| Poké Floats | |
|---|---|
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| Universe | Pokémon |
| Appears in | SSBM |
| Availability | Unlockable |
Poké Floats 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, this stage is played on when the main opponent is Jigglypuff.
Poké Floats is a stage similar to Rainbow Cruise since both are naturally fixed-camera and scroll. 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 stock if the float goes off the screen. It is a good idea to practice on this stage first before engaging into actual battles, as the floats appear in a pattern, as opposed to random.
It is interesting to note that Poké Floats is the only stage that doesn't appear, or have a similar or spiritual successor, in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It should be noted that the music from this stage can be used on the first Pokemon Stadium stage as with other Melee Pokemon music.
In Competitive Play
It is often surprising to newer tournament goers that Poké Floats is not banned in tournaments. The reason for this is because, while the stage does move, it follows a repetitive, predictable pattern (unlike Big Blue and does not force players to adopt tactics that are virtually unseen on other stages (such as Temple). Instead, Poké Floats moves slowly enough that slower characters are at no more of a disadvantage than they would be on any other stage. Furthermore, there are no radical changes in the stage over any small unit of time, and all changes are completely predictable, as the stage follows the same cycle every time.
List of Floats in Order of Appearance
- Squirtle
- 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 stage resets back to Squirtle.
| 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
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Dream Land · Kongo Jungle · Yoshi's Island |
