Gene Gadget Zone

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Gene Gadget Zone
Sixth Zone, Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island
Number of Acts: 3
Location: Flicky Island
Level theme: industrial
Boss: Gene Gadget Zone boss
Maximum rings, Act 1: 51 + 106 + 138
Maximum rings, Act 2: 139 + 144
Maximum rings, Act 3: 8
Flickies, Act 1: █ 0 + 3 + 1 █ 2 + 1 + 2 █ 3 + 1 + 2
Flickies, Act 2: █ 1 + 1 █ 1 + 2 █ 3 + 2
Non-English names: DE: Zone des GenapparatesMedia:Sonic3D Sat EU manual.pdf FR: La zone des gadgetsMedia:Sonic3D Sat EU manual.pdf ES: Zona de los artilugios rarosMedia:Sonic3D Sat EU manual.pdf IT: Zona del congegno dei geniMedia:Sonic3D Sat EU manual.pdf NL: De technische snufjesMedia:Sonic3D Sat EU manual.pdf
← Volcano Valley Zone | Panic Puppet Zone →

Gene Gadget Zone is the sixth Zone of Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Saturn, coming after Volcano Valley and before Panic Puppet. As with other stages in this game, Gene Gadget consists of two standard Acts followed by a third Act containing only the boss fight. In Acts 1 and 2, Sonic must free captured Flickies from inside Badniks, depositing five of the birds into a Goal Ring to progress between sections of the level (usually three per Act).

Overview

The pause screen for this Zone in the Saturn version.

Apparently right outside the volcano on Flicky Island, the Zone is filled with massive glass cauldrons of cruel biochemistry and yellow/black hazard stripes all over the place - precisely what you'd expect from Dr. Eggman's genetic research lab. Getting around the Zone involves large transport tubes and industrial fans that turn on conveniently as soon as Sonic steps on them. Electrified floors are also a problem here, though the regular Blue Shield will provide protection from them somehow.

Tails and Knuckles don't appear at this point of the game anymore. As a result, the player cannot try for the Chaos Emeralds, and no bonuses can be collected from Knuckles and Tails, and those bonuses are not even present at the end of Act tally. There are no more Sonic Medals to be found, either.

The boss sees Sonic fight the Doctor above a deadly conveyor belt.

Quotes

“	This mixed-up mechazone is chock full of pipes, tubes and wiring. Not to mention electrified floors, shocking beam weapons, and industrial fans that will blow Sonic away!	„
— Sonic 3D US manualMedia:Sonic3D Sat US manual.pdf

Enemies

Gene Gadget includes three different varieties of Badnik, none of which are named in official media, but are named in development tools:

	Fish — The puffer fish robot returns from Spring Stadium Zone. Releases a purple Flicky.
	Octopus — A turret-like octopus robot. Releases a red Flicky.
	Mouse — A roaming mouse robot. Releases a green Flicky.

In other media

Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW comics)

In the Tails' 30th Anniversary Special one-shot from IDW Publishing, Gene Gadget Zone is the third location on Flicky Island to be visited by Tails. Here, Tails went up against Bearrenger, and called for the Flickies to irritate the bear enough to put his rocket into full power, leading him to fly straight into one of the transport tubes that dumped him into a chemical vat, allowing Tails to salvage another part from his rocket.