Editing Green Hill Zone

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|location    = ''Sonic the Hedgehog''

|name         = Green Hill Zone

|image       = [[Image:Green_Hill_Zone.jpg|250px|Green Hill Zone]]

|caption      = [[Image:SonicSymbol.png|50px]]

|universe    = ''[[Sonic (universe)|Sonic]]''

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

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|availability = [[Unlockable stage|Unlockable]]

|unlockcriteria = Unlock {{SSBB|Sonic}} ''([[SSBB]])''

|cratetype   = Presents

|music = <small>''[[List of SSBB Music (Sonic The Hedgehog series)#Green Hill Zone|Green Hill Zone]]''<br>''[[List of SSBB Music (Sonic The Hedgehog series)#Angel Island Zone|Angel Island Zone]]''<br>''[[List of SSBB Music (Sonic The Hedgehog series)#Scrap Brain Zone|Scrap Brain Zone]]''<br>''[[List of SSBB Music (Sonic The Hedgehog series)#Emerald Hill Zone|Emerald Hill Zone]]''<br>''[[List of SSBB Music (Sonic The Hedgehog series)#Sonic Boom|Sonic Boom]]''<br>'''''[[List of SSBB Music (Sonic The Hedgehog series)#Super Sonic Racing|Super Sonic Racing]]'''''<br>''[[List of SSBB Music (Sonic The Hedgehog series)#Open Your Heart|Open Your Heart]]''<br>''[[List of SSBB Music (Sonic The Hedgehog series)#Live & Learn|Live & Learn]]''<br>'''''[[List of SSBB Music (Sonic The Hedgehog series)#Sonic Heroes|Sonic Heroes]]'''''<br>'''''[[List of SSBB Music (Sonic The Hedgehog series)#Right There, Ride On|Right There, Ride On]]'''''<br>'''''[[List of SSBB Music (Sonic The Hedgehog series)#HIS WORLD (Instrumental)|HIS WORLD (Instrumental)]]'''''<br>''[[List of SSBB Music (Sonic The Hedgehog series)#Seven Rings in Hand|Seven Rings in Hand]]''<br>'''Bolded tracks must be unlocked'''</small>

'''Green Hill Zone''' ({{ja|グリーンヒルゾーン}}) is the stage that represents [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. It is unlocked after Sonic himself is unlocked. The midsection is a half-pipe that crumbles away if it attacked too much during the course of the fight. There are also checkpoint lampposts that can be hit to spin around to hurt other players once they are blue. These only deal 10% damage, but has decent knockback with KO capabilities. In the background is a giant shuttle loop with a 1-Up video monitor above it. The background also consists of various other parts of the Green Hill Zone.

The stage returns in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' as a classic stage.

[[File:GreenHillZoneStH.png|thumb|left|200px|Green Hill Zone as it originally appeared in ''Sonic the Hedgehog''.]]

This stage originates from the first area in ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1991), Green Hill Zone. Green Hill Zone in ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' is depicted as being a lush paradise. The stage, almost ten years later, would reappear as an easter egg in ''Sonic Adventure 2'', bringing the stage to a 3D state for the first time. It then appeared a next ten years later in ''Sonic Generations'' as the opening stage. In ''Brawl'', there are many references to elements from the original stages that are in the background: palm trees, flowers, spikes, rings, checkered soil, etc.

Green Hill Zone in ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' also features a shuttle loop, which in order to get progress through the level, the player has to run through by gaining enough speed. The shuttle loop has been retained in ''Brawl'' and is in the background. Ever since ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', the shuttle loop has become a prominent feature in later ''Sonic'' games. Another prominent feature in ''Sonic'' games are Item Boxes, which contain certain items depending on the image it is showing. If the item box has an image of Sonic's head, it gives the player an extra life, which is the same Item Box that is seen on top of the shuttle loop in ''Brawl''.

There are certain spots in Green Hill Zone where the ground will crumble down when stepped on. They are more particularly located at the edge of cliffs. In ''Brawl'', the middle of the stage crumbles if heavily damaged. Throughout ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', there are "lamp posts" with a blue bulb on top that serve as checkpoints and are activated when the player runs past them. Also, when they are activated, the top section spins for a short period of time and the bulb turns red. In ''Brawl'', the posts occasionally appear on stage and can only be activated by attacking the bulb. They serve as a stage hazard when activated as it spins and delivers knockback to whoever comes in contact.

There are three friends of Sonic's who can occasionally be seen running through the shuttle loop: Miles "Tails" Prower, who first appeared in ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2''; Knuckles the Echidna, who made his debut in ''Sonic the Hedgehog 3'' and is also Sonic's rival; and Silver the Hedgehog, who debuted in ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006).

==Tournament Legality==

[[File:Greenhill.jpg|left|right|thumb|200px|The west view of Green Hill Zone.]]

On March 17th 2009, the [[BBR]] announced that the stage should be banned, as opposed to its former status as a counterpick, and the stage has since been universally banned in tournament play. Many players take issue with Green Hill Zone for its extremely campy nature. The most effective strategy when fighting here is to camp the signposts, which have a centralising effect due to their significant defensive power for an already highly defensive game, and this can severely elongate the flow of the match.  Another major issue with the stage is its deep slope design, which besides being awkward to fight on, players can [[DI]] and [[tech]] into, creating a [[cave of life]] effect that allows them to potentially live to extreme percentages. Furthermore, both sides of the stage have permanent walk-off edges, favoring [[chain throw]]s or simply camping the edge; the frequent absence of a lower blast-line also negates any off-stage play.

==Trivia==

*When playing as [[Pokémon Trainer]], he stands on top of the loop.

*Sometimes, the bridge will slow down an attack like [[Spin Dash]] or [[Wario Bike]]. This is rather ironic considering that, in the ''Sonic'' series, a player would ordinarily use the Spin Dash in an area with this stage's layout in order to quickly accelerate to max speed.

*A mistake currently exists in the Spanish and United Kingdom versions of the [[Smash Bros. DOJO!!|DOJO!!]] of this stage's page: instead of displaying the ''Sonic'' universe icon, Sonic's head's silhouette, it has the symbol of the [[Mario (universe)|''Mario'' universe]], which is a mushroom.^{[http://www.smashbros.com/wii/es/stages/stage27.html]}

*When a section of the stage regenerates, if a player is below the regenerated ground, they will fall through the ground.

*The musical selection for Green Hill Zone makes a subtle reference towards [[Sega]] in the first letters of each track that ends in "Zone": '''S'''crap Brain Zone, '''E'''merald Hill Zone, '''G'''reen Hill Zone and '''A'''ngel Island Zone.

*Green Hill Zone is one of only three stages in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series to be featured as a stage in fighting games outside of the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, the others being [[Boxing Ring]] and [[Pyrosphere]]. Green Hill Zone appears in ''Sonic Battle'' as an unlockable stage, an arena in the arcade fighter "Sonic the Fighters", and in the Japan-only ''[[wikipedia:Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax|Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax]]''.^{[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r10U7ZvMrNI#t=17s]}

File:Green Hill Zone background characters.jpg|(From right to left) [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]], [[Silver the Hedgehog|Silver]] and [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]] running in the background.

File:Green Hill 07.jpg|The Green Hill zone as seen in ''Sonic Adventure 2''.

File:Spanish DOJO Green Hill Zone.png|The error on the dojo.

Image:GHZ3ds.png|Green Hill Zone in the 3DS version of ''[[SSB4]]''.

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWJ6lJtwMYc&feature=fvsr Green Hill Zone in action]