Chaos Emerald (Extreme Gear)


 * For other uses of the term, see Chaos Emeralds (disambiguation).

"Behold the power of the Chaos Emeralds!"

- Sonic before starting a race with the Chaos Emerald.

The Chaos Emerald, also known as the Chaos Emeralds in Sonic Free Riders, is a recurring board type Extreme Gear that appears in the Sonic Riders series. It is an exclusive Extreme Gear solely for Sonic the Hedgehog, meaning only he can use it, with the unique ability amongst the Extreme Gears that allows him to transform into Super Sonic once he has collected a set amount of rings.

Sonic Riders
"Emerald holds an ancient power"

- Description from Sonic Riders

The Chaos Emerald first appeared in Sonic Riders. In order to obtain it, the player must complete all missions for Jet the Hawk, Storm the Albatross, and Wave the Swallow with a gold rank.

When Sonic starts a race with his Chaos Emerald Extreme Gear, he will instantly obtain 30 rings and transform into Super Sonic, but then begins to lose one ring per second. As Super Sonic, Sonic becomes both a Speed type, Flight type and Power type, and can as well perform the Super Sonic Boost.

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
"Chaos Emerald, bringer of disruption... Said to hold great power, it shines in Sonic's grasp."

- Description from Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

The Chaos Emerald returned later in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. In order to obtain it, the player must complete all side missions with an Extreme Rank in the Heroes story and the Bablyon story.

When Sonic starts the race with the Chaos Emerald-Extreme Gear, he stars out running noticeably slower than the other racers. When he collects at least one ring Sonic transforms into Super Sonic and starts to ride his board, but will then slowly burn through his ring count. When Super Sonic collects 60 rings he performs the Super Sonic Boost and becomes a Power type (smash obstacles like a Bike or Wheel type of gear). Once this happens he burns though rings twice as fast. Another difference is that instead of running on Gravity Points to use gravity action Super Sonic uses rings to use gravity action but doing this will burn Super Sonic's rings out at a very fast rate.

Gear Parts

 * Ring Cap Up: Increases the maximum number of rings Sonic can carry up to 125 (Requires 30 rings).
 * Ring Cap Up: Increases the maximum number of rings Sonic can carry up to 150 (Requires 40 rings and previous Ring Cap Up).
 * Magnetic Barrier: Gives Sonic a permanent magnetic barrier which attracts nearby rings (Requires 50 rings).

Sonic Free Riders
"The Chaos Emeralds are said to hold a mysterious power. When their power is combined with Sonic's..."

- Description from Sonic Free Riders

The Chaos Emerald-Extreme Gear returned again in Sonic Free Riders, but are now called Chaos Emeralds, as all seven Chaos Emeralds are included. In order to obtain it, the player must obtain an S rank on all missions to unlock it.

After selecting the Chaos Emeralds Extreme Gear with Sonic, you start out in Sonic's base form with 0 rings. Once you have collected 30 rings, Sonic will transform into Super Sonic, but he will not lose rings until he Kick Dashes. You can continue to gain rings up to 100. However, once you Kick Dash, Super Sonic will get off the Gear and will perform the Super Sonic Boost. While levitating, Super Sonic reaches the speed of 200 instantly and performs S rank tricks without animation, but the Ring Count will begin to drop. Once the Ring Count reaches 0, Super Sonic transforms back to Sonic, until you gather 30 or more rings.

Trivia

 * Super Sonic is the only Sonic character that doesn't shout: "Gear Change" when he changes gear parts in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
 * Even though in these games the Chaos Emerald is considered an Extreme Gear, Sonic just rides his Blue Star and goes Super Sonic.
 * In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Super Sonic's voice sounds deeper in contrast with other appearances of Super Sonic where his voice stays the same. Same in Free Riders, but not as much.
 * Even though Sonic needs all the Chaos Emeralds to access his super form, the Extreme Gear is called Chaos Emerald and in the picture there is only one Chaos Emerald.
 * In Sonic Free Riders however, it depicts all seven Chaos Emeralds in the picture.
 * The Chaos Emerald (Extreme Gear) does not make Sonic invincible, as he can still take damage the same way everyone else can, however, he doesn't lose rings.
 * Sonic Riders is the only Riders title to not have Super Sonic off his board.