Melee'', [[AI|computer players]] on Fourside tend to [[air dodge]] to recover instead of using their up special moves, sometimes even self-destructing.

*Due to its slipperiness mechanic, in ''Melee'', repeatedly [[wavedashing]] on the UFO can cause a huge momentum boost, benefiting characters like {{SSBM|Peach}} and {{SSBM|Zelda}}, who both lack a long wavedash.

*In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', on the right building there is a clothesline with an orange Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses hanging on it, which resemble the shirt and sunglasses worn by {{s|wikibound|Everdred}} in ''EarthBound''. On the same building, a small water tower greatly resembles a house from {{s|wikibound|Saturn Valley}}, home of the [[Mr. Saturn]] species.

*Fourside briefly appeared in the E3 2018 Direct, and in the background was a [[:File:Unused Fourside Grand Department Store.jpg|skyscraper with the text "Department" going down its facade]]; in reference to the {{s|wikibound|Grand Department Store}} in ''EarthBound''. In the final release, the skyscraper is still present; however, the text is absent.

*[[Nikki]] cannot be summoned from an [[Assist Trophy]] in this stage, due to the dark background obscuring her drawings. [[Kapp'n]] and [[Rathalos]] can only be summoned on the Battlefield and Omega forms of this stage. Additionally, [[Keldeo]] can only be summoned on the stage's Battlefield and Omega forms.