Suzaku Castle (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how Suzaku Castle appears in Super Smash Stadium. For information about it in general, see its article on the Street Fighter wiki.
Suzaku Castle is an active stage on Super Smash Stadium. It debuted close to the end of Season 5, and is the 33th stage to debut overall, as well as the last stage to not have any fanfare on its debut...Yoshi's Island 1 would feature the debut of the "Challenger Approaching!" graphics as well as one of the hosts describing the stage with the "how to play" theme in the background.
==Stage overview==
Ironically, despite being from the Street Fighter series, this stage isn't a clone of Final Destination. It's a somewhat discombobulating stage that forces action on the right side, as that's where the main platform is. There's a soft platform above the main stage; both lead to a walk-off right kill zone. On the left, there's scaffolding with two smaller soft platforms, as well as a ladder connecting them; there's only enough room for one fighter on each platform, so to take the platform, you may have to play "king of the hill" and give 'em a dadgum dang ol' beatdown, man.
The main platform has two signs on them with Japanese text. They can be destroyed, but this is purely aesthetic and has no impact on battle.
A $500 cash bonus exists if the contestant manages to stay on the scaffolding platforms for the majority of the match, and successfully fend off all challengers; the two primetime specials to feature this stage, which aired 22 years apart, upgraded this to $1,000.
For many years, this stage was notable as the only stage to play a "time is running out" theme despite usually hosting Unlimited Smashes (and thus, having no time limit); the theme is triggered by one fighter being on their final life, although if a Time or Coin match is played instead, the theme will be triggered by 60 seconds remaining, just as with all other stages. Since Season 36, the usual alert screen that would appear instead says "Last Life! Now's your chance!". In Season 47, this mechanic was finally applied to all stages hosting Unlimited Smashes.
==Changes==
The last major change to this stage came on November 30, 1987, a graphics upgrade. Before this, the stage used 16-bit graphics much like the arcade and Super NES games.
*The stage was originally much smaller. The scaffolding extended to the literal left edge of the screen, while the right side of the stage was only half as big as it currently is, essentially making for a Final Destination clone that was only half the size of Final Destination. Fans did NOT like this. Perhaps to compensate for how hard it was to win on this stage, the producers routinely used five stocks and $10,000+ cash payouts.
*Finally, in October 1986, (with a preview on the primetime specials earlier that summer) the stage was mercifully widened to its current length, still using the 16-bit graphics. For most of 1987, up to the graphics upgrade, this stage was unofficially renamed "Super Suzaku Castle".
==In its own universe==
Suzaku Castle is a stage in Street Fighter 2, and appears to be Ryu's home.