Preston Ward Condra Ranks All 31 Super Smash Bros Brawl Stages

by Preston Ward Condra

Another Smash Bros project I made, where I ranked all 31 stages from Super Smash Bros Brawl. The unlockable past N64 and Melee stages will not be a part of this publication. I initially did this project, back in December 2008, during the mundane two week break from school. I don't know why I wrote all this down but, alas I did anyway. Enjoy reading it.

6. 27 - Mushroomy Kingdom

Another day, another terrible scrolling stage from the Smash Bros. series. I already said it once and I will say it again, I HATE scrolling stages and Mushroomy Kingdom is no different and hardly that much better then Rumble Falls from Brawl and Icicle Mountain from Smash Bros. Melee.

The only real difference with Rumble Falls and Mushroomy Kingdom is that Mushroomy Kingdom moves sideways rather then up. Moving in a different direction, may seem like a fun idea for a scrolling stage but, it hardly makes the gameplay for the stage any better.

The biggest problem I had with for Mushroomy Kingdom, was it was a stage where you could get yourself easily and cheaply killed in. Since the stage is moving sideways at all times, your opponents can easily go after you and push you into the left direction of the stage causing you to get KO' ed.

Making matters worse for stage, In the underground portion of the stage, objects such as blocks and pipes would block your way from moving forward in the stage while the stage was scrolling and you can easily get yourself unfairly KO' ed. If you had yourself a slow character like Bowser or King Dedede, you would likely wound up having a hard time getting past the objects underground as the objects underground, are an annoyance and would often break up the fighting going on in the stage as you pay attention on trying not to die underground rather then attacking your opponents.

The only positive I can think for this stage is that thankfully unlike Rumble Falls, the scrolling stage moves slow rather then fast in Rumble Falls. This is a good thing for a stage...well for a scrolling stage anyways as you can SOMETIMES take your time in the stage and battle with your opponents and that's really all I got to say for this stage.

On one final note, scrolling stages need to stop being made. All what scrolling stages do for people, are to annoy people and ruin the balance of gameplay in them and instead of fun gameplay in scrolling stages, luck plays the entire role for a scrolling stage. Nintendo needs to stop wasting time making scrolling stages in the Smash Bros. series. They are just simply a waste of stage development and overall just not that fun.