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I say it smoothly as a single word: "Ka - scene - ah - polis," trying to match the rhythm of "Metropolis."

According to the Japanese spelling (as shown over at Sonic Dimension), it seems to be "Casino - Polis," two seperate "words."

right now i'm having trouble with Carnival Night Zone, Act 2 to be specific, there's a part that i'm having a problem with and don't understand

That wouldn't happen to be a room with no way out and cylindar that bounces up and down when you jump on it, would it?

I always pronounced it Casino-opolis. I just realized I added an extra 'o'.

I mentally pronounce it "kassen-opolis".
I emphasize weird words on other zones, too. I think of it as "Star <b>Light</b> Zone, and Marble <b>Garden</b>... like it's a marble-encrusted garden, not like a garden that grows marble plants. Ice <b>Cap</b>, too.

I think it's natural to put the emphasis on the second word. I can't think of a single Zone where I put the emphasis on the first one.

Bo wrote:I mentally pronounce it "kassen-opolis".
I emphasize weird words on other zones, too. I think of it as "Star <b>Light</b> Zone, and Marble <b>Garden</b>... like it's a marble-encrusted garden, not like a garden that grows marble plants. Ice <b>Cap</b>, too.

I never really thought of the names as describing an actual object. I just figured they loosely described something in the level.

Green Gibbon! wrote:How about Casinopolis? I'm still not sure how I'm supposed to pronounce that.

It's ka-see-no-ahp-o-liss

not ka-see-no-pah-liss

I used to use the second one

I don't seem to place any emphasis on either word, but that just be my own mental reading.. I would be more likely to emphasize the second word, but I think of the stage names as a single whole, not two seperate words in most cases. I suppose that doesn't really make any difference, since almost every word has emphasis on a particular part... I don't regard the names as describing anything other than the name, like rather than Spring Yard being a yard with springs (or a yard in springtime), it is just Springyard.

J.C.14 wrote:

Green Gibbon! wrote:How about Casinopolis? I'm still not sure how I'm supposed to pronounce that.

It's ka-see-no-ahp-o-liss

not ka-see-no-pah-liss

I used to use the second one

And, what, you have official word from Sonic Team on the official pronunciation of each and ever zone name?

I don't know if he does, but I do.

Delphine wrote:

J.C.14 wrote:

Green Gibbon! wrote:How about Casinopolis? I'm still not sure how I'm supposed to pronounce that.

It's ka-see-no-ahp-o-liss

not ka-see-no-pah-liss

I used to use the second one

And, what, you have official word from Sonic Team on the official pronunciation of each and ever zone name?

In Sonic Heroes, Team Rose or Team Sonic says, "This place is like Casinopolis."

He's got you there.

Hy-dross-ity? I always said "Hydro-City", 'cuz, y'know, it's a city of water. Not a word like "velocity".

It's ka-see-no-ahp-o-liss

I don't care if it is in Sonic Heroes. Those lousy voice actors probably don't know how to pronounce and the people directing it could probably care less. The word isn't spelled "Casino-opolis". It's "Casinopolis" and should be pronounced how it's spelled.

It's "Casinopolis" and should be pronounced how it's spelled.

This would be a fun one to argue in an English class. Or a French class would be even better.

Polis is the latin word for city, so it ought to be Casino Polis. I think Casino-opolis sounds better though, and that is how Amy said it.

ka-see-no po-lis just doesn't roll with my tounge like ka-see-nah-po-lis does.

And to answer the original poll question, the Artifical Chaos series followed by Terustar and Kamakiller. Dishonerable mention goes to those 'surprise' enemies that appear near the dang goal ring in SA2. Stupid enemies making me lose all my rings at the last second...

Artifical Chaos, followed closely by Kamakiller (Slicer). I still have problems with that thing...

Concerning Orbatron, are you referring to the one from Sonic 1 or Sonic 3 (I could've sword the one from the former was Uni Uni)? If it's the latter, then that's fscking easy with Sonic. Insta-shield before contact, poomf, move on.

I can't remember the last time I've had problems with Asteron; I always stop before they hit me.

You actually used the insta-shield in Sonic 3? I always just thought it was a cool thing to do for show, didn't know you could actually use it for any practical purposes considering it lasts for such a short period of time.

Whenever the insta-shield was useful for me, it was usually by accident.

The insta sheild was great in many of the boss fights. The Carnival Night Zone boss and the rehash of the Metropolis zone boss in Sky Sanctuary could both be defeated in about two seconds using it.

The insta shield's name is pretty misleading, since it's actual purpose wasn't so much to protect Sonic from harm, but to extend the radius of his spin attack, making it much easier to hit certain enemies without getting it yourself. It's probably the best move to ever be added to the 2D games, next to the spin dash.

I also voted for the Artificial Chaos series, but everyone else on the list deserves to be there as well. >_<

The Insta-Shield was great. You could take down even the most invincible-seeming enemies with the right timing.

Incidentally, it could actually deflect small projectiles from minor enemies. Like the snails in Launch Base. But it was always easier to dodge.

I used to do that to the bomb flowers back in Sonic three. Just sit there for about 10 minutes, deflecting the bombs onto tails, enjoying his pain. Yep.

Another bonus the shield gave when activated was returning control to the player when jumping while in a ground spin. Can't tell you how many times I saved Sonic's ass from careening off an errant cliff or into a wall of spikes with that move.

Sadly, the shield is less useful in the Advance series.

G.Silver wrote:I say it smoothly as a single word: "Ka - scene - ah - polis," trying to match the rhythm of "Metropolis."

According to the Japanese spelling (as shown over at Sonic Dimension), it seems to be "Casino - Polis," two seperate "words."

right now i'm having trouble with Carnival Night Zone, Act 2 to be specific, there's a part that i'm having a problem with and don't understand

That wouldn't happen to be a room with no way out and cylindar that bounces up and down when you jump on it, would it?

Yup