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FINAL ROUND: Super Smash Bros. Stages Bracket! (Championship)
by 
Stephen B
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October 26, 2014, 19:03:08
 

Welcome to the FINAL ROUND for Negative World's Super Smash Bros. Stages Bracket! The CHAMPIONSHIP is upon us! In the last round, Corneria and Great Bay were neck and neck... so please visit the new feature (Final Four Tie-Breaker Event Results) I posted which explains how Great Bay won out in the end.

Here is the final match-up! However, I have also posted some bonus match-ups which are just for fun and my own curiosity. Please vote in these as well. After voting ends Tuesday night, I will post the final results of everything, including some fun facts regarding this whole operation. Thank you for voting now and in the earlier brackets. Have fun!

(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)

Bonus Votes!
(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64) - (tie breaker alternate universe)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl) - (two similar stages)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl) - (DrFink's all-time favorites)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee) - (Earthbound stages)

Vote for the game that you think should win the matchup. Please vote on every matchup.
Please cast your votes in the following format, bolding the game that you choose to advance:

(75) Stage vs. (88) Stage
(65) Stage vs. (90) Stage

Polls are open until Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 11:59 PM EST. Have fun!

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(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)
(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64) - (tie breaker alternate universe)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl) - (two similar stages)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl) - (DrFink's all-time favorites)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee) - (Earthbound stages)


Posted by 
chrisbg99
  on: 10/26/14, 19:07:39
(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)

Great Bay I guess, although I'm sort of surprised by the final choices here because both are kind of... ok. Neither is in my top 10. Foreshadowing!

Bonus Votes!
(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64) - (tie breaker alternate universe)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl) - (two similar stages)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl) - (DrFink's all-time favorites)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee) - (Earthbound stages)


Posted by 
Zero
  on: 10/26/14, 19:08:08
(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)

Two of my favorites. Saffron City, to me, is one of the most memorable stages in the whole series. It's a well-designed stage that really has it all, it's the complete package. Well-designed for 2-player or 4-player battle, mostly standard but asymmetric, and with some twists that make it stand out. And Great Bay has a lot of the same qualities. In the end, Saffron City is one of the first stages that comes to mind when I think of the classic Smash Bros. stages that have a special place in my heart. Two deserving winners, but like Highlander, there can be only one.


Bonus Votes!
(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64) - (tie breaker alternate universe)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl) - (two similar stages)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl) - (DrFink's all-time favorites)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee) - (Earthbound stages)

1. Still Saffron > Corneria.
2. Both are cool and unique, but I've always had more fun with the PictoChat stage.
3. Pirate Ship is a really good stage, and just had a lot of bad matchups in this tournament where it went up against stages I preferred. Smashville never did anything for me.
4. Onett is a classic, and I don't know why the inferior Fourside made it further (probably matchups, again).

EDIT: And for full disclosure, I'd speculate that 6 of the final 8 would be in my Top 10 overall Smash levels. Mushroom Kingdom II would probably just miss the cut, and Fourside wouldn't be anywhere near my Top 10. I really enjoy most of the stages that made it deep in the tournament.


Posted by 
TheBigG753
  on: 10/26/14, 19:14:19  - Edited by 
TheBigG753
  on: 10/26/14, 19:18:27
(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)

Bonus Votes!
(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64) - (tie breaker alternate universe)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl) - (two similar stages)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl) - (DrFink's all-time favorites)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee) - (Earthbound stages)


Posted by 
Chocobo_Rider
  on: 10/26/14, 19:40:57
(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)

Bonus Votes!
(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64) - (tie breaker alternate universe)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl) - (two similar stages)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl) - (DrFink's all-time favorites)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee) - (Earthbound stages)

1.) Great Bay for sure! I love the Majora's Mask representation and the unique design of the level.

2.) Saffron City would get my vote if Corneria had won though. Saffron City is a good stage that I began to appreciate more the more I saw it in this bracket.
3.) PictoChat was a bit more fun for me.
4.) Pirate Ship! I've said enough on this subject.
5.) Onett, easy. Like TheBigG said, I don't quite know why it didn't go as far as Fourside... besides the randomness of matchups.


Posted by 
DrFinkelstein
  on: 10/26/14, 19:46:14
NinSage said:
(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)

Bonus Votes!
(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64) - (tie breaker alternate universe)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl) - (two similar stages)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl) - (DrFink's all-time favorites)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee) - (Earthbound stages)

Nailed it. Same for me.


Posted by 
GameDadGrant
  on: 10/26/14, 19:53:12
(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)

Bonus Votes!
(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64) - (tie breaker alternate universe)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl) - (two similar stages)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl) - (DrFink's all-time favorites)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee) - (Earthbound stages)

What an interesting turn out.
Saffron City is probably my favourite SSB stage, and Great Bay is one of my top Melee stages, but there are better out there!

As for the bonuses, while I do love Corneria, Saffron gets my vote by a hair.
I am one of the few here who finds the Wario Ware stage to be a little too distracting. I like the idea, but it just feels messy to me.
Pirate Ship is possibly the bet stage ever.
Onett is a tight stage, and I'm happy to have it back again soon! I do like Fourside, but it is a little too big for a stage with so many pits.


Posted by 
ploot
  on: 10/26/14, 20:13:08  - Edited by 
ploot
  on: 10/26/14, 20:14:30
(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)

Second to Hyrule Castle would probably be Saffron City, another awesome stage from the original game.

Bonus Votes!
(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64) - (tie breaker alternate universe)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl) - (two similar stages)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl) - (DrFink's all-time favorites)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee) - (Earthbound stages)

1. Few stages top Saffron... maybe even just one.
2. WarioWare was a good idea but felt poorly-executed, PictoChat could use a few tweaks but still works decently.
3. Smashville is totally boring, Pirate Ship is one of the few good stages from Brawl.
4. I like both but the spire in the middle of Fourside slows things down a bit. Could use more air space as well.


Posted by 
Mop it up
  on: 10/26/14, 20:18:15
(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)

Bonus Votes!
(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64) - (tie breaker alternate universe)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl) - (two similar stages)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl) - (DrFink's all-time favorites)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee) - (Earthbound stages)


Posted by 
Hero_Of_Hyrule
  on: 10/26/14, 21:58:32
(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)

If Great Bay wins this I'll be mystified.


Posted by 
Jargon
  on: 10/26/14, 22:00:04
@Jargon

Didn't want to vote in the other ones for fun? Why not?


Posted by 
DrFinkelstein
  on: 10/26/14, 22:08:33
(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)


(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64) - (tie breaker alternate universe)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl) - (two similar stages)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl) - (DrFink's all-time favorites)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee) - (Earthbound stages)


Posted by 
nate38
  on: 10/26/14, 22:24:24
(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64) - (tie breaker alternate universe)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl) - (two similar stages)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl) - (DrFink's all-time favorites)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee) - (Earthbound stages)


Posted by 
Jargon
  on: 10/26/14, 22:39:03
(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)

Bonus Votes!
(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64) - (tie breaker alternate universe)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl) - (two similar stages)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl) - (DrFink's all-time favorites)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee) - (Earthbound stages)


Posted by 
NoName
  on: 10/26/14, 23:13:49
(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)
(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee)


Posted by 
Anand
  on: 10/26/14, 23:21:29
(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)

Bonus Votes!
(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64) - (tie breaker alternate universe)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl) - (two similar stages)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl) - (DrFink's all-time favorites)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee) - (Earthbound stages)

It feels odd to vote against Great Bay. I love the stage. I think great bay has so many fond memories for me simply because Melee was made so well. But as an actual stage, Saffron might get the slight edge to me.

-Saffron for sure beats out Corneria, though Corneria is such a fun classic.
-WarioWare has issues, particularly it needs to be wider, but its concept works better and is more fun.
-Smashville is boring, whereas Pirate Ship is loads of fun.
-This one is actually close to me simply because Fourside can make for some awesome, strategic 2-player games. But I admit Onett is the better stage.


Posted by 
Cubed777
  on: 10/27/14, 04:21:50
Thanks for voting everyone so far! We're one vote away from 200 total votes over the bracket period and there's currently 8 people who have voted previously who haven't voted yet in the final round. Not sure if they all will but I would love if everyone who participated finished it out. Maybe I'll send some PMs...


Posted by 
DrFinkelstein
  on: 10/27/14, 04:44:34
On this wonderful forum, nobody is going to vote any further? We have that few Smash players here? Nahh...


Posted by 
DrFinkelstein
  on: 10/28/14, 12:02:18
@DrFinkelstein
I hear your cries for more votes but I just want to clear my name. I have not played enough Smash to have an opinion on these, like at all. I rarely pay any heed to the stages because I have never really gone that deep into a Smash game.

That is changing this year, obvs, but I just wanted to let you know that I'd love to vote but I'm not qualified. We're all about transparency here at Super_Conzo.


Posted by 
Super_Conzo
  on: 10/28/14, 14:23:00
(13) Great Bay (Melee) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64)

Maybe for the first time ever, I'm voting Pokemon over Zelda. It's close--while I definitely prefer the atmosphere and music of Great Bay, as a Smash Bros stage, Saffron City is better laid-out and one of the best levels on the N64. Still, I'm very surprised these are our final two!


(11) Corneria (Melee/Brawl) vs. (8) Saffron City (N64) - (tie breaker alternate universe)
(56) PictoChat (Brawl) vs. (49) WarioWare, Inc (Brawl) - (two similar stages)
(47) Smashville (Brawl) vs. (64) Pirate Ship (Brawl) - (DrFink's all-time favorites)
(19) Onett (Melee/Brawl) vs. (32) Fourside (Melee) - (Earthbound stages)

Stink on you guys for eliminating the Pirate Ship...


Posted by 
TriforceBun
  on: 10/28/14, 16:08:02
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