Poké Floats (stage) - Super Smash Bros. Melee

Stage, music and background of “Poké Floats” in Super Smash Bros Melee.
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[@Reoko77]

Fun fact: since melee was rushed, all the floats you see are actually models ripped straight from pokemon stadium 2.

[@symphomaniac]

Err it's not because Melee was rushed. They were likely gonna use the stadium models regardless

[@Stock_Junction]

Wait if melee was rushed (which i didn't know) why was melee called "the best smash bros game"

[@Stock_Junction]

@Koops Akimoto wow

[@Reoko77]

Melee was rushed. *BADLY.* Sakurai was only given less than a year and a half to create this whole game from scratch. Man damn near killed himself over it. Pokefloats is a prime example of its development. The static backgrounds are hardly anything to look and and all the models are just straight ripped. It would've taken waaaay too much time to make custom model's for each one and give the all unique animations. Look at how they move. Goldeen is just straight as a board. The "float" and term "kanto skies" is just a setting so they can tell you their inanimate objects but its all an illusion. Their all basic movement on a static background. Hell, even big blue uses the car models ripped straight from Fzero X. The whole stage was probably made in just a few days but i dont blame them. The fact that melee still exists is nothing short of a miracle.

[@turtlejerk9241]

@@Stock_Junction just like majoras mask, they didnt have a lot of time and yet its one of the best zelda games in the series

[@treyvonishere4375]

Would’ve been cool to see this one reimagined in Ultimate. Probably would’ve been made into actual parade balloons.

[@buffalot35t1cles3]

See the pichu bros in the background running around the rooftops with the other pokémon in the pichu bros shorts

[@firestriker3580]

Nah

[@treyvonishere4375]

@@firestriker3580 L hater

[@goofyfish17]

Also they would surely be able to add pokemon from newer gens too

[@bruc3mdnaX]

@@buffalot35t1cles3wtf is pichu bros in the first place

[@johnpaulfraley2014]

Despite this stage being rushed, it was creepy to my sight when i first unlocked it. ever since then i always thought that the floats were dead pokemon and that you're basically fighting in the heavens.

[@3twibles4sweetrevenge]

pokémon subspace and your comment made me think that they're dead and threw in space

[@kirbyofthestarsfan]

The stage's name in japanese was actually Pokemon Subspace, meaning it was just some liminal space with models of random Pokémon

[@Joshua05005]

I just thought they were balloons

[@zombies4evadude24]

That’s dark…

[@SsbPrime]

@@Joshua05005 yeah idk how anyone would think they're corpses

[@Caztendo]

I love how Detective pikachus final fight was basically Poke Floats

[@goofyfish17]

The movie or the game

[@Caztendo]

@@goofyfish17 movie

[@alexslade3355]

My Favorite Stage. But I wish it was reimagined in HD..

[@tysonclarke9099]

Alex Slade I hope pokè floats will be the dlc stage soon.

[@alexslade3355]

@@tysonclarke9099 I wish they did, along with Rainbow Road, but I'm worried they won't.

[@RockinRay-dp6zx]

Well now you can make it

[@CTOACN]

@@RockinRay-dp6zx by stage builder get it today

[@BenJPics9925]

As much as I love how Ultimate ended, it really disappoints me how it had no DLC stages like Smash WiiU did.

[@MatthewGhirardi]

I’m disappointed that this is not in Smash Ultimate

[@JoshuaSmith-hd4bm]

Stage builder?! Duh...

[@blakenapier3125]

We can dig that

[@donathan2933]

Not me, this stage was trash and deserves to be forgotten

[@jessicamullins5006]

@@donathan2933 No one cares for your opinion. LOL. This stage was so cool and iconic. Moving stages aren't supposed to be good, if you wanna be a wanna be MLG Smash player, stick with your tri platforms, pal.

[@staringcorgi6475]

I think this stage shows the platforming of smash properly

[@sergiotorresaragon7673]

Pikachu battling Mewtwo on Pokemon floats in the Detective Pikachu movie

[@ryanmalloy425]

This is my favorite Melee stage of all time.

[@DarthUmbris626]

This stage is fun asf. 😊

[@KasaiWolf07]

I like Pokefloats. It's a weird stage and really hard to fight in at times but overall the music is cool and it gives the importance of keep your wits about you in smash

[@spongeintheshoe]

Unfortunately, the competitive Smash community doesn't care about wits.

[@leeto64]

@@spongeintheshoe keep telling yourself that buddy LMAO

[@marcusscott5363]

Absolutely nothing more EPIC than a 1v1 winner take all on Pokefloats back in the day.

[@nathanedwards745]

I miss that stage. But looking at it again I understand why they did not put it in future smash games

[@eda78733]

Imagine unlocking a character on this stage

[@eduardovillegas747]

The most creative stage in SSBM :)

[@sonicdudeatdawn2]

If by creative you mean best asset reuse from pokemon stadium x3

[@diamonddragon8733]

@@sonicdudeatdawn2 They were rushed man. The idea itself is what makes it so creative.

[@livingdoubt54]

​@@sonicdudeatdawn2 i heard adachis voice in my head reading your comment and it made it funny

[@Masked_Mastermind]

This is the exact definition of half-assed.

[@teyia6190]

Yeah why

[@aceeeeex9]

@@teyia6190 they only had a year to develop the game from scratch. That's why Brawl took 7 years to come out to prevent anything like that happening again

[@teyia6190]

@@aceeeeex9 I All ready knew that it took 11 months for the game

[@aceeeeex9]

@@teyia6190 sorry you said why as in why is this half assed Ok

[@carnage0685]

Who tf cares, it was fun

[@Austin_the_Dalmatian06]

Just imagine if this was remade with more Pokemon. IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES!

[@danmeldrum312]

Why didn't this stage return Smash Ultimate? This stage looked awesome.

[@duderino6171]

Best stage by far

[@spongeintheshoe]

I imagine it has to do with there being no logical reason for its existence.

[@VOAN]

Cause Gen 1 & 2 Pokémon were over.

[@heroic-manrhoden2650]

@@VOAN Someone already finish a Stage for the Stage Mods in gamebanana.

[@darkstarmoonshadow]

ikr

[@Bcisgreat]

This stage has always given me some sort of dreamcore and aesthetic type vibe the randomness of pokemon the pinkness is beautiful i love this stage

[@probablyjinxed]

ngl, this would make an awesome screensaver

[@Kiwiisbored9090]

I hope one day someone will mod this stage into smash ultimate, this just seems like to be the best casual stage to exist in smash

[@carnage0685]

It really was.

[@liamfunnyman6965]

I'm convinced this stage came from a dream Sakurai once had. EDIT: I just showed it to mom, and she said it reminded her of that scene in The Wizard of Oz where Dorothy and Toto are hiding in the house from the tornado and stuff is flying by the window.

[@applesandgrapesfordinner4626]

"Pikachu, I don't think we're in Pallettown anymore!"

[@mr.awesome6011]

​@@applesandgrapesfordinner4626 Pikachu is the Toto of Pokémon

[@ZoobiethePopplio]

This is the funniest stage in any Smash Bros game

[@apollorock3r244]

I find it really weird why out of all stages, this one is the one they went with for the Trouble King 2 event, the one with Luigi having to defeat a giant Bowser.

[@MrtheFckface]

Probably why the event is so late too

[@Mega911Gamer]

I'm glad they did. Makes beating bowser easier Cuz he almost always dies just by letting him stay on squirtle until he falls out of bounds 😂

[@ryderinblack]

0:49 when I heard that transition, all I could hear what that alarm sound, tough battles bro, what an amazing medley, gave me chills

[@htrav3097]

0:03 Squirtle Moves His Mouth

[@toastman6420]

This stage is like fighting on one of those baby sensory videos

[@jasonhertzberg4818]

Lmao 🤣

[@JuanMoreno-fb3uj]

1:04 cha-Cha real smooth ! 💯

[@Seth_rs]

This models have more detail and better animations than sword and shield

[@user-jl7cz2pe6d]

I'm pretty sure they were ported directly from Pokémon Stadium.

[@retrogamermax8287]

@@user-jl7cz2pe6d Actually, I think they're ported from the Melee Pokemon trophy models.

[@EWOODJ]

-_-

[@SsbPrime]

no they don't stfu lmao

[@bananastretched]

Like who’s here for recreating it in ultimate

[@CTOACN]

I am

[@qwertyuiop.lkjhgfdsa]

Me. Can't figure out how to get them off screen though, theyre B E E G

[@Chowderchef]

So many memories associated with this stage omg

[@chiopercyval4315]

Poké Floats is overvalued

[@BelroseYT]

I luv this stage and I wish it was implemented more

[@xanthippus3190]

"...It's a flotilla!"

[@Potatosenpai0]

God loved this stage so much

[@soulsolis3096]

This is the kind of acid trip I needed since forever

[@agentkracko]

Apparently this stage was called Pokémon subspace in Japan. What exactly were they going for?

[@Tekkwin]

this is the inside of a pokeball

[@koemon_exe]

@@Tekkwin The stage states that it's in the Kanto skies though, so it must take place outside of a pokeball

[@kirbyofthestarsfan]

Yeah, it shocked me the Floats part was only interpreted by the localization theme, in the original it was just some weird liminal space with Pokemon models... I can tell why they wouldn't bring it back in following games considering how abstract it was

[@RayoMcQueen95990]

well, they are pokemon in the sky near the space?

[@agentkracko]

@@Tekkwin if this is what the inside of a poke ball is like, go ahead and catch me lol

[@ethansargentthecreator8520]

This Stage needs to Return in Super Smash Bros. Legendary (2023)

[@gochem3013]

You mean "Ultimate *Deluxe* "?

[@KingSolomonMKW]

Wtf is that

[@koiyune]

you mean "smash 6."

[@acevedoxx]

This music and the stage is awesome! Thanks!! 😭

[@PixelMario-bp2xs]

0:15 Music before legendary moments

[@Meggiesoarsrex]

I've never played Melee so this is just a wild and wacky fever dream to me

[@shushumga7482]

It is for everyone who played melee too, dw

[@Yaxqb]

Such a good song, such a crack-tier stage

[@bobjeezorham7658]

Oh man, looking back on this it isn't anywhere near as cool as I thought it was as a kid. You can tell it's a rushed stage, the Pokémon have barely any animation and their models look ripped out of Stadium, but it's still really nostalgic to me so I don't mind that.

[@g-forcefgt323]

They are ripped out of stadium

[@carnage0685]

Since when the hell did giant balloons have animation?

[@rustycookiepekka6875]

1:42 i would always end up dying from that tree pokemon

[@squares4u]

Sudowoodo.

[@wafoofi1244]

OMG Fuck Sudowoodo lol

[@jackson2531]

Sudowoodo also is not a tree. It's a rock type that just happens to resemble a tree.

[@blakenapier3125]

Super Smash Brothers 1 Super Smash Brothers 64 Super Smash Brothers Melee Super Smash Brothers Brawl Super Smash Brothers 4 Super Smash Brothers Wii U Super Smash Brothers 3Ds Super Smash Brothers Ultimate

[@rustycookiepekka6875]

@@jackson2531 sorry,my bad

[@ibm30rpg]

Hands down the best Smash Bros stage to this day.

[@FATE522]

Thank you for this!!!

[@airhead1218]

when this songs plays in pokemon stadium, you know im fucking tryharding

[@bloodedge1528]

Feel like an unused Pokemon Stadium end credits cutscene.

[@heroic-manrhoden2650]

I love that stages. It for the Brawl, Project M, and Smash 2

[@misterartist1603]

Dude you predicted it'd be finished for Smash 2

[@mr_foxishere6700]

@@misterartist1603 Smash 2 with Poké Floats it been released

[@nourata.5893]

I miss this 😢

[@BoenTong]

This music really makes me think of the planet Neptune.

[@presto0194]

Beautiful

[@esahisreal3248]

I don't know if it's just me but the choppy animations from some of the pokemon give me an uneasy feeling in particular 0:02, the squirtle looks like a dying fish moving its mouth, but that's just me

[@VessIGuess]

AGREED.

[@darkstarmoonshadow]

One of my favorite battle stages.

[@lawliet5940]

this stage is epic I love it {3

[@pongkong]

unknown letters in order: B H S U M O

[@liamfunnyman6965]

I wonder what it means. Also, you forgot the T at the front of the line.

[@liamfunnyman6965]

@Pine Eats I'm still trying to figure it out...

[@generaljohnnyree3349]

Isai vs Bum in MLG Long Island 2007 lmao

[@base4yrface]

i love this stage

[@maneruloquendero]

In japanese, this stage is called "Pokémon Subspace". So no, these are not balloons; these are actual living Pokémon floating in a dream like dimension. This is why some Pokémon like Onix, Psyduck and Lickitung can move

[@LePezzy66]

Thank you Jenny

[@samson64-ol4ui]

I love how the venusaur just waits for the snorlax to move out of the way

[@gab2022-bichosbichos]

satysfing

[@markgurrola8536]

I wish this stage could return but at least the music comed back in Brawl Wii U and Ultimate

[@cvrlosenju]

I miss playing this stage as a kid with my friends.

[@CB-L]

The stage is so otherworldly that even the music arrange kinda sound weird

[@veronicaramirez5145]

Compartan para que metan este viejo recuerdo en smash ultimate

[@henfjo]

Still the best stage in all of Smash

[@eduardomagana3858]

One of my favorite stages, if I’m honest.

[@gustavochavarria8161]

Now that we over 1,000 Pokemon, I can't imagine what it would've looked like for the next Smash game.

[@elizabethdreyer3131]

I want to go there

[@MajoraJeff]

i would love this stage to come back in smash ultimate

[@xJZAx]

Ojalá algún día llegue a salir nuevamente este stage😢

[@aquawater1]

The best

[@Hamantha]

I wonder how the Final destination/Battlefield variants would’ve looked

[@TSMSnation]

This is such a weird fing thing dude. And the music is even crazy, like bro what.

[@faristurjman2134]

its a banger ngl

[@BryanMorris-yc8iq]

I can't believe this was ever tournament legal

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

The same people who say Pac-Land is bad for scrolling and having too many gimmicks also want FREAKING POKE FLOATS in ultimate...

[@carnage0685]

Pac-Land scrolls 3x faster than this and there’s a million tiny things that directly obstruct your movement when you’re just trying to walk to the right to avoid dying. In Poke Floats you can actually stop to fight because most of the platforms are huge and the scrolling is slow enough, plus everything the stage throws at you is telegraphed. Comparing this to Pac-Land is one of the worst comparisons of all time.

[@ayyyraymundo78]

god, I wish this came back in ultimate

[@KingSolomonMKW]

I mean they could always add a new Pokemon character for this stage to be dlc

[@cowboymaxboost8894]

maybe a gen 3 one too

[@askgoverntale2298]

#BringbackPokeFloats

[@MJD3rp]

Stage builder is back, someones bound to make it

[@blakenapier3125]

#CreateCustomizeDownloadedbleContentAndGuestCharactersMustBeRemoved

[@vegapreferred9344]

Damn I miss these days. You’re giving it to the next guy on top of onix then everyone runs off to psyduck and you give another beat down before running off to another Pokémon before it’s too late

[@carnage0685]

That is the very essence of this stage.

[@pongkong]

dang whooper lasts like a min

[@Justfred.440]

I liked this stage I think it would've better if the floats interacted with each other

[@rmissing3361]

This Stage has no context

[@3twibles4sweetrevenge]

it's zoomer humor at it's finest it only lacks some loud shit

[@noahLejeune-yk4sk]

J'ai pris 1h pour trouver se commentaire

[@Flamingpaper0]

Do Spear Pillar (Brawl) next. You have to make 3 different videos for the 3 legendaries, but that gives you room for 3 music tracks

[@andrewxu3602]

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[@Flamingpaper0]

@@andrewxu3602 I'm aware but thanks

[@loadingusername3348]

looking back at this stage years later... this...looks kind of bad lol it's nostalgic! But looks bad

[@billclintonsmagicbeefarm]

Exactly what I was thinking. The scumminess of it really doesn't occur to you amidst the chaos of it, especially as a kid.

[@skaokers]

I wish it was remade for ult, with the models actually remodeled as floats and not weird 3d low poly pokemon

[@carnage0685]

@@skaokersgod wouldn’t that have been cool

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

This was the second hardest stage after Big Blue!

[@blossom6309]

I wish there more characters in melee

[@Maria-er6nk]

Maybe instead of original poké floats from melee returning to Ultimate maybe we might get a updated version of poké floats that have new and different floating Pokémon called poké floats 2 similar to flat zone 2 but in my opinion this stage will not return to ultimate because how will this stage will work in battle field and omega forms

[@ohnoitschris]

Omega could just have the Onix as the main platform and three Unowns as the smaller ones.

[@ibm30rpg]

@Koops Akimoto You can't have an icy floor in a battlefield stage

[@amakusashooter]

@@ibm30rpg cover the avaluggs back with sand to reduce traction

[@jdmathews312]

@@ibm30rpg its a balloon

[@blakenapier3125]

Why not have a Pokemon Battle Arena in Poke Floats in Q form

[@taiphonix9232]

0:00 I can’t not hear “squirtle squirt” especially when it somewhat syncs (or sinks because water type) with the music.

[@leo-sp5gc]

unreal

[@AreoSky]

0:40 Menacing Chikorita

[@Kooldinoboy10]

Wish we got this stage instead of pokemon stadium 2 in ultimate

[@HTSI]

You know... This stage would make more sense if the pokémon were actually hot air balloons

[@coffee_2234]

I love how of all the strater pokemon from gen 2 they choose chikorita it so small 😂 heck even cyndaquil shooting it flame out could have ben a better platform than chikorita or even totodile with it tail

[@GraviteH1123]

Damn, I will never forgive this stage for not being in SSBU 😔

[@magenta5768]

I think I'm getting a mandela effect here. I clearly remember Porygon being part of this stage (even Porygon and its evolution line being my favourite Normal Type Pokemon as a result of the nostalgia of remembering the original Porygon here). Am I the only one?

[@ibm30rpg]

It is there. 1:25

[@tiramiseratops]

I feel high as balls watching this without any fighters on the stage nothing makes sense

[@lemonaid9798]

1:31 Enough Said

[@gman193blair6]

My favorite one in this stage is Wooper. (I never played Super Smash Bros Melee.)

[@jonathano503]

It would take too long to animate all of the pokemon

[@blakenapier3125]

Mewtwo needs to have a proper American Voice Actor and Cloud Strife needs to be Voiced by Steve Burton fully dubbed In English

[@carnage0685]

@@jonathano503for what

[@garogenxs2979]

Stage for Smash Ultimate!

[@トッシー-n9l]

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