Pokémon Stadium 2 (stage)

is a Pokémon-themed stage in the Super Smash Bros. series. It made its debut in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and later returned in both Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The stage is a successor of the Pokémon Stadium stage from Super Smash Bros. Melee. It is named for the Nintendo 64 game Pokémon Stadium 2, just as its predecessor is named for the game's predecessor, Pokémon Stadium.
For Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Pokémon Stadium 2 is the setting where Jigglypuff is fought in Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary, but it does not contribute to the plot in any way. This match is accessible from a door in The Swamp stage after completing the main story.
Both Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate allow for up to eight players to compete on the Pokémon Stadium 2 stage.
==Stage layout==
Overall, this stage works very similarly to Super Smash Bros. Melee’s Pokémon Stadium: it switches from a basic version to type-inspired transformations. The layout of the basic version of Pokémon Stadium 2 is extremely similar to Pokémon Stadium, with a main platform with a solid pillar underneath and two floating soft platforms on the sides. The background features a crowd, much farther away than the one in the original Pokémon Stadium, and a screen which, like the one in Pokémon Stadium, displays either the battle, a symbol denoting the upcoming transformation, or the current standing of players and the time remaining.
Pokémon Stadium 2 features its own stage transformations. Like in Pokémon Stadium, they appear in no specific order and it is even possible for the stadium to change into the same type twice in a row. However, the stage always begins on the standard arena and has to revert to its normal state before transforming again. Unlike Pokémon Stadium, several Pokémon appear in the background during the various phases of Pokémon Stadium 2, but have no effect on the battle.
===Transformations===
====Electric====
The version features two slightly raised conveyor belts which occupy the sides of the main platform, both pushing outwards. The center of the main platform is static. There are three soft platforms in varying locations: two, one above the other, are over the middle of the stage, while the third can be over either conveyor belt.
An Electivire appears in the background on the left side, and a Magnezone pops up and down on the right side hiding behind the machinery.
====Flying====
The version features fans in the ground which create an updraft, severely lowering the gravity: all characters' jumping abilities are enhanced and their falling time is increased. Characters flung upward have a much higher chance of being Star KO'ed. The updraft only extends above the platform. No other platforms are present, giving the stage a Final Destination style layout. The floor is also slightly raised.
A Drifloon, a Hoppip, and a Skarmory fly about in the background.
====Ground====
In the variation the layout changes to a large solid mound of dirt on the left and a hut built into a tall rock on the right. The hut provides two platforms, the lower one being longer and curved, and the higher one being short and flat. No physics alterations are added.
A Cubone and a Dugtrio appear in the background, along with a fossil (possibly a Helix Fossil) embedded in the rock.
====Ice====
In the version all platforms and surfaces extremely slippery, so characters are more likely to trip. A hut can be seen in the background, and there are two icy platforms that slope inwards slightly. A Snover always appears in the background, and there is a chance of a Snorunt appearing in the hut.
==Easter egg==
In all three iterations of the stage, Snorunt's house has a poster with a picture of a cat that resembles the Wii Hint Cat. It is unknown whose kitten is pictured on the poster, although Masahiro Sakurai confirmed in a tweet that it is not his cat.Masahiro Sakuai's Twitter @Sora_Sakurai.
==Music==
===Super Smash Bros. Brawl===
*Pokémon Main Theme
*Road to Viridian City (From Pallet Town / Pewter City) - Unlocked by clearing Event #8: Go! Triple Finish!
*Pokémon Center - Unlocked by obtaining at least 200 different stickers
*Pokémon Gym / Evolution
*Wild Pokémon Battle! (Ruby / Sapphire)
===Super Smash Bros. for Wii U===
*Pokémon Main Theme (Pokémon Red / Pokémon Blue)
*Battle! (Wild Pokémon) (Pokémon Diamond / Pokémon Pearl)
*Road to Viridian City (From Pallet Town / Pewter City)
*Pokémon Gym/Evolution (Pokémon Red / Pokémon Blue)
*Poké Floats
*Pokémon Stadium
*Pokémon Stadium 2
*Battle! (Wild Pokémon) (Pokémon Ruby / Pokémon Sapphire)
*Victory Road (Pokémon Ruby / Pokémon Sapphire)
===Super Smash Bros. Ultimate===
*Pokémon series music
*Main: Battle! (Trainer) - Pokémon Sun / Pokémon Moon
*Alternate: Battle! (Gladion)
==Gallery==
SSBB_Pokémon_Stadium_2.png|Super Smash Bros. Brawl appearance of Pokémon Stadium 2
Cat cameo SSB4 Wii U.png|The cat poster in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
==References==
Category:Pokémon stages in the Super Smash Bros. series