The Great Cave Offensive

The Great Cave Offensive
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Universe	Kirby
Appears in	SSB4 (Wii U)
Availability	Starter
Crate type	Presents
Maximum players	8
Tracks available	The Great Cave Offensive Butter Building Ver. 2 King Dedede's Theme Ver. 2 Forest/Nature Area Green Greens Ver. 2 Green Greens (Melee) Squeak Squad Theme Celestial Valley Frozen Hillside The Adventure Begins Through the Forest Floral Fields Bolded tracks must be unlocked
Article on WiKirby	The Great Cave Offensive

The Great Cave Offensive (洞窟大作戦, Epic Cave Campaign) is a stage that appears in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. It was revealed, apparently unintentionally, on the official Smash Bros. Facebook page on October 5th, 2014. The lone image of the stage was captioned as "Kirby's going for a ride in a mine cart. Well, this situation looks familiar. This stage has some rules that are rare in the Smash Bros. series." It was later confirmed during the October 2014 Nintendo Direct that the stage is based on The Great Cave Offensive. Pockets of lava on the stage, called "Danger Zones", KO anyone above 100% damage. Minecarts also appear, allowing fighters to ride in them and hit other fighters. According to said Nintendo Direct, The Great Cave Offensive supports 8-player battles. This stage and Palutena's Temple are the largest stages in the game, even larger than Temple and 75m.

Glitch

If Wario uses his 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.

Origin

This stage originates from the Kirby Super Star sub-game The Great Cave Offensive. In the game, Kirby falls down a hole whilst taking a walk, and he must venture through the expansive cave to escape. There are four different areas of the cave: Sub-Tree, Crystal, Old Tower, and Garden. Each area can be seen on this stage. Sub-Tree area is the top part of the stage, Crystal area is the right side, Garden area is the left side, and the Old Tower area can be seen in the background in the middle.

Each area's final level had Kirby riding a minecart through the cave to the next area. In this stage, there is a minecart that players can ride through the stage. In the Garden area, there is a cave that has spinning cannons that fire Kirby depending on which direction they're facing, and he must figure out the correct path in order to progress through the level. In this stage, there are two spinning cannons with one of them being in the Garden area. In Kirby Super Star, the Old Tower area was the only area that had lava on the walls and ceiling in certain levels; however, in this stage there is lava in every area.

Gallery

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  The picture from Facebook that first hinted at The Great Cave Offensive.

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