Jun Senoue and Kenichi Tokoi on Sonic Adventure Original Sound Track:

Dilapidated Way …for Casinopolis

Senoue: For this stage, which was called the downfall or the lost course, I thought of stressing the atmosphere first of all. I dare not to put in any melody.

Tokoi: Although it’s a lost course, it’s not a miserable feeling but I’ll crawl up!! feeling.

Senoue: But if being hurt due to things like pests of the final stairs after grabbing lots of rings in this stage, it would be a really great spiritual damage, wouldn’t it?

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