Magicant

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Magicant
File:MagicantSSB3DSTemporary.png File:EarthboundSymbol.png
Universe	EarthBound
Appears in	SSB4 (3DS)
Availability	Unlockable
Tracks available	Smiles & Tears Magicant / Eight Melodies
Article on WikiBound	Magicant

Magicant (Japanese: マジカント Magicant) is a stage in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.

Origin

Magicant as it appears in Mother

Magicant is an area in Mother, in which Queen Mary resides, for whom Ninten collects the Eight Melodies, and exists only in her mind. A similar location of the same name would also appear in EarthBound as a land in Ness' mind, accessed by collecting the Eight Melodies, in which he rids all evil within him. This stage is based off Magicant in Mother, but contains elements from EarthBound as well. The design of the houses seen towards the back of the platforms are based off the houses of Magicant in Mother; however, the house on the right platform is based off the Flying Men's house from Magicant in EarthBound.

Some of the residents of Magicant, in both Mother and EarthBound, are the five Flying Men. Flying Men are bipedal bird creatures with human qualities that Ninten and Ness can recruit with them to help fight against enemies in Magicant. When a Flying Man is killed in battle, a tombstone cross will appear next to their home, and another will appear for every Flying Man killed until all five are dead. In this stage, Flying Men can appear from their house on the right side of the stage and help fight the enemy player(s). The design of the Flying Men themselves is directly based off their 2D sprite in EarthBound. When a Flying Man dies, a tombstone cross appears by the house.

In EarthBound, there are certain paths that are blocked throughout the game by iron pencil statues. The only way to get rid of the iron pencils is by using the Pencil Eraser item invented by Apple Kid. In the Japanese version of EarthBound, rather than iron pencils, the statues are iron octopuses, and rather the item to make them disappear being called the "Pencil Eraser", it is called the "Octopus Eraser Machine". In this stage, large octopus statues have a chance of appearing on the platforms of the stage. The statue eventually disappears on its own.

Mobile Sprouts are enemies in EarthBound that are bipedal sprouts that can walk. In this stage, they have a chance of appearing and serve as moving platforms.

Also in EarthBound, Dr. Andonuts, Jeff's father, created the Sky Runner for air transportation. When enemies trap Ness and Paula under Threed's graveyard, Paula telepathically calls Jeff for help. Jeff then goes to his father's lab and uses the Sky Runner to fly across the world to Threed to save Ness and Paula. In this stage, the Sky Runner occasionally appears from above, and its design was retained from EarthBound, albeit in 3D.

Dungeon Man, a companion that originally helped Jeff on his adventure through Winters, before designing himself into a human-dungeon hybrid and meeting up with the rest of the kids later on, appears as a platform that occasionally scrolls by on the lower end of the stage.

Layout

There are several platforms located around the stage, with a relatively larger one in the middle and two elevated platforms above it. Under the main platform is a tree which can also be stood on. There is also a small platform under the main platform. Occasionally mobile sprouts will appear on the main platform and will act as moving platforms

Occasionally Flying Man can appear on the right side of the stage and if a player walks by him, Flying Man will fight for the player like an assist trophy. It can also be attacked by opponent characters until it is defeated by being knocked off the stage.

Occasionally in the background of this stage, a "rip" in sky opens and shows points in Ninten's and Ness's adventures in their respective games. As of now, the confirmed reported appearances are:

• Ninten outside his house with his dog, Mick.
• Ninten on the roof of Twinkle Elementary School meeting Lloyd.
• Ness and Paula traveling in Threed with citizens and enemy zombies in the area.
• Ness, Paula, Jeff and Poo at the Lumine Hall sanctuary.
• Ness, Paula, Jeff and Poo walking near the Phase Distorter 3 in Saturn Valley before their departure to fight Giygas.

Trivia

• Magicant is the first EarthBound stage to be based on a location from Mother.

Gallery

• MobileSproutSSB3DS.gif

  A Mobile Sprout walking in the stage.

• MagicantOmegaTemporary.png

  Ω Mode

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  Flying Men as they appear in EarthBound.