Editing The Ultimate Phase

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 |creator    = [[Andromeda (Player)|Andromeda]] (host and publisher)
;Contributors
UserMatt18, CreepyDash, GuitarHeroStyles, [[Viprin]], Giron, Tygrysek, [[WOOGI1411]], [[Zobros]], Findexi, Crack, loogiah, MaJackO, [[Cyclic]], and [[ZenthicAlpha]]
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 |updated    = [[Update 2.1]]
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 |length     = 1m 39s (Long)
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 |likes      = 591.7K
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 |artist     = [https://deemo-r.newgrounds.com/ Deemo-R (Darkmetroidomega in-game)]
 |music      = [https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/616845 The Final Phase]
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'''The Ultimate Phase''' is a [[Update 1.9|1.9]]-[[Update 2.1|2.1]] Extreme Demon mega-collaboration level hosted by [[Andromeda (Player)|Andromeda]]. It was originally uploaded to Andromeda's account on 9 May 2015.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGyRS6tjJNY</ref> However, he confessed to hacking the level's verification and later re-beat it legitimately on 21 June 2016.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53USUN771us</ref>

==Description==
*'''0-7% (Andromeda):''' The Ultimate Phase begins with Andromeda's part: a simple cube section that features a few timing-based jumps and a few tricks.
*'''7-13% (UserMatt18):''' Next, the player enters a double-speed ship sequence that features a lot of gravity portals with yellow orbs inside them, meaning missing one means certain death. Near the end of that part, it goes to triple speed.
*'''13-17% (CreepyDash):''' Next, the player enters a tricky half-speed UFO segment that is reminiscent of UFO segments from [[Windy Landscape]].
*'''17-24% (GuitarHeroStyles):''' Afterwards, the player enters a difficult triple-speed mini-cube dual, with one of the icons changing to a mini-ship later.
*'''24-29% ([[Viprin]]):''' The player enters an easier, double-speed mini-UFO segment involving two gravity portals that the player must go through in close sequence.
*'''29-36% (Giron):''' After going through three of those, the player then enters a gravity portal and an extremely difficult triple-speed dual-mini-cube segment, partly inspired by [[Supersonic]]. It uses mostly invisible blocks to confuse the player.
*'''36-43% (Tygrysek):''' The player enters an effect-style triple-speed wave dual. It changes sizes multiple times and, at the very end, loses the dual to become a single mini-wave. It then briefly returns to normal size.
*'''43-51% ([[WOOGI1411]]):''' The player enters a double-speed mini-ball segment, reverting to normal size, then slows down. They then enter a ship sequence that goes to a moderately tight segment, becomes a wave with many gravity portals, and then, for the final time, changes form into a mini-ship sequence.
*'''51-59% ([[Zobros]]):''' It starts with a mini-ball segment featuring a few obstacles, then speeds up to triple-speed and becomes a cube, which involves a few slopes with blue orbs that the player must hit, following a line of pink orbs and one yellow orb. A few more slopes follow another line of pink orbs, along with one yellow orb.
*'''59-65% (Findexi):''' Next, the player enters a double-speed UFO segment, with a few gravity portals and invisible spikes to confuse the player. It then transitions into a half-speed mini-cube section with a few moderately difficult jumps.
*'''65-72% (Crack):''' Afterwards, the player transitions into a half-speed mini-ball dual segment with two hard obstacles, then enters a mini-ship dual, which is considerably hard since it requires straight-flying.
*'''72-77% (loogiah):''' The player enters a double-speed mini-ship sequence which is similar to UserMatt18's part, also making use of gravity portals and yellow orbs, but considerably harder because it requires straight-flying and also contains fakes. It then slows down, before speeding up to normal speed.
*'''77-84% (MaJackO):''' The player enters a mini-ship sequence. It is considered one of the hardest parts because of the combination of straight-flying and difficult memorisation parts, along with the bugged slope hitboxes that make it very hard to sightread.
*'''84-88% ([[Cyclic]]):''' The player enters a wave segment with tight spaces and multiple speed portals. It then becomes mini and features a few obstacles.
*'''88-97% ([[ZenthicAlpha]]):''' A normal-speed ship sequence that mostly encompasses straight-flying.
*'''97-100% (Andromeda):''' Lastly, the player enters one final simple cube section involving a few double-spike jumps before the level ends.

==Gameplay==
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==Trivia==
*Upon the creation of the modern [[Demonlist (Pointercrate)|Demonlist]] on Pointercrate on 4 January 2017, The Ultimate Phase was placed at #24, above Uprise and below [[ICE Carbon Diablo X]].
*GMDElite was the first player to presumably beat The Ultimate Phase legitimately on 29 July 2015. However, he beat the level without recording and only recorded the end screen.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKp4VHT_10s</ref>
**[[Sandstorm]] would be the first player to beat The Ultimate Phase on-recording on 7 August 2015.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l71Gn6ng1fg</ref>
*The Ultimate Phase used to be copyable, but after Update 2.1, it can no longer be copied.
*BiPolarBearr was the first mobile victor of The Ultimate Phase after 13,305 attempts.
*Interestingly, when Andromeda released his list of creators involved in the mega-collaboration, [[Etzer]] was among them. Somehow, Etzer never made it to the final level.
*Andromeda released an update making The Ultimate Phase more difficult on 27 May 2020.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUTC700-5UA</ref>
*The Ultimate Phase is a retrospective Top 1 and would have been the #1 hardest level from May to July 2015.
*Andromeda claimed that it took him more than 7,000 attempts to originally 'verify' The Ultimate Phase.
**However, on 19 August 2015, Andromeda confessed to hacking it.
*Andromeda has completed The Ultimate Phase multiple times, the first time being illegitimate, the second time being re-beaten legitimately, and the most recent one being a buff-date with minor deco changes to the first cube.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUTC700-5UA</ref>
*The Ultimate Phase is #1159 on the ''[https://aredl.net/ All Rated Extreme Demons List (AREDL)]''.
*The Ultimate Phase is #330 on the ''[https://gdlrrlist.com/index.html Low Refresh Rate]'' Demonlist.
**It is also #264 on the ''[https://gdmobilelist.com/#/ Mobile]'' Demonlist.
*The Ultimate Phase has two different rated Extreme Demon remakes: Another Phase and Penultimate Phase.
*Surprisingly, there are no trigger groups, even if there is one alpha trigger in the level.
*It is one of [[Technical|Technical's]] least favorite Extreme Demon levels followed by [[Infernal Abyss]] which thinks the latter is worse.
*This level was in [[EricVanWilderman|EricVanWilderman's]] 12 Demons of Christmas 2021 series, as Demon #12.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0a3pk107B4</ref>
*Either Cadrega City or [[Stalemate Redux]] pushed The Ultimate Phase into the Legacy List of the Demonlist on 22 September 2017 due to the not-so-well-known history of the Demonlist at the time.
**Later, in November 2017, after the Demonlist increased from 50 to 100, The Ultimate Phase went back on the Extended List.
***The Ultimate Phase was moved from #99 to the Legacy List on 4 November 2018, almost a year later. This change pushed Grimoire Heart back into the Extended List.
****The Ultimate Phase was returned to the Extended List once again after the Demonlist expanded from 100 to 150 in June 2019.
*****However, the placement of Superstrike on 5 July 2019 pushed The Ultimate Phase into the Legacy List for the third and final time.

==Videos==
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 |cpt1 = Hacked verification
 |cpt2 = Legitimate verification
 |cpt3 = Update verification
 |cpt4 = Unnerfed version verification
 |cpt5 = Unnerfed version
 |cpt6 = Old version
 |cpt7 = Documentary
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Demon List levels]]