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A mockup of Sand Shower Zone.
Sand Shower Zone was the name given to a desert level intended to be featured in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Mega Drive. Prior to the discovery of the [14th prototype of Sonic 2], it was known as Dust Hill Zone.
Description
Sand Shower Zone is a desert, decorated with cacti and assorted plants. The tiles were designed to at some point be used in a winter-themed stage, transforming the sand into snow and the cacti into Christmas trees. The player would navigate terrain both aboveground and belowground, where there were snow/sand tunnels.[1]
Development
Sand Shower was created by Brenda Ross,[1] one of the final level artists added to the Sonic 2 development team. It was referred to in an early concept sketch as Sabaku Zone (literally "Desert Zone"). Time constraints kept the Zone from being added to the final product.
Trivia
- Through hacking, it is possible to access the slot designated for Sand Shower Zone, but much like Genocide City Zone, the 2nd Act of Wood Zone, and Death Egg Zone, all the levels, Sonic is falling to his death, and plays Oil Ocean Zone's music as the music for this stage.
- Brenda Ross called this level's palette swap "Winter Zone".[1]
- Design elements of this Zone were later used for Desert Dazzle, a scrapped stage from the 2011 remaster of Sonic the Hedgehog CD. Elements of Desert Dazzle (and by extention, Sand Shower Zone) were eventually used for the Sonic Mania Zone, Mirage Saloon Zone.
Gallery
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  From a November/December 1992 issue of Sears, Roebuck and Co. Magazine  The correct color scheme. |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brenda Ross Interview. Sonic Research Zone (February 2001). Retrieved on 25 February 2015.
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