Holoska



Holoska (Cool Edge) (クール・エッジ) is the ice-based level in Sonic Unleashed. It is based on the Inuit villages of the Arctic. Sonic is shown to ride a bobsled through a portion of this level. Holoska is where Sonic fights the Dark Moray, a giant icy eel with the ability of freeze breath.

Covered in snow, this northern land is gripped by extreme cold and dotted with houses built out of ice.

Notable Locations
In the point-and-click HUB world of the Wii and PS2 version, many of the featured parts of Holoska are shown. These spots include:


 * Storage Area


 * Food Storage Area


 * Central Bonfire


 * Family Home


 * Sacred Shrine(Sonic the Werehog)

Citizens
Jari-Pekka (ヤリ=ペッカ)- Head of the Holoska clan. He has an absolutely terrible memory: first he'll forget something; then he'll forget what he forgot and get upset; give him another minute, and he'll have already forgotten what was troubling him.

Ursule (ウルスレ)- Jari-Pekka's wife, an old lady who just loves to give. If you visit her shop, you might even find yourself walking out with stuff you didn't buy.

Jari-Thure (ヤリ=スーレ)- Sarianna's husband. He looks tough, unless his wife is around; then it's crystal clear who's in charge.

Sarianna (サリアンナ)- Jari-Thure's wife. She was once famed for her beauty (the Holoska Rose, they called her). Sarianna may seem too hard on her husband, but really, she thinks of him all the time.

Marketa (マルケッタ)- Jari-Thure and Sarianna's daughter. When she gets older, Marketa wants to marry a man just like her father: somebody who can take a lot of abuse.

Hot Dog Vendor (ホットドッグ屋)- The manager of the "Don Fachio" hot dog mega-franchise's Holoska location. As the hands down king of hot-blooded dogmeisters, it's hard to tell if his sausages are frozen from the weather or whether it's done on purpose.

Town Products
In each town across the world, Sonic is able to buy souvenirs, food items and extras (music, videos) using his rings. The Holoska shop, run by Ursule, is called Ursule's Trading Post.

Souvenirs

 * Miniature Flag
 * Photo Frame
 * Nesting Dolls: "Dolls of decreasing sizes, placed one inside the last."
 * Model Sled: "A sled built to scale so it can be put on display."

Food

 * Smoked Mohn (30 rings): "A river fish caught in the spring and cured. Oddly spicy."
 * Canned Horror (100 rings): "Tiny but potent formented fish whose odor carries for miles."
 * Perma-Meat (30 rings): "Meat frozen in the permafrost. Good luck defrosting this one."
 * Prehistoric Ice (10 Rings): "Just the thing if you want a cool drink. People here don't."
 * Chili Dog (50 rings): "Sonic's favorite, a jumbo frank slathered with spicy chili."
 * Sparkle Gelatin (30 rings): "Jiggly sparkly jelly that melts your jaded heart."
 * Cookie (20 rings): "Cream filling between two crunchy biscuits. Addictive!"
 * Candy (10 rings): "A bite-sized candy. Don't try to talk while you're chewing!"
 * Chilly Dog: Complete the Holoska Hot Dog Vendor's missions.

Trivia

 * Holoska could also be based on Finland (Holoska is in north, they both have the same colors on their flag, and Jari-Pekka is a Finnish name).
 * One of the purchasable items in Holoska, the Canned Horror, when fed to Chip, will cause him to say random symbols, which many consider as swearing.
 * A bonus cutscene from the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions have Sonic and Chip running through Holoska. In it, Chip gets tired and takes out a chocolate bar, but when he tries to eat it, he hurts his teeth due to the fact that the candy was frozen solid.
 * Originally, the small shrines in Holoska contained what looked like Swastikas on them. In Sega's recent patch update, these were fixed to look like window panes instead.
 * Oddly enough, in the Wii/PS2 version of Holoska's daytime level, except for the bobsled part in the beginning, all of Sonic's time spent running is inside a big, icy cave. While in the 360/PS3 version of the level, almost all of Sonic's time running or bobsledding, is spent outside.
 * In the Xbox360/PS3 version, Holoska is the first level in Sonic Unleashed in which Sonic runs on water and the only level without any rails to grind on.