LEGO has today announced that a Sonic Mania Green Hill Zone set is entering production as part of the LEGO Ideas range.

In my Sonic Superstars preview at Gamescom I noted how this feels like an earnest attempt to fully go for a new 2D Sonic without going back to the classics like Green Hill Zone and Chemical Plant ...

“In Sonic Mania, Green Hill Zone changed up a little bit,” Sonic producer Takashi Iizuka told IGN. “And even Sonic Origins, we did have Green Hill as part of Sonic the Hedgehog. But what we wanted to ...

32 years later, Sonic Superstars proves that new 2D Sonic games can still be good – hands-on This is a different beast than Sonic Mania, and it’s a great, fun, love letter to everyone’s ...

For the past few years, the Sonic franchise has had a Green Hill Zone problem. The opening level to 1991's original Sonic the Hedgehog is certainly iconic, but it seemed like the Blue Blur was ...

Speaking to IGN recently, Sonic series producer Takashi Iizuka elaborated on this, explaining how players won't be seeing iconic zones like Green Hill or Chemical Plant in this upcoming side-scroller.

Sonic Superstars is pushing forward a revamped take on the 2D speedster and it means that iconic levels like Green Hill Zone won't be included in that vision.

Sonic fans played through levels set in Green Hill Zone in 2011's Sonic Generations, Sonic Forces and Sonic Mania in 2017, and last year in Sonic Origins and Sonic Frontiers. But in Sonic Superstars — ...

Sonic fans played through levels set in Green Hill Zone in 2011's Sonic Generations, Sonic Forces and Sonic Mania in 2017, and last year in Sonic Origins and Sonic Frontiers.

In a new interview with IGN, Sonic Superstars' developers explained how they're fixing Sonic's Green Hill Zone problem in the new revival.

Read More: Lego Is Looking Into Making This Excellent Sonic Mania Set The four new Lego sets are Sonic’s Green Hill Zone Loop Challenge, Tails’ Workshop and Tornado Plane, Amy’s Animal ...

From the first jump in Green Hill Zone to the end credits of Sonic 3, each moment in the collection felt so familiar and personal—like running into an old friend.