Editing Peach's Castle

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|location    = [[Mushroom Kingdom]] (''Super Mario'' in ''SSB4'')

|name         = Peach's Castle

|image       = [[File:SSBUPeach'sCastle64.PNG|300px|Peach's Castle]]

|caption      = Peach's Castle in {{forwiiu}}.<br>[[Image:MarioSymbol(preBrawl).png|50px]]

|universe     = {{uv|Mario}}

|games       = ''[[SSB]]''<br>''[[SSB4]]''

|hometo      = '''SSB'''<br/>{{SSB|Mario}}<br/>{{SSB|Luigi}}<br/>'''SSB4'''<br/>{{SSB4|Mario}}<br/>{{SSB4|Luigi}}<br/>{{SSB4|Peach}}<br/>{{SSB4|Bowser}}<br/>{{SSB4|Rosalina & Luma}}<br/>{{SSB4|Dr. Mario}}<br/>{{SSB4|Bowser Jr.}}

|availability = [[Starter stage|Starter]] (''SSB'')<br/>[[Downloadable content|Downloadable]] (''SSB4'')

|cratetype   = Normal

|maxplayers   = [[8-Player Smash|8]]

|music = <small>In ''SSB:''<br>[[Music (SSB)|Track #5]]<br>''In SSB4:''<br>'''3DS version:'''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Super Mario Bros.|Peach's Castle Stage}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Super Mario Bros.|Main Theme (Super Mario 64) (Remix)|Main Theme (Super Mario 64)}}'' ([[Alternate music|Alternate]])<br>'''Wii U version:'''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Super Mario Bros.|Peach's Castle Stage}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Super Mario Bros.|Main Theme (Super Mario 64) (Remix)|Main Theme (Super Mario 64)}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Super Mario Bros.|Slide}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Super Mario Bros.|Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros. 3) (Original)|Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros. 3)}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Super Mario Bros.|Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros. 2)}}''

|ssbsingles   = [[Counterpick]]/banned (US ruleset)<br>[[Banned stage|Banned]] (Japanese ruleset)

|ssbdoubles   = Available

|interwiki   = supermariowiki

|interwikiname= Super Mario Wiki

|interwikipage= Princess 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<nowiki>'</nowiki>s instruction manual}}

'''Peach's Castle''' ({{ja|ピーチ城上空|Pīchi-jō jōkū}}, ''Above Peach Castle'') from ''Super Mario 64'' is Mario & Luigi's home stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' In [[1P Game]], the player fights a {{SSB|Mario}} and {{SSB|Luigi}} team on this stage.

Even though this stage does not appear 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''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Adventure Mode]].

Peach's Castle will return as [[downloadable content]] in both versions ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' on July 31st, 2015. 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.

==In [[competitive play]]==

According to the American ruleset, Peach's Castle is usually considered a [[counterpick]]. 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 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 counterpicked 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}}. In the Japanese ruleset, the stage is banned as with every other stage except for {{SSB|Dream Land}}, due to the reasons mentioned above. It is also occasionally banned in doubles tournaments, due to the listed reasons along with the fact that the stage is too small.

Peach's Castle has two main platforms, one on top of another. It is possible to fall through the top platform. The bottom platform partially comprises a block going left to right. On the top two corners there are two floating, inward-angled platforms that prevent people from being smashed away too easily. These platforms are very easy to DI off of as well. It has a floating [[Bumper]] on the middle above the second platform of the stage. This bumper moves slightly left and right (it remains stationary on 1P Mode though). 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, with the moving black platform on the bottom of the stage greatly aiding recovery, but it isn't always on the side the player is on). In {{forwiiu}} however, fighters can now grab onto the bottom platform.

[[File:PeachsCastleSM64.png|thumb|left|200px|Peach's Castle as it originally appeared in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.]]

This stage's elements come from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. The stage takes place in the sky above Peach's Castle; in the background, it can be seen that Peach's Castle is very far below the actual stage. The sign seen on the lower level is also from the game, and the bridges likely are inspired by the broken bridges seen in the [[supermariowiki:Cool, Cool Mountain|Cool, Cool Mountain]] course. The triangular-pyramidal platforms seen on the upper sides of the stage resemble the ones seen in stages with dangerous ground, like [[supermariowiki:Lethal Lava Land|Lethal Lava Land]], which moves around in accordance to [[Mario]]'s placing. Unlike said platforms, these ones do not move at all, let alone are not activated by weight. The structure and platform of the stage, also ressemble to [[supermariowiki:Whomp's Fortress|Whomp's Fortress]] course.

The music is a remixed version of the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' theme.

It can also be heard in ''Melee'' during the cutscene in [[Adventure Mode]] before the fight with {{SSBM|Luigi}}, though the track is absent in the {{SSBM|Sound Test}}.

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*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; Peach's Castle is from ''{{uv|Mario}}'' and the Bumper is from ''{{uv|Super Smash Bros.| Super Smash Bros.}}''

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

 

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKeA-A5EiNM Music for Peach's Castle]