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Apotos is a small town located in Greece, at the tip of an European peninsula. It is based on the Cycladic-styled architecture of Greek cities, and its windmills are derived from the Greek island of Mykonos. It also has a strong resemblance to the Greek city of Santorini. This port town is well known for its ocean-side view, beautiful architecture, friendly people, as well as its Chocolate Chipped Cream Sundae Supreme.
In Sonic Unleashed, Apotos' continent was torn away from the earth's mantle when Dr. Eggman awoke Dark Gaia, resulting in the planet shattering into pieces.
After meeting an amnesiac imp-like creature in the outskirts, Sonic traveled with him to Apotos, hoping to find someone there who knew who the creature was. As they entered the city, Sonic thought about his earlier form and the currently powerless Chaos Emeralds before beginning a conversation with his new friend. However, the creature was immediately drawn to the Ice Cream Vendor's Chocolate Chipped Creme Sunday Supreme, completely ignoring their quest to recover his memories. After buying themselves some of these ice cream cones, Sonic decided to name his new companion "Chip", which the creature took a quick liking to. The two of them then began asking around for anyone who knew Chip.
After a whole day of search, the duo still had no luck finding anyone who knew Chip. As their daytime search came to a close, night fell and Sonic transformed back into Sonic the Werehog, making him finally figure out that whenever the nighttime arrived, he transformed into his Werehog form. No sooner, Sonic and Chip found the Ice Cream Vendor in an unexplainable depression. As Chip fruitlessly attempted to cheer him up, he nearly dropped an ice cream cone, but Sonic managed to catch it by stretching his arm. This allowed him to discover of one his Werehog form's unique abilities. Shortly after, Sonic and Chip heard from the townspeople of Apotos that a two-tailed fox had passed through the town recently, and the duo headed out to Windmill Isle to find him.
Sometime later, Apotos and the rest of Europe were returned to their proper place when Sonic and Chip used the Gaia Temple in Mazuri and the Chaos Emeralds to restore their fragment of the planet.
Cover Stories (2021)[]
After defeating many Badniks in the city, Sonic rest atop a pile of robot' remains, bored and waiting for the chili dog local to open. There, he is found by Vector the Crocodile, who arrived late to help.
The townspeople explain to them that Dr. Eggman has sent robots to attack the city every few days for a couple of months, unaware of the reason. This motivates Vector to use his detective skills and find the reason why, under the condition they pay the food he has eaten. Vector tells the people they can trust on him, and asks Sonic to confirm them he can trust him. Sonic assures them he is the best detective he knows, but Vector stops him before he finishes the sentence that Vector is the only detective he knows.
Using his detective skills, Vector arrives to a grocery store, Surfside Seagull Sundries, but incorrectly deduces that the store's chili dogs are so good they attract the robots. Sonic has to remind Vector that robots don't eat, only for Vector to proclaim that's why Eggman's Badniks are so miserable. Vector then turns the whole store outside down, grabbing a mysterious stone the owner, Milos, found and a chili dog. The owner immediately kicks them out.
Vector and Sonic walk across town, with the former feeling down over a wrong guess. Sonic however guesses that he wasn't entirely wrong. Later at night, Vector goes alone to a hill, holding the black stone close to a horde of Badniks who want to attack him. After a long monologue explaining his reasoning, Vector proclaim who the culprit for the attacks was: the stone he was holding, a Chaos Emerald. Vector raises the emerald, causing all the robots to attempt to attack him, but they get destroyed by Sonic with his supersonic speed.
Sonic had a hunch that the stone was a Chaos Emerald and followed Vector. He asks him why he didn't explain anything to him and went all alone. Vector explains that he didn't want to endanger the grocery store owner by letting the town know he was responsible for the attacks because of the emerald with him. Sonic then calls the townspeople, who were listening. The owner apologizes for not knowing, but the townspeople don't hold it against him. Sonic explains that, because Vector stole the emerald from the store, he promised the town he would catch him. This angered Vector of being falsely accused.
Sonic takes the Chaos Emerald with him, and the city of Apotos host a party for its two heroes. Vector is happy to be called a great detective by the townspeople.
Other game appearances[]
Sonic Unleashed (mobile)[]
Main article: Apotos (Zone)
In the mobile version of Sonic Unleashed, in his bid to harness Dark Gaia's energy to conquer Earth, Dr. Eggman fled to Apotos following his defeat in Chun-Nan. There, he fought against Sonic the Werehog in a modifiedEgg Mobile and would later fight against Sonic in the Egg Fish. However, the doctor was defeated in both of these battles, forcing him to escape to Spagonia with Sonic hot on his heels.
At the right of the church lies a small alleyway that contains the first Moon Medal.
Close to the path to the Entrance Stage, the player must go up the stairs where, at their left while going up, a small section has three barrels, with the last Moon Medal in front of them.
The Ice Cream Vendor bears a striking resemblance to the shopkeeper, Morshu, from the Zelda CD-I game, Link: The Faces of Evil.
In the Wii/PlayStation 2 version of Sonic Unleashed, Apotos' Sacred Shrine is the only one where Sonic is playable as his normal, hedgehog self, meaning it is the only temple that is playable in the daytime.
The Kebab from Apotos is based strongly off of a Gyro, a food dish native to Greece.
In the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 version of Sonic Unleashed during gameplay, there are some chain held signs that are written in Greek and say "Κρατήστε έξω," which in English means "Keep Out." In Greek there is not an exact meaning for the phrase "Keep Out" and it is also grammatically wrong. Instead, the sign should be saying "Απαγορεύεται η Είσοδος", which is the exact English translation is "No Entry."
On some buildings, the phrase "παραδοσιακό εστιατόριο σαφράνι" can be seen, which means "traditional restaurant saffron."
In the internal data of the game, it was found that the original name of Apotos was Mykonos, emphasizing the inspiration of the place.
It is possible that the name Apotos, may come from Apotheosis, which is when a being is elevated to the category of divinity. This can make reference to that in Apotos there are several references to Christian crosses, objects like the Maiden Statue and characters like Gregorios, that you saw the tunic of an orthodox Christian.
