Yea, i thought that at first as I'm sure most do, and that might be the case, but a few things struck me as odd, for one, other levels take place at night or in the day,such as the jungle, but of course its not the desert, then i noticed that not only was the palette of Strider different but so was the palette for the health an sword power up, the health icon went from brown and yellow to gray and white, but the flying drone enemy uses the exact same palette as from other levels....its at the very least a continuity problem.