Coliseum

Coliseum
{{{content1}}} {{{content2}}} Coliseum across the series.
Universe	Fire Emblem
Appears in	SSB4 (Wii U) Ultimate
Availability	Starter
Crate type	Normal
Maximum players	4 (Wii U) 8 (Ultimate)
Music Bolded tracks must be unlocked for Wii U The Devoted Coliseum Series Medley Fight 1 (Fire Emblem Gaiden) Meeting Theme Series Medley Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem Medley Time of Action Id (Purpose) Duty (Ablaze) Conquest (Ablaze) Glory of Heracles Attack (Soma Bringer) Lost in Thoughts All Alone (DLC) Lost in Thoughts All Alone (DLC) Ultimate Fire Emblem series music Main: The Devoted Alternate: Advance
Tournament legality Smash 4 Singles: Banned Doubles: Banned Ultimate Singles: Banned Doubles: Banned
Article on Fire Emblem Wiki	Arena

Coliseum (闘技場, Arena) is a stage in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from the Fire Emblem series. The stage uses underground machinery to provide a variety of different platform layouts. This stage is where Lucina is fought for her unlocking battle in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and where Ike and Corrin are fought for their unlocking battles in Ultimate.

Stage overview

Coliseum takes place in a desert coliseum. As the battle progresses, various platforms will quickly rise and change the layout of the stage, similarly to Arena Ferox. The starting layout is long, flat and simple. Additionally, the stage in general has walk-off blast lines and no bottom blast line. With hazards off, no platforms appear from the ground, and the level remains a flat plane for the duration of the match.

Ω forms and Battlefield form

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the Ω form features a high rise platform on an arena that extends below the blast line. The design of walls surrounding the bottomless pit can be seen.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Ω form and Battlefield form are similar to SSB4's Ω form; however, the main platform does not extend below the blast line and is resized and reshaped to match Final Destination and Battlefield, respectively. The three soft platforms of the Battlefield form are made of stone and are unique to this form.

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  Ω form in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

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  Ω form in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

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  Battlefield form in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Origin

Marth fighting in an arena in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon.

Arenas, also referred to as coliseums, are a recurring gameplay element that have appeared in most of the Fire Emblem games. They can optionally be visited by any unit for a small fee, allowing said unit to engage in a one-on-one battle with an unaffiliated unit, receiving double the entry fee in case of a victory. In addition, victory against these units still counts towards a characters EXP totals; however, any units that fall in the arena are lost forever, as if in a normal battle - as such, the player can potentially allow their units to flee the arena, at the cost of losing money from entering.

The design of the stage does not draw inspiration from any particular Fire Emblem game; however, the dragon statues bear resemblance to the Fire Dragons and Earth Dragons from the Nintendo DS remakes of the Archanea games. Sakurai has also made a reference to the original game in a Miiverse comment.

Tournament Legality

Coliseum is banned from tournaments due to the platforms rising and lowering forcing players to constantly have to adapt, and the fact that the stage has walk-off blast lines, allowing for camping and early KOs.

Gallery

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

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  Coliseum in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

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  Close-up of Ike and Marth on the stage.

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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  Panorama of Coliseum from Ultimate.

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  All of the Fire Emblem veterans on the stage in Ultimate.

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  Hero attacking Incineroar on the stage

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  Samus Taunting on the stage in her Gravity Suit-inspired costume.

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  Ken on the stage

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  Richter posing next to Simon on the stage