In truth, Tails is kidnapped in the opening scene of this version, and only appears at the end of the final stage if you have all of the Chaos Emeralds. The Master System and Western Game Gear box art depict Sonic and Tails adventuring together.Collapsing Ceiling Boss: The Master Robot of Gimmick Mountain Zone is a spiked robot boar who causes boulders to rain down when he hits the wall.Climax Boss: Silver Sonic is the Master Robot of the second-to-last zone, and serves as the Final Boss if you haven't collected all the Chaos Emeralds.Checkpoint Starvation: There are no checkpoints in this game, unlike the first 8-bit game and the 16-bit version, which is a big problem with several acts like Aqua Lake Zone Act 2 (a long act that's entirely underwater), Green Hills Zone Act 3 (which involves several blind jumps as you bounce over low-down spike pits using high-up springs at the top of various cliffs to get to a boss fight), and Scrambled Egg Zone Acts 1 & 2 (two decently-sized levels with spike-pipe puzzles that can be fatal toward the end).You can roll into him to stun him early, but the short stun window and falling rocks make it much riskier to get a hit in. He can only be damaged after he charges into the wall and his spikes retract. Bull Fight Boss: The Master Robot of Gimmick Mountain Zone is a spiked robot boar that charges at Sonic.It is also the inner sanctum of Eggman, and while the zone is fairly easy, the boss isn't, and Act 3, which has said boss, is a lot darker and differently designed than the rest of the Zone. Bright Is Not Good: Crystal Egg Zone, the true final Zone of the game, is oddly bright colored and cheerful, with happy music.Boss-Only Level: Act 3 of every Zone is shorter/more straightforward than the other two Acts and has no enemies note except for Sky High Zone and Aqua Lake Zone, though it's easy to skip the enemies in Aqua Lake, only some platforming, and then the Master Robot boss.Big Storm Episode: Act 2 of Sky High Zone takes place during a rainstorm.Ball-Balancing Seal: Balance Master, a Mecha Sea Lion and one of the bosses of the game, takes it further than most by using its own inflatable nose as the ball, which it then uses as an explosive weapon by bouncing it in the direction of Sonic.Not exactly a great reward for beating the game. Regardless of which ending you get, the game still slaps you in the face with the Game Over screen, complete with its losing jingle. This boss is harder in the Game Gear version due to the reduced amount of space on the screen, as well as the randomization of the bouncing trajectories of the cannonballs. Eventually, Eggman flies down at Sonic and Sonic must dodge him as well so Eggman will inadvertently deliver the final hit. ![]() To defeat it, Sonic must dodge the cannonballs that Eggman throws at him so that they will hit the robotic antlion. Antlion Monster: The first Master Robot is a robotic antlion.Preceded by the 8-bit Sonic the Hedgehog and followed by Sonic Chaos. Getting all of them grants access to the oddly-serene Crystal Egg and the True Final Boss, Robotnik himself. ![]() Like its predecessor, the Emeralds are hidden in the second act of each Zone - apart from the sixth: it's the reward for trashing Silver Sonic (your robotic doppelgänger) after collecting the first five. Other oddities include the pre-level illustrations of Sonic and Tails, battling advanced Badniks (Master Robots) at the end of each level instead of Robotnik (which will recur in S3&K and become a regular feature from then on), and the strict difficulty. ![]() It's also the only SMS/GG Sonic game to not include Special Stages. Notable omissions in the 8-bit version include the Spin Dash and relegating Tails to a helpless rescuee. Some of the gimmicks are unique from its 16-bit counterpart, such as rail carts and hang gliders. This version of Sonic 2 builds on its predecessor with somewhat faster gameplay, even including loops in two Zones. Once again riled up, Sonic sets off to free his buddy, who requires the six Chaos Emeralds to reach. Puzzled, he returns to his "digs" to find a letter from his pal Tails, which states that Eggman is behind the kidnappings, and he's holding Tails hostage at a place called the Crystal Egg. When he returns, he finds all of his animal friends are missing from the island. Ivo Robotnik) a little while back, Sonic leaves South Island in search of adventure. It was anonymously developed by a game company called Aspect.īored after defeating Dr. The second Sonic the Hedgehog game released for the Sega Master System and Game Gear, this version was actually the first to be released and thus technically Tails' official debut, although the 16-bit version is his formal introduction.
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