Subspace is a stage that appears in the Subspace Emissary. It is unlocked by completing Entrance to Subspace, and its own completion leads to the next Subspace stage, with all stages before it also being reopened, barring the stages taking place aboard the Battleship Halberd, the Midair Stadium, and the Isle of the Ancients. The player initially takes control of King Dedede, Ness, and Luigi. As the player travels through the Subspace, they can collect trophies of the other characters that were made into trophies by Tabuu.
Overview[]
As Ganondorf hails Master Hand after he blasts Bowser with a Dark Cannon, he realizes that Tabuu is controlling Master Hand with his mysterious Chains of Light, stabbed into all five knuckles and in the middle of the back of the hand. Ganondorf rushes at him using his Dark Dive, but Tabuu smashes him back effortlessly. As Ganondorf falls, he breaks the Chains of Light and frees Master Hand (becoming a Trophy either upon hitting the ground or upon impact with Master Hand himself), who rushes at Tabuu. Unfortunately, sheer rage was not enough and Tabuu defeats Master Hand just as easily.
Meanwhile, the heroes infiltrate the Susbspace area, and are anxiously waiting to storm into it. They rush into a scene in which Tabuu uses his Off Waves to turn the heroes into trophies. As the camera scrolls around, everyone is in trophy form. A satisfied Tabuu forms the Great Maze as his kingdom.
Back at King Dedede's castle, Luigi, Ness, and King Dedede are stuck in trophy form. King Dedede's brooches, however, revive Luigi and Ness. After being released from trophy form, they decide to save Dedede, and the 3 heroes set off to find the rest of the gang.
After recovering all the trophies in the stage, Dedede revives Bowser, but he tries to attack them (presumably due to his rage from being shot in the back not having abided), so Dedede engages him. After the fight, Dedede revives Bowser again, Only this time, Dedede smacks Bowser in the nose, which angers the latter, but Dedede points to the defeated Master Hand, which upsets Bowser when he notices since he was the only one truly loyal to Master Hand. Seeing his former master unconscious makes him finally realize what is going on and Dedede recruits him to his team to defeat Tabuu.
After this, Bowser, Luigi, Ness, and King Dedede join the player's team, Luigi and Ness are unlocked for other game modes, All Fighters that the player collected will return.
Trophies[]
Not all characters are collected by King Dedede, Ness, or Luigi. Kirby is in another area of Subspace and is revived by the Dedede badge he took from Dedede's castle. Even if the trophies are touched by the player, the life stock will not increase and they will not be playable until after the level.
- Samus - Before the first door the player enters.
- Pit - After Samus, go into door and go up to the first door on the right. Enter and revive Pit.
- Falco - See Pit.
- Lucas - After Falco and Pit, go up top to get Lucas' Trophy. Be careful of Trowlons here, as they may lift it up if the trophy is in range, but it will fall back down.
- Ike - After Lucas, go to the left.
- Donkey Kong - Step on the gold platform and jump to the Donkey Kong trophy.
- Pokémon Trainer - Go to the top and enter a door.
- Pikachu - After Pokémon Trainer break a bomb block near the left to reveal Pikachu. The player has to be quick to grab the trophy before the blocks below them give away.
- Marth - Continue to go right and up and grab the Marth trophy.
- Fox - After Marth go left and enter the door.
- Olimar - See Fox.
- Mr. Game & Watch - After Olimar, go through the right door, head right and hit the bomb blocks.
- Diddy Kong - Go through the door after finding Mr. Game & Watch and grab Diddy on the left.
- Captain Falcon - After snagging Diddy swipe the Captain on the right.
- Mario - He is the last trophy collected with the three heroes, and appears on the platform before the door leading to Bowser.
List of Enemies[]
- Glice
- Bombed
- Feyesh
- Towtow
- Poppant
- Trowlon
- Big Primid
- Bytan (Both large and small variants appear.)
- Mite
- Roader
- Quark Mine
- Puppit
- Jyk (electrified)
Bosses[]
Music[]
- For the first part of the level, Step: Subspace plays.
- In the second half of the level, Step: Subspace Ver. 2 plays.
- During the fight against Bowser, Giga Bowser (Melee) plays.