Editing The Great Cave Offensive

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{{Infobox Stage
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|caption = [[File:KirbySymbol.svg|50px|class=invert]]<br>The Great Cave Offensive as it appears in ''Smash''.
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|games = ''[[SSB4]]'' ([[SSB4-U|Wii U]])<br>''[[Ultimate]]''
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|availability = [[Starter stage|Starter]]
|cratetype = Presents
|maxplayers = [[8-Player Smash|8]]
|forwiiumusic = ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kirby|The Great Cave Offensive}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kirby|Butter Building Ver. 2}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kirby|King Dedede's Theme Ver. 2}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kirby|Forest/Nature Area}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kirby|Green Greens Ver. 2}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kirby|Green Greens (Melee)}}''<br>'''''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kirby|Squeak Squad Theme}}'''''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kirby|Celestial Valley}}''<br>'''''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kirby|Frozen Hillside}}'''''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kirby|The Adventure Begins}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kirby|Through the Forest}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Kirby|Floral Fields}}''
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'''The Great Cave Offensive''' ({{ja|洞窟大作戦|Dōkutsu Daisakusen}}, ''Great Cave Offensive'') is a stage that appears in {{forwiiu}} and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. It was revealed, apparently unintentionally, on the official ''Smash Bros.'' Facebook page on October 5th, 2014, and then officially confirmed and named during the October 2014 Nintendo Direct.

==Stage overview==
This stage is extremely large and complex, being the largest stage in the ''Smash'' series; only [[Palutena's Temple]] compares in size, due to both having been designed specifically for [[8-Player Smash]].

All the [[blast zone]]s are accessible, albeit only in specific spots, and the side ones can be walked off. However, they are not the only way to KO an opponent due to the existence of [[Danger Zone]]s, pools of lava spread throughout the stage which [[instant KO|instantly KO]] on touch any fighter with over 100% damage, dealing 25% damage with heavy knockback otherwise. However, in ''SSB4'', it is possible for a character being launched toward a Danger Zone to [[tech]] on it without receiving damage or being KO'd.

The {{b|spike|stage element}}s which appear under the right side of the largest top platform and in the bottom right of the stage deal 10% damage and decent knockback on contact.

{{b|Minecart|vehicle}}s sometimes appear on the top of the brick platform on the middle right and on the lone floating soft platform on the middle left. When entered by a character - or on their own after about 15 seconds from their appearance - they start going forward, dealing 10% damage to any character they hit. The right one can carry characters beyond the left blast line if not dismounted, while the left one crashes in the bottom right corner of the stage (just below the spikes). No damage is dealt upon impact, although the resulting inertia will likely throw any passengers into the spikes anyway.

The two cannons constantly rotate, not smoothly but jumping between the eight cardinal and intercardinal directions. They work like [[Barrel Cannon]]s: once entered they hold the character, and once a button is pressed they shoot them in the direction they are pointing. Characters cannot stay in the cannons indefinitely. Care must be taken not to hit a Danger Zone or a blast line.

If the [[item switch]] is on, treasure chests randomly appear throughout the map. If hit by an attack they release an [[item]], though they will occasionally explode.
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===Ω forms and Battlefield form===
In ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'', the [[Ω form]] is a single platform different from all the ones in the normal version, mixing the forest area on the top and the crystal area on the bottom right. It is notably the only Ω form to have two different types of [[terrain]], with the grassy side having greater [[traction]] than the crystal side.

In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', the main platform of the Ω form and [[Battlefield form]] is similar to ''SSB4'''s Ω form; however, it is resized and reshaped to match {{SSBU|Final Destination}} and {{SSBU|Battlefield}}, respectively. The three [[soft platform]]s of the Battlefield form resemble the soft platforms in the upper portion of the normal form.
<gallery widths="200px">
SSB4UTheGreatCaveOffensiveOmega.jpg|Ω form in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''.
SSBU-The Great Cave OffensiveOmega.png|Ω form in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.
SSBU-The Great Cave OffensiveBattlefield.png|Battlefield form in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.
</gallery>

===Hazards Off===
With hazards off in ''Ultimate'', treasure chests and minecarts do not appear. Cannons, spikes, and Danger Zones remain on the map, and the latter still behaves as an [[Instant KO]].

==Origin==
[[File:TheGreatCaveOffensiveKS.png|thumb|left|Examples of the different areas of ''The Great Cave Offensive'' as they originally appeared in ''Kirby Super Star'', which include Sub-Tree (top), Old Tower (middle), Garden (left), and Crystal (right).]]
This stage originates from the sub-game ''The Great Cave Offensive'' from ''[[Kirby Super Star]]''. In the game, [[Kirby]] falls down a hole whilst taking a walk, and he must venture through an expansive cave full of various dangers to escape, while finding as much treasure as he can along the way.

The cave is split in four different areas: Sub-Tree (in this stage, the upper portion), Crystal (right), Old Tower (lower middle and seen in the background), and Garden (bottom left). Every area holds several treasure chests, some in plain sight and others hidden within puzzles: they all contain various rewards, and, while all of them are optional, 100% completion requires finding and opening all 60 of them. The four areas are connected to each other by short mine cart sections.

Cannons like the ones in this stage appear in the Garden and Old Tower area, forming a maze which Kirby must traverse to proceed. Some of them fire automatically in a fixed direction while others rotate and fire upon a button press.

Some parts of the Old Tower area feature patches of lava on the floor and ceiling which act as hazards, dealing damage on touch and being able to KO Kirby if his hit points are completely depleted.
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==Tournament legality==
This stage is banned in tournaments due to a multitude of reasons including its overly large size which can create [[camping]], disruptive hazards, walk-off blast lines, and being a giant [[cave of life]] due to the Danger Zones being techable, though this is only possible in ''SSB4''.

==Update history==
'''{{GameIcon|ssb4-u}} 1.0.2'''
*Added 8-Player mode version of the stage's Ω form.

==Gallery==

===''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''===
<gallery>
SSB4UTheGreatCaveOffensive.jpg|The Great Cave Offensive in {{forwiiu}}.
SSBU Minecart stage.png|{{SSB4|Kirby}} and {{SSB4|Pikachu}} riding on a mine cart. This picture from Facebook was [[Leak#Great Cave Offensive leak|the first hint]] at this stage's existence.
Great Cave Offensive chests.jpg|{{SSB4|Kirby}} next to a chest on the top right, with a second chest appearing on the bottom left.
Great Cave Offensive Spikes.jpg|{{SSB4|Meta Knight}} getting hit by the {{b|spike|stage element}}s in the bottom-right part of the stage.
</gallery>

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
<gallery>
SSBUWebsiteSamus1.jpg|Samus on The Great Cave Offensive.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{langtable
|ja={{ja|洞窟大作戦|Dōkutsu Daisakusen}}
|jaM=Great Cave Offensive
|en=The Great Cave Offensive
|fr=La Caverne du Péril
|frM=The Cave of Peril
|es=El gran ataque de las cavernas
|esM=The Great Cavern Attack
|de=Das Höhlen-Abenteuer
|deM=The Cave Adventure
|it=La Grande Offensiva Speleologica
|itM=The Great Speleological Offensive
|nl=Het Grote Grotavontuur
|nlM=The Great Cave Adventure
|ru={{rollover|Пещерный переполох|Peshcherny perepolokh|?}}
|ruM=Spelean Stir
|ko={{rollover|동굴대작전|Dongguldaejakjeon|?}}
|koM=Great Cave Battle
|zh_cn={{rollover|洞窟大作战|Dòngkū Dà Zuòzhàn|?}}
|zh_cnM=Great Cave Battle
|zh_tw={{rollover|洞窟大作戰|Dòngkū Dà Zuòzhàn|?}}
|zh_twM=Great Cave Battle
|pt=A Grande Caverna dos Tesouros
|ptM=The Great Treasure Cavern
}}

==Trivia==
*For unknown reasons, in ''Ultimate'', the burning sound effect does not play when a character hits a Danger Zone. This can be fixed by inputting the Reset buttons in the [[Training Mode]].
**This means that the sound effect for the Danger Zones will never play in a regular match.
*If {{SSB4|Wario}} uses his [[Wario Bike|bike]] at top speed at the top-middle area and jumps off before he collides with the Danger Zone, the bike will go through the platform and become stuck, so he can never use the move again.
*The ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' [[Masterpiece]] starts in ''The Great Cave Offensive'' sub-game.
*For unknown reasons, [[Lightning Bolt]]s do not spawn on this stage. The [[Super Mushroom]] and [[Poison Mushroom]] cannot appear, either.
*This stage was originally conceived as being based upon ''{{s|wikirby|Kirby's Epic Yarn}}'': it was retooled into its current form to avoid redundancy with [[Woolly World]] once the latter's source game was announced. <ref>http://sourcegaming.info/2016/05/11/sakuraifanmisconception505/</ref>
**Its inclusion is said to be based on ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'', the DS remake of ''Kirby Super Star'' released after ''Brawl''.
*Any characters in a cannon will be invulnerable to [[Timer]]s.
*When playing as {{SSBU|Pokémon Trainer}}, the trainer will be standing in one of the four sections of the stage, depending on the player's number.
*In ''Ultimate'', the following [[Assist Trophy|Assist Trophies]] cannot appear on this stage: the [[Moon]], [[Mother Brain]], [[Nightmare]], [[Andross]], [[Tiki]], [[Ashley]], [[Kapp'n]], [[Devil]], [[Nikki]], [[Arcade Bunny]], [[Squid Sisters]] and [[Rathalos]]. Additionally, the following [[Poké Ball]] Pokémon cannot be summoned: [[Abra]], [[Alolan Exeggutor]], [[Moltres]], [[Lugia]], [[Lunala]] and [[Marshadow]].

==References==
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{{SSB4Stages}}
{{SSBUStages}}
{{Kirby universe}}
[[Category:Stages (SSB4-Wii U)]]
[[Category:Past stages]]
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