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Revision as of 12:15, June 14, 2015

For the similarly-named stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee, see Princess Peach's Castle.
Peach's Castle
Peach's Castle
File:MarioSymbol(preBrawl).png
Universe Mario
Appears in SSB
SSB4
Availability Starter (SSB)
Downloadable (SSB4)
Tracks available Track 5
Tournament legality
Super Smash Bros. Singles: Counterpick/banned (US ruleset)
Banned (Japanese ruleset)
Doubles: Available
Article on Super Mario Wiki Princess Peach's Castle
A bumper floats above the center of this stage. Watch where you jump, or you'll get bumped sky-high!
—Super Smash Bros's instruction manual

Peach's Castle (ピーチ城上空, Above Peach Castle) from Super Mario 64 is Mario & Luigi's home stage in Super Smash Bros. In 1P Game, the player fights a Mario and Luigi team on this stage.

Even though this stage does not appear in Super Smash Bros. Melee, a portion of the music that plays on it plays during the cutscene where Luigi takes Mario's place in Melee's Adventure Mode.

On 14 June 2015, it was teased in a Nintendo Direct as a returning stage in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

In competitive play

According to the American ruleset, Peach's Castle is usually considered a counterpick. This is because of the inability to grab the edges, meaning that some characters can be gimped or edgeguarded much easier than usual, and the Bumper hazard and angled platforms on the side of the stage that can prevent KO moves that would have otherwise KO'd. However, the Bumper can be used for various unique combos, and can also be used by characters such as Pikachu to escape pressure. The stage is often counterpicked by Jigglypuff and Kirby players, and the lack of edges that can be grabbed serves as a disadvantage to characters such as Link and Captain Falcon. In the Japanese ruleset, the stage is banned as with every other stage except for Dream Land, due to the reasons mentioned above. It is also occasionally banned in doubles tournaments, due to the listed reasons along with the fact that the stage is too small.

Layout

Peach's Castle has two main platforms, one on top of another. It is possible to fall through the top platform. The bottom platform partially comprises a block going left to right. On the top two corners there are two floating, inward-angled platforms that prevent people from being smashed away too easily. These platforms are very easy to DI off of as well. It has a floating Bumper on the middle above the second platform of the stage. This bumper moves slightly left and right (it remains stationary on 1P Mode though). It is difficult for most characters to recover on this stage since the two floating platforms limit recovery to the top platform and there are no ledges that can be grabbed, with the moving black platform on the bottom of the stage greatly aiding recovery, but it isn't always on the side the player is on).

Origin

Peach's Castle as it originally appeared in Super Mario 64.

This stage's elements come from Super Mario 64. The stage takes place in the sky above Peach's Castle; in the background, it can be seen that Peach's Castle is very far below the actual stage. The sign seen on the lower level is also from the game, and the bridges likely are inspired by the broken bridges seen in the Cool, Cool Mountain course. The triangular-pyramidal platforms seen on the upper sides of the stage resemble the ones seen in stages with dangerous ground, like Lethal Lava Land, which moves around in accordance to Mario's placing. Unlike said platforms, these ones do not move at all, let alone are not activated by weight.

The music is a remixed version of the original Super Mario Bros. theme. It can also be heard in Melee during the cutscene in Adventure Mode before the fight with Luigi, though the track is absent in the Sound Test.

Gallery

Trivia

  • While this stage's music isn't officially present in Melee's soundtrack, it does appear in a cutscene where Luigi footstools Mario and fights the challenger in his place.
  • In early screenshots of the stage select screen of the original Super Smash Bros., this stage went by the name "In the Sky of Castle Peach".
  • One of Peach's Castle's hazards is a bumper, which is mostly used as an item. Coincidentally, this is the first stage to use an item as a hazard, and have a hazard outside of its own universe; Peach's Castle is from Mario and the Bumper is from Super Smash Bros.

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