Board the Platforms is a 1-player minigame in the original Super Smash Bros., in which the player must smash ten platforms, scattered throughout a custom stage, as quickly as possible. It did not return in Super Smash Bros. Melee. And neither does it return in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, nor Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Each of the 12 characters have their own stage. When you beat all 12 of these, you get a special message, as you would with Target Test.
Basics[]
Each character has his or her own stage.
Along with Bonus 1: Break the Targets, each character's stage --in Bonus 2: Board the Platforms-- is uniquely based with their own universe (split into four subcategories):
- Obscure retro characters (characters from mainly the Super Mario Bros. universe and the Mario sub universe Donkey Kong) use settings on their stages which are loosely based with retro games from older platform Nintendo consoles. This is for the characters Donkey Kong, Mario (who has appeared on every Nintendo system and first appeared in the original Donkey Kong), and Luigi. Donkey Kong and Mario's stages resemble the construction girders on the construction yard from the original Donkey Kong, while Luigi's resembles the arcade version of Mario Bros..
- Non ferocious animals (like Yoshi) and Pokemon (like Pikachu and Jigglypuff) use lighter colored blocks with grass. (That is, as if they are animals on plains.)
- Futuristic characters (like Fox, Samus, and Captain Falcon --from the Star Fox, Metroid, and F-Zero universes) use gray metal.
- Other unique characters (like Link, Kirby, and Ness --from the Legend of Zelda, Kirby, and Mother universes) use bricks.
This continues to persist in the Super Smash Bros. Melee version of Break the Targets (as said bonus stage returns in Super Smash Bros. Melee) and all characters have their own stages from their own universes. For obscure retro characters --characters mainly from the Super Mario Bros. universe and the Mario sub universe Donkey Kong-- Donkey Kong and Mario's stages use settings on their stages that are loosely based with retro games from older platform Nintendo consoles (Donkey Kong and Mario, their stages are based with the setting of the original Donkey Kong). However, their are other new examples for other characters (besides obscure retro characters --mainly from the Super Mario Bros. universe and the Mario sub universe Donkey Kong-- like Donkey Kong and Mario whose stages loosely resemble the setting of the original Donkey Kong). One new example is Ness, and he --Ness-- is required to use his PK Thunder in order to complete the test (on his stage). Another example is the Ice Climbers, and their stage resembles the levels from their game. For other unique characters, their stages may include images, symbols, or other characters from the character's game (such as the Triforce appearing in the stage for both Link and Zelda/Sheik and the Condor --from the Ice Climber universe-- appears at the top of the stage for Ice Climbers). Like with the original Super Smash Bros., the stage's design may include motifs based on the character's archetype (for example, characters affiliated with royalty --like Bowser-- may feature Greek categories). And (like the original game) in the Melee version of Break the Targets, futuristic characters may use metallic structures on their stages.
All "Board the Platforms" stages utilize the unique abilities of their character. The platforms are placed in a specific manner to make the player use one or more of the special skills they possess to reach some of them. These are generally double and Up B jumps. After landing on the top of the platform, the previously red flashing light will change to a static blue. When all ten platforms are smashed and their lights turn on blue, the stage finishes, and the announcer will say if there is "A new record!", or if it's just simply "Complete". If the stage has been accessed via 1P Game, the scoring screen for the Board the Platforms stage will show up instead.
If the player Self-destructs, the result will be a Failure.
Accessibility[]
This special stage can be entered in a 1P Game or in the 1P Mode/Bonus 2 Practice menu. If it is entered in the adventure game, it will be a time-based stage, in which the player must land on all ten before the timer runs out, or else the result will be Failure. If they succeed, the scoring screen will show up, and the player will be taken to the next level (vs. Kirby Team).
If the stage is entered via the 1P Mode menu, for practice mode, the player can compete for the fastest time, and seeing that it's practice mode, any character can be chosen, and while on the stage itself, the player can press L while paused to restart.
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