Stage

This article is about the areas in the Super Smash Flash series. For the more traditional area with a specific objective, see Level. For other uses, see Stage (disambiguation).

Battlefield is an example of a typical stage in the Super Smash Flash series.

A stage (ステージ) is the designated area where characters fight each other in the Super Smash Flash series. Each stage has a different layout, size and shape, sometimes including hazards that affect the matches in some way, such as lava, water, explosions, etc. The word "stage" usually refers to a Group stage, but can also refer to the ground or large central platform within this location. Some stages, such as those in the various Stadium modes, exist for purposes other than fighting.

Group stages

The stage select in SSF2.

In both Super Smash Flash and Super Smash Flash 2, most of the versus mode stages are available from the start, while a small number must be unlocked by completing certain objectives. Most stages are derived from places in the playable characters' universes, and are typically used as those characters' home stages. There are some stages with no character representatives such as Battlefield and Final Destination. Additionally, not every character has a stage from their own universe.

Stages range in size from the large ones, such as Temple, to the small ones, such as WarioWare, Inc. Typically, stages involve a large central platform with ledges and one or more smaller platforms, as well as blast lines above, below and to the sides of the visible area. Some stages have floors that continue past the edge of the visible area and pass through a side blast line. These floors are known as "walk off edges" or "walk offs", because characters can walk off-screen and die without falling off of an edge first. Stages with walk off edges on both the left and right, like Peach's Castle, are sometimes called "walk off stages".

In SSF2, moving and transforming stages were introduced as this was a technical issue very hard to do in the first SSF. Galaxy Tours and Hylian Skies, for example, are transforming stages that change their own layouts to add new stage possibilities. Most of them possess a default layout known as a "main hub", which the stage returns to after every transformation ends. Notably, Silph Co. is one of the few that does not, instead cycling through twelve different layouts in sequence.

Other stage elements include breakable barriers and platforms, such as the wood planks of Emerald Cave or the sloped floor of Green Hill Zone; stage hazards and enemies, such as lasers; local items such as pellets; and interactive objects such as Barrel Cannons.

An option called the hazard switch, featured in SSF2, allows players to switch off stage hazards and other stage changes.

In Super Smash Flash

Most likely because of limitations, the original Super Smash Flash features only eight versus stages, of which six are starter and two are unlockable (those with shaded cells):

Name	Universe
Battlefield	Super Smash Bros.
Dream Land	Kirby
Emerald Hill Zone	Sonic
Final Destination	Super Smash Bros.
Mushroom Kingdom II	Mario
Peach's Castle	Mario
Pokémon Stadium	Pokémon
Temple	The Legend of Zelda

In Super Smash Flash 2

Based on the demo versions, 65 stages are confirmed for Super Smash Flash 2 and will be appearing as starter stages, in addition to unlockable stages. Of these stages, 17 are designated as past stages, which are based on stages from the official Super Smash Bros. series in both name and layout. The currently confirmed stages are as such:

Current stages

Normal stages

Name	Universe
Battlefield	Super Smash Bros.
Bomb Factory	Bomberman
Bowser's Castle	Mario
Casino Night Zone	Sonic
Central Highway	Mega Man
Chaos Shrine	FINAL FANTASY
Clock Town	The Legend of Zelda
Crateria	Metroid
Desk	Chibi-Robo!
Devil's Machine	EarthBound
Dracula's Castle	Castlevania
Emerald Cave	Wario
Final Destination	Super Smash Bros.
Final Valley	Naruto
Flat Zone +	Game & Watch
Galaxy Tours	Mario
Gangplank Galleon	Donkey Kong
Hidden Leaf Village	Naruto
Hueco Mundo	Bleach
Hylian Skies	The Legend of Zelda
Jungle Hijinx	Donkey Kong
Krazoa Palace	Star Fox
Lake of Rage	Pokémon
Lunar Core	FINAL FANTASY
Meteo Campaigns	Star Fox
Mushroom Kingdom III	Mario
Nintendo 3DS	Nintendo 3DS
PAC-MAZE	PAC-MAN
Palutena's Shrine	Kid Icarus
Phase 8	Metroid
Planet Namek	Dragon Ball
Pokémon Colosseum	Pokémon
Polygon Zone	Super Smash Flash 2
Rainbow Route	Kirby
Sand Ocean	F-Zero
Saturn Valley	EarthBound
Skull Fortress	Mega Man
Sky Pillar	Pokémon
Sky Sanctuary Zone	Sonic
Steel Diver	Steel Diver
Suzaku Castle	Street Fighter
The World That Never Was	KINGDOM HEARTS
Thousand Sunny	One Piece
Tower of Salvation	Tales
Twilight Town	KINGDOM HEARTS
Venus Lighthouse	Golden Sun
Waiting Room	Super Smash Bros.
WarioWare, Inc.	Wario
World Tournament	Dragon Ball
Yoshi's Island	Yoshi

Past stages

Name	Universe
Castle Siege	Fire Emblem
Dream Land	Kirby
Fourside	EarthBound
Green Hill Zone	Sonic
Hyrule Castle	The Legend of Zelda
Meta Crystal	Super Smash Bros.
Mushroom Kingdom	Mario
Mushroom Kingdom II	Mario
Princess Peach's Castle	Mario
Saffron City	Pokémon
Sector Z	Star Fox
Smashville	Animal Crossing
Temple	The Legend of Zelda
Yoshi's Island (64)	Yoshi
Yoshi's Story	Yoshi

Disabled stages

This section contains information of a formerly confirmed feature. The original source that confirmed the subject has otherwise become obsolete, outdated or deprecated and has yet to be reconfirmed by an official modern source.

Name	Universe
Distant Planet	Pikmin
Shadow Moses Island	Metal Gear
Silph Co.	Pokémon
Skyward Voyage	The Legend of Zelda

Leaked stages

This section contains information that has been informally leaked. The leak happened, either intentionally or by accident, before a formal announcement was made by an official source, so by no mean it should not be taken as a veracious confirmation at all.

Name	Universe
Butter Building	Kirby
Castle Daein	Fire Emblem
Ice Climbers	Ice Climber
Skyworld	Kid Icarus
Water Temple	The Legend of Zelda

Removed stages

This section contains information pertaining to unused content. The subject was never implemented or was removed, cut or altered at some point of its development, and this section pertains to its original implementation.

Name	Universe
Castle Wily	Mega Man
Temple of Time	The Legend of Zelda
Test Stage 1	Super Smash Bros.
Test Stage 2	Super Smash Bros.

In Arena, there is a special rectangular-enclosed stage with goals located on each end of the stage that serves specifically as the setting for Sandbag Soccer. Another similar stage exists as the setting for Sandbag Basketball, but with minor changes and a different background.

Solo stages

In Solo, a number of stages appear that are not available in Group mode. Stages found in Adventure mode are also be referred to as levels.

In Super Smash Flash

Name	Universe	Description
Kirby Hub Room	Kirby	The stage used for every characters' Target Test layouts. It consists of many cloud platforms and is used . The target layouts are different for each character and are typically positioned in a way that is tailored towards each character's abilities.
Emerald Hill Zone	Sonic	A longer version of the VS. Mode stage of the same name. There are two versions, a horizontally oriented one for Classic, and a more difficult, vertically oriented one for Adventure.
Floating Islands	Super Smash Bros.	An infamous level comprised of various platforms that have to be escalated by the player as they avoids swarms of enemies.
All-Star Rest Area	Super Smash Bros.	The stage used between each match in All-Star. It consists of a single platform similar to the one used for the top platform in Floating Islands.
Super Mario World	Mario	The first level in Adventure mode, a replica of the level Yoshi's Island 2 from the game of the same name.

In Super Smash Flash 2

Name	Universe		Description
Target Smash	Super Smash Bros.		There are four unique stage layouts that can be played on with any character.
Home-Run Stadium	Super Smash Bros.		The stage used in Home-Run Contest. It consists of a pedestal and a long stretch of land to the right. It seems to be endless, but it actually loops after a certain point.
Crystal Smash	Super Smash Bros.		A stage consisting of a multiple sets of confined platforms. There are four levels with different placements of the crystals, but they all share the same stage layout.
All-Star Rest Area	Super Smash Bros.		The stage used between each match in All-Star. It consists of a long, flat platform with a slope to the left and three small platforms to the right.
Tourian	Metroid		The stage used in event #40: The Mother Brain. The stage consists of several small platforms with a wall to the right and an area occupied by Mother Brain. The layout is a recreation of the final battle site from Metroid.