Since the release of its home console counterpart, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS has had minimal exposure to tournaments. The following list of levels is used by Anther`s Ladder for 3DS Netplay and most online 3DS tournaments: Despite the list of prohibited levels, most tournaments include a variation of the “gentleman`s rule”, a rule that allows players to choose any level, including prohibited levels, if all players in the game agree. This is usually the only way for forbidden stages to watch serious tournaments. But even if this rule is in effect, it rarely makes sense to play on forbidden stages outside of a much more skilled player who allows a more opposing or very young player to choose any level, as most competitive players never want to voluntarily play on the forbidden levels, for the same reasons that the rulebook had forbidden them. Even if the rule is in effect, TOs can still prohibit certain stages via the gentleman`s rule if the scene tends to delay the tournament by causing much longer games (such as Temple, New Pork City and The Great Cave Offensive). In most cases, each tournament organizer or smash community may have their own idea of what`s doable, and most will likely use different levels depending on where you go. Therefore, we recommend that you ask your local competitive community what their legal steps are before attempting to compete. There is a different list of steps depending on which part of the game you are in. There are starting stages that can be selected before the start of a game: In general, all levels fall into one of three categories: Each tournament also has its own rules for sportsmanship and behavior. This includes behavior such as “stalling,” in which a game is intentionally prolonged without dealing with the opponent. These rules are left to the discretion of the individual tournament organizers. Legal levels can be divided into three categories: a neutral/starter phase, which is always played in the first game, a counter-choice phase, which is chosen after the first part of a set that offers slight advantages to certain characters, and forbidden levels, which cannot be chosen at all for various reasons.
Most of the legal attention of tournaments often focuses on the stages to determine which stages are and are not suitable for tournaments. The levels are divided into one of three categories and, although rare, the categories can be changed. However, unlike most eSports titles, the Super Smash Bros. series has not had the support of its publisher, Nintendo, in the past. Competitions are organized by individual tournament organizers and they have to set their own rules for games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The commonality of the characters can also play a role in which the phases are legal or prohibited. Also in Brawl, Meta Knight`s growing importance in the metagame meant that stage lists were becoming more restrictive in most regions. In the Tri-State region, Meta Knight was not excluded from tournaments and, as a result, the Tri-State tournament scene banned or restricted stages such as Delfino Plaza, Hallebard and Rainbow Cruise due to Meta Knight`s overwhelming power on these stages.
In some areas, however, Meta Knight was not as widespread as the tri-state region; As such, some of the above levels have different laws, with the halberd sometimes being a starting level and the frigate Orpheon moving from a forbidden level to a counter-choice. WHOBO 4, the first American major banned MK, had a long list of stages that included Delfino Plaza, Hellerd, Rainbow Cruise and Brinstar as counter-choices, although most of these stages were banned in legal MK tournaments at the time. The competitive scene of Smash Ultimate fights with itself when it decides which steps are legal for competitive play. Each tournament organizer will have their own idea of which steps are legal and which are not, but these are usually the main steps you should see at events. Items are often excluded from tournaments because many players are easily KOing regardless of the skill of the player using them. Also, the effort to get items like crushed bullets can cause players to focus on them rather than combat. Prohibited steps cannot be chosen at all. Steps can be locked for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to: Counter-choice levels can only be selected after the first part of a set, such as parts 2 and 3 of a best-of-3 set. The levels in this category tend to give some characters a slight, but not overwhelming, advantage over others, so it wouldn`t be fair to include them in the neutral list. These steps can often (but not always) be chosen for counter-selection purposes, hence the name of the category. If you want to become the next competitive Super Smash Bros.
Ultimate player, you will need to learn about the different legal steps of the game. You can also see other levels used in some tournaments, including Fountain of Dreams and Dream Land. Some tournaments even allow Minecraft World. Each tournament, whether it`s a local or major tournament, will have its own list of legal steps, so always check ahead. The term legal step can also be used to describe any neutral or counter-selection phase, or equivalently, any non-prohibited phase. “Legal Steps” refers to the stages and arenas of the game that are considered playable in Smash Bros. professional competitive games. Some tournaments prohibit certain phases that are allowed in others.
Most tournament organizers agree that stages that change shape during combat should be banned. A floating platform is usually allowed and is often seen on popular competition stages such as Smashville. Music tracks are not tied to specific phases. My Music in the sound settings allows you to select all the songs in the series to which the scene is linked! Neutral levels can be chosen from any game in a set, including the first game.