The DELETED Sonic Level We Never Got

[@PilaCiu]

Fun Fact: Early Sonic CD had "Rounds" instead of "Zones"or "Acts" that's why it's R2 in the files.

[@tj.henderson]

In sonic origins museum it says rounds again

[@tixchrisalsoinscratch]

​​@@tj.hendersonif you go to sonic cd, go to an act, it says LEVEL NAME ZONE ACT NUMBER. So its zones

[@Brawlsonic18VA_andDubs]

​​@@tixchrisalsoinscratchI don't mean to be rude,but you are wrong. Sure,the levels in the game are called "Zones",but the zones in Sonic CD were originally called "Rounds" instead of "Zones". So,Palntree Panic being "R1" stands for "Round 1". Which means that "R2" is "Round 2". In the final game,the stages are called "Zones" but in the files they are called "Rounds". This is also confirmed because when someone asked Naoto Oshima(Lead director of Sonic CD)about R2. Naoto Oshima revealed the name of the level and said: "The eliminated round is called Dubious Depths" which means that the levels in Sonic CD were always called rounds. Please do more research when saying things like this.

[@tixchrisalsoinscratch]

@@Brawlsonic18VA_andDubs I know now. This reply was posted 4 months ago.

[@etherealrat1818]

The rainbow waterfalls and such just sound so cool, “Rainbow Reservoir” is what I think it could be called.

[@redaknight]

Bee Boi that’s a really good name Time to make make a sonic fan game and use that name but put a 2 at the end so people understand the reference 😏

[@mr.incognitoyt2235]

What about "Rainbow Road"?

[@IronSK]

Rainbow Road fits more.

[@EpicGamer_SansheeFreddy]

Relic Ruins is a better title & R2’s official title.

[@PyroLuigiOG]

Cool but I still like mine Removed Ruin zone

[@_just_comic]

YOU DONT HAVE ENOUGH MEMORY IN THE MEMORY CARD - Miles "Tails" Prower

[@akirbehfan1146]

LolXD

[@UnoriginalTheOriginal]

Sonic mania minus (drugs music in video is dangerous)

[@spyrooooo8601]

**gets new memory card** Tails:makes camera just to use the card and waste memory Tails pictures: bottle flipping,flying tornado, a picture of old memory card,and more

[@krisgersch8480]

"LOoK aT aLL tHoSe EGgMans RoBOtS" Also Miles "Tails" Prower

[@spyrooooo8601]

@@krisgersch8480 There's only 2 .Sonic.

[@GordieKat]

That means that a semi to mostly complete version of the level exists. If it was dropped for being "bad."

[@ВладДок-д8щ]

It could have been so bad, so it never made the cut even into internal version and existed only in one copy.

[@johney-duh-one]

Mazin, one of the developers for the original release of Sonic CD, recently said that Round 2 was scrapped due to being unable to fit all of the music onto the CD-ROM. Which means the developer for the PC version was just giving his two cents on why it was cut, it wasn't the actual reason.

[@ClovermomeroSDLG]

WE GOTTA FIND MORE PROTOTYPES OF SONIC CD, BOYS, WE GOTTA DO IT NOW

[@Faker-freddy]

It had a bad future

[@Loader2K1]

Although we'll never officially know how "R2" would have turned out to be like in _Sonic the Hedgehog CD_ , one part of the game that you overlooked that dropped some hints was the Little Planet itself while playing around with it in the DA Garden mode. The Little Planet has a lot of unidentifiable locations on it, including a desert area that doesn't appear in the game at all. This is just my opinion, but I'm assuming "R2" would have been that green, hovering tower to the left of what I'm assuming is Metallic Madness. Well, anyway, good video.

[@somehelluvafanboy8357]

A desert area? Maybe that's what gave Christian Whitehead the idea for Desert Dazzle in the 2011 remake...

[@Loader2K1]

@@somehelluvafanboy8357: It's "Christian Whitehead," and yeah, I know about the original plan for adding Desert Dazzle in the 2011 remake of _Sonic CD_ .

[@somehelluvafanboy8357]

@@Loader2K1 thx for the correction dude! I didn't are it was wrong until now

[@gigihtafdlylan]

@@somehelluvafanboy8357 So The last one is Relic ruins

[@CreeFrierson]

I’m the desert place might be that desert level from sonic mania they have a picture in the files of what the desert looked like

[@bitgirl3567]

Hopefully a beta leak comes out some day! It’s neat seeing which theories and speculations are correct with things like this

[@someguylostontheinternet4504]

Yeah,You're Right!

[@kordru]

Hopefully!

[@cole4490]

Begone Thœt

[@lorathefox4307]

Ikr!

[@suffer.719]

Hewo

[@TetraBitGaming]

Like, if you're F A S T :^)

[@ItzStardustYT]

fAsT

[@UTelsYT]

Yup

[@KGR7Gamer]

Speed is key!!!!

[@mohamadpro1]

I’m the fastes

[@Glue_Eater06]

#iamspeed

[@SkyeWeeb]

Maybe the sketch could be indicating a good future of R2 and the ending cutscene could be the present version?

[@TobyTaylor-ch8xf]

I have a idea that maybe it was called rainbow ruins and that would be the past and the present be just dim rainbows the good future be normal water and the bad future have black water

[@gigihtafdlylan]

@@TobyTaylor-ch8xf it's called Relic ruins

[@johney-duh-one]

@@gigihtafdlylan It's not. That name isn't official, no one besides the developers know the Round's early or final name.

[@Dimaquaman11]

​@@johney-duh-one Actually dubious depths is a confirmed name

[@johney-duh-one]

@@Dimaquaman11 Yes it is.

[@juliewinchester1488]

I wanna see someone taking this video as a reference and develop an R2-inspired level. Removed Ruin RR *R2*

[@ChristopherMoom]

1:31 Can I delete this image along with R2

[@joewsnyder1]

wow, your comments are srsly everywhere from tetrabitgaming to level UP videos

[@kaurii_3586]

Who cares if they're everywhere

[@nurifu_nightly]

Chara?

[@Dreemore]

UR EVERYWHERE

[@Jxrugg]

Yes you may

[@lugbzurg8987]

*"The DELETED Sonic Level We Never Got"* Well, there have been many more, but go on...!

[@Annual-following]

In fact there's relic ruins zone desert dazzle zone and final fever zone

[@JamesR624]

@Studio 404 Considering how contradictary, poorly researched, and padding filled most of the commentary here is, MOST of this guys' videos, WITH context, is very clickbaity.

[@revolutionstudios5052]

I, personally, believe R2 was meant to be basically Marble Zone, but focusing more on ruins than on lava and grass. As for the Eggman boss, I suppose it would've been similar to Metal Sonic - race Eggman out of the Pyramid before it collapses, or something.

[@GMaster4308]

Had I written this a few months ago, I would have just said that we'll probably never find a build with R2 intact, but after that Sonic 1 beta discovery, anything's possible at this point.

[@monkeyman-qr6ew]

I feel like the rainbows on the concept art would have been for the good future since I feel like it would have rainbow waterfalls or something like that.

[@kirus2454]

If a dedicated fan decides to make Sonic CD: Little Planet Revisited, I definitely think that they should include R2 in there, in a similar way to how the Christian Whitehead Sonic 2 mobile port implemented the cut Hidden Palace Zone. In my opinion, this zone should be named "Reflection Range". In this zone, there are countless mirrors that show a distorted reflection of Sonic, as well as prisms that if angled correctly, creates colorful rainbows that you can walk or slide on. Actually, we could implement even more zones: Cocoa Crater Zone Ink Stain Zone Vinyl Volution Zone Nova Glitter Zone Radial Levity Zone Spurious Sponge Zone etc. Sonic CD is one of my favorite Sonic games purely because of its cyberpunk, reverse technicolor, nature&tech aesthetic. So much potential here...

[@blackout00784]

DUBIOUS DEPTHS

[@CommanderBravo2]

we finally know its name!!!! Dubious Depths

[@Sphat90]

Some of the levels in Sonic CD were based on early concepts for Sonic 2 as well (Quartz Quadrant in particular resembling Hidden Palace), so it's possible that R2 related to the original, dropped, Olympus concept of which Aquatic Ruin was a future version. The use of Burrobot would likely have been similar to the use of Grounder in Aquatic Ruin too.

[@voidpacer]

Actually Quartz Quadrant was actually based off of a very early level. Its called Rocky Mountain Zone

[@voidpacer]

It was a super early level in sonic 1

[@Rudymc-du7or]

It would make sense that once they realized R2 didn't meet their standards, it was cut, then another stage was designed to keep the level count the same, being tital tempest. Of course, the level count is important for keeping a good number of time stone opportunities. This rainbow thing as well as the dry panels thing is way different to tital tempest's design, as well as the enemies being different, so I believe rather than R2 turning into tital tempest, tital tempest was designed to be different, but to fill the gap R2 left behind. As an additive, both levels look like different Sonic 1 stages, Marble zone and Labrinth zone. Makes sense it was cut, nobody likes Marble Zone.

[@Rexy_THE_T-REX]

No it was probaly that they didnt have enough room on a cd

[@awesomefan135]

0:13 I like how you referenced both Nathaniel Bandy and SammyClassicSonicFan tbh both look very similar

[@MrGamelover23]

How did that reference them?

[@awesomefan135]

@@MrGamelover23 Okay. The commenter's name is Epic Gamer Epic Gamer is a quote that is frequently used by Nathaniel Bandy and NB is Tetra's friend. For SammyClassicSonicFan, what the commenter wrote is quoted from SCSF's most infamous video, Rant Against the Sonic Fanbase.

[@MrGamelover23]

@@awesomefan135 Oh wow that is amazing! Wait, I've watched a lot of NB recently and don't recall him saying epic gamer.

[@fnafisgood1072]

Awesomefan135 WHEN WILL YOU LEARN!

[@JP-hk6xw]

FRICKIN FRICKS

[@dsmania]

Even if R2 turns out to be a version of Labyrinth Zone, with the current information is a weak assumption: - Tidal Tempest has water and engraved blocks, which Marble Zone does not - The order was already "fixed" by the time Sonic CD development started - Marble Zone is not just "ruins", it's a homage to the first stage of Altered Beast and with that in mind Tidal Tempest even is more different, meanwhile the video from R2 is even more similar to Altered Beast setting. Also worth noting: The development of Sonic CD and the 8 bits version of Sonic 1 do overlap (unlike the 16 bits version) and there's hints (like the music present in the released cartridge) that Marble Zone was removed from that version, so that decission might be connected somehow.

[@kiryuha2833]

but also the R2 cutscene has water, while Marble Zone not. Also the block's pattern in Marble Zone and Tidal Tempest is same.

[@noname-jt6kl]

Makes sense that the wacky workbench zone isn't corresponding to a sonic 1 level. But it makes you wonder how bad R2 must have been since they kept wacky workbench.

[@noname-jt6kl]

@Carlos HCR2! yes it is

[@autobotstarscream765]

Interesting question, asking if R2 was going to be based on Marble Zone or Labyrinth Zone. In the immortal words of the great Dr. Zoidberg, why not both? Playing through Sonic CD, I immediately noticed the aspect of echoing Sonic 1, and since Tidal Tempest is a water Zone with erupting volcanoes in the background, I figured it was Marble and Labyrinth Zones mashed up together, so maybe Tidal Tempest is literally formed from two different originally-intended Zones combined?

[@3rdmonocle789]

Marbyrinth Zone the Original Lost Worlds.

[@dashat3938]

i hope sega just adds r2 into a future sonic game! maybe sonic mania 2?

[@vanessaabalos1176]

It's Relic Ruins

[@dashat3938]

@@vanessaabalos1176 nah bro thats just a guess name. it r2.

[@mooforkstudios7697]

Here are my ideas for this zone... --------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Ancient Base Zone Past: Some sort of Ancient aztec/Mayan Temple with Boulder, spike, Lava, and Badnik traps scattered throughout the temple. Present: Similar to the clip of R2 in Sonic CD's cutscene with very ancient designs, with very minor yet old technology scattered here and there Bad Future: Technology over takes all of the the Base, equiped with fire lasers, bomb traps, Poisonous Water which instead of losing Air, you lose 1 ring each time you hear that Air lost ding sound Good Future: Similar to the Wooden Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey where the Technology here gets overgrown by plants, but at the same time the Technology helps the Nature here grow in peace. Plus strangely, there's water you can't drown in because it's so Pure, which cause Rainbows that you can climb up and down on to reach up to more higher areas.

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

In my opinion, the name should be Rusty Ruin Zone. It has the same letters in the beginning.

[@PosthumanHeresy]

8:00 I've seen enough Toei Animation city ruins to know that R2 was gonna be city/post-apocalyptic empty city/Eggmanland (those floor squares especially being a holdover from their DBZ work around the same time). R2's Eggman Boss is a motorcycle design. The moss overgrowth on cityscape especially proves it's a Life After People type cityscape. City/Eggmanland are the most plausible past/bad futures for it. It also fits with the explanation given for cutting it. City seems like a very easy concept to execute but is hard to make fun. Look at the design in the clip with the knowledge this is the same decade they'd been doing Dragon Ball for ages during and you can see the one to one between all the city ruins in it and that area.

[@DiscoTimelordASD]

The sketch looks like an ancient aquaduct that has fallen into ruin with rainbow water spilling out the edges instead of regular water.

[@c08o.prkiua46]

Fascinating. I've always wondered why it went from 1 to 3 in the level select... But I guess I just thought that cutscene was something from Tidal Tempest before, and never really gave it much thought.

[@Estaguy24]

Did you know that the D.A. Garden music was officially stated by Mazin (one of the Sonic CD developers) on twitter as the Good future of R2 ?

[@antiseize11]

I read it and he said it was the Present version

[@badcatalex]

YOU GOT THE TERMINOLOGY WRONG FOR STAGES! Zones are called ROUNDS and Acts are called ZONES!

[@miwiki6]

now i understood why the acts are called zones XDDDDD zones is called rounds...

[@SomeWeirdFellow]

Omg ur right

[@lugbzurg8987]

I thought they were called "Cycles".

[@lunareko]

Ok so I think I figured it out, I'm gonna connect some zones to ones from Sonic 1 Green Hill Zone - Palmtree Panic Marble Zone - R2/Ruined Relic Spring Yard Zone - Collision Chaos Labrynth Zone - Tidal Tempest (not sure if i spelled labrynth right) Starlight Zone - Stardust Speedway Scrap Brain Zone - Metallic Madness/Wacky Workbench I only put Wacky Workbench there because it could've been a possibility

[@mekostuff]

I am adding R2 to my sketchnation sonic fangame: Sonic TDOL. Naming it Removed Riot Zone, and mixing the concept art with the little short. Edit: Thank you for the support on TDOL, and name suggestions! I've gotten very far in development, and I'm almost ready to release it to sketchnation public. All I'll tell you is that a high part of it can be found in marble zone under the arch, too! In the comments, I want to see 2 name suggestions: Rainbow Ruins, and Removal Rebuilds. Depending on the amount of times they're said, I will choose the one with the most comments to be the level's name. If it's a tie, I mix the two together in a way. Then there would be another vote of Rainbow Rebuilds and Removal Ruins. Tie again, and it's Removal Riot. Either way, thanks for all the support!

[@Ness_Dreemurr]

Sounds neat

[@spanoguy2283]

Really?!?!!? Are you making a game?!?!!!

[@سلمىالزهراء]

it would be cool

[@NotAHero123_7]

Tell us when the games out!

[@akirbehfan1146]

Oh cool!

[@matti.8465]

I like this old level idea, CD should have had more beautiful natural scenery like the first zone, showing Little Planet as a beautiful place just to turn it into something completely awful when going to the bad future.

[@DavidsUternal]

I'm a simple person, i see sonic I click

[@SomeWeirdFellow]

Same here XD

[@hayond656]

10:28 Sonic jumps without turning into a ball

[@jonsterthe1st355]

Perhaps quardz quadrant is sonic CD's equivalent to marble zone?

[@greg7753]

quartz quadrant is a mine

[@jonsterthe1st355]

Good point,but notice how uhhhhh,ummmmmmm,well uhhhhh ah fuck it quardz quadrant is its own thing

[@andrix7777]

I think it's sort of like Sky Sanctuary. A castle with rainbow waterfalls? The castle is probably in the sky.

[@Turbulation1]

Interesting how it seemed that R2’s enemies and boss were seemingly gonna be used for the also unused Desert Dazzle

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

Maybe Desert Dazzle might be the Past version of R2.

[@Turbulation1]

The Super Videogame Nerd MORE no their layouts are completely different.

[@bangerbangerbro]

@@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171 Or future, with the present being ruins and past being not ruins.

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

@@Turbulation1 Who knows? Wood Zone was meant to be the Past of Metropolis Zone. It was very different, could be the same. Desert Dazzle was dry, but later in the present, there is water.

[@Turbulation1]

@@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171 Woods zone was actually confirmed to be a present day version of casino night zone.

[@Nomar2007_NWDE_WRESTLING]

3:11 COMMING is actually the COMIN' SOON Screen

[@donaldboys6209]

If someone tries to recreate it Rainbow Ruins would be the perfect name

[@knucklesechidna2124]

Would the rainbows be the Present, or the Good Future? Also that would mean the Bad Future would have to be bland and colorless. Or maybe it's the Past.

[@ThornYT055]

1:50 I heard a snippet of "US soundtrack of boss battle" sonic CD

[@12majixajinxixcolorchartdi25]

Rainbow waterfalls?! That reminds me of the Rainbow vomit meme!

[@qrtrx4]

...which is dead.

[@brianjacksonii8991]

Bro literally the other day somebody found a beta build from December 4th 1992 that is currently being dumped right now

[@TetraBitGaming]

Epic

[@LucaioSuper]

Also new prototypes are on auction now and DRX is winning most of them😆

[@TetraBitGaming]

I heard!

[@dededesgustingtkemylife4825]

Pls update us if their uploaded to tcrf

[@austinreavis4226]

Source?

[@Ballin126]

@@TetraBitGaming I think i know the name of R2 Is Rainbow Ruins

[@AverageJas]

I think R2 could be a stage named Rumbling Ruins with the antilions and worms popping out the ground. I also think the blueprint shown in this video could be the Perfect Future for R2 with the rainbow waterfalls; or as I call it, Rumbling Ruins.

[@kawaiifun2264]

I Am Just Gonna Call R2 "Ruptured Ruins" Or Maybe R2 Was Desert Dazzle? Idk

[@diamondofthelegend4630]

So your saying that Sonic CD Is Sonic 1 but all the maps are Revamped and a lot changed than the normal Sonic 1?

[@diamondofthelegend4630]

If you reply to me I will sing I Will Kiss Myself Song.

[@TetraBitGaming]

Sort of!

[@Xegethra]

More like inspired levels.

[@diamondofthelegend4630]

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[@bangerbangerbro]

This is what I thought. You can see all zones except quartz quadrant and and Wacky workbench zone are similar to sonic 1 zones. If you look at 9:42 in the video, the reply from the dev guy refers to sonic 1 as the "original" version of Sonic CD. Sonic CD also began as a CD version of Sonic 1 and 2 I think as well.

[@marx4538]

I love Marble Zone, both in terms of level design and artstyle/music.

[@picante2529]

An even bigger hint to why R2 was supposed to look like Marble Zone are the purple blocks Sonic hops on in the unused version of the ending cutscene while the credits were rolling.

[@sahaprocks7751]

That unused ant enemy kinda looks like that first boss in the game gear version of sonic 2

[@AZTenor94]

If I remember correctly, this is why Christian Whitehead wanted to add in his Desert Dazzle (later Mirage Saloon) level into the mobile port.

[@Jarack25]

I hope that fans can gather cup and rebuild that stage with the parts that we have left! (You know if the mania or CD games are up for full level modding) A hidden temple ruins with rainbow waterfalls seems interesting! I think I will call it Rainbow Ruins Zone!

[@TheRandomRager]

4:07 Sonic 2 also has a green hill styled first level and even has hill in its name (emerald hill)

[@Alex-huh20]

10:28 I just saw this in the background so I thought I had to point it out

[@p6draws609]

Literal hours before this video was uploaded, a new Sonic CD prototype was discovered. It’s six months earlier than the 510 prototype, so it could contain R2.

[@p6draws609]

Same here, I just know that it exists, but the timing of the prototype being found couldn’t be better.

[@TetraBitGaming]

Fingers are crossed !

[@Justafox1994]

Why not look at Little Planet in D.A. Garden it shows a dessert.

[@Gnidel]

It's also in outro.

[@Julian_Pepper]

I've also speculated that Regal Ruin (from Sonic R) was the intended name for R2. There's no proof of it, but it wouldn't surprise me if it got recycled.

[@WakoDoodle]

Man I'd love to inspect this on my sonic cd pc version I bought and kept since I was a a kid; I bet it would be fun to-oh right... I somehow deleted something off the cd and now it think's it's an illigal copy. Which mean's... *evil spooky sonic music fades in with creepy face sonic wallpaper*

[@StabTheDabb]

R2 is LOST media

[@banjokazooiemain9890]

When people take a weird looking sketch very seriously and make theories

[@KrisCross95]

The TTZ zone would make some sense (especially with the R2 name being Dubious Depths), if it wasn’t for the fact of the reason why we have time travel in CD is because that cut it from Sonic 2 so they made a new game with time travel.

[@okamigt1054]

“You Don’t have enough memory in the memory card”

[@loweni7460]

Now that you mention it I've never seen that level or those enemies from the second scene of the sonic CD ending damn shame the level was cut

[@AnonJohn]

I officially announced myself as the 69th like. Nice. Future 420th like person, I tip my hat to you, one legend to another.

[@sunstarrock6336]

what about the 1337th person?

[@AnonJohn]

Well I say good job, and I think that everyone can be a legend if they want.

[@akirbehfan1146]

@@AnonJohn aww, thanks!

[@AnonJohn]

@@akirbehfan1146 no problem.

[@Avriel_Mimiga]

and maybe the 69420th like

[@joelwrek385]

The scrapped level is called Relic Ruins. There even is music for the level.

[@antiseize11]

DA Garden

[@ImmaSpam__________________Can]

Maybe the number 2 broke the game like how windows 95/98 broke later versions of Windows and why we never got windows 9

[@gamefoun]

Those two things are so incredibly unrelated.

[@donkeycheese8098]

Lol

[@imdone8243]

Yeah. This is why.

[@hicknopunk]

Windows 9 exists. It is a special build of Windows 8.x+. Windows 9 is only for embeded systems like an ATM.

[@hicknopunk]

@HoloKola my heart will be broken if that is true

[@DigitLuck]

I got a few ideas of the name of R2 could be like "Ruined Ruins" "Molded Marble" "Ancient Amazon"

[@DigitLuck]

Yeah that could fit with the crude sketch

[@Anxiolf]

@@DigitLuck rainbow relic, nuff said

[@itskileywilothtv3569]

Relic Ruins

[@viliambilka1864]

it was rainbow ruins I KNEW IT

[@captaintoad1258]

Ancient Amazon Prime

[@Sparkshot99]

1:40 OH YAY ITS GREEN HILL ZONE ACT 1 AGAIN!

[@dylicious1964]

The rainbow thingy sorta looks like a good future of R2

[@SynchroMaestro]

Y'all remember that one time when some guy claimed to have found a lost unused track for the level, but it turns out to be a hoax? Good Times...

[@cy-bernet-ix]

link?

[@erzindeagua]

@@cy-bernet-ix he is referring to the song "take it" by alex lee, Many fans used her to say she was vgm of r2

[@AbletonRinzler]

1:39 OH YAY IT'S *GREEN HILL* ZONE ACT 1 AGAIN

[@Exoneos]

Given the artwork and the scene from the animated ending I can clearly see what R2 would have been. A ruin like Zone with arch bridge overflowing with Rainbow waterfall and crumbling floor. Roots and over plant growing from the remain of this ruin. Past of this zone would be the ruin when they were a mighty temple, good future will be rainbow waterfall overflowing more the ruin and roots becoming full grow Tree, bad future would be a lava ruin with scorching remain of what's once was a lushing green vegetation.

[@knucklesechidna2124]

The ruins in the animation remind me of that one scene from the OVA.

[@Exoneos]

@@knucklesechidna2124 the first part where the party go rescue mayor daughter ? Before the city ?

[@knucklesechidna2124]

The city. It's like humans used to live there until the earth was ruined and moved to the sky or something. Had an eerie feel to it, seeing empty streets and buildings.

[@AlecksMcAlex]

Maybe we should call R2: Rainbow Ruins... cuz its the same first letter duh

[@vandyckaldo]

It´s also fitting RAInbow RUIns

[@TheAwesomeJ0se]

1:31 that looks like something Nicobbq would post

[@finnthomas7014]

it would be cool if someone tried to use the concepts/ sprites to recreate r2, like hidden palace

[@Skypatroller_BenCD]

My theory is R2 is Relic Ruins but Working Workbench because this 2 zone have the angle statue and Working Workbench was bolded on R2/Relic Ruins but it just a analyze and theory a stage analyze and theory

[@vandyckaldo]

???????

[@Skypatroller_BenCD]

If you have no understanding Working Workbench used the elements from this unused stage (the angle statue) it's same like was you created a level in a old level in Super Mario Maker Wii U 3DS and 2 you created a stage but after you recreated a new stage in this stage but without deleting any stuff you can change the background and/or the style but don't deleting anything

[@KimWillett-n4y]

It just a fan given name

[@Skypatroller_BenCD]

@@KimWillett-n4y bro it's a coment from 4 years we knew that already

[@سلمىالزهراء]

Finally I was Waiting For Someone to talk about R2

[@superdean9966]

R2 Name idea: "Rainbow Ruins" Trust me, it would fit.

[@nushooz6125]

I would but I can't can't donate money

[@SomeWeirdFellow]

Same I'm just a kid and my parents wouldn't let me

[@RTheStoryteller7]

When they said R2 level isn't good, i can't help to imagine what kind of level that's worse than Wacky Workbench and Stardust Speedway

[@johney-duh-one]

Well... If you think Marble Zone on steroids is worse than those two then yeah.

[@blobanimatesx7466]

Possible Name: Rainbow ransack Like so he sees Possible Enemies: sugarrush buzzbombers Metal tails Golden runnerbot Sugarrush water ( removes ring one by one when entered) Traps (that quartz quadrant boss thing that explodes) Boosters with it making u go on oppisite direction

[@mr.whimsic6902]

"Howdy Traps!"

[@eljaminlatour6633]

Fun fact: Sonic CD was originally going to be a port of Sonic the Hedgehog from the Sega Genesis into the Sega CD, but that idea was changed into a separate project so the theories are well-supported by this fact.

[@JessePrower]

The "level didn't meet up to their standard" explanation is kind of odd considering how... quirky and not-good some of the levels were in the final (Wacky Workbench, Metallic Madness Act 2 come to mind)

[@johney-duh-one]

Yep, there's also the fact that one of the developers of the original Sega CD version, Mazin (the man behind the 'Fun is Infinite' Easter egg) recently confirmed that the round was cut due to being unable to fit all of the music onto the CD-ROM.

[@brucekeller8420]

Ah yes, this level. While some were just removed... Others were... _deleted._ However, with most deleted levels, we actually got a clue on what they would look like. On r2? Not so much...

[@tariqthehedgehog]

There’s one particular level in the little planet map which doesn’t have a referring stage for r2 the place is located in a floating green area in the sky, which was supposed to be what r2 was located at before it was scrapped

[@tariqthehedgehog]

In the bad future timeline instead of being green, it’s now red in the good future the whole building is replaced five palm tree

[@tariqthehedgehog]

Antlines are a real thing which lives in forests which they make a sinkhole so they can get their prey, which is the same exact thing which happens to sonic in the uncut credits

[@tariqthehedgehog]

The green path sonic was running from was from the outside and you can also see green stuff which is trees built inside of the stage

[@tariqthehedgehog]

the trees kind of look like they are vegetation when they are literally so the Brown because ant lines only appear in a forest

[@tariqthehedgehog]

We don’t know if the sketch was in the past timeline

[@diegogarcia1939]

1:29 not this is live footage of sonic without this shoes

[@KnaveMurdok]

The fact that in the first PC port, R2 was referred to as "warp" makes me think that R2 is the transitional stage while changing time periods.

[@jordanrosario3304]

0:57 that one splatoon video.

[@Boltx_Coolswag]

Well this good remixed stardust speedway what is this remix?

[@Kitsuna_Gacha]

3:55 **Friday Night Funkin' UGH sound effect plays** Also, to think I thought R2 was a scrapped mech robot (like an early 'Great Eggman Robo' from Sonic&Knuckles...)

[@mintythedemon1785]

I think animating multiple rainbow waterfalls would've been difficult.

[@kordru]

Nice video! Can you do a lost bits video on the portal games? Thanks!

[@Jxrugg]

That's a bad idea

[@kordru]

@@Jxrugg how and why?

[@Jxrugg]

No one plays portal

[@kordru]

@@Jxrugg well nobody plays the sonic 2 prototype but he did a video on it

[@diegocobabravo1127]

R2 is Dubious Dephts (is official)

[@eliezioneto8054]

why does everyone forget about quartz quadrant, it also does not have an counterpart

[@theadamblock]

Maybe it was the last stage developed as a true placeholder due to not getting r2 off the ground. Who knows? By comparison, quartz quadrant is by far the least eventful stage.

[@SonicZuki]

I wish u do more sonic then Mario Maybe if sega sonic team make sonic Mania 2 we might see r2 I can see that happening one day or the new upcoming sonic game in development nice one terabitegaming

[@SonicZuki]

@Fire K.O what ever game it is of sonic

[@Ggmemegod8960]

It's actually known as well as relic ruins. Which the song be pretty good? It even has Pictures of the present, past, bad and good future.

[@AmyraCarter]

Hmmm... I find it interesting that a lot of platform games of the era have at least one instance of the 'musical instruments' theme; Bubsy had it, Sonic had it, and I know there are others, just don't recall specifics...

[@matthewrobinson1699]

We could use a time warp post to warp to the past, but Sonic is the only person fast enough to reach that speed.

[@lapispheonix7569]

could you do minecraft?

[@vhaakaraynen6578]

The game get constant updates, the video would date way too fast, so no.