Moray Towers

Moray Towers
Moray Towers in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Universe	Splatoon
Appears in	Ultimate
Availability	Starter
Maximum players	8
Tracks available	Splatoon series music
Article on Inkipedia	Moray Towers

“	This is a stage from the Splatoon and Splatoon 2 games. Look closely for Judd and Li'l Judd. Judd will raise the flag with the color of the fighter or team currently in the lead.	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Moray Towers (タチウオパーキング, Beltfish Parking) is a stage in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Stage overview

Moray Towers has multiple floors to it, each at an angle. When the player runs towards a floor, they go on the downwards floor. The floors also act as soft platforms, allowing for multiple levels of fighting.

Right before the match starts, during the on-screen appearances, off-screen Inklings will fire ink at the stage, though this is solely for aesthetic purposes. When a player is in the lead with only one minute remaining in a timed match or during stock battles, Judd and Li'l Judd will hold up victory flags from Splatoon and Splatoon 2, with appropriate coloring for the player/team (red if Player 1, blue if Player 2, etc.), and will also get launched into the air when a player gets KO'd. The stage also has a night version, which appears if the music track playing in the fight is either Ink Me Up, Ebb & Flow, Acid Hues or Muck Warfare.

Ω form and Battlefield form

The Ω form and Battlefield form are suspended in the air with the main platform no longer extending below the blast line. The main platform is a completely flat version of the base of the tower, and it is resized and reshaped to match Final Destination and Battlefield, respectively. The three soft platforms of the Battlefield form resemble the sloping platforms of the regular form.

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  Ω form

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  Battlefield form

Origin

The stage as it appears in Splatoon.

Moray Towers is a stage from Splatoon, and was one of only two stages from the original game to be available at launch in Splatoon 2. Like in Smash Bros., the stage has escalating paths for players to cover in ink - one on each side, for each team - with a main area at the bottom for combat. The spawn points are located at the top of the stage, and players have to work their way down if they want to return to the forefront. Unlike the layout in Smash Bros., the paths are not strictly on top of one another, instead forming a valley-like shape.

Judd serves as the referee in Splatoon, showing up at the end of matches to determine which team won the match. He is accompanied by Li'l Judd in Splatoon 2.

Gallery

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  The stage at night.

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  Judd and Li'l Judd on the stage.

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  The stage at night.

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  The stage as it appears in Splatoon 2.

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  The stage seen from above in Splatoon 2.

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  Panorama of Moray Towers from Ultimate.

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  Diddy Kong trying to swipe Ness's banana on the stage in Ultimate.

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  Dr. Mario using his Megavitamin on the stage in Ultimate.

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  Inkling on the stage in Ultimate.

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  Male and Female Inklings on the stage in Ultimate.

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  Lucario using his down tilt on Snake on the stage in Ultimate.

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  Bowser on the stage in Ultimate.

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  Mii Brawler and Pichu on the stage with Judd and Li'l Judd holding up red and blue flags for both fighters at the end of a timed match.

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  Judd and Li'l Judd as the referees of Splatoon 2.

Trivia

• If the timer has reached 30 seconds in a timed match, a shortened version of the Splatoon music track "Now or Never!" will play. The version of "Now or Never!" used depends on which song is playing on the stage: regular songs from Splatoon use the original version, "Ink Me Up" uses the Splatfest version, regular songs from Splatoon 2 use that game's version, and Splatfest songs from Splatoon 2 use that game's Splatfest version. Oddly, if "Deluge Dirge" is playing on the stage, this will not occur.
  • This makes Moray Towers one of five stages in the Smash Bros. series to change music when there is 30 seconds left during a timed match, the others are Mushroom Kingdom (SSB), Mushroom Kingdom (SSBM), Mushroom Kingdom II, and Suzaku Castle (if any type of one of the sixteen character themes from Street Fighter II or Super Street Fighter II is currently playing).
• In E3 demo version of Ultimate, Star KOs occurred in Moray Towers; this was later adjusted in the final version so that Star KOs won't occur in this stage.
• The music chosen for this stage sometimes affects the ink colors; choosing "Splattack" makes the initial ink spray orange and blue, the colors of the Inklings on the cover of the original Splatoon; while "Inkcoming!" makes the initial spray pink and green, the colors of the Splatoon 2 cover Inklings.
• Moray Towers can be seen in the city area of the Light Realm overworld in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's World of Light mode.