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Flat Zone is Mr. Game & Watch's home stage.

A home stage is a stage or set of stages associated with a character by certain game modes.

Overview

Characters' home stages are normally from the same universe as the character. However, in all the Super Smash Bros. games there are playable characters who do not have a stage belonging to their universe; such characters are instead assigned a home stage from another universe.

Super Smash Bros.

In Super Smash Bros., a character's home stage is the stage on which they are fought in 1P Game.

Each of the eight starter characters has their own home stage, while the four unlockable characters share stages with starter characters.

All starter characters, and the two unlockable characters that share a universe with a starter character (Luigi and Jigglypuff), have home stages from their own universes; the other two unlockable characters (Captain Falcon and Ness) have home stages (Planet Zebes and Dream Land) from different universes, due to there being no stages from their own universes (F-Zero and EarthBound, respectively).

Mushroom Kingdom, an unlockable stage from the Mario universe, is not the home stage of any character.

Character Home stage
Mario
Luigi
Peach's Castle
Yoshi Yoshi's Island
Donkey Kong Kongo Jungle
Link Hyrule Castle
Samus
Captain Falcon
Planet Zebes
Kirby
Ness
Dream Land
Fox Sector Z
Pikachu
Jigglypuff
Saffron City

Super Smash Bros. Melee

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, characters have different home stages in different game modes. All characters have a home stage for All-Star Mode, most have one or two home stages for Classic Mode, and unlockable characters have a stage for their unlock challenge fight. Additionally, all characters have a home stage the All-Star Match series of event matches.

All universes with playable characters have at least one Melee-introduced stage (i.e. non-past stage), except Fire Emblem. However, even for characters that have a stage from the same universe, in some game modes they will use a stage from a different universe as their home stage.

  • In All Star, every stage serves as the home stage for at least one character, except Big Blue and past stages. This results in several characters (Bowser, Ganondorf, Young Link, Pichu, and Mewtwo), in addition to the Fire Emblem characters, having their All-Star home stage be from a different universe.
  • In Classic Mode, in addition to the Fire Emblem characters, Bowser and Mewtwo each have a stage from a different universe as one of their home stages.
  • In character unlock challenges, in addition to the Fire Emblem characters, Falco, Ganondorf, and Mewtwo have a stage from a different universe (Super Smash Bros.) as their home stage.
Character Classic Mode Home stage All-Star Mode Home stage Challenge Home stage All-Star Match Home stage
Mario Princess Peach's Castle
Rainbow Cruise
Rainbow Cruise Yoshi's Island
Luigi Mushroom Kingdom
Mushroom Kingdom II
Mushroom Kingdom Mushroom Kingdom II Mushroom Kingdom II
Peach Princess Peach's Castle
Mushroom Kingdom II
Princess Peach's Castle Princess Peach's Castle
Bowser Princess Peach's Castle
Battlefield
Yoshi's Island Rainbow Cruise
Dr. Mario Mushroom Kingdom Mushroom Kingdom II Princess Peach's Castle Mushroom Kingdom
Yoshi Yoshi's Story
Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Story Yoshi's Story
Donkey Kong Kongo Jungle
Jungle Japes
Kongo Jungle Jungle Japes
Link Great Bay
Temple
Great Bay Great Bay
Zelda/Sheik Temple Temple Temple
Ganondorf Brinstar Depths Final Destination Final Destination
Young Link Great Bay
Temple
Jungle Japes Great Bay Great Bay
Samus Brinstar
Brinstar Depths
Brinstar Brinstar
Kirby Fountain of Dreams
Green Greens
Green Greens Fountain of Dreams
Fox Corneria
Venom
Corneria Corneria
Falco Corneria
Venom
Venom Battlefield Venom
Pikachu Pokémon Stadium Pokémon Stadium Pokémon Stadium
Jigglypuff Pokémon Stadium Poké Floats Pokémon Stadium Poké Floats
Mewtwo Pokémon Stadium
Final Destination
Battlefield Final Destination Final Destination
Pichu Pokémon Stadium Fourside Pokémon Stadium Pokémon Stadium
Captain Falcon Mute City
Big Blue
Mute City Mute City
Ness Onett
Fourside
Onett Onett
Ice Climbers Icicle Mountain Icicle Mountain Icicle Mountain
Marth Great Bay Fountain of Dreams Fountain of Dreams Temple
Roy Final Destination Temple Temple
Mr. Game & Watch Flat Zone Flat Zone Flat Zone

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, home stages are used in Classic Mode and All-Star Mode. Each character can have multiple home stages.

All characters use all of the Brawl stages (i.e. non-Melee Stages) from their own universe as their home stages, with the exception of R.O.B. There are no stages from R.O.B.'s universe, so instead R.O.B. uses Mario Bros. as his home stage (while Mario universe characters do not use it as their home stage).

Character(s) Home stage(s)
Mario
Luigi
Peach
Bowser
Mushroomy Kingdom
Delfino Plaza
Luigi's Mansion
Mario Circuit
Yoshi Yoshi's Island
Wario WarioWare, Inc.
Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
Rumble Falls
75m
Link
Zelda/Sheik
Ganondorf
Toon Link
Bridge of Eldin
Pirate Ship
Samus/Zero Suit Samus Norfair
Frigate Orpheon
Kirby
Meta Knight
King Dedede
Halberd
Fox
Falco
Wolf
Lylat Cruise
Pikachu
Jigglypuff
Pokémon Trainer (Squirtle/Ivysaur/Charizard)
Lucario
Pokémon Stadium 2
Spear Pillar
Captain Falcon Port Town Aero Dive
Ness
Lucas
New Pork City
Ice Climbers Summit
Marth
Ike
Castle Siege
Mr. Game & Watch Flat Zone 2
Pit Skyworld
Olimar Distant Planet
R.O.B. Mario Bros.
Delfino Plaza[note 1]
Snake Shadow Moses Island
Sonic Green Hill Zone
  1. ^ R.O.B.'s home stage is Delfino Plaza in Classic Mode and All-Star Mode when Mario Bros. is not unlocked.

Super Smash Bros. 4

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, home stages are used in Classic Mode. Each character can have multiple home stages.

Unlike in previous games, Past Stages also serve as home stages. All characters' home stages are all of the stages from their own universe, unless there are no stages from their own universe. Characters from universes without stages have all of the stages whose universes lack characters as their home stages. The Mii Fighters' home stage is considered to be Battlefield, as they are part of the Super Smash Bros. universe and are only fought in Classic Mode as enemy teams.

Character(s) Home stage(s)
Mario
Luigi
Peach
Bowser
Dr. Mario
Rosalina & Luma
Bowser Jr.
3D Land
Golden Plains
Rainbow Road
Paper Mario
Mushroomy Kingdom
Peach's Castle (64) (DLC)
Super Mario Maker (DLC)
Yoshi Yoshi's Island
Wario WarioWare, Inc.
Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
Jungle Japes
Link
Zelda
Sheik
Ganondorf
Toon Link
Gerudo Valley
Spirit Train
Hyrule Castle (64) (DLC)
Samus
Zero Suit Samus
Brinstar
Kirby
Meta Knight
King Dedede
Dream Land
Dream Land (64) (DLC)
Fox
Falco
Corneria
Pikachu
Jigglypuff
Mewtwo (DLC)
Charizard
Lucario
Greninja
Unova Pokémon League
Prism Tower
Captain Falcon Mute City
Ness
Lucas (DLC)
Magicant
Marth
Roy (DLC)
Ike
Robin
Lucina
Corrin (DLC)
Arena Ferox
Mr. Game & Watch Flat Zone 2
Pit
Palutena
Dark Pit
Reset Bomb Forest
Olimar Distant Planet
Villager Tortimer Island
Little Mac Boxing Ring
Shulk Gaur Plain
Duck Hunt Duck Hunt (DLC)[note 1]
Sonic Green Hill Zone
Mega Man Wily Castle
Pac-Man Pac-Maze
Ryu (DLC) Suzaku Castle (DLC)
Cloud (DLC) Midgar (DLC)
Bayonetta (DLC) Umbra Clock Tower (DLC)
R.O.B.
Wii Fit Trainer
PictoChat 2
Balloon Fight
Living Room
Find Mii
Tomodachi Life
Mii Fighter Battlefield
  1. ^ This stage was added as a free stage in the 1.1.1 update. When playing an older version, the "miscellaneous" stages used by R.O.B. and Wii Fit Trainer are used instead. When trying to unlock Duck Hunt, they will be fought on Battlefield regardless of which version of the game is being played.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, home stages are used in All-Star Mode.

Character(s) Home stage(s)
Mario
Luigi
Peach
Bowser
Dr. Mario
Rosalina & Luma
Bowser Jr.
Mario Galaxy
Mushroom Kingdom U
Mario Circuit
Mario Circuit (Brawl)
Delfino Plaza
Luigi's Mansion
Peach's Castle (64) (DLC)
Super Mario Maker (DLC)
Yoshi Woolly World
Yoshi's Island
Wario Gamer
Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
Jungle Hijinxs
Kongo Jungle (64)
75m
Link
Zelda
Sheik
Ganondorf
Toon Link
Skyloft
Temple
Bridge of Eldin
Hyrule Castle (64) (DLC)
Pirate Ship (DLC)
Samus
Zero Suit Samus
Pyrosphere
Norfair
Kirby
Meta Knight
King Dedede
The Great Cave Offensive
Halberd
Dream Land (64) (DLC)
Fox
Falco
Orbital Gate Assault
Lylat Cruise
Pikachu
Jigglypuff
Mewtwo (DLC)
Charizard
Lucario
Greninja
Kalos Pokémon League
Pokémon Stadium 2
Captain Falcon Port Town Aero Dive
Ness
Lucas (DLC)
Onett
Marth
Roy (DLC)
Ike
Robin
Lucina
Corrin (DLC)
Coliseum
Castle Siege
Mr. Game & Watch Flat Zone X
Pit
Palutena
Dark Pit
Palutena's Temple
Skyworld
Olimar Garden of Hope
R.O.B. Wrecking Crew[note 1]
Villager Town and City
Smashville
Wii Fit Trainer Wii Fit Studio
Little Mac Boxing Ring
Shulk Gaur Plain
Duck Hunt Duck Hunt
Sonic Windy Hill Zone
Mega Man Wily Castle
Pac-Man Pac-Land
Ryu (DLC) Suzaku Castle (DLC)
Cloud (DLC) Midgar (DLC)
Bayonetta (DLC) Umbra Clock Tower (DLC)
Mii Fighter Battlefield
  1. ^ As R.O.B. doesn't have a stage from his own universe, Wrecking Crew is considered to be his home stage as he is fought here in his unlocking battle.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, unlockable characters fight on their home stage during their Challenger Approaching battle.

Additionally, the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site depicts a stage in the background of each fighter's page; for unlockable characters this stage is usually the stage on which their Challenger Approaching battle occurs, whereas for fighter pass characters it is the stage included in their Fighters Pass. R.O.B. has no stage on his page, as his series has no stages.

In World of Light, awakening battles where the characters are fought to be unlocked mostly take place in Ω forms of stages, some differing from the usual Challenger Approaching battle.

While Sephiroth does not have a Challenger Approaching or World of Light awakening battle, the Sephiroth Challenge takes place in the normal form of Northern Cave on Easy and Normal and in its Ω form on Very Hard.

Character Website home stage Challenger Approaching World of Light
Mario New Donk City Hall N/A Final Destination
Donkey Kong Kongo Falls N/A Kongo Jungle Ω
Link Great Plateau Tower N/A Great Plateau Tower Ω
Samus Norfair N/A Brinstar Ω
Dark Samus Brinstar Depths Frigate Orpheon Frigate Orpheon Ω
Yoshi Yoshi's Island N/A Super Happy Tree Ω
Kirby Green Greens N/A N/A
Fox Corneria N/A Corneria Ω
Pikachu Prism Tower N/A Pokémon Stadium Ω
Luigi Luigi's Mansion Luigi's Mansion Luigi's Mansion Ω
Ness Onett Onett Magicant Ω
Captain Falcon Port Town Aero Dive Port Town Aero Dive Port Town Aero Dive Ω
Jigglypuff Pokémon Stadium Saffron City Mushroom Kingdom U Ω
Peach Princess Peach's Castle Princess Peach's Castle Mushroom Kingdom U
Daisy Mario Circuit Figure-8 Circuit
Bowser Mushroomy Kingdom Mushroom Kingdom U N/A
Ice Climbers Summit Summit Summit Ω
Sheik Gerudo Valley Gerudo Valley Final Destination
Zelda Temple Temple Temple Ω
Dr. Mario 3D Land New Donk City Hall Mario Bros. Ω
Pichu Prism Tower Pokémon Stadium 2 Prism Tower Ω
Falco Venom Corneria Lylat Cruise Ω
Marth Coliseum Castle Siege Final Destination
Lucina Arena Ferox Arena Ferox Ω
Young Link Great Bay Great Bay Temple Ω
Ganondorf Bridge of Eldin Bridge of Eldin Bridge of Eldin Ω
Mewtwo Unova Pokémon League Spear Pillar Spear Pillar Ω
Roy Castle Siege Castle Siege Castle Siege Ω
Chrom Coliseum Arena Ferox
Mr. Game & Watch Flat Zone X Flat Zone X Flat Zone X Ω
Meta Knight Halberd Halberd Halberd Ω
Pit Palutena's Temple Skyworld Skyworld Ω
Dark Pit Reset Bomb Forest Reset Bomb Forest Reset Bomb Forest Ω
Zero Suit Samus Frigate Orpheon Brinstar Brinstar Depths Ω
Wario WarioWare Inc. WarioWare Inc. WarioWare, Inc. Ω
Snake Shadow Moses Island Shadow Moses Island Final Destination
Ike Castle Siege Coliseum Coliseum Ω
Pokémon Trainer Pokémon Stadium 2 Pokémon Stadium Battlefield
Diddy Kong Jungle Japes Kongo Falls Kongo Jungle Ω
Lucas New Pork City New Pork City New Pork City Ω
Sonic Green Hill Zone Green Hill Zone Green Hill Zone Ω
King Dedede The Great Cave Offensive Fountain of Dreams Fountain of Dreams Ω
Olimar Distant Planet Distant Planet Distant Planet Ω
Lucario Unova Pokémon League Spear Pillar Spear Pillar Ω
R.O.B. N/A Wrecking Crew Wrecking Crew Ω
Toon Link Spirit Train Pirate Ship Wuhu Island
Wolf Lylat Cruise Lylat Cruise Lylat Cruise Ω
Villager Town and City Smashville Final Destination
Mega Man Wily Castle Wily Castle Wily Castle Ω
Wii Fit Trainer Wii Fit Studio Wii Fit Studio Wii Fit Studio Ω
Rosalina & Luma Mario Galaxy Mario Galaxy Mario Galaxy Ω
Little Mac Boxing Ring Boxing Ring Boxing Ring Ω
Greninja Kalos Pokémon League Kalos Pokémon League Kalos Pokémon League Ω
Mii Brawler Find Mii N/A Final Destination
Mii Swordfighter
Mii Gunner Tortimer Island
Palutena Skyworld Palutena's Temple Palutena's Temple Ω
Pac-Man Pac-Land Pac-Land Pac-Land Ω
Robin Arena Ferox Castle Siege Castle Siege Ω
Shulk Gaur Plain Gaur Plain Gaur Plain Ω
Bowser Jr. Mushroom Kingdom U Delfino Plaza Mushroomy Kingdom Ω
Duck Hunt Duck Hunt Duck Hunt Duck Hunt Ω
Ryu Suzaku Castle Battlefield Suzaku Castle Ω
Ken Boxing Ring Boxing Ring Ω
Cloud Midgar Midgar Midgar Ω
Corrin Arena Ferox Coliseum Castle Siege Ω
Bayonetta Umbra Clock Tower Umbra Clock Tower Umbra Clock Tower Ω
Inkling Moray Towers Moray Towers Moray Towers Ω
Ridley Brinstar Norfair Brinstar Depths Ω
Simon Dracula's Castle Dracula's Castle Dracula's Castle Ω
Richter
King K. Rool Kongo Falls Jungle Japes Pirate Ship
Isabelle Smashville Town and City Town and City Ω
Incineroar Spear Pillar Boxing Ring Spear Pillar Ω
Piranha Plant (DLC) Mushroom Kingdom U N/A N/A
Joker (DLC) Mementos (DLC) N/A N/A
Hero (DLC) Yggdrasil's Altar (DLC) N/A N/A
Banjo & Kazooie (DLC) Spiral Mountain (DLC) N/A N/A
Terry (DLC) King of Fighters Stadium (DLC) N/A N/A
Byleth (DLC) Garreg Mach Monastery (DLC) N/A N/A
Min Min (DLC) Spring Stadium (DLC) N/A N/A
Steve (DLC) Minecraft World (DLC) N/A N/A
Sephiroth (DLC) Northern Cave (DLC) N/A N/A
Pyra/Mythra (DLC) Cloud Sea of Alrest (DLC) N/A N/A

Hypothesis of "home advantage"

There is no clear or consistent benefit to a character fighting on their "home stage." Any advantages that certain characters have over others on stages happen across the entire stage list and are situational; they are not affected by the universes in which the characters originate from (for example, Fox and Pikachu perform well on Temple, even though they do not originate from the Zelda universe). In some cases, it may be to a character's disadvantage to be fighting on their home stage; for example, Ness is unable to use his recovery move when knocked between buildings in Fourside. Additionally, Final Destination, which acts as the home stage for Roy, is disadvantageous for him against nearly every character (except for arguably Fox and Falco) as he is much more vulnerable to combos without any platforms to escape to. In Brawl, the ledges of the Lylat Cruise stage are thinner than most other stages, causing Fox, Falco, and most notably Wolf to curve underneath the stage more frequently when using their respective recovery moves instead of directly grabbing the edge. Additionally, in Skyworld, Pit's Centurions in his Final Smash will crash into the breakable platforms when they aim for opponents, quickly destroying the stage and temporarily removing all ledges; this consequently removes Pit's ability to plank and makes him much easier to gimp.

However, in contrast, some stages do offer advantages to some characters; as mentioned before, any such advantages are non-circumstantial, but these certain stages may have been the origination for the "home advantage" hypothesis. In Melee, Fountain of Dreams serves as Marth's home stage, and is frequently cited as one of his best stages in the entire game, even at high-level tournament play. The stage's small size allows him to control space more efficiently, and the extended bottom blast line allows him more room to recover with Dolphin Slash, which travels purely vertically. In Brawl, on Bridge of Eldin, Zelda and Sheik's Light Arrow, Ganondorf's Beast Ganon, and Toon Link and Link's Triforce Slash are much easier to use, and harder to dodge; the frequent absence of a lower blast-line also acts as a benefit to Link, Ganondorf, and Sheik, who normally have relatively poor recoveries. The low blastline of Shadow Moses Island acts as a benefit to Snake, as most of his attacks (especially his special moves) have mostly upward knockback; his high weight and falling speed make him more resistant to vertical KOs, so he is not as affected. One stage that is deliberately designed with "home advantage" in mind is Minecraft World; it features an even spread of terrain for Steve to mine, whereas other stages may be less advantageous for him due to featuring more limited types of terrain.

On other stages, characters can receive neither a clear advantage nor disadvantage. On Summit, for instance, all the characters slide around, except for the Ice Climbers, who experience no change in their friction when walking on the stage. Like other characters, however, they are still unable to grab onto the ledges in the stage; this trait causes Belay to more frequently cause Nana to be KO'd, thanks to Belay giving Popo more height than Nana when there is no ledge to tether to. Another example is Little Mac on Boxing Ring: the stage gives no access to the bottom blast line, which remedies Mac's poor recovery, but also has plenty of verticality, making it difficult for him to traverse the stage. In Super Smash Bros. 4, the Ω form of Boxing Ring takes this even further in Mac's favor — while being based off of Final Destination means it has a lower blast line, the walls of the actual stage reach all the way down to it, allowing Mac to make full use of his uncharacteristically superb wall jump.