Brawl's Unorthodox Legal Stages (And Why They Were Banned)
When a new platform fighter is released in the modern era, players know almost immediately which stages work and which ones don’t. But how did we get here? Join me in discussing the early, mostly undocumented trial-and-error era that ultimately ‘set the stage’ for a decade to come.
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HUGE shoutouts to @cfino9 for finding a lot of the clips used (most notably the Rainbow Cruise Pikmincide, my favorite clip in the video)
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Music used:
-Intro / Persona 3 Reload - It’s Going Down Now (Regular + Instrumental)
-2:10 / Persona 2 Innocent Sin - Unbreakable Tie (PSP Opening Theme)
-2:46 / Persona 2 Innocent Sin - Yukino’s Theme (Special Remix)
-5:32 / Tatsunoko vs Capcom - Morrigan’s Theme
-7:51 / Streets of Rage - Fighting in the Street (Stage 1)
-10:01 / Bullet Casters - Ella Battle Theme
-11:29 / LEGO Rock Raiders - Track 4 (PlayStation)
-12:46 / Anata o Yurusanai - Between Lie and Truth
-Outro / Persona RE_Brilliance - Signs of Love (Alright Mix)
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Video footage/credits:
-Sample L: Maze tourney clip / • GAMESTOP tournament- S...
-Apex 2013 Mikeneko vs ZeRo / • Apex 2013 Winners Quar...
-PS1 Melee glitch clip / • Plup vs S2J - Melee Si...
-Norfair clip / • C3 ranbat 5 SSBB final...
-Pirate Ship clip / • Ken and Isai ARE BACK!...
-Justin Wong evo clip / • EVO - Ryzen(Falco) vs ...
-Sheik PS2 combo clip / • SiiS6 - Singles Bracke...
-PS1 MK/Peach clip / • Brawling For Evo HDL (...
-Yoshi’s Brawl clip / • Keeblerchips (Pikachu)...
-ADHD vs Ally Pictochat clip / • KTAR 3: WF ADHD (Diddy...
-EVO2008 Ken Luigi’s Mansion clip / • Brawl Evo 2008 Winner ...
-Corneria clip / • Balanced Brawl Genesis...
-Frigate Orpheon FlipClip / • Apex 2013 - ESAM vs CT...
-Cute lil baby monkey clip(i’m so sorry for using it this way) / • Monkey Baby Bon Bon go...
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I used a .psd template from CosmoStudio [ www.freepik.com/free-psd/gold... ] for that sick “Golden Era” graphic
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i genuinely think the production cycle of this video has made me the only person on planet earth who now gets sentimental over Sample L: Maze
Unband new pork city
"what game is this from" will be a line I will think about forever
I think players wrongly associate "the stage does weird things" as "this stage is ban-worthy" because of how often the two things are paired together. Like, I understand why Halberd isn't usually legal because it buffs Meta Knight (and the claw can go to hell). But at the same time, Halberd's laser is probably the best designed damaging hazard in Smash history because of how much control players have over it and how much time you have to play around it. And as you said, even though you don't want to get hit by it, you can still SDI out of it. It straight up punishes camping and makes the players interact, which is pretty nice for a game that's known for defensive play.
Competitive integrity be damned, give me back hype rainbow cruise matches that go to timer.
Well, with so many legal stages, the party game finally felt like... A party game
The person asking "which game did this come from?" during the match was just so funny but also one of those "how do we tell them" moments
Can't believe I missed out on "1v1 me bro, 3 stocks, Fox only, no items, Hanenbow" in a legal tournament setting
Here before Coney reacts
Meta Knight being even more busted on his own stage is just, 🧑🍳👌
"John, brawl doesn't have enough legal stages for its competitive scene"
this is a certified Sample L: Maze classic!
1 stock items on 1 minute timer battlefield only is definitely one of the rulesets of all time
The Rainbow Cruise match actually looked like both players were playing a "Platforming" fighting game
Lylat Cruise's tilting isn't truly random. The stage randomly cycles between certain background animations, but the tilting is a fixed pattern for each background and can be learned.
Whoever legalized Rainbow Cruise is a genius
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Sample L: Maze is great and all, but I wanna talk about the real GOAT stage. Sample S: Hole
"1v1 me fox only no items final destination" ❌
Oh GOD I was a part of that Gamestop tournament. Going there and getting humbled by people as a middle schooler is what made me fall in love with competitive tourneys to begin with.