Final Destination (SSB)
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| Universe | Super Smash Bros. |
| Appears in | SSB |
| Availability | 1P Game Vs. Mode through hacking |
Final Destination (終点 Endpoint), also referred to as Master Hand's Residence, is a stage in Super Smash Bros. exclusive to its 1P Game and thus, unlike its successors' Final Destination stages, is not normally playable in Versus Mode. This stage was featured as the final level of 1P Mode, where the player fights Master Hand.
Like its successors in Melee, Brawl, and SSB4, this stage is completely flat. The platform's central design is a yellow, temple like structure.
When played in 1P Game, the background changes depending on Master Hand's HP. The background starts out in space with stars visible, then changes into a cloudy area when HP is depleted to 210, then to a wormhole at 120 HP, and finally the wormhole drastically accelerates when HP is depleted to 30.
Accessibility
The player is transported to this stage after defeating the Fighting Polygon Team in the 1P Game. This is the only time it appears in normal gameplay. It is not accessible in VS Mode.
Hacking
Final Destination can be accessed by using a cheating devices. In order the access it, the player needs to enter a code that makes this stage the only one fought in 1P Game, as the game will freeze if it is accessed normally through the debug menu or with a code to load this stage on the VS Mode stage select menu.
Normally there can only be 2 players fighting on it at once, as the stage is only designed for one character and Master Hand to be used simultaneously upon it. However, there are cheats that allow this stage to act like VS Mode, which is started up by choosing 1P mode. The game will show that the player is entering the first stage, but starts the match on Final Destination. Using additional cheats, it is possible to allow up to 4 players, and using a stock modifier; the amount of lives can be set for everyone. Using a character modifier cheat, it is possible to choose the players' characters.
If Player 1 wins, the game shows the 1P results screen; if another player wins, the game displays the continue screen. Even among hacked stages, this is the only stage for which this occurs.
There is also a hack that allows the stage to be accessed directly in VS Mode. Normally the stage uses the Master Hand intro music by default, but the hack makes the level load the Master Hand battle music instead. Additionally, the background never changes when accessed this way.
If the stage is hacked to act like VS Mode, then the background will change depending on how much damage player 1 has taken. If player 1 takes 90% damage, the background changes to the clouds; however, if player 1 is KO'd (and thus reset to 0% damage), the background doesn't change back to the stars, it just stays as it was when player 1 was KO'd. If player 1 takes 90% damage again, the background does not change to the wormhole, as the background is set to change when the character reaches a certain point of damage.
If Final Destination is loaded in VS Mode, then the background does not change—it will just stay on the first background without shooting stars. This is because the hack that needs to load a featureless stage's index to prevent the game from crashing (Battlefield's index is used with the publicly released hack), while Final Destination is the actual stage index. The fix code works by loading the value 0x0E when the actual level index is 0x10. If 0x10 is in the level index variable, the instruction at 0x80104C14 can be replaced so that the level can load properly (since Nintendo 64 games tend to load code into RAM and execute from there). The reason Final Destination crashes when accessed like the other stages is unknown, but it is most likely because the background changes when damage is reached by a defined character.
Nomenclature
The name "Final Destination" is retroactively applied to this stage, as redesigns of this stage that have appeared in later games in the series share that name. This stage's official Japanese name, 終点 Shūten, is also shared with the Japanese name of all other incarnations of Final Destination, so it can be inferred that this stage's official English name is Final Destination as well.
Gallery
Mario faces Master Hand on Final Destination.
Full view of Final Destination from Smash 64.
A hacked four player VS match on Final Destination. Metal Mario can also be seen here.
Trivia
- Super Smash Bros. is the only game in which Final Destination is not a playable stage in VS Mode, as well as the only game in which Final Destination is not named within the game.
- This is the only version of Final Destination where the stage cycle doesn't end with a blackout, instead ending with a whiteout.
External links
- Music for Final Destination (SSB)
- A video on how to play Final Destination in VS. mode
- The new and genuine way to play Final Destination in VS. mode
