Poké Floats
Poké Floats | |
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Universe | Pokémon |
Appears in | Melee |
Availability | Unlockable |
Unlock criteria | Play 200 VS. matches. |
Tracks available | Poké Floats |
Article on Bulbapedia | Poké Floats |
Poké Floats (ポケモン亜空間, Pokémon Subspace) is a stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee that can be unlocked by playing 200 or more battles in VS mode. In All-Star mode, Jigglypuff and its teammates are fought here.
Origin
While this stage does not directly come from a Pokémon game, the character models of the first generation Pokémon come from the models in the game Pokémon Stadium. The models for the second generation Pokémon come from Pokémon Stadium 2. The concept of "Poke Floats" was reused in the WiFi chat rooms in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions. Kanto Skies comes from the Kanto region, which was explorable in the first games.
The track that plays on this stage is a medley of the different themes that play when battling against other Pokémon Trainers, Gym Leaders, and wild Pokémon in Pokémon Red and Blue, as can be seen in this video.
Description
Poké Floats is a stage similar to Rainbow Cruise, since both are naturally fixed-camera and scroll. Unlike in Rainbow Cruise, however, the background remains static. The fighting is on top of giant Pokémon floats (hence the name) which are in a constant cycle. Staying on a certain float too long will cause the player to lose a stock because the float goes behind the blast lines. A caution is that the floats tend to become harder to predict as the loop goes on, until it resets back to the first one.
The Sudowoodo trophy is unlocked upon unlocking this stage.
List of floats in order of appearance
- Squirtle (starting platform)
- Onix
- Psyduck
- Chikorita
- Weezing
- Slowpoke
- Porygon
- Wooper
- Sudowoodo
- Snorlax
- Venusaur
- Seel
- Wobbuffet
- A large quantity of Unown, interspersed with the other floats until the level loops again
- Goldeen
- Lickitung
- Chansey
- Geodude
After Geodude, the last few Unown clear the screen just before resetting back to Squirtle, and the process starts again.
Tournament legality
Poké Floats was originally deemed legal as a counterpick; it did not move fast enough to cause an overreliance on movement, and the obstacles were rather easy to predict, though some characters could have trouble recovering or going from float to float. Ultimately, the stage was banned from tournament play, due to the possibility of stage spikes, and some of the floats being too unpredictable in their nature, as seen in this clip.
Trivia
- This is the only non-Past stage in Melee that does not appear in Classic Mode. However, the music will appear when fighting Mewtwo.
Stages in Super Smash Bros. Melee | |
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Starter stages | Brinstar · Corneria · Fountain of Dreams · Great Bay · Green Greens · Icicle Mountain · Jungle Japes · Kongo Jungle · Mushroom Kingdom · Mute City · Onett · Pokémon Stadium · Princess Peach's Castle · Rainbow Cruise · Temple · Venom · Yoshi's Island · Yoshi's Story |
Unlockable stages | Battlefield · Big Blue · Brinstar Depths · Final Destination · Flat Zone · Fourside · Mushroom Kingdom II · Poké Floats |
Unlockable Past Stages | Dream Land · Kongo Jungle · Yoshi's Island |