The Hidden Palace article says the ring toss was a completely new move:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles is one of my favorite games of all time. It's nice to finally see a snapshot of its early development after all this time.
TAILS HELPER/WHISTLE!
So that's what that weird AIZ red sphere object was from. Huh.
I don't believe so. Everyone assumed the PC soundtrack was a replacement made for licensing reasons.
It seems like bosses were a high priority during Sonic 3's development compared to Sonic 2.
There it is. What we were waiting for. EDIT: Incredibly early compared to the other stages too. No wonder they initially cut it for deadlines.
Nice, barrel of doom was always planned.
I would've never guessed that the drop dash was an unused Sonic 3 concept. It doesn't look like the whistle is in this build, sadly. So the PC...
Early Sonic 3, this is amazing!
Considering that it was Sand Shower/desert's counterpart, it seems possible that Rock World was the winter zone. Being a palette change, this...
Ah, I understand what you meant now. My bad.
That doesn't prove anything. The past and present maps have multiple differences between them. We can't say for certain if they are palm trees in...
You're right, I missed that. So we have a clear link for that piece of concept art to the Tropical Plant level. I still feel that you're reading...
The Tropical Sun concept was likely for Tropical Summer, not Tropical Plant, but we don't know what these zones looked like for sure. Rock World...
If you look closely at the ruined past map, Tropical Summer still takes place at the same location as Tropical Plant: below the warp point...
[ATTACH] Here's the full slide, it seems like "Medieval" is used interchangeably with "ancient time". "Olympus" is actually called a shrine during...
砂漠 (desert) zone is listed as taking place in 現代 (present time/day). Not the past or ruined present/present 2. According to the list you posted:...
I have a hard time believing that an enemy design would be made before something as basic as level troupes were decided on. The fact that the...
The Sand Shower name should be moved from the Others category of the article to the "Desert Zone" part and listed as an early name for it at the...
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