" An early development idea which the gears are rotating in different direction. Looks painful if you get sandwiched." - Concept of Windy Hill Zone 1. " The concept was totally new, so we couldn't decide the direction of the design. It was tough as we had to re-make this first stages over and over." - Concept of Windy Hill Zone 1. " The inner cylinder was very confusing when designing as what it was ceiling would be a ground in next second." - Concept of Windy Hill Zone 3. " When you hear desert, you will imagine pyramid and oasis. It's a stereotype, but we felt it was very understandable." - Concept of Desert Ruins Zone 1. " We were requested a simple design, but that makes it hard to create a sense of scale, and made Sonic look small. Taking balance to achieve this was very difficult." - Concept of Desert Ruins features. " When you play the game, you actually can't see the side part of this stage, but the design is based on a hornet's nest." - Concept of Desert Ruins Zone 2. " When you design a tropical stage, you really want to take an holiday and go there. I felt this way especially when I was making this stage." - Concept of Tropical Coast Zone 1. " You are not copying the real world, so we sometimes get lost what kind of design is the best." - Concept of wall patterns in Tropical Coast. " It looks flat in this art, but it is actually on a huge sphere, so it was very difficult to design." - Concept of Tropical Coast Zone 1. " Very early image of the Casino stage. There are too many blue color and may be hard to find Sonic." - Concept of Frozen Factory Zone 3. " There are various types of plants and trees, we re-designed many times and it was very tough to make it look “Jungle”." - Concept of Silent Forest Zone 1. " It may be hard to recognize, but we thought it's funny if water was coming out from the eyes and nose of Moai in the background, so we did that." - Concept of Silent Forest Zone 3. " Did Eggman run out of budget in the final stage? You can see many patches and looks very easy to tear down this place." - Concept of Lava Mountain.
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