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A mockup of Sand Shower Zone.
Sand Shower Zone is a scrapped Zone that was set to appear in Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
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 Zone was created by Brenda Ross,[1] one of the final level artists added to the Sonic the Hedgehog 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[]
- The idea of a desert-themed level was used later in Sandopolis Zone in Sonic & Knuckles.
- Through hacking, it is possible to access the slot designated for Sand Shower Zone. Doing so will bring you to an objectless version of Emerald Hill Zone Act 1, with the music from Oil Ocean Zone.
- Since Oil Ocean Zone used Casino Night Zone's multiplayer theme in the Simon Wai prototype, it's confirmed that the music was originally intended to be used for Sand Shower Zone.
- Brenda Ross called this level's palette swap "Winter Zone", that was another level for the game. She also called Sand shower zone "Desert 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 extension, Sand Shower Zone) were eventually used for Mirage Saloon Zone from Sonic Mania, which is also shown to be on West Side Island.
- This Zone is sometimes confused with Dust Hill Zone, another deleted desert zone that probably used Aquatic Ruin Zone's music in a prototype version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
Gallery[]
Sears, Roebuck and Co. Magazine (November/December 1992)
Animated mockup of Sand Shower Zone (from Brenda Ross's video game art portfolio)
Winter Zone (from Brenda Ross's video game art portfolio)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brenda Ross Interview. Sonic Research Zone (February 2001). Retrieved on 25 February 2015.
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