Game Settings: Stocks: 4 Timer: 8 minutes Handicap: Off Damage Ratio: 1.0 Items: Off Pause: Off Team Attack: On

Stage List:

Starter Stages Battlefield Fountain of Dreams Dream Land Final Destination Yoshi’s Story

Counterpick Stage Pokémon Stadium

Set Procedure: Players begin by selecting their character. Either of the Players can elect to do a Double Blind Character Pick Players select the first stage through Stage Striking or, a gentleman clause to a legal tournament stage. Players will play the first game of the set. The winning Player of the previous Game bans a stage (Best of 3 if in a Best of 5 ignore this step) The losing Player of the previous Game picks the stage for the next Game. The winning Player of the previous Game may elect to change character. The losing Player of the previous Game may elect to change character. The next Game is played. Repeat Steps until the set is completed.

Additional Rules

Stage Striking - Players play a Best-of-One Rock Paper Scissors game with the conditions previously agreed upon by the Players, the winner may choose to either strike a stage first or select a port first. Stage striking order is 1-2-1-1 order.

Stage Bans - After each game of the set, before the selection of characters and/or stages, the Player who won the previous Game may ban one stage from either the Starter or Counterpick list. This ban does not persist throughout the set. This rule is only in effect for Best-of-Three sets. There are no stage bans in Best-of-Five sets.

Stage Clause - A Player may not pick any stage in which they have previously won a Game on during the set.

Controllers - First Party wired Gamecube Controllers and Licensed Third Party Gamecube Controllers are permitted as long as they do not contain turbo functions, macros, and/or hardware modifications (other than case modifications, such as notches and cosmetic changes). Box Controllers are permitted as long as they adhere to the current legal standard set by the Melee Official Ruleset.

Wobbling - banned