I thought Lylat Cruise was decent enough. Not as good as Corneria which is the best Star Fox stage but still good enough.
Here's a game:
Everyone pick your favorite stage from each Nintendo series. For example:
Legend of Zelda- Hyrule Temple
Star Fox- Corneria
etc.
Alright, this sounds fun enough.
Mario: Mushroom Kingdom (64) The first unlockable stage was amazing to discover at the time. And I had too much fun with the warp pipe mechanic.
Zelda: Hyrule Temple (Melee). This one's really hard. Zelda has well-crafted stages. Hyrule Castle (64) takes the cake in terms of playability. Termina, Eldin Bridge, and Pirate Ship all do a great job in terms of representing the feel of the series, too. Ultimately the long-lived cave shennanigans edge it out for the big Melee locale.
Pokemon: Saffron City. It had an interesting, medium-sized layout, with a solid variety between the left, right, and middle. Most strikingly, the box in the middle always draws attention. I tried so many times to lure people near and toss them in, only to end up there myself, haha. Pokemon Stadium I has annoying transformations, and PSII transformations make the previous transformations seem fun.
Metroid: Norfair. I don't like to play on any of the Metroid stages. Orpheon and both Melee/64 Brinstar are ok I guess. But they all have great atmosphere. Brinstar Depths takes a nice extra step in showcasing Kraid. Norfair is the best Metroid area though, and the coolest stage to me. I think it would actually be really cool, if the edges from all the top platforms were removed, the stage didn't move, and lava never fell. I wish Metroid stages didn't always have to have lava (or flipping) gimmicks. ;_;
Star Fox: Corneria. Cool layout. I love the moment when someone finds out they can land on the lasers (or manages to recover because of them)... only to immediately be surprised when they fire. Doing wall jumps on the fin in the center can be fun too. And it helps that the stage is not as excessively big as Sector Z's Great Fox. All the other ones were cool too though.
DK's Jungle Japes is great, Yoshi's Yoshi's Story is great, Kirby's FoD is great, Fourside is neat, F-Zero has Mute City, all the G&W stages are bad, and.... I'm tired of trying to think of things now, but too lazy to look up a list.
So tomorrow Potd we're getting a climbing stage for Wii U anounced. Also forgot New Pork City but its Icicle Mountain tier not all the way at the bottom with Rumble Falls and 75 M
But Icicle Mountain IS all the way at the bottom with those (and NPC). ;P