Taxman: Part of 2 New Areas Cut for Remake
Many Sonic fans have already sunk their teeth into the remake of Sonic CD when it was released to XBOX Live this morning. Some have gone so deep into the game, they found a little extra peek at something ultimately cut from the final release:
“It” is called Desert Dazzle zone, according to developer Christian Whitehead. Speaking about it on the Sonic Retro forums, Whitehead said it was part of a planned extra level for the game, but never made it:
Basically, earlier on in the remake’s development there were 2 new levels: Desert Dazzle & Final Fever (another boss)
Neither level was fully complete, and we had to make the call whether or not to go ahead and finalize them. Sonic Team felt the game should not deviate too far from it’s original form, and in retrospect it was for the best since we had a lot of other work to do anyway.
I left this image in since it’s quite a groovy looking Zone, and it also serves as a way for you to get to the stage select as Tails.
Already, there are calls to add the Dust Hill inspired stage down the road as paid DLC.
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Cool.
You can’t fool me, Whitehead! That’s Dust Hill!
NERDRAGEGASM!
Hmm… looks like Dust Hill. You can tell because Sonic isn’t centered.
It’s likely that this was that “R2″ level cut from the original. O.O
This would be a spectacular DLC add-on.
I’m with n00n. Extra levels would be… like… the best thing ever.
Nice. In the rerelease thespecial stages are much harder. Collecting the Time Stones is a real challenge now.
Yeah, a DLC could be the solution, because only those who agreed with a new stage would get it, the boring fans who want the game 100% identical would just ignore it
I bet that this will end up either as DLC for Sonic CD, or be adapted for Sonic 4 Episode 2 or 3.
DLC….Now¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
D-L-C! D-L-C! D-L-C!
*Poof*
Looks cool. Wouldn’t mind seeing it being brought back as DLC.
looks exactly like dust hill zone!
sega make this dlc…
@SteveLovesSonicCd
How, exactly, are they harder? (They were quite hard enough in the original, I have to say…)
-SEGA, hate a Desert stage”
Since 1992.
(Oh. great Sonic 2 deleted levels era…)
DLC *clapclapclapclapclap* DLC
Amazing, Sega actually decided against it because it didn’t want to deviate?! Sonic 4 is the definition of deviation from S1-3&K!! omg… O_o
Whaaat? But there was a desert area on Little Planet, so why couldn’t Sonic Team let us have this level as an extra unlockable without having to deviate from the original? This needs to be DLC. A shame this went to waste, hopefully we’ll get to play it.
DLC My boy…
I pay for this.
Sonic 4.2 level plz?
I’m not sure if I’d get this as DLC, but at least the concept art exists in game. And it serves as a way of unlocking Tails’ stage select? I’m looking forward to seeing this nice little image in the future.
Guys, I think we have our first glimpse of what to expect out of Sonic 4. For one, they’ve never ADDED anything to past re-releases of Sonic games.
Desert Dazzle is so much a better name than Dust Hill. We have enough hills, thanks.
@A
I was use to playing the special stage in the Sonic Gems Collection(ps2 version) of Sonic CD. In the re-release the special stage feels smoother, slightly faster maybe, which makes timing of jumping to get the UFO’s slightly tricker. Turning left or right also feels harder in terms of timing.
On my first playthrough of the re-release I only managed to get the first four time stones. On the my second playthrough I got all time stones by the end of Stardust Speedway. On my third playthrough I got them all by the end of Quartz Quadrant (all 7 in 8 attempts). So its just a matter of adapting and if the special stages is slightly harder, then thats all part of the fun.
Got to say I love this re-release. So enjoyable. Playing as Tails is great because you can explore so much. Also I like the fact that you can collect more than 9 lives. A maximum of 99 maybe? As for ‘Desert Dazzle’ simply dazzling.
@HyperMetal Well, all of the level names in Sonic CD are alliteration, so there it can’t be Dust Hill.
Wow. If I get the Steam version, whenever it comes out, I’d definitely want this as DLC. It looks like it was supposed to be in the original judging by the loading screens since there are cacti in them.
Well the vote this week is whether or not Whitehead should be given free reign to make his own title. A DLC level for Sonic CD would be a good way for Sega to “test his skills”.
Just saying it makes good sense.
@Chaotix
I know, but I was just sayin’.