Great Bay (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how the Great Bay appears in Super Smash Stadium. For information about it in general, see its article on ZeldaWiki.
The Great Bay is an active stage on Super Smash Stadium. It debuted almost on the last episode of Season 4, was played only once that season, and was the 31st new stage overall.
==Stage overview==
The stage offers a unique "spin" on the "Battlefield layout": the left and right platforms are in water. The left platform is also a see-saw platform. All platforms are completely solid.
In addition to this, most of the stage is on the left side of the screen; the right side is occupied by a turtle who appears and disappears every 30 seconds. It will either face forwards or sideways, and its shell serves as an extra platform. The trees on its back can be stood on as well.
Tingle also appears here floating on a balloon. The balloon can act as an extra platform, but stand on it for too long, or attack it (most any attack will do), and it'll pop, sending Tingle down to the ground. After 60 seconds, he'll inflate another balloon and float back up. If the turtle is present, it's possible for Tingle to float over the turtle, and if you pop his balloon just as the turtle is sinking back into the water, he can land into the water, rendering him unusable for the rest of the match.
==Changes==
The only change this stage has gotten was a visual upgrade on December 29, 2017, which also put this stage in a nighttime setting. Prior to this, the stage was in the daytime. Also, in the background, the Moon could be seen gradually getting closer to Clock Town, until about the 3-minute mark, at which point the Four Giants would grab the Moon and send it back into the sky.
Late in February 2004, swimming was added as a game mechanic, changing almost all stages with water in them and suddenly made multiple strategies on this stage, including Meteor Smashing and stage spiking to kill, unviable.
==In its own universe==
The Great Bay is a location in Termina that Link must visit in Majora's Mask. This stage in particular takes place at the Marine Research Lab on the Great Bay Coast. The thing with the Moon that goes on in the background each match is a reference to LZ:MM's plot: a Skull Kid, possessed by the titular mask, sends the Moon on a collision course with Clock Town in Termina; Link's job is to awaken the Four Giants within three in-game days, and those Giants will then catch the Moon and send it back up into space.
The Turtle is also part of LZ:MM, but does not act in the capacity seen on this stage.