Editing Umbra Clock Tower

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|name = Umbra Clock Tower
|image = [[File:SSBU-Umbra Clock Tower.png|300px|Umbra Clock Tower]]
|caption = Umbra Clock Tower in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.<br>[[Image:BayonettaSymbol.svg|50px]]
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'''Umbra Clock Tower''' ({{ja|アンブラの時計塔|Anbura no Tokei-tō}}, ''Umbra Clock Tower'') is a stage from the {{uv|Bayonetta}} series. It is the final [[downloadable content]] stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', released on February 3rd, 2016. The stage returns in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.

==Stage overview==
Umbra Clock Tower is identical in layout in both {{for3ds}} and {{forwiiu}}. The battle begins and takes place on the face of the clock tower, while in an infinite free fall. The clock face itself is slightly recessed from the surface of the broken tower piece, creating a small incline. Occasionally, falling debris comes close to the main clock face [[platform]], serving as extra platforms; both hard and soft platforms can appear, creating temporary [[walk-off]]s and [[Cave of life|caves of life]]. There are seven possible layouts that appear in a random but sequential order. Similarly to [[Town and City]], the layouts themselves contain many platforms moving in different directions, then eventually leaving the stage. However, this stage forces characters to fall through soft platforms as they exit.

The layout of each set of platforms are as follows:
*Two soft platforms, one just above the ledge on the right and another one higher the first one to the left of it
*Three soft platforms, two lower than the stage on either side and one in the middle just above
*One hard platform that moves over the stage from right to left
*Two soft platforms, one at the center of the main stage slightly above it and another smaller one above the other platform to it's left
*Two soft platforms to either side of the stage (both of which are walk-offs)
*Two soft platforms, one below the stage that acts as a Cave of Life and another one just below the ledge on the right side (this platform can be used to reach the former for characters with short recoveries)
*Three soft platforms, two above the ledge on either side which slant away from the stage and a third that is close to the top of the screen in the middle of the main stage (this platform can fall to the height of the other two platforms)
The soft platforms tend to move around sporadically but generally don't move far

Players enter and exit the alternate world of Purgatorio throughout the match, which is indicated by a specific sound and a very large rising purple portal that represents Umbra Witch magic. The angels [http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Affinity Affinity] and [http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Inspired Inspired] only appear and fly around in the background of Purgatorio, and occasionally the enormous [http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Fortitudo Fortitudo] comes close to the playing field and lets out a powerful roar, shaking the screen. However, none of them have an actual effect on the battle and mostly act as extravagant aesthetics. 
In [[8-Player Smash]], it does not enter the world of Purgatorio, hence the angels won't show up in the background.

[[Star KO]]s and [[Screen KO]]s are disabled in both versions of ''Smash 4''. This makes it one of two stages in ''Smash 3DS'' where Screen KOs cannot occur, with the other being [[Super Mario Maker]]. It is also the only stage in the game where only Blast KOs occur.

===Ω form and Battlefield form===
In ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', the [[Ω form]] is mostly identical to the regular form of the stage, but the extra debris platforms will no longer appear, and, as a result, the camera will no longer zoom and shift. The clock face is no longer slightly recessed and is completely flat. The angels still appear, including Fortitudo and its roar.

In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', the [[Battlefield form]] is similar to the Ω form in ''SSB4'', but it is resized and reshaped to match {{SSBU|Battlefield}}. The three [[soft platform]]s are made of stone and resemble the stone debris platforms that occasionally appear in the regular form.
<gallery widths="200px">
SSB4-3DS - Umbra Clock Tower Omega.jpg|Ω form in ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS''.
Umbra Clock Tower wii u omega.jpg|Ω form in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''.
File:SSBU-Umbra Clock TowerBattlefield.png|Battlefield form in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.
</gallery>

==Origin==
[[File:Umbra Clock Tower (Bayonetta 2).png|thumbnail|left|The Clock Tower in ''Bayonetta 2''.]]
The Umbra Clock Tower is a reference to the opening of ''{{s|wikipedia|Bayonetta}}'', where [[Bayonetta]] and [http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Jeanne Jeanne] fight angels on top of a falling clock tower face during the Witch Hunts. The stage also appears in ''{{s|wikipedia|Bayonetta 2}}'' when Bayonetta is sent back in time. Forced to re-experience the Witch Hunts all over again, while fighting by the side of her mother [http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Rosa Rosa], Bayonetta and Rosa witness the clock tower's destruction first-hand, due to two giant fireball attacks by the angel [http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Fortitudo Fortitudo]. The resulting explosion causes Bayonetta and Rosa to fall off a cliff together—a different side to the one Bayonetta's past self and Jeanne fell off.

As it begins crumbling, Rosa calls the tower the "''Symbol of the Umbran Way''" and begins mourning its destruction, showing that the tower itself had significant meaning to the Umbran culture and their way of life.

<center><gallery>
Affinity - Bayo1.png|Affinity, as it appears in ''Bayonetta''.
Inspired - Bayo1.png|Inspired, as it appears in ''Bayonetta''.
Fortitudo - Bayo1.png|Fortitudo, as it appears in ''Bayonetta''.
</gallery></center>

In the ''Bayonetta'' series, there are three different dimensions called the [http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Trinity_of_Realities Trinity of Reality]: the Human World, [http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Paradiso Paradiso], and [http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Inferno Inferno]. [http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Purgatorio Purgatorio], an alternate reality to the Human World which Angels and Demons can use to influence the Human World without having to directly enter it, exists between them.
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==Tournament legality==
Umbra Clock Tower is currently listed as a Counterpick/Banned stage in competitive play, but this ruling has been heavily disputed in the community. Arguments to ban the stage include the appearance of temporary walk-offs (even though many of the walk-offs can be escaped from below) and that the platform that briefly appears below the stage creates a temporary cave of life, and any fighter on that platform when it leaves can be easily edgeguarded. It was also suggested that the Purgatorio background can be distracting to some players with attention problems, like the backgrounds of {{SSB4|Final Destination}} and [[Lylat Cruise]]. Tournaments that have larger stage lists that encompass stages such as [[Delfino Plaza]] and [[Castle Siege]] have been more likely to allow the stage as a counterpick, but so far it has not been used in any major tournaments because these larger events have more restrictive rulesets. The stage is also said to cause motion sickness for some players due to the constantly moving background.

However, some smashers argue that the stage was banned without proper testing, saying that the stage as a whole is less intrusive than the likes of [[Pokémon Stadium]] (which has always been legal in ''[[Melee]]'') and that its inclusion would give a new option with big [[Blast line|blast zones]] to the stage list, which currently has several stages heavily benefiting characters that K.O at the top. Despite this, the stage has remained banned in most major rulesets and has only been legal at smaller tournaments.

==Gallery==
===''Super Smash Bros. 4''===
<gallery>
SSB4-3DS - Umbra Clock Tower.png|Umbra Clock Tower in {{for3ds}}.
Bayonetta Screen 9.jpg|Bayonetta on Umbra Clock Tower in {{for3ds}}.
Umbra Base.jpg|Umbra Clock Tower in {{forwiiu}}.
SSB4 - Umbra Clock Tower.png|Inspired's appearance in {{forwiiu}}.
Umbra Arrangement 1.jpg
Umbra Arrangement 2.jpg
Umbra Arrangement 3.jpg
Umbra Arrangement 4.jpg
Umbra Arrangement 5.jpg
Umbra Arrangement 6.jpg
Umbra Arrangement 7.jpg
</gallery>

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
<gallery>
SSBUWebsiteBayonettaSeriesBG.jpg|Panorama of Umbra Clock Tower from ''Ultimate''.
SSBUWebsiteBayonetta1.jpg|{{SSBU|Bayonetta}} [[taunting]] on the stage.
SSBUWebsiteBowser1.jpg|A closeup of {{SSBU|Bowser}} on the stage.
SSBUWebsiteCloud3.jpg|{{SSBU|Cloud}} using [[Cross Slash]] on {{SSBU|Diddy Kong}} on the stage.
SSBUWebsiteKnuckles4.jpg|[[Knuckles]] mid-air on the stage.
SSBUWebsiteMarshadow4.jpg|[[Marshadow]] stunning {{SSBU|Bowser Jr.}} with Spectral Thief on the stage. 
SSBUWebsiteMetaKnight2.jpg|{{SSBU|Meta Knight}} on the stage.
SSBUWebsiteYoungLink5.jpg|{{SSBU|Young Link}} in his [[Alternate costume (SSBU)|alternate costume]] based off of [[Dark Link]] using his [[down aerial]] on the stage.
SSBUWebsite33.jpg|{{SSBU|Rosalina & Luma}} using their [[side taunt]] on the stage.
SSBUWebsiteAlucard2.png|[[Alucard]] attacking Meta Knight on the stage.
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*The time shown on the face of the clock [[Time change|matches]] the respective game system's internal clock in real-time. However, if the game is [[paused]], the clock stops counting, and when un-paused, the clock instead skips ahead and resumes counting from the current time on the system.
*In {{forwiiu}}, both the Fortitudo and Inspired angels in the background are rendered as 3D models, while in {{for3ds}} they are sprites due to hardware limitations.
**The Affinities appears as sprites in both versions of the game, but animate at 60 FPS in {{forwiiu}} and 30 FPS {{for3ds}}.
*This is the only stage in {{forwiiu}} without [[Screen KO]]s to appear in demo sequences.

==External links==
*[http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Umbra_Clock_Tower Umbra Clock Tower] on Bayonetta Wiki

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