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Empire City (エンパイアシティ ,Enpaia Shiti?) is a Town Stage that appears in the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 version of Sonic Unleashed. It is an urban metropolis and a melting pot of diverse folk and ideas, where those who dream of making it big gather. Sonic the Hedgehog and Chip visited Empire City during their quest to restore the planet following Dark Gaia's awakening.
Empire City is a high-rise metropolis based off the hustling and bustling American city of New York City. It also retains features from other famous cities in the U.S. such as the fountain that bears a resemblance to the Buckingham Fountain in Chicago. Endless highways, massive skyscrapers, and urban surroundings characterize Empire City, with bridges similar to the George Washington Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge and the Verrazano Bridge, as well as tunnels similar to the Lincoln Tunnel. The main stage of the city is very reminiscent of Central Park. Food consumed in Spagonia is typically American food, like hamburgers, hot dogs, steaks, fried chicken, and fruits and vegetables. Many foods are also served on stands, like pretzels and hot dogs.
History[]
Sonic Unleashed[]
During the beginning of Sonic Unleashed, Empire City's continent was torn away from the Earth's mantle when Dr. Eggman awoke Dark Gaia, resulting in the planet shattering into pieces.
During this crisis, Empire City was threatened to be overrun by Dark Gaia's Minions. Amidst this chaos, however, Sonic the Werehog arrived in Empire City with Chip and cleared out Dark Gaia's Minions in Skyscraper Scamper which forced the monsters to retreat. A while later, Eggman decided to have his robot army invade Empire City. Fortunately, once hearing reports about the attack, Sonic and Chip returned to Empire City and drove off the invading forces, saving Empire City once more.
Sometime later, Empire City and its continent were returned to their proper place when Sonic and Chip used the Gaia Temple in Shamar and the Chaos Emeralds to restore their fragment of the planet.
The first Moon Medal is behind the light-blue free newspaper box besides Counter of Dreams 2.
Near a chilli dog store, the second Moon Medal is on top of a table which is under a yellow and red umbrella.
There are only 2 Sun Medals in Empire City Town Stage that can be collected with Sonic the Werehog during nighttime:
The first Sun Medal is behind an ice-cream stand near Counter of Dreams 2.
The second Sun Medal is located besides a bench near the chilli dog stand.
Entrance Stage[]
There are only 2 Sun Medals and 2 Moon Medals in Empire City's Entrance Stage.
As Sonic the Werehog, the player can reach another sequence of grabbable hooks to circle around to the rear of the structure where the Moon Medal can be acquired by just dismounting off of the last hook and jumping.
The next Moon Medal is located out in the meadow at the back of the Entrance Stage.
As Sonic the Hedgehog, the first Sun Medal can be acquired by using the jump selectors; instead of pressing /, the player must press / to be able to grab onto a crane lift with a Homing Attack, which takes the player up to a platform where the Sun Medal is at.
The remainig Sun Medal can be acquired with either Sonic the Hedgehog or Werehog:
Continuing from the previous Sun Medal, the player can Boost then jump to reach the Rainbow Rings which will launch them to the platform where the Gaia Gate for Skyscraper Scamper Act 2 is present. From there, the player can reach the platform with a jump plus either an Air Boost or Jump Dash from the correct position.
As Sonic the Werehog, the player must use the lever within a group of unarmed Egg Fighters to activate a useable hook that Sonic can grab onto. Sonic must then reach out and grab onto the other hooks in the vicinity sequentially to reach this platform.
Empire City appears to be based on different cities in the U.S like Chicago, Seattle and New York City, especially considering the fact that New York City is nicknamed "The Empire City" after New York State's nickname of "The Empire State." Also, the flag looks much like the United States' flag, except the current U.S. flag has fifty stars while the one for Empire City has only twelve, the U.S. flag has thirteen stripes while the Empire City flag has seventeen and the blue area covers an entire side of the Empire City flag while the U.S. flag only has a corner covered by blue.
Sonic never has to visit this city if he collects enough Sun Medals to enter Adabat.
Empire City is one of the two locations in Sonic Unleashed, which does not have a Gaia Temple, the other being Apotos.
If the player looks at the news stand in Empire City closely enough, they can see a picture of the cover of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) on a newsletter. This picture is also visible when looking over the shoulder of someone reading the newspaper in the background.
In the internal data of the game, it was found that the original name of Empire City was "NYCity", a nod to New York City.
This is the only location in the game to not have any cutscenes taking place in it.
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, the player must press 
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to be able to grab onto a crane lift with a Homing Attack, which takes the player up to a platform where the Sun Medal is at.