Sonic 4 - Episode ME - Dead Egg Mock-Up (Remake)

Brother, it's been too long!

Seriously, it's been bloody ages since I've uploaden anything, mostly due to lack of time, partially due to a lack of talent/interest, but I should be back in buisness new, I've made this one tired night when I couldn't sleep and am already working on some other images (and, what are the odds, it's indeed a night I can't sleep) as you read this.

Introduction aside, S4ME is back, well, partially, that is. This is the already mentioned and fittingly named "Dead Egg Zone". Set in and around the now crashed Death Egg from S2 and S3K, which landed in a jungle-esque area, this shows what time can do to such an iconic setting. Badniks, enviroments and even the boss, all broken, rusty and decaying are all that's left after Sonic's cleanup at the end of S&K, now to be fought again, just like the good old days...

Now say it with me! As for the image itself, it's fairly expansive, as you can see, having 3 enviroments with 3 backgrounds on offer. To start off, the main ground pattern comes from Megaman the Wily Wars' Hyper Storm H's stage, as ripped by DJ Coco. In charge of the Marble Garden Zone's (from Sonic 3) grass was Skylights, who also had taken care of Launch Base Zone (from the very same game), where I got the Death Egg's sprite from. Technocami, the guy whom you all know by now, ripped the Angel Island Zone (still Sonic 3) seen in the second image and the tiles and background from Death Egg Zone from S&K, which I extensivly used in the third image. The last image's tiles came from Snowflake and Sparks, whom collectivly ripped Sonic 2's Death Egg Zone. The (edited by me) boss from that Zone comes from Yawackhary, just to have it mentioned. Also, before moving on to the background, the vines used the third and last images came from Sonic 1's Labyrinth Zone (Divine Insect) and Sonic 2's Mystic Cave Zone (Flare), additionally, the leafs from image 2 came from Shiro/DarkChaoX, who ripped the Ristar backgrounds a while back. The backgrounds are made out of multiple pieces, the clouds and furthermost part are both from MegaMan the Wily Wars, both ripped by me, the forest being from Magnet Man's stage, the clouds I cannot remember. Then, most of it is from SkyLight's Mushroom Hill Zone (Sonic & Knuckles) rip, with some smaller parts from his (already mentioned) Marble Garden Zone rip. Also, SupaChao ripped the S&K Death Egg sprite you can see in image 2.

That'd be it from me, then, hope you enjoy this image, it's the largest (S4ME related) image I've ever done, being only rivaled by the "CCZ at different times" image I've done ages ago. Also, just like last time, this won't go to waste (well, that's a lie, since last time is going to waste, but this isn't), as I've made a deal with SonicHex, whom has a very similar Zone in his own (still active) fangame. He gets to have this Zone's resources, under the condition that he won't show it off or even mention it (that I give him the assets, not the zone in itself) before I have posten my own version on my DA page, which is now. He had stayen true to his condition, so I'll to mine, which means you can expect these assets to reapear soon in an officially MrLevRocks-endorsed project lead by SonicHex.

Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik and Sonic the Hedgehog are both respectivly owned by Sega of Japan Ltd.