Editing Flat Zone 2

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|location    = ''Game & Watch''

|name         = Flat Zone 2

|image       = [[Image:Flat_Zone_2.PNG|250px|Flat Zone 2]]

|caption     = [[Image:Game&WatchSymbol.png|50px]]

|universe     ={{uv|Game & Watch}}

|games       = ''[[Brawl]]''<br/>''[[SSB4]]'' (3DS)

|availability = [[Unlockable stage|Unlockable]]

|unlockcriteria = Unlock {{SSBB|Mr. Game & Watch}} ''(SSBB)''<br>Unlock {{SSB4|Mr. Game & Watch}} and complete the first page of Challenges ''(SSB3DS)''

|cratetype   = Presents

|music = <small>In ''Brawl'':<br>''{{SSBBMusicLink|Nintendo|Flat Zone 2}}''<br>'''''{{SSBBMusicLink|Nintendo|Chill (Dr. Mario)}}'''''<br>''{{SSBBMusicLink|Super Smash Bros.|Flat Zone (Melee)}}''<br>'''Bolded tracks must be unlocked'''<br>In ''SSB3DS'':<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Game & Watch|Flat Zone 2}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Game & Watch|Flat Zone}}'' ([[Alternate music|Alternate]])

'''Flat Zone 2''' ({{ja|フラットゾーン2|Furattozōn 2}}, ''Flat Zone 2'') is a stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and {{for3ds}}. It is the second [[Game & Watch]] stage in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, the first being [[Flat Zone]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. Likewise, it is set on a standard Widescreen Game & Watch titled "Super Smash Bros." Unlike Flat Zone, however, this stage shifts between different Game and Watch scenarios, making it somewhat livelier than the original Flat Zone. This stage is unlocked by unlocking {{SSBB|Mr. Game & Watch}}. In ''Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo 3DS'', the challenge that unlocks Flat Zone 2 is on the second panel (the only challenge to unlock a stage not on the first panel), which requires all the challenges on the first panel to be completed before it can be accessed, making Flat Zone 2 always the last stage to be unlocked in that game.

A stage named [[Flat Zone X]] appears in {{forwiiu}}, which consists of Flat Zone 2 with the addition of a transformation based on [[Flat Zone]].

Like its predecessor, Flat Zone 2 is banned in competitive play, due to the variety of damaging hazards (such as the falling food items in the Chef scenario), the small size of the stage, the [[camera]]'s refusal to zoom in at any point, the constantly changing stage setup, and the removal of the lower [[blast line]] (which makes techniques that require it, such as [[meteor smash]]es and [[edge-hogging]], virtually useless). Furthermore, the walk-off edges allow characters to [[throw]] or [[inhale|spit]] others off the side blast lines.

==Origin==

This stage layout is based off the "Widescreen" re-release of ''[[Fire]]'' for the ''[[Game & Watch]]'' handheld gaming devices, first released in 1981, but the original model for ''Fire'' was released in 1980 as part of the "Silver" series. The only indication of which game the device that surrounds the stage supports is the blue outline, as ''Fire'' was the only Game & Watch device from the "Widescreen" series to have a blue outline. The stage transformations are based off of the ''Fire'', ''[[Lion]]'', ''[[Oil Panic]]'', and ''[[Chef]]'' models of ''Game & Watch'' devices. The platforms that periodically change positions during the ''Fire'' and ''Chef'' stage elements are based off of the ''[[Manhole]]'' ''Game & Watch'' device.

*''[[Fire]]'' (1981 version): People jump out of a burning building as firemen with a trampoline attempt to catch them. The levels of the building can be stood on, and the trampoline that the firemen use can be bounced off of like a [[spring]]. When the firefighters aren't present, the randomly moving platforms from Manhole appear, similar to those in ''[[SSBM]]'s'' [[Flat Zone]]. The treasure diver from [[Octopus]] sometimes appears, collecting items lying on the ground. This scenario is the main area of the stage - the match always begins here and the other games have to revert back to Fire before the stage can change again.

*''[[Oil Panic]]'''s bottom screen (1982): A multi-tiered gas station building can be stood on. Customers standing below attack if attacked by players; the man will attack immediately when he receives damage, while the woman will delay for almost a second after being damaged before attacking.

*''[[Lion]]'' (1981): The center of the stage is a three levelled cage. Two Lion Tamers holding chairs flank either side, moving up and down. If one gets hit by a chair, they'll take massive damage and horizontal knockback, often into the Lion Tamer at the other side of the cage and taking even more damage due to the direction of where the characters are knocked at.

*''[[Chef]]'' (1981): Two sets of platforms hover in midair, while falling food items can damage players. If the chef is hit with a strong enough attack, he will fly off screen and the game will return to Fire.

Different alarm elements signify that the stage is about to change.

*Fire: A fireman appears in the top right ringing a bell.

*Oil Panic: A policeman appears in the top right ringing a bell.

*Lion: A panther in the top left corner rings a bell.

*Chef: A kettle appears to the left. Steam comes out of it in shape of a bell.

The Omega form features a brick platform above the normal ground. and blast lines are removed. The stage is only set in the "Oil Panic" portion and uses the same design as Flat Zone X.  

File:Flat Zone 2 Omega.jpg|[[Final Destination (SSB4)|Ω Mode]]

*Although having no significant effect to gameplay whatsoever, it is worth noting that on this stage, all characters are two-dimensional (or rather, their three-dimensional models are flattened). Strangely enough, certain effects are still three-dimensional. [[Hanenbow]] is similarly 2D.

*Whenever a player gets [[Star KO|Star KO'd]] or [[Screen KO|Screen KO'd]], both the character and the effects fly off separately. This can be best seen from {{SSBB|Olimar}}{{'}}s beacon, the flame on {{SSBB|Charizard}}{{'}}s tail, and when the player is [[frozen]]. This also happens in [[Hanenbow]].

*Flat Zone 2 and [[Mario Bros. (stage)|Mario Bros.]] are the only "fixed camera" stages in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.

*''Lion'' is generally considered to be the odd one out. It is the only Game & Watch game that is not part of Mr. Game & Watch's [[special move]]s, instead it is part of one of his tilt attacks. As well as that, it is the only game that did not use the "Left - Right" button configuration that is on the Flat Zone 2 system.

*In English, the top of the Game and Watch says, "Super Smash Bros." In the Japanese version, it says "Smash Brothers." This is because in Japan, the series is called "Great Fray Smash Brothers" rather than "Super Smash Bros." This is also noticeable on the level select icon, at least in {{for3ds}}.

*In [[All Star]] mode, when battling Mr. Game and Watch, a player can simply run to the left side on the building part and crouch. The CPU Game and Watch will go to the second floor of the building, going left and right for a while and suddenly [[self-destruct]].

*''Lion'' and ''Oil Panic'' were never a part of the Widescreen series of ''Game & Watch'' games, despite their appearance on the stage. In fact, ''Oil Panic'' was a part of the Dual-Screen series so there is an entire screen missing from the stage.

 

File:Flat Zone 2 Zoo.jpg|The ''Lion'' tier of this stage.

File:Flat Zone 2 Chef.jpg|The ''Chef'' tier.

File:Oil Panic.jpg|The ''Oil Panic'' tier.

File:SSB4 Flat Zone 2.jpg|In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]''

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