The Evolution of Hill Zones in Sonic Games

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  • Опубликовано: 20 июн 2024
  • Today I wanted tot alk about all of the Sonic Zones with Hill in their names.
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  • @SuperZombieBros
    @SuperZombieBros Год назад +46

    Can’t forget the classic “Hill” stage where Tails runs down a flat pathway with absolutely nothing strange going on.

    • @ChaseyBOIDude
      @ChaseyBOIDude Год назад +7

      if its flat then there is no hill so it's called __ "Can't wait to play __ Zone!"

  • @nachoburger3098
    @nachoburger3098 Год назад +68

    Making sure to have exactly 420 coins to maximize the level of Green Hill Zone appreciation is exactly the kind of attention to detail I subscribe for

  • @lpnp9477
    @lpnp9477 Год назад +37

    For some context on pluralizing "Hills", in Japanese there is no distinction between single and plural inanimate objects. "Green Hill" and "Green Hills" are both valid translations of the original Japanese name. Why they didn't sync up on the translation I don't know, but this is early 90's Sega we're talking about here.

    • @kirotalksyt
      @kirotalksyt  Год назад +13

      Such a weird error...but yeah Sega in the 90s was wild.

  • @CSS-Tails_Forever
    @CSS-Tails_Forever Год назад +44

    Great video! My favourite "Hill" zone is Seaside Hill, because it was actually my first time going through a "Hill" zone, also Sonic Heroes was my first Sonic Game. (Also thanks for the likes guys! 😊)

    • @kirotalksyt
      @kirotalksyt  Год назад +9

      Seaside Hill holds a special place in my heart too 😁

    • @CSS-Tails_Forever
      @CSS-Tails_Forever Год назад +3

      @@kirotalksyt that's nice to know :D

    • @gameshowsforeverofficialch3462
      @gameshowsforeverofficialch3462 Год назад

      @@kirotalksyt Love the music of it to I have played a little bit of sonic heroes but I remember I used to run out the time just to listen to the whole track of seaside hill

    • @benjaminon00b90
      @benjaminon00b90 Год назад

      Such a great game

    • @CSS-Tails_Forever
      @CSS-Tails_Forever Год назад

      @@benjaminon00b90 agreed.

  • @electroamp
    @electroamp Год назад +25

    Sunset Hill is gorgeous, I love the melancholic twist that bids farewell to the classic games. There was definitely a shift in style after Advance 3.

  • @redtoons
    @redtoons Год назад +130

    Mystic Cave Zone was never called Dust Hill Zone, Mystic was just a replacement for its scrapped "sibling".

    • @netmeister7941
      @netmeister7941 Год назад +13

      i was thinking the same thing

    • @kirotalksyt
      @kirotalksyt  Год назад +38

      Mystic Cave was called Dust Hill in some early builds of the game like the Simon Wai prototype.

    • @netmeister7941
      @netmeister7941 Год назад +36

      @@kirotalksyt a few of the sonic 2 developers actually said it was a scraped desert level

    • @PyroLuigiOG
      @PyroLuigiOG Год назад +3

      @@netmeister7941 sand=dust I guess

    • @netmeister7941
      @netmeister7941 Год назад +3

      @@PyroLuigiOG well it used to be sand shower zone then eventual sand hill zone

  • @spongebobmaster
    @spongebobmaster Год назад +37

    Dust Hill wasn't the original name for Mystic Cave, It was a whole zone that got scrapped. The Idea was reused for Mirage Saloon in Sonic Mania.

    • @basiccatplush5247
      @basiccatplush5247 Год назад +1

      IT WAS CALLED DUST HILL

    • @ihatestags
      @ihatestags Год назад +2

      @@basiccatplush5247 yes it was called that in the Simon wai prototype because it replaced the desert level dust hill.
      Does mystic cave really scream a dusty hill?

  • @pkthedefinitelymatureperson
    @pkthedefinitelymatureperson 4 месяца назад +2

    Ive got a feeling the "New Green Hill" name could mean that Aquatic Ruin is some ancient city area, similar to how when some areas were hit by earthquakes or destroyed new areas were made, using the same name but usually with new.

  • @GamingintheAM0801
    @GamingintheAM0801 Год назад +3

    Regarding "the pit," if you play Sonic Jam's version of Sonic 2 on anything other than "Original" difficulty, there will be a yellow spring on one side of the pit so you can get out of it if you fall in. Sonic Jam made a lot of little tweaks to some of the more infamous level elements across these games, such as removing "the barrel" from Carnival Night Act 2.

  • @lylelylecrocodile2538
    @lylelylecrocodile2538 Год назад +4

    Now I want an evolution of polis levels in sonic games

  • @Hynotama
    @Hynotama Год назад +5

    Pumpkin Hill was so great. With "ceeepy" elements and secrets, hidden treasures and all. And living in a country where we don't have Halloween makes it even more appealing.

  • @OneAndOnlyDanky
    @OneAndOnlyDanky Год назад +7

    You can do anything is actually a remix of Green Hills Zone, rather than the other way around

  • @ninjasonic_
    @ninjasonic_ Год назад +5

    Dude, in the movies it’s called Green Hills

  • @LightspeedAdventurer
    @LightspeedAdventurer Год назад +2

    I love how Mushroom Hill's colours transition from like, 'summer' to 'autumn' (the colours I prefer), and I also think the act 2 boss is really good.

  • @arehch569
    @arehch569 Год назад +2

    4:14 THE PIT

  • @lorenzorafael4600
    @lorenzorafael4600 Год назад +4

    Hill…Hill…Hill…Are You Done Yet?
    SEGA:NO!
    Hill,Hill,Hill,Hi-Wait Is Everything Hills?
    SEGA:Yep.

  • @bargtv9066
    @bargtv9066 Год назад +7

    We need a hill hill zone
    Who agrees

    • @bahamut1169
      @bahamut1169 Год назад +1

      Hill yeah

    • @bargtv9066
      @bargtv9066 Год назад +1

      @@bahamut1169 glad someone agrees that would have been a hill of a zone

    • @kirotalksyt
      @kirotalksyt  Год назад

      Definitely!

  • @spongebobfan78
    @spongebobfan78 Год назад +4

    I get that this is for the zones that have "Hill" on the name, but Lost World's Frozen Factory is actually just Windy Hill but snow and some factory stuff.
    Also, for Speed Battle, the name of the stages are basically just Act names on an area, kinda similar to Forces where the stage names are always different even on the same area like Lost Valley or Guardian Rock takes place in Green Hill.

  • @IceBeamTetsuno
    @IceBeamTetsuno Год назад +4

    This is great and hilarious! Really fun stuff.

  • @TrailDave
    @TrailDave Год назад +6

    Kiro talks is great. I wish you nothing but success with this channel. Keep the good stuff coming bro

  • @spongeman3090
    @spongeman3090 Год назад +2

    Green Hill is looking a lot more like Green Hill right now.

  • @extremmefan7305
    @extremmefan7305 Год назад +4

    "and the worst part is, it's not even using the original Green Hill Zone music!"
    That's actually the best part lmao.
    Also might as well call Sonic 2 "Sonic the Hillhog" with all those "Hill" zones lmao.
    My favorites are Seaside Hill and Sunset Hill, the former is an amazing tutorial type stage (if you don't play Sea Gates first you still perfectly understand most of the game by going through Seaside Hill) and is aesthetically distinct, and the latter is just a big blast of nostalgia for me as Advance 3 was one of my first Sonic games (and this is also my first encounter with the iconic Green Hill Zone theme; except here it's actually used accordingly and given a remix that matches the ambiance!).
    I halfway expected this video to go over all the different versions of the ACTUAL Green Hill though. You would've had more than enough material between 8bit Sonic 1, the Adventure games, Generations, and ESPECIALLY Forces. XD

  • @MegaSombra
    @MegaSombra Год назад +3

    Honorable mention: Sonic Blast's Green Hill

  • @rasyagaming-roblox
    @rasyagaming-roblox Год назад

    You gotta love it when kiro uploaded a commentary video

  • @bobitlog2632
    @bobitlog2632 Год назад +3

    This is Sonic CD's birthday, maybe tomorrow for hill appreciation day?

  • @ElectrikStatik900
    @ElectrikStatik900 Год назад

    2:06 character assassination at its finest
    Great video!

  • @LeafDreams
    @LeafDreams Год назад +1

    the pit....
    the flashbacks

  • @MyklesChannel
    @MyklesChannel Год назад +1

    This was one hill of a video!

  • @dreamcastdazia4753
    @dreamcastdazia4753 Год назад +1

    Green HillS came out before CD so you can do anything is a remix of that. The mecha green hill is a remix of both

  • @-Cat9-
    @-Cat9- Год назад

    lmao the silence when he needed to say "The Pit" and "didj" and showed an image of those words

  • @KingTvlip
    @KingTvlip Год назад +1

    Windmill Isle Act 1 being re-skinned as Green Hill Cyberspace in Sonic Frontiers means that Windmill Isle is officially a Hill Zone and no, I won't elaborate further.

  • @kinfumetsuokami8084
    @kinfumetsuokami8084 Год назад +1

    I really liked this video style, hey kiro, how about make another video in this style but talking about the final stages from each game? It could be splitted in 2 parts (or more if needed)

  • @Temmy_12
    @Temmy_12 Год назад +2

    Bruh your content is the Best
    Can't Wait for more👍

    • @Temmy_12
      @Temmy_12 Год назад

      @@DinoRicky thx lol

    • @kirotalksyt
      @kirotalksyt  Год назад

      Thanks a bunch. More videos are on the way 👍

  • @DinoRicky
    @DinoRicky Год назад +13

    Who’s here before this turns 1 hour?

  • @6ProZach9
    @6ProZach9 Год назад +1

    mushroom hill zone was originally called mushroom valley zone and in sonic 2 dust hill was indeed mystic cave zone's early name thats what we see in the simon wai prototype the zone that people think that it was unused is not dust hill rather its called sand shower zone which was a cut zone that became an easter egg in sonic cd it was a screenshot with the zone assets and it was called desert dazzle which was a cut stage from sonic cd that got its assets reused in sonic mania's mirage saloon zone

  • @vulpeiren
    @vulpeiren Год назад

    00:01 first thing that caught my attention was the coin counter lmao

  • @crashslysonic777
    @crashslysonic777 Год назад +1

    You were happy about them using the melody of You Can Do Anything for Mecha Green Hill in Chaos, but not using the full song in Green Hiils Zone in Sonic 2?

  • @brickmaster-the-og
    @brickmaster-the-og 9 месяцев назад

    You forgot Faded Hills from Sonic Forces, but awesome video!

  • @HistorysLegends
    @HistorysLegends Год назад +2

    YoU MiSseD GReEN hIlL fRoM sOniC mAnIa!!!

  • @jamiegioca9448
    @jamiegioca9448 Год назад

    10:31 As someone who prefers "Kick the Rock" (the Wild Canyon theme), I say "Fair enough"

  • @Estaguy24
    @Estaguy24 Год назад +2

    Have you heard of Faded Hills from Forces ?

  • @20000dino
    @20000dino Год назад +5

    5:28 I think they initially called it "Neo Green Hill Zone" as an allusion to the cultural and artistic movement of Neoclassicism from the XVIII and XIX centuries, which drew heavy inspiration from the Classical Period (aka the Greco-Roman period). I do, however, think that it was a smart choice to change it to "Aquatic Ruin Zone" since a lot of people wouldn't get the reference (and it still wouldn't at all be obvious to those minimally well-versed in the artistic world since 1 - as you said, "Neo" literally means "new"; 2 - Even in an artistic context, there are literally dozens of artistic movements throughout history designated by "Neo____"; and 3 - looking at the stage, one would instinctively think of the original Classical Period and not the much later Neoclassical Period).

  • @Syuurp
    @Syuurp Год назад

    YOOOOOOO WE GOT THE DIDJ

  • @ihtscarter568
    @ihtscarter568 Год назад

    Sonic Battle has a green hill zone arena, i think you get it after beating the game, it can be played on training and free battles

  • @jeffowens9536
    @jeffowens9536 Год назад

    "Alright. Next is Walmart Brand Green Hi- oh- i mean- Emerald Hill Zone."
    bro holdin back anger

  • @Real_Deadphilium
    @Real_Deadphilium 11 месяцев назад

    Bro fell in "the pit" as super sonic... with 100 rings!

  • @jennyholiday88
    @jennyholiday88 Год назад +3

    Here's my hottest take:
    Seaside Hill > Green Hill Zone
    I will not explain my reasoning

  • @JuliRocket
    @JuliRocket Год назад

    I call THE PIT a beginners hidden palace zone.

  • @rickrollercoaster9436
    @rickrollercoaster9436 Год назад +2

    Where is the "Hill" which is absolutely flat with some ketchup?

  • @alwaysasn
    @alwaysasn Год назад

    Sonic Lost world is way underrated. It’s got the same beginners jank of any sonic game. But I think it’s super fun.

  • @arehch569
    @arehch569 Год назад +2

    5:22 Neo green air bubble zone

  • @mintz7514
    @mintz7514 Год назад

    Green Hills had a remix of "You Can Do Anything" from CD as well and i'm surprised you forgot to mention that

  • @ChastasticGaming
    @ChastasticGaming Год назад +1

    Green hill(s) uses the Toot toot sonic warrior tune.

  • @CalTheHogNosedBat
    @CalTheHogNosedBat Год назад

    What if, now hear me out, Neo Green Hill Zone might've originally been called Neon Green Hill zone?

  • @OnlineKILLER_rip
    @OnlineKILLER_rip Год назад +1

    HILL APPRECIATION DAYYY!!

  • @JuliRocket
    @JuliRocket Год назад

    I always thought hilltop was at the very tip top of emerald hill because it looks like there are clouds in the background.

  • @mighty_king92
    @mighty_king92 Год назад

    Aquatic Mine is sooo chill I agree that it's kinda better than Pumpkin Hill

  • @JuliRocket
    @JuliRocket Год назад

    I love emerald hill because of the music.
    Emerald hill is called emerald hill because you can get all 7 emeralds in that zone alone.

  • @owendinostudios1200
    @owendinostudios1200 11 месяцев назад

    You forgot about Sonic Triple Trouble’s Great Turquoise, Drift 1&2’s Green & Emerald Hill, and Blast’s Green Hill

  • @gamerestboi
    @gamerestboi Год назад

    "Dust Hill" was a scrapped zone, which was meant to be a desert stage. In one of the betas, SEGA accidentally put "Dust Hill" instead of an Early Name for/"Mystic Cave".
    yeah

  • @Skypatroller_BenCD
    @Skypatroller_BenCD Год назад

    07:38 technically You can do anything is the remix and Sonic 2 Green hill is the original because both Sonic 2 where released before Sonic CD

  • @pablothemosasaurus21
    @pablothemosasaurus21 Год назад

    Kiro you should probably make Sonic the hedgehog 2 iceberg

  • @rvght_
    @rvght_ Год назад

    2:49 Hill top is a palette swap of Emerald Hill because there was originally gonna be time travel in sonic 2

  • @jckstudios7693
    @jckstudios7693 Год назад

    In sonic heroes, knuckles says "we have mushrooms on my island, but not this large", nothing related, just wanted to say this

  • @Sly88Frye
    @Sly88Frye Год назад

    In Sonic and All Stars racing transformed as well as team Sonic racing there is a racetrack that's at that seaside level in Sonic heroes so you can almost say that counts as a hill level because it's the second act of that Hill zone at the beginning of Sonic heroes.
    And by the way Sonic forces speed battle is completely different than the Sonic forces you get for PC and console. What Sonic forces speed battle is similar to is Sonic dash which is also on smartphones. The difference is Sonic dash actually has more obstacles and I'd say it's more difficult while Sonic forces speed battle is more focused on trying to beat actual human opponents on the internet to be the first of the finish line which therefore they made the obstacles easier to avoid not to mention you get power-ups to mess up your opponents. I haven't played either of the games in a long time but I used to livestream them every once in a while but I played them a lot more than I live streamed them, and this may sound like a brag but I mean in my opinion I think it's what just makes Sonic forces speed battle really easy. I get first place to vast majority of the time. Although I think I noticed as I was leveling up more my opponents started to get more challenging so I think as you just get better at the game you start having better competition but I still would win the majority of the time.

  • @shalpp
    @shalpp Год назад

    So you got the Green Hills/sonic cd bit backwards
    Sonic 2 (8 bit) came out first, then hayata decided to turn that into the game's theme
    Mecha sounds similar because it's supposed to be a mechanized version of the same stage from Sonic 2 8bit

  • @msalmantino
    @msalmantino 3 месяца назад

    Guess my birthday is hilll zone appreciation day 2

  • @D1abolosMemez
    @D1abolosMemez Год назад

    Werehog is dabbing in the Background as his game doesn't have any levels with the word Hill in them (That I know of)

  • @loofington
    @loofington Год назад

    ahh yes my favorite zone WALMART BRAND GREEN HILL ZONE

  • @Zenesitywastaken
    @Zenesitywastaken 8 месяцев назад

    i feel like emerald hill was called that because you can get all emeralds in that zone

  • @FazDude283
    @FazDude283 Год назад

    In mystic cave you can also find the hidden palace

  • @zoa1-99.......
    @zoa1-99....... Год назад

    Green Hills from Sonic 2 for Master System is actually supposed to be a different zone from Green Hill, it even uses the opening music from Sonic CD! Also, it was released BEFORE Sonic 2 for Genesis, not a spin off, this is where Sonic first meets Tails before Genesis Sonic 2.

  • @greenywastaken
    @greenywastaken Год назад

    HAPPY LATE HILL APPRECIATION ZONE DAY

  • @futbolover10
    @futbolover10 Год назад

    that title sounded like “hill zone”

  • @funstuffonthenet5573
    @funstuffonthenet5573 Год назад

    Hill!

  • @AB-bb4le
    @AB-bb4le Год назад

    Hill top zone, dust hill as supposed to be the western canyon zone full of sand and cactuses

  • @themissingbits6375
    @themissingbits6375 Год назад +1

    Im fine with that they change the name of Green Hill. Sonic 2 takes place on another Island. So i get the idea that it was origanaly intented to take place in the same Island as Sonic 1. Also Can you talk about almost every final level in a Sonic game?

  • @basiccatplush5247
    @basiccatplush5247 2 месяца назад

    *next is Walmart brand green hil- i i mean* got me💀💀💀💀💀💀

  • @Zuon94
    @Zuon94 Год назад

    Don't knock Brown Hill. Brown is still a shade of green, if you neglect it long enough.

  • @NecroTitan
    @NecroTitan Год назад +1

    turquoise is a shade of blue

  • @GoofyGooberX
    @GoofyGooberX Год назад

    how on earth did you add something as obscure as leapster sonic but forgot green grove

  • @gogetasupersaiyajin4840
    @gogetasupersaiyajin4840 11 месяцев назад

    I think marble zone was originally called marble hill zone but in the final product it called marble zone only

  • @skweekersstudios5161
    @skweekersstudios5161 Год назад +2

    mystic cave wasn't called dust hill it was a replacement for the now scraped dust hill which you can see prototypes of online and what it was gonna be like. remember sonic mania? mirage saloon was the reworked dust hill that they decided to finish and put in the game. mystic cave isn't dust hill the devs just didn't take the name out of the prototypes until the actual release. its the same for hidden palace too.

    • @asocos
      @asocos Год назад

      Sand shower was the desert level not dust hill

  • @staryolo6947
    @staryolo6947 Год назад

    I know this might be a scratch but here I go.
    "Hilltop Heights Zone from the fan game called Sonic the Hedgehog: Before the Sequel created by LakeFeperd."
    Just wondering does this count or is it a no go.🤔

  • @ColorsWasChit
    @ColorsWasChit Год назад +1

    don't forget your schizo pill zone

  • @mirek190
    @mirek190 Год назад

    Actually I had Sonic mobile game endless runner where we were running on the green hill zone

  • @luiluiruirui
    @luiluiruirui Год назад

    Someone make clayhill zone as like a sonic web series thing where he goes thru portals and enters clayhill, it can be a game too, idk just yes.

  • @SMPandanic
    @SMPandanic Год назад

    pumpkin hill the first time I played it.. took me HALF AN HOUR to beat.. it's F tier for me

  • @Dr-N.-Gin
    @Dr-N.-Gin 3 месяца назад

    L I M E H I L L Z O N E

  • @gooeydude574
    @gooeydude574 Год назад

    Pumpkin Hill? I think you mean Halloween Town

  • @leonsgameplays5804
    @leonsgameplays5804 Год назад

    Translation in the 80s and 90s was pretty new so today, the translation error of Green Hill to Green Hills is pretty confusing why it happened

  • @lagpostg.r.y9955
    @lagpostg.r.y9955 Год назад +2

    Dust hill is not an early name for mystic cave zone but an cut desert stage

  • @themissingbits6375
    @themissingbits6375 Год назад

    Are you saying Mushroom Hill is just “good” This is an fantastic level. Yes the seesaws is a bit anoyying but the rest of the level is amazing

  • @BKRproductions6468
    @BKRproductions6468 Год назад

    *T H E P I T*
    Also, if we're getting REAL technical, Chemical Plant is TECHNICALLY a hill zone too, as it's the FUTURE version, of Emerald Hill, or more accurately Dust Hill AKA Hidden Palace AKA location of *T H E P I T* leading to Hidden Palace. Or if you're not an *ELITE* then it's just spikes. Chemical Plant's music is a *BOP.* That's all I have to say.

  • @Sacrefiied
    @Sacrefiied Год назад

    Hill.

  • @noobercrash2610
    @noobercrash2610 Год назад

    You can do anything IS the remix of green hills

  • @BoomMcQueen
    @BoomMcQueen Год назад

    You Missed Gray Hill Zone From A Fan Game Called Sonic 2.5 for Pico-8

  • @ich4446
    @ich4446 Год назад

    Wasn't there at least one zone in Sonic fighters with "Hill" in its name?

  • @miyandasikabalu8891
    @miyandasikabalu8891 Год назад

    Emerald hill is on west island so calling it "green" hill zone would be canonically incorrect to the lore

  • @soniccavinthehedgehogfast6823
    @soniccavinthehedgehogfast6823 Год назад

    Green Hill is the main true zone I know