Pokémon Colosseum

Pokémon Colosseum (ポケモンコロシアム), formerly known as Pokémon Stadium 3, is a starter stage in Super Smash Flash 2 coming from the Pokémon series. This stage's concept is similarly based on Pokémon Stadium from Super Smash Bros. Melee and Pokémon Stadium 2 from Super Smash Bros. Brawl, in the sense the stage can change into numerous forms based on Pokémon types.

Layout[]

Pokémon Colosseum consists of a large main platform with a pillar on the bottom that extends to the bottom blast line. The match starts on the Normal form of the stage, in which the main platform is green with a Poké Ball symbol in the center and two small soft platforms above it, with one on each side. There is also a large screen in the background that displays the current form of the stage and the names of the characters fighting.

With hazards turned on, the stage changes into different forms based on Pokémon types. Each form consists of the same main platform, except with a different layout on top. During a transformation into another form, the previous layout sinks into the main platform before the new form's layout rises from it, and the screen in the background briefly displays a flashing image of that form. The Normal form lasts for about ten seconds at a time, and each of the three other forms lasts for about thirty seconds at a time before transforming back to the Normal form. The particular form that appears after the Normal form is randomly chosen, and each form can only be chosen once at a time.

Bug form[]

The Bug form of this stage takes place in a forest, in which the main platform is covered in grass with a lake in the background. A large log is laid on the main platform and is sloped upward to the right, being held up on the right side by a tall group of rocks that acts as a wall. There is also a honeycomb-shaped soft platform on the tree on the left side, which is slanted slightly downward to the right. Several Bug-type Pokémon appear in the background, including a Kakuna hanging down from the tree, a Cascoon in front of the rocks, and a Dewpider on a cobweb over the honeycomb platform.

Ghost form[]

The Ghost form of this stage takes place in a haunted cemetery, in which the main platform is covered in dark soil with a large, wilted tree in the background. There is a soft platform in the shape of a gravestone that floats above one of the two white candles beside the tree, periodically switching between them. The stage as a whole is also darkened a dim light illuminating the main platform, which occasionally blinks off momentarily. The Ghost-type Pokémon Drifblim floats on the left side of the stage in the background.

Steel form[]

Steelpc — The Steel-type transformation.

The Steel form of this stage takes place in a construction site, in which the main platform is covered in cement. The middle ground is covered with a group of red steel girders piled onto each other with a red fence behind it, which act as platforms in which the center is the highest point. Several large steel pipes appear in the background, including one being lifted and lowered continuously by a crane. Several Steel-type Pokémon appear in the background, including a Magnemite floating on the left side, a Beldum floating on the right side, and a Bisharp balancing on the fencing.

Music[]

The main music track is Pokémon Main Theme, an upbeat synthetic remix of the opening theme from Pokémon Red and Blue.
The alternate music track is Battle! (Kanto Trainer Battle), a rock remix of the theme that plays during a battle against a trainer in the Kanto region in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Tournament legality[]

This stage is a neutral stage, due to its static, highly balanced stage layout when hazards are disabled. Some players even argue that the stage is more balanced than Battlefield, as there is no top platform for more vertically-inclined players to camp with.

In v0.9b, the stage was banned in online play due to lag-inducing lighting effects. However, the addition of advanced quality settings in Beta has warranted that it be legalized in all circumstances.

Origin[]

Pokémon Colosseum is mainly inspired and modeled after the "Pokémon Stadium" stages that appear in the Super Smash Bros. games. These stages are in turn based on the Pokémon Stadium games, whose arenas in-game feature a Poké Ball logo in the center, a crowd watching the battle, and, in the case of Gym Leader battles, type-related aesthetics.

The Bug-type transformation may be based off of forest locations in Pokémon games, like Viridian Forest in Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, and Pokémon Yellow, Petalburg Woods in Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire, and Pokémon Emerald, Eterna Forest in Pokémon Diamond, Pokémon Pearl, and Pokémon Platinum, and Pinwheel Forest in Pokémon Black and Pokémon White. In those areas, the player can encounter wild Bug-type Pokémon.

The Ghost-type transformation may be based off of graveyard locations in some Pokémon games, like the Pokémon Tower in Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, and Pokémon Yellow, Mt. Pyre in Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire, and Pokémon Emerald, Lost Tower in Pokémon Diamond, Pokémon Pearl, and Pokémon Platinum, and Celestial Tower in Pokémon Black and Pokémon White. In those locations, the player can encounter wild Ghost-type Pokémon.

The stage's name stems from the game Pokémon Colosseum, a Pokémon spin-off game which could be considered a successor to the Pokémon Stadium series due to inheriting the basic stadium-style battling seen in those games.

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Trivia[]

The background elements of the Ghost form of this stage contain several references to certain Ghost-type Pokémon. Particularly, the white candles with purple flames are references to Litwick, and there are a statue in the shapes of Duskull and Mimikyu on each side of the stage.