Blue Coast Zone

Sonic Rivals 2

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Blue Coast Zone

First Zone, Sonic Rivals 2
Number of Acts: 3 + Boss
Level theme: tropical island
Boss: Egg Liner
Sunset Forest Zone →

Blue Coast Zone is the opening level of Sonic Rivals 2 for the PSP. A beach side area crammed full of Greco-Roman buildings, the Zone contains three Acts plus a boss fight at the end. As with most of Rivals 2, the Zone is located on an unnamed island somewhere in Sonic's world.

An unusual variation on the Tropical Island theme, Blue Coast Zone does indeed feature palm trees and beaches, but they are very much overshadowed by the vast quantity of alabaster masonry and blue/white paving stones of the Classical-style seafront. The giant edifices of Oceanside development sport artificial waterfalls and fountains throughout, along with centurion statues and hanging lapis lazuli draperies. The heavy Greek theme later returned in Sonic Unleashed's Apotos region.

Story

The various intertwining journeys of the eight playable characters all start off in Blue Coast Zone. Sonic rendezvous with Tails, who reports that chao have been disappearing lately. The fox suspects Eggman, who (seemingly) is somewhere on the island as well. Meanwhile Knuckles, having recently lost the Master Emerald again, encounters Rouge, who (it is later revealed) is snooping around for the Chaos Emeralds. Rouge offers to lead the echidna to Eggman, under the presumption that the scientist will (as usual) be in some way responsible for the Master Emerald's disappearance. The two duos bump into each other, with Sonic and Knuckles racing to find Eggman first, while Tails chases Rouge after she threatens to pre-inform the Doctor about Sonic & Tails' presence on the island.

Elsewhere in the Zone, Espio receives a transmission from Vector instructing him to investigate the same chao disappearances. Vector suspects Silver's involvement, and tells Espio to go undercover to tail the futuristic hedgehog. Simultaneously, Shadow is surprised to find himself hunted down by Metal Sonic. Communicating through the robot's speakers, Dr. Eggman enigmatically requests the Ultimate Lifeform's help in preventing the destruction of the world. Before he can elaborate, he spots Silver and Espio, and orders Shadow and Metal Sonic to pursue them. Shadow follows Silver while the robot chases Espio.

Level Composition

ACT	Sonic	Tails	Knuckles	Rouge	Shadow	Metal Sonic	Espio	Silver
Act 1	Race: Knuckles	Race: Rouge	Race: Sonic	Race: Tails	Race: Silver	Race: Espio	Race: Metal Sonic	Race: Shadow
Act 2	Knock-Out (3): Knuckles	Tag (0:45): Rouge	Knock-Out (3): Sonic	Tag (1:30): Tails	Knock-Out (3): Silver	Knock-Out (3): Espio	Laps Race: Metal Sonic	Knock-Out (3): Shadow
Act 3	Race: Tails vs. Rouge	Race: Sonic vs. Knuckles	Race: Rouge vs. Tails	Race: Knuckles vs. Sonic	Race: Metal Sonic vs. Espio	Race: Shadow vs. Silver	Race: Silver vs. Shadow	Race: Espio vs. Metal Sonic
Boss	Vs. Knuckles	Vs. Rouge	Vs. Sonic	Vs. Tails	Vs. Silver	Vs. Espio	Vs. Metal Sonic	Vs. Shadow

Trivia

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Blue Coast Zone is one of only a very few Sonic levels to feature hang-gliding. This stage join Sky High Zone from Sonic 2, Altitude Limit from Sonic Rush, Machine Labyrinth from Sonic Rush Adventure, and Shadow's sections of Crisis City, Kingdom Valley and Wave Ocean from Sonic '06.
The background music for Act 1 is Sonic Rivals 2's theme song, Race to Win.
A giant statue of Sonic makes up part of the scenery just before the end of Act 1.