Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)/Beta elements

This article pertains to the beta elements from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).

Characters
Originally, every character was going to have his own episodes, but in the final version, the idea was scrapped. Metal Sonic was also going to be an extra playable character, but also scrapped.

Super Hard
There was originally a mode named "Super Hard" for Sonic, Shadow and Silver for a hard type of missions for each character. However in the final version, it was absent. Though it is unknown if it the same DLC Very Hard mode or not.

Unused missions
"''Get to the goal within minutes!" "Collect rings! " "Defeat all enemies!" "Wipe out all enemies!" "Get to the goal within minutes! " "Collect rings!" "Get to the goal before your rival!" "Get to the goal before the ghost!" "Find Chao! " "Find the Goal Ring!" "Get to the new Goal Ring!" "Clear the minigame!" "Clear hard mode!"''

Those all are unused in the Final version. As neither the Chao or ghost appeared in the game, nor does the game enable the player to select a mode like in Sonic Heroes/Sonic Adventure 2.

Music selection
In game files, there are plenty musics that are used in many games like:
 * Sonic the Hedgehog 2
 * Sonic the Hedgehog 3
 * Sonic 3D Blast
 * Sonic & Knuckles
 * Sonic Adventure
 * Sonic Adventure 2
 * Sonic Heroes
 * Sonic R
 * Sonic Riders
 * Shadow the Hedgehog

Super Gem/Rainbow Gem
Super Gem is an item that was in the Demo/final version of the game, but was not finished and scrapped. By hacking through the game's files, the player can make it in use, but it will make Sonic just use a "Transformation pose" with no special capabilities.

Speed Up
There was an item in the game that Silver can buy in the Shop to increase his speed. However it is also absent from the final version.

HUD items
Along with the Custom Actions, Keys, Medals, gift and Disks, there are the items like the Rainbow Gem and other items that are just in game data, but not in the final version.

Unused Warp Gates
Every stage has a Warp Gate, but Crisis City, Flame Core and the End of the World have not. However, there is an image in the game-files that has an image for every gate, Including the three absent stages.

His World
There is unused version of the music without lyrics. Originally, this version is scattered through many sides in the game, like the Main settings, Multiplayer,TV ads and Solaris phase 2, but not completed in all of those.

Dreams of Absolution
Silver's original theme is also different than his one in the final version.