Meta Junglira Zone


 * See also: Sonic Triple Trouble

Meta Junglira Zone is the first level of Sonic Triple Trouble for the Sega Game Gear. As with other stages in this game, Meta Junglira consists of two standard Acts followed by a shorter, third Act which contains the Zone's boss. The level comes after Sunset Park Zone and preceeds Robotnik Winter.

Meta Junglira is a sprawling, swampy rainforest. The bottom of the level is filled with viscous, muddy water; keep jumping, because sinking off the bottom of the screen is not condusive to Sonic or Tails' good health. Strange basket-like plants above the mud can launch Sonic skywards, into a thick canopy of wooden passageways. Bouncy fruits hang from the trees, frequently responsible for rebounding our heroes straight back down to where they came from.

Boss
As in Triple Trouble's predecessor, Sonic Chaos, our old friend Doctor Robotnik apparently thinks he's too important to face Sonic or Tails personally this game. Instead the Doctor deploys larger, tougher, nastier badniks as boss robots.

Whatever strange Japanese concept Meta Junglira's boss name references, it is in practice some sort of jauntily-coloured robotic tree snake, with a segmented spherical body reminiscant of Gigalopolis's final mecha in Sonic Chaos. The automaton swings back and forth from the canopy, putting up very lttle resistance to the Mobian's spin attacks. In fact, you're quite a lot more likely to die in the aftermath of the fight; once destroyed, burning pieces of the snake's body rain down from the trees, requiring quite nimble dodging.