Editing Frigate Orpheon

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|caption = [[File:MetroidSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br>Frigate Orpheon as it appears in ''Smash''.

Frigate Orpheon's portrayal in ''Brawl'' borrows several aspects of the original locale and implements it into the stage. The general design is very reminiscent of the frigate as it appeared in ''Metroid Prime''. As well as that, it sometimes experiences power outages, knocking out the lights and therefore making it more difficult to see the position of the platforms. The [[Parasite Queen]] is featured inside the reactor core whilst utilizing the same rotating forcefield she used against Samus in the boss fight with her . However, the Queen is merely there for aesthetic reasons; she has no effect on the proceedings of the brawl.

The main element that has been integrated into Frigate Orpheon is the 180 degree flip. The stage actually has two different arena layouts arranged in a vertical column opposite each other, but players are only fighting on one at a time. Every so often, a loud siren blares out and a bright yellow warning light flashes in the background. This indicates that the stage is about to turn upside down. When this happens, the camera quickly shifts around and the characters fall onto the other layout. The sudden movement can put people in difficult situations depending on their positioning when the flip took place. However, game director [[Masahiro Sakurai]] suggested on the {{SSBB|Smash Bros. DOJO!!}} that staying in the air when the alarm is going off will reduce the negative effect that the stage's flipping has on one's character.

In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', the main platform of the [[Ω form]] and [[Battlefield form]] is the main [[hard platform]] of the normal form resized and reshaped to match {{SSBU|Final Destination}} and {{SSBU|Battlefield}}, respectively. The three [[soft platform]]s of the Battlefield form resemble the one in the normal form. The stage also does not flip, and power outages do not occur.

[[File:FrigateOrpheonMP.png|left|thumb|Samus confronting the remaining Parasite Queen in ''Metroid Prime''.]]

At the beginning of ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid Prime}}'', [[Samus Aran]] received a distress signal from the nearby {{s|metroidwiki|Frigate Orpheon}} and soon discovered that the vessel had been utilized by {{s|metroidwiki|Space Pirate}}s to research the mutagenic substance known as {{s|metroidwiki|Phazon}}. While fighting her way through the facility, she also learned that two {{s|metroidwiki|Parasite Queen}}s escaped confinement, which forced an emergency evacuation six hours prior to landing. She discovered that one was successfully killed and eventually found the reactor core and battled the remaining Parasite Queen. This stage is based off the room in which the two fought.

In ''Metroid Prime'', Samus would have to try to aim and shoot the Parasite Queen while blue energy shields spun around her. Those blue energy shields can be seen in this stage. After defeating the creature, the reactor reached critical meltdown status, and Samus was given just seven minutes to flee the vessel. She managed to escape to her ship and, shortly afterwards, Frigate Orpheon crashed into the planet {{s|metroidwiki|Tallon IV}}. The blackout that occurs in this stage is likely a reference to the meltdown that occurs upon the Parasite Queen's defeat.

*When the {{SSBB|Pokémon Trainer}} is selected, Frigate Orpheon constructs a new platform for him to stand on in the background, to the right of the Parasite Queen. When the stage flips 180 degrees, Pokémon Trainer appears on the new platform by teleporting in a yellow flash, similar to [[Space Jump|his movement]] in the [[Subspace Emissary]].

**The following [[Assist Trophies]] cannot appear on this stage: the [[Moon]], [[Andross]], and [[Nikki]] (due to the dark background obscuring her drawings). Additionally, [[Lugia]] cannot be summoned on this stage.

**The following Assist Trophies can only appear on this stage's Battlefield and Ω forms: [[Color TV-Game 15]], [[Dr. Kawashima]], [[Yuri Kozukata]], and the [[Ghosts]]. Additionally, [[Lunala]] can only be summoned on this stage's Battlefield and Ω forms.