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Sonic and Tails jumping across pillars in Aquatic Ruin Zone. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a side-scrolling platform game. [1] It features a story similar to the first Sonic the Hedgehog 's (1991): [2] Doctor Robotnik, a mad scientist, seeks the Chaos Emeralds to power his space station, the Death Egg, [3] and traps the animal inhabitants of West Side Island in aggressive robots. [4]
While Hardcore Gaming 101 found the core gameplay good, they felt Sonic 2 was weaker than its predecessor, criticizing the level design and art direction. [1] Kotaku called Sonic 2 the hardest Sonic game on the Game Gear because of its labyrinth-like levels paired with its small visual field. [31]
Sonic 2 incorporates more aspects of the Sonic games than the first film, [402] including plot elements from Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles and the introduction of Shadow in the mid-credits scene. [403] [404] It received positive reviews [405] and surpassed the first film as the highest-grossing video game film in the US. [406]
An unfinished desert level from Sonic 2 (top) served as inspiration for Sonic Mania ' s Mirage Saloon Zone (bottom). Development of Sonic Mania began in 2015, led by Australian programmer Christian "Taxman" Whitehead. Whitehead was a prominent member of the Sonic fangame community, and had previously been contracted by Sega to develop ...
An add-on by the name of Sonic Origins Plus was released in 2023, which added all twelve Game Gear Sonic games: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic Chaos, Sonic Triple Trouble, Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2, Sonic Spinball, Sonic Blast, Sonic Labyrinth, Tails' Skypatrol, Tails Adventure, and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine.
The first film adaptation of the Sonic series was Sonic the Hedgehog, known internationally as Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie, a 1996 Japanese two-part original video animation (OVA). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It sees Sonic and Tails as they venture through Planet Freedom to stop Metal Robotnik and save the Land of the Sky, soon facing a new enemy .
[1] In addition, Green Hill Zone appears as a stage in the 2.5D fighting game Sonic Battle, [12] in the tennis video game Sega Superstars Tennis, in the sports video game Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, in the mobile title Sonic Dash, in the crossover adventure game Lego Dimensions, and in the crossover fighting games ...
Destroying Robotnik's machine ends the game. A brief animation shows Sonic's return to the first zone, with animals liberated from Dr. Robotnik. [citation needed] If Sonic reaches the end of any zone's Act 1 or Act 2 while holding at least 50 rings, a large ring appears through which he can jump to enter a bonus stage. In them, Sonic is ...