Big Blue

Big Blue
Universe	F-Zero
Appears in	Melee Brawl
Availability	Unlockable (Melee and Brawl)
Unlock criteria	Play 150 vs. matches (Melee) Play 10 Brawls as Captain Falcon (Brawl)
Crate type	Futuristic (Brawl Only)
Tracks available	In Melee: Big Blue Mach Rider (Alternate) In Brawl: Big Blue (Melee) Mute City (Melee) Bolded track must be unlocked
Tournament legality Melee Singles: Banned Doubles: Banned Brawl Singles: Banned Doubles: Banned
Article on F-Zero Wiki	Big Blue

Big Blue (ビッグブルー, Big Blue) is a stage from the F-Zero franchise appearing in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Origin

Big Blue in F-Zero X.

Big Blue is a race track that has first appeared in F-Zero and later appeared in F-Zero X. In the manual for F-Zero is a comic book of Captain Falcon's first bounty missions. Captain Falcon manages to shoot and kill a criminal for money, which makes rival bounty hunter Samurai Goroh angry. Captain Falcon escapes from Samurai Goroh with his Falcon Flyer and flies away. The Falcon Flyer never appeared in the game F-Zero itself or in F-Zero X. The Falcon Flyer seen in this stage looks very similar to the Falcon Flyer in the manual comic. The overall design of this stage resembles the Big Blue tracks in F-Zero X (such as the buildings in the far background and the design of the dolphin signs) with the overall straight design possibly coming from Big Blue Quick Turn (fifth track on the Queen Cup in the game), whose corkscrew layout gives the track the illusion of being a long stretch sometimes; however, F-Zero X's Big Blue does not feature jumps or a loop and the layout of the track in Melee and Brawl is randomly generated. The F-Zero machines are taken from the F-Zero machines featured in F-Zero X. The race seen in the F-Zero Grand Prix stage of Adventure Mode also happens on Big Blue, but this one seems to be based instead on Big Blue Cylinder (fifth track of the Jack Cup in F-Zero X), given the tubular structure on the background on which the racers are seen before speeding through the stage.

There are two music tracks that play on this stage. The primary track comes from F-Zero's track Big Blue. While the track first appeared in F-Zero, it sounds more similar to "Decide in the Eyes", the song's hard rock version that plays on F-Zero X. The alternate track comes from Mach Rider. The track is a mix between the title screen theme and the piece that can be heard when playing on the courses.

Stage Description

This stage is played on an F-Zero track where players have to use Captain Falcon's ship, F-Zero racers, and hovering objects as platforms. If a player falls on the track beneath the racers, the player will start speeding to the left and be KO'd, unless the player quickly jumps back to safety. At other times, there is no track under the racers, and a fall at that time would result in death. The background scrolls incredibly fast and death upon hitting the track is nearly instantaneous. Items that float in mid-air (Flippers, for example) are also affected by the stage's movement, scrolling to the left.

Players can KO opponents at 0% damage easily by luring them to the car at the far left, grabbing them, and throwing them to the left. The foe will try to get up first, but while getting up, they will be KO'd. This works better if the foe is a heavy and slow character, such as Bowser.

Tournament legality

Big Blue is banned in tournaments, in both Melee and Brawl. The primary reasons are that the track can easily cause SDs, the abundance of platforms causes the stage to favour good jumpers, and it allows excessive circle camping and stalling to be performed easily.

Trivia

• This is the only non-Past stage in Melee not used in All-Star Mode.
• This is the only unlockable Melee stage that returns for Brawl, which also makes it the only Melee stage in Brawl that was unlockable in the former game.
• In Brawl, Sonic can run on the ground of this stage and survive if he is wearing a Bunny Hood; in fact, he is fast enough to run off the right side of the stage. When Sonic is giant, from either eating a Super Mushroom or being in a Giant Brawl, he runs at the same speed as the cars, then slowly picks up speed, although not fast enough to SD off the right side of the stage. Wario can also survive running on the ground of this stage if he is riding his Wario Bike as Wario-Man; in fact, his bike becomes so fast that he actually outspeeds the cars on the stage as well. He can also survive running on the ground of this stage without being Wario-Man if he is riding his Wario Bike and performing a wheelie. It is also possible to die towards the front of the stage with this. This happens because doing a wheelie makes the bike move faster, and bounces along the ground a bit, so it is not always affected by the fast track. Fox's Landmaster Tank can also survive riding on the ground (it apparently gets pushed along by the racers).
  • In fact, if the stage is modded so the cars are removed (save for the Falcon Flyer), it can be seen that Sonic with a Bunny Hood can actually outrun the camera in some parts.
• In Brawl, floating items no longer go flying off the screen, but Bumpers can't be placed in midair.
• It is possible to play on this stage without unlocking it yet - during the Event Match Co-Op Event 12: Come Back! Falcon Flyer, which takes place on Big Blue.
• When Pokémon Trainer is used, another fast moving platform will be there for the Trainer to stand on.
• If an Electrode is summoned, but falls onto the track, it will bounce continuously until it either explodes or goes past the blast line.

Gallery

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  Big Blue in Melee.

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  The Falcon Flyer as it appears in the comic in the manual for F-Zero.