Sonic the Hedgehog 2/Gallery

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Logos

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Japanese logo. Japanese logo along with "Sonic Team Presents" line on the black background. International logo. Cleaner logo for international releases. Tagline text that is featured in the Japanese cover. App Store icon for 2010 iOS port. App Store icon for 2013 re-release of the game.

Concept artwork

Characters

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Sonic2conceptgeneartions.png Early concept art of Sonic and Tails. Taken from Sonic Generations. Simple sketches of warning icons featured in the Japanese manual. Taken from Sonic Generations. CS E 00.png Concept of Dr. Eggman and his many facial expressions. Taken from Sonic Jam. CS E 03.png Concept of Eggman and the Egg Mobile. Taken from Sonic Jam.

Badniks

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Concept art used for the Mega Drive (Japan) manual. Taken from Sonic Generations. Concept of Banper. Sketches of fleshed out, unused badniks, seemingly using springs in their design. The unused Badniks, the Fish and Frog. Various Badniks, including the "Frog", the "Lobster", the "Pterodactyl/Vulture", the "Dragonfly", and the "Mole". Concept of the Frog. Concept of the Frog. Concept of the Frog in motion. Concept of Bubbler and Bubbler's Mother. Concept of Bubbler. Concept of Bubbler's Mother. Concept of Bubbler's Mother. Concept of the unused Badnik, Bee. Concept of the unused Badnik, Bee. Concept of how the unsued badnik, Snail, would function. Concept of the Snail. Working out the sprite look for a Snail enemy. Concept for the unsued badnik, Snail. Concept for the Snail. Descriptions of the Snail. Concept of the Crawl. Concept of the Crawl. Concept of the Masher. Paper devoted to the Masher Badnik. Concept of the Porcupine, the Penguin, and the bouncing ball gimmick (bottom). Concept of the Stegway. Concept of the Stegway's sprites. Drafts on the Stegway in sprite form. Sketches of enemies for the Hidden Palace Zone, including the Stegway and Redz. Dinosaurs in a scrapped Dinosaur level. Various sketches, from Hidden Palace Zone to Dust Hill Zone. Concepts of the Cactus, Bomb and possible ideas for Dust Hill Zone. Concept of the Gator. Idle drawings of the Gator and an unused Pillbug, along with a sketch of Sonic. Concepts for various scrapped Badniks based on animals, including the Frog. Concept for a Spring-Orb Badnik. Concept for a squid badnik, most likely for underwater sections. Various sketches of Badniks. Various sketches of Badniks. Various sketches of Badniks.

Gimmicks and objects

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A bouncing ball which was scrapped before release. Its sprites were located in a prototype version in Oil Ocean Zone. Page dealing with the frames of the bouncing ball. Concept of the bouncing ball in full color. Concepts of various items belonging to Cyber City.

Zones

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An early piece of concept art for the Metropolis Zone. An alternate coloration of the same image, the description being erroneously changed to "Interior of a blimp." Early concept artwork of the Metropolis Zone. Early concept artwork of the Metropolis Zone. Text refers to the Zone as "Sonic sweat shop." Early concept of the Metropolis Zone. Windows can be seen. Early concept art of the foreground for the Metropolis Zone. Early concept of the background for the Metropolis Zone. Furnaces can be seen. The unused diagonal elevators for the Metropolis Zone. Concept of the diagonal elevators for the Metropolis Zone. Concept of various elements in the Metropolis design Concept of various elements in the Metropolis Zone. Drawn on STI letterhead. Concept of various elements in the Metropolis Zone. Drawn on STI letterhead. Concept of various elements in the Metropolis Zone. Concept of various elements in the Metropolis Zone. Concept of various elements in the Metropolis Zone. Concept of the gears in the Metropolis Zone. Concept of the gears in the Metropolis Zone. A list of obstacles slated the Metropolis Zone, including those unused. Early Metropolis Zone Act 1 map. Has diagonally slanted rotating steel drums. Very different from final. Only two things seem very similar to final; the general starting area's position, and the downward ramp leading to the Goal Plate area. Early Metropolis Zone Act 2 map. Has giant crushers. Very different from final. The only recognizable areas are the immediate starting area and an area with a half-loop leading to a ramp in the top-left. Another Metropolis Zone Act 2 map. Early Metropolis Zone Act 3 map. Has a diagonal elevator. Early Metropolis Zone Act 3 map. Features a horizontal spike obstacle, similar to the ones removed from Marble Zone. Early Metropolis Zone Act 3 map. Concept artwork for the scrapped Cyber City Zone. Early may concept by Hirokazu Yasuhara showing the game's setting. It shows early versions of levels featured in the final game as well as some levels that never got through development. This map illustrates the Ancient Times. Early may concept by Hirokazu Yasuhara. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was going to have time travel in the story and would had the player travel to different time periods for each level around the island. This map illustrates the Medieval Times. Early map concept by Hirokazu Yasuhara. This map features the altered Present Time after Dr. Eggman alters the past. To travel through time, Sonic had to find and activate hidden Warp Points. Early map concept by Hirokazu Yasuhara. This map illustrates the Ruined Present, after Dr. Eggman took complete control over the island. Now every location has been turned into an industrial factory or city.

Miscellaneous documents

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Explanation of the sprite system. List of sprites. Task list from which Tom Payne worked with. A more informal list of tasks Tom Payne had to do. File dealing with the palette data of the game. Information about a lava bubbling animation. Information on the collision array of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. More on the collision array. More on the collision array. More on the collision array. More on the collision array. More on the collision array. A list determining which enemies go with which stage. A document featuring a joke of Sonic brandishing a gun. DAcy1siW0AABAke.jpg A time travel scheme.

Artwork

Sonic & Tails

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Artwork of Sonic and Tails posing with the large 2. Japanese illustration of Sonic and Tails posing with the large 2. Tails and Sonic 6.png Artwork of Sonic and Tails as seen in the player's guide Main promotional artwork of Sonic. Main promotional artwork of Sonic from the Japanese manual. Sonic Sonic Sonic Sonic Sonic Sonic Sonic Sonic Artwork of Sonic as seen on the cover of international releases. Artwork of Sonic as seen in the player's guide. Main promotional artwork of Tails. Main promotional artwork of Tails. Tails 16.png Artwork of Tails on the cover of international releases. Tails Tails8.jpg Tails Tails Tails Tails Tails Tails Tails Tails Tails Tails Tornado

Animals

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Hirokazu Yasuhara's sketches

Zones

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Hidden pathways of Emerald Hill Zone. A diagonal Spring of the Emerald Hill Zone. Corkscrew loop of the Emerald Hill Zone. Chemical tubes of the Chemical Plant Zone. Crushing blocks of the Chemical Plant Zone. Tricky platforms of the Chemical Plant Zone. Moving platforms of the Chemical Plant Zone. Pillars shooting arrows in the Aquatic Ruin Zone. Falling pillar bottoms of the Aquatic Ruin Zone. Moving platforms of the Aquatic Ruin Zone. Bumpers of the Casino Night Zone. Different types of pinball obstacles of the Casino Night Zone Flippers of the Casino Night Zone. Pinball shooters of the Casino Night Zone. Slot Machines of the Casino Night Zone. Gondolas of the Hill Top Zone. Seesaws of the Hill Top Zone. Raising lava in the Hill Top Zone. Vine switch of the Mystic Cave Zone. Moving spike steps in the Mystic Cave Zone. Spiked balls of the Mystic Cave Zone. Sliding sections of the Oil Ocean Zone. Floating fans of the Oil Ocean Zone Steam launchers of the Oil Ocean Zone. Bumper walls of the Metropolis Zone. Moving platforms of the Metropolis Zone. Steam launchers of the Metropolis Zone. Rotating gears of the Metropolis Zone. Enemies of the Sky Chase Zone. Different sections of the Wing Fortress Zone. Numerous gimmicks and Badniks of the Wing Fortress Zone.

Warning icons

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Tails posing. Tails sleeping on small island. Dr. Robotnik attempting to break Mega Drive cartridge. Tails with Mega Drive cartridge and Sonic holding bottle. Turning Mega Drive console on and off. Tails noting about the Mega Drive cartridge's sensibility. Tails and the cartridge during heat weather. Sonic and Tails calling on telephones.

Promotional

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Full cover illustration done by Greg Martin. Alternative cover art illustrated by Greg Martin. Sonic Hedgehog 2 - Artwork - (5).jpg

Promotional screenshots

Early mock-ups

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A mock-up of Dust Hill Zone from a November/December 1992 issue of Sears, Roebuck and Co. Magazine. The only shot of Dust Hill Zone, a conceptual mockup. "Gator" exists within early prototypes of the game. A color-corrected version of Dust Hill Zone. An early mockup of Emerald Hill Zone with an off-center Sonic. Note the Green Hill Zone clouds in the background and the Sonic the Hedgehog HUD. A better quality version of the mockup of Emerald Hill Zone, albeit with the top and bottom missing. An early mockup screenshot of Hidden Palace Zone. Sonic is off center and there is a background not seen in any later screenshots. An early mock-up of the Hidden Palace Zone. An early mock-up of the Hidden Palace Zone.

Summer 1992 screenshots

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One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features the game's title screen. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Emerald Hill Zone. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. A composite shot to highlight the Emerald Hill Zone corkscrew. Many magazines cropped this down to a more appropriate size. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Chemical Plant Zone. Sonic and Tails being on different levels occurs in the prototype's rolling demo, but is trickier to pull off in the final game. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Chemical Plant Zone. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Aquatic Ruin Zone. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Aquatic Ruin Zone and Tails with an older AI script. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Hill Top Zone. In the final game, Tails cannot stand in the Gondola, which would also detach at the end of its line. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Oil Ocean Zone. One of the first promotional images for Sonic 2, which was released during the summer of 1992. Features a shot of Oil Ocean Zone and a "ball release" switch - an axed feature.

Box artwork

Original release

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Japanese box art European and Australian box art illustrated by Greg Martin. American box art illustrated by Greg Martin. Alternative US cover illustrated by Greg Martin.

Re-releases

Xbox 360 box art.

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Xbox One box art.

See also

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)/Gallery

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

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