The Glacial Peak

World of Trophies The Glacial Peak
Lucario and Meta Knight about to duel on the Peak, with the Ice Climbers watching in the background.
Universe	Super Smash Bros. Ice Climber
Appears in	Brawl
Availability	Subspace Emissary only
Preceding SSE stage	Outside the Ancient Ruins
Following SSE stage	The Canyon

The Glacial Peak (氷山, Iceberg) is the twenty-first stage of the Subspace Emissary mode in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Overview

At the beginning, the Great Fox and the Halberd are seen battling, shooting blasts one-by-one. At the bottom of a mountain nearby, Marth, Ike, Pokémon Trainer, and Lucas look at the battle, while Meta Knight, after looking at this, sees the Ice Climbers climbing the mountain. He decides to follow them to try and get the Halberd back from the Subspace Army. They venture up the mountain and the level starts. It is based on the original Ice Climber with ladders, and platforms at each level with a flag. Also, at some point on the mountain, there is ice that retracts in and out from the mountainside. It can either be stairs for the player, or an obstacle which has to be avoided. There are also gusts of wind in some areas, which are noticeably stronger or weaker depending on the difficulty. There are lots of Glice who will try and freeze the player, as well as Shaydas, Towtow, Ticken, and towards the end, many Spaak.

The Ice Climbers eventually arrive at the top where Lucario is meditating, waiting for Meta Knight and the Ice Climbers. Lucario jumps from where he was standing, and is ready to fight Meta Knight. The Ice Climbers look at both with a scared look, and the player picks which character to play as in the battle. The fighting stage is a slopey, ice-covered stage that is reasonably slippery, and there are a few holes. At the end of the fight, the winner revives the loser from their trophy state, and Lucario and Meta Knight shake hands, but this is soon interrupted by the Halberd, which has the Great Fox captive, and the Halberd knocks the Great Fox into the mountainside, destroying it, and creating an earthquake-like explosion, making the Ice Climbers fall to the bottom (where Marth, Ike, Pokémon Trainer, and Lucas are located) because they were watching from the edge. Lucario and Meta Knight climb on the Great Fox, and then onto the Halberd, so Meta Knight can seize it back.

Playable Characters

Playable for the sidescrolling section and the ending battle if chosen:

• Meta Knight

Playable for the sidescrolling section:

• Ice Climbers (Joins team after level)

Only playable for the ending battle if chosen:

• Lucario (Joins team after level and is unlocked for all modes if it hasn’t been already)

Team Members

After The Glacial Peak is completed, Meta Knight leaves his original group and joins Lucario, while the Ice Climbers, who fell down the mountain, replace Meta Knight in the group he was in before, with Marth, Ike, Lucas and Pokémon Trainer.

First group

• Meta Knight
• Lucario

Second group

• Marth
• Lucas
• Pokémon Trainer
• Ike
• Ice Climbers

List of enemies

• Primid
• Shellpod
• Boom Primid
• Bucculus
• Poppant
• Ticken
• Floow
• Sword Primid
• Metal Primid
• Glice
• Hydro Jyk
• Shaydas
• Towtow
• Spaak

Bosses

• Meta Knight or Lucario (depending on who the player chooses to fight)

Music

• During the beginning of the stage, Ice Climber plays.
• Following that, Frozen Hillside plays.
• During the fight with Meta Knight vs. Lucario, Team Galactic Battle! plays.

Trivia

• A secret room in The Glacial Peak requires a metal character to jump into water and sink past the bottom of a small iceberg to collect a Cube. This is the only area in the series which uses a Metal Box's deeper sinking depth for a beneficial gameplay purpose.