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In addition to affecting enemies, the Leaf Swirl makes Espio invisible towards enemies and the environment, which is signified by Espio turning transparent. While invisible, Espio cannot be detected by enemies, pass through laser grids without getting hurt, and still attack enemies with his full moveset. However, while invisible, [[Vector the Crocodile|Vector]] and [[Charmy Bee|Charmy]] do not follow him and the player can still take damage. If Espio takes damage or using the Leaf Swirl once more, he will become visible again. |
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In addition to affecting enemies, the Leaf Swirl makes Espio invisible towards enemies and the environment, which is signified by Espio turning transparent. While invisible, Espio cannot be detected by enemies, pass through laser grids without getting hurt, and still attack enemies with his full moveset. However, while invisible, [[Vector the Crocodile|Vector]] and [[Charmy Bee|Charmy]] do not follow him and the player can still take damage. If Espio takes damage or using the Leaf Swirl once more, he will become visible again. |
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Aside from the mentioned effects, the Leaf Swirl can also be used in conjunction with some of the gimmicks in ''Sonic Heroes'', such as enabling the player to scale vertical poles, or to activate propellers. |
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Aside from the mentioned effects, the Leaf Swirl can also be used in conjunction with some of the gimmicks in ''Sonic Heroes'', such as enabling the player to scale vertical poles or activate propellers. |
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To perform the Leaf Swirl in gameplay, Team Chaotix must be in Speed Formation with Espio as the leader. The player then has to press the action button ({{Square Button (PS)}}/{{X Button (Xbox)}}/{{B Button (Gamecube)}}) during a jump to use the Leaf Swirl. To use it on targets, Espio must be either near or above them. |
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To perform the Leaf Swirl in gameplay, Team Chaotix must be in Speed Formation with Espio as the leader. The player then has to press the action button ({{Square Button (PS)}}/{{X Button (Xbox)}}/{{B Button (Gamecube)}}) during a jump to use the Leaf Swirl. To use it on targets, Espio must be either near or above them. |
The Leaf Swirl (木の葉がくれ, Konoha gakure?) is a Speed Formation maneuver and the Tornado Jump used by Espio the Chameleon on Team Chaotix in Sonic Heroes. When using this move, Espio forms a tornado to weaken enemies and turn invisible.
Description
When performing the Leaf Swirl, Espio jumps into the air and does a body flip, while keeping his hands folded in front of his face. There, he creates a tornado effect that forms a cyclonic vortex of air filled with transparent leaves around him. At the same time, Espio combines this with a Ninja Leaf Swirl manoeuvre which invokes his innate ability to camouflage himself, thus turning him invisible.[1]
The effect of the Leaf Swirl depends on the type of enemy it is used on. If used on unprotected Egg Pawns, Egg Knights or opposing playable teams, the Leaf Swirl sucks the opponents off their feet and flings them into the air, before they fall back down to the ground. Upon landing, they will take damage and be potentially stunned for a short time - for some enemies, this can even reveal their weak spots. If used on Egg Pawns or Egg Knights wearing shields, the Leaf Swirl will permanently blow off their shields, thus leaving them with a weaker defense. If used on larger or airborne enemies, the Leaf Swirl will make them disorientated at most, but will deal no damage.
In addition to affecting enemies, the Leaf Swirl makes Espio invisible towards enemies and the environment, which is signified by Espio turning transparent. While invisible, Espio cannot be detected by enemies, pass through laser grids without getting hurt, and still attack enemies with his full moveset. However, while invisible, Vector and Charmy do not follow him and the player can still take damage. If Espio takes damage or using the Leaf Swirl once more, he will become visible again.
Aside from the mentioned effects, the Leaf Swirl can also be used in conjunction with some of the gimmicks in Sonic Heroes, such as enabling the player to scale vertical poles or activate propellers.
To perform the Leaf Swirl in gameplay, Team Chaotix must be in Speed Formation with Espio as the leader. The player then has to press the action button (//) during a jump to use the Leaf Swirl. To use it on targets, Espio must be either near or above them.
References
Playable characters |
Team Sonic |
Sonic (Super Sonic) · Tails (Super Tails) · Knuckles (Super Knuckles)
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Team Dark |
Shadow · Rouge · Omega
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Team Rose
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Amy · Cream · Cheese · Big
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Team Chaotix |
Espio · Charmy · Vector
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Non-playable characters |
Eggman · Metal Sonic (Neo Metal Sonic) · Chocola · Froggy · Shadow Android · Omochao · Dark Chao · Chao
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1P Play stages |
Sea Gate · Seaside Hill · Ocean Palace · Grand Metropolis · Power Plant · Casino Park · BINGO Highway · Rail Canyon · Bullet Station · Frog Forest · Lost Jungle · Hang Castle · Mystic Mansion · Egg Fleet · Final Fortress · Special Stage
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2P Play stages |
Action Race |
Seaside Hill · Grand Metropolis · BINGO Highway
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Battle |
City Top · Casino Ring · Turtle Shell
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Bobsled Race
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Seaside Course · City Course · Casino Course
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Expert Race |
Rail Canyon · Frog Forest · Egg Fleet
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Quick Race |
Road Rock · Mad Express · Terror Hall
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Ring Race |
Egg Treat · Pinball Match · Hot Elevator
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Special Stages |
Special Stage 1 · Special Stage 2 · Special Stage 3
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Enemies |
Bomb Flapper · Cameron · Cannon Flapper · E-2000 · E-2000R · Egg Bishop/Egg Magician · Egg Hammer · Egg Knight · Egg Pawn (Casino version) · Falco · Flapper · Gold Cameron · Gold Klagen · Gun Flapper · Heavy-Egg Hammer · Klagen · Laser Flapper · Needle Flapper · Pumpkin Ghost · Rhinoliner · Search Flapper · Solid Flapper · Solid Pawn
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Bosses |
Egg Hawk · Team Sonic, Dark, Rose, Chaotix · Robot Carnival · Egg Albatross · Robot Storm · Egg Emperor · Metal Madness · Metal Overlord
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Moves/ techniques |
Speed |
Homing Attack · Jump Dash · Kick · Light Dash · Lightspeed Attack · Propeller Hammer · Rocket Accel · Shuriken · Spin · Spin Jump · Swinging Hammer Attack · Tornado Jump (Black Tornado, Blue Tornado, Leaf Swirl, Tornado Hammer) · Triangle Jump
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Fly |
Ascending Flight · Cheese Attack · Dummy Ring Bomb · Spin Jump · Sting Attack · Thunder Shoot · Quick Ascent
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Power
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Auto Homing · Body Press · Bubblegum Descent · Fire Combination · Fire Dunk · Fire Launcher · Fireball Jump · Forward Power Attack · Hammer Down · Jump Fire Knock · Jump Fireball · Remote Power Attack (Fireball, Fire Knock) · Spin Jump · Triangle Dive · Umbrella Descent · Wide Power Attack (Big Fishing, Omega Arm, Vector Breath, Volcanic Dunk)
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Team Blasts |
Sonic Overdrive · Chaos Inferno · Flower Festival · Chaotix Recital · Super Sonic Power
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Other |
Chaos Control · Crouch · Crystal Attack · Grind Step · Grinding
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Gimmicks and obstacles |
Ball Switch · Bingo · Bobsled · Bomb · Bumper · Bumper wall · Cannon · Check Point · Conveyor Belt · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Dash Ring · Detonator Switch · Drop Target · Fan · Fireball · Flipper · Flower · Formation Change Gate · Giant Frog · Giant Switch · Grind Rail · Hint Ring · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Kao · Laser field · Mushroom · Orb switch · Pole · Power Gong · Propeller · Pulley · Rainbow Ring · Sling Shot · Slot machine · Spring · Target Switch · Track switch · Triangle Bumper · Trolley · Vine · Warp Flower · Weight · Wide spring
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Items |
Capsule · Car · Casino chip · Castle Key · Cell key · Chaos Emerald · Container (Cage, Case, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) · Emblem · Engine Core · Floating Item Box · Goal Ring · Hermit crab · Item Box (1 UP, Barrier, Fly Charge, High Speed, Invincible, Rings, Power Core, Team Blast Ring) · Light spider marking · Power Core · Ring · Special Stage Key · Sphere · Torch
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Voice actors |
English |
Ryan Drummond (Sonic, Metal Sonic) · Deem Bristow (Eggman) · William Corkery (Tails) · Scott Dreier (Knuckles) · David Humphrey (Shadow) · Lani Minella (Rouge, Omochao) · Jon St. John (Omega, Big) · Jennifer Douillard (Amy) · Sarah Wulfeck (Cream) · Bill Corkery (Espio) · Marc Biagi (Vector) · Emily Corkery (Charmy)
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Japanese |
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic, Metal Sonic) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) · Kōji Yusa (Shadow) · Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) · Taiten Kusunoki (Omega) · Taeko Kawata (Amy) · Sayaka Aoki (Cream) · Takashi Nagasako (Big) · Yūki Masuda (Espio) · Kenta Miyake (Vector) · Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy) · Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao)
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Music |
Songs |
"Sonic Heroes" · "We Can" · "This Machine" · "Follow Me" · "Team Chaotix" · "What I'm Made of..."
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Albums |
Complete Trinity: Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrax · Triple Threat: Sonic Heroes Vocal Trax · Sonic Heroes Official Soundtrack · Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
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Other |
Alligator · Armored train · Audio Room · Chaotix Detective Agency · Dummy Ring · Egg Bazooka · Egg Emperor · Egg Fleet · Egg Gun · Egg Spear · Fly Type · Health Gauge · HEXAeco · Life · Loop · Moon · Orca · Palm plant · Power Type · Rank · Sonic Heroes Official Guidebook · Sonic Heroes: Prima's Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Heroes Puzzle · Speed Type · Super Hard Mode · Team Blast Gauge · Tornado 2
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