Ice Cap Zone (Sonic the Hedgehog 3)
Honorable Mention: Hydrocity Zone
Seriously, with all the love this zone gets from nostalgic Sonic fans, how has it not gotten remastered yet? No, the lame, slow Sonic Adventure version of the zone does not count.
It was the first true snow level in the mainline series and that alone makes it memorable, but also fans remember it for its fantastic music, snowboarding section, and like Star Light Zone, being a reprieve from the horrendous Carnival Night Zone that preceded it and its barrel of doom.
It got hosed in Generations since SEGA decided to count S3 & K as one game, and was only represented by Sky Sanctuary Zone. That wasn’t a bad choice, Sky Sanctuary is a cool zone, but enough already, Ice Cap needs a proper remake.
We have to mention Hydrocity Zone as a very worthy honorable mention though. Yes it’s kind of a cop out sneaking another zone from S3 in here, but it really is a fantastic level. It’s rare to hear “fast-paced” and “water level” together in the same sentence but Hydrocity actually pulls it off extremely well. If Ice Cap got passed over again for Hydrocity, I could live with it. Just listen to that Act 2 music.
