Angel • Devil

The Angel • Devil (天使のささやき • 悪魔のささやき) is an Extreme Gear that appeared as an Air Ride type in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, and later as a Bike type in Sonic Free Riders. It can switch to one of two different modes, namely an "Angel" and "Devil" mode, that grants the rider certain advantages and drawbacks.

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
"Will the angel win out? Or will the demon triumph? It's all in this single flying Gear!"

- Game description in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.

Description
The Angel • Devil first appeared in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity as an Air Ride type Extreme Gear. According to its profile, it packs the battle of an angel and a demon, with the outcome being unspecified. It can be obtained in the game by completing the Babylon Story in Story Mode.

In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, the Angel • Devil is designed as a type of slender hovercraft, with one jet engine extending from each side and one on the middle rear, with blue exhaust ports. Furthermore, the right side of the Angel • Devil is colored white and the left side is colored black, with the border between the colors going right down the middle, as an allusion to the gear's two modes that represent good and evil.

Abilities and Traits
As an Air Ride type Extreme Gear, the Angel • Devil is capable of Air Riding. By talking off Catapults, the Angel • Devil can begin gliding through midair and Dash Rings, gaining Gravity Points (GP) while doing so, until the rider loses too much momentum and falls.

The Angel • Devil does not have any unique abilities of its own. However, it possesses an exclusive Gear Part named "Angel/Devil". When activating this Gear Part, its icon will flip like a coin, with each side representing a respective mode (yellow for "Angel mode" and purple for "Devil mode"). The players can select a side while the icon is flipping by pressing /. Depending on the icon that the players end up choosing, the Angel • Devil will then change into one of two alternate modes, which changes the Gear's appearance and special abilities.

By switching to the "Angel mode", the Angel • Devil turns completely white and gains angel wings, while when switching to "Devil mode", it turns completely black and gains devil wings and a devil tail. While in Angel mode, the Angel • Devil will increase the players' chances of obtaining more beneficial items from the Item Boxes on the tracks at the cost of lowering its top speed. While in Devil mode, however, it will increase its top speed at the cost of increasing the players' chances of obtaining hindering items.

Sonic Free Riders
"Will it be the angel today, or the devil? That one flip of the coin can determine the outcome of the entire race!"

- Game description in Sonic Free Riders.

Description
The Angel • Devil made a reappearance in Sonic Free Riders. In this game, however, it had been changed into a Bike type Extreme Gear. It can be purchased from the shop for 1500 Rings.

Following its change into a Bike type Extreme Gear, the Angel • Devil received a noticeable redesign in Sonic Free Riders. In this game, it resembles that of a yellow, black and white dual-sport motorcycle.

Abilities and Traits
As a Bike type Extreme Gear in Sonic Free Riders, the Angel • Devil is more powerful, but less manoeuvrable than most Extreme Gears and allows its rider to punch through obstacles and barricades.

In Sonic Free Riders, the Angel • Devil has the same abilities that its Gear Part in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity had, meaning its abilities can be used at all times. In this game, however, it can switch from one mode to another whenever the players perform a Kick Dash but it does not go through a physical change when it switches modes. It cannot be equipped with any Gear Parts.

Trivia

 * The Angel • Devil is the Extreme Gear in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity which its Gear Part icon is multicolored.
 * When performing Trick Actions on the Angel • Devil in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, it emits blue lightning in Devil mode whenever it lands on the ground, while in Angel mode it does not.