Peach's Castle

Peach's Castle is a stage in Super Smash Bros.

In Super Smash Bros.
Peach's Castle is a starter stage in Super Smash Bros.

Layout
Peach's Castle has two main platforms, one on top of another. It is possible to fall through the top platform. The bottom platform partially comprises a block going left to right. On the top two corners there are two floating, inward-angled platforms that prevent people from being smashed away too easily. These platforms are very easy to DI off of as well. It has a floating Bumper on the middle above the second platform of the stage. This bumper moves slightly left and right (it remains stationary on 1P Mode though). It is difficult for most characters to recover on this stage since the two floating platforms limit recovery to the top platform and there are no ledges that can be grabbed, with the moving black platform on the bottom of the stage greatly aiding recovery, but it isn't always on the side the player is on).

In Tournaments
According to the American ruleset, Peach's Castle is usually considered a counterpick. This is because of the inability to grab the edges, meaning that some characters can be gimped or edgeguarded much easier than usual, and the Bumper hazard and angled platforms on the side of the stage that can prevent KO moves that would have otherwise KO'd. However, the Bumper can be used for various unique combos, and can also be used by characters such as Pikachu to escape pressure. The stage is often counterpicked by Jigglypuff and Kirby players, and the lack of edges that can be grabbed serves as a disadvantage to characters such as Link and Captain Falcon. In the Japanese ruleset, the stage is banned as with every other stage except for Dream Land, due to the reasons mentioned above. It is also occasionally banned in doubles tournaments, due to the listed reasons along with the fact that the stage is too small.