Brinstar Depths (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how Brinstar Depths appears in Super Smash Stadium. For information about it in general, see w:c:metroid:Kraid.
Brinstar Depths is a stage on Super Smash Stadium. It debuted a little over halfway through Season 27 and was the 87th stage to debut.
==Stage overview==
The stage is one big, irregular rock shape, with two smaller rocks surrounding it. At semi-regular intervals, Kraid appears in the background, and does a claw swipe, which rotates the stage 90 degrees. Unfortunately, thanks to various factors, the big rock has no grippable ledges.
==Changes==
The last major change to this stage happened on May 16, 2016, and was "previewed" in a primetime special that had aired about a week prior.
*Currently, the rocks have a blue metallic appearance to them, and Kraid rises out of yellow acid. Previously, they were actual rocks with various mutated life forms on them à la Brinstar, and Kraid rose out of molten lava.
*Kraid also rose out of acid on the game's first three playings; however, this caused the stage to resemble Brinstar a little too much, and that led to confusion, hence the change to lava.
*On April Fool's Day in 2016, the stage endured a wild palette swap, with cyan-colored lava, a pink Kraid, and the rock resembling construction paper.
==Beta elements==
Some documents from "The Pubs" showed Adam Malkovich being the new character to debut instead of Ridley, with Ridley having already debuted on Frigate Orpheon. Given how hated Adam would become with Metroid: Other M, the decision to pass him over (and put Dark Samus in the Frigate) was either a really lucky guess or some good prediction.
==In its own universe==
This stage is based on the various "Kraid's Lairs" seen in the Metroid franchise over the years, with the original set borrowing from Super Metroid the most heavily. The name comes from the fact that Kraid is generally fought at the bottom of Brinstar; hence, he is literally fought in BRINSTAR's DEPTHS.
Brinstar doesn't generally have lava on it, though; that's usually the domain of Norfair.