Halberd (stage)

Halberd, also known as the Battleship Halberd, is a Super Smash Bros. series stage that first appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It is named after and based on Meta Knight's battleship of the same name. The stage itself is based on Revenge of Meta Knight, the game from Kirby Super Star that the Halberd appears in.

The stage starts inside of a hanger, the floor opening to reveal a platform that is similar in design to the Battlefield stage. The platform then raises and flies around the Halberd as it takes off over the ocean, where the stage is primarily set. Later in the stage, the platform lands on the Halberd itself. The stage continues to be a Battlefield-type stage; however, the background has an added gimmick. The Combo Cannon, a double-barreled battery with an extendable robot arm, is in the background. It occasionally shoots laser beams, cannonballs, and even attacks using its robot arm.

The stage reappears in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In this incarnation, the stage can only be played with four players in its normal form, but with a maximum of eight players in its Omega form. The Omega form of the stage is set entirely on the base platform that flies around the Halberd.