Asteroid Coaster

"Next Stop, the Asteroid Coaster. Zoom along through and sometimes into space debris, then lose your lunch in zero G."

- Dr. Eggman

Asteroid Coaster is the sixth stage of Sonic Colors. It takes place in an asteroid field with toxic green acid pools and several gravity-defying sections.

As the name suggests, much of Asteroid Coaster takes place on a roller coaster. The coaster has a prehistoric theme, with the track made from bone-shaped pieces, and various fossils decorating the surrounding asteroids. The coasters have suicidal tendencies, and frequently launch themselves into pits, so you should be ready to jump out at all times. The Purple Frenzy Wisp is unlocked by completing Act 1 in the Wii version.

The boss of this stage is a similar but harder version of Starlight Carnival's boss: a large, well armed spaceship. The ship warps around, and asteroids will fly at Sonic when it does so. It will also fly directly above Sonic, and fire large amounts of lasers down on him. If you have an Orange Rocket, you can rocket into the bottom of the ship at this point, and cause massive damage.

Inside some of the asteroids are what appears to be industrial areas, with capsules and machinery.

Enemies
The Egg Pawns in this level are dressed as club-wielding cavemen. Motobugs will also appear in Act 4.

Wii

 * Cyan Laser
 * Orange Rocket
 * Pink Spikes
 * Blue Cube
 * Purple Frenzy

DS

 * Cyan Laser
 * Violet Void

Nintendo Wii
Frigate Skullian is Frigate Orcan from Starlight Carnival but upgraded; this boss differs from he's previous encounter from Starlight Carnival by being considerably larger than Frigate Orcan, having two machine guns and eyes with the ability of teleportation to disappear, reappear, and transporting asteroids out of the riffs. After taking a few blows the warship's covering reveals twelve robots powering the vessel along with showing the face of the ship which is a rather menacing-looking creature in contrast to it's previous sad-looking appearance. While damaged, the machine will start smoking like it's predecessor, eyes on it's back when glow red as the ship tries harder to defeat it's opponent; after taking that final attack, it sets on fire and drops a cargo of boxes filled with Rings, as Rings pop out of the vessel itself as it drifts off in space, it explodes.

Nintendo DS
Unlike the Wii version Frigate Skullian is considerably smaller in the Nintendo DS version. Also unlike the Wii version the Frigate Skullian lugs 4 huge boxes around and in contrast to the Nintendo Wii version a mechanical tentacle extends from it's undercarriage the orb on it begins to glow, attracting asteroids into a coating around the orb, it then rises the tentacle and slams in down to create a shock wave. Hitting it will result in the tentacle bouncing around, accidentally hitting one of the cargo boxes and then come down to fire laser from it's guns. After hitting the yellow weak spot on it's undercarriage, it'll explode.

If you boost into the undercarriage, you'll get a Violet Wisp. You can then start damaging Frigate Skullian (boxes, ship, or both). If you beat the boss while in Void form, you'll suck up the entire ship.

Eggman's Quotes
Occasionally, Eggman will make the following announcements over the loudspeakers:
 * "In space, nobody can hear you scream. Except for the person sitting next to you, so please be considerate of others, no one likes a screamer."
 * "The Black Hole Parade starts in 5 minutes. Don't miss it! It's so entertaining, that it sucks you right in!"
 * "Welcome to the Asteroid Coaster, now with 32% more asteroids."
 * "This coaster is not for small children. Or big babies."
 * "Welcome to the Asteroid Coaster, accident free for 45 minutes!"
 * "Would the owner of a yellow car, license plate 1NOM155, please report to the front gate, your vehicle is in a path of an asteroid and it's about to get smashed.. Oh... er, never mind."
 * "Please be sure your safety belt is properly buckled, or you at least have a really good grip on something."
 * "Attention, if you find a gold ring, please return to the lost and found. Thank you."
 * "Please keep your hands and feet inside the car at all times, because there are tiny asteroids traveling at incredible speeds, hurtling through space. Keeping your hands and feet in the car won't prevent you from being hit, but our lawyers tell us we have to say it anyway."
 * "Every visitor in the park gets a free blue hedgehog! If you can catch one, please feel free to bring it home or destroy it. Our choice."
 * "Please beware for the spikes on the asteroid coaster! They are sharp! Really! We have to warn people about spikes! Like they won't notice the spikes! I mean, come on! The cars are nothing but spikes! Unbelievable! Wha...! Uh... My... my what is still on?"
 * "The space sickness you will eventually get is not the responsibility of Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park or its subsidiaries. Send any complaints to the inventor of space. Thank you."
 * "Remember to try out one of the new space pumps, all the flavor of outer space with only half the radiation."

Trivia

 * The Asteroid Coaster planet looks similar to Caterkiller.
 * When Eggman announces the yellow car, the license plate number is a reference to Crazy Taxi's Axel.
 * This is the only place in the game besides Game Land where the Sandworm Badnik is seen.
 * Eggman tells people to refrain from screaming on the ride because of the person sitting next to them, but the cars are a one-seater.
 * Asteroid Coaster is based off of Eggmanland from Sonic Unleashed.
 * In the end of sixth act there's miniboss of anti-gravity ball device, which is similar to Tropical Resort and Planet Wisp bosses.
 * The music is similar to Mario Party 8's 'It's a Dead Heat'.