Great Bay
| The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Termina: Great Bay | |||||||
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   Great Bay as it appears inSmash. | |||||||
| Universe | The Legend of Zelda | ||||||
| Appears in | Melee Ultimate | ||||||
| Availability | Starter | ||||||
| Crate type | Normal | ||||||
| Maximum players | 4 (Melee) 8 (Ultimate) | ||||||
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| Article on Zelda Wiki | Great Bay Coast | ||||||
Great Bay (グレートベイ,Great Bay) is a stage inSuper Smash Bros. Melee andSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate. It is based on the eponymous location inThe Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. It is consideredYoung Link's home stage, as he is the protagonist of that game—Young Link is fought here when being unlocked in both games he appears in.
InAll-Star mode, this stage is whereLink and any of his teammates are faced.
Stage overview[edit]
The fighters battle on a pier housing theMarine Research Laboratory in the Great Bay Coast from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.The left side of the stage consists of three platforms. The bottom ones have enough space for two fighters, and the left one floats and reacts to the fighters' weights by rocking. The raised platform, which has barely enough space for four characters, is solid: this can be exploited bythrowing opponents against its bottom to cause astage spike and possibly an earlyKO. However, inUltimate, playersswim on the water's surface, so it's more difficult to KO with a stage spike than inMelee.
The right side is occupied by a large turtle which acts as a platform. When the battle starts, the turtle is present and looks to the left: after about 30 seconds it sinks, carrying away any fighters still on it. It periodically emerges and sinks again, and can either look left or towards the screen. The trees on its back act as further platforms. The parts not covered by grass have lowertraction, like ice and oil. Notably, when the turtle is absent the rightblast line is very far from the stage: therefore, staying on the right is in this situation very advantageous. InUltimate, however, the right blast line moves closer to the stage when the turtle sinks, reducing this effect somewhat.
Tingle floats around on a red balloon over the bottom right platform. His balloon acts as a platform: standing on it for enough time or attacking it makes it pop, causing Tingle to fall down on the ground or in the water while flailing his limbs. Contact with him in this state causes 1-2%damage and negligibleknockback. After a while, he reinflates his balloon and floats back up: if Tingle falls on the lower left platform, when he reinflates his balloon he is trapped under the main platform and his balloon automatically pops.
TheMoon in the background steadily falls: when it gets close enough to the ground, the Four Giants appear, stop it and throw it back up into the sky. The cycle lasts about three minutes, and has no effect on the gameplay.
Ω form and Battlefield form[edit]
InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, theΩ form andBattlefield form are set far above the water with the coast seen in the background. Tingle does not appear. The main platform is the same structure that the Marine Research Laboratory is on, but resized and reshaped to matchFinal Destination andBattlefield, respectively. The three soft platforms of the Battlefield form are metallic and are unique to this form.
Ω form inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate
Battlefield form inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Hazards Off[edit]
With hazards off inUltimate, Tingle never appears and the turtle remains in its initial position.
Origin[edit]
This stage is based on theGreat Bay Coast of theGreat Bay region fromThe Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, and takes place on the platforms that house theMarine Research Laboratory; however, its structure and orientation are slightly different in this stage. InUltimate, the design of the Marine Research Laboratory and the buildings in the background have been changed to reflect their appearance inThe Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D.Ultimate also includes small additional details, such as aHeart Piece to the left in the background, in the same location asMajora's Mask. The bay itself, contrary to how it looked inMajora's Mask, is a much brighter and cleaner color inMelee.
InMajora's Mask,Owl Statues act as warp points when using theSong of Soaring and, in non-Japanese versions of the game, as quicksave points. One of such statues is outside the laboratory in Great Bay.
TheTurtle inMajora's Mask allowsLink to reach theGreat Bay Temple after it is awoken; however, it is found in a different location of Great Bay, nowhere near the laboratory.
Tingle's design and behavior is also taken fromMajora's Mask, which is also his debut game. He appears in several locations floating from his balloon, including the Marine Research Laboratory. Link can pop his balloon to make him fall to the ground and purchase maps from him.
InMajora's Mask, aSkull Kid, under possession by the evilMajora's Mask, sends theMoon on a collision course withTermina. Link has three in-game days to stop it, which is accomplished by freeing theFour Giants, who are able to catch the moon before it hitsClock Town. The time limit can be extended by traveling back in time to the beginning of the first day. The 3-minute cycle in this stage is a likely reference to the original 3-day cycle.
Tournament legality[edit]
Great Bay is banned in tournaments, the primary reason being that the stage allows for amplecamping opportunities, including circle camping, by allowing characters to easily go from one bottom platform to the other, through going underneath the impassable main platform or over the top of it. The main platform can also allow very earlyKOs fromstage spiking when players fight on the lower platforms.
Gallery[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]
Ness and Sheik walking out of the laboratory in a beta version of the stage.
Remnants of the laboratory within the stage inMelee.
Only three beams can be seen in this beta version.
The full view of Great Bay inMelee, including the underwater ground.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
Isabelle catchingSnake with herFishing Rod on the stage.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese | グレートベイ | Great Bay |
 English | Great Bay | — |
 French | Grande Baie | Great Bay |
 German | Schädelbucht | Skull Bay |
 Spanish | Gran Bahía | Great Bay |
 Italian | Grande Baia | Great Bay |
 Chinese | Great Bay | — |
 Korean | 그레이트 베이 | Great Bay |
 Dutch | Grote Baai | Great Bay |
 Russian | Великий залив | Great Bay |
Trivia[edit]
- In early builds ofMelee, the Marine Research Lab in the background was part of the arena, allowing characters to walk in and out of it. It was moved into the background in the final version, though some remnants of the idea can be seen by using unrestricted camera hacks. Furthermore, the platform on the right side of the stage was composed by only three beams instead of the final five, much like the lab's appearance inMajora's Mask.
- Hacked cameras show that there's a complete underwater floor below the stage.
- To the left of the main cove where the platform exists is a second cove; within it is a cluster of 6 islets, matchingFisherman's Island, the location of a minigame in which the player must jump to the designated island inMajora's Mask.
- Great Bay is the only retroThe Legend of Zelda stage to not be in either version ofSmash 4.
- However, there was ahoax that suggested it would return inSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.[1]
- InUltimate, there is aPiece of Heart to the left of the main cove in a hole in the cliff, matching the location of the Piece of Heart inMajora's Mask.
- Because theMoon is already part of the stage, Great Bay is one of the stages where it cannot be summoned as an Assist Trophy. Additionally,Phosphora andKapp'n can only be summoned on the stage's Battlefield and Omega forms.Abra andMarshadow also can only be summoned on the Battlefield and Omega forms.
- IfMeta Knight usesShuttle Loop under the main platform while above the water, he will be KO'd instantly when he loops back up.
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References[edit]
| Stages inSuper Smash Bros. Melee | |
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| Starter stages | Brinstar ·Corneria ·Fountain of Dreams ·Great Bay ·Green Greens ·Icicle Mountain ·Jungle Japes ·Kongo Jungle ·Mushroom Kingdom ·Mute City ·Onett ·Pokémon Stadium ·Princess Peach's Castle ·Rainbow Cruise ·Temple ·Venom ·Yoshi's Island ·Yoshi's Story |
| Unlockable stages | Battlefield ·Big Blue ·Brinstar Depths ·Final Destination ·Flat Zone ·Fourside ·Mushroom Kingdom II ·Poké Floats |
 UnlockablePast Stages | Dream Land ·Kongo Jungle ·Yoshi's Island |
 The Legend of Zelda universe | |
|---|---|
| Fighters | Link (SSB ·SSBM ·SSBB ·SSB4 ·SSBU) ·Sheik (SSBM ·SSBB ·SSB4 ·SSBU) ·Zelda (SSBM ·SSBB ·SSB4 ·SSBU) ·Young Link (SSBM ·SSBU) ·Ganondorf (SSBM ·SSBB ·SSB4 ·SSBU) ·Toon Link (SSBB ·SSB4 ·SSBU) |
| Assist Trophies | Tingle ·Skull Kid ·Midna ·Ghirahim ·Moon |
| Bosses | Ganon |
| Stages | Hyrule Castle ·Great Bay ·Temple ·Bridge of Eldin ·Pirate Ship ·Gerudo Valley ·Spirit Train ·Skyloft ·Great Plateau Tower Underground Maze (Adventure Mode) |
| Items | Heart Container ·Bunny Hood ·Deku Nut ·Fairy Bottle ·Cucco ·Bombchu ·Beetle ·Gust Bellows |
| Enemies | Bubble ·Cucco ·Darknut ·Like Like ·Octorok ·Peahat ·ReDead ·Stalfos |
| Other | Bulblin ·Dark Link ·King Bulblin & Lord Bullbo ·King of Red Lions ·Koume & Kotake ·Majora's Mask ·Navi ·Phantom ·Sacred Land ·Tetra ·Yiga Clan |
| Trophies,Stickers andSpirits | Trophies (SSBM ·SSBB ·SSB4) ·Stickers ·Spirits |
| Music | Brawl ·SSB4 ·Ultimate |
| Masterpieces | The Legend of Zelda ·Zelda II: The Adventure of Link ·The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time |
| Related content | Fire Bar |
