Ladies and gentlemen, it begins. Probably the largest crossover blog in GIO history. Us 31/31ers are going to be going toe to toe with insane original characters in the wackiest Smash Bros tribute ever. But as my blogs have made it clear, one of the best parts of the smash bros series is the stages. And our very own Master of Games Tim Gurver has given me the honor to design the stage. So what will this battlezone be? Well…
THE MARIO-SPONSORED PONYVILLE COURTROOM RUN BY NICHOLAS PSYDUCK
Home to: The GIO 31/31ers
Availability: Default
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To make sure none of us have the advantage, this stage is the weirdest mashup to ever see the light of day. What happens when you take the court from Phoenix Wright, put it smack dab in the middle of the world of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, have Mario buy exclusive advertising rights to it, and have the judge and jury be Psyduck’s with Nick Cage’s face? Utter insanity, that’s what. The gimmicks will be divided into four sections, but they all occur at once.
Elements from Phoenix Wright: Of course, no courtroom is complete without plenty of lawyers. On each side of the stage, two men in suits and ridiculous haircuts will random point at each other with such great force that it can knock the fighters away if they get near them.
Elements from Nicholas Cage/Pokemon: Nick Cage has been in many iconic scenes, but none are as fondly remembered by the internet as when he swarmed by bees in The Wicker Man. So randomly during the stage, the psyducks will scatter while yelling “NOT THE BEEDRILLS!” while a swarm of angry beedrills burst into the court. They can deal some light damage, but nothing too deadly.
Elements from My Little Pony: Guess what character I’m going
to use to represent MLP. You guessed Rainbow Dash? What, did my hero images
clue you in? Yes, at a random time during the battle Rainbow Dash will zoom by
and cause a Sonic Rainboom, blinding the combatants for ten seconds flat. 
Elements from Mario: Blue shells. Dear god, Blue shells. The literal bane of my childhood will return in this stage, and with a vengeance. If somebody’s winning by a longshot, a blue shell will divebomb out of nowhere and hit him. So yes, there will be rubberband AI. I guess.
Well, now that you’ve read through this insanity I’d like to see what you think of this stage. Love it? Hate it? Still have no clue what’s going on with it? Well that’s good, because neither do I. I hope this stage has done a good job clueing you into the tone of Smashed Up. See you in the arena.