Sky Sanctuary Zone
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| Sky Sanctuary | |
|---|---|
 Knuckles facing Super Mecha Sonic | |
| First appearence | |
| Other appearences | |
| Location |
Above/In front of Floating Island |
| Previous stage | |
| Next stage | |
| Playable characters (story mode) | |
| Level number |
Sixth |
| Number of acts |
1 |
| Enemies | |
| Boss fight |
Sonic: |
Sky Sanctuary is the last, second last, or third last level in Sonic & Knuckles (or Sonic 3 & Knuckles). It follows the Hidden Palace Zone.
As Knuckles, this is the final zone of the game, and consists of two boss fights against Mecha Sonic. In the second fight, Mecha Sonic uses the Master Emerald to transform into Super Mecha Sonic.
As Sonic, the level is much longer. Sonic must jump from platform to platform, climbing up the zone and chasing the newly risen Death Egg before it gets too far in orbit. Sonic must also battle numerous EggRobos, which hover in place and fire lasers straight ahead when Sonic moves into view, and which can be defeated like regular badniks. Sonic must also fight Mecha Sonic in this zone, in three separate boss battles. In the first, Mecha Sonic pilots Doctor Eggman's wrecking ball Egg Mobile (from the Green Hill Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog); in the second, the robot pilots the whirling bubble-pod mobile from Sonic the Hedgehog 2's Metropolis Zone. In the third battle, Mecha Sonic attacks on foot, without an Egg Mobile. After this final battle, Sonic runs up a corkscrew ramp to the top of a tall floating landmass that crumbles beneath him, then leaps aboard the Death Egg. (Note that, in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, playing as Tails will initiate Sonic's version of the level.)
