The Hover Wispon[1] (ホバーウィスポン[2] Hobā Wisupon?) is an object that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a Wispon that is themed after the Green Wisp. The Hover Wispon can be used by Avatar, allowing the character to blow away Badniks, as well as float through midair.
Description[]
Appearance[]
Modeled after the Green Wisp, the Hover Wispon consists primarily of a Green Wisp-shaped component. However, this component has a grey grille instead of an eye, holes on the forehead, and white-tipped tentacles. This component has a dark green arm with white joints connected to it on each side, which connect to a dark green handle behind the Green Wisp-shaped component.
Features and abilities[]
As its name implies, the Hover Wispon can use the power of the Green Wisp and essentially allow the Avatar to use the power of the Green Hover Color Power without transforming into the Color Power. The Green Hover can also launch midair shockwaves powerful enough to sent groups of Badniks several hundred meters.
Like when using an actual Color Power though, the Hover Wispon is activated by the Green Wisps' cooperation, meaning it cannot be used by users that the Green Wisps do not like.[3]
Overview[]
In gameplay, the Hover Wispon allows the user to attack with frontal midair shockwaves. These shockwaves have a wide range, allowing the player to take out multiple Badniks in one shot, and can move through platforms. By obtaining a Green Wisp, it also allows the player to ride it like a balloon through midair for a short time. This ability is especially useful for escaping bottomless pits that the player is about to fall into.
The basic Hover Wispon is unlocked by defeating Infinite in his final boss fight in the Eggman Empire Fortress. By advancing through the game, the player can unlock different variants of the Hover Wispon. These variants all have the same basic functions, but offer additional skills to the player when equipped:
Wispon no. | Skill description | ||
---|---|---|---|
First skill | Second skill | Third skill | |
1 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2 | Awards bonus points when you defeat enemies in a chain. | N/A | N/A |
3 | Grants Rings when starting a stage. | N/A | N/A |
4 | Gives a burst of speed after landing a Stomp. | Extends sliding distance. | N/A |
5 | Block enemy attacks while braking. | Awards bonus points for collecting 100 Rings. | N/A |
6 | Awards Rings for reaching a checkpoint. | Makes Wire Attacks faster. | Enables you to perform sequential Wire Attacks faster. |
7 | Collecting Rings increases speed. | Awards Rings for defeating enemies. | Awards bonus points when you collect a chain of Rings. |
8 | Applies a protective shield. | Lets you get up quickly after taking damage. | Awards bonus points when you defeat enemies in a chain. |
9 | Increases grinding speed. | Grants Rings when starting a stage. | Awards bonus points for collecting 100 Rings. |
In other media[]
IDW Publishing[]
As a member of the Diamond Cutters, Claire Voyance would use a Hover Wispon built by Smithy the Lion on missions and nicknamed it "Mantis."[4] In one particular mission, Claire used the Hover Wispon to glide down after she had destroyed a central command tower. Later, on her last mission, she used it to attempt to break out of a locked room with Shadow Androids.[5]
The Eggman War[]
Shortly before the end of the war between the Resistance and the Eggman Empire, Barricade Town, a town that distributed Hover Wispons, got taken over by the mercenaries Rough the Skunk and Tumble the Skunk, who took all the town's Wispons and Wisps for themselves.[6]
Fallout![]
After the war, the Hover Wispons in Barricade Town got returned to their owners after Sonic and Knuckles defeated Rough and Tumble.[6] A militia soldier in Spiral Hill Village later made use of a Hover Wispon to defend his town against a horde of Badniks that showed up.[7]
Bad Guys[]
The guards stationed in the Everhold Prison were exclusively armed with Hover Wispons. They tried putting them to use when Dr. Starline broke Mimic, Rough, Tumble and Zavok out of their cells, but the Hover Wispons were not match against the villains' combined might and abilities, with Zavok in particular causing them to go haywire with his abilities while Mimic used his shapeshifting abilities to snatch one from a guard and use it against him.[8]
Zeti Hunt![]
A member of the Restoration's security corps in Vista View used a Hover Wispon to defend the town when Zavok and Zazz attacked it. After it was used to destroy an Egg Knight, however, the Hover Wispon got taken and crushed by Zavok. Other Restoration soldiers in Orchardville later armed themselves with Hover Wispons when the Deadly Six attacked, but they dropped them when they got restrained by Zavok.[9] When the Deadly Six later arrived in Restoration HQ, the local soldiers tried fighting them with Hover Wispons, but Zeena dodged their Wispons' blasts and took out the soldiers.[10]
Trial by Fire[]
When she and her associates found themselves surrounded by Badniks, Gala prepared to blast their way through them with her Hover Wispon. However, she was stopped by Sonic.[11]
Phantom Riders[]
One citizen uses the Hover Wispon from the command of Jewel to stop Clutch from interrupting Nite's broadcast on the crimes of Clean Sweep Inc..[12]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Media:SFManualEN017.jpg
- ↑ Media:SForcesJP17.jpg
- ↑ ソニック & ウィスプ キャラクター紹介 (Japanese). ソニック & ウィスプ キャラクター紹介. Sega. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved on 12 September 2021.
- ↑ Claire's Trading Card.
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog: Tangle & Whisper #3, "Betrayal"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sonic the Hedgehog #3, "Fallout, Part 3"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #4, "Fallout, Part 4"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog: Bad Guys #1, "A Few Bad Men"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #41, "Zeti Hunt, Part 1"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #42, "Zeti Hunt, Part 2"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #49, "Wound Up"
- ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #74, "Story six"