Information Pod
Purpose
Providing information
The Information Pod acts as a help center in the console/PC version of Sonic Generations . It gives Sonic information about various elements of the game, such as Boss Gate Keys , switching Sonics in the hub, and about the player's objectives in the game. It can also be used to view the player's records. It can be found in White Space between the Collection Room and the Skill Shop .
Information
About Switching Sonics:
Press [appropriate button] to switch between the two Sonics. Switch between them to play Act 1 and Act 2 Stages!
About Information Pods:
You can check your gameplay records and see definitions for game terms. You can also press [appropriate button] or [appropriate button] in the Information Pod menu to go to different stages.
About Boss Gates :
A Boss Gate leads you to where the boss awaits. However, it is locked. In order to enter, you must collect THREE Boss Gate Keys .
About Boss Gate Keys:
This key unlocks the boss gate. Clear ONE Challenge Act in either Act 1 or Act 2 to obtain a key.
About Challenge Act Gates :
There are five Challenge Act Gates per each Act (1 or 2), for a total of ten Challenge Acts . Clearing any one of the Challenge Acts from either Act 1 or 2 will enable you to get a Boss Gate Key.
About the Skill Shop :
You can get Skills at the Skill Shop. Points earned at the end of each stage can be exchanged for new Skills. You can then use the Skill Customization Screen to equip new Skills.
About the Collection Room :
Review scenes from the game, view artwork, listen to music or read character profiles here.
About Music Notes :
This note appears when you ring the Bonus Bell on a Challenge Act Gate. Grab a note to add new art and music tracks to your collection room.
Objective 1:
A mysterious foe has taken everyone to a strange, white world. First, explore this new world and figure out what's going on.
Objective 2:
While Dr. Eggman was the prime suspect for the disappearance of Sonic's friends, it turns out he's just another victim of the true enemy. Find the mysterious enemy who kidnapped Dr. Eggman.
Objective 3:
It seems Sonic's high speed running has the power to restore the flow of time. Rush through the remaining stages to restore this world's "time" and "life" to its original form.
Objective 4:
The Chaos Emeralds seem to be the key to all this. Search the different areas for all seven Chaos Emeralds. You earn one for clearing both Acts 1 and 2 and one for defeating each rival or boss for a total of six Chaos Emeralds.
Objective 5:
Dr Eggman has been abducted once again, but your mystery foe is finally within reach. Take the seven Chaos Emeralds and defeat the dangerous enemy to restore the world!
Gallery
Main article | Script (Console/PC , 3DS ) | Staff (Console/PC , 3DS ) | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery
Playable characters
Modern Sonic (Modern Super Sonic ) | Classic Sonic (Classic Super Sonic )
Non-playable characters
Dr. Eggman | Time Eater | Tails | Classic Tails | Amy | Knuckles | Shadow | Cream | Cheese | Silver | Blaze | Omochao | Team Chaotix (Espio , Vector , Charmy ) | Orbot | Cubot | Animals (Flicky , Picky , Pecky , Cucky )
Wisps
Cyan ** | Orange * | Pink * | Red **
Stages
Console/PC*
Green Hill | Chemical Plant | Sky Sanctuary | Speed Highway | City Escape | Seaside Hill | Crisis City | Rooftop Run | Planet Wisp | Casino Night
Nintendo 3DS**
Green Hill | Casino Night | Mushroom Hill | Emerald Coast | Radical Highway | Water Palace | Tropical Resort
Challenge Acts*
Doppelganger Race! | The Buzz Bombers' Revenge! | Knuckles: Horde of Enemies | Swingset Circus | High Speed Challenge | Look Out Below! | Tails: Way Past Fast | Jump Rush | 300% Boost Gauge Challenge | Tails: Toxic Skies | Which Switch is Which? | Aqua Shield Challenge | Invincibility Challenge | One Ring Challenge | Amy: Taking the Leap Together! | Grappling with Grabbers | Underwater Ring Machine | Eggrobo Rush | Aerial Paradise | Ring Time Challenge | Amy: Topsy Turvy | Knuckles: Buried Treasure | 200% Boost Gauge Challenge | Balloon Bonanza | High-Speed Hijinks (Modern) | Cream: Chao Hunt | Hot Pursuit (Classic) | High Speed Challenge 2 | Resisting Arrest | Overdrift | Hot Pursuit (Modern) | Drill Baby Drill | Espio: Master of Camouflage | Lord of the Board | Thunder Shield Challenge | Rouge: The Bombardier | Rite of Spring | Cream: Helping Hand | Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Modern) | Topsy-Turvy | High-Speed Hijinks 2 | Rescue the Animals! | Espio: Way of the Ninja | High-Speed Hijinks (Classic) | Underwater Challenge | Rouge: The Temptress | Trick Island | Surf, Sea, and Sand | Terror From the Deep | Goal Post Juggle | Vector: Through the Storm | Flame Shield Challenge | Ring Time Challenge 2 | Power Stomp Challenge | Switcheroo | Blaze: Piercing the Flames | Four-way Cannon Cavalcade | High-Rise Balloon Climb | Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Classic) | Charmy: Don't Bug Me! | One Ring Challenge 2 | Barrel Ring Bonus | Rooftop Rail Grind | Endless Boost | Vector: Pick Up the Beat | With Your Powers Combined | Goal Post Juggle 2 | Chase After Blaze | Rescue the Animals 2! | Cart Challenge | Charmy: High in the Sky | Action Master | Orange Rocket, Blast Off!
Enemies
Aero-Cannon * | Butterdroid ** | Buzz Bomber | Buzzer | Chopper | Cop Speeder * | Crabmeat | Crawl ** | Dragonfly ** | Flapper ** | Egg Chaser * | Egg Diver ** | Egg Fighter * | Egg Fighter: Sword * | Egg Launcher (H) * | Egg Launcher (H+V) * | Egg Launcher (V) * | Egg Pawn | Egg Pawn (spear) | Eggrobo * | Giant Chopper * | Gold Beetle ** | Grabber * | Gun Beetle * | Gun Hunter | Iblis's Minions (Iblis Biter , Iblis Taker , Iblis Worm )* | Kiki ** | Klagen ** | Madmole ** | Mono Beetle | Moto Bug | Mushmeanie ** | Newtron | Rhinotank ** | Sandworm * | Spinner | Spiny * | Sprinkler * | Sweeper ** | Thunder Spinner
Bosses
Console/PC*
Metal Sonic | Death Egg Robot | Shadow the Hedgehog | Perfect Chaos | Silver the Hedgehog | Egg Dragoon | Time Eater
Nintendo 3DS**
Metal Sonic | Big Arm | Shadow the Hedgehog | Biolizard | Silver the Hedgehog | Egg Emperor | Time Eater
Moves/ Techniques
Playable characters
Air Boost | Bound Jump * | Crouch | Double Jump * | Drift * | Freestyle Tricks * | Grind Step | Grinding | Homing Attack | Hop | Jump Dash | Kick boost | Lightspeed Dash * | Mid-Air Dash * | Quick Step * | Boost | Slide | Skydiving * | Spin Dash | Spin Jump | Stomp | Super Sonic Boost | Super Sonic Missile | Super Sonic Spinning | Wall Jump
NPCs
Chaos Spear | Drill Attack * | Fire Beam * | Heart Effect * | Ice Wave * | Meteor Smash * | Ninja Arts: Camouflage * | Propeller Flying * | Psychic Knife | Restraint Trap | Ring Spark Field | Sun Burst | V. Maximum Overdrive Attack | Warping arm attack | Whirlwind *
Color Powers
Cyan Laser ** | Orange Rocket * | Pink Spikes * | Red Burst **
Skills*
Aqua Shield | Flame Shield | Thunder Shield | Twin Spin Attack | Invincible Start | Shield | Power Sneakers | Long Spin Dash | Treasure Scanner | Homing Attack | Hercules Muscles | Breath Holder | Boardmaster | Ring Time | Blast Off | Speed Up | Direct Jump | Power Stomp | Quick Slide | Acceleration | Smasher Bonus | Ring Energy Bonus | Boost Gauge Up | Serial Homing | Auto-Gauge | Gauge Rebooter | Trick Mastery | Endless Boost | Power Brake | Sure-Footed | Safety Net | Last Chance | 10-Second Rings | Athleticism | Time Break | Super Sonic | Sega Genesis Controller
Gimmicks and obstacles
Balloon | Barrel | Big Balloon | Bomb | Bonus Bell * | Bottomless pit | Bumper | Cannon | Cart | Cloud * | Conveyor Belt ** | Crusher | Dash Panel | Dash Rail | Dash Ring | Dimensional Bomb | Explosion Trap | Fan | Flipper | Four-way Cannon * | Gear Platform | Gondola * | GUN Military Truck * | Hanging Bell * | Heart bomb * | Helicopter * | High-speed warp tube | Horizontal Bar | Iron ball | Jump Panel (plate) | Jump Panel (ramp) | Kao | Laser field | Meteorite | Movable box | Mushroom ** | Pole Elevator | Prism ** | Propeller | Propeller Spring | Pulley | Rainbow Ring | Rocket | Route Signal * | Seed Propeller ** | Seesaw | Slot machine | Spring | Spring Catapult | Spring Pole | Spike Trap | Spinning Top | Spinning Platform | Spotlight | Switch | Trap Spring | Trick Jump Panel | Wall Jump Block | Warp Point | Wide spring | Zip Line
Objects
Air Bubble | Boss Gate | Boss Gate Key * | Buoy | Capsule | Chaos Emerald | Container (Case , Spike Block , Steel Container , Unbreakable Container , Wooden Container ) | Crank | Energy Core | Goal Ring | Information Pod * | Item Box (1-Up , Aqua Shield *, Flame Shield *, Invincible , Magnetic Shield **, Power Sneakers *, Skateboard *, Super Ring , Thunder Shield ) | Medal | Mega Mack * | Musical note * | Red Star Ring * | Ring | Snowboard | Sphere ** | Star Post | Stomping Shoes ** | Time Bonus | Wisp Capsule
English voice actors
Roger Craig Smith (Sonic ) | Mike Pollock (Eggman ) | Kate Higgins (Tails ) | Travis Willingham (Knuckles ) | Cindy Robinson (Amy ) | Kirk Thornton (Shadow ) | Quinton Flynn (Silver ) | Laura Bailey (Omochao , Blaze ) | Karen Strassman (Rouge ) | Michelle Ruff (Cream ) | Keith Silverstein (Vector ) | Troy Baker (Espio ) | Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Charmy )
Japanese voice actors
Junichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) | Ryo Hirohashi (Tails (Modern)) | Takuto Yoshinaga (Tails (Classic)) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Koji Yusa (Shadow ) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) | Daisuke Ono (Silver ) | Nao Takamori (Blaze ) | Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) | Kenta Miyake (Vector ) | Yuuki Masuda (Espio ) | Youko Teppozuka (Charmy ) | Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao )
Music
Songs
Back 2 Back | Escape from the City * | Vengeance is Mine ** | You're My Hero
Albums
Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack | Sonic Generations: 20 Years of Sonic Music | History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack Blue Edition | History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack White Edition
Other
Sonic's birthday | Boost Gauge | Chao in Space | Collection Room | Combo * | Corkscrew loop | Death Egg Robot * | Egg Dragoon * | Egg Gun | Egg Mobile | Egg Spear | Havok * | Health Gauge ** | Lair of the Time Eater | Miles Electric | Orca | Perfect Bonus | Rank | Skill Shop * | Sonic Generations (manga) | Sonic Generations of Skate | Statue Room * | Time Attack | Tornado-1 | Totem Pole | White Space | Winding Tunnel | Wisp Gauge **
*Console/PC version only **Nintendo 3DS version only