Special Stage (Sonic Rush)


 * For Special Stages in general, see here.

Special Stages are a series of special levels that appear in the Nintendo DS video-game, Sonic Rush. With enough Sonic Boost energy in the Tension Gauge, Sonic must jump on a Tension Generator and boost until he is transported to the Special Stage. From there, Sonic can go through a half-pipe collecting rings to move on through the Special Stage, similar to the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Special Stages. At the end of each Special Stage is a Chaos Emerald for Sonic to collect in order to access the Exception stage.

Description
After reaching enough speed on the Tension Generator, Sonic can access the Special Stage. In order to move Sonic, the player must use the stylus of the Nintendo DS to move Sonic. Hitting Egg Flappers and Egg Bats will cause Sonic to jump and perform a Homing Attack on the robots. Balloons also appear in this stage, only as special trick-combos that Sonic can perform when the player moves the stylus to a series of numbers on the screen in numerically order.

Each Special Stage has two parts, each containing a number of specific rings for Sonic to collect in the stage. If you collect the exact number or more of the rings in the first part, you move on to the second segment of the Special Stage. The same thing goes for when you collect enough rings in the second segment, only you get a Chaos Emerald at the end of each Special Stage if Sonic makes it through both segments.

Chaos Emeralds
Depending on the stage depends on the color Chaos Emerald you get, unlike in past Sonic games, namely Sonic the Hedgehog 2, where you went to the same Special Stage you left off no matter the stage. In this Special Stage, you can go out of order in the Special Stages. Here is a list of stages where you can reach the specific Chaos Emerald:


 * Leaf Storm: Red Chaos Emerald
 * Water Palace: Blue Chaos Emerald
 * Mirage Road: Yellow Chaos Emerald
 * Night Carnival: Green Chaos Emerald
 * Huge Crisis: Gray Chaos Emerald
 * Altitude Limit: Cyan Chaos Emerald
 * Dead Line: Purple Chaos Emerald