Babylon Guardian



The Babylon Guardian (called Angelus the Gatekeeper in Japan) is the final boss character from Sonic Riders. Somewhat confusingly, "Babylon Guardian" is also the name of the stage in which he appears.

Angelus is a genie in a bottle, and resembles a large purple hawk who guards the treasure of Babylon. He is also referred to as "the guardian God of Babylon" when choosing his stage.

The guardian God is defeated by boosting into his bottle three times. His health is displayed at the top of the screen by three hearts. He occasionally throws energy balls at the player or shrinks into his bottle. The player has to successfully hit the bottle and cross the finish line to go on to the next lap; the lap counter will remain on Lap 1 until the player boost into him and crosses the marker. Once he is defeated, crossing the finish line first will win the race.

In the end sequence, the treasure Angelus was protecting is revealed to be a 'magic carpet' which was actually a prototype Extreme Gear created by the ancient Babylonians. Angelus regards those who seek treasure as greedy, and he is hidden behind a large door in Babylon Garden (the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in Japan). He is the final and only 'boss' of Sonic Riders. He is defeated by Sonic at the end of the Babylon Story. (He is one of the only final bosses of recent games not to be defeated by Super Sonic.)

A copy of the track without the Guardian as a boss is called Digital Dimension.

Maddie Blaustein provides the character's voice in the English version of Sonic Riders, although Angelus' discourse is restricted to incoherant howling.