Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit) scrapped enemies

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Numerous enemies were conceived for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the Sega Mega Drive, most of which were not used in the final product. The following lists the known Sonic 2 enemies that were scrapped before being implemented in the game at any stage.

This list does not include six enemies that were implemented at some point; BBat, BFish, Gator, Redz, Snail and Stegway. While not seen in the final product, these six can be found in prototypes, with fully working code and graphics.

While some enemies were close to being implemented, others were little more than concept art sketches. This list is roughly ordered top-to-bottom from the closest to completion, to the least finished. Most of these enemies were created by Tom Payne, with Hirokazu Yasuhara helping to decide how they were to behave in game.

Enemies with incomplete artwork

Development floppy disks from Tom Payne suggest work began on producing sprites for the following enemies, but none are ever thought to have made it into a build of Sonic 2.

Others

Banper (バンパー)

An enemy with springs designed to send Sonic flying if jumped on. The sketches suggest it was designed for "Desert Zone" and "Rock Zone". It might have become the Crawl enemy.

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A collection of sketches produced by Tom Payne suggest plenty of other enemy ideas were on the table:

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  Squid, Lobster, Pterodactyl or Vulture, Dragonfly, Mole and Frog

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  Snails and other ideas

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  Enemies incorporating springs

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  Squid

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  Pigs, insects, frogs, octopus

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  Pillbug

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  "Desert World" enemies, including exploding cacti

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  Penguin with a spring, Porcupine

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  A bonucing orb thing

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  Desert/rock world enemy list

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