Team Blast Gauge

The Team Blast Gauge is a game mechanic that appears in Sonic Heroes. It allows the player to charge energy needed to perform the Team Blast maneuver.

Description
The Team Blast Gauge is presented as a horizontal gauge in the right upper corner of the screen above the Formation Leader icons. It displays how much energy the player has collected to perform the Team Blast, which shown by a blue bar inside the gauge. To fill up the Team Blast Gauge, the player must either collect Rings, defeat enemies, performing Thunder Shoot or obtaining the Team Blast Ring. During the battle with Metal Overlord, the Team Blast Gauge can also be filled by countering Metal Overlord's attacks.

Once the Team Blast Gauge is fully filled, it will be covered by a yellow bar with "TEAM BLAST" written on it and the selected playable team will say a quote. At this point, the player can press the White Button// to unleashed the Team Blast maneuver. Right after using the Team Blast, the Team Blast Gauge will reset from the usage which is signified by an orange bar decreasing on the yellow bar covering the gauge, and once the orange bar is gone, the gauge reappears. To use the Team Blast again, the Team Blast Gauge must have been refilled and had time to reset.