NiGHTS-Esque Special Stages Planned for Next SRB2 Release

We haven’t talked about the ongoing Sonic Robo Blast 2 project in a while.  For those unaware, SRB is the longest maintained Sonic fan game franchise, spanning now three decades of development.  The latest edition, Sonic Robo Blast 2, still runs on the DOOM engine.

Passed on from original producer AJ Freda and Sonic Team Jr., the current SRB2 team is hard at work on the next proper version, SRB2.1.  Among the planned additions will be NiGHTS style special stages using Super Sonic.  NiGHTS Mode, as it is called, isn’t new to SRB2, but when completed, this is the first time the mode will be used in the quest for those elusive Chaos Emeralds.

“The new special stages are based on our main single player zones, so the first one is based on GFZ (Green Forest Zone),” said SRB2 producer Mystic in a front page post on the SRB2 website earlier this month.  “This area is large and simple, with a low blue sphere requirement.”

But the stages will get progressively more difficult as time moves forward.  Mystic notes that while the current Sonic Team Jr. is shooting to include these in SRB 2.1, a deadline of “when it’s done” applies.  Take a look at some of the special stage screenshots in the gallery below.  We’ll be sure to let you know of SRB2’s next major release when it happens.