End of Day: Difference between revisions

The {{s|pikipedia|Hocotate ship}} will suddenly appear and the background will change to a starry night sky. The same ship appears if [[Alph]] is being used despite Alph using a different ship named the {{s|pikipedia|S.S. Drake}} in his home series. Olimar will quickly enter the ship and fly away, and the Pikmin stay behind. All opponents close enough to the ship upon activation will be [[buried]], and all opponents outside the bury radius can still move for the duration of the Final Smash. The [[camera]] will follow Olimar's ascent into space and then fixate on the sky mostly above the upper [[blast line]], causing opposing players to struggle to see what they are doing. The ship will automatically steer towards the center of the stage no matter where the attack was initiated. The ship has a [[meteor smash]] effect if it hits a foe in midair upon ascent. It is therefore possible to use of End of Day to [[edgeguard]] by intercepting recovering enemies with the ship; this is also virtually impossible to meteor cancel. Pausing the match during the attack will not allow the use of regular pause camera controls; the camera will remain fixed.

While the ship is suspended in the air, several [[Bulborb]]s can be seen attacking the opponents off-screen, dealing large amounts of damage. The Bulborb models created (only one in ''Brawl'', two in ''SSB4'') are an on-screen overlay similar to [[Peach Blossom]] and simply bob up and down at the bottom of the screen while the opponents take steady damage. The background then returns to normal as the ship falls back down to the stage and explodes, dealing massive damage and knockback to all opponents within range of the explosion. While the ship in ''Brawl'' only falls straight down and falls fins first, ''Smash 4'' introduced the ship falling nose first while on fire and the player being able to steer the ship while it is falling.

All damage from End of Day can be avoided by characters with high vertical recovery like {{SSBB|Pit}}, {{SSBB|R.O.B.}}, and {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} or characters with multiple midair jumps such as {{SSBB|Kirby}}, {{SSBB|Jigglypuff}}, and {{SSBB|King Dedede}} by allowing them to stay within range of the camera (avoiding [[hoop damage]]) when it pans upward as well as allowing them to avoid the entire length of the Bulborb attacks. However, the camera may make it difficult to tell if the character will land on the ground or not, or if they will be in the range of the ship's attack when it falls. These characters must also avoid touching Olimar's ship at the sky above the upper blast line or they will be star [[KO]]'d automatically. Other characters can also partially dodge the Final Smash by [[sidestepping]] constantly, provided they were not buried before the Bulborbs attack. In [[Mushroomy Kingdom]] 1-2 (the underground version), a player on the top layer of blocks can also avoid the Bulborbs.

Certain stages (such as custom stages) will cause Olimar to [[self-destruct]] after using this Final Smash; since the ship will always fall in the center of the stage, it will drop right through if there is no platform in the middle (similar to Ike's [[Great Aether]]). This can happen in [[Bridge of Eldin]] and just before the loop in [[Mushroomy Kingdom]] 1-2. (In ''Brawl'', this will probably not actually count as an SD due to ''Brawl''{{'}}s KO-allotting system.) In ''Smash 4'', this can notably happen in Olimar's home stage, [[Garden of Hope]], due to the collapsible bridge in the middle. The adjustments made in ''SSB4'' mitigate this due to allowing the player to control the descent of the ship, and ''Ultimate'' further alleviates the issue by having Olimar land off-center in certain stages, again like Great Aether. However, this introduces a new opportunity to self-destruct by over shooting and falling through a gap on the sides of a stage, either with the ship itself or in the pseudo-helpless state.

End of Day is one of the four [[Final Smash]]es that can affect a team player with Friendly Fire turned off, a trait shared with [[Landmaster]], [[Puff Up]], and [[Galaxia Darkness]]. This is solely because of the hoop damage caused when the screen moves away from the main stage. Teammates will be affected at a much smaller interval than opponents, though. As the hoop damage is the only ally damage involved, End of Day can only KO an ally when in [[Stamina Mode]]. Like Landmaster, this will not count as a [[self-destruct]].

*In ''Ultimate'', if End of Day is used on the [[Training (stage)|Training stage]], the Bulborbs will not attack the opponents on the ground, because the camera pan will make it too high for them to reach.