Mirage Saloon Zone

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Mirage Saloon Zone
Eighth Zone, Sonic Mania
Number of Acts: 2
Level themes: desert/western, carnival/casino, sky
Sub-boss: Mirage Saloon Zone Mini-Boss (Sonic Mania)
Boss: Heavy Magician

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Mirage Saloon Zone is a brand new zone in Sonic Mania, and the eighth zone in the game. This level is based on the scrapped level Desert Dazzle from the 2011 remake of Sonic CD.

This zone is based on the American deserts of the old west, presenting to the bottom mountains and other rock formations. The place also presents a cactus vegetation with varied forms.

While its inner part boils down to structures based on the wild west saloon bars, with swivel stools and piano keys. In addition to presenting areas with reminescent of the stages of casino, with the predominance of bumpers and pinball flippers. To the bottom of the interior parts you can see posters with the inscription "Wanted" of characters considered forgotten of the franchise, similar to what happens in City Escape of Sonic Generations.

Returning to its exterior, one has the presence of a new gimmick, a revolver, that depending on the aim of the player, it throws to certain distances. In addition, another gimmicks present is that of seltz that when casting water bubbles, create a new temporary path.

Act 1 is very different depending on your character. When playing as Sonic or Tails, the entire Act is styled like Sky Chase Zone in that the player is standing on the Tornado in an auto-scroller, surviving an onslaught of badniks summoned by the Heavy Magician and eventually boarding Eggman's freight train briefly before taking to the sky again. Knuckles, due to being knocked off the Tornado by the Heavy Magician, plays through a completely different Act 1 set in the canyons of the desert that make use of his abilities.

Enemies

• Armadilloid - Armadillo-like Badniks, resembling Turtloid.
• Cactula - Spherical enemy with a small propeller that drops a spiked ball on Sonic when he moves underneath it. Based on Nebula from Sonic the Hedgehog 2's Sky Chase Zone, now with cactus camouflage.
• Roller - A fast-moving Badnik, rolling down the hills. From Sonic the Hedgehog's Spring Yard Zone but red.
• Bumpalo - A Badnik resembling a buffalo with a spring on its back.
• Vultron - An eagle-like Badnik, sitting on the cacti. When the player approaches it starts to fly.
• Rattlekiller - A green Caterkiller which twists on the columns.

References

Reference	Appears in	Source Game	Source Level
Roller's appearance	Act 1 (Knuckles), Act 2	Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)	Spring Yard Zone
Rotating columns of spike balls	Act 1 (Knuckles), Act 2	Sonic the Hedgehog CD	Collision Chaos
Concept base for the creation of the stage, including his art.	Act 1, Act 2	Sonic the Hedgehog CD (2011)	Desert Dazzle
Bark the Polar Bear, Bean the Dynamite and Fang the Sniper "wanted" posters.	Act 1 (Knuckles), Act 2	Sonic Generations	City Escape (Sonic Generations)
The style of Act 1 of Sonic and Tails itself.	Act 1 (Sonic and Tails)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)	Sky Chase Zone
The aviator sunglasses used by Tails.	Act 1 (Sonic and Tails)	Sonic the Hedgehog (anime)
Goggles used by Sonic.	Act 1 (Sonic and Tails)	Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) Beta
A couple of armadillo-like Badniks. Remembering the turtle couples known as Turtloids.	Act 1 (Sonic and Tails)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Sky Chase Zone
Spiker's see-saws	Act 1 (Knuckles)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)	Hill Top Zone
Insurable vines	Act 1 (Knuckles)	Sonic the Hedgehog 3	Angel Island Zone
Boss fight similar to Dangerous Ball Tower	Act 1 (Knuckles)	Sonic Chaos	Gigapolis Zone
Nebula's appearance	Act 1	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)	Sky Chase Zone
Piano bumpers	Act 2	Sonic Advance 2	Music Plant
Sound effects during the fight against Heavy Magician.	Act 2	Sonic Triple Trouble

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