Yoshi's Island: Yoshi's Story


 * Not to be confused with the article about the game, Yoshi's Story.

Announced at E3 2001, Yoshi's Story is a stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee. It is a very basic, neutral stage, similar in structure to Battlefield. The bottom part is primarily flat with the left and right side sloped down at a minor angle. There are three platforms that float above the bottom platform: A low left one, a high middle one, and a low right one. The main platform has walls which continue to the bottom of the stage, unlike Battlefield, so that characters cannot become stuck on the bottom trying to recover. The lack of intrusive stage elements makes this a neutral stage for tournaments.

The stage also features a small floating cloud, colloquially dubbed "Randall", that moves in a rectangle through the bottom of of stage. It is possible to hang/stand/edgeguard on the cloud until it goes back into the stage. Additionally, There are Shy Guys which fly around in groups of 1-6 in a line. If items and food are enabled, the Shy Guys will be holding food which they release onto the stage when hit.

Pak E. Derm can be seen pacing back and forth in the background. He is intangible.

Origin
This stage is from Yoshi's Story. In Yoshi's Story, most of the landscape is made out of cardboard. In the first stage of the first level, one can see the broken glass symbol in the background. In the second stage of the first level, one can see water in the background. In Melee, most of the background elements is retained from Yoshi's Story. In Yoshi's Story, Pak E. Derm gets in the way of Yoshi's path. Pak E. Derm is in the background in Melee. In Yoshi's Story, Shy Guys come and fly around holding fruit. Yoshi can grap the fruit with it's tongue and the Shy Guys fly away. In Melee, Shy Guys fly around holding food. When the food is taken, they the Shy Guys fly away. In Yoshi's Story, one has to ride on a cloud to get to a certain destination. In Melee, a cloud goes in and out of the stage and one can stand on the cloud.

The music for this stage is a redone and sped up version of level one's music for Yoshi's Story and some of Yoshi's Story ' s title screen.