User blog comment:Mystic Monkey/If I made a Sonic movie/@comment-37217147-20190502014936/@comment-679780-20190502021353

Thanks. The island of Kauai was pretty much the inspiration. The Kuilau Ridge Trail being pretty much Green Hill Zone.

It also borrows a few pages from the Jurassic Park movies with the idea of research facilities on tropical islands and messing with lifeforms.