The official policies and guidelines have been implemented and are now in effect. These policies are to be considered a standard that all users should follow.
Feel free to propose any changes to these policies, but please make sure that changes you make follow the official process and reflect consensus on the discussion page before you put them into practice. Any big changes need to be Adopted or Decreed to be enforced as policy. Please vote in the discussion area if you disagree with these policies.
The first, second and ninth KUNOICHI competitions had no traditional Third Stage (stylized STAGE 3, later 3rdステージ), as there were only three stages, which denoted as the Final Stage.
The third tournament introduced a regular Third Stage, which unlike in the SASUKE counterpart, had a time limit, despite the fact a timer was used on SASUKE 29. KUNOICHI 5 partially abandoned the time limit, reserving it for the final obstacle, and the next tournament removed the time limit altogether. The eighth tournament replaced the traditional format of the Third Stage, instead introducing a competitive, single obstacle challenge known as the Flying Roll, similar in concept to the Monster Box in Sportsman.
The traditional Third Stage format returned in the tenth tournament, renamed as the Black Stage (stylized BLACK STAGE) to keep in pattern with the color-based naming for its stages, with the exception of the Final Stage. The tournament would have five obstacles featured, the largest amount of Third Stage obstacle in a single tournament. This redesign brought most similarities to the Third Stage in SASUKE, as while previous competitions mainly relied on extreme balance-based obstacles, the new obstacles mainly meant to test the upper body-strength of the competitors. However, in KUNOICHI 12, the name of the stage was reverted back to the original name, albeit the color scheme was still used during the tournament.
TBS Obstacles Names[]
Legend
Description
+
This obstacle leads directly into the next, without any break.
