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'''New Pork City''' ({{ja|ニューポークシティ|Nyū Pōku Shiti}}, ''New Pork City'') is a stage in  ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' based on the location of the same name in ''Mother 3''. In ''Ultimate'', it is where Lucas is fought when being unlocked.


'''New Pork City''' is a stage in  ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', hailing from the game ''Mother 3''. It is a massive stage, approximately the size of the [[Temple]] stage in both ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''Brawl''. It is comprised of dozens of buildings, giving the impression of a large city, though the battle area consists of a series of platforms that seem to have no connection to the city itself.
==Stage overview==
New Pork City presents itself as a massive stage, being by far the biggest stage in ''Brawl''. It is composed of dozens of buildings, giving the impression of a large city (hence the name), though the battle area consists of a series of platforms that seem to have no connection to the city itself.


This stage is banned in many tournaments for being very large and having a lot of easy tech locations, as well as the Ultimate Chimera (see below).
On the very right side of the stage, there are a series of thin platforms vertically arranged on top of each other, from which it is possible to do a [[stage jump]] with some characters. The top of these is the highest point on the stage, being about 3/4 of the way up to the upper blast line. To the left of these platforms is a swinging "pendulum" platform, resembling the swinging ship ride seen in the city's original appearance in the game. Directly below this is a large, sloped platform. The left edge of this drops down to a platform of wooden planks with a painting of a building laying flat. This platform is breakable, and can result in early deaths if one is not careful. The left side of this platform is connected to another bumpy platform, connected to a slope facing downwards to the left. Directly above this are two very thick, floating cubical platforms connected to each other. The rightmost point of this is slightly to the left of the rightmost point of the slope. Directly left of the sloped platform is a small floating slope. This is between the large cubical platforms and a small, thin platform connected to a larger, cube-shaped one. To the left of this is the left-most point on the stage, a flat, small platform with medium thickness. The bottom-most point of the stage is a small limousine that flies from the left to the right of the stage, though this only appears sometimes. Far into the background is a silhouette of an actual city, despite the fact that New Pork City itself is floating and unconnected to it. Interestingly, the camera does not zoom in very much, even if all characters are near each other, even though it zooms in when the game is paused.


==Stage description==
The [[Ultimate Chimera]] appears a major hazard in this stage. Appearing randomly on the large right platform, the bottom platform with the breakable floor, or the two large leftmost platforms, it walks slowly and its bite attack results in 100% damage with very high [[knockback]] in ''Brawl'', usually a guaranteed [[one-hit KO]] if not [[tech|teched]] - which turns out to be quite helpful in [[event match]]es set in the stage, such as [[Event 27: Three-Beast Carnage]], as the knockback applied is strong enough to trump the factor of the amplified weight of the giant opponents. The attack has 2 hitboxes which can both damage the player simultaneously, potentially resulting in 200% damage. In ''Ultimate'', the bite no longer launches fighters, and instead deals an [[instant KO]] - likely as a result, the Ultimate Chimera roars when it first appears without attacking, giving nearby players a chance to get away. If the combo menu is open, it can be seen that the attack still deals 100% damage.
On the very right side of the stage, there are a series of thin platforms vertically arranged on top of each other. The top of these is the highest point on the stage, being about 3/4 of the way up to the upper blast line. To the left of these platforms is a rotating "pendulum" platform, perhaps related to the various theme-park rides that exist in New Pork City in Mother 3. Directly below this is a large, sloped platform. The left edge of this drops down to a small cardboard layout of a building laying flat. This is breakable. Breaking this platform can result in early deaths if one is not careful. The left side of this breakable platform is connected to another bumpy platform, connected to a slope facing downwards to the left. Directly above this are two very thick, floating cubical platforms connected to each other. The rightmost point of this is slightly to the left of the rightmost point of the slope. Directly left of the sloped platform is a small floating slope. This is between the large cubical platforms and a small, thin platform connected to a larger, cube-shaped one. To the left of this is the left-most point on the stage, a flat, small platform with medium thickness. The bottom-most point of the stage is a small limousine that flies from the left to the right of the stage, though this only appears sometimes. The stage's overall huge size can make it difficult to KO, and the many platforms allow for easy techs. In addition, the large distance between platforms allows for camping. Because of these reasons, the stage is banned. Far into the background is a silhouette of an actual city, despite the fact that New Pork City itself is floating and unconnected to it. Interestingly, the camera does not zoom in very much, even if all characters are near each other, even though it zooms in when the game is paused.


==Ultimate Chimera==
===Ω form and Battlefield form===
The '''Ultimate Chimera''' is a hazard in [[New Pork City]]. Appearing randomly in any part of the stage, it walks slowly and its bite attack results in a [[one-hit KO]] (even though the stage is very large) and deals 100% if the player is by the edge of its mouth, and 200% if trapped inside. As mentioned above, however, the many blocks on the stage allow players to tech, and in some cases even if the player does not tech, the rebound may not have sufficient knockback to KO.
In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', the [[Ω form]] and [[Battlefield form]] is set on a metallic structure designed similarly to the metallic [[hard platform]] structures of the regular form, and it is the same size and shape as {{SSBU|Final Destination}} and {{SSBU|Battlefield}}, respectively. The three [[soft platform]]s' designs resemble the soft platforms of the regular form. The Ultimate Chimera is also absent.
<gallery widths="200px">
File:SSBU-New Pork CityOmega.png|Ω form in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''
File:SSBU-New Pork CityBattlefield.png|Battlefield form in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.
</gallery>


===Chimera Facts===
===Hazards Off===
*It is possible to defeat the Ultimate Chimera when it is situated on the breakable platform on the bottom of the stage by breaking the platform. This can be done safely from a distance with the [[Motion-Sensor Bomb]], [[C4]], or a controllable projectile such as [[PK Thunder]]. Upon falling, the Chimera will let out a roar of displeasure.
With hazards off in ''Ultimate'', the Ultimate Chimera does not appear, the flying limousine does not fly into the playing field, the breakable floor can no longer be hit, and the swinging platform does not swing.
*When a character is using a Final Smash, Ultimate Chimera will not try to bite and will usually ignore the character if the Final Smash was activated with correct timing. If the player is invincible during the Final Smash and was touching Ultimate Chimera, it will bite the player, but the player won't take damage or knockback.
*If the player completes [[Classic Mode]] or [[All-Star Mode]] with [[Ness (SSBB)|Ness]], the congratulations screen will picture him in the mouth of the Ultimate Chimera.
*The sound effect used for its roar in ''Mother 3'' can be heard after defeating [[Porky Minch]] in the Subspace Emissary.
*It actually is possible to walk into Ultimate Chimera and not get bitten. If the character is on a platform, and the Ultimate Chimera appears next to them, he won't attack the player until they drop off the platform.
*Though the Ultimate Chimera has the same "off button" that it did in ''Mother 3'', touching it will not affect the Ultimate Chimera.


==New Pork City Jump==
==Origin==
It is possible to jump from the rightmost platform of New Pork City, under the stage, and up through the breakable platform. This is similar, but more difficult than, the [[Hyrule Jump]] as both a good horizontal and vertical recovery are required.
[[File:NewPorkCityMother3.png|thumb|left|200px|New Pork City as it originally appeared in ''[[Mother 3]]''.]]
New Pork City is the final location in ''{{s|wikibound|Mother 3}}'', where one of the {{s|wikibound|Seven Needles}} is located. The city was built by [[Porky Minch]], who forcibly brainwashed and gathered the inhabitants of the {{s|wikibound|Nowhere Islands}}—along with various peoples across different time periods—in order to commemorate the destruction of the world by the {{s|wikibound|Masked Man}} pulling the final Needle. [[Lucas]] and his partners were the only people invited to the city, chauffeured by a flying limousine. There are many attractions in the city, including an amusement park, a movie theater, an arcade, a restaurant, and the [[Porky Statue|King Statue]]; however, most of the buildings in the city are actually just wooden billboards. The most prominent building, however, is the {{s|wikibound|Empire Porky Building}}, which is a 100-story skyscraper where Porky resides. In this stage, the city itself is in the background and, for the most part, uses the original sprites from ''Mother 3''; however, the size of the city has been greatly increased. The swinging platform bears resemblance to the pirate ride in the amusement park, and the destructible wooden platform on the bottom has a face of a building painted on it.
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[[File:UltimateChimeraM3.png|thumb|left|The Ultimate Chimera as it originally appeared in ''Mother 3''.]]
In ''Mother 3'', Porky gathered various scientists from different times and ordered them to create {{s|wikibound|chimera}}s—creatures made through mechanizing animals or combining them with each other. The {{s|wikibound|Ultimate Chimera}} was designed to be a killing machine; it is an incredibly dangerous creature feared even by its creators, and if Lucas approaches it, he'll be instantly defeated by its powerful bite. It was created in the {{s|wikibound|Chimera Laboratory}} in the {{s|wikibound|Murasaki Forest}}, and appears again on the Empire Porky Building's restroom floor.
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==Tournament legality==
New Pork City has been banned universally in tournament play since the beginning of ''Brawl's'' competitive scene. The most significant of its problems is its extreme size and extreme amount of empty space; characters can live to absurd [[damage]] percents without the aid of a [[cave of life]], and can easily outcamp slower characters just by running away. Besides being able to cause [[broken|game breaking]] [[camping]], this can make it impossible for matches here to finish without going to [[time out|time]], and greatly prevents matches from flowing smoothly. The stage is additionally difficult to traverse due to irregular [[floor]] design and [[platform]] placement and the aforementioned extreme amount of empty space, and the [[camera]] has issues with being able to zoom in properly, which further disrupts gameplay within the stage. The stage also has several walls, allowing for wall [[infinite]]s and [[zero death]]s, as well as places to [[tech]] against to extend survival even farther. The final major problem is the Ultimate Chimera, which while can be reasonably (and arguably easily) avoided, still has guaranteed OHKO power if a player is bitten by it in a stage where characters can realistically approach [[sudden death]] damage percents consistently, making it an overly powerful stage hazard that can have too large of an impact in a match regardless.


===Characters that can perform the New Pork City Jump===
==Gallery==
*{{SSBB|Meta Knight}}, {{SSBB|Pit}}, and {{SSBB|Charizard}}, using their [[glide]]s.
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===  
*{{SSBB|Kirby}}, {{SSBB|King Dedede}}, and {{SSBB|Jigglypuff}}, using their multiple jumps (and possibly their [[up special]]s or [[Pound]] in Jigglypuff's case).
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*{{SSBB|Ike}}, by using a fully-charged forward smash while standing on a rolling [[crate]], combined with [[Aether]].
New Pork City1.jpg|New Pork City in ''Brawl''.
*{{SSBB|Ganondorf}}, by exploiting the [[vacuum]] properties of his [[volcano kick]] up tilt on a rolling crate.
New Pork City2.jpg|Lucas looking towards the background.
*{{SSBB|Luigi}}, by using [[Green Missile]], [[Luigi Cyclone]], and possibly [[Super Jump Punch]].
New Pork City3.jpg|The right side of the stage.
*{{SSBB|Snake}}, [[Link]], and [[Toon Link]], with their [[bomb recovery|bomb recoveries]].
New Pork City4.jpg|The Ultimate Chimera appears.
*{{SSBB|R.O.B.}}, using [[Robo Burner]].
New Pork City5.jpg|Lucas is KO'd by the Chimera's bite.</gallery>
*{{SSBB|Marth}}, by timing a fully charged [[Shield Breaker]] followed by [[Dolphin Slash]].
*{{SSBB|Yoshi}}, by using his midair jump, and a single [[Egg Throw]] to add vertical height.
*{{SSBB|Diddy Kong}}, by using a [[Monkey Flip]] and [[Rocketbarrel Boost]].
*{{SSBB|Peach}}, by using her float then [[Peach Bomber]] followed by [[Peach Parasol]].
*{{SSBB|Wario}}, by using [[Wario Bike|his bike]] to get his second jump back, then using a fully-charged [[Wario Waft]] and finishing up with [[Corkscrew]].
*{{SSBB|Lucas}}, by using [[Magnet Pull]] and his [[midair jump]].
*{{SSBB|Sonic}}, by using [[Spin Dash]], [[midair jump]]ing, and using [[Spring Jump]]
*{{SSBB|Lucario}}, by stalling with his [[down aerial]] the bottom edge on the very left, [[double jump]]ing to the left, down aerial stalling again, and using [[ExtremeSpeed]].
*{{SSBB|Zero Suit Samus}} by using her double jump, [[Flip Jump]], and [[Plasma Wire]]. (Platform must be destroyed)
*{{SSBB|Ice Climbers}}, by using their double jump timed correctly and [[Belay]] timed correctly. (Platform must be destroyed; only lead climber will survive)
*{{SSBB|Mr. Game and Watch}}, by using [[Fire]] timed correctly.


==Origin==
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
[[File:NewPorkCityMother3.png|thumb|left|200px|New Pork City as it originally appeared in ''[[Mother 3]]''.]]
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New Pork City was a location in ''[[Mother 3]]''. Porky Minch ruled this city and gathered various people from different times to live in it, and eventually managed to get all of the Nowhere Islanders to move here too, sometimes by force. Porky gathered various scientists from different times to work in a laboratory called the Chimera Lab, which is not located in New Pork City itself. He gave orders to create creatures called Chimeras, which were hybrids of multiple different animals or plants, or mechanized versions of animals. The Ultimate Chimera was one of these, and, fitting the name, was the most powerful one, and was feared even by its creators. The Ultimate Chimera was eventually moved here as well, and was discovered by Lucas and company in the bathrooms of the Empire Porky Building. If the Ultimate Chimera bites Lucas, it's an instant death resulting in a game over. The Ultimate Chimera appears in this stage as a hazard. When the Ultimate Chimera bites a player, there is a high possibility that the player will get knocked out. Also, when the Ultimate Chimera spots Lucas in ''Mother 3'', an exclamation point appears over its head and a distinct noise can be heard. It then proceeds to chase after Lucas. In ''Brawl'', when the Ultimate Chimera appears on the stage, the same distinct noise when it spots Lucas in ''Mother 3'' can be heard. Also, the Ultimate Chimera will not chase after players in ''Brawl'', but will instead just simply wander around the stage.
SSBU-New Pork City 2.png|The Ultimate Chimera.
[[File:UltimateChimeraM3.png|thumb|right|200px|The Ultimate Chimera as it originally appeared in ''Mother 3''.]]
SSBUWebsiteDrMario3.jpg|{{SSBU|Dr. Mario}} using his forward smash on {{SSBU|Link}} on the stage
The background contains multiple sprites from ''Mother 3''. Notably, the Empire Porky Building, a 100 story building, can be seen in the background, and it expands all the way up to the upper boundary line. Sprites of some of the ''Mother 3'' characters can also be seen. There is a destructible platform towards the bottom of the stage that is made out of wood and is painted to look like a building. In ''Mother 3'', there is a small theme park in New Pork City that has a pirate themed swinging ship ride. In ''Brawl'', the swinging platform resembles the swinging ship ride seen in ''Mother 3''. The actual arrangement of platforms used here (disregarding the limousine) was never a part of the city in ''Mother 3''.  In ''Mother 3'', the only way to get to New Pork City was by a flying limousine. When unloading passenger into New Pork City, the flying limousine would park in a parking lot in the west side of the city. In this stage, the limousine can be seen flying across the stage. The parking lot on the west side of the city has been retained.
</gallery>


In ''Mother 3'', Porky Minch built a statue of a younger version himself in the city. If Lucas were to observe the statue three times it would attack. The Porky Statue is retained and can be seen in the background. The overall layout of the city looks very similar to how it appeared in ''Mother 3'' with only few buildings being out of place, but the size city has been greatly increased which resulted in more buildings than what was originally there. Also, the majority of the "buildings" in ''Mother 3'''s New Pork City weren't real buildings, but were instead just billboards of buildings. This is also true in ''Brawl''. New Pork City in ''Mother 3'' is likely built on top of a mountain rather than "floating" like it is in ''Brawl'' as there is a long elevator shaft in the Empire Porky Building that goes deep underground to a cave system that leads to the final Needle.
==Names in other languages==
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|ko={{rollover|뉴포크시티|Nyupokeusiti|?}}, ''New Pork City''
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*On the [[NTSC|American version]] of ''Brawl'', the stage selection screen refers to the stage as hailing from ''EarthBound'', although it is not from said game. [[PAL]] versions of ''Brawl'' do, however, list the [[Stage prefix|stage's prefix]] as ''MOTHER''.
[[File:NewPorkCitySkyscraper.png|thumb|The Empire Porky Building, as seen with an unrestricted camera in ''Brawl''.]]
*In ''Mother 3'', The Empire Pork Building has 100 floors. This fact is stretched in ''Brawl'', as the height of the building is unspecifyingly tall and in fact still goes off the top of the screen when [[Olimar (SSBB)|Olimar]] uses [[End of Day]].
*In ''Brawl'', the model for the Empire Porky Building extends far above the stage, and it even pierces the stage's skybox.
*Although this stage originates from ''Mother 3'', ''Brawl''{{'}}s stage selection screen labels it ''EarthBound'' (''Mother'' in the Japanese version). This was changed to ''Mother 3'' in all versions of ''Ultimate''.
*When {{SSBB|Pokémon Trainer}} is selected, he will stand on the streets in the background.
*When {{SSBB|Pokémon Trainer}} is selected, he will stand on the streets in the background.
*The Pigmask's logo appears stamped on all solid [[platform]]s.
*The Pigmask's logo appears stamped on all solid [[platform]]s.
*Despite the presence of trophies for most stage elements, there is no trophy of the Ultimate Chimera.
*{{SSBB|Fox}}, {{SSBB|Falco}}, and {{SSBB|Pit}} can perform the [[Laser Glitch]] here in ''Brawl''.
*Since [[Fourside]] and [[Onett]] are also banned from tournaments, that means no stage from the ''EarthBound''/''Mother'' universe has regularly been seen in competitive play.
*[[Shadow Sneak]] will sometimes warp Greninja off the ground in this stage.
*New Pork City is a pun for the real life New York City, this city is in the United States.
*In ''Ultimate'', the following [[Assist Trophy|Assist Trophies]] can only appear on the Battlefield and Omega forms of this stage: [[Metroid (creature)|Metroid]], [[Kapp'n]], [[Dr. Kawashima]], [[Arcade Bunny]], and the [[Ghosts]]. [[Color TV-Game 15]] and [[Nikki]] (due to the dark background obscuring her drawings) cannot be summoned on this stage at all. Additionally, [[Alolan Exeggutor]], [[Lunala]] and [[Marshadow]] can only be summoned from [[Poké Ball]]s on the stage's Battlefield and Omega forms.


==Gallery==
==External links==
<gallery>Image:New Pork City2.jpg|Lucas looking towards the background.
*[http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/stages/stage14.html DOJO!! page]
Image:New Pork City3.jpg|The right side of the stage.
Image:New Pork City4.jpg|The Ultimate Chimera appears.
Image:New Pork City5.jpg|Lucas is KO'd by the Chimera's bite.</gallery>


==External Links==
[http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/stages/stage14.html DOJO!! page]
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EarthBoundSuper Smash Bros. Brawl
Mother 3Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
New Pork City
SSBU-New Pork City.png
New Pork City1.jpg

EarthboundSymbol.svg
New Pork City as it appears in Smash.
Universe EarthBound
Appears in Brawl
Ultimate
Availability Starter
Crate type Presents
Maximum players 4 (Brawl)
8 (Ultimate)
Music
Bolded tracks must be unlocked
Brawl Porky's Theme (100%)
Unfounded Revenge / Smashing Song of Praise (25%)
Mother 3 Love Theme (10%)
You Call This a Utopia?! (10%)
Humoresque of a Little Dog (10%)
Snowman (5%)
Ultimate EarthBound series music
Main: Porky's Theme
Alternate: Unfounded Revenge / Smashing Song of Praise
Tournament legality
Brawl Singles: Banned
Doubles: Banned
Ultimate Singles: Banned
Doubles: Banned
Article on WikiBound New Pork City

New Pork City (ニューポークシティ, New Pork City) is a stage in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate based on the location of the same name in Mother 3. In Ultimate, it is where Lucas is fought when being unlocked.

Stage overview[edit]

New Pork City presents itself as a massive stage, being by far the biggest stage in Brawl. It is composed of dozens of buildings, giving the impression of a large city (hence the name), though the battle area consists of a series of platforms that seem to have no connection to the city itself.

On the very right side of the stage, there are a series of thin platforms vertically arranged on top of each other, from which it is possible to do a stage jump with some characters. The top of these is the highest point on the stage, being about 3/4 of the way up to the upper blast line. To the left of these platforms is a swinging "pendulum" platform, resembling the swinging ship ride seen in the city's original appearance in the game. Directly below this is a large, sloped platform. The left edge of this drops down to a platform of wooden planks with a painting of a building laying flat. This platform is breakable, and can result in early deaths if one is not careful. The left side of this platform is connected to another bumpy platform, connected to a slope facing downwards to the left. Directly above this are two very thick, floating cubical platforms connected to each other. The rightmost point of this is slightly to the left of the rightmost point of the slope. Directly left of the sloped platform is a small floating slope. This is between the large cubical platforms and a small, thin platform connected to a larger, cube-shaped one. To the left of this is the left-most point on the stage, a flat, small platform with medium thickness. The bottom-most point of the stage is a small limousine that flies from the left to the right of the stage, though this only appears sometimes. Far into the background is a silhouette of an actual city, despite the fact that New Pork City itself is floating and unconnected to it. Interestingly, the camera does not zoom in very much, even if all characters are near each other, even though it zooms in when the game is paused.

The Ultimate Chimera appears a major hazard in this stage. Appearing randomly on the large right platform, the bottom platform with the breakable floor, or the two large leftmost platforms, it walks slowly and its bite attack results in 100% damage with very high knockback in Brawl, usually a guaranteed one-hit KO if not teched - which turns out to be quite helpful in event matches set in the stage, such as Event 27: Three-Beast Carnage, as the knockback applied is strong enough to trump the factor of the amplified weight of the giant opponents. The attack has 2 hitboxes which can both damage the player simultaneously, potentially resulting in 200% damage. In Ultimate, the bite no longer launches fighters, and instead deals an instant KO - likely as a result, the Ultimate Chimera roars when it first appears without attacking, giving nearby players a chance to get away. If the combo menu is open, it can be seen that the attack still deals 100% damage.

Ω form and Battlefield form[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Ω form and Battlefield form is set on a metallic structure designed similarly to the metallic hard platform structures of the regular form, and it is the same size and shape as Final Destination and Battlefield, respectively. The three soft platforms' designs resemble the soft platforms of the regular form. The Ultimate Chimera is also absent.

  • Ω form in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

    Ω form in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

  • Battlefield form in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

    Battlefield form in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Hazards Off[edit]

With hazards off in Ultimate, the Ultimate Chimera does not appear, the flying limousine does not fly into the playing field, the breakable floor can no longer be hit, and the swinging platform does not swing.

Origin[edit]

New Pork City as it originally appeared in Mother 3.

New Pork City is the final location in Mother 3, where one of the Seven Needles is located. The city was built by Porky Minch, who forcibly brainwashed and gathered the inhabitants of the Nowhere Islands—along with various peoples across different time periods—in order to commemorate the destruction of the world by the Masked Man pulling the final Needle. Lucas and his partners were the only people invited to the city, chauffeured by a flying limousine. There are many attractions in the city, including an amusement park, a movie theater, an arcade, a restaurant, and the King Statue; however, most of the buildings in the city are actually just wooden billboards. The most prominent building, however, is the Empire Porky Building, which is a 100-story skyscraper where Porky resides. In this stage, the city itself is in the background and, for the most part, uses the original sprites from Mother 3; however, the size of the city has been greatly increased. The swinging platform bears resemblance to the pirate ride in the amusement park, and the destructible wooden platform on the bottom has a face of a building painted on it.

The Ultimate Chimera as it originally appeared in Mother 3.

In Mother 3, Porky gathered various scientists from different times and ordered them to create chimeras—creatures made through mechanizing animals or combining them with each other. The Ultimate Chimera was designed to be a killing machine; it is an incredibly dangerous creature feared even by its creators, and if Lucas approaches it, he'll be instantly defeated by its powerful bite. It was created in the Chimera Laboratory in the Murasaki Forest, and appears again on the Empire Porky Building's restroom floor.

Tournament legality[edit]

New Pork City has been banned universally in tournament play since the beginning of Brawl's competitive scene. The most significant of its problems is its extreme size and extreme amount of empty space; characters can live to absurd damage percents without the aid of a cave of life, and can easily outcamp slower characters just by running away. Besides being able to cause game breaking camping, this can make it impossible for matches here to finish without going to time, and greatly prevents matches from flowing smoothly. The stage is additionally difficult to traverse due to irregular floor design and platform placement and the aforementioned extreme amount of empty space, and the camera has issues with being able to zoom in properly, which further disrupts gameplay within the stage. The stage also has several walls, allowing for wall infinites and zero deaths, as well as places to tech against to extend survival even farther. The final major problem is the Ultimate Chimera, which while can be reasonably (and arguably easily) avoided, still has guaranteed OHKO power if a player is bitten by it in a stage where characters can realistically approach sudden death damage percents consistently, making it an overly powerful stage hazard that can have too large of an impact in a match regardless.

Gallery[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

  • New Pork City in Brawl.

    New Pork City in Brawl.

  • Lucas looking towards the background.

    Lucas looking towards the background.

  • The right side of the stage.

    The right side of the stage.

  • The Ultimate Chimera appears.

    The Ultimate Chimera appears.

  • Lucas is KO'd by the Chimera's bite.

    Lucas is KO'd by the Chimera's bite.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

  • The Ultimate Chimera.

    The Ultimate Chimera.

  • Dr. Mario using his forward smash on Link on the stage

    Dr. Mario using his forward smash on Link on the stage

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name
Japan Japanese ニューポークシティ, New Pork City
UK English New Pork City
France French New Pork City
Germany German New Pork City
Spain Spanish New Pork City
Italy Italian New Pork City
China Chinese New Pork City
South Korea Korean 뉴포크시티, New Pork City
Netherlands Dutch New Pork City
Russia Russian Нью-Порк

Trivia[edit]

The Empire Porky Building, as seen with an unrestricted camera in Brawl.
  • In Brawl, the model for the Empire Porky Building extends far above the stage, and it even pierces the stage's skybox.
  • Although this stage originates from Mother 3, Brawl's stage selection screen labels it EarthBound (Mother in the Japanese version). This was changed to Mother 3 in all versions of Ultimate.
  • When Pokémon Trainer is selected, he will stand on the streets in the background.
  • The Pigmask's logo appears stamped on all solid platforms.
  • Fox, Falco, and Pit can perform the Laser Glitch here in Brawl.
  • Shadow Sneak will sometimes warp Greninja off the ground in this stage.
  • In Ultimate, the following Assist Trophies can only appear on the Battlefield and Omega forms of this stage: Metroid, Kapp'n, Dr. Kawashima, Arcade Bunny, and the Ghosts. Color TV-Game 15 and Nikki (due to the dark background obscuring her drawings) cannot be summoned on this stage at all. Additionally, Alolan Exeggutor, Lunala and Marshadow can only be summoned from Poké Balls on the stage's Battlefield and Omega forms.

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