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These scans come from various magazines. They show ''Sonic 2'' when it was in earlier stages of development. | These scans come from various magazines. They show ''Sonic 2'' when it was in earlier stages of development. | ||
===Various=== | ===Various=== | ||
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Image:S2Title.jpg|Title screen looks a bit different than final and lacks Tails. | Image:S2Title.jpg|Title screen looks a bit different than final and lacks Tails. | ||
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===Underground Zone=== | ===Underground Zone=== | ||
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Image:S2 UZ.jpg|Here the roof is lower than in the final. | Image:S2 UZ.jpg|Here the roof is lower than in the final. | ||
File:Consoles issue11 page024 cropped 2.jpg|Wheels can be seen sparking. Different life icon. Possible mockup. | File:Consoles issue11 page024 cropped 2.jpg|Wheels can be seen sparking. Different life icon. Possible mockup. | ||
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===Sky High Zone=== | ===Sky High Zone=== | ||
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Image:S2 GHZ2.JPG|Prototype screenshots show Sky High and Green Hills using some very basic checkered floors, similar to [[Sonic 1 (8-bit)|Sonic 1]]. | Image:S2 GHZ2.JPG|Prototype screenshots show Sky High and Green Hills using some very basic checkered floors, similar to [[Sonic 1 (8-bit)|Sonic 1]]. | ||
Image:S2 GHZ4.jpg|There's palette differences and more trees than the final game too. | Image:S2 GHZ4.jpg|There's palette differences and more trees than the final game too. | ||
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===Aqua Lake Zone=== | ===Aqua Lake Zone=== | ||
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File:GGSonic2 AquaLakeCheckerboardFloor.jpg|Checkerboard floor in the 2nd act. Found on the outside of a [[sega:File:GG US Box Back Sonic2.jpg|UK ''Sonic 2'' Game Gear bundle box]]. [http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=8815&view=findpost&p=796674] | File:GGSonic2 AquaLakeCheckerboardFloor.jpg|Checkerboard floor in the 2nd act. Found on the outside of a [[sega:File:GG US Box Back Sonic2.jpg|UK ''Sonic 2'' Game Gear bundle box]]. [http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=8815&view=findpost&p=796674] | ||
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===Green Hills Zone=== | ===Green Hills Zone=== | ||
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Image:S2 GHZ.jpg|As Green Hills Zone shares many of the graphics from Sky High, it makes sense for it to have similar early checkered floors. | Image:S2 GHZ.jpg|As Green Hills Zone shares many of the graphics from Sky High, it makes sense for it to have similar early checkered floors. | ||
Image:S2 GHZ3.JPG|Again. It was likely this zone was due to appear first (instead of Underground Zone), but was altered last minute. | Image:S2 GHZ3.JPG|Again. It was likely this zone was due to appear first (instead of Underground Zone), but was altered last minute. | ||
Revision as of 16:31, 20 August 2014
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has gone through several changes over its development process. There are several rejected ideas, level designs, and other things that were left on the cutting room floor. The following details several of these things.
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Early Game Design
These scans come from various magazines. They show Sonic 2 when it was in earlier stages of development.
Various
Title screen looks a bit different than final and lacks Tails.
Underground Zone
Here the roof is lower than in the final.
Wheels can be seen sparking. Different life icon. Possible mockup.
Sky High Zone
Prototype screenshots show Sky High and Green Hills using some very basic checkered floors, similar to Sonic 1.
There's palette differences and more trees than the final game too.
This style is used in the opening cutscene, the ending and can be seen scrolling in the title card animations.
The handgliding section of act 2. The clouds seem to be different.
The lightning is also yellow rather than blue
Aqua Lake Zone
Checkerboard floor in the 2nd act. Found on the outside of a UK Sonic 2 Game Gear bundle box. [1]
Green Hills Zone
As Green Hills Zone shares many of the graphics from Sky High, it makes sense for it to have similar early checkered floors.
Again. It was likely this zone was due to appear first (instead of Underground Zone), but was altered last minute.
An early Map. The trees and flowers are different.
Again.
This battle takes place in Gimmick Mt. Zone in final. Rings can be seen. Robotnik is not present in any boss battles. This image could be a possible mockup.
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