Editing Poké Floats

|subtitle     =

|name        = [[Kanto|Kanto Skies]]: Poké Floats

|image        = [[File:PokeFloats.jpg|250px|Poké Floats]]

|caption      = [[File:PokemonSymbol(preBrawl).svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br>Poké Floats in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''.

|universe    = {{uv|Pokémon}}

|meleemusic = ''{{MeleeMusic|Poké Floats}}''

The [[Sudowoodo]] [[trophy]] is unlocked alongside this stage.

==Stage overview==

Contrary to popular belief, Poké Floats is not an auto-scrolling stage but rather the camera stays in place as the floats move across the screen. The match takes place on top of giant floating models of Pokémon (hence the name) above the skies of the Kanto region, which are in a constant cycle and whose movement, while deterministic, keeps getting more complex until the cycle is reset. Staying on a float too long can cause the player to lose a [[stock]], as the floats can cross [[blast line]]s as they leave the battlefield.

| [[Squirtle]] || [[File:Poke Floats Squirtle.png|150px]]  

| [[Onix]] || [[File:Poke Floats Onix.png|150px]]  

| Appears when only Squirtle's head is still visible. Enters from the right, then starts slowly floating down along Squirtle.

| {{pkmn|Psyduck}} || [[File:Poke Floats Psyduck.png|150px]]  

| Its head rises upwards from the bottom left corner, pushing Onix upwards and tilting it diagonally. Afterwards, its whole body floats upwards until it disappears. Can cause Star KOs or Screen KOs if stayed on for too long.

| [[Chikorita]] || [[File:Poke Floats Chikorita.png|150px]]  

| [[Weezing]] || [[File:Poke Floats Weezing.png|150px]]  

| Rises from the bottom of the screen, then gets progressively smaller (as if it were floating away into the background) until it crosses the upper blast line. Unlike Sudowoodo and Psyduck, the fighters that are still on it when it passes the blast line will be dropped off, rather than Star/Screen KO'd.

| {{pkmn|Slowpoke}} || [[File:Poke Floats Slowpoke.png|150px]]  

Its whole body is solid; its tail act as a wall and ceiling while curled. Caution should be taken, as being on its tail when it's uncurling will cause the player to fall and put them into a position where it will be difficult to recover.

| [[Porygon]] || [[File:Poke Floats Porygon.png|150px]]  

| {{pkmn|Wooper}} || [[File:Poke Floats Wooper.png|150px]]  

| {{pkmn|Sudowoodo}} || [[File:Poke Floats Sudowoodo.png|150px]]

Its head, head structure and leg act as hard platforms, while its arm and foot act as soft ones. Like Psyduck, can cause Star or Screen KOs if stayed on.

| [[Snorlax]] || [[File:Poke Floats Snorlax.png|150px]]

| [[Venusaur]] || [[File:Poke Floats Venusaur.png|150px]]

| {{pkmn|Seel}} || [[File:Poke Floats Seel.png|150px]]

| [[Wobbuffet]] || [[File:Poke Floats Wobbuffet.png|150px]]

| [[Unown]] || [[File:Poke Floats Unown.png|150px]]

| [[Goldeen]] || [[File:Poke Floats Goldeen.png|150px]]

| {{pkmn|Lickitung}} || [[File:Poke Floats Lickitung.png|150px]]

| [[Chansey]] || [[File:Poke Floats Chansey.png|150px]]

| {{pkmn|Geodude}} || [[File:Poke Floats Geodude.png|150px]]

After Geodude disappears, the last few Unown clear the screen. Finally, after the last Unown, the cycle restarts (looping back to Squirtle). Squirtle quickly appears from the bottom and the process repeats all over again. A full cycle takes about three and a half minutes.

 

==Origin==

[[File:Onix Pokemon Stadium screenshot.jpg|left|thumb|Onix, as seen in ''{{iw|Bulbapedia|Pokémon Stadium|Japanese}}''. This is an example of how Poké Floats took its design of the "floats" from the character models in ''Pokémon Stadium''.]]

This stage is not directly based on any ''Pokémon'' game, though its "Kanto Skies" designation refers to the {{iw|Bulbapedia|Kanto}} region in which the original Game Boy ''Pokémon'' games, and their remakes, are set. It is rather a collection of Pokémon models taken from the ''{{iw|bulbapedia|Pokémon Stadium}}'' series of games.

 

Interestingly, the Japanese name of the stage, "Pokémon Subspace", does not directly refer to the Pokémon as floats, and the models do not appear to be balloons. The concept of "Poké Floats", added during localization, was later used in other ''Pokémon'' media: examples include the {{s|bulbapedia|Wi-Fi Plaza}} in ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon Platinum}}'' and ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver}}'', and the climax of the ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon Detective Pikachu}}'' movie, which features a battle between Pikachu and Mewtwo on Pokémon balloons.

Poké Floats was originally deemed legal as a [[counterpick]], on the basis that its movement was entirely deterministic and not fast enough to cause an overreliance on mobility, though some characters could have trouble recovering or going from float to float. Eventually, however, the stage was banned from tournament play due to the possibility of [[stage spike]]s, and recovery being made difficult by the odd movements and collision detection of some floats, as seen in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wGhFOtIx14 this clip]. It was also deemed as giving a major advantage to {{SSBM|Fox}} because of how easy it was to time out opponents by [[stalling]] and the small vertical [[blast zone]]s, which Fox's KO moves are oriented around.

==All-floats glitch==

This glitch can be performed only in version 1.0 of ''[[Melee]]'', as a subset of the [[Name Entry Glitch]]. If a [[0-Second Melee]] is started on this stage, [http://i.gyazo.com/231c04bad4bb1d2119f5f8051e19713b.gif all floats appear on the screen at the same time] before the match ends (image courtesy of {{Sm|Andrewajt62}}), occasionally freezing the game. This glitch was discovered by {{Sm|Simna ibn Sind}} at the end of 2013.

 

==Names in other languages==

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|ja={{ja|ポケモン亜空間|Pokemon Akūkan}}

|jaM=Pokémon Subspace

|esM=Poké Balloons}}

*This is the only non-[[Past Stages|Past stage]] in ''Melee'' that does not appear in {{SSBM|Classic Mode}}. However, the music will appear when fighting {{SSBM|Mewtwo}}; as well as {{SSBM|Mewtwo}}'s [[Credits]] theme song.