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|name = Northern Cave
|name = Northern Cave
|image = [[File:SSBU Northern Cave.png|300px]]
|image = [[File:SSBU Northern Cave.png|300px]]
|caption = [[File:FinalFantasySymbol.svg|50px|class=invert]]<br>Northern Cave as it appears in ''Smash''.
|caption = [[File:FinalFantasySymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br>Northern Cave as it appears in ''Smash''.
|universe = {{uv|Final Fantasy}}
|universe = {{uv|Final Fantasy}}
|games = ''[[Ultimate]]''
|games = ''[[Ultimate]]''
|hometo = {{SSBU|Cloud}}<br>{{SSBU|Sephiroth}}
|availability = [[DLC|Downloadable]]
|availability = [[DLC|Downloadable]]
|cratetype = Normal
|cratetype = Normal
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|ultimatedoubles=Counterpick/Banned
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'''Northern Cave''' ({{ja|北の大空洞|Kita no Daikūdō}}, ''Great Northern Cavity'') is a {{uv|Final Fantasy}} stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. It is bundled with {{SSBU|Sephiroth}} in Challenger Pack 8, which is also part of the [[Fighters Pass Vol. 2]].
'''Northern Cave''' ({{ja|北の大空洞|Kita no Daikūdō}}, ''Great Northern Cavity'') is a {{uv|Final Fantasy}} stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. It is bundled with {{SSBU|Sephiroth}} in Challenger Pack 8, which is also part of the [[Fighters Pass Vol. 2]]. It was released on December 17th, 2020.


==Stage Overview==
==Stage Overview==
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==Origin==
==Origin==
[[File:Northern CaveFFVII.png|thumb|right|Northern Cave and the Highwind as it appears in ''Final Fantasy VII''.]]
[[File:Northern CaveFFVII.png|thumb|Northern Cave and the Highwind as it appears in ''Final Fantasy VII''.]]
[https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Northern_Cave_(Final_Fantasy_VII) Northern Cave] is the final dungeon of ''Final Fantasy VII'', located in a crater at the northern reaches of the world. The crater was created two thousand years ago when the alien lifeform Jenova crashed into the planet. Cloud and his party arrive here to defeat Sephiroth after the murder of [[Aerith Gainsborough]], only to be manipulated into handing over the Black Materia to Sephiroth's real body, which was encased in a mako cocoon. Upon receiving the Black Materia, Sephiroth summons Meteor, a massive comet which he intends to use to wipe the planet of all life. He places a barrier over the Northern Crater to prevent interference from the Weapons, powerful lifeforms that defend against threats to the planet.
[https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Northern_Cave_(Final_Fantasy_VII) Northern Cave] is the final dungeon of ''Final Fantasy VII'', located in a crater at the northern reaches of the world. The crater was created two thousand years ago when the alien lifeform Jenova crashed into the planet. Cloud and his party arrive here to defeat Sephiroth after the murder of [[Aerith Gainsborough]], only to be manipulated into handing over the Black Materia to Sephiroth's real body, which was encased in a mako cocoon. Upon receiving the Black Materia, Sephiroth summons Meteor, a massive comet which he intends to use to wipe the planet of all life. He places a barrier over the Northern Crater to prevent interference from the Weapons, powerful lifeforms that defend against threats to the planet.


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The original game's ending is ambiguous as to what happened after the Lifestream intervened, only featuring a scene set 500 years later where party member Red XIII is seen approaching the ruins of Midgar, but later entries in the ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'' series make it clear that Meteor was stopped in time to prevent Sephiroth's plan for mass extinction — though not without damage to the planet — and that humanity also survived.
The original game's ending is ambiguous as to what happened after the Lifestream intervened, only featuring a scene set 500 years later where party member Red XIII is seen approaching the ruins of Midgar, but later entries in the ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'' series make it clear that Meteor was stopped in time to prevent Sephiroth's plan for mass extinction — though not without damage to the planet — and that humanity also survived.


Northern Cave has previously appeared as a stage in the ''{{iw|wikipedia|Dissidia: Final Fantasy}}'' series of arena-based fighting games. This specific version of Northern Cave was referenced in ''Ultimate'' by the background after descending into the crater and immediately before the scene of Holy being activated being directly based on the former's layout and design.
Northern Cave has previously appeared as a stage in the ''{{iw|wikipedia|Dissidia: Final Fantasy}}'' series of arena-based fighting games. This specific version of Northern Cave was referenced in ''Ultimate'' by the background after descending into the crater and immediately before the scene of Holy being activated being directly based on the former's layout and design. As in ''Dissidia'', the stage's main platform is based on the floating rock where Cloud and his party battle Jenova∙SYNTHESIS in the original game.


==Tournament Legality==
==Tournament legality==
Due to the stage lacking stage hazards and possessing a layout similar to [[Kalos Pokémon League]], several players have suggested legalizing the stage. Compared to Kalos Pokémon League, the blastzones are smaller, while the platforms are lower and stick less out from the edges, and the stage doesn't have vertical walls; overall, these changes might make the stage less favorable for camping than Kalos Pokémon League. However, there have been some concerns that the background is too visually busy and distracting, especially during the meteor section. There are also occasional concerns with music licensing issues when it comes to playing ''Final Fantasy'' music on the tournament livestreams, due to Square Enix's tighter copyright, which some tournaments, with [[Low Tide City 2022]] downright replacing it with Kalos Pokemon League because of this, along with the aforementioned background problems<ref>https://twitter.com/LTCesports/status/1519135553698021376</ref>. Due to releasing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a lack of showing even at offline tourneys, the legal status of the stage was unclear until after the return of offline tourneys, in which this stage is picked as a counterpick in many tourneys.
Due to the stage lacking stage hazards and possessing a layout similar to [[Kalos Pokémon League]], several players have suggested legalizing the stage. Compared to Kalos Pokémon League, the blastzones are smaller, while the platforms are lower and stick less out from the edges, and the stage doesn't have vertical walls; overall, these changes might make the stage less favorable for camping than Kalos Pokémon League. However, there have been some concerns that the background is too visually busy and distracting, especially during the meteor section. There are also occasional concerns with music licensing issues when it comes to playing ''Final Fantasy'' music on the tournament livestreams, due to Square Enix's tighter copyright, which some tournaments, such as [[Low Tide City 2022]], outright replacing it with Kalos Pokémon League because of this, along with the aforementioned background problems<ref>https://twitter.com/LTCesports/status/1519135553698021376</ref>. Due to releasing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a lack of showing even at offline tourneys, the legal status of the stage was unclear until after the return of offline tourneys, in which this stage is picked as a counterpick in many tourneys.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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*The stage's default [[My Music]] settings are non-standard. Both ''{{SSBUMusicLink|Final Fantasy|One-Winged Angel}}'' and ''{{SSBUMusicLink|Final Fantasy|Advent: One-Winged Angel}}'' are set to maximum probability by default, and all other songs from the ''Final Fantasy'' series are set to 25% probability.
*The stage's default [[My Music]] settings are non-standard. Both ''{{SSBUMusicLink|Final Fantasy|One-Winged Angel}}'' and ''{{SSBUMusicLink|Final Fantasy|Advent: One-Winged Angel}}'' are set to maximum probability by default, and all other songs from the ''Final Fantasy'' series are set to 25% probability.
*In the stage selection screen, each form of Northern Cave showcases a different section of the stage: the default form is shown outside the cave with Meteor falling, the  [[Battlefield form]] is shown outside the crater, and the [[Ω form]] is shown within the cave with Holy in the background. It is the only stage with this distinction.
*In the stage selection screen, each form of Northern Cave showcases a different section of the stage: the default form is shown outside the cave with Meteor falling, the  [[Battlefield form]] is shown outside the crater, and the [[Ω form]] is shown within the cave with Holy in the background. It is the only stage with this distinction.
*Northern Cave is the one of two paid DLC stages without any visible background characters, along with [[Hollow Bastion]].
*Discounting the image of Lady Luck on the Highwind, Northern Cave is the one of two paid DLC stages without any visible background characters, along with [[Hollow Bastion]] (if the Stations of Awakening are discounted).
*Masahiro Sakurai revealed in a [[YouTube]] video<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKQ2v9kno9I=167s Odds and Ends of Supervising <nowiki>[Graphics]</nowiki>]</ref> that he took several photographs of a model jet to show what the Highwind escaping the Northern Cave should look like.
 
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