Emerald Hill Zone
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Emerald Hill Zone is a tropical paradise on the shores of Westside Island. Plains of verdant grass and beautiful beaches draw instant comparisons with South Island's Green Hill Zone, but Emerald Hill has a character all of its own (lacking the chequered soil, for one!). Although the Emerald Hill Zone is not visited by Sonic and friends quite as often as is Green Hill, the zone remains nonetheless a frequently recurring locale within the super-speedy hedgehog's adventures.
| Emerald Hill Zone (Sonic 2) | |
|---|---|
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| First appearence | |
| Other appearences | |
| Description |
A green hill with |
| Location | |
| Nearby areas | |
| Characters (story mode) | |
| Level number |
First |
| Acts |
2 |
Contents |
[edit] Game Appearences
[edit] Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)
Emerald Hill Zone is the first level of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Mega Drive, coming before Chemical Plant Zone. As with most other stages in this game, Emerald Hill consists of two standard Acts with a boss fight at the end of Act 2.
[edit] Badniks
- Buzzer: These are bees that shoot a dot from their stinger. This dot can cause you to die. These can be very annoying, as they often show up in groups.
- Masher: These hop out of the water beneath bridges. They are not much of a threat, as long as you remember to jump before crossing the bridge.
- Coconuts: These are the most dangerous foe on this level. They throw coconuts at you that can hurt you. They are always on trees and climb down slightly before throwing a coconut. They are annoying, because you don't expect them and because most of the bad jumps aim you for them.
 Masher |
[edit] Boss
The boss is Dr. Robotnik in a drill car, which he docks the helicopter-bladed Egg-O-Matic to. This is not very challenging as it is easy to dodge his attacks and jump on him. After the 7th hit, Robotnik will fire his drill like a missile; jump over the projectile to deliver the final hit.
[edit] Video Playthrough
With the first Special Stage shown also:
[edit] Sonic Drift 2
| Emerald Hill (Sonic Drift 2) | |
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| First appearence | |
| Other appearences |
See above |
| Description |
Tropical racecourse |
| Location | |
| Nearby areas | |
| Characters (story mode) | |
| Level number |
Purple GP 1st track |
| Acts |
2 courses |
<< Title Screen — Purple Grand Prix 1st track — Next track >>
<< Previous track — White Grand Prix 6th track— Next tournament >>
Emerald Hill also appears as a racecourse in Sonic Drift 2 for the Sega Game Gear. This stage (as "Emerald Hill 1") is the very first race in the game, before Hill Top 1 in the Purple Grand Prix; and the races re-enter the region during the White Grand Prix, where "Emerald Hill 2" is the sixth and final track, coming after Mystic Cave. As with most other races in the 2nd Chaos Grand Prix, you have to complete three laps of the track to proceed, and the fastest racer gets a Chaos Emerald.
[edit] Sonic the Comic
The Emerald Hill Zone appears in the UK publication Sonic the Comic as the home of Sonic the Hedgehog and the setting of many stories. A large number of Mobians, known as the Emerald Hill Folk, live in the Emerald Hill Zone (until temporarily relocating to the Floating Island). Tails left his home in the Nameless Zone and travelled to Mobius because he believed (incorrectly) that the Emerald Hill Zone was literally paved with real emeralds.
Unlike other continuities, STC places the Emerald Hill Zone on South Island, along with the other "Hill Zones" like the Green Hill Zone.[1] (This is presumably to explain away continuity errors in early issues of the strip, in which the Green and Emerald Hill Zones were used almost interchangeably.)
[edit] Super Smash Bros. Brawl
The background music from Emerald hill Zone is available in the Green Hill Zone stage of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
[edit] External Links
- Sonic Drift 2 page at The Green Hill Zone has more information on all the Sonic Drift 2 tracks.
- Sonic Drift 2 page at Sonic Retro also hosts useful Drift-based factoids.
- Also, the Sonic 2 (Mega Drive) page at The GHZ.
[edit] See Also
[edit] References
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #25, "Prologue: Once Upon a Planet..."
