Ice Mode

Ice Mode is one of the main gameplay mechanics in Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice. It is a technique that lets the user harness Ice for exploration and combat.

Description
When utilizing Ice Mode, the users seemingly envelop themselves in a freezing blue and white aura. Anything they come into contact with are then instantly frozen solid. Even the user's steps will cause ice crystals to sprout wherever they tread.

Ice Mode is one of the core gimmicks in Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice. While Ice Mode is active, the player can instantly freeze blocks of water with snowflake icons that they or their attacks touch, thus creating solid platforms for the player to walk over gabs and obstacles and/or reach new areas. The player can as well freeze thin water streams to create Rails. Additionally, enemies tough enough to take one of the player's initial attacks empowered by Ice Mode will be frozen in ice, rendering them immobile. To melt and counteract the Ice, the player has Fire Mode.

To use Ice Mode in gameplay, the player can simple toggle between it and Fire Mode using the L or R button. When Ice Mode is active, the Nintendo 3DS's lower screen will show ice crystals and snow around the lead character's icon.