Music Plant

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Music Plant (ミュージックプラント, Myūjikku Puranto^?) is the third Zone in Sonic Advance 2.

Description

Music Plant is a colorful stage full of musical instruments that serve as gimmicks the player can use to proceed through the level.

Story

Upon arriving at Music Plant, Sonic continues his quest of stopping Dr. Eggman. From there, he confronts the mad doc in his Egg Totem with Tails being tied up. After destroying the mech, Eggman escapes yet again, and Tails is freed from captivity. Although he still has no idea of what Eggman is planning, the young fox cub decides to tag along with Sonic on his adventure once again.

Gameplay

Overview

Act 1

Act 2

Boss

Main article: Egg Totem

For this boss fight, the player fights Eggman in his Egg Totem. The machine sends flying spiked disks towards the player's character with a small cannon appearing on the top or bottom, firing projectiles. The player's goal is to quickly stand on the disks before they return back and attack the cockpit. The battle ends after eight hits have been dealt.

Defeating this boss for the first time as Sonic will unlock Tails as a playable character.

Other game appearances

Team Sonic Racing

In Team Sonic Racing, a Paint Kit based on Music Plant, called the "Music Plant Theme" (ミュージックプラントカラー, Myūjikku Puranto Karā^?, lit. "Music Plant Color") can be unlocked by beating all of the Chapter 1 races in Team Adventure mode in Expert difficulty. The colors in this kit are as follows:

The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

In The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, one of the interactive signs at the Lounge Car can show an ad promoting Music Plant (as "Music Plant Zone").

In other media

Archie Comics

Main article: Music Plant (Archie)

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, the Music Plant was a location that was scheduled to be visited by King Maximillian Acorn to raise support against the Eggman Empire.

Trivia

• This level is slightly similar to Planet Sonata from Ristar, both being colorful music-based levels with musical instrument-based gimmicks.
  • The sprite of Sonic jumping on the yellow springs is similar to Ristar's sprite when he jumps on a drum in Planet Sonata in Ristar.
  • Both levels also have a pink sky.
• The map icon of Music Plant resembles a sound board and a keytar.
• The Springs in this Zone have a different sound effect than the other Zones.

Music

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