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The city of New Mombasa has seen considerably different depictions in different pieces of ''Halo'' media over the years. However, certain themes have carried over throughout the different iterations; namely the angular, geometric architecture on the whole as well as a number of minor details, like the distinct surface patterning of the roadways or the design of the traffic lights.

[[File:NM E303.png|thumb|250px|New Mombasa in the ''Halo 2'' E3 demo.]]

===''Halo 2'' E3 ~~Demo~~===

===''Halo 2'' E3 demo===

In the [[Halo 2 E3 ~~Demo~~|E3 presentation]] of ''[[Halo 2]]'', the city appeared vastly different than its later versions. The [[Mombasa Tether]] was nowhere to be found. Instead, the space elevator's site in the heart of the city was occupied by a massive arcology shaped like an African baobab tree, composed of multiple "decks" covered in massive skyscrapers, and surrounded by urban sprawl. The city was much larger than its future incarnations, with the urban metropolis sprawling into the horizon as far as one could see. The internal architecture and layout of the city also differed greatly in the final version of ''Halo 2''.<ref>'''[[Halo 2 E3 Demo]]'''</ref>

In the [[Halo 2 E3 demo|E3 presentation]] of ''[[Halo 2]]'', the city appeared vastly different than its later versions. The [[Mombasa Tether]] was nowhere to be found. Instead, the space elevator's site in the heart of the city was occupied by a massive arcology shaped like an African baobab tree, composed of multiple "decks" covered in massive skyscrapers, and surrounded by urban sprawl. The city was much larger than its future incarnations, with the urban metropolis sprawling into the horizon as far as one could see. The internal architecture and layout of the city also differed greatly in the final version of ''Halo 2''.<ref>'''[[Halo 2 E3 Demo]]'''</ref>

The massive tree-like structure from the ''Halo 2'' E3 demo has been used several times in subsequent ''Halo'' media. In ''Halo 2'', it can be seen as an Easter egg when looking at reflections in large enough glass windows in maps set in New Mombasa, such as at the ground floor of the building with the [[Soccer ball|giant soccer ball]] in ''Metropolis'' or the large glass side of one of the buildings in the multiplayer level ''[[Headlong]]''. In ''[[Halo Legends]]'' ''[[Origins]]'' Part I, the design is used to represent a Forerunner structure covered in [[Flood]] biomass.<ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]'''; ''[[Origins]] ([[:File:Origins Halo2 E3 NM.png|Screenshot]])''</ref> Likewise, a similar structure is present in the colony development sequence in Part II of ''Origins''.

===''Halo 2''===

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 The city of New Mombasa has seen considerably different depictions in different pieces of ''Halo'' media over the years. However, certain themes have carried over throughout the different iterations; namely the angular, geometric architecture on the whole as well as a number of minor details, like the distinct surface patterning of the roadways or the design of the traffic lights.
 [[File:NM E303.png|thumb|250px|New Mombasa in the ''Halo 2'' E3 demo.]]
-===''Halo 2'' E3 Demo===
+===''Halo 2'' E3 demo===
-In the [[Halo 2 E3 Demo|E3 presentation]] of ''[[Halo 2]]'', the city appeared vastly different than its later versions. The [[Mombasa Tether]] was nowhere to be found. Instead, the space elevator's site in the heart of the city was occupied by a massive arcology shaped like an African baobab tree, composed of multiple "decks" covered in massive skyscrapers, and surrounded by urban sprawl. The city was much larger than its future incarnations, with the urban metropolis sprawling into the horizon as far as one could see. The internal architecture and layout of the city also differed greatly in the final version of ''Halo 2''.<ref>'''[[Halo 2 E3 Demo]]'''</ref>
+In the [[Halo 2 E3 demo|E3 presentation]] of ''[[Halo 2]]'', the city appeared vastly different than its later versions. The [[Mombasa Tether]] was nowhere to be found. Instead, the space elevator's site in the heart of the city was occupied by a massive arcology shaped like an African baobab tree, composed of multiple "decks" covered in massive skyscrapers, and surrounded by urban sprawl. The city was much larger than its future incarnations, with the urban metropolis sprawling into the horizon as far as one could see. The internal architecture and layout of the city also differed greatly in the final version of ''Halo 2''.<ref>'''[[Halo 2 E3 Demo]]'''</ref>
 The massive tree-like structure from the ''Halo 2'' E3 demo has been used several times in subsequent ''Halo'' media. In ''Halo 2'', it can be seen as an Easter egg when looking at reflections in large enough glass windows in maps set in New Mombasa, such as at the ground floor of the building with the [[Soccer ball|giant soccer ball]] in ''Metropolis'' or the large glass side of one of the buildings in the multiplayer level ''[[Headlong]]''. In ''[[Halo Legends]]'' ''[[Origins]]'' Part I, the design is used to represent a Forerunner structure covered in [[Flood]] biomass.<ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]'''; ''[[Origins]] ([[:File:Origins Halo2 E3 NM.png|Screenshot]])''</ref> Likewise, a similar structure is present in the colony development sequence in Part II of ''Origins''.
 ===''Halo 2''===