Hidden Leaf Village

Hidden Leaf Village (), or commonly just called Konoha and formerly Konoha Village, is starter stage in Super Smash Flash 2 based on the village in the Shinobi world where most of the events of the manga and anime series take place. It was first released in v0.6 of the demo to serve as a home stage for .
== Layout ==
The stage itself, as with many others, is not an accurate representation to the manga and anime, but some buildings and objects are taken from there. Most notably the stage is, in fact, a floating island. This is a characteristic that was not present in the manga nor the anime.
Players can stand on two of the buildings of the stage. On the left side, players can jump and stand on the roof of the Ninja Academy, which has one solid platform and a medium thin pass-through platform above. As a small eye candy visual effect, the distinctive swing can be seen on the right side of the building as part of the background. On the right side players can jump and stand on the roof of the Yamanaka Flowers shop which is much taller compared to the Ninja Academy building. Players can only stand on the corners of the building of the roof itself. In the middle of the stage the Ichikaru Ramen Bar can be seen. However, players cannot stand on it as it is part of the background. On both sides of the stage, there is a tree branch on the right side and a wooden platform on the left side that characters can stand on.
Some supporting characters from the Naruto series appear in the surroundings of the stage. However, none of them interfere with the matches. Among the cameos include Rock Lee (a character cut from SSF2's original planned roster), who can be seen doing one-handed push-ups in front of the Yamanaka Flowers shop; Chōji Akimichi, who is dining (possibly ramen) at the Ichiraku Ramen Bar; Shikamaru Nara, who is sleeping on the rooftop of the Ramen Bar, leaning against a water tank; Sakura Haruno, who stands opposite Shikamaru atop the bar; Gaara, who stands between the Ninja Academy and the Ramen Bar bending some sand with chakra, Hinata Hyūga, who is timidly leaning out from the right wall of the Ramen Bar, and, prior to Beta 1.3.2, Itachi Uchiha; who would sometimes briefly teleport in and out on the back hills.
== Music ==
*The main music track is Wind (), a calm remix of the first ending theme of the Naruto anime.
*The alternate music track is The Raising Fighting Spirit (), a techno remix of the theme that plays during battles in the Naruto anime.
== Tournament legality ==
This stage is banned in competitive play. It is overly large, making KOs much harder to achieve than necessary. The stage has many walled areas, including the "main" area of the stage, which forms a bowl shape, not helping matters. There are many strong camping places on this stage, especially on the outermost platforms. Said platforms lack grabbable edges, removing a large part of the edge game.
== Origin ==
As previously stated, Konoha is the Hidden Village of the Land of Fire. Most of the events in both the manga and anime take place in this village though not most of the time. As one of the five Great Ninja Villages, Konoha has a Kage as its leader known as the Hokage. There have been five Hokage. On a mountain overlooking the village from the north exists the Hokage Monument, which has the carved faces of all five Hokages. Although Konoha, much like the country in which it resides, has been relatively peaceful, it remains as one of the most powerful villages in existence and has great military power and influence.
== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
Knocking the sandbag.png| using his back aerial at the lamp.
Lamp falls.png|The lamp on the ground, next to .
Hidden Leaf Village 1.png| crouching next to the Ninja Academy.
Hidden Leaf Village 2.png| taunt with a Fire Flower while uses her up smash with a Ice Flower centering of the Yamanaka Flowers Shop.
Hidden Leaf Village 3.png| holding an Explosive Tag next to while Hinata Hyūga, Chōji Akimichi, and Shikamaru Nara can be seen as background characters on the stage.
Ita.png|Itachi Uchiha's cameo.
=== Early designs ===
SSF2 Hidden Leaf Village (early 1).png|Hidden Leaf Village's first early design, which is used from demo v0.6 to v0.8a in SSF2.
Mega Man sees Itachi.png| idling while holding an Explosive Tag.
Shikamaru sees the flying Tails.png| midair jumping near Shikamaru.
Choji eating.png|, Naruto, , and idling near Chōji.
SSF2 Hidden Leaf Village (early 2).png|Hidden Leaf Village's second early design, which is used from demo v0.8b to Beta 1.3.
== Trivia ==
*On the background, the sprites were ripped from for Nintendo DS. There still remains a green background on some parts of the sprites, a leftover from the initial rip.
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Category:Super Smash Flash 2
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