Exorcisms

Illustration of an Exorcism in the Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed.

Exorcisms (除霊, Jorei^?) are optional side missions in the Xbox 360/Playstation 3 version of Sonic Unleashed. It enables the player to purge townspeople possessed by Dark Gaia's Minions.

Overview

Aida exhibiting the traits of being possessed.

Exorcisms are a function that lets the player drive Dark Gaia's Minions out of the townspeople in the Town Stages. At night, townspeople possessed by Dark Gaia's Minions exhibit abnormal behavior for them, have purple smoke around their heads, and may even have something extra next to their names in their speech bubbles (for example, "Kwami Acting Strangely").

After clearing Rooftop Run Night Act 1, Tails will give the player the “Uncanny Camera”, which releases Dark Gaia's Minions from townspeople at night. After that, upon encountering a possessed townsperson, the player can exorcise them by pressing / when in front of them. The player will then be thrown into a time trial where they have to defeat several of Dark Gaia's Minions before time runs out. These missions allow the player to get experience and unlock other missions from the townspeople. Exorcising all people in the game will also grant the player the “Get on the Exorcise Bandwagon” achievement/trophy.

List of Exorcisms

The following list contains a complete summary of people possessed by Dark Gaia's Minions. In this list, the used terms mean the following: Time means how much time the player is given to defeat the enemies, and Enemies refers to the number and types of enemies that appear during the exorcism.

Spagonia

Raimondo, Federica, Josef, Dora, David and Professor Pickle's Assistant (Tutorial)

• Time: 5 Minutes
• Enemies: 4
  • 1st Wave: 4 Nightmares

Barbara

• Time: 4 Minutes
• Enemies: 50
  • 1st Wave: 3 Nightmares and 9 Little Rexes
  • 2nd Wave: 9 Dark Frights
  • 3rd Wave: 6 Nightmares and 9 Little Rexes
  • 4th Wave: 3 Red Frights, 9 Dark Frights and 2 Lightning Masters.

Aida

• Time: 6 Minutes
• Enemies: 60
  • 1st Wave: 6 Little Rexes and 2 Nightmares
  • 2nd Wave: 6 Nightmares
  • 3rd Wave: 12 Dark Frights and 2 Deep Nightmares
  • 4th Wave: 2 Lightning Masters, 10 Little Rexes and 1 Deep Nightmare
  • 5th Wave: 4 Deep Nightmare and 15 Dark Frights

Apotos

Ice Cream Vendor

• Time: 1 Minute
• Enemies: 15
  • 1st Wave: 1 Nightmare
  • 2nd Wave: 2 Nightmares and 12 Little Rexes

Gregorios

• Time: 1 Minute
• Enemies: 50
  • 1st Wave: Little Rexes and Red Rexes

Sammar

• Time: 4 Minutes
• Enemies: 40
  • 1st Wave: 2 Nightmares and 12 Little Rexes
  • 2nd Wave: 3 Nightmares, 2 Deep Nightmares and 1 Cure Master
  • 3rd Wave: 2 Deep Nightmares, 1 Cure Master and 17 Little Rexes

Mazuri

Kwami

• Time: 1 Minute
• Enemies: 15
  • 1st Wave: 2 Lightning Masters, 2 Deep Nightmares, 3 Nightmares and 8 Red Rexes

Holoska

Jari-Pekka

• Time: 2 Minutes
• Enemies: 15
  • 1st Wave: 2 Deep Nightmares and 6 Red Frights
  • 2nd Wave: 2 Deep Nightmares and 5 Red Frights

Chun-Nan

Shuifon

• Time: 5 Minutes
• Enemies: 25
  • 1st wave: 2 Red Killer Bees, 1 Fright Master and 8 Dark Frights
  • 2nd Wave: 2 Killer Bees, 1 Power Master and 7 Red Frights
  • 3rd Wave: 2 Killer Bees and 2 Red Killer Bees

Shamar

Sa'id

• Time: 5 Minutes
• Enemies: 20
  • 1st Wave: 2 Red Killer Bees and 12 Little Rexes
  • 2nd Wave: 4 Killer Bees, 1 Lightning Master and 1 Power Master

Empire City

Med School Student Charles

• Time: 5 Minutes
• Enemies: 40
  • 1st Wave: 2 Cure Masters, 1 Titan, 2 Deep Nightmares and 35 Little Rexes

Adabat

Nagi

• Time: 5 Minutes
• Enemies: 40
  • 1st Wave: 18 Little Rexes
  • 2nd Wave: 2 Nightmares and 2 Deep Nightmares
  • 3rd Wave: 9 Red Rexes and 2 Red Killer Bees
  • 4th Wave: 4 Little Rexes, 2 Killer Bees, and 1 Red Killer Bee

In other media

Archie Comics

Two humans being exorcised from Dark Gaia's energies.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, exorcisms appeared during the Shattered World Crisis. On Isolated Island, Sally and Dr. Ellidy got into a heated argument about Nikki and Nicole, since they were being affected by Dark Gaia's energies, but Sally broke it up upon realizing it. During Team Dark, Knuckles and Amy's trip to the Mystic Cave Zone, Shadow explained that at night, people get possessed by Dark Gaia's evil energies, and as a result, G.U.N. spreads robotic troops to ensure safety.

References

Sonic Unleashed

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