Brawl's Unorthodox Legal Stages (And Why They Were Banned)

When a new platform fighter is released in the modern era, players know almost immediately which stages work and which ones don’t. But how did we get here? Join me in discussing the early, mostly undocumented trial-and-error era that ultimately ‘set the stage’ for a decade to come.
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HUGE shoutouts to ‪@cfino9‬ for finding a lot of the clips used (most notably the Rainbow Cruise Pikmincide, my favorite clip in the video)
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Music used:
-Intro / Persona 3 Reload - It’s Going Down Now (Regular + Instrumental)
-2:10 / Persona 2 Innocent Sin - Unbreakable Tie (PSP Opening Theme)
-2:46 / Persona 2 Innocent Sin - Yukino’s Theme (Special Remix)
-5:32 / Tatsunoko vs Capcom - Morrigan’s Theme
-7:51 / Streets of Rage - Fighting in the Street (Stage 1)
-10:01 / Bullet Casters - Ella Battle Theme
-11:29 / LEGO Rock Raiders - Track 4 (PlayStation)
-12:46 / Anata o Yurusanai - Between Lie and Truth
-Outro / Persona RE_Brilliance - Signs of Love (Alright Mix)
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Video footage/credits:
-Sample L: Maze tourney clip /    • GAMESTOP tournament- SUPER SMASH BRIT...  
-Apex 2013 Mikeneko vs ZeRo /    • Apex 2013 Winners Quarters - Mikeneko...  
-PS1 Melee glitch clip /    • Plup vs S2J - Melee Singles Top 8: Lo...  
-Norfair clip /    • C3 ranbat 5 SSBB finals, Timotee(Ness...  
-Pirate Ship clip /    • Ken and Isai ARE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...  
-Justin Wong evo clip /    • EVO - Ryzen(Falco) vs Justin Wong(Did...  
-Sheik PS2 combo clip /    • SiiS6 - Singles Bracket: Judo (Sheik)...  
-PS1 MK/Peach clip /    • Brawling For Evo HDL (Metaknight) vs ...  
-Yoshi’s Brawl clip /    • Keeblerchips (Pikachu) vs SHADOWASH7 ...  
-ADHD vs Ally Pictochat clip /    • KTAR 3: WF ADHD (Diddy) vs Ally (Snak...  
-EVO2008 Ken Luigi’s Mansion clip /    • Brawl Evo 2008 Winner Bracket First R...  
-Corneria clip /    • Balanced Brawl Genesis Edition - Kenj...  
-Frigate Orpheon FlipClip /    • Apex 2013 - ESAM vs CT Vex Kasrani - ...  
-Cute lil baby monkey clip(i’m so sorry for using it this way) /    • Monkey Baby Bon Bon goes shark fishin...  
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I used a .psd template from CosmoStudio [ https://www.freepik.com/free-psd/gold... ] for that sick “Golden Era” graphic
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Thanks for your support!
-SKUNCH