Brinstar (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how Brinstar appears in Super Smash Stadium. For information about it in general, see w:c:metroid:Brinstar or w:c:metroid:Planet Zebes.
Brinstar is a stage on Super Smash Stadium. The first ever representation of the Metroid franchise, it debuted on the Season 18 premiere and was the 66th new stage to debut.
==Stage overview==
The stage uses the typical "three platforms" setup seen on Battlefield, but with a few twists: The bottom platform is smaller than usual, while the left and right platforms are connected to it via membranes. The bottom platform is also held together by multiple fleshy blobs. These can all be attacked, eventually resulting in them breaking; they reform after 15 seconds. If the membranes break off of the left and right platforms, they become sloped, while breaking the blobs holding the bottom platform results in a hole developing in the stage that makes it much wider.
Another major feature of the stage is its yellow acid, which rises and falls. At its lowest level, the bottom kill zone becomes exposed and you can Meteor Smash opponents, but as it rises, a kill from the bottom becomes impossible. Hitting the acid causes moderate damage and knockback; it can kill at 120%. The highest that the acid will rise is so high that all but the top platform is engulfed.
==Changes==
On December 13, 1989, the stage was removed from rotation for unknown reasons. When it returned, on October 12, 1990, the stage was briefly renamed "Planet Zebes" and resembled its Smash 64 appearance. This "set change" only lasted for one more playing before being reverted.
Prior to very early in 1996, Unlimited Smashes would sometimes happen on this stage.
==Notable playings==
Its debut playing is unusual in that it used its alternate music.
On December 17, 1998, one of the show's hosts outright played for a rather clueless contestant who did nothing for three straight minutes.
On April 22, 1999, the stage malfunctioned: The membranes holding down the left platform refused to break apart when attacked, while the other membranes were already broken when the match started and refused to come back together. Since the items kept spawning in the hole or on the right platform, this ultimately resulted in the show's hosts turning items off a minute into the battle.
==In its own universe==
Brinstar, part of Planet Zebes, is one of the main areas of the Metroid series. This stage does not appear to be based on any actual game location.