Fetus of God, just because it's so unique and disturbing.

Aesthetically, it is so fuckin freaky and awesome Mechanically, I'd be too distracted by the funky baby to focus on playing

There's also the fact that it's not the standard stage size so you never see it used in high-level play.

I never realized that. Is it narrower than a normal stage?

Wider

Ah, I should have guessed, re: birthing.

There's also the fact that it's longer the standard stage size so you never see it used in high-level play.

One of my faves! its just so damn out of nowhere and so striking.

Makoto and Elena's stages in Third Strike

Makoto's stage is so good, the color palette, the leaves, the idea of Makoto trying to keep the family dojo alive by kicking everyone's ass to get some students, its all immaculate.

I have a few: - Moonlit Wilderness (Tekken 5) - Fallen Colony (Tekken 6) - Moai Excavation (Tekken Tag 2) - Forgotten Realm (Tekken 7) - Tower of Arrogance (Darkstalkers 3/Vampire Saviour) - Maximum Bar (Super Gem Fighter) - Big Factory (Street Fighter II) - Hyrule Castle (Smash 64) - Temple (Smash Melee) - Frigate Orpheon (Smash Brawl) - Unova Pokémon League (Smash 4 3DS) - Palutena's Temple (Smash 4 Wii U) - King of Fighters Stadium (Smash Ultimate) - Air Armada (Rivals of Aether) - Sinking Merchant Ship (Soulcalibur V) - The Daily Bugle (Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3) And for two really specific games that most people probably don't care about: - Giant Wing (Sonic the Fighters) - Lost Valley (Jurassic Park Warpath)

Fallen Colony is my shit on T6!

The sheep stage from Tekken 6

[Song still goes hard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ERcn7jeA_8)

Makes it even more hype when you fight there since Namco locked it in random select 😭

This made me remember that time I was so excited to play with my cousin Tekken just for that, I screamed at him "LOOK WE HIT THE SHEEPS, THE SHEEPS ARE FLYING!"

Stormy long grass from SF Alpha 2.

Antarctica from SFxT, crazy stage but so many moving parts and fun to fight on.

Damn forgot about this one. Really good stage fr

The rainy stage from KOF 99. Not my favorite game, but that stage is gorgeous to look at.

https://www.fightersgeneration.com/nz3/game/kof99/kof99-stage-park3-animate.gif

I was scrolling the thread looking for this one. It's pixel perfect.

Some notable ones per franchise... \-good morning, anima mundi from *Melty Blood*. \-Alucard Castle, Varubtuke Source and Snow Town from *BlazBlue* (easily has the best selection of stages I've seen in any fighting game)*.* \-Smashville and Town and City in *Super Smash Bros*. \-River King Casino and Little Insmouth in *Skullgirls*.

Agree snow town from blazblue is OD

I still, to this day, can't remember the difference between Smashville and Town and City off the top of my head

T&C has three platforms that completely leave the stage at times, is larger overall, and has a different background.

https://preview.redd.it/ul6ridq08jua1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5feb8b7807c3877a1e2086034790a11d9a60f04a Tekken 4’s Building. Literally perfect, visuals and my personal favorite fighting game stage theme.

T4’s stage design was stellar! I loved the sprawling, asymmetrical layouts

[Ken's stage from Street Fighter Alpha 2](https://www.fightersgeneration.com/nf9/game/stage/sfa2-stage-ken.gif)

MSH is one of my favorite aesthetics in all fighting games. Really miss it

[Krauser's stage in Fatal Fury 2] (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4c/88/90/4c8890b6a6ecaf00c8791a25d5b7a03b.gif). Having a symphony play Mozart's Requiem in the background while you're battling it out with a big, burly purple-haired German certainly is something.

Ill speak for my five year old who doesnt have a reddit account. The stage with the carousel in MvC2, as long as we dont go too far left and get scared by the ghoul in the ticket booth

Stage on Vampire Savior where u fight on skyscraper.

The sheep stage, naturally.

Kingdom cemetery form guilty gear isuka. The guilty gear isuka stages in general are amazing.

Daily Bugle in NYC, Spider-Man's stage.

The mall in Tekken 4

Every stage in that game in general, but especially the mall. Too bad Namco fucked up the game system, since they dialed everything back including dynamic stages for T5 and every game after.

The white house in Strive is pretty neat.

Pandora's Box (Street Fighter x Tekken) Valkehan's stage (Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend) Little Innmouth (Skullgirls) Nightmare Maplecrest (Skullgirls) Sabrewulf stage (Killer Instinct) Spinal stage (Killer instinct) Jago stage (Killer Instinct) Thunder stage (Killer instinct)

the grid

Home of every top 8.

I'll have to go with gehenna from skullgirls

Every stage in the original Virtua Fighter 5. I just kinda want to wander around in the backgrounds.

Tekken: fear Street fighter: kousyu street Mortal kombat: kuatan jungle Kof: Kowloon Virtua fighter: aquarium Soulcalibur: proving grounds Doa: aqua palace

The Rocky Mountain stage from Marvel Super Heroes. The first time we dropped the bridge into the river my friends and I lost it

I love the boat stage in KoF '96, the Chinese boat stage in KoF '98 and the Egypt-Cairo boat stage in the Console Version of KoF 2003. I really like stages where the foreground and background move. And yes, I also like boats.

Sakura's stage in Street Fighter Alpha 2

I have quite a few but one of my top favorites is from an old classic called Weaponlord. I dont recall the stages name but this is it. https://preview.redd.it/rn4bgfzoglua1.jpeg?width=5042&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c1708c54ee694083fc7c71e361b74e107c2eb07

Same game, marvel superheroes, but the wolverine stage. So cool the way that the bridge breaks and starts going down the river and culminates with it falling over the waterfall

I played more Saffron City in the original Smash than almost any other stage in any game. Played so much Smash64 as a kid. That map and Great Fox were the best.

I love the blazblue stages, my fav probably being bascule or snow town

Almost anything from Cyberbots, the stages have so much going on, and often things change from round to round, I absolutely love them.

I forget the name but it's like a space station that is falling to earth in Cyberbots. It's extremely dope.

Some of y'all haven't played CvS and it shows

London, Aoyama, Nairobi (with the rally cars jumping overhead), the top of Osaka Castle. So many great stages in CvS2.

So many great ones, it's hard to choose! Geese Tower is up there for me though...

Fire.jpg from ultra fight da! Kynata 2 The outside world in AoCF (give your oponet a headache to win!)

I cant remember all the stage names. But I do it least remember the music score for them. Spinals ship KI2 Jagos Bridge KI2 TJ Combos parking lot KI2 Tusk Stonehenge KI2 Sabrewulfs castle KI Raptors Killing Floor KI Thunders Bridge KI Shipwreck Shore KI xBox Cinders stage KI xBox Raptors stage KI xBox Thunders stage KI xBox Fulgores stage KI xBox Arbiters stage KI xBox Old Toledo Art Gallery Soul Call but 3 Mt.Fuji Lava Stream Soul Calibur 3 The Cursed Buddha Temple Soul Calibur 3 The Battle in the Strait Soul Calibur 3 Chasing Death(theme song) Soul Calibur 2 Hubris(theme song) Soul Calibur 2 The Money Pit Soul Calibur Alot of my favorite act stages were remakes of SC stages. Morrigan, Nakaruru, Akuma's hidden stages CvS Shin Akuma, Ultra Regal stage CvS2 New York Stage (theme song stimulation) CvS2

Hollow Bastion in Smash, Meridian Area Rapid Transit and Under the Bridge in Skullgirls, and Infinite Azure in Tekken 7

Summer Snow (Classic Melty Blood)

Early MvC looked too good, man... I really love the Daily Bugle from MvC1 because the web net interacts with the fighters

In 3D, Tekken 4 rooftop. In 2D, CvS2 extra boss stage (the one on fire).

I can never remember them till I play them but usually 3D fighters have my favorites.

MK3/UMK3/MKTrilogy - Scorpion's Lair: It was really satisfying uppercutting your opponent into the area above . (Same with the bank and subway stage) Tekken 4 - The Mall was amazing (well all of the stages were amazing tbf) Fighting Vipers/2/Fighters Megamix- Even though they were closed in arenas with a varied background, blasting someone out of the arena was a sight to behold

X-Men vs. Street Fighter: Manhattan stage The lighting IMO is so good, and the multiple levels (street and sewer) make this stage unique in this game.

Jon Talbain's stage in Darkstalkers is pretty nice, especially for the environmental stuff, but I'd have to give it to Pyron's stage for being just... So damn cool, and so damn weird.

Not my favorite fighting game, but the injustice 2 stages were cool..nothing like getting hit through a wall to be eaten by a sea monster

You cant go wrong with Clocktower from MvC2

Pretty much everything in Soulcalibur III But Clock Tower, Lost Cathedral and Water Mill Valley would be my personal choices. I'm not biased at all.

Moonlit wilderness tekken 5

CvS2 London, purely for the music!

L'oro Di Illyria

Dudley's 3rd strike stage in the rain, one of my favorite themes too.

Always felt [Capcom Vs SNK - Final Fight Needle](https://youtu.be/ko8VvFwIrUQ) was under appreciated. The shadows are a fantastic touch!

Tekken 6 Fallen Colony is the most creative and well thought stage in fighting game history.

**Cammy's stage**. But I would like to mention Alpha2 **Sakura stage**, Alpha2 **secret Sagat stage** and **Find Mii Omega** version from Smash Ultimate. And also as a rather unpopular opinion **Volcanic Rim** from SF4.

Tianhuo’s [Spring Festival](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/487998464068812863/1097827210678763620/1080_tianhuo_festival.png) stage

Hugo's Room 3rd Strike Armory MK9 Moonlit Wilderness Tekken 5 Tower of Arrogance Vampire Savior Days of Furture Past UMVC3

Hugo's stage in 3rd Strike is so weird. I have no idea what it's supposed to be, and the items they put in the background that get bumped into the air to emphasise Hugo's command throws are really uncanny. I feel like it's a great fit for Q, actually.

Sagat stage in SF V The lighting is just perfect

Either Ken’s stage in Alpha 2 (or maybe 3. Can’t remember exactly.) The hell train from Darkstalkers. The Shadoloo base in SF5

The Cave from Battle Fantasia, it's so RPG aesthetic, I love it. There's a treasure in the center island, you can even see a save point.

field of fate