Windy Hill Zone

Windy Hill Zone
Universe	Sonic
Appears in	SSB4 (Wii U)
Availability	Starter
Crate type	Presents
Maximum players	8
Tracks available	Windy Hill - Zone 1 Green Hill Zone Angel Island Zone Open Your Heart Live & Learn Escape from the City Sonic Heroes Wonder World Right There, Ride On His World (Instrumental) Seven Rings in Hand Knight of the Wind Reach for the Stars Rooftop Run Bolded tracks must be unlocked
Tournament legality Smash 4 Singles: Banned Doubles: Banned

Windy Hill Zone (ウインディヒル, Windy Hill) is a stage in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. The stage is set in the first level of Sonic Lost World by the same name.

Overview

Windy Hill Zone consists of a large main platform, with three smaller platforms above, and a giant moving windmill on the right. The windmill acts as a surface, with platforms connected to each blade, and a portion of the windmill goes past the blast line. If a platform on the windmill goes above the upper blast line and a fighter is still on it, they will be KO'd because YOU'RE TOO SLOW to get off it. The windmill's rotation and speed will also occasionally change during the match.

The main platform consists of a point-like center of gravity; so jumping or getting launched upwards from the edge will cause the character to move diagonally. As the match plays, 2 double-sided springs occasionally appear at both sides of the bottom blast lines. Player's who come in contact with the spring will take high knockback. Seven Animal friends (Flicky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Cucky, Ricky, and Rocky) from Sonic the Hedgehog can be seen in the background.

Ω form

The Omega form does not curve and therefore the gravity is normal. Springs and soft platforms don't appear.

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  Ω form

Origin

Windy Hill Zone first appeared in the game Sonic Lost World. Windy Hill is the first world in Sonic Lost World and is a lush grassy area full of plants and trees. It also contains checkerboard pattern soil, which is similar to how platforms were in the first Zone of Sonic the Hedgehog, Green Hill Zone. The windmill from the level is also present.

Springs first appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog and were either colored red or yellow. They were usually used to allow the player to access higher parts of the levels, or, if the spring is sideways, to make the player run faster. Springs have appeared in numerous Sonic games since, but the design was changed in Sonic Adventure and has remained the same since. The new design features the spring being red and blue with a yellow star in the center. This design; however, first originated in Sonic the Hedgehog as the Bobbins (also known as "Bumpers") in Spring Yard Zone were designed similarly. In this stage, there are springs on each side and their design is based off their appearance in Sonic Lost World; however, there were no springs that were back-to-back in Windy Hill.

The animal friends are recurring characters in the series, having first appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog. They are used by Dr. Eggman, the series antagonist, as living power sources for his robots, and destroying one of these robots will free the animal inside. They also make an appearance in Sonic Lost World where they play the same role, but can additionally be collected to unlock new levels.

Gallery

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• Windy Hill Zone 2.png
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  Sonic taunting in the stage.

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  Sonic in the stage.

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  Sonic and Mario in the stage.

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  Sonic and Mario fighting in the stage.

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  By the windmill.

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  Windy Hill, as it originally appeared in Sonic Lost World.

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  The animal friends seen in the background.

Trivia

• Unlike in other stages, characters are able to be Star and Screen KO'd diagonally here.