Some zones have been cut due to memory limitations on Sega Genesis cartridges. Thankfully, we get to play an extra called "Hidden Palace Zone" by the same name for Sonic 3 & Knuckles (and Sonic & Knuckles). The rest of them never got it other than Hidden Palace for showing a palate and other things inside and continued by Christain Whitehead, better known as "Taxman". Oddly enough, Wood Zone were existed in Sonic 2 early versions and skip it for unknown reasons.