Editing Flat Zone X

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|subtitle = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Game & Watch}}''

|name = Flat Zone X

|image = {{tabber|title1=Ultimate|content1=[[File:SSBU-Flat Zone X.png|300px]]|title2=Wii U|content2=[[File:SSB4UFlatZoneX.jpg|300px]]}}

|caption = [[File:Game&WatchSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br>Flat Zone X as it has appeared in the ''Smash'' series.

|universe = {{uv|Game & Watch}}

|games = ''[[SSB4]]'' ([[SSBWU|Wii U]])<br>''[[Ultimate]]''

|availability = [[Unlockable stage|Unlockable]] (''SSB4'')<br>[[Starter stage|Starter]] (''Ultimate'')

|cratetype = Normal

|maxplayers = [[8-Player Smash|6]] (Wii U)<br>[[8-Player Smash|8]] (Wii U Ω form, ''Ultimate'')

|forwiiumusic = ''{{SSB4MusicLink|Game & Watch|Flat Zone 2}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Game & Watch|Flat Zone}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Super Mario Bros.|Dr. Mario}}''<br>''{{SSB4MusicLink|Super Mario Bros.|Chill (Dr. Mario)}}''

|ultimatemusic = Main: ''{{SSBUMusicLink|Game & Watch|Flat Zone 2}}''<br>Alternate: ''{{SSBUMusicLink|Game & Watch|Flat Zone}}''

'''Flat Zone X''' ({{ja|フラットゾーンX|Furatto Zōn Ekkusu}}, ''Flat Zone X'') is an [[unlockable stage]] in {{forwiiu}} that returns in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. Essentially, it is [[Flat Zone 2]] with the addition of the [[Flat Zone]] layout, based on ''Helmet'', as another possible transformation. The ''Helmet'' layout is unchanged from its appearance in Flat Zone in ''[[Melee]]''; the other layouts are unchanged from Flat Zone 2 in ''[[Brawl]]''. Mr. Game & Watch is fought here when being unlocked.

===Stage transformations===

As Flat Zone X is a composite of Flat Zone and Flat Zone 2, all areas from both stages appear. These include ''Fire'', ''Oil Panic'', ''Lion'', and ''Chef'' from Flat Zone 2 and ''Helmet'' from Flat Zone. While most of these transformations are unchanged from prior installments, a construction worker now appears in the top right corner of ''Helmet'' to signify a stage change in a similar manner to the other transformations from Flat Zone 2. Also, falling tools can no longer OHKO upon being hit by a powerful attack. Characters will appear as 2-D images on the screen, preventing any disruptions caused by the Z-axis.

[[Star KO]]'d characters are now covered by the gas station in Oil Panic. Additionally, in ''Ultimate'', the stage's notoriously close blast zones were moved outwards somewhat, reducing the likelihood of extremely early KOs, especially off the upper blast zone.

===Ω forms and Battlefield form===

In ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'', the [[Ω form]] features a brick platform above the normal ground and blast lines are moved further back. The stage is set in the ''Oil Panic'' section and does not transition. It is visually identical to the Ω form of Flat Zone 2. When selected through Fixed Camera Smash, the stage appears to be zoomed out during the fighters' [[on-screen appearance]]s then zoomed in when the match starts.

In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', the Ω form and [[Battlefield form]] are similar to ''SSB4'''s Ω form; however, the main platform is resized and reshaped to match {{SSBU|Final Destination}} and {{SSBU|Battlefield}}, respectively. The gas sign is also blue rather than red. The three [[soft platform]]s of the Battlefield form are bright red rectangles. The characters are still flat, which also flattens the hitboxes and alters gameplay significantly as a result.

File:SSBU-Flat Zone XOmega.png|Ω form in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.

File:SSBU-Flat Zone XBattlefield.png|Battlefield form in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.

[[File:Game & Watch Fire.jpg|thumb|right|The ''Game & Watch'' game ''Fire'' (widescreen version).]]

From 1980 to 1991, [[Nintendo]] produced handheld electronic games called ''Game & Watch'', and there would be one game for each model of a ''Game & Watch''. ''Game & Watch'' games use an LCD screen, the same type as an ordinary calculator, which means characters and other moving objects can only move to pre-determined locations on the screen and everything appears flat. Whenever objects move, a beeping sound can be heard. In this stage, the fighters and stage elements on the screen are all flat, and beeping sounds are heard when walking on the stage.

 

This stage is based on a combination of [[Flat Zone]] from ''Melee'', which is primarily based on the ''Game & Watch'' game ''Helmet'', and [[Flat Zone 2]] from ''Brawl'', which is based on ''Fire'', ''Lion'', ''Oil Panic'', and ''Chef''. Notably, this stage is based on the widescreen versions of these games with the exception of ''Oil Panic'', which was never released in a widescreen format.

Oilpanicorigin.jpg|''Oil Panic''.

Cheforigin.jpg|''Chef''.

Game & Watch Helmet.jpg|''Helmet''.

**In {{forwiiu}}, there's a graphical glitch where the star effect is not aligned with the Star KO'd character. This also happened in ''Brawl'', although any other effects besides the star are now properly aligned with the character.

*The "GAS" sign in ''Ultimate''{{'}}s Ω and Battlefield forms does not match the colors it has in the standard form of the stage, despite doing so in ''SSB4''.

*Due to the My Music restructuring, Flat Zone X has less music in ''Ultimate'' than in ''for Wii U''.

**As a result, the stage has the fewest music tracks of any stage in the game, with only two. Prior to the addition of more music from {{uv|Final Fantasy}}, it shared this title with [[Midgar]].

*Because of its status as a [[starter stage]] in ''Ultimate'', it is the only piece of content from the {{uv|Game & Watch}} universe that is available from the start in any ''Smash'' game.

*Presumably due to how far to the right the CPU is positioned in [[Training Mode]], they will automatically jump away from the edge of the stage upon starting the mode.