White Jungle

White Jungle is the ninth stage in the Hero storyline of Sonic Adventure 2 and the second stage playable with Shadow. It represents Shadow cutting through the jungle before the island blows up.

Plot

After placing Eggman’s bomb and sets the timer for ten minutes, Shadow listens to Rouge tell the tale of being locked inside Security Hall with the Chaos Emeralds after destroying R-1/A FLYING DOG and is too humiliated to find a way out. After Shadow parallels Maria and Rouge, he can’t help but want to save her. He cuts through the jungle at high speed regardless of his wish to destroy everything and everyone. At some point his and Sonic’s path meet, and the two fight for the first time.

Level layout

Appearance

White Jungle is a forest / jungle like themed level, with thick green vegetation and platforms shaped like half pipes made of tree trunks. In addition there are lit torches flanking the way that and purple like lights that will float around in midair. It is located in the forest on the outskirts of the GUN base of Prison Island.

The major gimmick of this level is the vine pulls that launch Shadow from one platform section to the other. In addiction, the level has a time limit as well, which is of 10 minutes.

Other level specific objects are greenery of various sorts, torches as mentioned above, that will hurt Shadow if touched, and small purple mushrooms Shadow can pick up.

Level divisions

Shadow first starts in a tree trunk platform shaped like a half-pipe and at the end he’s launched through a vine to a larger platform. Beyond some GUN robots there’s a vine pull and two wooden structures. The vine pull will launch Shadow to an above platform, with two wooden structures. After summersault them, there’s a second vine pull that will lead to yet another platform above, where the first Point Marker is. Back to the GUN robots platform and after summersault the two wooden structures and the GUN Beetles, there’s a vine pull that will also lead to the platform with the first Point Marker.

Past this, there’s another half-pipe tree trunk section and at the end, a platform. There’re two wooden structures past some Rhino Spikes and a small niche past another two to the left of the tree trunk. To the right, there’re some GUN robots, an upreel at the end and a vine pull. Past the pull, there’s a second platform with a crusher, and at the end, a spring which will lead to a third platform. Here the way branches into two that eventually will lead to a ledge in the tree above, a vine pull to the front and a set of moving platforms to the right. Past the ledge and the summersault, there’s a long tunnel that leads to the second Point Marker.

After, there’s a half-pipe tree trunk section and a loop, which will lead to yet another tunnel. There’s a path to the left, but there’s also a moving platform that will lead to the medium height level above. There’re two ways, by the dash panel loop or the vine pull, to the higher level and past the wooden containers, there’s the third Point Marker.

Past this, there’s another half-pipe tree trunk section which will lead to a larger platform. Here there’s a trail of rings that lead to the second platform, and a hole in the floor under the wooden container, that will lead to a level below, where the Air Shoes upgrade is. Past some trail of rings and some platforms, there’s the second platform mentioned above. From here there’s a tree trunk loop and section that will eventually lead to a third large platform. After a vine pull there’s a fourth platform with a crusher and past this and the wooden structures there are some springs that take to the level above. To the back of this platform there’s a Mystic Melody, which will lead to some platforms to the above right, and to the front there’s a set vine pull that will lead to a fifth platform, with another vine pull close by, that will lead to the Goal platform. Past the vine pull there’s a path to the left, which after a trail of rings will also lead to the Goal platform.

Other versions

White Jungle shares its setting and level objects with Sonic's Green Forest, but the former is far more mystic themed than the latter. It's of no wonder, since both stages are located at the Prison Island forest located at the outskirts of the GUN base.

In Sonic Riders, there is a racetrack called White Cave. This was probably inspired by White Jungle, as they both bear some resemblence. Also note that in both, the half-pipes are actually trees.

Locations

Animals

Animal	Number	Location
<iimg>Bear!</iimg>	2	First Point Marker: Above the upreel. Third Point Marker: By whistling on the small raised ledge with the palmtree above, past the wooden structures at the end of the fifth platform,
<iimg>Peacock!</iimg>	2	First Point Marker: On the back of the first platform. Third Point Marker: On the platform after the first trail of rings past the upgrade platform.
<iimg>Parrot!</iimg>	4	Beginning: By whistling under the second palmtree after the arches, on the first half-pipe tree trunk section. First Point Marker: Above the crusher on the second platform. Second Point Marker: Between the dash panels and the vine pull, a the middle height level of the tunnel. Third Point Marker: Above a tree trunk to the right of the GUN robots on the third platform.
<iimg>Skunk!</iimg>	3	Beginning: Under the wooden structure, by the beginning of the first platform. First Point Marker: By the tree trunk after the two wooden structure on the first platform. Third Point Marker: Below the wooden structure on the fourth platform and past the crusher.
Random	8	Beginning: On a purple mushroom close to the second vine pull. First Point Marker: In a pipe, on the first platform to the left of the Rhino Spikes. First Point Marker: On a purple mushroom on the third platform. Second Point Marker: On a purple mushroom at the back of the tunnel. Second Point Marker: In a pipe between some tree roots, at the highest level of the tunnel. Third Point Marker: In a purple mushroom past the wooden structures on the upgrade platform. Third Point Marker: In a pipe to the left of the small raised ledges on the third platform. Third Point Marker: In a pipe close to the Mystic Melody.
Total	20?

The level specific animal (third Chao box) is a Dragon.

Big the Cat

Contrarily to every other level besides Cannon's Core, there're two cameos of Big in this level.

• After the third Point Marker and while on the last vine of all, the camera will tilt a bit and Big can be seen on a tree branch to the right, laying on it and taking a rest.
• On the Goal platform, stand on the north edge near the water. Big is seen sitting on a tree to the left.

Chao containers

• First Point Marker: Past the wooden structures to the left of the tree trunk, on the first platform
• Third Point Marker: Past the wooden structures after the crusher, on the fourth platform.
• Third Point Marker: Past the wooden structures at the end of the fifth platform.

Gold Beetle

The Gold Beetle can be found at the third platform, after the third Point Marker.

Lost Chao

After the third Point Marker, there's a platform with a crusher. Go to to end of it, hit the springs to reach the level above. Go back, activate the Mystic Melody, jump through the platforms and go all the way to the end.

Upgrade

Shadow's Air Shoes upgrade can be found here, on a room accessed by a hole in the floor under the wooden container, located at the first large platform after the third Point Marker.

Trivia

• There's a dash panel placed slightly below the underside of the first half-cut tree section. Even if hit, It serves no purpose.