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Frozen Base Zone is the tenth and penultimate Zone of Sonic Superstars. It is an underground, frozen stronghold on the Northstar Islands belonging to Dr. Eggman. The Zone contains two standard Acts, as well as an optional Act exclusive to Tails.
Description[]
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Frozen Base Zone is a subterranean, industrialized base apparently in a frozen region on the Northstar Islands. This mysterious place hides many familiar technologies, such as mass-produced Egg Mobiles and destroyed robots[1].
Story[]
Sonic and his friends, Tails, Knuckles and Amy, have reached the icy region known as Frozen Base Zone, as they are one step closer of saving the Northstar Islands from the evil Eggman.
Overview[]
Act 1[]
Frozen Base Zone Act 1 takes the player through and around Eggman's underground base, with upper routes taking place outside of the base, while lower paths have the player navigate through the many traps within the game. Common throughout the Act are snowblowers, conveyor belts that can change the direction of their flow via switches, and scaffolding that will drop characters shortly after they've been landed on.
Towards the end of the Act, players will have to quickly navigate the unstable terrain caused by the Egg Fortress' activation to reach the center of the base.
Act Tails[]
Taking an alternate route to the base's center, Tails navigates a level layout different from that of Act 1. Although many of Act 1's gimmicks are still present--Crushers are also present throughout the indoor sections of this Act, and aerial obstacles are more commonplace.
During Trip's Story, this Act serves as her Act 2, and is mandatory to complete.
Act 2[]
The Zone's second Act takes place in the sky as the players each hop on board one of four Egg Mobiles. During this Act, they will have to avoid enemy attack in order to destroy the enemy-producing Badniks throughout the looping area. After the player destroys all Badniks, they face two bosses back-to-back.
During Trip's Story, this Act serves as her Act 3.
Boss[]
Sub-boss[]
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Main Boss[]
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Music[]
| Name | Artist(s) | Length | Music track |
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| "Frozen Base Zone Act 1" | Jun Senoue | 2:44 | |
| "Frozen Base Zone Act Tails" | Yasuyuki Nagata | 2:46 | |
| "Frozen Base Zone Act 2" | Hiro | 2:33 |
Trivia[]
- Continuing from Cyber Station Zone into Tails' act of Frozen Base Zone allows the player to skip Act 1 of the Zone completely.
- This makes Frozen Base Zone Act 1 the only optional numbered Act in the Main Story of Sonic Superstars.
- During the Main Story, Trip will appear alongside a giant, yeti-esque Animal holding the player's path open.
- If Trip is currently active as a player character, she will be absent from the giant yeti's side.
- In Act 2, the Egg Mobile the player controls changes depending on the character they're playing as. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy pilot the Egg Mobile from the game they first appeared in, while Trip pilots the Egg Scorcher Mark III.
- Act 2 is a direct homage to Fantasy Zone, a shoot-em-up game developed by Sega first released in 1986. The Badniks that appear in said act are modeled after Dralinfuller, Quili-Quili, Coulon, Moocolon, Sourtham, and Bottaco. Additionally, Tails' Egg Mobile highly resembles Opa-Opa. The bosses of the stage are based off of Stunpalon and Volanda.
- The music that plays in Frozen Base Act 2 was also composed by the composer of Fantasy Zone's soundtrack.
Gallery[]
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Concept artwork[]
Screenshots[]
Maps[]
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 Act 1  Act 1 (Trip)  Act Tails  Act 2 (Trip)  Act 2 |