Sin & Punishment
The central background & concept.
Design & Layout: Shinjuku Station is based primarily on the boss battle in the first game's second level, Stage 1-1, as well as the entire level in general. Taking place in a futuristic cityscape under attack by the Seemers and the Armed Volunteers, it's intended to represent the game's futuristic nature and vibe as opposed to purely the gameplay That said, some creative liberties would be taken with this - including elements like the overhead beams present in other parts of the level whilst having Shinjuku Station in the background, and having the Crab and Centipede Seemers crawling over it over time. Not only this, but Achi and Airan Jo will cameo in the background, fending off the attacking beings.
Some of the background buildings besides purely Shinjuku Station.
The actual stage takes place on the bridge going toward Shinjuku Station, though some of the ruined buildings can be seen in the background - and there's also an upper platform, made up of one of the overhead bars seen earlier in the stage. I should note that the Seemers, nor Near Zero, would actually influence gameplay - though they do appear in the background and cause chaos.
An indication of what the platform might look like.
In terms of layout: assume that areas indicated in black are actual platforms, with grey areas being purely decorative background elements, and a silhouette of Mario for the sake of scale. I opted to remove the side parts mostly because it'd have made the stage pretty unbalanced, honestly.
As for its appearance in Battlefield and Omega forms, I'd say that it'd have a similar sort of vibe - albeit with the remade platforms that are intended to match the layout of the new form. Of course, that means the background would still be the same, war and all!
In terms of music:
- Agave (Remix)
- Risk One's Neck
- Morph (Star Successor)
I think this (on top of the menu theme and
Discipline) would allow for a decent variety of tracks that could represent the games pretty decently. Plus, this series' music isn't half bad, either!