Delfino Plaza

Delfino Plaza
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Universe	Mario
Appears in	SSBB
Availability	Starter
Tournament legality Brawl Singles: Neutral/Counter-pick Doubles: Neutral/Counter-pick

Delfino Plaza (Japanese: ドルピックタウン, Dorupikkutaun ; Dolphic Town in the Japanese version) is a stage in Super Smash Bros. Brawl based on the game Super Mario Sunshine released for Nintendo GameCube in 2002. Players battle on a floating platform, which then drops the characters off at a certain location before picking them up again and transporting them to another location, essentially touring them around the area.

Stage history

Delfino Plaza is a town that is located in Isle Delfino and is inhabited by the Piantas. In Super Mario Sunshine, Mario, Toadsworth, and Princess Peach travel to Isle Delfino for a vacation. Upon arrival at Delfino Plaza, the whole town is covered in grafitti, and Mario was blamed for causing the mess. The Piantas arrest Mario and sentence his to clean up Isle Delfino. With the help of the F.L.U.D.D, Mario cleans up Delfino Plaza and other locations on the island. Isle Delfino in SMS serves as the central hub of the game, and links Mario to the other locations on the island. Isle Delfino appears in other Mario Spinoff games, like Mario Kart DS, where it appears as a track that the characters race on, Mario Power Tennis, where it was a playable court and Mario Kart Wii, where it featured as one of the twelve battle mode arenas.

In the Italian language, "Delfino" means "dolphin." In Super Mario Sunshine, the island was, in fact, shaped like a dolphin, with Delfino Plaza located at the nose.

In the Super Smash Bros. series

Delfino Plaza appears as a default stage in Super Smash Brothers Brawl.

The battle begins on a propeller-propulsed main platform with two small transparent platforms above it and another large arching transparent platform above them. These platforms hover toward the Isle Delfino that resides in the background and the first stop is an island to the east that has one warp pipe and palm tree in the background. The platform will pick the fighters up again and drop them off a bit north to three grass-covered stone spires. More spires can be seen behind the action. The next stop takes the combatants to the center of the island on top of a building with varying elevation with the Shine tower shining in the background. This building contained the warp pipe that could only be unlocked by Yoshi in Sunshine. Two other stops are known, one in front of the dolphin statue and other in front of the Pianta statue, but it is unknown in what order these locations are visited.

There are a few noticeable changes in the city's terrain, marking obvious battle areas. One such difference, are the new platforms mounted on either side of the Shine Gate. The Pianta Statue in the frontal area has also been removed, probably to make for a more feasible fighting space. The city's size is also decreased, by comparing with characters in Brawl and in Super Mario Sunshine.

Songs in My Music

• Delfino Plaza
• Title / Ending (Super Mario World)
• Main Theme (New Super Mario Bros.)
• Ricco Harbor
• Main Theme (Super Mario 64)

Bolded songs must be unlocked

Differences with Super Mario Sunshine

• The manholes are not the same as they appear in Super Mario Sunshine.
• Grand Pianta Statue does not appear on the background of the stage.
• The cannon that transported Mario to Pinna Park is no longer there.
• The Shine Gate has two platforms at each side that were not there in Super Mario Sunshine.
• The Shine Gate spins in Super Smash Bros. Brawl but it doesn't in Super Mario Sunshine, the only time it spins is when you clean it for the first time; after it's cleaned it stays still.
• There is a platform on one section of the level that is in the water, and originally wasn't there in Sunshine.
• On the front of the plaza, the section where you fight, was rounded in Sunshine, but was made rectangular to fight on in Brawl.
• The pipe on top of both the Shine Gate that led to Pianta Village and the building in front of it which led to Sirena Beach are no longer there.
• In Super Mario Sunshine, one could see some of the other levels off in the distance from the edge of the Plaza, such as Ricco Harbor and Pinna Park. In Brawl, these views are present too.
• The paint portals on the pier hut (leading to Ricco Harbor) and the lighthouse (leading to Gelato Beach) have both been removed in Brawl.
• The umbrellas in Delfino Plaza have no bouncing properties, unlike in Sunshine.
• Although it's normally a busy plaza, not one Pianta or boat is seen in the level.
• The water in many parts of the stage is shallower than in Super Mario Sunshine.

Trivia

• The propelled platforms have F.L.U.D.D.'s propeller on them, possibly relating to the turbo nozzle in Super Mario Sunshine.
• At the stone spires, Pokemon Trainer can be seen far in the background on the grass part at the volcano's foot if he is selected.
• If R.O.B. is met in Classic or All-Star but the player has not unlocked the Mario Bros. stage, he is strangely fought on Delfino Plaza.
• Like the first two Smash games, Brawl has a Mario-themed stage modeled after the central hub in one of his 3D adventures. In Brawl's case, it's this stage.
• The platform on the bottom can be passed through as it is rising into the air (if players are still on the stops), but you can't if it's in the air.

Gallery

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External Links

• Dojo page