Editing Halberd

|caption = [[File:KirbySymbol.svg|50px|class=invert]]<br>The Halberd as it appears in ''Smash''.

The Halberd is being commandeered as the mother ship for the Subspace Army during the story. It also engages {{SSBB|Fox}} in an Arwing twice and the [[Great Fox]] once, grabbing onto the latter with the Combo Cannon as the Halberd crashed into [[The Glacial Peak]]. In all these cases the Halberd was too much for its attackers. It is used to drop off [[Shadow Bug]]s.  While under the control of the Subspace Army, it is piloted by a group of Shadow Bug duplicates of {{SSBB|Mr. Game & Watch}}, which afterwards coalesce into [[Duon]]. Near the end of the story, Meta Knight regains control of the ship and picks up the other protagonists. The ship is later destroyed when it attempts a direct assault on the [[Subspace Gunship]]. Despite this, it still appears in [[The Great Maze]].

It was later revealed in a post on the Smash Bros DOJO!! website that at some point prior to the start of the game, the Subspace Army stormed the Halberd and captured it. During the fight, Meta Knight was distracted by King Dedede, which allowed the Subspace Army to steal the ship. It is during this incident that King Dedede learns of Tabuu's true motivations. This is what prompts him to construct the Dedede Brooches later. According to the DOJO post, this was originally supposed to be shown in a cinematic, but the scene had to be cut due to time constraints.

==Glitch==

There is a glitch on this stage that involves going "inside" the solid platform on the second portion of the stage (when the flying platform lands on the front of the ship). It is mainly a [[stalling]] technique, and it can be performed using [[Drill Rush]] or [[Aether]]. It is possible to jump back out, or get hit by an attack that knocks the staller up far enough. This technique is obviously heavily discouraged in competitive play, though the large difficulty of performing it and it being extremely situational makes it a pretty minor problem, along with the fact that it can only be done until the stage moves on from that portion.

Drill Rush Halberd glitch.gif|Performed using [[Drill Rush]].

Aether Halberd glitch.gif|Performed using [[Aether]].

*If the laser targets a character that uses the [[Dragoon]], the crosshairs strangely move towards the screen until not visible.

*The Halberd's 3D model from ''Brawl'' is used in the CG cutscenes of ''{{iw|wikirby|Kirby Super Star Ultra}}'' for the Nintendo DS. Interestingly, the model is not properly rigged, so the extending arm of the Combo Cannon appears in its [[bind pose]].

**In addition, the 'W' on the 'Warning' sign at the beginning of the stage is an upside-down Meta Knight insignia.

*In ''Ultimate'', the following [[Assist Trophy|Assist Trophies]] cannot appear on this stage: the [[Moon]], [[Andross]], [[Nikki]] (due to the dark background obscuring her drawings). Additionally, [[Marshadow]] cannot be summoned on this stage.

**[[Nightmare]], [[Devil]], and the [[Squid Sisters]] can only be summoned on the stage's Battlefield and Omega forms, with the addition of [[Marshadow]] as a [[Poké Ball]] Pokémon.

*In ''Brawl's'' {{SSBB|Classic Mode}}, Halberd will always be played on for Stage 5, as Stage 5 features opponents and allies from the ''Kirby'' universe. Halberd is the only ''Kirby'' stage eligible in Classic and All-Star modes, as the only other ''Kirby'' stage in ''Brawl'' is [[Green Greens]], which is a ''Melee'' stage, and thereby excluded from use in Classic and All-Star modes.