Sky Sanctuary Zone

Sky Sanctuary Zone is a stage from the Sonic series, based on the location of the same name. It is from the game, Sonic & Knuckles. It has been confirmed for inclusion in the final Dev Blog as of October, 2011.

Layout
It consists of one large platform, two smaller platforms, and like Sonic & Knuckles, it has mini blocks that fall off if stood on for too long, but they reappear with time. It is a walkoff stage. The clouds can also be stood on. It is an stage very easy to do a KO with a meteor smash, if the blocks are gone.

Origin
Sky Sanctuary Zone first appeared in the game Sonic & Knuckles as the second to last stage. After Dr. Eggman escaped from Hidden Palace Zone with the Master Emerald, Knuckles and Sonic (and often Tails) chased after him. Knuckles led Sonic to the Sky Sanctuary Zone via a warp, and Sonic chased Eggman in order to board the Death Egg, fighting Mecha Sonic numerous times along the way. When playing as Knuckles in Sonic and Knuckles, Sky Sanctuary is his last stage, as Knuckles does not go to Death Egg Zone. Instead, Knuckles is forced to battle Mecha Sonic as his final boss.

The design of the stage in Beta was updated to resemble the level design seen in Sonic Generations.

Music
This stage's music is Sky Sanctuary Classic from Sonic Generations.

In v0.8a, the music is Breathtaking Vision, the remix of Sky Sanctuary from Project Chaos, an OCRemix album for Sonic & Knuckles 3.

Trivia

 * Mecha Sonic from the game Sonic & Knuckles was visible in the background, albeit ruined from his battle against Knuckles. He was removed in Beta.
 * If the player looks closely, an Eggrobo flies past the stage in the background.