Ascending Flight

Ascending Flight (上昇飛行) is a Fly Formation maneuver used by Miles "Tails" Prower on Team Sonic, Rouge the Bat on Team Dark, Cream the Rabbit on Team Rose, and Charmy Bee on Team Chaotix in Sonic Heroes. When using this move, the Fly type member carries his/her teammates through the air.

Description
When performing Ascending Flight, the team (while in Fly Formation) simultaneously Spin Jumps into the air where the Fly type member starts flying (Tails uses his twin tails, Rouge and Charmy uses their wings, and Cream uses her ears). At the same time, the Speed type member grabs onto the Fly type member's feet and the Power type character grabs onto the Speed type member's feet. As a result, the Fly type member flies through the air while the remainder of his/her team rides with him/her, dangling from beneath the Fly type member.

In gameplay, Ascending Flight allows the player to move through the air in any direction, reach higher places that would be otherwise unreachable and traverse over large gaps and bottomless pits. However, the player can only reach a certain height with Ascending Flight. Also, the duration of the flight is determined by the Flight Gauge, which depletes only when the player moves, meaning that the player can stay in the same spot without the Fly Type character ever tiring. When it empties, the playable characters will drop down from where they would be in flight at this point.

To perform Ascending Flight in gameplay, the selected team must be in Fly Formation with the Fly type member as the leader. The player then has to jump into the air and hold / to ascend. The player can control the characters' movement with the left stick.