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Studiopolis Zone
Third Zone, Sonic Mania
Number of Acts: 2
Level themes: urban, carnival/casino
Sub-boss: Heavy Gunner
Boss: Weather Mobile

Studiopolis Zone is the third zone of Sonic Mania, and the first completely original zone in both gameplay and reveal order, making Studiopolis the flagship zone of Sonic Mania.

After beating Dr. Robotnik in Chemical Plant, the factory pipeline takes the player to a sewage cap, where he leaves, in Studiopolis.

Studiopolis is a theater/cinema themed level, with the first Act being set outside in a colourful city with tall skyscrapers and buildings, street lamps with spinning rings inside, fragile shop windows filled with TV sets, giant popcorn machines, vans that "transmit" the player through satellite dishes and out of TVs, extending director chairs, and giant clapperboards that catapult the player upwards. Dotted around the zone are LED marquees with phrases on them such as "BY THE MANIA, FOR THE MANIA" and "LOCK-ON TECHNOLOGY". Geographically, the city is located on West Side Island, probably in area near Chemical Plant.

Act 2 is set inside Dr. Eggman's giant television studio, featuring stacks of monitors with Eggman's face on them, falling stage lights that the player can stand on, electrical cables that act as transport tubes, and panels that reveal words and phrases such as "EGGMAN PIRATE TV" when flipped. There are also giant glass spheres that function as lottery machines when entered, dispensing four lottery balls that make up a sum equating to how many rings the player will earn. If an Eggman ball is dispensed, the player will instead lose rings equal to the sum of the other three balls.

After defeating the boss, a news feed appears on the giant monitor, showing Flying Battery Zone flying over the city. The player then runs offscreen, only to reappear on the monitor and grab onto the blimp.

Enemies

References

Reference Appears in Source Game Source Level
Neon signs reading "PINK BOT", a reference to the "PINE POT" signs in Streets of Rage. Act 1 Streets of Rage Stage 1
"COPE" and "CPU" graffiti on train cars. Act 1 Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) Spring Yard Zone
News vans labelled "Hornet". Act 1 Daytona USA
Sound effect the vans make when the player enters them (exactly the same as the sound heard during entering doors in Sonic Spinball). Act 1 Sonic Spinball
Teleporting rings from the vans, similar to ones from Death Egg Zone. Act 1 Sonic & Knuckles Death Egg Zone
Popcorn machines labelled "SegaSonic Popcorn Shop". Act 1 SegaSonic Popcorn Shop
LED sign reading "GOOD! GREAT! AWESOME! OUTSTANDING! AMAZING!" Act 1 Sonic Colors
LED sign reading "BY THE MANIA, FOR THE MANIA". Act 1 Catchphrase used during the development of the game to refer to a product "from fans to fans".
LED and neon signs reading "LOCK-ON TECHNOLOGY". Act 1, Act 2 Sonic 3 & Knuckles
LED sign reading "TO BE THIS GOOD TAKES AGES...TO BE THIS GOOD TAKES SEGA". Act 1 UK Sega Mega Drive advertisements.
Rotating UFO-like lamps. Act 1 Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) Beta Marble Zone
Game Gear logo on TV monitors. Act 1 Game Gear
Billboards reading "CLUB SPIN: AGES". Act 1 Club Sega
Flippable tiles that spell out "GENESIS DOES". Act 2 The "Genesis does what Nintendon't" slogan used for the Genesis in the US.
The Gallop logo on the lottery machines. Act 2 Daytona USA
The sound effect heard when entering a funnel. Act 2 Sonic Advance Casino Paradise Zone/Angel Island Zone
Clapperboards with the initials: CW, HC, PWG and SEGA. Act1, Act 2 Christian Whitehead, Headcannon and PagodaWest Games
Cluckoid as a weather reporter. Act 2 Sonic & Knuckles Mushroom Hill Zone
The icon for sunny weather on the weather report being the sun from the "Handling This Cartridge" pages in Sega manuals. Act 2 Various Sega game manuals
Buzzing sound (heard during Sonic 25th Anniversary Party livestream) and numbers 072216 (representing the date of the event on 07/22/2016) on the test card shown on the TV screen at the end of Act 2. Act 2 Sonic 25th Anniversary Party Livestream

Trivia

  • Studiopolis Zone was the first zone ever made for the game, back when it was initially pitched to SEGA as Sonic Discovery.
  • Act 2 had a very different background in the footage seen in the 25th Anniversary stream reveal trailer.
  • When the dev team found out that the name of this zone is the same as the English voice recording studio for the Sonic series, Studiopolis Inc., alternative names were drafted in the event that they would be asked to change it, such as Opening Night Zone and Fame Plaza Zone.

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