Duck Hunt (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how Duck Hunt appeared in Super Smash Stadium. For information about it in general, see .
:This article is about a stage. If you were looking for a character, see Duck Hunt Dog (SSS).
Duck Hunt is a retired stage on Super Smash Stadium. It debuted halfway through Season 1 and was the 11th stage to debut overall. It lasted for close to 18 years and made 430 appearances during the time it was active.
==Stage overview==
You fought in front of the field from Duck Hunt. The stage was flat, except for the tree on the left, which acted as three soft platforms that you could stand on. Ducks flew about that you could attack. As in the game, if you hit one, the Duck Hunt Dog would pop up holding the dead ducks by the neck in the scruff of his paws, but if you allowed the "Fly Away" message to show up, he'd pop up doing his infamous laugh. Unlike in the canon Smash games, neither the Dog nor the ducks would appear if the Duck Hunt Dog was an active fighter. The Dog acted as an extra platform while he was out.
The fighters were not forced to be flat like in the canon Smash games. Also, the side kill zones were not walk-off, nor was the bottom blast zone blocked off. There were black bars on either end of the stage, and they were voids. (This gimmick was not present on the earliest playings, prior to about April 1973.)
==Changes==
*On or shortly after SSS's August 1975 great set overhaul, the original, bright colors were toned down.
*On or by April 22, 1983, the stage was given a 16-bit, Super NES-esque revamp.
==Why it was retired==
A number of people, supposedly including the staff, disliked it. They felt that the Duck Hunt mechanic was too distracting and that the laughing dog shouldn't have been there.
==In its own universe==
Duck Hunt is an NES game, made especially to work with another one of the many "gimmicky" accessories Nintendo has made, the NES Zapper. About halfway through the NES's lifespan, Duck Hunt became famous as the "B-side" of a Super Mario Bros. 1/Duck Hunt combo cartridge. (Even later, a third game, World Class Track Meet, joined the fray.)