Route 119

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## **Stage Info**

It's happening on Route 119! The tropical Hoenn pathway is flanked by rivers, roads, and the Weather Institute, where studious meteorologists have developed the Pokemon Castform to predict the weather. They also endeavor to use their weather control machine to do exactly what it sounds like it would. Route 119 is also notably home to Feebas, Kecleon, and a slew of other Pokemon. Muddy slopes are also prevalent. Better bring a bike!

## **Stage Layout**

This stage has three layers of foreground to travel between. The bottom-most is the foremost layer, the middle as it says, and the top—featuring the Weather Institute—being the back-most. Think *Mutant Mudds* or Jungle Hijinx. Fighters have to jump on the Mach Bikes beside muddy slopes to enter the next layer of foreground to fight on, and ride on the muddy slopes themselves to come back down. Pressing the down input while riding the slope will let the character slide down much more quickly. Just don't do so at the center-most muddy slope on the first layer, or you're toast! The Mach Bike will speed up the slope at blinding speeds, riding the fighter up before instantly returning to its origin location. Merely touching them will fling the fighter up to the next layer, so attempted attacks on the bikes are for naught. The drawn-out layout above fails to showcase the depth of each layer, with the bottom-most layer being the foremost and longest and each consecutive layer scaling appropriately in height to accurately relay their distance from the front of the screen. The Weather Institute, for instance, is still normal building-sized despite its appearance on the drawn layout. Players will have to just about triple jump to fight on its rooftops.

Occasionally, Castform will appear somewhere on the top level, floating around the Weather Institute in circles. And that's more than just a cameo! Pokemon cameos include Kecleon uncovering themselves from behind slopes and trees for a brief moment, Oddish and Zigzagoon wandering about tall grass, Pelipper and Wingull flying overhead, and even the occasional Tropius peering out from over a tree or tall grass, as well.

## **Stage Hazards**

### **Castform:**

Sometimes, Castform will form shift, altering the stage conditions along with its aesthetic. In its Sunny Form, Castform will initiate Sunny Day, causing a great bright light to appear above the stage for a short time. While Sunny Day is in effect, all players in the match will slowly have their damage healed over time. In its Rainy Form, Castform will initiate its Rain Dance, causing a noticeable storm overhead that casts the stage in a great rain. This is the form that it will appear in most, a callback to Route 119's tendency for rain in *Pokemon*. The muddy slopes become easier to travel down while the stage's main ground becomes slippery, enabling tripping elements so long as the rain lasts. In its Snowy Form, Castform initiates Hail, causing a snow cloud to appear above the stage as hail rains down, coming at an angle and dealing constant, nagging damage until it disappears some moments later.

## **Soundtrack**

* **Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire**
	+ Battle! (Wild Pokemon) - This track is an orchestrated remix of the music that plays when Brendan, May or Wally encounters a non-legendary wild Pokémon in *Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire* and also *Pokémon Emerald*. It is very faithful to the original song, essentially playing as a remastered version. [SSBB]
	+ Heavy Rainfall (Zame Remix)
	+ Route 119
	+ Route 119 (AlmightyArceus Remix)
	+ Victory Road - This track is a remix of the music that played when Brendan or May explored Victory Road in *Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire*, which also plays in the Pokémon League area once the player has stepped through the door protected by two guards. [SSBB]
* **Pokemon Emerald**
	+ Weather Crisis! (WTFHAX! Remix)
* **Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire**
	+ Battle! (Lorekeeper Zinnia) - This track is a rock remix of Zinnia's battle theme from the post-game Delta Episode of *Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire*, rearranged by its original composer, Shota Kageyama. [SSBU]
	+ Battle! (Steven) - This track is a new arrangement of the Hoenn champion battle theme, based on its arrangement from *Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire*. The song is performed in a hard rock style; it begins rooted in F minor, then drops to E minor for the second half before returning to F for the loop. [SSBU]
	+ Bicycle Theme
	+ Fortree City
	+ Littleroot Town
	+ Verdanturf Town