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If you manage to input the very difficult level select code in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (you need to press up, up, down, down, up, up, up, up at the title screen between the time Sonic appears on screen and when the screen flashes white, which is about half a second), you might notice that Flying Battery is listed, despite not being a level in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, only in Sonic & Knuckles. This is because Flying Battery was originally meant to come between Carnival Night Zone and Ice Cap Zone - the end of level transition in Carnival Night with Sonic being shot out of the cannon would have had him landing on the deck of the Flying Battery, and the end-of-level cutscene of Flying Battery would have led directly to Ice Cap, with Sonic using the door he knocked off the Flying Battery as a snowboard. You can still see the door get knocked off in the final game, but nothing happens to it after that. This concept was revisited in the 10th anniversary celebration, Sonic Adventure 2, in the cutscene before Sonic's City Escape level.
The same level select also shows a level called Mushroom Valley, which presumably was the working name for Mushroom Hill Zone. Again, Mushroom Hill is in Sonic & Knuckles, not in Sonic 3.
Knuckles was originally meant to have a boss at the end of his version of Carnival Night Zone in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, but it was left out due to time constraints.
Sonic the Hedgehog (the original Mega Drive/Genesis game) originally had a hidden sound test that depicted Sonic in a band playing the music. The sound test was removed from the final game and replaced with the "SEGA!" chant (originally heard in SEGA's Japanese advertisements). The interesting thing about the band is that it featured Vector the Crocodile on keyboards, which would have made this his first appearance (and later games do reference Vector's musical talent, including his ability to play the keyboards). The other characters in the band - Max the Monkey, Sharps the Parakeet and Mach the Rabbit - have never been seen in any Sonic game, ever.
There has been some confusion as to what the various Sonic robots are called. This should hopefully clear things up.
The Sonic robot you fight in the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (who gives you the final Chaos Emerald if you've collected all the rest up to this point) is named Silver Sonic. His 16-bit counterpart in Death Egg Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is named Mecha Sonic. (Both robots are named Mecha Sonic in Japanese, since they're essentially two different versions of the same character).
The blue Sonic robot that antagonises Sonic and Tails and serves as Knuckles's final boss in Sonic 3 & Knuckles has been called Mecha Sonic, Metal Sonic or Evil Sonic by various official sources.
The Sonic robot that kidnaps Amy in Sonic the Hedgehog CD and later appears as the main villain of Sonic Heroes is officially Metal Sonic.
When you say "Metal Sonic", the first thing people will think of is the character actually referred to as "Metal Sonic" in the games, i.e. the one who debuted in Sonic the Hedgehog CD. For the other Sonic robots, such as the silver one in Sonic 2 and the blue one in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, it seems Mecha Sonic is the correct way to refer to them. Most fans will call the Sonic 2 one Silver Sonic, the Sonic 3 & Knuckles one Mecha Sonic and the Sonic CD one Metal Sonic.
To elaborate slightly on the above - the blue Sonic robot in Sonic 3 & Knuckles is referred to as Metal Sonic on the back of the US box for the original game. This was most likely an error, possibly caused by the localisers believing this to be the same Sonic robot as the one in Sonic CD (officially named Metal Sonic), despite the two actually being completely different robots. In Sonic the Comic issue #44, the same robot is referred to as Evil Sonic. In the recap of the classic games written in 2013 to promote the then-upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I, the robot is referred to as Mecha Sonic. The Japanese materials for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 referred to the silver Sonic robot fought in Death Egg Zone as Mecha Sonic, as does the aforementioned recap, so it seems that Mecha Sonic is the official name for both Sonic robots.
Speaking of errors made by US localisers, the American instruction manual for Sonic the Hedgehog CD referred to Amy Rose as Princess Sally, a character from the cartoon series Sonic the Hedgehog (colloquially known as Sonic SatAM), despite the two looking nothing alike (Amy Rose is a pink hedgehog and Sally is a brown squirrel, although Sally was pink in her earliest appearances).
Orbot and Cubot are based on Decoe and Bocoe from Sonic X, who in turn were based on Scratch and Grounder from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.
Both Mecha Sonics (the Sonic 2 version and Sonic 3 version) can be found floating in capsules in the Egg Carrier in Sonic Adventure, around where Gamma first starts his story. The Tails Doll from Sonic R (known for being memetically creepy) is also used in Sonic Adventure, as target practice for Gamma in his Final Egg stage, along with a Sonic doll and Knuckles doll.
In Sonic Adventure 2, if you collect every single ring in a stage, you automatically get an A Rank upon completing the stage. However, there are several stages where this is impossible, due to rings being placed outside of the stage boundaries, making them impossible to get without hacking.
If you manage to input the very difficult level select code in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (you need to press up, up, down, down, up, up, up, up at the title screen between the time Sonic appears on screen and when the screen flashes white, which is about half a second), you might notice that Flying Battery is listed, despite not being a level in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, only in Sonic & Knuckles. This is because Flying Battery was originally meant to come between Carnival Night Zone and Ice Cap Zone - the end of level transition in Carnival Night with Sonic being shot out of the cannon would have had him landing on the deck of the Flying Battery, and the end-of-level cutscene of Flying Battery would have led directly to Ice Cap, with Sonic using the door he knocked off the Flying Battery as a snowboard. You can still see the door get knocked off in the final game, but nothing happens to it after that. This concept was revisited in the 10th anniversary celebration, Sonic Adventure 2, in the cutscene before Sonic's City Escape level.
The same level select also shows a level called Mushroom Valley, which presumably was the working name for Mushroom Hill Zone. Again, Mushroom Hill is in Sonic & Knuckles, not in Sonic 3.
Knuckles was originally meant to have a boss at the end of his version of Carnival Night Zone in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, but it was left out due to time constraints.
Sonic the Hedgehog (the original Mega Drive/Genesis game) originally had a hidden sound test that depicted Sonic in a band playing the music. The sound test was removed from the final game and replaced with the "SEGA!" chant (originally heard in SEGA's Japanese advertisements). The interesting thing about the band is that it featured Vector the Crocodile on keyboards, which would have made this his first appearance (and later games do reference Vector's musical talent, including his ability to play the keyboards). The other characters in the band - Max the Monkey, Sharps the Parakeet and Mach the Rabbit - have never been seen in any Sonic game, ever.
There has been some confusion as to what the various Sonic robots are called. This should hopefully clear things up.
The Sonic robot you fight in the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (who gives you the final Chaos Emerald if you've collected all the rest up to this point) is named Silver Sonic. His 16-bit counterpart in Death Egg Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is named Mecha Sonic. (Both robots are named Mecha Sonic in Japanese, since they're essentially two different versions of the same character).
The blue Sonic robot that antagonises Sonic and Tails and serves as Knuckles's final boss in Sonic 3 & Knuckles has been called Mecha Sonic, Metal Sonic or Evil Sonic by various official sources.
The Sonic robot that kidnaps Amy in Sonic the Hedgehog CD and later appears as the main villain of Sonic Heroes is officially Metal Sonic.
When you say "Metal Sonic", the first thing people will think of is the character actually referred to as "Metal Sonic" in the games, i.e. the one who debuted in Sonic the Hedgehog CD. For the other Sonic robots, such as the silver one in Sonic 2 and the blue one in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, it seems Mecha Sonic is the correct way to refer to them. Most fans will call the Sonic 2 one Silver Sonic, the Sonic 3 & Knuckles one Mecha Sonic and the Sonic CD one Metal Sonic.
To elaborate slightly on the above - the blue Sonic robot in Sonic 3 & Knuckles is referred to as Metal Sonic on the back of the US box for the original game. This was most likely an error, possibly caused by the localisers believing this to be the same Sonic robot as the one in Sonic CD (officially named Metal Sonic), despite the two actually being completely different robots. In Sonic the Comic issue #44, the same robot is referred to as Evil Sonic. In the recap of the classic games written in 2013 to promote the then-upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I, the robot is referred to as Mecha Sonic. The Japanese materials for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 referred to the silver Sonic robot fought in Death Egg Zone as Mecha Sonic, as does the aforementioned recap, so it seems that Mecha Sonic is the official name for both Sonic robots.
Speaking of errors made by US localisers, the American instruction manual for Sonic the Hedgehog CD referred to Amy Rose as Princess Sally, a character from the cartoon series Sonic the Hedgehog (colloquially known as Sonic SatAM), despite the two looking nothing alike (Amy Rose is a pink hedgehog and Sally is a brown squirrel, although Sally was pink in her earliest appearances).
Orbot and Cubot are based on Decoe and Bocoe from Sonic X, who in turn were based on Scratch and Grounder from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.
Both Mecha Sonics (the Sonic 2 version and Sonic 3 version) can be found floating in capsules in the Egg Carrier in Sonic Adventure, around where Gamma first starts his story. The Tails Doll from Sonic R (known for being memetically creepy) is also used in Sonic Adventure, as target practice for Gamma in his Final Egg stage, along with a Sonic doll and Knuckles doll.
In Sonic Adventure 2, if you collect every single ring in a stage, you automatically get an A Rank upon completing the stage. However, there are several stages where this is impossible, due to rings being placed outside of the stage boundaries, making them impossible to get without hacking.
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