Palm Tree Paradise

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Palm Tree Paradise, formerly called Emerald Cave, is a starter stage in Super Smash Flash 2. It hails from the Wario Land series, specifically being based on Wario Land 4.

Layout[]

Palm Tree Paradise consists of a large main platform that stretches to the bottom blast line with two holes on top and another hole on each of its walls. Players start a match at the top of this platform, and with hazards turned on, the holes are blocked by wooden boards, which act as terrain and can be broken after receiving enough damage. Entering one of these holes after breaking its board reveals a cavern inside the main platform, which remains visible for as long as there is a character inside. This cavern contains two floors separated by a gap, and the center of the ceiling has a small protrusion with sloped sides. The gap is blocked by another wooden board and provides access to the bottom blast line when broken, with the ceiling being capable of stage spiking characters. Broken wooden boards eventually reappear twenty seconds after being broken.

With hazards turned off, no wooden boards appear, and the inside of the cavern is visible at all times.

Music[]

The main music track is Palm Tree Paradise, a remix of the theme of the first level, Palm Tree Paradise, of the Emerald Passage in Wario Land 4.
One of the alternate music tracks is Allergia Gardens, an upbeat remix of the track that plays during the final episode of Wario: Master of Disguise.
The other alternate music track is Monsoon Jungle, a soft guitar remix of the theme of the fourth level, Monsoon Jungle, of the Emerald Passage in Wario Land 4.

Tournament legality[]

Palm Tree Paradise is currently banned in competitive play. The inner cave creates an overly powerful camping spot, especially for characters such as Pikachu. The inner cave is also a cave of life, and over-centralizes gameplay on teching, while the pit in the middle can lead to extremely fast gimps or stage spikes that are otherwise impossible on neutral stages. The stage also features edges that are sometimes obscured by breakable walls, which can cause gimps if one of the walls respawns while a player is recovering.

Origin[]

Palm Tree Paradise is based on the level of the same name in Wario Land 4. In this game, Wario travels to the ancient Golden Pyramid in search of its rumored treasures, but he finds himself trapped inside, tasking him to complete the challenges of its passages and defeat the evil Golden Diva controlling the pyramid. There are six passages in total, with Palm Tree Paradise being the first level of the Emerald Passage, which is themed around nature. The level takes place in a grassy area near an ocean with a mostly straightforward path and several caverns to explore. Notably, one underground cavern requires the player to break a block in the ground to gain access to it through a gap below, similarly to the stage in SSF2.

Although the wooden boards in SSF2 do not appear in Wario Land 4, they are inherently based on the blocks that Wario is able to break in this game, often to gain access to secret areas. Several other references to the game also appear throughout the stage, such as the Emerald Passage symbol being present at the top of the platform and a purple ! Block being in a bush to the right. The inside of the cave contains various treasures that Wario can acquire in the game, such as different types of coins and a Diamond, and they are guarded by a Keyzer, which must be found in each level by Wario to unlock the door to the next level. The stage's background depicts the Golden Pyramid as it appears in the opening sequence to Wario Land 4, depicting it from a similar angle with a sunrise behind it.

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Early designs[]

Trivia[]

Prior to its revamp in Beta 1.4, the stage had an uncanny resemblance to the Floating Islands from the original Super Smash Flash. This is, however, because the latter directly uses sprites from the Palm Tree Paradise level in Wario Land 4, which the stage is based on.
Prior to Beta 1.4, the music track Monsoon Jungle used to be mistakenly labeled by the developers as Palm Tree Paradise. This changed however, when a remix for Palm Tree Paradise was properly implemented.