Sonic CD has so many Zones are much based in Sonic 1 such as Plumtree Panic based Green Hill Collison Chaos based Spring Yard Tidal Tempest based Labyrinth Stardust Speedway based Starlight Metallic Madness based Scrap Brain, the Deleted zone is gonna be Based Marble Zone.
@shaulov10 another one of CDs Developers Mazin confirmed that another name for the Zone would have been ridiculed root it's also likely that the the bit of the Zone we see in the credits is likely the present version of The Zone but that's just a guess really if I had a rough guess of what the good Futures color palette would be it would probably be purple since all the good Futures in Sonic CD are a different color from each other and we don't have a purple good future I mean we have tidal Tempest which is kind of pink
There's one more piece of concept art in Sonic Origins where you can see a world map of little planet with R2 visible as being a marble zone type stage
That's why it's still in the Game by using a cheat device and you can even see its icon for the level select showing how early it was worked on.Though it's pretty much unplayable.
@@luthergaming5789 The reason it's unplayable in the final game is because it got completely removed from the final game. Hidden Palace almost had a chance of actually making it into the game, since it was intact in some of the last betas of Sonic 2. But, they ended up removing it due to memory limitations and in the final build, like you said, there is barely anything (except the music track and level icon) remaining.
From Sonic 2 we also have Fire Mountain/Volcano Zone, Neo Death Egg Zone,and a park-themed level which we don't know about except that the concept art was drawn, and Rock World Zone from Ruined Present/Now 2
@@shaulov10Fire Mountain/Volcano Zone was after Cyber City Zone and it was in the last visit to past,Neo Death Egg Zone was the final level,Death Egg Zone was after Dust Hill Zone
the production value of this video was a massive unexpected slap to the face compared to your other content regarding Sonic (in a good way), it's definitely worth appreciating, you didn't need to go that hard, yet you did... amazing job. it's... this was an interesting topic i don't think about too often so i don't really have much to say, but it's definitely fun to think about what these levels could've been if implemented into their final product.
Nice video man. The glitching effect being used that frequently was a bit annoying and there was some stuff that wasn’t 100% accurate but besides that,it’s a very cool and fun video.
Sonic CD was originally going to be a CD port of the original Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game, Sonic The Hedgehog, but it became its own project. Due to this, this led most Sonic CD rounds being based on original Sonic zones, like Palmtree Panic and Collision Chaos are based on Green Hill and Spring Yard Zone, respectively. If that's the case, then R2 should be based on Marble Zone. The name of the zone eventually got revealed which is "Dubious Depths/Ridicule Root". Either name could be an early name for the other, like how Palmtree Panic was originally going to be called "Salad Plain". There are 2 theories on why it was scrapped: 1) It was removed due to space/time constraints, considering how latter Classic Sonic games at the time were receiving less development time compared to the original game it was based on. 2) R2 is unfit for the game's themes/mechanics, so it ended up cut. The game has a time travel mechanic. However, you can't time travel straight away, you have to run, run, and run, in order for it to trigger. Also, despite Sonic The Hedgehog ending up receiving well, it had its fair share of flaws that fans and critics criticize about, like Marble Zone. You start in Green Hill, which is more fast-paced and go-with-the-flow type level, but when you reach Marble Zone, it's more slow-paced, take-your-time, and strategize, also considering how being too fast in the level punishes you especially since you can't see what's ahead of you. Also, in the 2011 Sonic CD remaster, there was an unused boss known as "Final Fever", which is named after the final boss theme in the JP soundtrack of the same name. It was going to be the game's R9 if you keep the cut R2 level in mind, which was originally going to be triggered once Sonic collected all the 7 Time Stones, which teleports Sonic and Eggman into a plane where time is non-existent, and Eggman brings his robot which is virtually unstoppable by any means, but in order to defeat him, Sonic has to travel to the past where the robot is incomplete, giving Sonic a chance to destroy it. It was removed for the same reasons as the new R2, Desert Dazzle. Also, the concept where Sonic goes to West Island's Hidden Palace to unlock his Super Sonic form. This was recycled for Sonic 3 and Knuckles were after collecting all the 7 Chaos Emeralds in the Sonic 3 levels via giant rings. In the Sonic and Knuckles levels, giant rings are replaced with super rings which takes Sonic to Angel Island's Hidden Palace Zone, in order to transform the Chaos Emeralds into Super Emeralds to unlock the final form, Hyper Sonic.
Theory: The Egg Fleet ships being themed around sea creatures (Shortfin Mako Sharks, Sawfish, Manta Rays, and a Whaleshark) was connected to Final Fortress being underwater.
Fun fact, that hidden palace we saw isn’t that lost. Sonic 2 2013 mobile port restored Hidden Palace Zone, and finished it which is finally playable, BUT if you enter this code: 03, 03, 03, 0B, 10, 10, 10, 04, and selected hidden palace, you can play Proto Palace Zone (which sadly, Sonic Origins removed Proto Palace Zone)
Another correction: Sonic 1's Mountain Zone is just a really early Labyrinth. Labyrinth was going to be almost completely different early in development, and this is what said concept looked like. You also missed Laboratory Zone, which IS a separate Zone from Scrap Brain/Clock Work. This zone wasn't concepted very much other than the pipe gimmick.
It's always cool to see what could have been. But it's always interesting how the process of making levels for a game is very similar to writing songs to go on a music album. So many things get pitched, wrote, demo'd, etc, then you gotta trim it all down to go into the final product. It's like how a movie can have hundreds of pieces of concept art that are just pitches and were never actually officially a part the movie at any point. Just goes to show that creating any kind of art is an ever changing process.
Genocide City and R2 have always been my favorite scrapped zones. I love Genocide City because it shows off a futuristic cyber type of a zone which I find cool. And I’m interested in R2 because I have a vivid memory of playing the 2013 remaster of Sonic CD when I was very young and having access to the zone and to fight the boss as you chased him across the screen.
"Early in Sonic 2's development an easter egg involving the time travel mechanic was heavily worked on. The secret involved sonic traveling back in time 10 times in a row with six of the chaos emeralds collected resulting in him being sent to 'mega smegma zone,' a large dark cave with lush scenery that hid primordial humans and strange creatures made of smegma that grunted very realistically. These enemies would want to (as quoted by yuji naka) 'get a wiff of sonic's toesie woesies.' It was ultimately cut due to the strict policy sega had for smega appaearing in their games before exiting the console industry." - Did You Know Gaming, 2021
2:52 it was actually presented MUCH before Origins I dont remember the exact source, but if you check out Tetrabits Lost Bits on Sonic CD, he shows the original source of it
Sonic Adventure had a scrapped Mushroom Hill stage & Jungle Stage while Sand Hill was intended to be a full stage at 1 point much like Ice Cap according to some source on Sonic Retro I read years ago. Of course it's possible that the devs thought that the Mystic Ruins were getting too much focus as 5/11 Stages are found there in the final game. Personally I believe we didn't stop getting cut zones/stages merely we stopped getting reveals of cut content. Also you should have brought up the Sky Chase Dragon. I hope we get info of cut content from the Sonic Advance Trilogy & Gamegear games someday. As for Adventure 2 I suspect that the 2P Stage Grind Race may have been assets from a scrapped stage as the others are merely edits of existing 1P Stages. Awesome video!
That's awesome You went over all these cut stages. I definitely was aware of hidden Palace zone but I wasn't aware that there were so many zones cut from Sonic 2 that would end up being used in later Sonic games including 25 years later in Sonic mania. That's awesome
7:10 About Olympus, it seems to have just been a sort of Warp Point 2, used for Time travelling. 9:24 Tropical Sun is more than just a alt version of Ocean Wind, it's only in the Past and it was located in an island with Palmtrees and waterfalls from what we see 9:28 This is personal but Emerald Coast matches much more Ocean Wind Very good video you made overall!
7:46 Incorrect, its only in the simon wai and august 21 prototypes. Although they are exactly the same. Also at 8:23 , you put dust hill and not sand shower. Dust hill was mystic cave before being changed to.. mystic cave. It was the ruined version of green/emerald hill, hence the name.
The 4chan leak that originally said that Sonic Frontiers (Rangers at the time) was going to be open world said the fourth island was going to be Green Hill if I remember correctly. Glad it got cut.
For widy valley, Takeshi Iizuka actually talked about it in an interview : the level was too big and confusing (you guessed right) he also explained that it was him that made the final version xe know today
cccCHRIST dude with every new upload it jus feels like the production value in these videos are taking a huge leap foward like seriously man, im very impressed with where you took this channel 😩
2:40 The concept art was seen prior to Sonic Origins in a promotional video for Sonic CD 2011. Likewise, the leftover level data for Desert Dazzle was part of that version of the game long before it was rereleased through Origins.
0/10 u forgot cyber station act 2 (imma edit when finishing the video to see if u missed smthn) Edit: forces actually had some concept art of green hill and an arabian like city in the concept arts of the game so... yeah forces had some things going for it, also, great video, love the editing style!
The editing style isn't bad, but it's overused. The overly serious VHS editing has been used too much times to count, but this was a pretty good attempt at it. And besides some misinformation, the video was entertaining. Keep up the good work 👍
There's something deeply fascinating and exciting about the mysterious lost levels/lost media of the Sonic franchise (especially in the Sonic games), in my opinion. My favourite cut content from the Sonic games would equally be the flying saucers from Marble Zone in Sonic 1 and Genocide City Zone from Sonic 2. Just the mere fact that we got a level in Sonic 2 called 'Genocide City Zone' (even though the level was removed) is why the Sonic franchise is better than the Mario franchise in my opinion and I say this as a fan of both Sonic AND Mario. The Mario franchise would NEVER have a level called 'Genocide City Zone' even as a lost level. Sonic has always been a more ballsy franchise than Mario. lol
Did you know if you do a code I forgot the code in the sonic 2 mobile port you can play the Nik arcade version and you need to do the debug code also how you beat the stage is you need to stand on the master emarld and you teleport back to the title screen or emarld hill I forgot
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that the beginning is very hard to watch. I'm not epileptic, but I'm sure the strobing and flashing could cause seizures. Plus, it was very distracting. I do hope that's not something you'll do again, for the safety of others Edit: it's throughout the video. Please don't do that again.
For sonic cd, Dubious Depths (R2) I’d say is now just a thing of the past, probably will never be found since there hasn’t been any recent news, One of the biggest searchers quit (not really) and started on a different path on his channel, as of right now, and so many people tried recreating but still like you said there is little to no info on it, there might be a prototype somewhere out there that contains dubious depths, but as of right now, no progress is being made and has since, slowly been forgotten. It’s sad to see a level I was hoping to be found, just not making any progress on the search, really hope dubious depths makes a comeback.
Third comment: 4:03 the song was used in a roblox game called “Sonic script test”, it ends up playing faster and faster as you speed up. Wanna know how i know? I recognized it.
For Sonic Adventure 1 Egg Carrier was meant to have a 4th act but it was cut also Twinkle Park was meant to look different and Tails was meant to have it as a playable level
If Genocide City is a futuristic metropolis, then what is this sonic 2 level I've seen of a stormy city with chained skeletons on the walls and chemical plant's enemies and boss? EDIT: I’ve figured out that it’s a reimagining of the zone from Sonic 2 Long Version to suit the name more
I want a Sonic game with stages representing different parts of the Sonic universe. South Island: Green Hill. Mirage Island(4.2): Sylvania Castle West Side Island: Hilltop Little Planet: Rainbow Ruins (Scrapped R2) Islands as a whole: Bridge Zone+Pine Trees. Island Rush. Islander Civilization: City, Sonic Forces, but without the wanton destruction and rampaging Death Egg Sentinels. Human Civilization: Skyscraper Scamper Eggman: I'd like a stage that's red and grey with caution tape, but let's just go with Chemical Plant for now. It's so damn recurring. Angel Island: Sky Sanctuary(Flying Ruins gets Angel Island's core idea across pretty well) Lost Hex: Hidden World
@@shaulov10 nice also btw a slight correction about the concept art for R2, the drawing was originally shown in some interview with sonic team a while back. tetrabitgaming did a vid on it 5 years ago and shows the source there
Seems like you forgot one! Sonic 3 has an unused zone known as Zone 5B. This zone was intended for an earlier version of Knuckles known as Rival. Sadly we don't know much about this zone as only the starting point was drawn before the devs started sketching other things.
ngl if an alternate timeline where sega and nintendo swap places, there might be a classic game that's supposed to be the japanese version of sonic 2 called sonic lost levels and will get remade for origins
They should make a game called Sonic the hedgehog: Lost levels released in japan and then everywhere else one day after, including EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER. EVER. Scrapped, non playable or not.
Wasn’t there another scraped/cancelled level in the Sonic CD mobile port that was exactly like Titanic Monarch in Sonic Mania? Made by Christian Whitehead? I remember seeing a picture of it back then.
@shaulov10 it's a mod called sonic the secret zones which also has other mock-ups of the other scrap levels and more interesting is that just like hidden pallece they made the levels hidden
Sonic CD has so many Zones are much based in Sonic 1 such as Plumtree Panic based Green Hill Collison Chaos based Spring Yard Tidal Tempest based Labyrinth Stardust Speedway based Starlight Metallic Madness based Scrap Brain, the Deleted zone is gonna be Based Marble Zone.
That actually makes a lot of sense now that you mention it
Its because CD started development as a Sonic 1 pseudo remake. Dubious depths would have been the parallel to Marble Zone
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Yes, My Favourite Sonic CD Levels, PLUMtree Panic And Collison Chaos
Dubious depths was revisited from the mod for decomplation
Fun fact: Sonic Dream Team also has a cut junkyard stage.
Imma wait for the DLC cause I’m betting it’s gonna show up there
@@shaulov10Hopefully
Yo!
Fun fact: I got 100th Likes on your Comment
Keep forgetting about that one
"THE ZONES SEGA, THE ZONES WHAT DO THEY MEAN!?" I couldn't help myself LOL
I appreciate everyone who gets what game I took inspiration from
@@shaulov10 I just love gun games LOL
I like how you treat the editing for the sonic 2 part like it’s a murder documentary
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its more like the entire video
R2 was actually confirmed by Naoto Oshima to be called dubious depths
Shout out to naoto oshima for confirming stuff
@shaulov10 another one of CDs Developers Mazin confirmed that another name for the Zone would have been ridiculed root it's also likely that the the bit of the Zone we see in the credits is likely the present version of The Zone but that's just a guess really if I had a rough guess of what the good Futures color palette would be it would probably be purple since all the good Futures in Sonic CD are a different color from each other and we don't have a purple good future I mean we have tidal Tempest which is kind of pink
Stardust speedway would like a word with you
@@CringusMcDingus oh yeah I forgot about that I'm thinking however more of a bluish purple
@@NexusWorks924so blurple?
There's one more piece of concept art in Sonic Origins where you can see a world map of little planet with R2 visible as being a marble zone type stage
Fun Fact: Hidden Palace wasn't actually supposed to be cut. The only reason it went unused in the final game is due to memory limitations.
That's why it's still in the Game by using a cheat device and you can even see its icon for the level select showing how early it was worked on.Though it's pretty much unplayable.
@@luthergaming5789 The reason it's unplayable in the final game is because it got completely removed from the final game. Hidden Palace almost had a chance of actually making it into the game, since it was intact in some of the last betas of Sonic 2. But, they ended up removing it due to memory limitations and in the final build, like you said, there is barely anything (except the music track and level icon) remaining.
From Sonic 2 we also have Fire Mountain/Volcano Zone, Neo Death Egg Zone,and a park-themed level which we don't know about except that the concept art was drawn, and Rock World Zone from Ruined Present/Now 2
I have never seen these zones what?
@@shaulov10Fire Mountain/Volcano Zone was after Cyber City Zone and it was in the last visit to past,Neo Death Egg Zone was the final level,Death Egg Zone was after Dust Hill Zone
@@RatchetAndClank14NEO DEATH EGG IS NOT A PARK THEMED LEVEL 💀
@@froggi483 I didn't write that Neo Death Egg Zone is a Park, I wrote that such a level existed and I put a comma,you stupid
Dubious Depths/Ridicule Root/R2 is the most famous cut level in Sonic's history! Finally people are interested in cut Sonic levels 🤩
Once I started researching, I got really interested in the stage
It's really not but go off
@@evdestroy5304i mean its the coolest
the production value of this video was a massive unexpected slap to the face compared to your other content regarding Sonic (in a good way), it's definitely worth appreciating, you didn't need to go that hard, yet you did... amazing job.
it's... this was an interesting topic i don't think about too often so i don't really have much to say, but it's definitely fun to think about what these levels could've been if implemented into their final product.
Thanks man. And I always have to go hard on the editing. It was a fun video to make
@@shaulov10bro forgot the other 2 concept zones, one being the laboratory zone and one being a moon-rock zone which was a 2 player level in sonic 1.
@@shaulov10and in one of the concepts r2 had a boss on scratch and not on sprite form, it was different.
If you want to know more, just friend me. (Not because i am a professional. I just know those kind of unused things.)
Nice video man. The glitching effect being used that frequently was a bit annoying and there was some stuff that wasn’t 100% accurate but besides that,it’s a very cool and fun video.
Sonic CD was originally going to be a CD port of the original Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game, Sonic The Hedgehog, but it became its own project. Due to this, this led most Sonic CD rounds being based on original Sonic zones, like Palmtree Panic and Collision Chaos are based on Green Hill and Spring Yard Zone, respectively. If that's the case, then R2 should be based on Marble Zone. The name of the zone eventually got revealed which is "Dubious Depths/Ridicule Root". Either name could be an early name for the other, like how Palmtree Panic was originally going to be called "Salad Plain". There are 2 theories on why it was scrapped:
1) It was removed due to space/time constraints, considering how latter Classic Sonic games at the time were receiving less development time compared to the original game it was based on.
2) R2 is unfit for the game's themes/mechanics, so it ended up cut. The game has a time travel mechanic. However, you can't time travel straight away, you have to run, run, and run, in order for it to trigger. Also, despite Sonic The Hedgehog ending up receiving well, it had its fair share of flaws that fans and critics criticize about, like Marble Zone. You start in Green Hill, which is more fast-paced and go-with-the-flow type level, but when you reach Marble Zone, it's more slow-paced, take-your-time, and strategize, also considering how being too fast in the level punishes you especially since you can't see what's ahead of you.
Also, in the 2011 Sonic CD remaster, there was an unused boss known as "Final Fever", which is named after the final boss theme in the JP soundtrack of the same name. It was going to be the game's R9 if you keep the cut R2 level in mind, which was originally going to be triggered once Sonic collected all the 7 Time Stones, which teleports Sonic and Eggman into a plane where time is non-existent, and Eggman brings his robot which is virtually unstoppable by any means, but in order to defeat him, Sonic has to travel to the past where the robot is incomplete, giving Sonic a chance to destroy it. It was removed for the same reasons as the new R2, Desert Dazzle. Also, the concept where Sonic goes to West Island's Hidden Palace to unlock his Super Sonic form. This was recycled for Sonic 3 and Knuckles were after collecting all the 7 Chaos Emeralds in the Sonic 3 levels via giant rings. In the Sonic and Knuckles levels, giant rings are replaced with super rings which takes Sonic to Angel Island's Hidden Palace Zone, in order to transform the Chaos Emeralds into Super Emeralds to unlock the final form, Hyper Sonic.
Theory: The Egg Fleet ships being themed around sea creatures (Shortfin Mako Sharks, Sawfish, Manta Rays, and a Whaleshark) was connected to Final Fortress being underwater.
Lost, just like my dad...
Sounds like a you problem
@@shaulov10 emotional damage fr
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Are you ok, man? 😢
@@shaulov10what’s wrong with you
Fun fact, that hidden palace we saw isn’t that lost. Sonic 2 2013 mobile port restored Hidden Palace Zone, and finished it which is finally playable, BUT if you enter this code: 03, 03, 03, 0B, 10, 10, 10, 04, and selected hidden palace, you can play Proto Palace Zone (which sadly, Sonic Origins removed Proto Palace Zone)
I heard Proto Palace Zone is actually in Origins internally, but they just removed the way to actually access it for...some reason.
Benjy. You fr LOCKED in here. Good job
Thank you Mr mouse
Another correction: Sonic 1's Mountain Zone is just a really early Labyrinth. Labyrinth was going to be almost completely different early in development, and this is what said concept looked like. You also missed Laboratory Zone, which IS a separate Zone from Scrap Brain/Clock Work. This zone wasn't concepted very much other than the pipe gimmick.
why is this so underrated. This is honestly better than most videos discussing scrapped levels, keep up the good work!
It's always cool to see what could have been. But it's always interesting how the process of making levels for a game is very similar to writing songs to go on a music album. So many things get pitched, wrote, demo'd, etc, then you gotta trim it all down to go into the final product. It's like how a movie can have hundreds of pieces of concept art that are just pitches and were never actually officially a part the movie at any point. Just goes to show that creating any kind of art is an ever changing process.
Genocide City and R2 have always been my favorite scrapped zones. I love Genocide City because it shows off a futuristic cyber type of a zone which I find cool. And I’m interested in R2 because I have a vivid memory of playing the 2013 remaster of Sonic CD when I was very young and having access to the zone and to fight the boss as you chased him across the screen.
You should have mentioned that the Tileset for Genocide City was later used in the third stage of Sonic Spinball "The Machine"
Damn I forgot to mention that
"Early in Sonic 2's development an easter egg involving the time travel mechanic was heavily worked on. The secret involved sonic traveling back in time 10 times in a row with six of the chaos emeralds collected resulting in him being sent to 'mega smegma zone,' a large dark cave with lush scenery that hid primordial humans and strange creatures made of smegma that grunted very realistically. These enemies would want to (as quoted by yuji naka) 'get a wiff of sonic's toesie woesies.' It was ultimately cut due to the strict policy sega had for smega appaearing in their games before exiting the console industry." - Did You Know Gaming, 2021
Sonic Lost Levels Sounds Interesting ❤ Wow Your Editing Got An Upgrade Great Video ❤❤
Thank you 🙏
@@shaulov10Your Welcome ❤
2:52 it was actually presented MUCH before Origins
I dont remember the exact source, but if you check out Tetrabits Lost Bits on Sonic CD, he shows the original source of it
0:28 WHAT'S WITH THE EDITING
Sonic Adventure had a scrapped Mushroom Hill stage & Jungle Stage while Sand Hill was intended to be a full stage at 1 point much like Ice Cap according to some source on Sonic Retro I read years ago. Of course it's possible that the devs thought that the Mystic Ruins were getting too much focus as 5/11 Stages are found there in the final game. Personally I believe we didn't stop getting cut zones/stages merely we stopped getting reveals of cut content. Also you should have brought up the Sky Chase Dragon.
I hope we get info of cut content from the Sonic Advance Trilogy & Gamegear games someday. As for Adventure 2 I suspect that the 2P Stage Grind Race may have been assets from a scrapped stage as the others are merely edits of existing 1P Stages. Awesome video!
That's awesome You went over all these cut stages. I definitely was aware of hidden Palace zone but I wasn't aware that there were so many zones cut from Sonic 2 that would end up being used in later Sonic games including 25 years later in Sonic mania. That's awesome
A few editing mistakes and wrong info but overall it was very well documented! Nice job dude! Can't wait to see more 💙
Fun fact, sonic the hedgehog 3 part one was supposed to have flying battery. It’s even in the level select and you can access it in the prototype
7:10 About Olympus, it seems to have just been a sort of Warp Point 2, used for Time travelling.
9:24 Tropical Sun is more than just a alt version of Ocean Wind, it's only in the Past and it was located in an island with Palmtrees and waterfalls from what we see
9:28 This is personal but Emerald Coast matches much more Ocean Wind
Very good video you made overall!
Fun fact:round 2 on sonic cd is used as a stage in a roblox sonic fan game called sonic expedition
7:46 Incorrect, its only in the simon wai and august 21 prototypes. Although they are exactly the same.
Also at 8:23 , you put dust hill and not sand shower. Dust hill was mystic cave before being changed to.. mystic cave. It was the ruined version of green/emerald hill, hence the name.
Man I gotta step UP my editing holy- this was dope!
Nah bro your videos are another level man.
I like the video editing, you made the video enjoyable to watch.
The 4chan leak that originally said that Sonic Frontiers (Rangers at the time) was going to be open world said the fourth island was going to be Green Hill if I remember correctly.
Glad it got cut.
12:09 well big was meant to be in that level too so he probably has an unused version of the level so that can be considered a lost level.
For widy valley, Takeshi Iizuka actually talked about it in an interview : the level was too big and confusing (you guessed right) he also explained that it was him that made the final version xe know today
cccCHRIST dude with every new upload it jus feels like the production value in these videos are taking a huge leap foward like seriously man, im very impressed with where you took this channel 😩
Thanks man. Truly I appreciate
This is the most insane editing ive ever seen
2:40 The concept art was seen prior to Sonic Origins in a promotional video for Sonic CD 2011. Likewise, the leftover level data for Desert Dazzle was part of that version of the game long before it was rereleased through Origins.
according to early scripts of heroes, there was originally going to be a christmas themed level in place of frog forest
Your editing is so good now!
Thank you my g
This is a really awesome video! Super high quality stuff, and keep making cool stuff! (And great editing btw)
Thanks a ton man
0/10 u forgot cyber station act 2 (imma edit when finishing the video to see if u missed smthn)
Edit: forces actually had some concept art of green hill and an arabian like city in the concept arts of the game so... yeah forces had some things going for it, also, great video, love the editing style!
Well it’s still not a whole level. Cyber station is still in the game, but act 1 and 2 were just combined into one big level I think
3:47 the bad future is from an album called Techno Power mix iirc
You should've pointed that out
The editing style isn't bad, but it's overused. The overly serious VHS editing has been used too much times to count, but this was a pretty good attempt at it. And besides some misinformation, the video was entertaining. Keep up the good work 👍
I see. Yeah I like how it turned out but it’s my first time trying this editing style so there 100% room for improvement
There's something deeply fascinating and exciting about the mysterious lost levels/lost media of the Sonic franchise (especially in the Sonic games), in my opinion. My favourite cut content from the Sonic games would equally be the flying saucers from Marble Zone in Sonic 1 and Genocide City Zone from Sonic 2. Just the mere fact that we got a level in Sonic 2 called 'Genocide City Zone' (even though the level was removed) is why the Sonic franchise is better than the Mario franchise in my opinion and I say this as a fan of both Sonic AND Mario. The Mario franchise would NEVER have a level called 'Genocide City Zone' even as a lost level. Sonic has always been a more ballsy franchise than Mario. lol
Some parts of this video are over edited in my opinion
7:20 I could have been a past version of aquatic ruin zone
That’s what I’m thinking
Did you know if you do a code I forgot the code in the sonic 2 mobile port you can play the Nik arcade version and you need to do the debug code also how you beat the stage is you need to stand on the master emarld and you teleport back to the title screen or emarld hill I forgot
in sonic 1 prototype, how is scrap brain usually clock work???
Fun fact: Wood Zone Is Part Of Jungle Zone From Sonic 1 8-bit.
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that the beginning is very hard to watch. I'm not epileptic, but I'm sure the strobing and flashing could cause seizures. Plus, it was very distracting. I do hope that's not something you'll do again, for the safety of others
Edit: it's throughout the video. Please don't do that again.
Sonic CD (2011) ALSO has a Round 9 that was cut called "Final Fever", which was a boss battle.
Yeah but it’s a boss fight so I decided not to put it in
@@shaulov10it's still a level? That doesn't make any sense
9:53 to me alone, this zone still reminds me of hydrocity from Sonic 3
The Black Ops 1 cutscene style of editing for this video is so good
Thank you for getting the reference
For sonic cd, Dubious Depths (R2) I’d say is now just a thing of the past, probably will never be found since there hasn’t been any recent news, One of the biggest searchers quit (not really) and started on a different path on his channel, as of right now, and so many people tried recreating but still like you said there is little to no info on it, there might be a prototype somewhere out there that contains dubious depths, but as of right now, no progress is being made and has since, slowly been forgotten. It’s sad to see a level I was hoping to be found, just not making any progress on the search, really hope dubious depths makes a comeback.
Dude, your editing has gotten really good.
Did Windy Valley have any beta names? I wanna include the stage in a fanfic but as a separate location from Adventure's release version.
Editing goes hard frfr🔥🔥
Thank you my G
Bro cooked so hard, my phone is on fire
Time to get a new phone
1:00 golden capital was in sonic superstars
Watch like 10 more seconds into the video
Third comment: 4:03 the song was used in a roblox game called “Sonic script test”, it ends up playing faster and faster as you speed up. Wanna know how i know? I recognized it.
Great video 👍
When did the editing get so good?
I just decided to cook
15:43 forces actually has a cut full level version of null space.
"Sonic the Hedgehog!: The Lost Levels"
17:16 The map looks like Gwimbly’s face.
Bro went extra for the editing and it’s 🔥
We going crazy with the edits
Bro cooked with the editing
Thank black ops 1
For Sonic Adventure 1 Egg Carrier was meant to have a 4th act but it was cut also Twinkle Park was meant to look different and Tails was meant to have it as a playable level
Was all the black ops style epilepsy worth it? It was annoying and didn't make sense
Yes, yes it was
If Genocide City is a futuristic metropolis, then what is this sonic 2 level I've seen of a stormy city with chained skeletons on the walls and chemical plant's enemies and boss?
EDIT: I’ve figured out that it’s a reimagining of the zone from Sonic 2 Long Version to suit the name more
Fun Fact: it was actually recycled to Sonic Spinball's The Machine
"Genocide City" in 2014: dark, stormy, skeletons, torture
"Genocide City" in 2024: *purple Metropolis*
@@harrybest2041 I honestly prefer the old one, but metropolis doesn't look too bad in purple
Correction: Wood Zone is playable in an unfinished form in the Simon Wai build of Sonic 2, not Nick Arcade.
1:57 the background music here sorta sounds like midnight city
I want a Sonic game with stages representing different parts of the Sonic universe.
South Island: Green Hill.
Mirage Island(4.2): Sylvania Castle
West Side Island: Hilltop
Little Planet: Rainbow Ruins (Scrapped R2)
Islands as a whole: Bridge Zone+Pine Trees. Island Rush.
Islander Civilization: City, Sonic Forces, but without the wanton destruction and rampaging Death Egg Sentinels.
Human Civilization: Skyscraper Scamper
Eggman: I'd like a stage that's red and grey with caution tape, but let's just go with Chemical Plant for now. It's so damn recurring.
Angel Island: Sky Sanctuary(Flying Ruins gets Angel Island's core idea across pretty well)
Lost Hex: Hidden World
11:09 It looks like a Purple Scrap Brain Zone. So... Eggman Empire Fortress?
UNDERRATED CHANNEL?!
editing is off the charts bro do you use ae
Thanks. But nah I use davinci resolve
@@shaulov10 nice
also btw a slight correction about the concept art for R2, the drawing was originally shown in some interview with sonic team a while back. tetrabitgaming did a vid on it 5 years ago and shows the source there
S Tier Video keep up the good work😃
THANK YOU!!!
Seems like you forgot one! Sonic 3 has an unused zone known as Zone 5B. This zone was intended for an earlier version of Knuckles known as Rival. Sadly we don't know much about this zone as only the starting point was drawn before the devs started sketching other things.
THE EDITING IN THAT INTRO THOUHH?????! GODDAMN
I went extra extra for this one
This dude is criminally underrated. The editing is incredible
Also another thing back in the first ever version of Sonic CD palmtree panic was named salad plain.
Fun fact. In sonic forces there’s an achievement called Sonic & the secret levels
How to get the achievement
Interesting
@@DylanDemarkus you have to complete all the secret levels that can be unlocked throughout story progression
@@DylanDemarkus you have to beat all secret levels that get unlocked through story progression
@@DylanDemarkuscomplete all the secret levels
Love Call of Duty Black Ops reference at the start of the video
ngl if an alternate timeline where sega and nintendo swap places, there might be a classic game that's supposed to be the japanese version of sonic 2 called sonic lost levels and will get remade for origins
the only game that has a similiar title is sonic lost world
They should make a game called Sonic the hedgehog: Lost levels released in japan and then everywhere else one day after, including EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER. EVER. Scrapped, non playable or not.
Wasn’t there another scraped/cancelled level in the Sonic CD mobile port that was exactly like Titanic Monarch in Sonic Mania? Made by Christian Whitehead? I remember seeing a picture of it back then.
You mean Final Fever?
@@RatchetAndClank14 Yeah.
i feel like the games between 2003 and 2022 have to have cut levels, we just haven’t heard of them yet
Probably, but again, I feel like as time went on they started to have more focused ideas for there games so that lead to less cut ideas
@@shaulov10 probably that too. but there’s no way they didn’t have at least some ideas for stages that just never left the concept phase, right?
Those scrapped soundtrack is just so awesome, beautiful, sadly it is scrapped.
11:03 someone also did a mock-up of sonic 2 wood zone would look like if it was finished
Interesting
@shaulov10 it's a mod called sonic the secret zones which also has other mock-ups of the other scrap levels and more interesting is that just like hidden pallece they made the levels hidden
bro what this editing is craazy
Good crazy or bad crazy
@@shaulov10 good
Everyone went insane when winter hill zone was revealed
From Sonic 1 we also have a laboratory-themed level
Fun fact: in the sonic 30th anniversary book has tropical sunshine zone
Bro, Hidden Palace zone STILL exits in Mystic Cave zone, if you go into a hole it will teleport you to Hidden Palace....
Fun fact:
The developer Mazin (Yes the guy who made the fun is infinite art) already told the zone name... I forgor tho, but its leaked tho :D
Wasn’t it dubious depths
It would have been really cool if the fourth Frontiers Island was snow themed
glad youtube brought me here
Welcome
The editing on this video is amazing dude
Thanks man
Isnt mercury mine a cut zone in sonic cd too? or its fake?