Legal Stages / Stage Picking

Although tournament rules may vary depending on the decision of the Tournament Organizer (TO), these are the rulings that are most commonly accepted.

Starter Stages:

  • Battlefield (Miiverse)
  • Final Destination (Omega Stages)
  • Lylat Cruise
  • Town and City
  • Smashville

Counterpick Stages:

  • Duck Hunt
  • Dreamland 64

Stage Picking:

In a tournament setting, games are either best 2 out of 3, or best 3 out of 5, and the order for gameplay is as follows.

  1. Rock-Paper-Scissors (best of 1) is played to see who picks the first stage.
  2. The loser of Rock-Paper-Scissors chooses one stage from the starter stages to strike (ban).
  3. Winner of Rock-Paper-Scissors chooses from any starter stage still available.
  4. Play Game 1, Winner picks a stage to strike, and Loser chooses from the available stages.
  5. Play Game 2, if there is a Game 3, Winner strikes and Loser picks. Players may not pick a stage they have previously won on, unless mutually agreed to by both players.

That’s all for now – I’ve been low on content lately since I recently moved and have not had Wi-Fi for a while. More content is on the way though!

– parson

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