Editing The Great Cave Offensive

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|subtitle = ''[[Kirby Super Star]]''

|name = The Great Cave Offensive

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|caption = [[File:KirbySymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br>The Great Cave Offensive as it appears in ''Smash''.

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|games = ''[[SSB4]]'' ([[SSB4-U|Wii U]])<br>''[[Ultimate]]''

|availability = [[Starter stage|Starter]]

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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]], {{SSBU|Big Battlefield}}, and {{b|Training|stage}} compare in size, with the first three having been designed specifically for [[8-Player Smash]], and the latter being exclusive to [[Training Mode]].

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.

===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 prominently use two different types of [[terrain]], with the grassy side having greater [[traction]] than the crystal side. The walk-offs, chests, danger zones, cannons, minecarts, and spikes are removed.

 

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.

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SSB4UTheGreatCaveOffensiveOmega.jpg|Ω form in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''.

SSBU-The Great Cave OffensiveOmega.png|Ω form in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.

===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]].

[[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).]]

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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*For unknown reasons, [[Lightning Bolt]]s do not spawn on this stage. The [[Super Mushroom]] and [[Poison Mushroom]] cannot appear, either.