Midair Stadium

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Mario taking on the Subspace Army in Midair Stadium.

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Midair Stadium before being consumed by Subspace.

Midair Stadium is the first stage in Super Smash Bros. Brawl's Adventure Mode, The Subspace Emissary.

It consists of a platform similar to Final Destination. The background has an audience and clouds. When the Army invades it shares it's background with the Halberd stage.

The stage begins with a battle between Mario and Kirby. After the brawl, the Subspace Army suddenly invades the stadium, and Mario and Kirby, along with Peach and Zelda, end up going up against the Primids among other Subspace creatures. Eventually, the Ancient Minister appears, carrying a Subspace Bomb. Mario gets knocked away and Kirby ends up fighting Petey Piranha, who holds the princesses captive. Kirby manages to rescue one of them, but Wario suddenly appears wielding a Dark Cannon. Wario suddenly notices the other princess and fires his weapon at her instead. Reduced to a trophy, the other princess is taken by Wario. The stage ends with Kirby escaping with the princess he saved and the Subspace bomb exploding, taking the stadium to Subspace. Midair Stadium cannot be played again until the game is cleared.

Playable Characters

• Kirby
• Mario
• Peach
• Zelda/Sheik

Enemies

• Boom Primid
• Petey Piranha (Boss)
• Primid
• Scope Primid
• Spaak
• Sword Primid

Stage Clear Reward

• Kirby and Peach/Zelda join.

Background Music (in order of appearance)

Name	Source	Credits	Plays In
Menu (Super Smash Bros. Melee)	Super Smash Bros. Melee	Arrangement: Motoi Sakuraba	The opening match between Mario and Kirby (continues from "The World of Trophies" movie)
Menu 1	Super Smash Bros. Brawl		The first fight against the Subspace Army
Airship Theme Ver. 2 (Super Mario Bros. 3) (unofficial title)	Super Mario Bros. 3		The battle against Petey Pirhana

Other Info

The stage is modelled after the Pokémon Stadium in Super Smash Bros. Melee. It is also used as the How-To-Play tutorial's stage.

Trivia

• If the player defeats Mario and then frees Peach during the fight against Petey Piranha, Mario would be turned into a trophy four times by the time the player reaches The Great Maze. However, Mario would only be turned into a trophy twice if the player defeats Kirby and then frees Zelda from Petey.
• If one replays the level after beating the game, the player may choose to be Peach and/or Zelda and see that there are two Peaches and two Zeldas on-screen.
• If both Peach AND Zelda are free, the game decides which princess gets saved, and which princess gets turned into a trophy.