Sonic the Hedgehog 2/Gallery

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Credits

Manuals

Glitches

Beta elements

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Logos

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English logo Japanese logo Japanese logo with "Sonic Team Presents" Tagline text featured on the Japanese cover Concept for European logo Digital English logo Digital Japanese logo

Concept artwork

Characters

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Early Tails design Craig Stitt's submission of Sonic's buddy, named Boomer the Turtle. More of Craig Stitt's art of Boomer the Turtle. Concept artwork of Super Sonic Concept artwork of Super Sonic Concept artwork of Mecha Sonic Early Sketch for the American main artwork Early sketch, likely for the American main artwork American main artwork pencils Preliminary American main artwork Preliminary artwork for American promotional material

Badniks

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Concept art used for the Mega Drive (Japan) manual. Taken from Sonic Generations. Concept of Banper. Sketches of fleshed out, unused badniks, seemingly using springs in their design. The unused Badniks, the Fish and Frog. Various Badniks, including the "Frog", the "Lobster", the "Pterodactyl/Vulture", the "Dragonfly", and the "Mole". Concept of the Frog. Concept of the Frog. Concept of the Frog in motion. Concept of Bubbler and Bubbler's Mother. Concept of Bubbler. Concept of Bubbler's Mother. Concept of Bubbler's Mother. Concept of the unused Badnik, Bee. Concept of the unused Badnik, Bee. Concept of how the unused badnik, Snail, would function. Concept of the Snail. Working out the sprite look for a Snail enemy. Concept for the unused badnik, Snail. Concept for the Snail. Descriptions of the Snail. Concept of the Crawl. Concept of the Crawl. Concept of the Masher. Paper devoted to the Masher Badnik. Concept of the Porcupine, the Penguin, and the bouncing ball gimmick (bottom). Concept of the Stegway. Concept of the Stegway's sprites. Drafts on the Stegway in sprite form. Sketches of enemies for the Hidden Palace Zone, including the Stegway and Redz. Dinosaurs in a scrapped Dinosaur level. Various sketches, from Hidden Palace Zone to Sand Shower Zone. Concepts of the Cactus, Bomb and possible ideas for Sand Shower Zone. Concept of the Gator. Idle drawings of the Gator and an unused Pillbug, along with a sketch of Sonic. Concepts for various scrapped Badniks based on animals, including the Frog. Concept for a Spring-Orb Badnik. Concept for a squid badnik, most likely for underwater sections. Various sketches of Badniks. Various sketches of Badniks. Various sketches of Badniks. By Tom Payne. Various sketches of Badniks. Concept of Buzzer. Concept of Buzzer. Concept of Buzzer. Concept sprites for some of the scrapped enemies by Tom Payne. Sketch of an unused hog badnik by Tom Payne. Another sketch of an unused hog badnik by Tom Payne. Unfinished spritework of the unused hog badnik by Tom Payne.

Gimmicks and objects

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A bouncing ball which was scrapped before release. Its sprites were located in a prototype version in Oil Ocean Zone. Page dealing with the frames of the bouncing ball. Concept of the bouncing ball in full color. Concepts of various items belonging to Cyber City.

Zones

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Concept artwork for the scrapped Cyber City Zone. Colored version of the previous image. An early piece of concept art for the Metropolis Zone. An alternate coloration of the previous image. Early concept artwork of the Metropolis Zone. Early concept artwork of the Metropolis Zone. Text refers to the Zone as "Sonic sweat shop." Early concept of the Metropolis Zone. Windows can be seen. Early concept art of the foreground for the Metropolis Zone. Early concept of the background for the Metropolis Zone. Furnaces can be seen. The unused diagonal elevators for the Metropolis Zone. Concept of the diagonal elevators for the Metropolis Zone. Concept of various elements in the Metropolis design Concept of various elements in the Metropolis Zone. Drawn on STI letterhead. Concept of various elements in the Metropolis Zone. Drawn on STI letterhead. Concept of various elements in the Metropolis Zone. Concept of various elements in the Metropolis Zone. Concept of various elements in the Metropolis Zone. Concept of the gears in the Metropolis Zone. Concept of the gears in the Metropolis Zone. A list of obstacles slated the Metropolis Zone, including those unused. Early Metropolis Zone Act 1 map. Has diagonally slanted rotating steel drums. Very different from final. Only two things seem very similar to final; the general starting area's position, and the downward ramp leading to the Goal Plate area. Early Metropolis Zone Act 2 map. Has giant crushers. Very different from final. The only recognizable areas are the immediate starting area and an area with a half-loop leading to a ramp in the top-left. Another Metropolis Zone Act 2 map. Early Metropolis Zone Act 3 map. Has a diagonal elevator. Early Metropolis Zone Act 3 map. Features a horizontal spike obstacle, similar to the ones removed from Marble Zone. Early Metropolis Zone Act 3 map. Sky Chase Zone Early map concept by Hirokazu Yasuhara showing the game's setting in the present timeline. Early map concept by Hirokazu Yasuhara showing the game's setting in an altered present timeline. Early map concept by Hirokazu Yasuhara showing the game's setting in the past timeline. Early map concept by Hirokazu Yasuhara showing the game's setting in the past timeline, flooded by several large tsunamis. Early map concept by Hirokazu Yasuhara showing the game's setting in a future ruled by the Eggman Empire. Alternate scan of the previous image. The word "genocide" was censored in this public release of the art. Text-less version of the previous image. Early map concept by Hirokazu Yasuhara, showing the Eggman-ruled future burning. The word "genocide" was presumably censored here, too.

Miscellaneous documents

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Explanation of the sprite system. List of sprites. Task list from which Tom Payne worked with. A more informal list of tasks Tom Payne had to do. File dealing with the palette data of the game. Information about a lava bubbling animation. Information on the collision array of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. More on the collision array. More on the collision array. More on the collision array. More on the collision array. More on the collision array. A list determining which enemies go with which stage. A document featuring a joke of Sonic brandishing a gun. An explanation of the scrapped time-travel system. An explanation of the scrapped time-travel system. An alternate shot of the previous image, with added context.

Line art by Yamaguchi

Sonic, Tails and Dr. Eggman

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Sonic and Tails for the main Japanese artork Lineart of Dr. Eggman. Taken from Sonic Origins. Warning icon illustrations featured in the Japanese manual

Artwork

Sonic and Tails

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Sonic and Tails Main Japanese artwork of Sonic Japanese artwork of Sonic Sonic Sonic Sonic Sonic Sonic Sonic Sonic Sonic Sonic Sonic Main Japanese artwork of Tails Japanese artwork of Tails Tails Tails Tails Tails Tails Tails Tails Tails Tails Tails Tails Tornado

Hirokazu Yasuhara's illustrations

Zones

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Hidden pathways of Emerald Hill Zone. A diagonal Spring of the Emerald Hill Zone. Corkscrew of the Emerald Hill Zone. Chemical tubes of the Chemical Plant Zone. Crushing blocks of the Chemical Plant Zone. Tricky platforms of the Chemical Plant Zone. Moving platforms of the Chemical Plant Zone. Column shooting arrows in the Aquatic Ruin Zone. Falling column‎‎ bottoms of the Aquatic Ruin Zone. Moving platforms of the Aquatic Ruin Zone. Bumpers of the Casino Night Zone. Flat isosceles Triangle Bumpers of the Casino Night Zone. Flippers of the Casino Night Zone. Spring Catapults of the Casino Night Zone. Slot machines of the Casino Night Zone. Gondolas of the Hill Top Zone. Seesaws of the Hill Top Zone. Raising lava in the Hill Top Zone. Vine switch of the Mystic Cave Zone. Moving spike steps in the Mystic Cave Zone. Iron balls of the Mystic Cave Zone. Sliding sections of the Oil Ocean Zone. Floating fans of the Oil Ocean Zone Steam launchers of the Oil Ocean Zone. Bumper walls of the Metropolis Zone. Moving platforms of the Metropolis Zone. Steam launchers of the Metropolis Zone. Rotating gears of the Metropolis Zone. Enemies of the Sky Chase Zone. Different sections of the Wing Fortress Zone. Numerous gimmicks and Badniks of the Wing Fortress Zone.

Warning icons

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Tails posing. Tails sleeping on small island. Dr. Eggman attempting to break Mega Drive cartridge. Tails with Mega Drive cartridge and Sonic holding bottle. Turning Mega Drive console on and off. Tails noting about the Mega Drive cartridge's sensibility. Tails and the cartridge during heat weather. Sonic and Tails calling on telephones.

Promotional

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Japanese illustration of Sonic and Tails posing with a large 2. Japanese illustration of Sonic and Tails posing with a large 2. American illustration of Sonic and Tails posing with a large 2, illustrated by Greg Martin. Teaser artwork used for the Sonic 2sday promotion. Illustrated by Greg Martin. Full international box artwork, illustrated by Greg Martin. Sonic and Tails. American promotional artwork of Sonic. Artwork of Sonic as seen in the player's guide. European illustration of Sonic. Illustration used for the cover of S.W.A.T. Pro magazine in March 1993.

Promotional

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Sonic Panic VHS case Korean Samsung 1993 calendar, circa 1992. European stand of Sonic, Tails and Dr. Eggman with a large "2". Illustrated by Duncan Gutteridge. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 1993 Calendar Sonic 1994 Official Calendar Mobile wallpaper from Sega 3D Fukkoku Archives 3: Final Stage Mobile wallpaper from Sega 3D Fukkoku Archives 3: Final Stage

Promotional screenshots

Early mock-ups

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A mock-up of Sand Shower Zone from a November/December 1992 issue of Sears, Roebuck and Co. Magazine. The only shot of Sand Shower Zone, a conceptual mockup. "Gator" exists within early prototypes of the game. A color-corrected version of Sand Shower Zone. An early mockup of Emerald Hill Zone with an off-center Sonic. Note the Green Hill Zone clouds in the background and the Sonic the Hedgehog HUD. A better quality version of the mockup of Emerald Hill Zone, albeit with the top and bottom missing. An early mockup screenshot of Hidden Palace Zone. Sonic is off center and there is a background not seen in any later screenshots. An early mock-up of the Hidden Palace Zone. An early mock-up of the Hidden Palace Zone.

Summer 1992 screenshots

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One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features the game's title screen. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Emerald Hill Zone. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. A composite shot to highlight the Emerald Hill Zone corkscrew. Many magazines cropped this down to a more appropriate size. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Chemical Plant Zone. Sonic and Tails being on different levels occurs in the prototype's rolling demo, but is trickier to pull off in the final game. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Chemical Plant Zone. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Aquatic Ruin Zone. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Aquatic Ruin Zone and Tails with an older AI script. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Hill Top Zone. In the final game, Tails cannot stand in the Gondola, which would also detach at the end of its line. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Oil Ocean Zone. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Oil Ocean Zone and a "ball release" switch - an axed feature.

Box artwork

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United States United States Europe Japan United States (not for resale) Brazil Brazil (alternate) Australia (Sega Gold Collection) Korea

Re-release artwork

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Xbox 360 App Store icon for 2010 iOS port. PlayStation 3 PlayStation 3 (Japan) Xbox One Banner used for the Microsoft store.

Magazines

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Bad Influence issue 2 (UK), pages 46-47 Sega Force (UK) (July 1992) EGM (US) (August 1992) Mega Drive Advanced Gaming #1 (September 1992) Mega World vol. 5 (JP) (October 1992) MEGA #2 (October 1992) Sega Force #10 (October 1992) Sega Zone (UK) (November 1992) Sega Power (UK) (November 1992), pg. 14 Sega Power (UK) (November 1992), pg. 15 Mega World vol. 6 (JP) (December 1992) Mega World vol. 6 (JP) (December 1992) Mega World vol. 6 (JP) (December 1992) GameFan vol. 1 issue 2 (US) (December 1992), cover GameFan vol. 1 issue 2 (US) (December 1992), pg. 14 GameFan vol. 1 issue 2 (US) (December 1992), pg. 15 GameFan vol. 1 issue 2 (US) (December 1992), pg. 16 GameFan vol. 1 issue 2 (US) (December 1992), pg. 17 Megazone (AU) (January 1993), pg. 31 Megazone (AU) (January 1993), pg. 32 Megazone (AU) (January 1993), pg. 33 Mega World vol. 7 (JP) (February 1993) S.W.A.T. Pro (March 1993) Megazone (AU) Megazone (AU) EGM (US) (March 2001), pg. 94 Retro Gamer (UK) (December 2017)

See also

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)/Gallery

References

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

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