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 SSF2 v0.8 Dev Blog as of October 2011.

Layout
It consists of one large platform, two smaller platforms, and, like in Sonic & Knuckles, it has mini blocks that fall down if stood on for too long, but they reappear with time. It is a walk off stage. 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

 * The main music track is titled Sky Sanctuary - Classic from Sonic Generations.

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.
 * As confirmed by developer TSON, the bouncy clouds from the first design were later recycled to make the trampolines and flippers in stage 3 of Target Smash!!.