Post by teridaxxd001 on May 14, 2024 6:19:11 GMT
There's a few whole areas that are lost:
Snow Valley is World 4 from the Legacy version of the game. Snow Valley was kind of barren, only having a vending machine in its entry area and some platforms with raised paths, and since there were no quests or anything, all you could really do was collect Rings, Chaos Orbs and experience. It also had its own Obby you needed to complete to access it, which, like all the Obbies, is lost.
Chemical Plant is World 6 in the Legacy version based on Chemical Plant Zone from the 16-bit Sonic the Hedgehog 2. There was a Quest here to unlock the Stealth Suit Sonic skin. A non-interactive NPC version of Metal Sonic was also hidden here for a while, charging up in stasis. It was originally present in the Beta version for a while, but it was unfinished, and had no actual entrance; you had to glitch out of bounds to access it. It was removed a few days before the public release, but was eventually finished and added to a later update. The unfinished version had blue skies and fog, unlike the red skies and fog in the finished version.
Pumpkin Hill was a seasonal World available only around Halloween 2022. It was based on Pumpkin Hill from Sonic Adventure 2, but also incorporated sections of Hang Castle from Sonic Heroes. It had two event Quests, Pumpkin Panic and Unleash the Beast. It was probably made inaccessible sometime in November 2022.
There's also Marble Zone, an unfinished world based on the level of the same name from the 16-bit Sonic the Hedgehog. It could be accessed only in the Beta version of the game by glitching out of bounds in Emerald Hill Obby, and was outright removed from the game on April 15, 2022 to make the game run smoother.
All the Legacy Races, like the worlds, are different than in the current game. Green Hill Race (which had two Legacy versions: the original and a redesign), Metal Madness Race and Metal City Race all exist in both versions of the game (though the Legacy version, on one occasion, referred to Metal Madness as "Stardust Speedway"). The latter two are extremely similar in both versions of the game, but the layout of items are different, and there were some hazards in Legacy that are not currently present. The other races from the Legacy version are Lost Valley Race, Emerald Hill Race, Snow Valley Race (no good videos of this one) and Hill Top Race, none of which have a counterpart in the current game (there is one called Hill Top Drag Race, but it uses a different premise than a standard race).
Then there are Obbies. They could be entered via the Worlds. Green Hill had three permanent Obbies that didn't unlock new areas: Green Hill Obby 1, Green Hill Obby 2 and Green Hill Obby 3. The Lost Valley Obby was entered via Green Hill and unlocked Lost Valley. The Emerald Hill Obby was entered via Lost Valley and unlocked Emerald Hill. The Snow Valley Obby was entered via Emerald Hill and unlocked Snow Valley. The Hill Top Obby is entered via Snow Valley and unlocks Hill Top. These transitional Obbies start with the terrain of the World you enter through and end with the terrain of the World you exit into. There was also an unfinished Obby called Lost Valley Obby 1 you could access by going out of bounds in Lost Valley, its terrain exclusively being that of Lost Valley. Then there was the Synth City Obby, accessed from Green Hill, where RB Battles took place. Finally, there was the Firework Festival Obby, also in Green Hill, where the player could buy the Sunshine Trail upon completion. This one was different in that the player wasn't loaded onto a new map for it; it was located in Green Hill's sky and was accessed with a spring.
A game mode that isn't currently in the game is Tag. It's exactly what it sounds like: you tag another player by catching up to them or using Homing Attack on them while they're in range. It was played in twp different areas, both of which are currently inaccessible: Green Hill Cyberspace and New Yoke Tag Arena.
There are a few medium-sized areas known as "Sub-Worlds." They tended to focus solely on one Quest, which were treated as events, but were permanent. They were all located in Green Hill The first of these was Green Reef. It resembles Green Hill, except there are underwater areas to explore, meaning it introduced the drowning mechanic to the game. It was home to the Find Froggy quest.
The second Sub-World was Diamond Terminal. It was an underwater high-security vault, mazelike and protected by laser beams (which can be deactivated with switches), holding jewels. The Rouge's Heist Quest could be done here. It was eventually brought back in the current version of the game as "The Vault" (with a catch; more on that later).
The third Sub-World was Metal City Skatepark. Metal City Skatepark is also in the current version of the game, but as a full-fledged World, meaning the Legacy version is smaller, though the layout and geography is extremely similar to the first area of the current one. It was home to to three Quests: Animal Rescue, Jet's Bets and Freestyle Riders.
Then there was Tornado Assault, another "permanent event," which let you fly the Tornado through Green Hill and into Eggman's base to repel an invasion of his Buzz Bombers. This one was also brought back in the current version of the game, but again with a catch (see later).
Last from Legacy, there was World Premiere. This was basically just an outdoor theater where the first episode of Sonic Prime could be watched in-game. It consisted of a small, Green Hill-esque area with a large projector screen where the episode would play. It was removed after December 17, 2022.
??? is from the current version of the game, but it was only available during April Fools' Day 2024. It had a timer that, once it ran out, made the portal to the world disappear. It basically took a bunch of the Obbies from the Legacy version of the game and spliced them together seamlessly into one level. It used Sanic as its mascot (of course) and you could claim two Friends (Sanic and You, which is basically a duplicate of your player avatar) and a Sanic Trail when you got to the end.
Working on more, will come back when I have more time. I may actually edit them into the first post, to "pin" all relevant information in an easy to find place. Then maybe I'll start on an actual article.