Spear Pillar
Pokémon Pokémon Diamond Version & Pokémon Pearl Version  Spear Pillar | |||||||
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   Spear Pillar as it appears inSmash. | |||||||
| Universe | Pokémon | ||||||
| Appears in | Brawl Ultimate | ||||||
| Availability | Unlockable (Brawl) Starter (Ultimate) | ||||||
| Unlock criteria | CompleteEvent 25: The Aura Is With Me. | ||||||
| Crate type | Normal | ||||||
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| Article on Bulbapedia | Spear Pillar | ||||||
Spear Pillar (テンガンざん やりのはしら,Mt. Tengan Spear Pillar) is aPokémon series stage inSuper Smash Bros. Brawl andSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Lucario is fought here when being unlocked, andMewtwo is also fought here in its unlocking battle inUltimate.
Overview[edit]
Spear Pillar consists of an upper solid platform and a cave beneath it. The cave can act as an effectivecave of life, as it is long and narrow. Both the top ground and the cave have grabbableedges at their sides.
Above the upper ground are twosoft platforms, one on the left and one on the right, spaced symmetrically apart. These platforms move up and down nearly constantly, only stopping for a brief, random amount of time at their lowest and highest points.
In the background on the top ground is a large pedestal. After a random amount of time (~20 seconds),Dialga,Palkia, orCresselia will appear atop the pedestal in a lightning strike, followed by a flash of light and cloud of smoke inBrawl. The Pokémon will stay for a random amount of time (~25 seconds), while performing various actions at random intervals (~7 seconds). Afterwards, they will leave in a flash of light and the cycle repeats.
InBrawl, only one of the three Legendary Pokémon can appear per match, determined randomly when the stage is selected. InUltimate, any of the three Legendary Pokémon can appear, determined randomly each time.
The stage and background is tinted based on the Pokémon, with Dialga being blue, Palkia being pink, and Cresselia being the same as Dialga's blue inBrawl or the default green inUltimate. InBrawl, the tint is present at all times, indicating which will appear later on. InUltimate, the tinting only appears when the Pokémon appears and two seconds prior.
Thelake guardians,Mesprit,Uxie, andAzelf, can randomly appear in the background on the upper level, and will leave after a moment. Any of them can appear throughout a match, but only one can appear at a time. Uxie and Azelf leave the stage by simply vanishing, but Mesprit leaves by flying off-screen to the left or right. These Pokémon do not have any gameplay effect, being only aesthetic in function, and their presence does not affect Dialga, Palkia, or Cresselia.
Dialga and Palkia[edit]
There are four actions that both Dialga and Palkia are able to cause.
- Tilting the screen by a random amount (between 10 and 30 degrees) to the left or right. The effect is only visual; flat surfaces don't become slopes, for example.
- Causing an earthquake, breaking either the left, right, or middle third of the upper ground. This creates a more open route between the two floors. After a while, the broken terrain is rebuilt.
- Firing a laser beam. The laser beam deals 1% every 2frames for 42 frames inBrawl and 41 frames inUltimate and has a launcher on frame 43 that deals 5%, dealing a up to 27% and 26% respectively. It can beshielded and, inUltimate,reflected orabsorbed. It is colored blue when used by Dialga and pink when used by Palkia.
- When fired vertically, the laser beam will cover either the left, right, or middle third of the stage and go through both floors. InUltimate, the laser beam will break the third of the upper ground that it is fired through.
- When fired horizontally, the laser beam goes through the cave area.
Dialga[edit]
Dialga has two actions of its own, in addition to the four it shares with Palkia.
- UsingRoar of Time to slow down thepassage of time, similarly to theTimer item. This stacks with other time-altering effects. InUltimate, the background is changed to consist of blue ripples, the same background used by the Timer.
- Roaring for a moment, then jumping onto the stage and attacking by using Roar of Time on nearby players, dealing 25% damage with strong upwards knockback.
Palkia[edit]
Palkia has three actions of its own, in addition to the four it shares with Dialga.
- Halves the strength of gravity for all fighters. InUltimate, the background is changed to consist of blue swirls.
- Mirroring the screen, such that pressing right causes a character to appear to move to the left, as well as having right-handed characters appear left-handed and vice versa.
- UsingSpacial Rend to rotate the screen at a 180 degree angle, causing it to appear upside-down.
Cresselia[edit]
Cresselia has two attacks and doesn't share any actions with Dialga or Palkia. Both attacks are smaller inUltimate than inBrawl.
- Throwing a single crescent of energy that swoops across either the upper ground or the cave, like a boomerang. Deals 20% damage.
- Throwing a series of energy crescents across the stage in straight lines from its position. Deals 15% damage.
Ω form and Battlefield form[edit]
InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, the design of the main platform of theΩ form andBattlefield form is based on the top portion of the normal form, and it is resized and reshaped to matchFinal Destination andBattlefield, respectively. The threesoft platforms of the Battlefield form are based on the soft platforms of the normal form. No Pokémon appear on these forms.
Ω form inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Battlefield form inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Hazards Off[edit]
With stage hazards turned off inUltimate, the two soft platforms do not move, remaining fixed at their halfway point. Dialga, Palkia, and Cresselia can still appear, but they never perform any actions.
Origin[edit]
This stage is based on Spear Pillar fromPokémon Diamond,Pearl, andPlatinum, which is situated at the peak ofMt. Coronet in theSinnoh region. It is the present-day ruins of theTemple of Sinnoh.
Spear Pillar is the location of the twoLegendary Pokémon Dialga and Palkia.Team Galactic, a criminal organization which operates in Sinnoh, travels to Spear Pillar to awaken Dialga/Palkia and bind them by aRed Chain created from the crystals of thelake guardians, Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf. Team Galactic's goal is to use the Legendary Pokémon's power to recreate the universe withCyrus, the Galactic Boss, as king and deity.
The player character travels up to Spear Pillar, where they impede Team Galactic's plan to control the Legendary Pokémon by defeating Cyrus. Upon defeat, Team Galactic retreats and the player has the chance to capture either Dialga, Palkia, orGiratina.Arceus also appears and can be captured there via a downloadable event that was however never distributed in public untilPokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
Despite appearing on this stage, Cresselia has no connection to Spear Pillar in thePokémon games.
Update history[edit]
Fixed the UI and name-tags remaining mirrored in Training Mode after one of Palkia's attack, Spacial Rend, ended.
Tournament legality[edit]
This stage is universallybanned in mainstream tournaments due to the highly disruptive effect of the Pokémon's effects - especially Palkia's which alter the players' controls - which activate randomly and suddenly. The bottom cavern of the stage also acts as a largecave of life, prolonging matches and promotingstalling. The overall stage design with the separated top and bottom areas can allow forcircle camping as well (though Dialga or Palkia can potentially break this camping by breaking part of the upper ground (suddenly creating an interception route before the camping player can react) or firing a laser through the cave (cutting off the camper's ability to run away). InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, turning off stage hazards disables the Pokémon (but Dialga and Palkia more prominently) from affecting the battle, but the caves of life still result in this stage banned.
Gallery[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]
Uxie inBrawl.
Close up of Mesprit inBrawl
Close up of Azelf inBrawl
Spear Pillar inBrawl.
Palkia breaking part of the floor.
Dialga firing a vertical laser beam.
Palkia firing a horizontal laser beam.
Dialga tilting the screen.
Palkia using Spacial Rend to flip the screen upside-down.
Dialga using Roar of Time to slow down time.
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
Dialga's appearance.
Palkia's appearance.
Cresselia's appearance.
Mesprit's appearance.
Azelf's appearance.
Uxie's appearance.
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Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese | テンガンざん やりのはしら | Mt. Tengan[1] Spear Pillar |
 English | Spear Pillar | — |
 French | Colonnes Lances | Spear Pillar |
 German | Speersäule | Spear Pillar |
 Spanish | Columna Lanza | Spear Column |
 Italian | Vetta Lancia | Spear Summit |
 Chinese (Simplified) | 天冠山 枪之柱 | Mt. Tianguan[1] Spear Pillar |
 Chinese (Traditional) | 天冠山 槍之柱 | Mt. Tianguan[1] Spear Pillar |
 Korean | 천관산 창기둥 | Mt. Cheongwan[1] Spear Pillar |
 Dutch | Spear Pillar | — |
 Russian | Копейное Плато | Spear Plateau |
Trivia[edit]
General[edit]
- During the screen zoom fromSudden Death andSuper Sudden Death, the screen will not tilt or flip upside down when Dialga and Palkia attempt to do so.
- Pausing the game while a screen flip or tilt is active will cause it to take effect. However, it won't change back again when the effect is supposed to wear off, and will remain tilted or flipped even after Dialga or Palkia leave. Opening the camera will fix this.
- Hieroglyphic drawings of Dialga and Palkia can be seen on this stage, including on the two soft platforms. These reference the same drawings seen outside the Celestic Ruins inCelestic Town.
- The cave underneath the main platform resembles theSinnoh Underground, with crystals partially burrowed in thefloor and walls like in the Underground.
- When the stage is rotated or mirrored, even thepause screen is affected by the switch.
- Mesprit is the only Pokémon to fly off stage, possibly referencing the fact that it is aroaming Pokémon.
- If the camera is moved so it is possible to look near the back of the stage, what looks like a meteorite can be seen sitting near a tree. This may be a homage to the Adamant and Lustrous Orbs, which, in the games, are found behind Dialga and Palkia respectively.
- If Olimar uses hisFinal Smash,End of Day, when the screen is turned upside-down, the Bulborbs still appear at the bottom of the screen.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
- InSpirit Battles, when defeating the opponent while Palkia's light gravity is in effect, the light gravity will carry over into the "Free the Spirit!" sequence, and the fighter used will float down more slowly to grab the laser.
- Using camera controls it is possible to view inside the ground of the main platform, where one can see the two sloped surfaces that are uncovered when either Palkia or Dialga break the center of the main platform.
- Prior to version2.0.0, there was a glitch on this stage inTraining Mode: if the session was reset while the screen had been mirrored by Palkia, the gameplay view would return to normal, but the UI and name-tags remained mirrored, with name-tags following the position the player would be at if the screen were still mirrored. The glitch remained for the session until Palkia mirrored the screen again and the effect finished without the session being reset.
- Palkia would later become aPoké Ball Pokémon inSuper Smash Bros. 4, using Spacial Rend to cause the same upside-down effect it can cause on this stage. Palkia returns as a Poké Ball Pokémon inUltimate, but it cannot appear on this stage, and is not available for selection in Training Mode (except for when the Battlefield or Omega form is selected).
- Additionally, due to the cramped quarters of the lower cave,Alolan Exeggutor cannot be summoned on this stage.
- The followingAssist Trophies can only appear on the Battlefield and Omega forms of this stage:Skull Kid (due to his powers interfering with Dialga and Palkia's powers),Starman,Devil,Isaac, andRathalos. TheMoon andNikki cannot appear on this stage at all, likely due to the dark background. TheTimer also can only appear on the stage's Battlefield and Omega forms.
