Wisp


 * For the Badnik, see Whisp.

Wisps (ウィスプ, Uisupu) are aliens in Sonic Colors (entitled Sonic Colours outside of the U.S. and Japan) that were stolen from their home planet by Dr. Eggman to power an interstellar amusement park. They can give Sonic special powers to help him in the game's levels. The Hyper-go-on energy can be used once Sonic hits a "Wisp Capsule" And when Sonic use the powers, the voice will tell the player which Wisps they are using by shouting things like, DRILL!, LASER!, HOVER!, etc. Overall, the Wisps seem to be rather playful and friendly, spending most of their time with others and playing around. They are also rather similar, both in appearance and in motion, to underwater cephalopods such as squid.

DS and Wii versions
The power of the Wisps vary between the DS and the Wii versions of Sonic Colors, with the Wii version having eight Wisps and the DS version having six.

Yacker
There is a specific White Wisp, which is different from all of the other Wisps; he has a huge curl on his head. His name is Yacker and he plays a huge part in the storyline of Sonic Colors. He cannot speak, but makes an audible chittering noise and can understand English very well.

Co-Op
In Co-Op mode, if both players with the same Wisp use their Color Powers at the same time, some sort of special effect happens. For example, when two Pink Spikes are used, a laser beam will appear between the two players that destroys any Badniks that touch it. The Green Hover has a similar effect.

Another example is that when two Yellow Drills are used, the players will spin around each other, the resultant Drill is magnified in power, and the players will gain a magnetic effect that attracts rings, similar to the Lightning Shield in previous Sonic games. The Cyan Laser and Orange Rocket have similar effects in which the reach of the power-ups are doubled.

Trivia

 * The Wisps seem similar to Flickies. However, one could also say they resemble Chao.
 * In the Wii version, the Wisps are only referred to by their true name in the Hint Rings and once by Tails in a cutscene: everyone else simply refers to them as "aliens."
 * The red and the violet wisps are not shown in the announcement trailer. This is most likely due to the fact that those two Wisps are only exclusive to the DS version.
 * Wisps and Flickies are both released from capsules.
 * On the cover of the Wii version of Sonic Colors, the Blue, Green, Purple, and Pink Wisps are shown. On the DS cover they are replaced with the version exclusive Red Wisp and Violet Wisp.
 * Despite being only exclusive to the Wii version, the Blue, Green and Pink Wisps appear in a few cutscenes from the DS version and in the final cutscene in the Wii verison Red Wisps and Violet Wisps are seen.
 * It is possible that the Wisps have some kind of teleportation ability, most likely due to their Hyper-go-on power. As seen in the final cutscene, the Wisps are seen transporting their planets to some other place.
 * Once Sonic transforms into the Purple Frenzy, he is be able to attract rings.
 * According to Cubot, the Wisps "smell good".
 * The Purple Wisp is the only Wisp that doesn't appear in the Sonic Simulator.
 * The Purple Wisp is not present in the Sonic Colors comic adaptation in Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 219 but the Violet Wisp is.
 * Acording to Eggman in a deleted voice clip, the Wisps are even more powerful than the Chaos Emeralds.
 * All of the Wisps have a similar body structure; a head/body, with three appendages extending from said head/body.
 * The red and orange wisp look like the alien from the Disney movie Chicken Little.
 * Planet Wisp is very similar to planet Earth