2021 PNW P+ Recommended Ruleset

Please note that this ruleset does not include in-depth tournament guidelines and regulations. Individual events will have different rules of conduct. However, all tournaments using this ruleset will agree to abide by the following rules.

A. Game Settings

Most recent Project+ patch (mods subject to TO’s discretion)
Stock Match (4 stocks, Stock Timer set to 8:00)
Items set to NONE and all item slots turned OFF
Debug mode must be turned OFF
Stock Control set to OFF
Damage Ratio set to 1.0
Team Attack set to ON
Input Assist set to OFF
Auto L-Cancel set to OFF
Pause set to HOLD

B. Singles Stage & Character Selection

B.1. Legal Singles Stages

Starters

Battlefield
Pokémon Stadium 2
Smashville
Green Hill Zone
Delfino’s Secret

Counterpicks

Final Destination
Fountain of Dreams
Wario Land
Dreamland
Metal Cavern

B.2. Legal Characters

All playable characters present in the latest patch of Project+ are

legal for tournament play, with the exception of the following characters:

Giga Bowser
Warioman

B.3. Double-Blind Character Picks

Before game one of a set, players may elect to initiate a double-blind character pick. Both players must tell a judge, in private, which characters they are selecting for game one. The judge must validate these selections before the match begins.

B.4. First Strike Procedure

Before game one of a set, players must determine who will strike the first

stage. Appropriate methods for determining first strike are as follows:

Best-of-one Rock-Paper-Scissors
Highest Game & Watch Hammer Number
Verbal agreement

Winner will strike the first stage. In cases where port priority is being contested, Winner will choose to either have port priority or strike the first stage.

B.5. Starter Stage Strikes

Before game one of a set, the player who strikes first, as determined in

B.4, will strike one Starter stage, refer to B.1. The other player

then strikes two Starter stages. The player who strikes first will then select a stage from the remaining two Starter stages.

B.6. Counter-picking Procedure

Before playing subsequent games after game one, players have the option to counter-pick in the following order: (1) characters, (2) port priority (refer to E.2.), (3) stages. The following procedure applies for best-of-three and best-of-five sets.

B.6.1. Character Counter-picks

The winner of the previous game will select a character to use in the next game first, followed by the loser of the previous match.

B.6.2. Stage Counter-picks

The winner of the previous game will strike two legal stages.* The

loser of the previous game will then select from the remaining stages.The following procedure applies for bo3 and bo5 sets.

B.7. Stage Clause

A player may not counter-pick to a stage which that player has already won on during the set.

B.8. Verbal Agreement Clause

Both players may agree to play on any stage during a game.

B.9. GSR - (Geo’s Stupid Rule)

Just like with Dave's Stupid Rule (B.7) players may not return to a stage they won on except in game 5 of a bo5 set, in which a player may return to the stage that was played on in game one.

C. Doubles Rules

C.1. Doubles Clause

All rules listed in this document apply in the same manner for Doubles except as described in Section C.

C.2. Legal Doubles Stages

Starters

Battlefield
Pokémon Stadium 2
Smashville
Green Hill Zone
Delfino’s Secret

Counterpicks

Final Destination
Dreamland
Metal Cavern

C.3. Stage Counter-picks

In bo3 and bo5 sets, the winners of the previous game will strike one legal stage and the losers of the previous game will select from the remaining stages.

D. Match Rules

D.1. Pausing

If a player pauses during gameplay, that will result in a stock loss for that player. Players may ONLY pause on the angel platform for the purposes of checking a controller malfunction. If the pause directly causes the other player to lose a stock, the pauser must take two stocks.

D.2. Stalling

Stalling is banned. Stalling includes continuing infinites past 300% and holding any position where the offending player cannot be attacked. Stalling will result in a set loss for the offending player.

D.3. Sudden Death Clause

If a game goes to Sudden Death, the player with the highest remaining stock count is the winner. If remaining stocks are tied, the player with the lowest percentage is the winner. If percentages are also tied, a series of 1-stock, 2-minute rematches will be played, until a winner has been determined.

D.4. Suicide Clause

If a game goes to Sudden Death as the result of a suicide move, the player who initiated the move wins the game. If the game does not go to Sudden Death as a result of a suicide move, the results screen will determine the winner.

E. Port Priority

E.1. Initial Port Priority

Before selecting stages for game one, players may elect to contest for port priority. To determine port priority, refer to the First Strike Procedure (B.4).

E.2. Port Priority Counter-picking

The loser of the previous game may elect to contest for port priority. The winner of the previous game must defer port priority to the other player, if requested.

F. Controllers

F.1. Legal Controllers

The following controllers are legal for tournament use:

Gamecube Controller (recommended)
Wiimote or Wiimote+Nunchuck
Wii Classic Controller
Box controllers such as the Smashbox or B0xx

Other 3rd party controllers or controller modifications are legal for tournament use, subject to the TO’s discretion.

F.2. Wireless Disruptions

It is a player’s responsibility to desync their wireless controller after using a setup. If you fail to do so and interrupt a match, you may be DQd from the event, at the TO’s discretion.

G. Tournament Rules

G.1. Final Rulings Clause

The tournament staff has the final say in how rulings are interpreted and how unforeseen circumstances are handled. If a specific issue is not addressed directly in this rules document, TO’s discretion is implied.