Editing Umbra Clock Tower

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|subtitle = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Bayonetta|video game}}''

|name = Umbra Clock Tower

|image = {{tabber|title1=Ultimate|content1=[[File:SSBU-Umbra Clock Tower.png|300px]]|title2=Wii U|content2=[[File:SSB4 - Umbra Clock Tower.png|300px]]|title3=3DS|content3=[[File:SSB4-3DS_-_Umbra_Clock_Tower.png|300px]]}}

|caption = [[File:BayonettaSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br>Umbra Clock Tower as it appears in ''Smash''.

|universe = {{uv|Bayonetta}}

|games = ''[[SSB4]]''<br>''[[Ultimate]]''

|availability = [[DLC|Downloadable]] (''SSB4'')<br>[[Starter stage|Starter]] (''Ultimate'')

|cratetype = Normal

|maxplayers = 4 (3DS)<br>[[8-Player Smash|8]] (Wii U and ''Ultimate'')

|for3dsmusic = Main: ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Bayonetta|Let's Hit The Climax!}}''<br>Alternate: ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Bayonetta|Theme Of Bayonetta - Mysterious Destiny (Instrumental)}}''

|forwiiumusic = ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Bayonetta|Let's Hit The Climax!}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Bayonetta|Theme Of Bayonetta - Mysterious Destiny (Instrumental)}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Bayonetta|Tomorrow Is Mine (Bayonetta 2 Theme) (Instrumental)}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Bayonetta|One Of A Kind}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Bayonetta|Riders Of The Light}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Bayonetta|Red & Black}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Bayonetta|After Burner (∞ Climax Mix)}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Bayonetta|Friendship}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Bayonetta|Let's Dance, Boys!}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Bayonetta|The Legend Of Aesir}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Bayonetta|Time For The Climax!}}''

|ultimatemusic = [[List of SSBU Music (Bayonetta series)|''Bayonetta'' series music]]<br>Main: ''{{SSBUMusicLink|Bayonetta|Let's Hit The Climax!}}''<br>Alternate: ''{{SSBUMusicLink|Bayonetta|Tomorrow Is Mine (Bayonetta 2 Theme) (Instrumental)}}''

'''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]]''. In ''Ultimate'', {{SSBU|Bayonetta}} is fought here for her unlock battle.

==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. Unlike [[Kalos Pokémon League]] and [[Wily Castle]], and similar to [[Wii Fit Studio]], this stage forces characters to fall through soft platforms as they exit, preventing [[Star KO]]s.

 

 

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]] in the Wii U version, 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.

 

In ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', the [[Ω form]] is mostly identical to the normal 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 Ω form and [[Battlefield form]] are similar to the Ω form in ''SSB4''; however, the main platform is resized and reshaped to match {{SSBU|Final Destination}} and {{SSBU|Battlefield}}, respectively. The three [[soft platform]]s of the Battlefield form are made of stone and resemble the stone debris platforms that occasionally appear in the normal form.

 

With hazards turned off in ''Ultimate'', the pieces of rubble that serve as extra platforms do not appear, leaving the clock tower itself as the only platform.

[[File:Umbra Clock Tower (Bayonetta 2).png|thumb|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.

Affinity - Bayo1.png|Affinity, as it appears in ''Bayonetta''.

SSBU spirit Inspired.png|Inspired, as it appears in ''Bayonetta''.

Fortitudo - Bayo1.png|Fortitudo, as it appears in ''Bayonetta''.

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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.

 

 

 

SSB4 - Umbra Clock Tower.png|Inspired's appearance in {{forwiiu}}.

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Clock Tower Timelapse SSBU.gif|5 minute timelapse of the clock hands moving.

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