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Ultimate Sonic Fighter: Stages Part 1
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Knothole Village/New Mobotropolis BGM: "Sonic Heroes"
Each stage has an alternate version with notable differences. The default for Knothole has it looking similar to the SATAM version. There are several destructible straw huts and another part with a bridge leading to open-air buildings across a small creek. Rotor's house can be seen as one of the huts, having a small waterwheel just outside of it. Knothole is surrounded by trees, while New Mobotropolis has trees on one side and a large wall on the other side. In the New Mobotropolis venue, Castle Acorn can be seen far in the distance, but is only part of the background. In New Mobotropolis, any huts destroyed will turn into wireframes and be restored soon after. Hamlin, Dylan, and Penelope stand on the sidelines of both stages. Knothole has them in their classic look, while New Mobotropolis has them in their recent outfits.
Robotropolis/Mobotropolis BGM: "Sonic 3's Eggman Boss Theme"
Each city is similar yet drastically different in tone. Robotropolis has darker colors with grimy factories for its buildings. Mobotropolis has a lighter mood with cleaner looking buildings. Robotropolis has Robotnik's base in the center, while Mobotropolis has the more pyramid shaped Castle Acorn. Destructible aircraft piloted by Swatbots move throughout the Robotropolis stage and can be used as platforms. Uncle Chuck is on the sidelines of both stages. Robotropolis has him roboticized and near his hideaway. Mobotropolis has him de-roboticized and near a chili dog stand. If Uncle Chuck is a player at the time, he will not appear.
Station Square/Destroyed Station Square BGM: "Open Your Heart"
These stages take place in the main area of Station Square in front of the train station and Twinkle Park. Across the ocean, a sunken Egg Carrier can be seen in the distance. Parked cars act as destructible objects. The alternate version is flooded with ruined buildings, having a few uprooted roads acting as platforms.
City Escape/Mission Street BGM: "It Doesn't Matter"
Each stage takes place on an open street. One has a destroyed truck blocking the exit, while one has a destroyed Big Foot mech blocking the way. Billboards for "Chao in Space" and "Chaos Soda" can be seen above on the buildings. City Escape takes place during the day, while Mission Street is in the night time. That stage in particular looks more similar to where the Big Foot mech is fought.
Mystic Ruins/Echidna City BGM: "Lost World"
The level takes place around a pyramid, which in the original game acted as the entrance to the Lost World level. The Mystic Ruins are surrounded by a jungle, while the pyramid in the past's Echidna City is surrounded by an ancient city. Tikal will be on the sidelines of each one, although in the Mystic Ruins she is in a transparent spirit form. If Tikal is a player at the time, she will not appear.
Echidnapolis/Nekronopolis BGM: "Sonic Chronicles Opening"
One stage takes place on the rooftops of abandoned slums of Echidnapolis, the other has buildings that look more like parts of a fortress. One takes place during night, while the other is a dark and cloudy sky during the day. One has a tower representing the city's science ministry far in the background and Nekronopolis has Enerjak's tower in its place. Hovercrafts act as platforms and destructible objects in each version. One has Echidna Security Team vehicles, while the other has Legion style hovercraft piloted by Mechanauts.
Green Hill/Emerald Hill BGM: "Emerald Hill"
The stage takes place on the coastline, hills, and ridges of each respective stage. They look similar, but each has different color schemes to match with the original Genesis stages. Loops, bridges, and waterfalls can be seen far in the background. Buzzbombers and Buzzers fly above each respective stage.
Great Canyon/Maga BGM: "Fastest Thing Alive"
Each place is similar in being a canyon area with ruins on the ground level. The Great Canyon was ruins with wolf like imagery, referencing the Wolfpack. Maga has ruins with imagery relating to wind, acting as a reference to the "Breath of Mobius". Parts of the canyon itself break away from more powerful attacks. There are also holes throughout each stage with wind currents that blow players into the air. Aeriel, Athena, and Lupe's children can also be seen occasionally in each stage.
Emerald Shrine/Sky Sanctuary BGM: "Sonic 3 Credits"
Both stages take place on an island suspended in the sky. A pedestal holding the Master Emerald would be in the center of each of them. One is the emerald shrine as seen in Sonic Adventure and the other is the stage from Sonic and Knuckles. The Death Egg can be seen looming in the background of the Sky Sanctuary stage. Invisible walls keep layers from falling out entirely of aerial stages
Hidden Palace/Marble Garden BGM: "Sonic and Knuckles Mid-Boss"
Both stages take place within a temple. The difference between them is that one is underground and the other is an open-air temple above ground. Both have the mural that shows Super Sonic facing off against Eggman. The Hidden Palace has destructible pedestals intended for Super Emeralds, while the Marble Garden has the remains of the Tunnelbot and Drill Mobile bosses scattered around.
Ice Cap/Planet Freedom BGM: "Ice Cap"
Both stages take place on top of a glacier. The one difference being that one as many ice floes on a frozen lake below and the other has a massive lava pit. Parts of the ground are destructible. Both the ice lake and lava pit do damage upon contact. On the ridge of Ice Cap, a snowboard can be seen planted in the ground next to a Peguinator badnik. The Planet Freedom stage as Eggman's vehicle from the end of the anime OVA in its place.
Emerald Coast/Sonic's Base BGM: "South Island"
Both stages take place on a beachside terrain. One features the city of Station Square in the background, while another has Sonic's home base from the anime OVAs. One has an orca leaping in the horizon, while another as the owl simply known as "Old Man" flying by in a plane. There is water terrain in this level and it is possible to go underneath the waves. In regards to any levels with water, a 5 second countdown will start if players are underwater too long. Characters may possibly drown and be instantly KOed or rust in the case of robotic characters.
Death Egg (Sonic 2)/Death Egg (S&K) BGM: Death Egg (S&K)
Both stages take place in an open atrium with windows that show the expanse of outer space beyond it. The major difference is the color schemes and designs changing to reflect the different versions. On the walls there are certain "buttons" that act as bumpers, flinging the players in the opposite direction.
ARK Control Room/Cannon's Core BGM: "Live and Learn"
Each stage takes place within a circular room within Space Colony ARK. One has the control panel with the Chaos Emeralds at the center, while the other has a replica of the Master Emerald shrine. Each one has platforms for players to fight upon, but these can also be destroyed.
Flicky Island/Resort Island BGM: "Panic Puppet - Act 1"
Both stages are similar, although one is reminiscent of Sonic 3D Blast, while the other draws from Sonic R. Both have the four different kinds of Flicky birds flying through the air. Each also has ground terrain and underwater terrain. Warp Rings from Sonic 3D Blast are seen around Flicky Island and can transport players to different parts of the stage. Resort Island instead has Ring Gates from Sonic R.
Thorndyke Residence/President's Lawn BGM: "Sonic Drive"
Each takes place on a green lawn surrounding the respective buildings for each stage. The buildings themselves are not destructible, but various decorations around them are. Various human characters from Sonic X stand on the sidelines of each stage.
Egg Carrier/Egg Fleet BGM: "What I'm Made Of"
Both stages are similar taking place on an aircraft, but have designs reflecting the original designs for each version. The Egg Fleet in particular has other ships flying in the background. Both stages have turrets that fire towards players, but these are also destructible.
Wing Fortress/Flying Battery BGM: "Flying Battery"
Both stages take place on top of aircraft, each one resembling the zones from the original games. One has Cluckers picking out of hatchers, while the other has Technosqueeks zooming out before moving back in. Getting too close to fan blades has players being pushed in the opposite direction.
Miracle Planet/Isolated Island BGM: "Sonic Boom"
Both stages are in colorful settings. One resembling the Collision Chaos zone, while the other has similarities to the Amazing Arena. Although each also has tracks running above the surface to fight along. The tracks for one resemble Stardust Speedway, while the tracks for another resemble Speed Slider. There are also bumpers scattered in various parts of each stage. On the sidelines if Isolated Island, Dr. Ellidy can be seen researching one of the Item Monitors while Porker Lewis takes his place at Mircle Planet
Tropical Resort/Eggmanland BGM: "Reach for the Stars"
Both take place in settings resemble amusement parks and have imagery closely tying to the original stages from each game. Each stage has ferris wheels along the wall that provide rotating platforms. Tropical Resort has Wisps flying throughout the stage, while Eggmanland has the Dark Bats from Unleashed.
Sunset Hill/Twinkle Park BGM: "Follow Me"
Both stages feature a concert stage, but the surroundings differ with each one. One has a tropical area with palm trees. The other has an artificial environment with a roller coaster seen in the distance. Both stages feature the band from Sonic 1's unused sound test, but the band name on the drum set differs with each stage. Sunset Hill calls them the "Knothole Knuts" while Twinkle Park calls them the "Forget-Me-Knots".
Tails' Workshop/King Fredrick Airfield BGM: "Believe in Myself"
Each of these stages features Tails' small workshop and an airstrip. However the first one is at the Mystic Ruins as seen in Sonic Adventure. The other is the airstrip inside New Mobotropolis. The Tornado 1 is in the first stage, while the Tornado 2 is in the alternate.
Black Comet/Blue Typhoon BGM: "All I Am"
Both stages take place out in the expanse of space, with only spaceships and planetoids acting as platforms. One features the Black Comet along with Space Colony ARK in the background. The other features the Blue Typhoon spaceship along with the Metarex known as Scarship. The ARK and the Scarship have a tendency to fire beams from their main cannons, so players should be cautious to not be caught in the blasts.
Eastopolis/Crisis City BGM: "Crisis City"
Each stage takes place in a ruined city, having the ruined of roads and buildings acting as platforms. Black Arms stand in the background of one, while Iblis' minions are in the background of another. The Black Bull and Iblis loom in the background of each stage, firing projectiles towards the arena. They however, cannot be reached, let alone damaged.
Soleanna/Albion BGM: "His World"
One is the main city from Sonic 06 and the other is the echidna city from the Archie series. Each has waterways running through them and has boats acting as additional platforms. Princess Elise stands on the sidelines along with human bystanders in Soleanna, while Albion has Gala-Na and its echidna residents.
Downunda/Sand Ocean BGM: "Hero vs Dark"
Each takes place in desert settings, although what's in the center of the stage differs with each one. Downunda has Crocbot's base resembling the Sydney Opera House. Sand Ocean has Eggman's pyramid base from Sonic Adventure 2. Both stages have sand traps which have the potential to slow down the movement of players.
Robotnik's Fortress/Egg Fort BGM: "AOSTH Main Theme"
Both stages involve fortresses on a mountainside. One is Robotnik's base from the AOSTH cartoon, while the other is Eggman's base from the first few story arcs of Sonic X. The most notable difference is Robotnik's Fortress having a giant gold statue on the side of it. Within both stages is a junk pile with the remains of various one-shot robots from each series.
Scrap Brain/Metropolis BGM: "Sonic 2 Boss Theme"
Each stage takes place within factories made to resemble the zones from the original games. The main obstacles are comprised of conveyor belts along the floor and platforms along the wall that fall away if stood on too long. Small openings with either spikes or lava traps also act as hazards. One the sidelines of Scrap Brain are Ditzo and Scorch, the good robots from AOSTH's Scrap Valley. Replacing them in Metropolis are Rust and Bucket, two Trooper generals from the Fleetway comics.
Lava Powerhouse/Toxic Caves BGM: "Spinball Title Theme"
Each stage takes place on a large platform suspended over either lava or toxic waste, with very few safe spots below. Bumpers line the walls, which have the chance of knocking players back onto the platform or into the hazards. Toxic Caves has the Scorpius boss peaking out of a sewer pipe, while Lava Powerhouse has the Roboboiler attached to the wall. Neither interacts directly, but emits their trademarks screams if caught in the crossfire of attacks.
Bartleby's Mansion/Resistance Hideaway BGM: ""Sonic Underground"
Each takes place in different settings. One stage being in Bartleby's ballroom, while the other is in the meeting hall of the resistance. The common straight with both is that that each have a concert stage within the center that has the Sonic Underground logo on it. Each one has tables line out throughout the stage, which can be destroyed by attacks. The mansion features Bartleby himself, hiding under one of the destructible tables and he will run away if it is destroyed. The resistance base has Cyrus and Trevor on the sidelines, standing next to the Sonic Underground's van.
Robotropolis Control Center/Eggdome Control Center BGM: "Final Zone"
Both stages feature the main control center of both main incarnations of Archie's Robotnik, the overall layout seeming similar to the control center from SATAM. Each have the chair in the center and it can be sent spinning from attacks. Trap doors on the walkways lead to lower levels of the control center below them.
Shanazar/Babylon Garden BGM: "Seven Rings in Hand"
Both take place on floating ruins that have an Arabian motif. Shanazar comes from the Fleetway series, while Babylon Garden is from Sonic Riders. Both have inaccessible areas surrounded by invisible walls within the main ruins. Shanazar has a genie floating in the center and Babylon Garden replaces that genie with the Babylon Guardian. Neither interacts directly with the battle.
Mercia/Nameless Zone BGM: "Knight of the Wind"
Each of these stages take place in settings resembling Medieval England, featuring cottages and castle parapets within a courtyard area. Mercia originates from the Archie series, while the Nameless Zone comes from the Fleetway comics. Beyond the courtyard of the Nameless Zone is a mountain far in the background, with the Tower of the Enchanter Kings resting on it. Shaman Warpull stand on the sidelines of the Nameless Zone along with the Enchanter Kings and Mari-an stands on the sidelines of Mercia.
Southern Island/Cocoa Island BGM: "Vela Nova"
One is the main island from Sonic Rush Adventure and the other is a clearing taking place on the island from Tails' Adventure. Southern Island has several notable landmarks on the sidelines, while Cocoa Island only has Tails' Workshop and some downed Battlebird vehicles. Members of the Coconut Crew stand on the side of one stage, while the other replaces them with infantry of the Battlebird Armada. Marine and T-Pup can also be seen in each respective stage, one standing next to the Wave Cyclone whiles the other stays next to the Sea Fox. Each stage features underwater areas just off the beachside.
Special Stage/Special Zone BGM: "Sonic 2 Special Stage"
Both stages take place on circular checkered globes. The globes have inverted gravity pull, making it possibly to run completely around them. In the background, several looping halfpipes are suspended through the air, spiraling in different directions. The alternate stage features a cameo from the Chaotix's asteroid base in the background, which was featured in the Fleetway comics.
Knothole Ruins/Robotropolis Ruins. BGM: "Sonic 1 Boss Theme"
The stages take place in a crater, having the remains of various building or foliage scattered around it. The remains of Robotnik's mechs are scattered throughout the area. The Knothole stage has Freedom HQ on the sidelines and the Robotropolis stage has Fort Acorn seen in the horizon.
The Void/Zone of Silence BGM: "Doomsday Zone"
Both stages take place in a wide expanse, having only various floating rock formations as platforms. The Void is closer to the SATAM episode in having the platforms being made of crystal and having a crystal palace far in the horizon. The Zone of Silence replaces this palace with Feist who appears looming in the background before vanishing.
Oil Ocean/West Robotropolis BGM: "Metal Scratchin"
The battlefields take place in a factory setting suspended over a massive oil field. Physical contact with the oil slows down players while standing in it. The West Robotropolis stage looks similar, but has a massive squid peeking out from the oil in the background. Oil Ocean has Beauregard and Matilda watching from a platform. Matilda will not appear if she is playable at the time.
Casino Night/Clue Rouge BGM: "Robot Carnival"
Each takes place in a setting resembling a pinball field, each with bumpers scattered about to act as obstacles. Casino Night is on a rooftop surrounded by small barriers and resembles the original stage from Sonic 2. Renfield T. Rodent can be seen watching from a platform suspended by balloons. Club Rouge takes place indoors and replaces Renfield with Max Gamble watching from a balcony.
Prison Island/Zone Jail BGM: "Sonic vs Shadow"
Prison Island resembles the interior stages from Sonic Adventure 2, having destructible GUN crates scattered throughout the stage. Electric fields outline certain borders and can stun players for a moment. GUN Soldiers patrol walkways from just outside the battlefield. The Zone Jail replaces them with Zone Cops who walk sideways along the walls.
Gaia Colossus/Nocturne BGM: "Endless Possibility"
The stages take place on a multi-staged environment with various structures leading to the top. Gaia Colossus is unique as it has you fight on top of the Colossus as it grapples with Dark Gaia in the background. Tendrils from Dark Gaia are wrapped along several structures, causing damage if touched. Nocturne replaces these with waterfalls of lava. Both stages have meteors raining down upon the field occasionally. In the background of Nocturne, the outline of the Twilight Cage can be seen; along with some N'rrgal stuck to its exterior.
Metal City/Megalo Station BGM: "Un-Gravitify"
The futuristic cities from the first two Riders games have their tracks acting as the battlefields. Various hover cars pass by and can be destroyed by certain attacks. E-10000s on Extreme Gear pass by and knock down players if they happen to hit them. Megalo City replaces them with Meteortech's robots.
Dragon Road/Dragon Kingdom BGM: "Werehog Battle Theme"
These stages take place in a village with buildings resembling Chinese architecture. A Chaos Emerald shrine lies on one end and the Dragon Kingdom replaces it with a golden statue of Monkey Khan. Chip and several Chun-nan residents are on the sidelines for the default. Dragon Kingdom replaces them with Li Moon, Liu Fang, and the Bride of Conquering Storm.
Leaf Forest/Great Forest BGM: "Leaf Forest"
Both stages take place within a forest full of small ridges and ponds providing underwater terrain. There is a tree stump near the backend of the arena that opens a secret area full of ring once destroyed. Rings are also plentiful within the water terrain. Leaf Forest is from Sonic Advance 2 and has Cream's mother, Vanilla, standing on the sidelines with some Chao. The Great Forest comes from both SATAM and the Archie series. It features Sonic's parents, Jules and Bernie, on the sidelines.
White Space/Center of Time BGM: "Time Eater"
Both stages feature clock like imagery where moving gears act as platforms along with crumbling platforms that look as if they came from Green Hill and similar levels. White Space features a white void for the background similar to the hub of Sonic Generations while Center of Time has a background similar to when the Time Eater boss is found. Tikal, Marine, Chip, Shahra, Yacker, and various Flicky Birds can be seen frozen as statues on the sidelines. Center of Time has them standing on platforms in the background and cheering on from the sidelines. Tikal and Marine will not be shown if they are playable at the time.
Atomic Destroyer/Scrambled Egg BGM: "Nack's Theme"
Both stages take place within a base that draws imagery from the games they appeared in. Atomic Destroyer is from Triple Trouble and has a more technological appearance while Scrambled Egg is from the Game Gear version of Sonic 2 and has a base merged in with a cavernous interior. Both feature entrances to tubes lines along the walls that transport players to different ends of the field. In both stages various boss robots from the Game Gear games are kept within storage containers.
Mobius Corners/Robotropolis Outskirts BGM: "Give Me Chaos"
Both stages take place within devastated villages along the edge of a canyon area. One is meant to be from Adventures during the emergence of Supreme High Robotnik, while the other is during Chaos Dingo's rampage. Mobius Corners has brighter colors as well as rifts in the sky that show images of prehistoric, medieval, Egyptian, and pirate style environments. Among the buildings are Burt Whoo's diner, a newsstand featuring Crack Ups magazines, and old movie posters featuring Captain Rescue. Within the Sonic Underground stage has that's series' version of Robotropolis seen far in the background. Closer to the main field are the remains of the Flying Fortress and the ship owned by Sleet and Dingo. Throughout both fields green geysers of chaos energy shoot out of the ground, spreading out rings yet also doing damage upon contact.
Mushroom Hill/Plant Paradise BGM: "Mushroom Hill"
One stage originates from Sonic & Knuckles, while the other comes from Sonic Rush Adventure. Each stage takes place in a jungle environment filled with mushrooms that bounce the opponent upon contact with the caps. Both stages have trails of vines that act as platforms. Mushroom Hill has a satellite dish and Clukoids in the background. Plant Kingdom has a treasure chest and the Ghost Rex moving about in the background, slightly obscured by trees. Both areas will have residences similar to the Fleetway version of Mushroom Hill. In that stage, Porker Lewis will look around worried before being startled by a sudden appearance of Liza the Chameleon from the Archie series. Plant Paradise instead has the Coconut Crew trying to find some treasure.
Bullet Station/Radical Train BGM: "Egg Albatross"
Both stages take place on elevated train platforms surrounded by chain link fences. Train cars zooming past on tracks act as obstacles which can potentially do damage to players upon hitting them. Egg Flappers fly past just outside Bullet Station and Egg Gunners do the same in the Radical Train area. Bullet Station originates from Sonic Heroes and Radical Train originates from Sonic 06.
Mystic Mansion/Cryptic Castle BGM: "Mystic Mansion"
Each stage takes place inside a haunted castle. One is from Sonic Heroes and the other is from Shadow's game. Occasionally the stages will distort and flip upside down. Mystic Mansion is different in that it has Booms flying about and occasionally has the ghosts from Night of the Werehog peeking in and out of picture frames. The male ghosts snap pictures while the female blows kisses. Cryptic Castle instead has Chao flying about and has Black Arms Leaches along the wall along with other alien substances
Mad Matrix/Mobotropolis Grid BGM: "Mad Matrix"
One stage is the one of the digital backdrops from Shadow the Hedgehog while another is Nicole's digital mainframe of New Mobotropolis. Both stages have barriers that come up out of nowhere and impede progress. Bombs also act as obstacles when opponents come too close to them. Mad Matrix has a GUN emblem on the ceiling which transforms into Eggman's emblem, while the Mobotropolis Grid has the Acorn family's seal turning into a grinning image of the Iron Queen.
Frontier Canyon/Tranquil Gulch BGM: "Race to Win"
Each stage takes place in an old western style town resting upon a canyon area. There are multiple ridges to act as cover and destructible buildings. Frontier Canyon is from Sonic Rivals 2 and Tranquil Gulch is from one episode of the AOSTH cartoon. Frontier Canyon has wanted posters of the bosses from Tails' Sky Patrol while Tranquil Gulch has some of Katella, Dr. Qwark, Captain Memo, and Dr. Warpnik.
Lava Reef/Deep Core BGM: "Deep Core"
Both stages take place in subterranean caverns. Natural rock formations and metal walkways act as safe spots to walk on, but touching lava outside of it causes damage to players. Lava Reef has the remains of Eggman's Hot Mobile on the side while Deep Core has the Magma Hurricane parked to the side. An inactivate Lava Drill robot is on the center of the Lava Reef stage's platform and Deep Core features the pedestal for the Jeweled Scepter in its place. Lava Reef has the "face" of the Death Egg looming above while Deep Core gives a view of the stormy sky outside the volcanic area.
Emerald Budokai Arena/Station Square Gardens BGM: "T.O.P"
Each of these stages comes from the Sonic X universe. The Emerald Budokai Arena comes from the anime story arc that is loosely based upon Sonic Battle. It appears just as it did in the anime, but incorporates elements from the Tenkaichi Budokai arena from the Dragon Ball series. Also on the walls outside of the arena are posters of the human cast of Sonic X dressed like Virtua Fighter characters. Station Square Gardens comes from the comic series. It features a wrestling arena with animated signs featuring the wrestling personas of Sonic and Eggman. Station Square Gardens has ropes at ground level that bounce the opponent back, but each of these arenas will have players instantly lose if they land on the ground outside of the main fighting arena, being counted as a "ring out".
Mecha Green Hill/Palmtree Panic Bad Future BGM: "You Can Do Anything"
One stage is from Sonic Chaos and the other is from Sonic CD. Both stages take place on roboticized versions of their tropical counterparts. The ground is now made of metal and has several sloped hills. The palm trees are now metallic and occasionally drop bombs that damage players. In the background of Mecha Green Hill is the Kamodo Max boss clinging to a tree. Sonic Chaos' counterparts for Motobugs wander the arena and launch players upward upon contact with the spring on their back. Palmtree Panic replaces them with Kamemusi which occasionally launch damaging projectiles behind themselves. In the background of Palmtree Panic is a hologram of Metal Sonic standing next to the machines seen in the "Past" areas.
Ixis Vale's Crypt/Beneath New Mobotropolis BGM: "Unawakening Float"
Both stages take place within an underground chamber with a circular pattern, each with their walls filled with Ixian glyphs. Each chamber is surrounded by statues along the sides. The pit in New Mobotropolis has the the statues of ancient Babylonians and has shards of crystal attached to certain parts of the walls. The statues in the crypt resembled Ixis Mogul, Ixis Vale, and the three sorcerers that merged into Ixis Naugas. These statues occasionally shoot close range eye beams that temporarily immobilize opponents, but also can be destroyed by attacks.
Kron Colony/Drakon Homeworld BGM: "Volcano Valley - Genesis Version"
Each stage takes place in a circular arena. One is in a rock quarry on the Kron's planet from Sonic Chronicles and the other is a Drakon coliseum from the Fleetway series. The Kron Colony has Kron and Zoah cheering on from just above the quarry's perimeter. Nestor the Wise can also be seen overlooking the fight along with two echidna pirates. The Drakon arena replaces them with the Drakon residents. Instead of the echidna, Emperor Ko-Dorr is seen sitting on his throne with two Drakon Prosecutors at each side. The Kron Colony has digging vehicles as destructible objects while the arena has statues resembling Drakon Sentinels. Certain areas along the edge of each arena are lined with electric fields that cause damage and stun players for a brief time.
Maginary World/Splash Garden BGM: "Growing Wings"
These stages feature lush surroundings within an idyllic dream world, the second actually being a stage featured in Nights. Maginary World is different as it has some of its water terrain frozen over by ice. Maginary World has a Precious Stone floating over a mountaintop and Splash Garden replaces it with an Ideya Palace. Both stages feature underwater terrain. Splash Garden has Nightopians flying throughout it. They are absent in Maginary World, but Lumina can sometimes be seen flying through the stage.
Granite Hill/Granite Hill Night Concert BGM: "Original music by Nobuyuki Hiyama"
Both stages take place in a field just outside the town of Granite Hill, the hometown of Axel and Iggy. Towards the back is the back end of the town museum and an observation balcony. Towards the front is the side of the mountain. The alternate stage takes place at night, having spotlights shining and a laser light show depicting various Sonic characters on the side of the mountain
Angel Island/Tropical Jungle BGM: Angel Island Zone
Rather than the island as a whole, Angel Island in this case refers to the first stage of Sonic 3. Its counterpart is a section taken from Sonic 2006. Both stages features a mix of jungle area, waterways, breakable rock structures, crumbling bridges, and cameos from familiar enemy robots originating from each game. On Angel Island, there is also a small abandoned alcove with a poorly written sign saying “Monk’s Place. Stay the heck out!”. Catweazle can be seen perched in a tree close by here. Around Tropical Jungle, locals from Soleann, including the Sonicman, will be seen touring the jungle. However, these cameos appearances will soon scatter and various robots will be caught in the crossfire of what’s to come. Either the Flying Battery or the Egg Carrier like ship from Sonic 2006 will soon fly above and drop bombs upon the jungle, causing a few fires in the process.
Underground Zone/Cliff’s Excavation Site BGM: Underground Zone
These stages each take place around dig sites around excavation sites. Mine carts on tracks can be knocked towards enemies and there are several wooden platforms where one can gain some vantage points in battle. Underground Zone is from the Game Gear version for Sonic 2, but around the stage are various wrecked and abandoned traps used by the S6 Squad throughout the course of AOSTH. Cliff’s Excavation Site from Rise of Lyric has familiar faces such as Salty, Foreman Fred, Cliff himself, and various others around it. At the center of the stage is a large pit and from it a robot of some kind will occasionally lunge out at players. The Sonic Boom stage has the massive, yet incomplete, hand of one of Lyric’s Sentinels reach out from it. The Underground Zone instead has the Ant Lion Mecha.
Meropis/Ocean Purification Plant BGM: “Main Theme – Rise of Lyric”
These areas are both “entirely” underwater with only a few air domes to act as oxygen for the players. Meropis is a newer location from the Archie comics. Just outside the field, one can see Striker and the city guard fighting off Dark Gaia’s minions. The Ocean Purification Plant is a flooded version of an area from Sonic Boom. It has green liquids kept just outside the main area by a glass dome where the Tunnelbot is seen trying to break its way in. Coral and Pearly are taken cover just to the side in Meropis, while MAIA is occasionally seen floating by in the other stage.
White Jungle/Iron Jungle BGM: “Shut Up, Faker!”
These stages take place on an elevated platform within a jungle area, similar to where Sonic and Shadow fought during the events of Sonic Adventure 2. White Jungle originates from that game and Iron Jungle is from Shadow’s own spinoff. While the platform is the main battlefield, there are pipes and tree roots that act as additional platforms. Iron Jungle in particular has the Egg Balloon flying around on the side. It doesn’t interact directly in battle, but can be shot down by stray attacks. White Jungle instead as one of GUN’s dropships.
Shadow Canyons/Sand Hill BGM: “Shadow Canyons 1”
These areas in particular take place within desert canyons. Within them are Enerbeam slingshots platforms to launch players out. There are also several “gates” that may either give rings upon passing under them or give a nasty shock to immobilize the player. Depending on the stage you may either see Lyric’s robots or some of the comic’s E-Series models patrolling the side. Shadow Canyons sometimes has air jets erupt from the sand and push players upwards, while Sand Ocean instead has stone pillars.
Bygone Island/Wood Zone BGM: Seaside Beach 1”
These small residential areas have various elevated platforms to run upon, some in which drop down to lower area. Wood Zone is similar to the new Archieverse’s version of Knothole Village and Bygone Island is around the main town from the Sonic Boom franchise. Both of these have small bodies of water close by. There are also small appearances from familiar characters like Ben Muttski and Fastidious Beaver just to name a few examples.
Sky Citadel/Cloud Sanctuary BGM: “Lyric’s Airship”
This stage takes place on floating platforms within Lyric’s floating fortress. Q-N-C is just to the side on a console, struggling with the controls and trying to get the platforms to arrange quickly as they raise up and down. There are also green sphere which act as bumpers. Cloud Sanctuary has some of these platforms replaced with rotating gears.
Launch Base/Egg Rocket BGM: “Egg Rocket”
Both stages take place within the interior of tower like areas. Launch Base has similarities to its comic version, but also has the Death Egg seen just outside. Egg Rocket takes place within a shuttle from the Sonic Advance stage where the rest of the stage can be seen outside a viewing window with Angel Island also seen fart in the distance. On the top level of Launch Base, Relic and Fixit are working at a console. Worker bots with similarities to Egg Pawns take their place in Egg Rocket. There are also spinning platforms along a corkscrew that runs right to the top. Players have to be careful near the bottom though, as bombs will eventually go off to take out the lower levels of Launch Base. For Egg Rocket lower parts of the shuttle will instead break away as the rocket takes off further into the sky.
Eggman’s Lair/Final Egg BGM: “Sonic 3 Mid-Boss”
One stage is in the interior of Eggman’s main base of Sonic Boom while the other is in the central hub entrance of the Final Egg in Sonic Adventure. Final Egg appears much like the source game, except that Pseudo Sonic and the Game Gear version of Silver Sonic appear in the capsules on the top floor. Orbot and Cubot can be seen working around Eggman’s Lair while displays of Eggman’s plans from various episodes are shown upon monitors. However, if the walls of the stage get destroyed, additional areas are revealed. Final Egg has a shooting gallery and an area with floating platforms. Instead of the shooting gallery, Eggman’s Lair has a room personally decorated by Amy. In the room with hovering platforms, certain robots will tower above them and fire upon anyone in range. Final Egg has the Egg Viper while Eggman’s Lair has the Obliteratorbot.
Carnival Night/Balloon Park BGM: “Carnival Night – PC Version”
Each of these stages originate from Sonic 3. They appear similar, but are decorated differently. Balloon Park in particular has platforms, lights, and fixtures decorated with animals. There are balloons inflating in certain areas which can bounce players either up or backwards upon popping. Clamer Badniks also act as a similar obstacle. Occasionally the lights will flicker on and off. Once power is out entirely, the lower areas will be flooded with water. At higher areas, Downtown Ebony Hare and his gang are just outside a small circus tent. The Marxio Bros take their place at Balloon Park. In addition to this, the infamous spinning barrel will be seen. Attacking it will just cause it to spin faster, but techniques of a stronger caliber can possibly obliterate it, but otherwise it doesn’t directly hinder players.
Alexander’s Cabin/Training Facility BGM: “Original Music by Crush 40”
Both stages take place in the woods around where original character, Alex, makes his home. The first one takes place just outside the cabin in an open area surrounded by trees. There is also a small river just to the side and various small wooden platforms set up. The training facility is similar, but takes place at a slightly more open area near a field area with a small pavilion close by. These areas seem mostly harmless at first, but occasionally moving onto certain patches of leaves will trigger traps that have wooden planks pop out of the ground to hit whosoever lands on them in the face.
Konohagare: Sound Invasion/Konohagare: Pain Invasion BGM: “Heaven Shaking Event”
The stages each appear similar with various familiar landmarks from Naruto’s home village, but both versions have suffered different degrees of collateral damage under different circumstances. One takes place during Orochimaru’s attack on the village mid-way through the first series and the other is from Pain’s more devastating attack during Shippuden. Different versions of familiar characters are rushing to battle on the sidelines, but otherwise do not interact. The same cannot be said of Orochimaru, Pain, or their summons. Giant snakes and centipedes move quickly in one of each stage which can potentially knock aside players in the process. Besides that, there are the two featured villains perched at a certain point using their ninjutsu to fire concussive blasts down upon the field.
Arabasta/Dressrosa BGM: “We Are! – One Piece”
Each of these stages take place in notable cities as seen in the One Piece series. Arabasta has the Going Merry docked near the ocean nearby and can be fought upon. Dressrosa instead has the Thousand Sunny. Both versions have NPC members of the Straw Hat Pirates standing posed on the sidelines, but also include characters significant to the respective story arcs these stages belong to. Each stage also includes razor sharp enclosures of a respective hazard that encircle the arena and force players towards circuled part of the field outside of the otherwise safe zone of the Straw Hats’ ship. Arabasta has blades of sand surrounded by the mist of a sandstorm while Dressrosa instead has razor sharp string in the shape of a birdcage.
Cybertron/Unicron BGM: “Main Theme – Transformers: The Movie”
Each stage takes place on the surface of a big technological mass. One is a city on the planet of Cybertron as seen in the Transformers series, specifically the G1 continuity. The other is on the surface the gigantic planet-consuming Transformer known as Unicron. One area to avoid is either a pit leading down to Cybertron’s core or a crushing maw between two pointed horns that Unicron uses to, as said, consume planets. On both stages, battles between various Autobots and Decepticons are seen in background. Notibly one stage features the gigantic Fortress Maximus standing the highest while Unicorn instead features Devastator. There are also aerial Decepticons that occasionly fire down towards players. Cybertron features various Sweepers in jet form firing downwards. Unicron instead as the Sweeps as seen in the feature film. Occasionally some parts of the stage will pull apart and shift as if something is trying to transform from within.
Ponyville/Discorded Ponyville BGM: “Time to Be Awesome – My Little Pony: The Movie”
Each stage takes place in Ponyville as seen in the fourth generation of My Little Pony. Yet the alternate stage is greatly distorted version with checkered patches (nothing new on the Sonic end) of land, coming down from one end, and buildings floating slightly off the ground. This of course resembles Ponyville from the Return of Harmony two-parter. Discord himself is also seen watching battle with laughter in this version, but just has a pony statue in his place in the usual Ponyville. In both locations in addition to the usual kind of cottages you can see the schoolhouse, Sugar Cube Corner, and Carousel Boutique. Though notably the Discorded version has the Golden Oak Library instead of the Castle of Friendship. In addition to NPC members of the Mane 6 there are various notable “background Ponies” watching on the side; though they seem more panicked in the Discorded version.
Canterlot/Castle of the Two Sisters BGM: “Welcome to the Show”
Each area takes place in an atrium at some location within Equestria. The Castle of the Two Sisters is not unlike it was during the battle with Nightmare Moon, but a bit more spruced up like in Season 4. The area within Canterlot is that in where Princess Cadence’s wedding took place. There aren’t many appearances from other characters at first, but after a few minutes one of the four princesses will appear. Twilight and Luna show up in the castle, while Celestia and Cadence are in Canterlot. If a player reaches them, their horn will shine as they bestow a stat boost. If said player happens to be of the evil alignment, Luna will turn into Nightmare Moon and Cadence will turn out to be Queen Crystalis.
Pharaoh Skies/Airedale Skies BGM: “Decisive Battle”
These stages take place fighting upon different airships above cities in the game, Solotorobo. Some of these include Red’s main ship the Asmodeus, the Battle Ship, the Hillenberg cargo ship, border patrol ships, air pirates’ vessels and even the flagship of the Kurvaz; the Golden Roar. Far in the background is the gigantic Lares looming outside Airedale, while Pharoah has is counterpart, Lemures. These titans fire out blasts of energy which have the potential to destroy certain ships. Occasionly in either stage, Waffle will fly by chasing the Black Cat Pirates in their balloon.
Dr. Paradigm’s Hideout/Fission City Junkyard BGM: “2nd Opening”
Each stage takes place in an exterior area just outside each setting from Street Sharks. There are two main obstacles to look out for. The junkyard as the gang’s personal Sharkruiser straight form the toy line while outside Paradigm’s lab is the Mecho-Shark. Being knocked towards these will cause these machines to chomp on the player several times before being spit out. In both areas, a hologram of Dr. Paradigm overlooks the arena and he will occasionally shift into his Piranoid form. On the sidelines, some of the other Sharks are fighting with his minions. At the junkyard, Ripster and Jab are fighting Slash and Slobster. While at the lab, Big Slammu and Moby Lick are fighting Killamari and Repteel. Both stages features the team’s main vehicle where Bends is hiding out for the time being.
Falling Sky Road/Pig Castle BGM: “Arle’s Theme”
These are two stand-alone guest stages representing Sonic’s recent jump into mobile gaming. Both feature a highly destructible block-like environment that is constantly assaulted upon by living projectiles from the sky. Falling Sky Road is representing the Puyo Pop series appearing in Sonic Runners, featuring a colorful environment rained on by the Puyos themselves. They come in varying colors, sizes, and quantity. Pig Castle is a more grimier environment resembling an outdoor castle mixed with the breakable environments from the Angry Birds games. The battlefield is assaulted by the same birds that appeared in Sonic Runners; Red, Chuck, and Bomb respectively.
Stage Specific Victory Jingles:
Genesis Era Stages- Sonic 1 Victory Theme
Dreamcast Era Stages- Sonic 3 Victory Theme
Modern Era Stages- Sonic Unleashed Fanfare
Handheld Stages- Groove Rush #3 (Sonic Rush)
AOSTH Stages- Sonic Says
SATAM Stages- SATAM Title Card
Sonic Underground Stages- Sonic Underground Title Card
Sonic X Stages- Sonic X Eyecatch
SonAnime Stages- Act Clear (Sonic CD JP)
Archie Stages- Act Cleared (Sonic Advance series)
Fleetway Stages- End of Act (Sonic CD USA)
Sonic Boom Stages- Opening – Tv Version (Sonic Boom)
Team Shining Force Stages- Original Music
Sega All-Stars Stages- Race Victory - Grand Prix (Transformed)
Nights/Sonic Shuffle Stages- Results Music (Nights into Dreams)
Smash Bros Stages- Classic Mode Results (SSBB)
Mario Stages- Victory Fanfare (New Super Mario Bros)
Mega Man Stages- Get a Weapon (Mega Man 3)
Skies of Arcadia Stages- Victory in Battle
Rocket Knight Stages- Stage Clear (Rocket Knight Adventures)
Ratchet and Clank Stages- Battleplex Victory (A Crack in Time)
Banjo Kazooie Stages- Note Door Opened
Klonoa Stages- Title Theme (Door to Phantomile/Lunatea's Veil)
Ristar Stages- Go Ahead!
Dragon Ball Stages- Dragon Ball Z Eyecatch
Naruto Stages- I’ll Do It Right!
One Piece Stages - Luffy Eyecatch
My Little Pony Stages- Main Theme – Tv Version (Friendship is Magic)
Transformers Stages - Transition Sound
Solotorobo Stages- And Then, To Coda
Street Shark Stages- 1st Opening
Puyo Pop Stages - Title (Puyo Pop Fever)
Angry Birds Stages - Victory! (Angry Birds Fight!)
Knothole Village/New Mobotropolis BGM: "Sonic Heroes"
Each stage has an alternate version with notable differences. The default for Knothole has it looking similar to the SATAM version. There are several destructible straw huts and another part with a bridge leading to open-air buildings across a small creek. Rotor's house can be seen as one of the huts, having a small waterwheel just outside of it. Knothole is surrounded by trees, while New Mobotropolis has trees on one side and a large wall on the other side. In the New Mobotropolis venue, Castle Acorn can be seen far in the distance, but is only part of the background. In New Mobotropolis, any huts destroyed will turn into wireframes and be restored soon after. Hamlin, Dylan, and Penelope stand on the sidelines of both stages. Knothole has them in their classic look, while New Mobotropolis has them in their recent outfits.
Robotropolis/Mobotropolis BGM: "Sonic 3's Eggman Boss Theme"
Each city is similar yet drastically different in tone. Robotropolis has darker colors with grimy factories for its buildings. Mobotropolis has a lighter mood with cleaner looking buildings. Robotropolis has Robotnik's base in the center, while Mobotropolis has the more pyramid shaped Castle Acorn. Destructible aircraft piloted by Swatbots move throughout the Robotropolis stage and can be used as platforms. Uncle Chuck is on the sidelines of both stages. Robotropolis has him roboticized and near his hideaway. Mobotropolis has him de-roboticized and near a chili dog stand. If Uncle Chuck is a player at the time, he will not appear.
Station Square/Destroyed Station Square BGM: "Open Your Heart"
These stages take place in the main area of Station Square in front of the train station and Twinkle Park. Across the ocean, a sunken Egg Carrier can be seen in the distance. Parked cars act as destructible objects. The alternate version is flooded with ruined buildings, having a few uprooted roads acting as platforms.
City Escape/Mission Street BGM: "It Doesn't Matter"
Each stage takes place on an open street. One has a destroyed truck blocking the exit, while one has a destroyed Big Foot mech blocking the way. Billboards for "Chao in Space" and "Chaos Soda" can be seen above on the buildings. City Escape takes place during the day, while Mission Street is in the night time. That stage in particular looks more similar to where the Big Foot mech is fought.
Mystic Ruins/Echidna City BGM: "Lost World"
The level takes place around a pyramid, which in the original game acted as the entrance to the Lost World level. The Mystic Ruins are surrounded by a jungle, while the pyramid in the past's Echidna City is surrounded by an ancient city. Tikal will be on the sidelines of each one, although in the Mystic Ruins she is in a transparent spirit form. If Tikal is a player at the time, she will not appear.
Echidnapolis/Nekronopolis BGM: "Sonic Chronicles Opening"
One stage takes place on the rooftops of abandoned slums of Echidnapolis, the other has buildings that look more like parts of a fortress. One takes place during night, while the other is a dark and cloudy sky during the day. One has a tower representing the city's science ministry far in the background and Nekronopolis has Enerjak's tower in its place. Hovercrafts act as platforms and destructible objects in each version. One has Echidna Security Team vehicles, while the other has Legion style hovercraft piloted by Mechanauts.
Green Hill/Emerald Hill BGM: "Emerald Hill"
The stage takes place on the coastline, hills, and ridges of each respective stage. They look similar, but each has different color schemes to match with the original Genesis stages. Loops, bridges, and waterfalls can be seen far in the background. Buzzbombers and Buzzers fly above each respective stage.
Great Canyon/Maga BGM: "Fastest Thing Alive"
Each place is similar in being a canyon area with ruins on the ground level. The Great Canyon was ruins with wolf like imagery, referencing the Wolfpack. Maga has ruins with imagery relating to wind, acting as a reference to the "Breath of Mobius". Parts of the canyon itself break away from more powerful attacks. There are also holes throughout each stage with wind currents that blow players into the air. Aeriel, Athena, and Lupe's children can also be seen occasionally in each stage.
Emerald Shrine/Sky Sanctuary BGM: "Sonic 3 Credits"
Both stages take place on an island suspended in the sky. A pedestal holding the Master Emerald would be in the center of each of them. One is the emerald shrine as seen in Sonic Adventure and the other is the stage from Sonic and Knuckles. The Death Egg can be seen looming in the background of the Sky Sanctuary stage. Invisible walls keep layers from falling out entirely of aerial stages
Hidden Palace/Marble Garden BGM: "Sonic and Knuckles Mid-Boss"
Both stages take place within a temple. The difference between them is that one is underground and the other is an open-air temple above ground. Both have the mural that shows Super Sonic facing off against Eggman. The Hidden Palace has destructible pedestals intended for Super Emeralds, while the Marble Garden has the remains of the Tunnelbot and Drill Mobile bosses scattered around.
Ice Cap/Planet Freedom BGM: "Ice Cap"
Both stages take place on top of a glacier. The one difference being that one as many ice floes on a frozen lake below and the other has a massive lava pit. Parts of the ground are destructible. Both the ice lake and lava pit do damage upon contact. On the ridge of Ice Cap, a snowboard can be seen planted in the ground next to a Peguinator badnik. The Planet Freedom stage as Eggman's vehicle from the end of the anime OVA in its place.
Emerald Coast/Sonic's Base BGM: "South Island"
Both stages take place on a beachside terrain. One features the city of Station Square in the background, while another has Sonic's home base from the anime OVAs. One has an orca leaping in the horizon, while another as the owl simply known as "Old Man" flying by in a plane. There is water terrain in this level and it is possible to go underneath the waves. In regards to any levels with water, a 5 second countdown will start if players are underwater too long. Characters may possibly drown and be instantly KOed or rust in the case of robotic characters.
Death Egg (Sonic 2)/Death Egg (S&K) BGM: Death Egg (S&K)
Both stages take place in an open atrium with windows that show the expanse of outer space beyond it. The major difference is the color schemes and designs changing to reflect the different versions. On the walls there are certain "buttons" that act as bumpers, flinging the players in the opposite direction.
ARK Control Room/Cannon's Core BGM: "Live and Learn"
Each stage takes place within a circular room within Space Colony ARK. One has the control panel with the Chaos Emeralds at the center, while the other has a replica of the Master Emerald shrine. Each one has platforms for players to fight upon, but these can also be destroyed.
Flicky Island/Resort Island BGM: "Panic Puppet - Act 1"
Both stages are similar, although one is reminiscent of Sonic 3D Blast, while the other draws from Sonic R. Both have the four different kinds of Flicky birds flying through the air. Each also has ground terrain and underwater terrain. Warp Rings from Sonic 3D Blast are seen around Flicky Island and can transport players to different parts of the stage. Resort Island instead has Ring Gates from Sonic R.
Thorndyke Residence/President's Lawn BGM: "Sonic Drive"
Each takes place on a green lawn surrounding the respective buildings for each stage. The buildings themselves are not destructible, but various decorations around them are. Various human characters from Sonic X stand on the sidelines of each stage.
Egg Carrier/Egg Fleet BGM: "What I'm Made Of"
Both stages are similar taking place on an aircraft, but have designs reflecting the original designs for each version. The Egg Fleet in particular has other ships flying in the background. Both stages have turrets that fire towards players, but these are also destructible.
Wing Fortress/Flying Battery BGM: "Flying Battery"
Both stages take place on top of aircraft, each one resembling the zones from the original games. One has Cluckers picking out of hatchers, while the other has Technosqueeks zooming out before moving back in. Getting too close to fan blades has players being pushed in the opposite direction.
Miracle Planet/Isolated Island BGM: "Sonic Boom"
Both stages are in colorful settings. One resembling the Collision Chaos zone, while the other has similarities to the Amazing Arena. Although each also has tracks running above the surface to fight along. The tracks for one resemble Stardust Speedway, while the tracks for another resemble Speed Slider. There are also bumpers scattered in various parts of each stage. On the sidelines if Isolated Island, Dr. Ellidy can be seen researching one of the Item Monitors while Porker Lewis takes his place at Mircle Planet
Tropical Resort/Eggmanland BGM: "Reach for the Stars"
Both take place in settings resemble amusement parks and have imagery closely tying to the original stages from each game. Each stage has ferris wheels along the wall that provide rotating platforms. Tropical Resort has Wisps flying throughout the stage, while Eggmanland has the Dark Bats from Unleashed.
Sunset Hill/Twinkle Park BGM: "Follow Me"
Both stages feature a concert stage, but the surroundings differ with each one. One has a tropical area with palm trees. The other has an artificial environment with a roller coaster seen in the distance. Both stages feature the band from Sonic 1's unused sound test, but the band name on the drum set differs with each stage. Sunset Hill calls them the "Knothole Knuts" while Twinkle Park calls them the "Forget-Me-Knots".
Tails' Workshop/King Fredrick Airfield BGM: "Believe in Myself"
Each of these stages features Tails' small workshop and an airstrip. However the first one is at the Mystic Ruins as seen in Sonic Adventure. The other is the airstrip inside New Mobotropolis. The Tornado 1 is in the first stage, while the Tornado 2 is in the alternate.
Black Comet/Blue Typhoon BGM: "All I Am"
Both stages take place out in the expanse of space, with only spaceships and planetoids acting as platforms. One features the Black Comet along with Space Colony ARK in the background. The other features the Blue Typhoon spaceship along with the Metarex known as Scarship. The ARK and the Scarship have a tendency to fire beams from their main cannons, so players should be cautious to not be caught in the blasts.
Eastopolis/Crisis City BGM: "Crisis City"
Each stage takes place in a ruined city, having the ruined of roads and buildings acting as platforms. Black Arms stand in the background of one, while Iblis' minions are in the background of another. The Black Bull and Iblis loom in the background of each stage, firing projectiles towards the arena. They however, cannot be reached, let alone damaged.
Soleanna/Albion BGM: "His World"
One is the main city from Sonic 06 and the other is the echidna city from the Archie series. Each has waterways running through them and has boats acting as additional platforms. Princess Elise stands on the sidelines along with human bystanders in Soleanna, while Albion has Gala-Na and its echidna residents.
Downunda/Sand Ocean BGM: "Hero vs Dark"
Each takes place in desert settings, although what's in the center of the stage differs with each one. Downunda has Crocbot's base resembling the Sydney Opera House. Sand Ocean has Eggman's pyramid base from Sonic Adventure 2. Both stages have sand traps which have the potential to slow down the movement of players.
Robotnik's Fortress/Egg Fort BGM: "AOSTH Main Theme"
Both stages involve fortresses on a mountainside. One is Robotnik's base from the AOSTH cartoon, while the other is Eggman's base from the first few story arcs of Sonic X. The most notable difference is Robotnik's Fortress having a giant gold statue on the side of it. Within both stages is a junk pile with the remains of various one-shot robots from each series.
Scrap Brain/Metropolis BGM: "Sonic 2 Boss Theme"
Each stage takes place within factories made to resemble the zones from the original games. The main obstacles are comprised of conveyor belts along the floor and platforms along the wall that fall away if stood on too long. Small openings with either spikes or lava traps also act as hazards. One the sidelines of Scrap Brain are Ditzo and Scorch, the good robots from AOSTH's Scrap Valley. Replacing them in Metropolis are Rust and Bucket, two Trooper generals from the Fleetway comics.
Lava Powerhouse/Toxic Caves BGM: "Spinball Title Theme"
Each stage takes place on a large platform suspended over either lava or toxic waste, with very few safe spots below. Bumpers line the walls, which have the chance of knocking players back onto the platform or into the hazards. Toxic Caves has the Scorpius boss peaking out of a sewer pipe, while Lava Powerhouse has the Roboboiler attached to the wall. Neither interacts directly, but emits their trademarks screams if caught in the crossfire of attacks.
Bartleby's Mansion/Resistance Hideaway BGM: ""Sonic Underground"
Each takes place in different settings. One stage being in Bartleby's ballroom, while the other is in the meeting hall of the resistance. The common straight with both is that that each have a concert stage within the center that has the Sonic Underground logo on it. Each one has tables line out throughout the stage, which can be destroyed by attacks. The mansion features Bartleby himself, hiding under one of the destructible tables and he will run away if it is destroyed. The resistance base has Cyrus and Trevor on the sidelines, standing next to the Sonic Underground's van.
Robotropolis Control Center/Eggdome Control Center BGM: "Final Zone"
Both stages feature the main control center of both main incarnations of Archie's Robotnik, the overall layout seeming similar to the control center from SATAM. Each have the chair in the center and it can be sent spinning from attacks. Trap doors on the walkways lead to lower levels of the control center below them.
Shanazar/Babylon Garden BGM: "Seven Rings in Hand"
Both take place on floating ruins that have an Arabian motif. Shanazar comes from the Fleetway series, while Babylon Garden is from Sonic Riders. Both have inaccessible areas surrounded by invisible walls within the main ruins. Shanazar has a genie floating in the center and Babylon Garden replaces that genie with the Babylon Guardian. Neither interacts directly with the battle.
Mercia/Nameless Zone BGM: "Knight of the Wind"
Each of these stages take place in settings resembling Medieval England, featuring cottages and castle parapets within a courtyard area. Mercia originates from the Archie series, while the Nameless Zone comes from the Fleetway comics. Beyond the courtyard of the Nameless Zone is a mountain far in the background, with the Tower of the Enchanter Kings resting on it. Shaman Warpull stand on the sidelines of the Nameless Zone along with the Enchanter Kings and Mari-an stands on the sidelines of Mercia.
Southern Island/Cocoa Island BGM: "Vela Nova"
One is the main island from Sonic Rush Adventure and the other is a clearing taking place on the island from Tails' Adventure. Southern Island has several notable landmarks on the sidelines, while Cocoa Island only has Tails' Workshop and some downed Battlebird vehicles. Members of the Coconut Crew stand on the side of one stage, while the other replaces them with infantry of the Battlebird Armada. Marine and T-Pup can also be seen in each respective stage, one standing next to the Wave Cyclone whiles the other stays next to the Sea Fox. Each stage features underwater areas just off the beachside.
Special Stage/Special Zone BGM: "Sonic 2 Special Stage"
Both stages take place on circular checkered globes. The globes have inverted gravity pull, making it possibly to run completely around them. In the background, several looping halfpipes are suspended through the air, spiraling in different directions. The alternate stage features a cameo from the Chaotix's asteroid base in the background, which was featured in the Fleetway comics.
Knothole Ruins/Robotropolis Ruins. BGM: "Sonic 1 Boss Theme"
The stages take place in a crater, having the remains of various building or foliage scattered around it. The remains of Robotnik's mechs are scattered throughout the area. The Knothole stage has Freedom HQ on the sidelines and the Robotropolis stage has Fort Acorn seen in the horizon.
The Void/Zone of Silence BGM: "Doomsday Zone"
Both stages take place in a wide expanse, having only various floating rock formations as platforms. The Void is closer to the SATAM episode in having the platforms being made of crystal and having a crystal palace far in the horizon. The Zone of Silence replaces this palace with Feist who appears looming in the background before vanishing.
Oil Ocean/West Robotropolis BGM: "Metal Scratchin"
The battlefields take place in a factory setting suspended over a massive oil field. Physical contact with the oil slows down players while standing in it. The West Robotropolis stage looks similar, but has a massive squid peeking out from the oil in the background. Oil Ocean has Beauregard and Matilda watching from a platform. Matilda will not appear if she is playable at the time.
Casino Night/Clue Rouge BGM: "Robot Carnival"
Each takes place in a setting resembling a pinball field, each with bumpers scattered about to act as obstacles. Casino Night is on a rooftop surrounded by small barriers and resembles the original stage from Sonic 2. Renfield T. Rodent can be seen watching from a platform suspended by balloons. Club Rouge takes place indoors and replaces Renfield with Max Gamble watching from a balcony.
Prison Island/Zone Jail BGM: "Sonic vs Shadow"
Prison Island resembles the interior stages from Sonic Adventure 2, having destructible GUN crates scattered throughout the stage. Electric fields outline certain borders and can stun players for a moment. GUN Soldiers patrol walkways from just outside the battlefield. The Zone Jail replaces them with Zone Cops who walk sideways along the walls.
Gaia Colossus/Nocturne BGM: "Endless Possibility"
The stages take place on a multi-staged environment with various structures leading to the top. Gaia Colossus is unique as it has you fight on top of the Colossus as it grapples with Dark Gaia in the background. Tendrils from Dark Gaia are wrapped along several structures, causing damage if touched. Nocturne replaces these with waterfalls of lava. Both stages have meteors raining down upon the field occasionally. In the background of Nocturne, the outline of the Twilight Cage can be seen; along with some N'rrgal stuck to its exterior.
Metal City/Megalo Station BGM: "Un-Gravitify"
The futuristic cities from the first two Riders games have their tracks acting as the battlefields. Various hover cars pass by and can be destroyed by certain attacks. E-10000s on Extreme Gear pass by and knock down players if they happen to hit them. Megalo City replaces them with Meteortech's robots.
Dragon Road/Dragon Kingdom BGM: "Werehog Battle Theme"
These stages take place in a village with buildings resembling Chinese architecture. A Chaos Emerald shrine lies on one end and the Dragon Kingdom replaces it with a golden statue of Monkey Khan. Chip and several Chun-nan residents are on the sidelines for the default. Dragon Kingdom replaces them with Li Moon, Liu Fang, and the Bride of Conquering Storm.
Leaf Forest/Great Forest BGM: "Leaf Forest"
Both stages take place within a forest full of small ridges and ponds providing underwater terrain. There is a tree stump near the backend of the arena that opens a secret area full of ring once destroyed. Rings are also plentiful within the water terrain. Leaf Forest is from Sonic Advance 2 and has Cream's mother, Vanilla, standing on the sidelines with some Chao. The Great Forest comes from both SATAM and the Archie series. It features Sonic's parents, Jules and Bernie, on the sidelines.
White Space/Center of Time BGM: "Time Eater"
Both stages feature clock like imagery where moving gears act as platforms along with crumbling platforms that look as if they came from Green Hill and similar levels. White Space features a white void for the background similar to the hub of Sonic Generations while Center of Time has a background similar to when the Time Eater boss is found. Tikal, Marine, Chip, Shahra, Yacker, and various Flicky Birds can be seen frozen as statues on the sidelines. Center of Time has them standing on platforms in the background and cheering on from the sidelines. Tikal and Marine will not be shown if they are playable at the time.
Atomic Destroyer/Scrambled Egg BGM: "Nack's Theme"
Both stages take place within a base that draws imagery from the games they appeared in. Atomic Destroyer is from Triple Trouble and has a more technological appearance while Scrambled Egg is from the Game Gear version of Sonic 2 and has a base merged in with a cavernous interior. Both feature entrances to tubes lines along the walls that transport players to different ends of the field. In both stages various boss robots from the Game Gear games are kept within storage containers.
Mobius Corners/Robotropolis Outskirts BGM: "Give Me Chaos"
Both stages take place within devastated villages along the edge of a canyon area. One is meant to be from Adventures during the emergence of Supreme High Robotnik, while the other is during Chaos Dingo's rampage. Mobius Corners has brighter colors as well as rifts in the sky that show images of prehistoric, medieval, Egyptian, and pirate style environments. Among the buildings are Burt Whoo's diner, a newsstand featuring Crack Ups magazines, and old movie posters featuring Captain Rescue. Within the Sonic Underground stage has that's series' version of Robotropolis seen far in the background. Closer to the main field are the remains of the Flying Fortress and the ship owned by Sleet and Dingo. Throughout both fields green geysers of chaos energy shoot out of the ground, spreading out rings yet also doing damage upon contact.
Mushroom Hill/Plant Paradise BGM: "Mushroom Hill"
One stage originates from Sonic & Knuckles, while the other comes from Sonic Rush Adventure. Each stage takes place in a jungle environment filled with mushrooms that bounce the opponent upon contact with the caps. Both stages have trails of vines that act as platforms. Mushroom Hill has a satellite dish and Clukoids in the background. Plant Kingdom has a treasure chest and the Ghost Rex moving about in the background, slightly obscured by trees. Both areas will have residences similar to the Fleetway version of Mushroom Hill. In that stage, Porker Lewis will look around worried before being startled by a sudden appearance of Liza the Chameleon from the Archie series. Plant Paradise instead has the Coconut Crew trying to find some treasure.
Bullet Station/Radical Train BGM: "Egg Albatross"
Both stages take place on elevated train platforms surrounded by chain link fences. Train cars zooming past on tracks act as obstacles which can potentially do damage to players upon hitting them. Egg Flappers fly past just outside Bullet Station and Egg Gunners do the same in the Radical Train area. Bullet Station originates from Sonic Heroes and Radical Train originates from Sonic 06.
Mystic Mansion/Cryptic Castle BGM: "Mystic Mansion"
Each stage takes place inside a haunted castle. One is from Sonic Heroes and the other is from Shadow's game. Occasionally the stages will distort and flip upside down. Mystic Mansion is different in that it has Booms flying about and occasionally has the ghosts from Night of the Werehog peeking in and out of picture frames. The male ghosts snap pictures while the female blows kisses. Cryptic Castle instead has Chao flying about and has Black Arms Leaches along the wall along with other alien substances
Mad Matrix/Mobotropolis Grid BGM: "Mad Matrix"
One stage is the one of the digital backdrops from Shadow the Hedgehog while another is Nicole's digital mainframe of New Mobotropolis. Both stages have barriers that come up out of nowhere and impede progress. Bombs also act as obstacles when opponents come too close to them. Mad Matrix has a GUN emblem on the ceiling which transforms into Eggman's emblem, while the Mobotropolis Grid has the Acorn family's seal turning into a grinning image of the Iron Queen.
Frontier Canyon/Tranquil Gulch BGM: "Race to Win"
Each stage takes place in an old western style town resting upon a canyon area. There are multiple ridges to act as cover and destructible buildings. Frontier Canyon is from Sonic Rivals 2 and Tranquil Gulch is from one episode of the AOSTH cartoon. Frontier Canyon has wanted posters of the bosses from Tails' Sky Patrol while Tranquil Gulch has some of Katella, Dr. Qwark, Captain Memo, and Dr. Warpnik.
Lava Reef/Deep Core BGM: "Deep Core"
Both stages take place in subterranean caverns. Natural rock formations and metal walkways act as safe spots to walk on, but touching lava outside of it causes damage to players. Lava Reef has the remains of Eggman's Hot Mobile on the side while Deep Core has the Magma Hurricane parked to the side. An inactivate Lava Drill robot is on the center of the Lava Reef stage's platform and Deep Core features the pedestal for the Jeweled Scepter in its place. Lava Reef has the "face" of the Death Egg looming above while Deep Core gives a view of the stormy sky outside the volcanic area.
Emerald Budokai Arena/Station Square Gardens BGM: "T.O.P"
Each of these stages comes from the Sonic X universe. The Emerald Budokai Arena comes from the anime story arc that is loosely based upon Sonic Battle. It appears just as it did in the anime, but incorporates elements from the Tenkaichi Budokai arena from the Dragon Ball series. Also on the walls outside of the arena are posters of the human cast of Sonic X dressed like Virtua Fighter characters. Station Square Gardens comes from the comic series. It features a wrestling arena with animated signs featuring the wrestling personas of Sonic and Eggman. Station Square Gardens has ropes at ground level that bounce the opponent back, but each of these arenas will have players instantly lose if they land on the ground outside of the main fighting arena, being counted as a "ring out".
Mecha Green Hill/Palmtree Panic Bad Future BGM: "You Can Do Anything"
One stage is from Sonic Chaos and the other is from Sonic CD. Both stages take place on roboticized versions of their tropical counterparts. The ground is now made of metal and has several sloped hills. The palm trees are now metallic and occasionally drop bombs that damage players. In the background of Mecha Green Hill is the Kamodo Max boss clinging to a tree. Sonic Chaos' counterparts for Motobugs wander the arena and launch players upward upon contact with the spring on their back. Palmtree Panic replaces them with Kamemusi which occasionally launch damaging projectiles behind themselves. In the background of Palmtree Panic is a hologram of Metal Sonic standing next to the machines seen in the "Past" areas.
Ixis Vale's Crypt/Beneath New Mobotropolis BGM: "Unawakening Float"
Both stages take place within an underground chamber with a circular pattern, each with their walls filled with Ixian glyphs. Each chamber is surrounded by statues along the sides. The pit in New Mobotropolis has the the statues of ancient Babylonians and has shards of crystal attached to certain parts of the walls. The statues in the crypt resembled Ixis Mogul, Ixis Vale, and the three sorcerers that merged into Ixis Naugas. These statues occasionally shoot close range eye beams that temporarily immobilize opponents, but also can be destroyed by attacks.
Kron Colony/Drakon Homeworld BGM: "Volcano Valley - Genesis Version"
Each stage takes place in a circular arena. One is in a rock quarry on the Kron's planet from Sonic Chronicles and the other is a Drakon coliseum from the Fleetway series. The Kron Colony has Kron and Zoah cheering on from just above the quarry's perimeter. Nestor the Wise can also be seen overlooking the fight along with two echidna pirates. The Drakon arena replaces them with the Drakon residents. Instead of the echidna, Emperor Ko-Dorr is seen sitting on his throne with two Drakon Prosecutors at each side. The Kron Colony has digging vehicles as destructible objects while the arena has statues resembling Drakon Sentinels. Certain areas along the edge of each arena are lined with electric fields that cause damage and stun players for a brief time.
Maginary World/Splash Garden BGM: "Growing Wings"
These stages feature lush surroundings within an idyllic dream world, the second actually being a stage featured in Nights. Maginary World is different as it has some of its water terrain frozen over by ice. Maginary World has a Precious Stone floating over a mountaintop and Splash Garden replaces it with an Ideya Palace. Both stages feature underwater terrain. Splash Garden has Nightopians flying throughout it. They are absent in Maginary World, but Lumina can sometimes be seen flying through the stage.
Granite Hill/Granite Hill Night Concert BGM: "Original music by Nobuyuki Hiyama"
Both stages take place in a field just outside the town of Granite Hill, the hometown of Axel and Iggy. Towards the back is the back end of the town museum and an observation balcony. Towards the front is the side of the mountain. The alternate stage takes place at night, having spotlights shining and a laser light show depicting various Sonic characters on the side of the mountain
Angel Island/Tropical Jungle BGM: Angel Island Zone
Rather than the island as a whole, Angel Island in this case refers to the first stage of Sonic 3. Its counterpart is a section taken from Sonic 2006. Both stages features a mix of jungle area, waterways, breakable rock structures, crumbling bridges, and cameos from familiar enemy robots originating from each game. On Angel Island, there is also a small abandoned alcove with a poorly written sign saying “Monk’s Place. Stay the heck out!”. Catweazle can be seen perched in a tree close by here. Around Tropical Jungle, locals from Soleann, including the Sonicman, will be seen touring the jungle. However, these cameos appearances will soon scatter and various robots will be caught in the crossfire of what’s to come. Either the Flying Battery or the Egg Carrier like ship from Sonic 2006 will soon fly above and drop bombs upon the jungle, causing a few fires in the process.
Underground Zone/Cliff’s Excavation Site BGM: Underground Zone
These stages each take place around dig sites around excavation sites. Mine carts on tracks can be knocked towards enemies and there are several wooden platforms where one can gain some vantage points in battle. Underground Zone is from the Game Gear version for Sonic 2, but around the stage are various wrecked and abandoned traps used by the S6 Squad throughout the course of AOSTH. Cliff’s Excavation Site from Rise of Lyric has familiar faces such as Salty, Foreman Fred, Cliff himself, and various others around it. At the center of the stage is a large pit and from it a robot of some kind will occasionally lunge out at players. The Sonic Boom stage has the massive, yet incomplete, hand of one of Lyric’s Sentinels reach out from it. The Underground Zone instead has the Ant Lion Mecha.
Meropis/Ocean Purification Plant BGM: “Main Theme – Rise of Lyric”
These areas are both “entirely” underwater with only a few air domes to act as oxygen for the players. Meropis is a newer location from the Archie comics. Just outside the field, one can see Striker and the city guard fighting off Dark Gaia’s minions. The Ocean Purification Plant is a flooded version of an area from Sonic Boom. It has green liquids kept just outside the main area by a glass dome where the Tunnelbot is seen trying to break its way in. Coral and Pearly are taken cover just to the side in Meropis, while MAIA is occasionally seen floating by in the other stage.
White Jungle/Iron Jungle BGM: “Shut Up, Faker!”
These stages take place on an elevated platform within a jungle area, similar to where Sonic and Shadow fought during the events of Sonic Adventure 2. White Jungle originates from that game and Iron Jungle is from Shadow’s own spinoff. While the platform is the main battlefield, there are pipes and tree roots that act as additional platforms. Iron Jungle in particular has the Egg Balloon flying around on the side. It doesn’t interact directly in battle, but can be shot down by stray attacks. White Jungle instead as one of GUN’s dropships.
Shadow Canyons/Sand Hill BGM: “Shadow Canyons 1”
These areas in particular take place within desert canyons. Within them are Enerbeam slingshots platforms to launch players out. There are also several “gates” that may either give rings upon passing under them or give a nasty shock to immobilize the player. Depending on the stage you may either see Lyric’s robots or some of the comic’s E-Series models patrolling the side. Shadow Canyons sometimes has air jets erupt from the sand and push players upwards, while Sand Ocean instead has stone pillars.
Bygone Island/Wood Zone BGM: Seaside Beach 1”
These small residential areas have various elevated platforms to run upon, some in which drop down to lower area. Wood Zone is similar to the new Archieverse’s version of Knothole Village and Bygone Island is around the main town from the Sonic Boom franchise. Both of these have small bodies of water close by. There are also small appearances from familiar characters like Ben Muttski and Fastidious Beaver just to name a few examples.
Sky Citadel/Cloud Sanctuary BGM: “Lyric’s Airship”
This stage takes place on floating platforms within Lyric’s floating fortress. Q-N-C is just to the side on a console, struggling with the controls and trying to get the platforms to arrange quickly as they raise up and down. There are also green sphere which act as bumpers. Cloud Sanctuary has some of these platforms replaced with rotating gears.
Launch Base/Egg Rocket BGM: “Egg Rocket”
Both stages take place within the interior of tower like areas. Launch Base has similarities to its comic version, but also has the Death Egg seen just outside. Egg Rocket takes place within a shuttle from the Sonic Advance stage where the rest of the stage can be seen outside a viewing window with Angel Island also seen fart in the distance. On the top level of Launch Base, Relic and Fixit are working at a console. Worker bots with similarities to Egg Pawns take their place in Egg Rocket. There are also spinning platforms along a corkscrew that runs right to the top. Players have to be careful near the bottom though, as bombs will eventually go off to take out the lower levels of Launch Base. For Egg Rocket lower parts of the shuttle will instead break away as the rocket takes off further into the sky.
Eggman’s Lair/Final Egg BGM: “Sonic 3 Mid-Boss”
One stage is in the interior of Eggman’s main base of Sonic Boom while the other is in the central hub entrance of the Final Egg in Sonic Adventure. Final Egg appears much like the source game, except that Pseudo Sonic and the Game Gear version of Silver Sonic appear in the capsules on the top floor. Orbot and Cubot can be seen working around Eggman’s Lair while displays of Eggman’s plans from various episodes are shown upon monitors. However, if the walls of the stage get destroyed, additional areas are revealed. Final Egg has a shooting gallery and an area with floating platforms. Instead of the shooting gallery, Eggman’s Lair has a room personally decorated by Amy. In the room with hovering platforms, certain robots will tower above them and fire upon anyone in range. Final Egg has the Egg Viper while Eggman’s Lair has the Obliteratorbot.
Carnival Night/Balloon Park BGM: “Carnival Night – PC Version”
Each of these stages originate from Sonic 3. They appear similar, but are decorated differently. Balloon Park in particular has platforms, lights, and fixtures decorated with animals. There are balloons inflating in certain areas which can bounce players either up or backwards upon popping. Clamer Badniks also act as a similar obstacle. Occasionally the lights will flicker on and off. Once power is out entirely, the lower areas will be flooded with water. At higher areas, Downtown Ebony Hare and his gang are just outside a small circus tent. The Marxio Bros take their place at Balloon Park. In addition to this, the infamous spinning barrel will be seen. Attacking it will just cause it to spin faster, but techniques of a stronger caliber can possibly obliterate it, but otherwise it doesn’t directly hinder players.
Alexander’s Cabin/Training Facility BGM: “Original Music by Crush 40”
Both stages take place in the woods around where original character, Alex, makes his home. The first one takes place just outside the cabin in an open area surrounded by trees. There is also a small river just to the side and various small wooden platforms set up. The training facility is similar, but takes place at a slightly more open area near a field area with a small pavilion close by. These areas seem mostly harmless at first, but occasionally moving onto certain patches of leaves will trigger traps that have wooden planks pop out of the ground to hit whosoever lands on them in the face.
Konohagare: Sound Invasion/Konohagare: Pain Invasion BGM: “Heaven Shaking Event”
The stages each appear similar with various familiar landmarks from Naruto’s home village, but both versions have suffered different degrees of collateral damage under different circumstances. One takes place during Orochimaru’s attack on the village mid-way through the first series and the other is from Pain’s more devastating attack during Shippuden. Different versions of familiar characters are rushing to battle on the sidelines, but otherwise do not interact. The same cannot be said of Orochimaru, Pain, or their summons. Giant snakes and centipedes move quickly in one of each stage which can potentially knock aside players in the process. Besides that, there are the two featured villains perched at a certain point using their ninjutsu to fire concussive blasts down upon the field.
Arabasta/Dressrosa BGM: “We Are! – One Piece”
Each of these stages take place in notable cities as seen in the One Piece series. Arabasta has the Going Merry docked near the ocean nearby and can be fought upon. Dressrosa instead has the Thousand Sunny. Both versions have NPC members of the Straw Hat Pirates standing posed on the sidelines, but also include characters significant to the respective story arcs these stages belong to. Each stage also includes razor sharp enclosures of a respective hazard that encircle the arena and force players towards circuled part of the field outside of the otherwise safe zone of the Straw Hats’ ship. Arabasta has blades of sand surrounded by the mist of a sandstorm while Dressrosa instead has razor sharp string in the shape of a birdcage.
Cybertron/Unicron BGM: “Main Theme – Transformers: The Movie”
Each stage takes place on the surface of a big technological mass. One is a city on the planet of Cybertron as seen in the Transformers series, specifically the G1 continuity. The other is on the surface the gigantic planet-consuming Transformer known as Unicron. One area to avoid is either a pit leading down to Cybertron’s core or a crushing maw between two pointed horns that Unicron uses to, as said, consume planets. On both stages, battles between various Autobots and Decepticons are seen in background. Notibly one stage features the gigantic Fortress Maximus standing the highest while Unicorn instead features Devastator. There are also aerial Decepticons that occasionly fire down towards players. Cybertron features various Sweepers in jet form firing downwards. Unicron instead as the Sweeps as seen in the feature film. Occasionally some parts of the stage will pull apart and shift as if something is trying to transform from within.
Ponyville/Discorded Ponyville BGM: “Time to Be Awesome – My Little Pony: The Movie”
Each stage takes place in Ponyville as seen in the fourth generation of My Little Pony. Yet the alternate stage is greatly distorted version with checkered patches (nothing new on the Sonic end) of land, coming down from one end, and buildings floating slightly off the ground. This of course resembles Ponyville from the Return of Harmony two-parter. Discord himself is also seen watching battle with laughter in this version, but just has a pony statue in his place in the usual Ponyville. In both locations in addition to the usual kind of cottages you can see the schoolhouse, Sugar Cube Corner, and Carousel Boutique. Though notably the Discorded version has the Golden Oak Library instead of the Castle of Friendship. In addition to NPC members of the Mane 6 there are various notable “background Ponies” watching on the side; though they seem more panicked in the Discorded version.
Canterlot/Castle of the Two Sisters BGM: “Welcome to the Show”
Each area takes place in an atrium at some location within Equestria. The Castle of the Two Sisters is not unlike it was during the battle with Nightmare Moon, but a bit more spruced up like in Season 4. The area within Canterlot is that in where Princess Cadence’s wedding took place. There aren’t many appearances from other characters at first, but after a few minutes one of the four princesses will appear. Twilight and Luna show up in the castle, while Celestia and Cadence are in Canterlot. If a player reaches them, their horn will shine as they bestow a stat boost. If said player happens to be of the evil alignment, Luna will turn into Nightmare Moon and Cadence will turn out to be Queen Crystalis.
Pharaoh Skies/Airedale Skies BGM: “Decisive Battle”
These stages take place fighting upon different airships above cities in the game, Solotorobo. Some of these include Red’s main ship the Asmodeus, the Battle Ship, the Hillenberg cargo ship, border patrol ships, air pirates’ vessels and even the flagship of the Kurvaz; the Golden Roar. Far in the background is the gigantic Lares looming outside Airedale, while Pharoah has is counterpart, Lemures. These titans fire out blasts of energy which have the potential to destroy certain ships. Occasionly in either stage, Waffle will fly by chasing the Black Cat Pirates in their balloon.
Dr. Paradigm’s Hideout/Fission City Junkyard BGM: “2nd Opening”
Each stage takes place in an exterior area just outside each setting from Street Sharks. There are two main obstacles to look out for. The junkyard as the gang’s personal Sharkruiser straight form the toy line while outside Paradigm’s lab is the Mecho-Shark. Being knocked towards these will cause these machines to chomp on the player several times before being spit out. In both areas, a hologram of Dr. Paradigm overlooks the arena and he will occasionally shift into his Piranoid form. On the sidelines, some of the other Sharks are fighting with his minions. At the junkyard, Ripster and Jab are fighting Slash and Slobster. While at the lab, Big Slammu and Moby Lick are fighting Killamari and Repteel. Both stages features the team’s main vehicle where Bends is hiding out for the time being.
Falling Sky Road/Pig Castle BGM: “Arle’s Theme”
These are two stand-alone guest stages representing Sonic’s recent jump into mobile gaming. Both feature a highly destructible block-like environment that is constantly assaulted upon by living projectiles from the sky. Falling Sky Road is representing the Puyo Pop series appearing in Sonic Runners, featuring a colorful environment rained on by the Puyos themselves. They come in varying colors, sizes, and quantity. Pig Castle is a more grimier environment resembling an outdoor castle mixed with the breakable environments from the Angry Birds games. The battlefield is assaulted by the same birds that appeared in Sonic Runners; Red, Chuck, and Bomb respectively.
Stage Specific Victory Jingles:
Genesis Era Stages- Sonic 1 Victory Theme
Dreamcast Era Stages- Sonic 3 Victory Theme
Modern Era Stages- Sonic Unleashed Fanfare
Handheld Stages- Groove Rush #3 (Sonic Rush)
AOSTH Stages- Sonic Says
SATAM Stages- SATAM Title Card
Sonic Underground Stages- Sonic Underground Title Card
Sonic X Stages- Sonic X Eyecatch
SonAnime Stages- Act Clear (Sonic CD JP)
Archie Stages- Act Cleared (Sonic Advance series)
Fleetway Stages- End of Act (Sonic CD USA)
Sonic Boom Stages- Opening – Tv Version (Sonic Boom)
Team Shining Force Stages- Original Music
Sega All-Stars Stages- Race Victory - Grand Prix (Transformed)
Nights/Sonic Shuffle Stages- Results Music (Nights into Dreams)
Smash Bros Stages- Classic Mode Results (SSBB)
Mario Stages- Victory Fanfare (New Super Mario Bros)
Mega Man Stages- Get a Weapon (Mega Man 3)
Skies of Arcadia Stages- Victory in Battle
Rocket Knight Stages- Stage Clear (Rocket Knight Adventures)
Ratchet and Clank Stages- Battleplex Victory (A Crack in Time)
Banjo Kazooie Stages- Note Door Opened
Klonoa Stages- Title Theme (Door to Phantomile/Lunatea's Veil)
Ristar Stages- Go Ahead!
Dragon Ball Stages- Dragon Ball Z Eyecatch
Naruto Stages- I’ll Do It Right!
One Piece Stages - Luffy Eyecatch
My Little Pony Stages- Main Theme – Tv Version (Friendship is Magic)
Transformers Stages - Transition Sound
Solotorobo Stages- And Then, To Coda
Street Shark Stages- 1st Opening
Puyo Pop Stages - Title (Puyo Pop Fever)
Angry Birds Stages - Victory! (Angry Birds Fight!)
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Here are the stages for my Ultimate Sonic Fighter project. Each stage as an alternate look that can either look similar or drastically different. It should be noted that that these stages are intended to be full 3d much like Tenkaichi Budokai, Dissidia, or even what a console version of Sonic Battle's stages would be like. For my choices I went with notable ones from the games, but also wanted locales from the toons, anime, and comics to be represented. Besides that I've also have stages to represent my OCs and the guest character that I've included. I even threw in a homage to Nights for good measure. I'll get working on the character movesets next time. I'll either do multiple related character at once for each moveset post or feature a specific character and their multiple transformations.
Decided to add a few new stages to represent some of the more "official" crossovers that Sonic has appeared in. Its also to tie into the fact that Dbaf77 is doing his own take on Bowser and Dr. Wily for USF. And while only the Sonic and Mario series have a common connection to Smash Bros, I have a good feeling Mega Man will likely make an appearance in the fourth game. Also replaced the Skull Castle music with one of my more recent favorites.
Update: It will be a while before I work on the rest of the characters, but in the meantime here's some new stages. Just think of it as my holiday gift. As you can imagine I focused mainly on the Sonic Boom stages, stuff relating to the new comic verse, and the guest characters; but I also wanted to get the few remaining Sonic 3 stages. So now I got most stages from S3&K covered save for the Doomsday Zone which would be pretty hard to pull off.
Added at least two more. Sorry if I'm getting carried away with adding stuff from Sonic Boom and stages that appear in the comics, but on the bright side I've got just about every stage from Sonic 3&K covered now save for the aforementioned Doomsday Zone.
Decided to add a few new stages to represent some of the more "official" crossovers that Sonic has appeared in. Its also to tie into the fact that Dbaf77 is doing his own take on Bowser and Dr. Wily for USF. And while only the Sonic and Mario series have a common connection to Smash Bros, I have a good feeling Mega Man will likely make an appearance in the fourth game. Also replaced the Skull Castle music with one of my more recent favorites.
Update: It will be a while before I work on the rest of the characters, but in the meantime here's some new stages. Just think of it as my holiday gift. As you can imagine I focused mainly on the Sonic Boom stages, stuff relating to the new comic verse, and the guest characters; but I also wanted to get the few remaining Sonic 3 stages. So now I got most stages from S3&K covered save for the Doomsday Zone which would be pretty hard to pull off.
Added at least two more. Sorry if I'm getting carried away with adding stuff from Sonic Boom and stages that appear in the comics, but on the bright side I've got just about every stage from Sonic 3&K covered now save for the aforementioned Doomsday Zone.
Update: So yeah, I decided to do something a bit different with the recent guest stage. You already see that I have a Smash Bros stage that doesn't correspond to any individual guest character and lately I've been trying to think of some way to represent Sonic's outings on mobiles games. Then I noticed that Sonic Rush and Runners each have characters guest appearing outside the Sonic franchise, so I decided that was a good place to start. While I am not a big fan of Angry Birds and know little of Puyo Pop, I still felt representing both was a neat idea. Just don't expect any respective guest characters to go along with them, so I apologize to those who are fans of said franchises regarding that.
Update: Decided to divide up some new stages I'm adding onto different pages. The new ones I've got included here are ones for Transformers, My Little Pony, and One Piece respectively.
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Somewhat unrelated but I have some extra stages I came up with, if this was an actual game these would be part of the Spider-Man 67/Rocket Robin Hood mod. Just had to share these somewhere.
The stages themselves would be New York City/Sherwood Asteroid, Molemen City/Land of Crystal Creation, and Manta Asteroid/Dementia Five.
The bgm respectively for each of these would be the Spider-Man 1967 theme song, Rat Race from the Spider-Man 1967 OST, and Collision Chaos Bad Future US.