Nice find. I knew the clouds were on a layer above the "デビュー接近" text at the end of the demo sequence, but didn't realize (or forgot) they were...
I don't particularly remember seeing this discussed before, and I'm not sure where else to put it, so here we go... This Sonic 1 concept art:...
I agree.
Yup!
As far as the boss music being faster, I believe it's moreso a bug with speedup shoes effect on the music not wearing off as it should. The music...
Jfc that footage is great, bugs and all. I definitely wasn't aware that the victory pose replaced the normal jump animation.
Interesting; hadn't heard that before. I poked around, and saw it referenced on (Japanese) Twitter a couple times, as well as in this separate...
Marble Garden Zone and maybe one bonus stage song were composed by Miyoko Takaoka (she seems unsure if her bonus stage composition was actually...
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