The Mystery Zone is a location in Space Channel: 5 Part 2. It is Purge's secret space station base where he plans to broadcast his TV show.
History[]
Space Channel 5: Part 2[]
The Mystery Zone appears in "Report 5: the Spies Get Revenge!", where the main heroes sneak into it to invade Purge's show before he makes the whole galaxy dance for him.
In the previous report, Pine is the first to sneak into the Mystery Zone and she sends a message to Ulala, asking for her help. Answering her call, Ulala and Space Michael sneak into the Mystery Zone in the fifth report.
Dark Hallway[]
Ulala and Space Michael in one of the Mystery Zone's hallway.
The level begins in a long dark hallway, where Ulala and Space Michael walk with caution to not be discovered. A News Flash appears, revealing that this report is being aired live through a Emergency Circuit. As Ulala and Space Michael walk through the hallway, they meet up with Pudding and Hoorg, who reveal to them that they heard Pine's call and decided to help Ulala and Space Michael.
The alarm turning on.
The four heroes keep walking with caution through the hallway and soon meet up with Pine, who reveals to them that the reading on Purge and President Peace points to the end of the Mystery Zone's hallway. Shortly after, they are surprised by the security system that turns on and discovers them.
Robotic Silhouettes Rooms[]
The first part of Purge's trap.
When they are discovered, the heroes run to colorful rooms with a secret trap to them. A level segment begins, where the heroes need to memorize and copy the Rhythm Robots' poses. However, the player should pay attention as this time, as the robots won't say the dance commands besides "Chu!". This level segment takes place in three rooms, the first one is black with white circles, the second one is black with pink, purple and blue circles and the last one is white with circles that has black outlines.
Robots From All Directions Room[]
The heroes shooting at Dark Rhythm Robots in the second segment
After escaping the trap, they are surprised by another one, where they fall into a dark room full of robots, who the heroes will need to shoot. In this segment, Ulala stands in the center of the group. Pine stands to the left, Space Michael up, Hoorg down, and Pudding right. They shoot at the robots that approach their respective direction. Once this shooting segment is over, a door to the next room will open, and the first section of the level will end.
Back Room[]
"We've come even deeper inside. Just where could Purge and the President be?"
The next segment of the level begins with the five heroes walking with caution through a white hallway, filled with doors and round lamps. Ulala reveals that they've come even deeper inside the Purge's base. They go inside a white empty room where they encounter Shadow again, who along with a group of BuffBots, challenges the heroes to a Battle of the Bands, and the heroes will need to defeat his band in order to proceed the level.
Shadow and BuffBots in the Mystery Zone.
Once the battle is over, Shadow starts flickering back to Jaguar, who is unsure of what is happening or where he is. Several screens pop up along the walls with Purge on them, who strengthens the signal keeping Jaguar as Shadow.
Ulala playing "Which One is the Real One?"
Jaguar screams in pain, warps in front of Ulala along with the BuffBots, and Purge asks if she wants to play a game. It is called "Which one of them doesn’t belong?", where the BuffBots turn into Shadow Impostors and they all attack Ulala along with the actual Shadow. Ulala must use her Hey Beam on the real one and and her Chu Beam on the fake ones, once Ulala fires enough blasts of her rescue beam, Jaguar will be freed from Purge's control.
All of the main characters finally reunited.
When Jaguar is finally freed, he informs Ulala and her friends that Purge has built “a fearsome weapon" called Ballistic Groove Gun from all of the satellites that have been stolen, which will make the whole galaxy dance for Purge and therefore, they need to hurry. Now all together, they ascend in the same transport pod Jaguar had arrived on and the report ends.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- When they save Jaguar, some of the characters will do a similar pose to the one they are doing in the game's boxart.
- Pudding and Ulala have unused voice clips linked to this level that would have presumably played at the beginning of the level, which can be found in the game files.[1]
- Pudding says "I wonder where I am".
- Ulala says "Who are you? Just who are you?".
- Pudding says "I wonder where I am".
- During the level's intro, Hoorg can be seen using the Tapi-Maru, a spaceship modeled after the boss Coco★Tapioca from the first game, which had previously appeared in the Report 3 from Part 2, being piloted by Morolian Eight.
- The theme heard during the first part of Report 5 is named Strobe Action.
- This is the only level where Ulala in her Spy Suit will be wearing her black glasses, making the Mystery Zone the only level in the game to have an "exclusive" outfit. Ulala will wear the helmet of her Go-Go Suit and later take it off in Report 4, but both versions are separate costumes and are also both accessible.
- In this level, Pudding is the one who says "Let's Dance" and "Stay Tuned" in the first segment.
- In the opening cutscene of Report 5, many Rhythm Rogue spaceships can be seen "parked" at the base of the Mystery Zone.
- In the Steam version, Pudding and Pine no long say the shooting instructions prior to "Which One is the Real One."