Saturn Valley (サターンバー) is a starter stage in Super Smash Flash 2 hailing from the EarthBound series.
Layout[]
Saturn Valley consists of a large main platform that stretches down to the bottom blast line and has a small crater in the center. Each side of the main platform has a small soft platform floating above it from the roof of a house in the background. The crater in the center of the stage is a Hot Spring that, with hazards turned on, gradually recovers damage from players who stand in it at a rate of approximately 1% per half second.
The background features eighteen Mr. Saturns watching the fight or interacting with the environment. These include one soaking in the Hot Spring, four standing directly in front of it (one of which is holding a camera), one watching from a tree stump with coffee, one emerging from a tube on the left side while another watches, one sticking its head out from behind the house on the right, one stuck in a tree on a cliff to the left while another watches, one walking up and down the hill on the left, five stacked on top of each other and wobbling, and one teetering on the edge of a cliff to the right.
Music[]
- The main music track is Hi! Hi! Hi!, an upbeat remix of the theme that plays on the Saturn Valley area in EarthBound.
- One of the alternate music tracks is Humoresque of a Little Dog, a calm piano remix of the theme that plays when inside a drug or department store in EarthBound Beginnings and EarthBound.
- The other alternate music track is New Age Retro Hippie, an upbeat remix of the theme that plays during the battles against the enemy of the same name and Frank in EarthBound.
Tournament legality[]
This stage is currently banned in competitive play. With its redesign in Beta, it was initially considered a counterpick or even a neutral stage, but it has since been banned due to its exceedingly large size being too advantageous for projectile-based characters and allowing for camping. The slopes in the center of the stage are also problematic, as characters launched from the center of the stage can often bounce off of them or immediately tech on them.
Origin[]
The Hot Spring of Saturn Valley in EarthBound.
Saturn Valley is a village in EarthBound that serves as the home to most Mr. Saturn creatures. It contains many caves, cylinder-shaped houses, unnecessary ladders, with a key point of interest being one of two Hot Springs in the game, which can heal Ness and his friends for no cost. Ness and his friends must go through it in order to reach the third "Your Sanctuary" location, and it is also located near Master Belch's base at Grapefruit Falls, where many Mr. Saturns are being held hostage. The valley is also the last place where Ness and his friends visit in the present day before using the Phase Distorter 3 to travel to The Cave of the Past.
Several of the Mr. Saturns found on the stage in SSF2 reference certain Mr. Saturns found throughout the game, such as the one on the tree stump referencing the Mr. Saturn that give Ness and his friends coffee before they leave to Milky Well. Additionally, the Mr. Saturns stacked on top of each other reference the "ladder" that five Mr. Saturns make for Lucas and his friends in Mother 3, which occurs in a similar location with the same name, except it is located in the Nowhere Islands rather than Eagleland.
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Trivia[]
- The Mr. Saturn with a camera that appears on this stage is named "Frank the photo-Saturn" by developers, named after Frank West from the Dead Rising series of games.[1]
- In previous demos of SSF2, several Mr. Saturns would wander around the stage and could be used as throwing items.
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