Slowpoke Isle

Slowpoke Isle is the fifth area of Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. As implied by its name, it is a river-filed and lush isle. It also houses a few villages where anthropomorphic turtles live, including Old Tucker.

During Team Sonic, Lyric and Dr. Eggman's hunt for the Chaos Crystals, the respective parties raced each other through Slowpoke Isle to find the Verdant Crystal. In the end, Team Sonic got the Crystal first and took out Metal Sonic.

Overview
Slowpoke Isle is located in an amazing archipelago of mountainous and closely packed islands. The islands are like soft hills with lush grass and large-crowned trees growing on their top. Around Slowpole Isle and its islands lies buildings of the Ancients that form a city spread through the sea. This city is made from pale rock and adorned with golden rims and roofs and include towers, dome-shaped and castle-structured buildings, colossal walls, a network of suspended roads and aqueduct-like bridges. Despite being over a thousand years old, the city is in remarkably good condition with only cracked walls a few collapsed roads.

Slowpole Isle is much like its surroundings, consisting of pillar-like and soft mountains with grass growing over the edges, flowers and large-crowned trees. Weaving through it are passages and river-filled gorges and canals with calm waters and small waterfalls. Amidst the isle lies two sections of turtle villagers with large wooden gates leading inside. These villages are tribal, with hut-like houses (some of which stand on stilts above water) with vegetation growing on them, large horns on top of towers and windmills. The first village section has a cable railway with turtle-shaped carts while the second is a burning ruin due to Metal Sonic. Also, outside the villages lies a large wooden tower called "Octagon Tower" which resembles the huts and contains a large bell.

The last part of Slowpoke Isle is a dark and murky cave which is flooded with water. Large stalactites hang from the roof and vegetation like moss, a few leaves and glowing fungus grow inside. Deep inside lies a complex from the Ancients containing the Verdant Crystal.

Story
A thousand years ago, the Ancients hid away the Verdant Crystal, one of their own Chaos Crystals, away on Slowpoke Isle so that Lyric would not be able to find it.

Arriving at Slowpoke Isle with Lyric and Dr. Eggman hot on their heels to claim their Radiant Crystal, Team Sonic played keep away with the Crystal to keep the villains at bay. Eventually, the team escaped them when Dr. Eggman accidently flew into Lyric.

While Team Sonic made their way through the isle to find the Verdant Crystal, Lyric had been fed up with Eggman's failures and decided to dissolve their "partnership." Eggman agreed and summoned Metal Sonic to finish Lyric. However, Lyric apathetically took control of Metal Sonic using his suit and had it blast Eggman away. Lyric then upgraded Metal Sonic's code and send him on a rampage throughout the villagers.

After getting through the destroyed village, Team Sonic found the Verdant Crystal, only for Metal Sonic to show up and take it, having followed them there. However, Team Sonic pursued Metal Sonic and after a high-speed battle, they defeated the robot down and retook the Verdant Crystal.

Gameplay
In Slowpoke Isle, the player travels through the river chasms, into and through the turtle villagers and then through a cave. For this level, all the playable characters are available, though at the beginning, the player switches between controlling Sonic and Tails in some sections and Knuckles and Amy in the rest.

Like other areas in Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, Slowpoke Isle includes speed level sections, where the player runs down a long path with speed-enhancing gimmicks while avoiding hazardous obstacles, and as well slower-paced areas for exploration and combat. One speed level section additionally include metallic blue balls that the player can use to briefly stunt pursuers by knocking them away with an attack. It also features the standard puzzles the player must solve with the Enerbeam mechanic and Button. Unique to itself, it likewise has a "Simon Says" button puzzle near the end of the level.

Slowpoke Isle contains gimmicks for all four playable characters' specific character actions. These include Spin Ramps and Air Targets for Sonic, Climbable Walls and Ceilings for Knuckles, Balance Beams and Beam Swings for Amy and Tails Vents for Tails. Besides bottomless waters, hazardous obstacles found in Slowpoke Isle include floating mines in the water skimming sections that explode upon contact, rotating windmill sails which will slice the player when touched and fires in the destroyed turtle village that deals damage upon touch. Also, should the player have not completed Old Tucker's side-quest in Cliff's Excavation Site, red hedges with purple thorns also appear, which can cause damage to both player and enemies when touched.

Description
In Slowpoke Isle, the player's objective is to collect the Verdant Crystal. At the beginning, the player goes through a speed level section. After that, the player enters a similar speed section where the player switches between controlling Sonic and Tails, who run through the river chasms, and Knuckles and Amy, who run on roads. During these sections, the player must dodge assaults from Eggman and Lyric. On the roads, the player can use the metallic blue balls against Eggman and Lyric by hitting them.

After the speed level sections, the player reaches the first turtle village section where some enemies must be destroyed to unlock a gate blocking the path. From here, the player enters the village where the walkthrough differs depending on Old Tucker's side-quest in Cliff's Excavation Site: if the side-quest is not cleared at this point, the player must get through a maze of red hedges and destroy enemies to unlock the gate out of the village. If the mission has been cleared though, the player must complete a puzzle where three cable carts high above the village must be moved into the middle tower to activate a Button unlocking the gate out of the village.

Outside the gate, the player boards a boat where the Enerbeam must be used to move the boat a distance towards the next path and then clear out a wave of enemies. Once this pattern is done three time, the player reaches the path leading through a destroyed village to Octagon Tower which must be scaled to reach a wall hiding a cave behind it. Smash through the wall to enter the cave and destroy the enemies standing on the stalactites to open a new path. At the end of the path, the player must ring a bell using the Enerbeam and then hit three nearby switches in the same sequence they flash. This will open a new door that player must enter to complete the level and reach the Metal Sonic boss fight.

Collectibles

 * Crowns: 13
 * Shinies: 5
 * Robot Scrap Chests: 13

Trivia

 * Slowpoke Isle is the only level in the game whose layout can be changed depending on whether the player completes a side-quest or not.
 * At the beginning of Slowpoke Isle, several copies of Hayward and Foreman Fred can be seen and heard from on a scaffold above the path.
 * Even if the player clears Old Tucker's side-quest and removes the thorns and enemies in the first village section of Slowpoke Isle, Treasure Minions can still be encountered inside the village and release weapons, though these are rendered mute due to the absence of foes.