Extra props to the creator. This was very well done and very creative. Also I like how the mice are red and green, giving a little Christmas decor to this winter level (assuming that was intentional, since I know they're meant to take the place of the penguins, so the palette messing up could have done this).
i fuckin agree... thsy relaly shouldve brought that back ;_; Ice cap is my most favorite zone in sonic 3 standalone and when it comes to sonic & knuckles standalone, it's flying battery, both of them are my most favorite zones.
It's crazy how most zones throughout the sonic games can match up with each other Like the fact studiopolis , chemical plant , and possibly metropolis can be considered all next to each other (CPZ being under Studiopolis zone )
I don't think this is how Ice Cap sounded if they weren't tied to the Genesis' possibilities. Just listen to "Hard times" by the Jetzons. This sounds much closer even to what they made on the Genesis.
A near-perfect combination of the sliding ice mechanic from Press Garden and Ice Cap's slopes for momentum. Looks pretty damn good. The couple of parts where the sliding gets cut off by solid platforms are a momentum killer. The only suggestion I could make is making those icicle platforms breakable when you're frozen and sliding across the spikes.
@@sonicthehedgehog8280 Yes. Fuck the most recently critically acclaimed Sonic game. Fuck the Sonic game that everyone thinks is the best one we've had in a long time. Stay in or go back to school, kid.
I get that coding is long, tedious, and sometimes hard as nails, but how can you have Ice Cap Zone 1 without the Snowboarding sequence for Sonic? That's just blasphemous. Still, nice.
@@kapwns Well, first you should probably consider the collections they sell, then emulation as a last resort. But, if you can get an original console with the original games, I'd highly recommend it. It's truly magical, and won't have inaccuracies that emulators have, both official and unofficial.
Playing the original game on the original hardware is the real good shit out there. No re-release, no remake, nothing will give the same experience as the real, original hardware on which it was first released.
@@Whfox If you're doing what White Fox said, I would HIGHLY suggest the Mega Everdrive from Krikkz/StoneAgeGamer. They're built to have the exact same shape, power consumption, and everything else of an official cartridge, so there's no risk of lowering the system's lifespan. Also, if you like weirdly-colored cartridges, you can get any of like 20 colors for an extra $5 on top of the cost of the everdrive variant.
They’re probably do a Sonic Mania 2, some day. If so; The Main zones, I want are; Starlight Zone (Favourite Sonic 1 zone) Aquatic Ruin Zone Ice Cap Zone Wood Zone (Unused Zone From Sonic 2) Genocide City (Unused Zone From Sonic 2) Launch Base Zone Casino Night Zone Death Egg Zone Sky Sanctionary Zone Mystic Cave Zone.
Now THIS would've been absolutely awesome to have in Mania. I feel like this and Metropolis would've been far better picks than stuff like Oil Ocean. However, copyright issues are copyright issues, and those hard times haven't quite gone by yet. Copyright issues for Ice Cap only though. I was surprised when I learned that Metropolis wouldn't be in the lineup until I saw Metallic Madness, which ended up being one of my favourites out of the game. EDIT: okay so at the time of making this comment, I was not aware that copyright wasn't the reason why. when MJ was working with SEGA on STH3, he actually stepped out of the project due to not liking how his vocals sounded on the Genesis, but he let the company still use his music. In other words, SEGA, for whatever reason, just seems to be avoiding using it.
Or MJs controversies. Sega will change someone's face in a game if they are accused of a drug offence (and are exonerated), and write their character out of the series. They don't take risks with lawyers.
Does Sega have a Thing Against Ice Levels? I Swear Sonic Generations or Sonic Mania didn't have this Level and they should have put them in the Game Kudos to this Person Recreating the Level to work with Sonic Mania!
This is why I like Sonic Mania. They remastered old-school zones with adding modern 2D graphics, remixing music of these zones and changing their route carefully. But... That was a mistake to not to include this zone in game.
Now I wish they had all the classic stages IN MANIA STYLE, sonic origins is cool and all but I think it would be nice to have all the games in mania style
They should add Ice cap zone as an alternative (or secret) route in Sonic mania For example, you press a hidden switch (in flying battery) that makes the gliders head to Ice Cap zone.
1:41 Uh...This is awkward. If you have an elemental shield, those spikes around those enemies will disappear upon contact. At least in the original Sonic 3..
Mainly the music because the copyright issues, hints how sonic origin’s ice cap zone has different music than the original, I am aware this is an old comment, I just wanted to answer.
Extra props to the creator. This was very well done and very creative. Also I like how the mice are red and green, giving a little Christmas decor to this winter level (assuming that was intentional, since I know they're meant to take the place of the penguins, so the palette messing up could have done this).
I love Ice Cap Zone & hidden palace
Na no parallax
All he did was put it in Sonic Mania… he didn’t even put the snow boarding section.
Also wow, I am the first person in 5 years to reply to you.
It replaces Flying Battery, doesn’t it?
2:45 Nevermind it replaces Press Garden
3:24
Actually replaces present garden zone .
-___-
They should have made ice cap zone then turned it into press garden
this would have been better though ice cap zone was an extremely good zone and i loved it
They should have added this zone
blackpotato master there were copyright issues with the music for Ice Cap Zone. This is why Sonic 3 hasn’t been re-released since the Wii era.
We need this zone
i fuckin agree... thsy relaly shouldve brought that back ;_; Ice cap is my most favorite zone in sonic 3 standalone and when it comes to sonic & knuckles standalone, it's flying battery, both of them are my most favorite zones.
Copyright issues man.
Ok my man
Actually, I can imagine Press Garden Zone 2 coming after Ice Cap. They went down the mountain, and now they are in a more forest like area.
True.... Lol that's so interesting
It's crazy how most zones throughout the sonic games can match up with each other
Like the fact studiopolis , chemical plant , and possibly metropolis can be considered all next to each other (CPZ being under Studiopolis zone )
@@ThaProd1gy Oh yeah because after chemical plant they shoot up from a pipe and end up in studio polis. Smart thinking
Woah, that would make the previous stage Flying Battery, like how it was supposed to be in the original!
At first I thought this was official DLC. It's that good. The music in particular is incredible.
I think it's NicoCW's version of Ice Cap Zone.
@@Draykez it is
El Primo no he didn’t, brad buxer did
El Primo it’s a version of a song from his old band the Jetzons called hard times
I don't think this is how Ice Cap sounded if they weren't tied to the Genesis' possibilities. Just listen to "Hard times" by the Jetzons. This sounds much closer even to what they made on the Genesis.
A near-perfect combination of the sliding ice mechanic from Press Garden and Ice Cap's slopes for momentum.
Looks pretty damn good.
The couple of parts where the sliding gets cut off by solid platforms are a momentum killer. The only suggestion I could make is making those icicle platforms breakable when you're frozen and sliding across the spikes.
Lmao I love watching that happen 😂
If there weren't silly copyright issues, this would have been so cool seeing how the level would have been in Mania or even Generations.
SmoothSoulBrotha fuck mania and fuck generations!
@@sonicthehedgehog8280 forces?
@@sonicthehedgehog8280 Why?
Sonic the Hedgehog You mean Jetzons
@@sonicthehedgehog8280 Yes. Fuck the most recently critically acclaimed Sonic game. Fuck the Sonic game that everyone thinks is the best one we've had in a long time.
Stay in or go back to school, kid.
I remember this zone being punishingly difficult in Sonic 3. Hard times. Happiest days of my life.
Hard times gone by
Sad that sonic mania made that muggingly harder
i see what you did there
This is a pretty cool mod. The music is on point, the level design looks pretty good, and overall they just did a really ice job.
I see what you did there
I get that coding is long, tedious, and sometimes hard as nails, but how can you have Ice Cap Zone 1 without the Snowboarding sequence for Sonic? That's just blasphemous.
Still, nice.
Ikr
Yeah, Even just coding on Scratch is hard as nails. It ain’t hard to tell...you.
@The85thArbitrary They had a *hard* time adding in that snowboarding intro.
Atleast they just removed it entirely instead of Sonic running down it
Agreed, and ikr
Watching this gameplay of Ice Cap Zone makes me want to buy a real SEGA Genesis console and all the Sonic cartridges on eBay.
Or you could just get an emulator and play it for free. If you need links or help on how to do it just ask.
@@kapwns Well, first you should probably consider the collections they sell, then emulation as a last resort. But, if you can get an original console with the original games, I'd highly recommend it. It's truly magical, and won't have inaccuracies that emulators have, both official and unofficial.
Playing the original game on the original hardware is the real good shit out there.
No re-release, no remake, nothing will give the same
experience as the real, original hardware on which it was first released.
Buy a flashcard, with it you will be able to play all the originals plus all the available romhacks on real hardware.
@@Whfox If you're doing what White Fox said, I would HIGHLY suggest the Mega Everdrive from Krikkz/StoneAgeGamer. They're built to have the exact same shape, power consumption, and everything else of an official cartridge, so there's no risk of lowering the system's lifespan. Also, if you like weirdly-colored cartridges, you can get any of like 20 colors for an extra $5 on top of the cost of the everdrive variant.
That's sick how if transitions from ice cap to press garden!
It makes sense
It makes sense
My absolute fav level in sonic 3! I hope they make Sonic Mania 2 and ice cap zone is in it
I'm actually hoping there are NO returning levels if they do Mania 2.
Legal worries about the zone's song might prevent that. Same reason why S3&K remake on the retro engine hasn't happened.
Cool E yeah but the did hydrocity zone in mania so there may still be hope just revamp the song a bit like they did with all the levels
That's cuz they have the rights to use hydrocitys music. They don't for ice cap doe
Stray-Zer0 I doubt there’s a mania 2
6:55
Knuckles is Moonwalking.
Springtrap LMAO! 😂
Springtrap Jackson the hedgehog
Very exploitable glitch I'm suprised they didn't try to solve out yet.
Well Michael Jackson did help make ice cap zone's music
@@ELGG1894 is Moonwalker Smooth Criminal
Way past COOL, dude! Literally. With a couple elements cleverly borrowed from Sonic Mania's own ice Zone, Press Garden.
And the remix is superb.
the snowboarding part is shorter😢
Oh this is nICE! I seriously wanted to see this in Sonic Mania!
legal issues about music
Saffayr 357 & Knuckles how come it doesn’t show the number of dislikes on a comment? Can someone explain
@@sonicthehedgehog8280 it's probably so that the person who made the comment won't feel bad about himself/herself
They’re probably do a Sonic Mania 2, some day.
If so; The Main zones, I want are;
Starlight Zone (Favourite Sonic 1 zone)
Aquatic Ruin Zone
Ice Cap Zone
Wood Zone (Unused Zone From Sonic 2)
Genocide City (Unused Zone From Sonic 2)
Launch Base Zone
Casino Night Zone
Death Egg Zone
Sky Sanctionary Zone
Mystic Cave Zone.
Now THIS would've been absolutely awesome to have in Mania.
I feel like this and Metropolis would've been far better picks than stuff like Oil Ocean. However, copyright issues are copyright issues, and those hard times haven't quite gone by yet.
Copyright issues for Ice Cap only though. I was surprised when I learned that Metropolis wouldn't be in the lineup until I saw Metallic Madness, which ended up being one of my favourites out of the game.
EDIT: okay so at the time of making this comment, I was not aware that copyright wasn't the reason why. when MJ was working with SEGA on STH3, he actually stepped out of the project due to not liking how his vocals sounded on the Genesis, but he let the company still use his music.
In other words, SEGA, for whatever reason, just seems to be avoiding using it.
i see what you did there
Copyright is the reason.
Or MJs controversies. Sega will change someone's face in a game if they are accused of a drug offence (and are exonerated), and write their character out of the series. They don't take risks with lawyers.
@@blackjacktrialwhat game are you talking about
Rip Snowboard
You will be in our minds forever.
Must of been a hard time
I get it.
@Landon Wigington thats because it is
Happiest days of my life
I wanna know who made this epic remix of ice cap zone, my favorite sonic 3 level.
hard times the jetzons. sonic mania version.
Oh God... The Moonwalking from A+Start glitch....
Ice Cap Zone is my all time favorite sonic theme and I feel it gets slept on so much
I would’ve literally flipped shit if I was playing mania and heard this music start playing
If it wasn’t for the music issues, I’m sure this would have been in the actual game
The music shouldn't have been an issue since they hired the composer of Ice Cap to make one track in Mania Plus meaning they can afford him
This feels like a fever dream, like its ice cap from what i remember after some years
"Hard times!!, happiest days of my life."
Not going super for the whole level then going super at the boss just makes you *LOOK* that Ice Cap is simply too good in music power.
This is very super nICE!
It would have been really awesome if they had officially added it to Sonic Mania, it's one of my favorite levels :,)
Once upon a time, owning this game was a dream for me
For the act 2, please use Sonic Mania's Chemical Plant act 1 boss. Because is the same boss from Ice Cap of Sonic 3 and Knuckles.
But why though
3:24 sonic playing with Michael Jackson
Knowing the fate of this song post Sonic Origins makes this remix even more special.
Does Sega have a Thing Against Ice Levels? I Swear Sonic Generations or Sonic Mania didn't have this Level and they should have put them in the Game Kudos to this Person Recreating the Level to work with Sonic Mania!
I love this music and zone 😫😫😫😫
My favourite feature about this is the bit of snow at the start cause it's still there from s3
Hard Times Mania xD
Am I the only one thinking about the jet zones hard times?
Nah, i was humming it the entire video
This is why I like Sonic Mania. They remastered old-school zones with adding modern 2D graphics, remixing music of these zones and changing their route carefully.
But... That was a mistake to not to include this zone in game.
Kinda sad they did not have snowboarding at the start
Ice Cap Zone (Tian Shan Mountain Range, Kazakhstan/14 miles SSE of Petropavlosk, Russia.) Cliffhanger and Contingency
This is my favorite stage of any sonic game
I was hoping for this level
Knuckles and sonic on the thumb both:Oh No.
Now I wish they had all the classic stages IN MANIA STYLE, sonic origins is cool and all but I think it would be nice to have all the games in mania style
Man, Oh Man, Sonic Mania 2 is looking great.
They should add Ice cap zone as an alternative (or secret) route in Sonic mania
For example, you press a hidden switch (in flying battery) that makes the gliders head to Ice Cap zone.
Very cool. This is my favorite zone. Was sad it was not in the original
If Ice Cap were ever remade, it would feature some version of the Sonic & Knuckles Collection music, Lego Dimensions if we’re lucky 😂
They NEED to add this in officially. And the remake soundtrack? EPIC
If I get Sonic Mania on Steam, I will download the mods!
0:03 that's a bit dark
i like the frozen sonic on board statue at the start !
Why Sega didn't officially add this zone is beyond me. I was super excited to see a rework of this zone in Mania
This just gives me an nostalgia
Oh the music!
I like the Generations mix for the music too.
1:41 Uh...This is awkward. If you have an elemental shield, those spikes around those enemies will disappear upon contact. At least in the original Sonic 3..
Эта мелодия остаётся прекрасной по сей день.
omg this is amaze balls
The sound music... THE SOUND MUSIIIICC!!! I LOVE THAT
Ice Cap Zone is my favorite Sonic level in the entire series! 😎
I love sonic mania!! :D
This is the TRUE SONIC RETURN!!!!!!!!
That music...
*Hard time* when he was doing the mod
In my opinion ice cap is the best song on classic sonic games, just behind green hill zone
Pretty good
Hey lets remaster all the Genesis stages while were at it
That's the goal
That was cool
Pun entirely intended
I would have loved to see this in Mania. Maybe even more than Press Garden or Flying Battery.
My wish has been finally granted...
*_Hard Times intensifies_*
Amazing!
Looks beautiful
Really Nice :D
Finally, the best zone from Sonic 3 remade!
Yo, Sonic and Knuckles with those sick moonwalks
That ice cap music is awesome
This song was perfect smoking playing this zone bring back good times should've add this in origins 💯💯💯💯
ruclips.net/video/PMYbPMvbIvo/видео.htmlsi=q81yxXmtsgSPvIqP
colors are cool gameplay is too and ur skills
Lava reef zone /press garden zone that looks like ice cap and is very good
Hard times in this zone, but I'm sure they were the happiest days of our lives...
This is what could have been instead of oíl ocean.
This is amazing.
Better track than what we got in Origins.
They must've had a hard time making this one.
I'm sorry
THIS REMIX SLAPS! They Should Make DLC On Adding Extra Lvls! And Hyper Sonic!
Well do you prefer the prototype music or Hard Times
Thats cold. Thats cold.
My favorite zone in my favorite Sonic game (modern)....I am as hard as ice.
Good Music.
Amazingly Cool!
the robot exploding made a bunch of trees grow O:
oh , so this is a stage mod! i was so confused, because the graphics look good, but as far as i know this stage is not in Sonic Mania!
Where can you find this remix, its cool.
Sonic did the moonwalk
i dont get why they didnt add this zone,its one of the most wanted one since sonic generations
Mainly the music because the copyright issues, hints how sonic origin’s ice cap zone has different music than the original, I am aware this is an old comment, I just wanted to answer.
beautiful
0:36 sonic got a bubble shield
Thanks for the time stamp, actually saved my life with this one