Editing Peach's Castle

|subtitle = ''Super Mario''

|name = Peach's Castle (64) {{gameIcon|ssb4}}<br>Peach's Castle {{gameIcon|64}}{{gameIcon|ultimate}}

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|caption = Peach's Castle as it has appeared in the ''Smash'' series.

|ssbmusic = ''{{SSBMusicLink|5|Peach's Castle Sky Stage}}''

|for3dsmusic = Main: ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Super Mario Bros.|Peach's Castle Stage}}''<br>Alternate: ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Super Mario Bros.|Main Theme (Super Mario 64) (Remix)|Main Theme (Super Mario 64)}}''

|ultimatemusic = [[List of SSBU Music (Super Mario Bros. series)|''Super Mario Bros.'' series music]]<br>Main: ''{{SSBUMusicLink|Super Mario Bros.|Ground Theme - Super Mario Bros. (64)}}''<br>Alternate: ''{{SSBUMusicLink|Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros. Medley}}''

|interwikipage = Peach's Castle

{{cquote|''A bumper floats above the center of this stage. Watch where you jump, or you'll get bumped sky-high!''|cite=Super Smash Bros{{'}}s instruction manual}}

'''Peach's Castle''' ({{ja|ピーチ城上空|Pīchi-jō Jōkū}}, ''Above Peach Castle''), known as '''Peach's Castle (64)''' in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', is Mario and Luigi's home [[stage]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' In [[1P Game]], the player fights a team consisting of {{SSB|Mario}} and {{SSB|Luigi}} on this stage. Luigi is also fought here in his unlocking battle in the same game.

Even though this stage did not return in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', a portion of the music that plays on it plays during the cutscene where {{SSBM|Luigi}} takes {{SSBM|Mario}}'s place in ''Melee''{{'}}s [[Adventure Mode]]. Additionally, a stage taking place in the same location called [[Princess Peach's Castle]] is a playable stage in ''Melee''.

Peach's Castle returned as [[downloadable content]] in both versions of ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' on July 31st, 2015, alongside [[Hyrule Castle]]. Like other returning stages from the first ''Smash'' game, some of the textures are slightly higher in quality, but the general overall primitive look of the original is retained. Peach's Castle also returns as a familiar stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', alongside the Princess Peach's Castle stage from ''Melee''.

Peach's Castle has two main platforms, one on top of another. The top platform is a [[soft platform]] that slants upwards to the left, and downwards to the right. The bottom platform is a solid platform that slopes slightly downwards on both sides. The bottom platform partially comprises a block that moves left and right, which acts as a [[semisoft platform]]. On the top two corners, there are two floating, inward-angled platforms, resembling pinball slingshots, that move slowly up and down and prevent characters from being smashed away too easily. These platforms are very easy to DI off of as well.  

 

In ''Smash 64'', it is difficult for most characters to [[recover]] on this stage since the two floating platforms limit recovery to the top platform and there are no ledges that can be grabbed. The moving block platform on the bottom of the stage greatly aids recovery, but it isn't always on the side the player is on. In ''Smash 4'' and ''Ultimate'', however, fighters can now grab onto the bottom platforms.

In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', the main platform of the Ω form and [[Battlefield form]] is similar to ''SSB4''{{'}}s Ω form; however, it is resized and reshaped to match {{SSBU|Final Destination}} and {{SSBU|Battlefield}}, respectively. The design of the three [[soft platform]]s of the Battlefield form is based on the wooden soft platform in the center of the regular form.

SSBU-Peach's CastleOmega.png|Ω form in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.

SSBU-Peach's CastleBattlefield.png|Battlefield form in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.

[[File:PeachsCastleSM64.png|thumb|left|Peach's Castle as it originally appeared in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.]]

This stage is loosely based on {{s|mariowiki|Peach's Castle}}, with its current design debuting in ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario 64}}'', where it serves as the game's main hub and has appeared in numerous ''Mario'' titles since.

 

In ''Super Mario 64'', the castle is taken over by [[Bowser]], who takes control of the Power Stars and seals [[Princess Peach]] inside the fresco over the castle entrance. A {{s|mariowiki|Lakitu Bro.}}, a [[Lakitu]] with a camera at the end of its fishing pole, is first seen flying around Peach's Castle at the beginning of the game and follows [[Mario]] for the duration, who controls the camera and allows the player to toggle the view. After Mario defeats Bowser and collects all of the game's Power Stars, the cannon in the castle grounds is unlocked, which will allow the player to access the roof of the castle and find [[Yoshi]] and three [[1-Up Mushroom]]s there.

 

 

The bridges are similar to those found in the {{s|mariowiki|Cool, Cool, Mountain}} course. The design of the triangular platforms in the upper corners are similar to the starting platform in the {{s|mariowiki|Bowser in the Dark World}} boss course.

 

In ''Super Smash Bros.'', a Lakitu Bro. will occasionally appear as a [[background character]].

 

In ''Smash 64'', for a long period according to the old [[Tournament legal (SSB)|American ruleset]], Peach's Castle was usually considered a [[counterpick stage]] in singles. This is because of the inability to grab the [[edge]]s, meaning that some characters can be [[gimp]]ed or [[edgeguard]]ed much easier than usual, and because of the [[Bumper]] hazard and angled platforms on the side of the stage that can prevent [[KO]] moves that would have otherwise KO'd. However, the Bumper can be used for various unique combos, and can also be used by characters such as {{SSB|Pikachu}} to escape [[pressure]]. The stage is often [[counterpick]]ed by {{SSB|Jigglypuff}} and {{SSB|Kirby}} players and the lack of edges that can be grabbed serves as a disadvantage to characters such as {{SSB|Link}} and {{SSB|Captain Falcon}}. However, most recently the stage was banned. In [[doubles]] tournaments, the stage is usually banned, due to the listed reasons above along with the fact that the stage is too small.

*One of Peach's Castle's hazards is a [[bumper]], which is mostly used as an item. Coincidentally, this is the first stage to use an item as a hazard, and have a hazard outside of its own universe, as the Bumper is part of the {{uv|Super Smash Bros.}} universe.

*Even though the bumper was updated in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', its original design and animation is retained in this stage.

*In ''Smash 4'' and ''Ultimate'', the moving platform will "thud" when it stops moving and then a grinding noise when it starts up again.

*In ''Ultimate'', the two potted plants always face the camera in the regular version of the stage, but in the Ω and Battlefield forms, they always face forward.

*[[Lakitu and Spinies#In Super Smash Bros.|Lakitu]] occasionally appears in the background of this stage in ''Smash 64'', but never in ''Smash 4'' or ''Ultimate''.

**[[Poké Ball]] summons that can only appear on the Battlefield and Omega forms of this stage are [[Victini]] and [[Marshadow]].