Chaos Snap

Chaos Snap
Shadow using Chaos Snap on an Egg Gunner, from Shadow Generations.
Appearances
First appearance	Shadow the Hedgehog
Other appearances	Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) Sonic Forces Shadow Generations
Appearances in other media	Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings
Statistics and overview
Usage requirement(s)	Memory Shard (blue) (Sonic the Hedgehog (2006))
User(s)	Shadow the Hedgehog
Utilization	Offense Homing onto targets Short-ranged teleportation Teleporting behind closed cages and lasers
Description	An advanced version of Chaos Attack that boosts Shadow's skills.

Instantly warps in front of the enemies (up to five) for a chain off attacks.

— Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) instruction manual

Chaos Snap (カオススナップ, Kaosu Sunappu^?) is a technique that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a chaos power used by Shadow the Hedgehog and a variant of Chaos Control and Chaos Attack, where Shadow warps short distances to strike his opponents.

Description

Shadow using Chaos Snap, from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).

The Chaos Snap is essentially a weaker version of Chaos Control that doesn’t require a Chaos Emerald. The user quickly teleports and homes in onto the nearest opponent with a blue aura.

Game appearances

Shadow the Hedgehog

The Chaos Snap only makes a minor appearance in Shadow the Hedgehog. The technique appears in the opening cinematic of the game in which Shadow uses it to make light work of a few Black Arms soldiers. It does not appear in gameplay.

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

In gameplay, Chaos Snap allows the player to deal more damage to enemies over a greater range. When performing this move, Shadow enters his Chaos Boost state and warps between opponents where he lands several fierce hits on them. Additionally, Shadow can now destroy Steel Containers and break down rocks. If there is no enemy nearby when performing the Chaos Snap, the move will shorten the range of Shadow's Homing Attack.

To use Chaos Snap in gameplay, the player must have purchased the Memory Shard (blue) at a Shop. The player must then activate the Chaos Boost and press / during a jump to attack with the Chaos Snap. If the player uses Chaos Snap on an enemy and holds / down, Shadow will float in midair and will not attack until the player releases the button, though the player can still rotate Shadow's direction. Hanging in mid-air will give the player full invulnerability against any attacks.

Trivia

• The Chaos Snap and the Chaos Boost as a whole either originate from, or are the same moves that appeared in the opening movie of Shadow the Hedgehog, where Shadow attacked multiple Black Arms instantly in succession.
• There is a similar move used by Lancelot when he uses Soul Surge in Sonic and the Black Knight called Chaos Punishment, which resembles the Chaos Snap.
• Originally, it was going to be a Level Up Item for the scrapped move called Chaos Smash.
• The Chaos Snap is very similar to the Light Speed Attack in that it is a rapid attack on many foes.
• The player can use Chaos Snap to bypass Cases containing Switches or Springs without destroying any enemies to open a gate.
  • It is also possible to bypass laser fields with the move to reach the other side of an area blocked by the mentioned field. This move is thus crucial in completing the Very Hard Mode versions of Kingdom Valley and Dusty Desert.
  • Being able to bypass lasers with Chaos Snap returns in Shadow Generations.
• It should be noted that using the move on a Spring will give the player more height in the air than usual.

References

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

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