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Mecha Green Hill Zone (メカグリーンヒル・ゾーン[1] Meka Gurīn Hiru Zōn?) is the fourth Zone in Sonic Chaos. The Zone is a polluted Green Hill, having been filled with machines by Dr. Robotnik. In keeping with the other Zones of this game, Mecha Green Hill Zone consists of two standard Acts followed by a shorter, third Act which contains the boss.
Description[]
Mecha Green Hill Zone is a tropical area, but everything from the ground to the trees is completely mechanized. Steel palm trees deploy explosive Coconut-Bots, and Boing-o-Bot Badniks trundle across bleak fields of synthetic grass. The ground is stark and metallic, and the skies are sickly, polluted green (or orange, on the Game Gear version). The Zone also incorporates the 'tilting bridges' from Gigalopolis Zone, that the player has to sprint across fast or fall off.
Boss[]
The Tree Crawler Boss
Mecha Green Hill Zone's boss appears to be a cross between a beetle, a sloth and a monkey. While shimmying up and down a robotic palm, the machine spits out energy bolts from a cannon hidden inside its back. Not nearly as problematic as its Sleeping Egg predecessor, the boss can be defeated through the standard tactic of dodging the attacks and jumping on its head. Another means of defeating it is for the player to jump above his head and stay there giving him repeated damage. This only works with Sonic because Tails just keeps bouncing around.
Trivia[]
- Both the Master System and Japanese Game Gear[2] manuals state that this Zone used to be Green Hill Zone, but for unknown reasons, this was removed from the version for the English Game Gear.[3]
- The music for this Zone is a remix of the song that plays in Green Hills Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit). Both Zones are based on Green Hill Zone from the original Sonic the Hedgehog and, coincidentally, both are the fourth Zone of their respective games.
- It is also the only Zone track from Sonic Chaos to be the same between the Master System and Game Gear versions.
- The instructions manual describes the pools of sludge in this zone as "deadly molten metal", but the substance does not actually harm you, instead allowing you to sink in slowly. It is likely concentrated oil like in the Oil Ocean Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit).
Music[]
| Name | Artist(s) | Length | Music track |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mecha Green Hill Zone | Mix, Nagao N.Gee | 2:18 |
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sonic & Tails (Sega Game Gear) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 23.
- ↑ Sonic Chaos (Sega Game Gear) Japanese instruction manual, pg. 23.
- ↑ Sonic Chaos (Sega Game Gear) United States instruction booklet, pg. 14.
| Playable characters | Sonic · Tails | |
| Non-playable characters | Eggman · Flicky | |
| Zones | Turquoise Hill Zone · Gigalopolis Zone · Sleeping Egg Zone · Mecha Green Hill Zone · Aqua Planet Zone · Electric Egg Zone · Special Stages | |
| Enemies | Boing-o-Bot · Bomblin · Buzz Bomber · Coconut-Bot · Frogger · Mecha Hiyoko · Metal-o-Turtle · Veg-o-Bot | |
| Bosses | Lady Bug Boss · Bead Worm Boss · Bouncy Boss Robot · Tree Crawler Boss · Sphere-o-Bot Boss · Laser Walker | |
| Moves/techniques | Crouch · Propeller Flying · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Super Peel Out | |
| Gimmicks and obstacles | Dash Panel · Goal Plate · High-speed warp tube · Spikes · Spring · Switch | |
| Items | Air bubble · Chaos Emerald · Continue · Giant Ring · Item Box (1-Up, Invincible, Super Ring, Pogo Spring, Power Sneakers, Rocket Shoes, Time Stop) · Ring | |
| Other | Corkscrew · Life · Loop · Master Robots · North Cave · South Island · Water | |