Rainbow Road (stage)

Rainbow Road is a stage that appears in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. It uses the same course layout as the Rainbow Road course from Mario Kart 7.

The stage is a cruise-type stage similar to Mute City from Super Smash Bros. Melee and Port Town Aero Dive from Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and the match primarily takes place on a flat platform that hovers around the course. Like in the aforementioned stages, the platform will occasionally stop on the track itself. During those times, an on-screen warning may appear indicating that karts driven by Shy Guys will pass by (similar to F-Zero Racers), being able to damage any fighters they hit. Anothing warning indicating that the stage will start to move again appears after remaining in one part of the track for a while. Additionally, falling onto the track itself while the platform is moving damages the fighter.

Locations where the flat platform can stop include the second gap on the course, the rainbow Bouncy Mushroom, a platform near the Saturn-like planet, the holey section of the course, and the end of the spinning tunnel.

While the course layout is similar to the original, there are some minor differences. Boost Pads are not present for obvious reasons (with the exception of the speed pads right after the start of section 3), the Bouncy Mushroom is an ordinary platform, the holey section doesn't move, and a separate platform was added outside of the main track near the Saturn-like planet (as mentioned above).

One of the music tracks for the stage is an arranged medley of the Rainbow Road music from the handheld Mario Kart games: Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart DS, and Mario Kart: Super Circuit, while the second track is the original version of the Mario Kart 7 Rainbow Road theme.