Super Smash Brothers: Melee cheats: Stages

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Battlefield stage:
Successfully complete the game in all-star mode.

Big Blue stage:
Play 50 multi-player matches. Either the Brinstar Depths, Fourside, Poke Floats, and Big Blue will be randomly unlocked every 50 matches. Play another 50 matches to unlock the next stage until all are unlocked.
Flameboy62089.

Alternately, play 150 multi-player matches.
Evilsilvir.

Brinstar Depths stage:
Play 50 multi-player matches. Either the Brinstar Depths, Fourside, Poke Floats, and Big Blue will be randomly unlocked every 50 matches. Play another 50 matches to unlock the next stage until all are unlocked.
Flameboy62089.

Alternately, play 50 multi-player matches.
Evilsilvir.

Dream Land stage:
Successfully complete the game in Break The Targets mode with all fighters.

Final Destination stage:
Successfully complete event mode #51 (The Showdown).

Flatzone stage:
Successfully complete the game as Mr. Game & Watch in classic or all-star mode without losing a life.
J A K E.

Fourside stage:
Play 50 multi-player matches. Either the Brinstar Depths, Fourside, Poke Floats, and Big Blue will be randomly unlocked every 50 matches. Play another 50 matches to unlock the next stage until all are unlocked.
Flameboy62089.

Alternately, play 100 multi-player matches.
Evilsilvir.

Kongo Jungle stage:
Successfully complete the game in 15 Minute Spar mode.

The easiest way to unlock the Kongo Jungle stage is to choose a 15 Minute Spar in stadium on one player mode. Play as Donkey Kong and stand on the bottom panel of the stage in the middle. Do the Hand Slap (Down + B) and hold it for the entire 15 minutes.
Jrzueger1.

Mushroom Kingdom II stage:
Win a Birdo trophy to unlock the Mushroom Kingdom II stage from Super Mario Brothers 2. Try putting a lot of coins in the lottery to get it.
Sephrothbizzaro.

Alternately, successfully complete adventure mode with five characters.
cm555.

In Mushroom Kingdom II sometimes you will see Birdo coming from left or right. Sometimes she will just come in, and other times she will throw eggs. If you hit her with a strong attack she will die. If you or an item stand over her she will take it away. When she throws the eggs, you can grab them as an regular egg from the game's items. If you throw it at an enemy it will explode or drop another item.
Augusto.

Poke Floats stage:
Play 50 multi-player matches. Either the Brinstar Depths, Fourside, Poke Floats, and Big Blue will be randomly unlocked every 50 matches. Play another 50 matches to unlock the next stage until all are unlocked.
Flameboy62089.

Alternately, play 200 multi-player matches.
Evilsilvir.

Yoshi's Island stage:
Hit over 1314 feet in homerun derby mode with any character.
Shenkai627, Evilsilvir, Aneudy Pérez Bisbal, and PureMarioExtract.

When this stage is unlocked, Yoshi's shield will be a Yoshi egg.
Gabriel160.

Random stage select:
To unlock the "Random Stage Select" option in Additional Melee Rules, first unlock all of the stages except Battlefield, Final Destination, and the three Past Stages. This allows you to decide which stages will be included and which will be omitted when you randomly select a stage.
Craig Whitaker.

Alternately, complete classic mode with all characters.
Evilsilvir.

All-Star mode stages:
Every character in All-Star mode has a specific stage you fight them in, even if it is not their stage. Eventually, you will fight two opponents at a time, and then three opponents at a time. Use the following trick to find out what stage you are going fight in. On the little path with the three hearts and the teleporter to the next fight, there are small TV screens that appear behind the teleporter. These screens show you what opponent(s) you are fighting next. When it shows two opponents, you will be in the stage of the one on the left. When it shows three opponents, you will be in the stage of the opponent in the middle.
Smoke Rulz.

Mario: Rainbow Cruise
Peach: Princess Peach's Castle
Donkey Kong: Kongo Jungle
Yoshi: Yoshi's Story
Link: Great Bay
Zelda: Temple
Captain Falcon: Mute City
Bowser: Yoshi's Island
Fox: Corneria
Samus: Brinstar
Pikachu: Pokemon Stadium
Ice Climbers: Icicle Mountain
Kirby: Green Greens
Ness: Onett
Dr. Mario: Mushroom Kingdom II (Subcon)
Falco: Venom
Pichu: Fourside City
Luigi: Mushroom Kingdom
Jigglypuff: Poke Floats
Mewtwo: Battlefield
Mr. Game & Watch: Flat Zone
Marth: Fountain of Dreams
Roy: Final Destination
Young Link: Jungle Japes
Ganondorf: Brinstar Depths

Yoshi Island stage preview:
Zoom in closely on the Metal Mario trophy. You can see what vaguely looks like a picture of the Yoshi's Island stage.
Pat Bethke.

Big Blue or Mute City stages: Hidden mines:
Once you get a Motion-Sensor Bomb, throw it on the platform that you fight on. If it does not explode before the platform goes under the track, if you step where it was it will blow up.
maxpwr55.

Big Blue stage: Cameo appearances:
While fighting on the racers, look for car number 7, the Blue Falcon (Captain Falcon's racer). Also look for other F-Zero and F-Zero X cameos as well, for example Red Gazelle. Note: They also appear in Mute City, but you need a very quick eye to see them.
Evan Hickey.

Big Blue stage: Run with the cars:
Select "Giant Melee" under "Special Melee". Next, choose either Fox (recommended), Falco, or Captain Falcon. Put on Bunny Hoods only. Then, go to Big Blue and get a Bunny Hood. Go down on the track and run as fast as you can. If done correctly, you should be able to run as fast as or faster than the cars.
EazyE03.

Brinstar stage: Split level:
While fighting in the Brinstar level, you can see some cell-like objects on the bottom piece of rock near the right half of the level. Use Fox's Down + B attack to destroy the cylinders and cause the level to split in half.
ANDREANOFAMILY.

You have to destroy all the cylinders on a pocket near the right-hand of the field. Use Down + A attacks as well as Pokemon and some B moves with certain characters.
Evilsilvir.

This trick works best with a good smashing character. Enter the Brinstar stage in any mode (multi-player mode recommended). There are three interactive breaking points on this stage. The first two are the same; they hold up the left and right platforms and look like pinking appendages. If you break them, the platforms will drop diagonally. The last is on the bottom of the stage. This part is best done with a bombing character (for example, Bowser or Yoshi). You will notice about ten greenish cylinders in a flat pile on top of each other. Bomb the cylinders enough, and they will separate then the stage comes apart. This looks very effective but the broken pieces regenerate after awhile.
Luke Kovacs.

Brinstar stage: Easy points:
Hit Samus until she gets to about 80% damage. Also damage yourself to about 80% damage. When the lava rises, make Samus get hit. She should fly off the screen. Then, do the same thing before she dies. You will get the Comet Mystic and Lava Clear bonuses and keep your life.
math4654.

Brinstar stage: Fall through acid:
Go to Giant Melee under "Special Melee". Go to Item Switch and put only Super Mushrooms. Go to Brinstar and get a Super Mushroom. Once you are that big, wait for the acid to come up and go on it. You will actually fall through the acid. It is almost impossible to get back up unless the acid is just about to go back down.
XMoman34.

Corneria stage: Destroy Great Fox's guns:
Go to the Corneria stage with any character. Go down to the guns directly under the front of the ship. Do an attack that will connect with the guns. Do this enough times and the guns will explode. Now no one can stand on them after a fall and recover. Be careful, as while you are trying to do this, the guns might charge and send you flying.
Wes G., Evan Hickey, rdml-wolf, and S-pac69.

Play as Fox and walk him over the edge with the guns. Jump two times and then press Analog-stick Up + B. You will hit the guns and a flash will appear on them. Then, press Analog-stick Down + A and that flash will appear again. Repeat this a couple of times and the guns will explode. However, when you do this you will fall through the guns and die.
Toucantattoo.

Corneria: Easy KO:
Run as fast as you can to the front end of the ship. Get there with time to spare before your opponent reaches you so that you have time to attack. When your opponent is about to attack, turn around, grab them, and throw them off the edge. This is an instant KO almost every time due to the edge of the screen being so close at that end of the ship.
Airick1994 Stopmotion.

Corneria stage: Avoid falling:
If you are falling, jump up onto the guns on the bottom left side of the stage if you cannot reach the edge.
SStreetFighter0.

Corneria or Venom stages: Listen to Corneria transmissions:
Play as Fox or Falco. Press Down, and if done correctly, you will be able to hear transmissions from your fellow wingmen.
Gcnthunderbird and Lilmike32789.

Corneria or Venom stages: Wingmen backup:
Select Fox or Falco. Call the team by pressing Left, Right, Left, Right. If done correctly, Fox will kneel and mumble some things into his communicator. The team will appear, with a small chance that their Arwings will open fire on any or all opponents. This does not decrease the chance of you getting hit yourself.
Wizard96, Yoyoking777, and Lilsk8er777.

Corneria: General Pepper billboards:
When you are on Fox's ship flying over the city, look over the edge. You may have to pause and zoom in. On some of the billboards, there are pictures of General Pepper from the Starfox series.
Dannyboy.

Flatzone stage: Alternate pause screen:
To get a different pause screen, go into the Flatzone screen and pause game play.
kjb.

Flatzone stage: Game And Watch system:
Pause game play in the stage and zoom out to see that you are fighting in a Game And Watch system.
Mick Delisle.

Flatzone stage: Tool kill:
Hit the falling tools towards your opponent. Your opponent will die nearly every time.
Lukester.

Fourside stage: Instant KO:
Start a game in versus mode with Yoshi as the CPU player. Make sure he is on level nine and begin the match. Yoshi should make a short jump and narrowly miss the side of the building. His move is one which disables him from any further jumps, so he instantly falls to his death. Note: Only use one Yoshi because the game will start him far away from you at the problematic building.
Sobek.

Kirby's Final Cutter (Up + B) has the ability to blow up opponent downwards when he falls back. Using this trick, go to the Fourside stage and stand on either end of the central building. When your opponent jumps between the building use Final Cutter. If successful, you can blow anybody down to death with no hope. There is no way to recover when an opponent performs this trick.
Sho Murooka.

Great Bay: Falling moon:
If remain idle long enough, the moon will start to hurtle towards the ground, only to be caught by the four giants and get thrown back to the sky. It will only do this once.
Siobhan.

Kirby Past stage: King Dedede appearance:
Look closely in the background. King Dedede from the Kirby games is floating in the background. He floats all around the background, so he may be behind Wispy, the tree.
Meneeococoa.

Kongo Jungle: Klap Trap cannon:
Play in melee mode and select DK Island: Kongo Jungle. Sometimes when the Klap Trap is flopping down the river, it can fall in the cannon and blast in the center of the stage or on the sides.
TekDek1002.

Jungle Japes: Cranky Kong reference:
Look in the window of the house in the stage to see the silhouette of Cranky Kong moving back and forth.
Jason Cryer.

Mushroom Kingdom: Danger sign:
Select versus mode and go to melee. Pause to the very left or right of the stage then press the Analog-stick Left or Right to see a danger sign.
B. Mayeux.

Mushroom Kingdom: Easy items:
Find the location with a group of brick blocks and "?" blocks (if you have the items on option set). You can get many items with the items on option in versus mode. Break all of the blocks and they will return as "?" blocks.
Kelsey Coston.

Mushroom Kingdom II: Powerful weapon:
Catch Birdo's eggs then throw them at your enemies. It will almost always kill them.
Alex Laugesen.

Mute City stage: Destroy the F-Zero racers:
Place motion sensor bombs on the track. If the F-Zero racers hit the motion sensor bombs, they will explode, leaving a black cloud of smoke. You can also blow them up with strong smash and special attacks, such as the Falcon Punch or the Donkey Kong Punch.
Alex Siebein.

Onett stage: Van message:
Go to the right of the Onett stage and take a look at the Onett Message Board. It should have a warning message about a guy in a black van driving recklessly through the town. However, if you take a close look at the black van when it passes, able to hit you, it says "RUNAWAY", as in the Runaway Five, a band famous throughout Eagleland.
MikeRoChip31.

Onett stage: Message on sign:
In multi-player mode, there is a blue house with colorful flags on it. To the right of the house is a skinny tree. Get in front of it then press Start. Turn the camera to the right to read the message on the sign.
GERARDO ACEVEDO.

Pokemon Stadium stage: Alternate appearance:
Play a match and once displays the leader of the match and the time remaining at the back of the screen, you will see a small flashing icon. When you see this, the stage will change to the element of rock, water, fire, or grass. Note: This does not work in training mode.
Jeran and Da Bears Fan.

Yoshi's Story stage: Extra food:
Go to versus mode with any character and select the Yoshi's Story stage. When Fly Guys appear, jump and kick them. They will drop the food they are carrying. You can also use other moves, and even throw items at them, however jumping and kicking them works the best.
d.ellerbrock.