Hidden Palace Zone (Sonic & Knuckles)

Hidden Palace Zone is a location on Angel Island home to the Master Emerald that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog Series.
==Games==
===Official===
*Sonic & Knuckles
*Sonic Mania/Sonic Mania Plus
===Unofficial===
*Sonic Smash Brothers BETA
==Sonic & Knuckles==
Hidden Palace Zone first appears in [[Sonic & Knuckles]], where it is accessed after completing Lava Reef Zone.
===Level Information===
*Acts: 1
*Previous: Lava Reef Zone
*Next: Sky Sanctuary Zone
===Gameplay===
Sonic and Tails' version of the level consists of a short area containing a few spikes, above which is a hidden area accessible by Tails containing several Monitors. At the end of the path is a teleporter, which transports the player outside a room containing a large mural showing what appears to be an abstract depiction of Super Sonic fighting Dr. Eggman in The Doomsday Zone. In this room, the player fights Knuckles the Echidna.
After defeating Knuckles, a cutscene starts where Sonic/Tails follows Knuckles into the shrine containing the Master Emerald and any Chaos Emeralds/Super Emeralds the player has collected. Sonic/Tails watches as Eggman grabs the Master Emerald using the Egg Mobile and starts carrying it away. Knuckles grabs onto the Master Emerald but is electrocuted by two extending wires, before he and Sonic/Tails fall into a lower chamber. Knuckles recovers and breaks out of the chamber, revealing a teleporter which transports him and the player to Sky Sanctuary Zone.
Knuckles' version of the level is even shorter than Sonic and Tails', as he starts on an upper route containing nothing but a flight of stairs leading to the teleporter before the boss arena which transports him directly to Sky Sanctuary Zone.
===Bosses===
*Knuckles the Echidna
==Sonic Mania==
Hidden Palace Zone appears in Sonic Mania as part of Lava Reef Zone, where the shrine area of the palace is the arena where Heavy King is fought during Knuckles' playthrough.
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