Oil Desert Zone

Oil Desert Zone is the third zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II, and the eighth zone in Sonic 4 as a whole. It was first revealed as a single screenshot with the first set of screenshots of the game shown, but was shown more in a trailer released on April 5. It is an oil refinery within a shifting desert that, appearance-wise, is a hybrid of Oil Ocean Zone, from Sonic 2 and Sandopolis, from Sonic & Knuckles. It even takes some ideas from both zones, such as oil slides and rising sand sections.

Titles

 * Act 1 - Through the Sandstorm
 * Act 2 - Beneath the Sands
 * Act 3 - A Crude Trap
 * Boss - A Giant Born of Scrap Metal

Act 1 - Through the Sandstorm
After defeating Metal Sonic in the Roller coaster section of White Park Act 2, Sonic and Tails came across a strange oil refinery built in the middle of a desert. Suddenly, a sandstorm picks up, but will that stop Sonic and Tails from getting out of the oil refinery and through the raging sands?

Act 2 - Beneath the Sands
Following the sandstorm from Act 1, the two come across the oil part of the desert. With oil slides and quicksand pools in their path, will the unstoppable duo make it through this strange refinery?

Act 3 - A Crude Trap
Strangely the oil refinery has turned into a garbage dump with overfilled oil pools, sand slides, and rising sand areas reminiscent of Sandopolis Zone. Will the duo make it out of the garbage dump alive?

Boss - A Giant Born of Scrap Metal
After making it out of the rising sand area, Sonic and Tails come across Eggman inside a huge oil drum. The evil mastermind pulls out a magnet installed to his hovercraft, and dives in a bunch of scrap metal. Soon robot arms shoot up, along with his new creation, a new machine made out of scrap to take on the duo once again.

Badniks

 * Sandworm
 * Scarabesque
 * Flamer
 * Bubbles

Trivia

 * The music for Act 1 has the same drumbeat of Metropolis Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
 * The music in Act 2 became a meme among fans, due to the instrument at the begining resembling "dying ducks."
 * In Act 3, the Oil Refinery has turned into a garbage dump, although it is unknown why.
 * The music in the first act of the zone is similar to the music from the first act of Lost Labyrinth Zone.