Spagonia

"The world's art capital and home to a university that attracts those in search of knowledge."

- Description in World Map



Spagonia (Rooftop Run) is the location of one of the levels in Sonic Unleashed, also known as Orange Roofs (オレンジルーフス) in the Japanese version of the game. Spagonia's architecture, appearance, and people appear to be based off of various locations in Western Europe. Spagonia's clock towers, especially a particularly tall one in the middle of the level (seen below in Screenshots), mostly likely came from the Big Ben clock tower in London, England. Professor Pickle even has a British accent. The architecture of Spagonia's houses, streets, and cathedrals is possibly based off those seen in Italy, Spain, and France, most notably from the Italian city of Siena. The majority of Spagonians also get their names from Italian culture, such as Gigi, Ciccio, and Mauro. Another feature of Spagonia that is derived from Western Europe are the aqueducts, which are found throughout Europe. This level is where Tails takes Sonic after Windmill Isle, where the team meets Prof. Pickle, and where the Egg Devil Ray is fought. It is located on the same land mass as Apotos. It is the world's art capital, and houses a university.

Its nighttime stages feature climbs atop cathedrals and runs across many of the rooftops in the city. It is also the location in the game where Prof. Pickle's Lab is located until it is moved to Shamar.

Notable Locations
In the point-and-click HUB world of the Wii version, many of the featured parts of Spagonia are shown. These spots include:
 * Main Street
 * Baker Street
 * Aqueduct Street
 * Pickle Lab
 * Back Alley
 * Sacred Shrine (as Sonic the Werehog)

Citizens
20. Gigi

21. Barbara

22. Otto

23. Irma

24. Josef

25. Marcantonio

26. Ciccio

27. Denise

28. Aida

29. Natalia

30. Franco

31. David

32. Raimondo

33. Federica

34. Lilli

35. Dora

36. Elio

37. Mauro

38. Ippolita

39. Prof. Pickles's Asst.- Professor Pickles's helper and his greatest admirer. He takes his sweet time with just about everything, which explains why he's often plugging away at the same work for three days when anybody else would have finished it in one.

Town Products
In each town across the world, Sonic is able to buy souvenirs, food items and extras (music, videos) using his rings. Later in the game, Sonic can buy a TV (1000 rings), a bookshelf (300 rings) and a Gramophone (500 rings) for the extras. The Spagonia shop, run by Josef, is called Josef's.

Souvenirs

 * Photo Frame
 * Miniature Flag

Food

 * Cheese (70 rings): "Cheese matured for five years. It tastes even better melted."
 * Pasta alla Paccico (80 rings): "Pasta with a fragrant paccico herb sauce and ground nuts."
 * Tomato (30 rings): "The magic fruit that puts the zest in Spagonian cuisine."
 * Brainiac Dog: Complete the Spagonia Hot Dog Vendor's missions.
 * Chili Dog (50 rings): "Sonic's favorite, a jumbo frank slathered with spicy chili."
 * Strawberry Cake (60 rings): "A slice of bliss with whipped cream and a strawberry on top."
 * Donut (50 rings): "A squishy treat that leads to a squishy physique."
 * Canned Juice (40 rings): "The solution to your thirst. Shake it for volatle results."
 * Baguetti (40 rings): "Bread that's crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside."

Trivia

 * Spagonia may have gotten its name from the Spanish town of Segovia, which is famous for the tall aqueduct that runs through it. The name might also be a reference to the well-known Italian pasta, spaghetti.
 * In the 360/PS3 version of the game, there is a mission here that involved Sonic finding Chao, marking their only appearance in the game aside from Wentos' hand puppet and DLC levels.
 * At night, if one were to stand in a certain spot in the alleyway of Spagonia's HUB world, they can hear someone whistling the game's theme in the shower.
 * One of the missions in Spagonia, "Tower Terror," given by Marcantonio, has Sonic diving down the tower from Rooftop Run Act 1 trying to tag two ghosts. However, they are actually the two ghosts from Sega's 3D animated short, Sonic: Night of the Werehog.
 * The background music of Spagonia's daytime levels appears in the Shopping mode of the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.
 * Amy Rose is first seen on this continent.

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