Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) (InstanceTopic, 20)

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'''Sonic the Hedgehog 2''' is probably among the [[hard]]est [[Sonic the Hedgehog (series)|Sonic game]]s ever. Yes, it's much more difficult than [[Tails' SkyPatrol]], [[deal with it]]. Unlike it's Genesis/Megadrive namesake, [[Miles "Tails" Prower]] is not your trusty [[invincible]] [[side-kick]], but a [[plot device]] that is basically the difference between the [[good ending]] and the [[bad ending|bad one]]. Other than the title and Tails' [[omnipresent]] appearances, the [[two]] games have nothing in common, and like playing most of the [[Game Gear]] Sonic games, [[you]]'ll probably find yourself [[scream]]ing at it in frustration. This is mostly due to [[SEGA]] purposely designing most of the zones and a couple of the bosses to [[death|kill]] or [[rape]] [[Sonic]]. Many also blame the poor [[screen resolution]] of the Game Gear for it's difficulty, because we all hate [[blind jump]]s in a game that's all about <s>[[Oh, THAT Sonic 4|speed]]</s>[[Platformer|platforming]], right?

== Zones ==
;[[Underground Zone]]
:Not your <[#linkfarm [item [[Green Hill Zone]]|[[Emerald Hill Zone]]|[[Neo Green Hill Zone]]|[[Mushroom Hill Zone]]|[[Angel Island]]] [tpl typical first zone]]>, it has the [[theme]] of an underground mine, coated with blind jumps over [[lava]] and [[spike]] pits and dual colored [[Crabmeat]]s in annoying places [[just for you]]! Oh, and [[Dr. Eggman]] is nice enough to show up for the [[Underground Zone Boss|zone's boss fight]]; You won't see him for the rest of the game, thanks to his needing to repair his [[Egg mobile]].
;[[Sky High Zone]]
:Not content with just riding mine carts, Sonic takes to the air with a gimmicky [[hang glider]] over, you guessed it, lots of freaking spikes! You'll likely find out Sonic can defy the laws of [[physics]] with an invincibility monitor before you reach the evil Egg...ostrich...
;[[Aquatic Lake Zone]]
:And Sonic comes full circle with the traditional [[element]]s by exploring the sea; much to his chagrin, there are arrows and [[stalker]] shrimp out to get him. Also, we'd like to mention that there's a [[bubble]] puzzle that might remind you of a [[Megaman 8|certain other blue bomber]] and [[TenguMan|a particular level]].
;[[Green Hills Zone]]
:Not to be confused with the original famous zone, the difficulty in this zone comes mostly from comprehending how SEGA [[fail]]ed [[background]] layers at the end of Act 2 (or maybe the [[signpost]] is just shy). It's a miracle if you make it to the boss in Act 3; the [[level designer]] was nice enough to add in pits of [[spikes|pointy impaling objects]] that only a [[well aimed]] [[blind jump|leap from a spring]] at [[over 9000]] meters can get Sonic across.
;[[Gimmick Mountain Zone]]
:And Gimmicks there are! [[Conveyor Belts]], [[get it more|MOAR]] spieks, and tube [[maze]]s. Are those the spinning gears from [[Metropolis Zone]] you see in the [[title card]]? Well, maybe, but they're not in this zone, because they don't make it difficult enough.
;[[Scrambled Egg Zone]]
:Yummy. Can we get [[cheese]] on our zone? No? But we really need something to clog all those meters of piping, death pits galore and...[[grass]]? [[WTF|What the hell]] is GRASS doing in [[Eggman's base]]? Something finally makes sense when you see the boss fight is against [[Metal Sonic]]...[[Silver Sonic|or is it]]?
;[[Crystal Egg Zone]]
:Thinking ahead [[pingas|as usual]], Eggman made TWO bases, this one being made of pretty [[glass]] and having bizarrely happy [[holiday]] music. For being the [[Chaos Emerald]] only zone, they ironically [[take it easy]] on you here. Eggman finally gets his fat ass back in here, only to present you with the most difficult boss in the game...or was that the [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)#Zones|first one]]?

If you some how managed to get through all of that, much less without dying over a gazillion times, then congratulations, you get a [[pat on the back]] or a [[slap in the face]], and maybe some [[bragging rights]]. But hey, at least they GIVE you an ending, unlike the aforementioned SkyPatrol.