Underground Cavern cliché

Hidden Palace Zone, the most infamous example of the Underground Cavern cliché.

This type tends to be very popular among Sonic fans, probably because the famous Hidden Palace Zone was of this type. The setting is a huge cavern, littered with badniks and traps.

First appeared: Labyrinth Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)

Also in:

• Underground Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)
• Hidden Palace Zone and Mystic Cave Zone, Sonic 2
• Lava Reef Zone and Hidden Palace Zone, Sonic & Knuckles