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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
The Hover Craft main objective, is to make the player cross shifting sands and water by it's hover engine. It can also jump higher above the ground and descends slowly to the surface. The Hover Craft is equipped with a collection of 100 gun machine that once depleted, it will reload again. Hover Craft can withstand many attacks and when it's health measure is empty, it will explode and make the player lose a life (if he was in a bottomless area). However, the Hover Craft can easily be flipped when dodged by a platform, and crashes<ref>''Sonic the Hedgehog official guide'': ''The Hover Craft is a land vehicle: it’s useful for crossing shifting sands and water rather than solid surfaces like city streets. The Hover Craft can withstand considerable damage, but it is vulnerable to tipping. If knocked over, Shadow falls out of the craft into the water or sand and loses a life''</ref>.
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The Hover Craft allows the player to travel across shifting sands and water like it was solid ground. It is equipped with machine guns which the player can use to attack enemies and obstacles, and can fire 100 shots before it automatically reloads. In gameplay, the Hover Craft possesses a Vehicle Gauge above the [[Action Gauge]] that shows its durability (damage) as a health gauge and remaining ammunition. Its health gauge depletes every time the Hover Craft takes damage, and if it empties, the Hover Craft explodes and [[Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow]] falls out of it. It can also be tipped and knocked over, the latter which will cause Shadow to fall out of the Hover Craft.<ref>{{cite book |first=Fletcher |last=Black |title=Sonic the Hedgehog: Official Game Guide |publisher=Prima Games |page=15 |chapter=How to Play • Shadow the Hedgehog|date=14 November 2006 |quote=The Hover Craft is a land vehicle: it’s useful for crossing shifting sands and water rather than solid surfaces like city streets. The Hover Craft can withstand considerable damage, but it is vulnerable to tipping. If knocked over, Shadow falls out of the craft into the water or sand and loses a life. |isbn=978-0761555100}}</ref>
   
In gameplay, it is only used by Shadow during [[Kingdom Valley]] and [[Dusty Desert]]. To get on/leave, the player must press the {{Y Button (Xbox)}} button, to make it jump higher in the air, the player must press repeatedly the {{A Button (Xbox)}} and hold the button again to hover slowly above the ground. To just ride it, the player must just press the {{A Button (Xbox)}}.
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The Hover Craft can only be found in [[Kingdom Valley]] and [[Dusty Desert]]. To get onboard/leave the Hover Craft, the player has to press {{Y Button (Xbox)}}/{{Triangle Button (PS)}}. Onboard, the player can accelerate by pressing {{A Button (Xbox)}}/{{X Button (PS)}}, Hover Jump (high-altitude jumps) by pressing {{A Button (Xbox)}}/{{X Button (PS)}} twice, brake/reverse by pressing {{X Button (Xbox)}}/{{Square Button (PS)}}, steer with the left stick, and use the machine gun with the R1 button/Right trigger.
   
 
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Revision as of 17:03, 20 September 2015

Not to be confused with the Extreme Gear or Aqua Blast.

Suitable for both aquatic and desert terrain.

Vehicles, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) instruction manual[1]

The Hover Craft is a vehicle in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) used by Shadow the Hedgehog. It is suitable for traveling across water and desert surfaces. Shadow begins certain stages on this vehicle.

Description

The Hover Craft allows the player to travel across shifting sands and water like it was solid ground. It is equipped with machine guns which the player can use to attack enemies and obstacles, and can fire 100 shots before it automatically reloads. In gameplay, the Hover Craft possesses a Vehicle Gauge above the Action Gauge that shows its durability (damage) as a health gauge and remaining ammunition. Its health gauge depletes every time the Hover Craft takes damage, and if it empties, the Hover Craft explodes and Shadow falls out of it. It can also be tipped and knocked over, the latter which will cause Shadow to fall out of the Hover Craft.[2]

The Hover Craft can only be found in Kingdom Valley and Dusty Desert. To get onboard/leave the Hover Craft, the player has to press XboxY/PSTriangleButton. Onboard, the player can accelerate by pressing XboxA/Cross, Hover Jump (high-altitude jumps) by pressing XboxA/Cross twice, brake/reverse by pressing XboxX/Square, steer with the left stick, and use the machine gun with the R1 button/Right trigger.

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References

  1. Sonic the Hedgehog (PlayStation 3) instruction booklet, page 15.
  2. Black, Fletcher (14 November 2006). "How to Play • Shadow the Hedgehog". Sonic the Hedgehog: Official Game Guide. Prima Games. p. 15. ISBN 978-0761555100. "The Hover Craft is a land vehicle: it’s useful for crossing shifting sands and water rather than solid surfaces like city streets. The Hover Craft can withstand considerable damage, but it is vulnerable to tipping. If knocked over, Shadow falls out of the craft into the water or sand and loses a life."