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| [[File:Battlefield.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Battlefield stage in ''Brawl'' is an example of a typical stage in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series.]]
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| A '''stage''' (sometimes called a '''map''' or '''board''') is a location in which [[character]]s fight or complete objectives. The word "stage" usually refers to a [[versus mode]] stage, but can also refer to the ground or large central [[platform]] within this location. As well as versus mode stages, single player mode stages, such as the [[Target Smash!!]] maps, exist for purposes other than fighting.
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| ==Versus stages==
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| In all three games of the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Smash]]'' series, most [[versus mode]] stages are available from the [[starter|start]], while a small number must be [[unlockable stage|unlocked]] by completing certain objectives. Most stages, like [[Congo Jungle]], are derived from places in playable characters' [[universe]]s. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', an abstract stage, [[Poké Floats]], was introduced, as well as two ''[[Super Smash Bros. (universe)|Smash Bros]]'' universe stages - [[Battlefield]] and [[Final Destination]]. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', stages derived from games without associated playable characters were introduced, namely [[Smashville]] and [[Hanenbow]], while [[PictoChat]] represents a [[Nintendo DS]] utility interface. Additionally, not every playable character has a stage from their own universe. Included in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' are a small number of [[Past and Melee Stages|past stages]] - stages from the previous ''Smash'' game with no major alterations.
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| Stages range in size from the large [[Hyrule Temple]] and [[New Pork City]] to the small [[Onett]] and [[Brinstar]]. Typically, stages involve a large central [[platform]] with [[ledge]]s and one or more smaller platforms, as well as [[blast line]]s above, below and to the left and right of the visible area. Some stages, such as [[Yoshi's Island]] and [[Distant Planet]] have floors that continue past the edge of the visible area and pass through a side blast line, these edges are known as "walk off edges" or "walk offs", because characters can walk offscreen without the need to become airborne. Stages with walk off edges on both the left and right, like [[Bridge of Eldin]], are sometimes called "walk off stages". Some walk off stages, such as [[Onett]], have no lower blast line.
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| In ''[[Melee]]'', moving and transforming stages were introduced. [[Big Blue]] and [[Rainbow Cruise]] consist entirely of platforms that move or appear on and offscreen, while stages like [[Infinite Glacier]] and [[Rumble Falls]] scroll continuously up or down.
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| Other stages, such as [[Pokémon Stadium]], undergo partial transformations at certain intervals, while yet others, like ''Brawl'''s [[Frigate Orpheon]] and [[Castle Siege]], cycle through complete transformations. [[Mushroomy Kingdom]] may be one of two stages depending on either luck or player's input prior to the match.
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| Other stage elements include breakable barriers and platforms, such as the pillars of [[Luigi's Mansion]] and the stone floors of [[Skyworld]]; stage hazards and enemies, such as lasers, cars and [[Klap Trap]]s; local items such as [[apples]]; and interactive objects such as [[Barrel Cannon]]s. While [[water]] has no effect on movement in ''Melee'', ''Brawl'' introduced [[swimming]], and many of its stages involve water that can be swum in.
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| In ''Brawl'', the appearance of some items, namely [[crate]]s and [[barrel]]s, differs depending on the aesthetic style of the stage they appear on. The following is quoted from the [[DOJO!!]] website.
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| Previously, wooden crates and barrels were pretty much garden-variety.
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| This time around, these items change visually to match the mood of the stage.
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| On sci-fi type stages they take on a futuristic tone.
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| On more fantastic stages, they look more like presents.<ref>http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/items/item03.html</ref>
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| </blockquote>
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| ===In ''Super Smash Bros.''===
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| There are nine versus stages in the original ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', eight [[Starter stage|starters]] and one [[Unlockable stage|unlockable]]: Mushroom Kingdom, shown in '''bold'''.
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| *[[Congo Jungle]]
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| *[[Dream Land]]
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| *[[Hyrule Castle]]
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| *'''[[Mushroom Kingdom (SSB)|Mushroom Kingdom]]'''
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| *[[Peach's Castle]]
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| *[[Planet Zebes]]
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| *[[Sector Z]]
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| *[[Saffron City]]
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| *[[Yoshi's Island (SSB)|Yoshi's Island]]
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| ===In ''Melee''===
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| There are 29 versus stages in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', 18 [[Starter stage|starters]] and 11 [[Unlockable stage|unlockable]] stages, shown below in '''bold'''. The three past stages are unlockable.
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| ====Melee stages====
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| *'''[[Special Stages: Battlefield|Battlefield]]'''
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| *'''[[F-Zero Grand Prix: Big Blue|Big Blue]]'''
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| *[[Planet Zebes: Brinstar|Brinstar]]
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| *'''[[Planet Zebes: Brinstar Depths|Brinstar Depths]]'''
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| *[[Lylat System: Corneria|Corneria]]
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| *'''[[Special Stages: Final Destination|Final Destination]]'''
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| *'''[[Superflat World: Flat Zone|Flat Zone]]'''
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| *[[Dream Land: Fountain of Dreams|Fountain of Dreams]]
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| *'''[[Eagleland: Fourside|Fourside]]'''
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| *[[Termina: Great Bay|Great Bay]]
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| *[[Dream Land: Green Greens|Green Greens]]
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| *[[Infinite Glacier: Icicle Mountain|Icicle Mountain]]
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| *[[DK Island: Jungle Japes|Jungle Japes]]
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| *[[Mushroom: Kingdom|Kingdom]]
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| *'''[[Mushroom: Kingdom II|Kingdom II]]'''
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| *[[DK Island: Kongo Jungle|Kongo Jungle]]
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| *[[F-Zero Grand Prix: Mute City|Mute City]]
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| *[[Eagleland: Onett|Onett]]
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| *'''[[Kanto Skies: Poké Floats|Poké Floats]]'''
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| *[[Kanto: Pokémon Stadium|Pokémon Stadium]]
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| *[[Mushroom Kingdom: Princess Peach's Castle|Princess Peach's Castle]]
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| *[[Mushroom Kingdom: Rainbow Cruise|Rainbow Cruise]]
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| *[[Hyrule: Temple|Temple]]
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| *[[Lylat System: Venom|Venom]]
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| *[[Yoshi's Island: Yoshi's Island|Yoshi's Island]]
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| *[[Yoshi's Island: Yoshi's Story|Yoshi's Story]]
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| ====Past stages====
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| *'''[[Dream Land|Past Stages: Dream Land]]'''
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| *'''[[Congo Jungle|Past Stages: Kongo Jungle]]'''
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| *'''[[Yoshi's Island (SSB)|Past Stages: Yoshi's Island]]'''
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| ===In ''Brawl''===
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| There are 41 versus stages in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', 29 [[Starter stage|starters]] and 12 [[Unlockable stage|unlockable]] stages, shown below in '''bold'''. None of the original ''Super Smash Bros.'' stages return, but there are 10 "Melee stages", one from each universe involved in the original ''Smash Bros.''
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| ====Brawl Stages====
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| *'''[[75m]]'''
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| *[[Battlefield (SSBB)|Battlefield]]
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| *[[Bridge of Eldin]]
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| *[[Castle Siege]]
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| *[[Delfino Plaza]]
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| *[[Distant Planet]]
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| *[[Final Destination (SSBB)|Final Destination]]
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| *'''[[Flat Zone 2]]'''
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| *[[Frigate Orpheon]]
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| *'''[[Green Hill Zone]]'''
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| *[[Halberd]]
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| *'''[[Hanenbow]]'''
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| *'''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'''
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| *[[Lylat Cruise]]
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| *'''[[Mario Bros. (stage)|Mario Bros.]]'''
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| *[[Mario Circuit]]
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| *[[Mushroomy Kingdom]]
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| *[[New Pork City]]
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| *[[Norfair]]
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| *[[PictoChat]]
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| *'''[[Pirate Ship]]'''
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| *[[Pokémon Stadium 2]]
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| * [[Port Town Aero Dive]]
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| *[[Rumble Falls]]
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| *[[Shadow Moses Island]]
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| *[[Skyworld]]
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| *[[Smashville]]
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| *'''[[Spear Pillar]]'''
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| *[[Summit]]
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| *[[WarioWare, Inc.]]
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| *[[Yoshi's Island (SSBB)|Yoshi's Island]]
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| ====Melee Stages====
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| *'''[[F-Zero Grand Prix: Big Blue|Big Blue]]'''
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| *[[Planet Zebes: Brinstar|Brinstar]]
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| *[[Lylat System: Corneria|Corneria]]
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| *'''[[Dream Land: Green Greens|Green Greens]]'''
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| *'''[[DK Island: Jungle Japes|Jungle Japes]]'''
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| *[[Eagleland: Onett|Onett]]
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| *'''[[Kanto: Pokémon Stadium|Pokémon Stadium]]'''
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| *[[Mushroom Kingdom: Rainbow Cruise|Rainbow Cruise]]
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| *[[Hyrule: Temple|Temple]]
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| *[[Yoshi's Island: Yoshi's Island|Yoshi's Island]]
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| ===Tournament legality===
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| Some stages are banned in [[Tournament legal|competitive]] play because they are considered disruptive or unfair. See [[Banned stages]].
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| ==Single player stages==
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| In the single player modes and challenges, a number of stages appear that are not available in versus mode.
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| *''Brawl'' and ''Melee's'' [[Home-Run Contest]] stages involve a central platform from which [[Sandbag]] is hit, and a very long stretch of ground to the right of the platform, for it to land upon.
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| *In ''Melee's'' "trophy tussle" [[event match]]es, the player fights [[CPU]]s upon a stage that takes the form of a giant object, the trophy for which he or she wins after completing the event.
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| *The original ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' [[Board the Platforms]] stages function as agility tests, and there are 12 in total - each one is designed to challenge the player's character.
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| *Like Board the Platforms, [[Break the Targets]] and Target Test stages of the original ''Smash Bros.'' and ''Melee'' respectively are tailored to challenge each character - 12 exist in the original and 25 in ''Melee''. Some of ''Melee'''s Target Test stages are decorated in reference to their character's universe; [[Pikachu (SSBM)|Pikachu]]'s, for example, has decorative Pokéballs in its walls, while the [[Ice Climbers (SSBM)|Ice Climbers]]' look like a level from the game [[Ice Climber universe|Ice Climber]]. ''Brawl'', however, simply has five Target Smash stages for all characters, each representing a different difficulty level.
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| *Areas in [[Adventure Mode]] and the [[Subspace Emissary]] are technically defined as stages.
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| *''Brawl's'' [[Online Practice Stage]] is playable only while waiting for an [[Wi-fi|online match]] to load.
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| *''Brawl's'' Configure Test stage is playable only for the purpose of testing custom controls, and only as [[Mario (SSBB)|Mario]].
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| ===In ''Super Smash Bros.''===
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| *[[Board the Platforms|Board the Platforms stages]]
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| *[[Target Test|Target Test stages]]
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| *[[Meta Crystal]]
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| *[[Battlefield (SSB)|Battlefield]]
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| *[[Final Destination (SSB)|Final Destination]]
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| ===In ''Melee''===
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| *[[Adventure Mode|Adventure mode stages]]
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| *[[All-Star Teleporter]] - the stage the players are teleported to and from between [[All-Star mode]] matches.
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| *[[Entei (stage)|Entei]] - the stage on which [[Event 26: Trophy Tussle 2]] is played.
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| *[[Goomba]] - the stage on which [[Event 14: Trophy Tussle 1]] is played.
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| *[[Home-Run Stadium]]
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| *[[Majora's Mask]] - the stage on which [[Event 47: Trophy Tussle 3]] is played.
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| *[[Race to the Finish]] - a [[Classic mode]] [[bonus game]] stage.
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| *[[Trophy Collector|Snag the Trophies stage]] - a Classic mode bonus game stage.
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| *[[Target Test|Target Test stages]] - a set of single player mode stages that also appear in Classic mode as bonus games.
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| ===In ''Brawl''===
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| *[[All-Star Teleporter]] - the stage the players are teleported to and from between [[All-Star mode]] matches.
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| *[[Home-Run Stadium]]
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| *[[Target Smash!!|Target Smash!! stages]] - a set of single player mode stages that also appear in Classic mode as bonus games.
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| *[[Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary stages]]
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| *Configure Test - the stage on which custom controls are tested.
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| *[[Online Practice Stage]].
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| ==Non-playable stages==
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| Some stages exist, but are non-playable; developers did not intended for them to be played in. Non-playable stages are accessible only through hacks and debug programs, such as [[Action Replay]]. Some, such as "Test", are assumed to have been used for testing during game development, while others, such as the "Tutorial stage", are used in the game but not for the purpose of gameplay.
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| ===In ''Super Smash Bros.''===
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| *[[Kirby Beta Stage 1]]
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| *[[Kirby Beta Stage 2]]
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| *[[Tutorial Stage 64|Tutorial Stage]]
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| ===In ''Melee''===
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| *[[10-2]]
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| *[[AKANEIA]]
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| *[[DUMMY]]
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| *[[IceTop]]
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| *[[Test stage|Test]]
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| ===In ''Brawl''===
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| *1-Player Mode Credits - the file name of the single player mode credits is "STGCHARACROLL.pac" which technically defines it as a stage.
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| *Results Screen - the results screen that appears after a match is a stage, playable only through hacking.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUCtkSWsFkY</ref>
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| ==Custom Stages==
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| ''Brawl'' introduced the [[Stage Builder]], a tool that allows players to build their own stages, for use in multiplayer matches, using sets of provided objects, some unlockable. ''Brawl'' includes a set of [[Sample Stages]] that were built using the Stage Builder. The stage builder can also be used to build [[No KO]] stages and "[[CD Factory|CD Factories]]" - exploitative stages used for quickly obtaining [[CD]]s.
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| {{SSBStages}}
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| {{SSBMStages}}
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| {{SSBBStages}}
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