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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]
The game is split into seven levels called zones, each comprising two main acts and a boss fight with one of Doctor Robotnik's robots. [4] While the 8-bit Sonic the Hedgehog stages borrowed thematically from those in the original 16-bit Sonic game, Sonic 2 features original levels to differentiate itself from its 16-bit counterpart. [3]
Boss: Sonic Heroes: Metal Overlord: Other: Robot: Final Boss: The evolved form of Neo Metal Sonic; referred to as "Metal Madness" before reaching full power. Sonic and the Black Knight: Mist, Earth Dragon: Various: No: Boss: Sonic Superstars: Great Dark Dragon/Black Dragon, Trip the Sungazer: Other: No / Lizard: Final Boss / Playable Character ...
[232] Sonic 2, Sonic CD, Sonic 3, and Sonic & Knuckles were praised for building on the first game's formula; [451] in 1996, Next Generation described them as "the zeitgeist of the 16-bit era". [449] After the uneventful Saturn era, the series found renewed popularity during the sixth generation of video game consoles.
A fight with a boss character is referred to as a boss battle or boss fight. Bosses are generally far stronger than other opponents the players have faced up to that point in a game. Boss battles are generally seen at climax points of particular sections of games, such as at the end of a level or stage or guarding a specific objective.
Espio appeared as a playable character in the arcade fighting game Sonic the Fighters, and has also appeared in all installments of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games as the referee in various events and later a playable athlete. Espio also made a cameo in the film franchise in the film Sonic the Hedgehog 2: The Official Movie Pre-quill comic.
Sonic Heroes was the first multi-platform Sonic game: it was developed for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 (PS2), and Xbox. [14] Unlike the Sonic Adventure games, made using proprietary software, [9] Sonic Team partnered with Criterion Software to use the RenderWare game engine so the game could be programmed and ported with ease to each platform. [15]
The second of DiC's Sonic cartoons, Sonic the Hedgehog (more commonly known as Sonic SatAM) [8] aired from September 18, 1993, to December 3, 1994, lasting two 13 episode seasons; [9] considered one of the darker incarnations of Sonic, SatAM takes place in a time where Robotnik successfully took over Mobius, with Sonic and a team called the Freedom Fighters attempting to take back the planet.