Mission

For other uses, see Mission (disambiguation).

The list of Missions in Mission Mode, from Sonic Origins.

Missions are a gameplay mechanic that appear in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It refers to a set of tasks that present the player with special objectives to fulfill. Upon completing a Mission, the player may gain a reward in some form of extra game content.

Description

Missions in the Sonic the Hedgehog series are additional objectives aside from the main quests that appears in their respective games. A Mission usually takes place in a mode separate from the main stages or in modified versions of existing levels. Generally speaking, when starting a Mission, the player is put into a level with the task of achieving a certain goal or fulfilling a certain condition, which is given to them before beginning the Mission. Such tasks center around the gameplay elements and objectives in the different games, and can be anything from completing a level within a time limit, collecting a specified amount of Rings, defeating a required amount of enemies, etc.

Upon completing a Mission, the player is usually rewarded with additional game content. Typically though, Missions serve to bring the player closer to the full completion of their respective games. Completing one Mission may also be a prerequisite for unlocking new ones. Missions are also usually tailored to a level's theme, and sometimes to the storyline or gameplay style of the characters.

Game appearances

Sonic Adventure

In Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, the game mode for Missions is called Mission Mode. This mode can be unlocked once all the stages of each character have been cleared using every character respectively in Adventure Mode. The missions presented here can be cleared in random order. In order to play a Mission, the player must finds its mission card in the respective characters' Adventure Fields of the game, where touching them will initiate the mission. Completing Mission Mode, as well as collecting all the Emblems, is required to unlock all games in the Sega Game Gear collection.

In the 2010 remaster of Sonic Adventure, Mission Mode is unlocked with downloading the Sonic Adventure DX DLC. Unlike in Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut however, no rewards are given to the player after completing missions.

Sonic Adventure 2

In Sonic Adventure 2, its enhanced port Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, and the 2012 remaster, Missions can be accessed on the world map. There are five Missions for each stage. However, the player can only select them in order. The general layout for each of the five Missions are as follows:

• 1st: Accomplish clear condition for each character.
• 2nd: Collect 100 Rings (Stage loops until the player collects 1000).
• 3rd: Find the lost Chao somewhere in the stage. The player must possess the Mystic Melody in order to clear this mission.
• 4th: A time limit is added to the normal clear condition.
• 5th: The difficulty level increases.

Exceptions to this Mission layout are Route 101 and Route 280; in the third missions, the player has to avoid collisions with other vehicles; and in the fourth Missions, they have to avoid collision with walls.

For each Mission cleared, the player earns an Emblem, as well as a Rank from A to E that is based on their performance. Collecting all Emblems and getting an A-Rank for all 165 Missions in the game will unlock Green Hill.

Sonic Heroes

In Sonic Heroes, Mission Mode can be accessed in Stage Select. There are normal and extra missions from fourteen stages.

Sonic Riders series

Sonic Riders

In Sonic Riders, the game mode for missions is called Mission Mode. Missions in this mode divided into schedules by the three members of the Babylon Rogues: Storm's missions are available after completing the Heroes Story, Wave's missions are available after completing the first stage of the Babylon Story, and Jet's missions become available after unlocking Sega Carnival and Sega Illusion and completing all of the missions in Wave and Storm's schedules.

For each Mission completed, the player receives a different type of emblem based on their performance. Completing missions will unlock additional playable characters, while completing all Missions with the highest-valued emblems will unlock new Extreme Gear in the Shop and the Chaos Emerald.

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

In Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), missions are known as Town Missions, and are available to each of the three main characters. Some town missions are required to complete the game, and all are unlocked through story progression and are usually accessed by talking to a townsperson with an exclamation point over their head, though some required missions instead place you directly in it without the need for seeking the mission giver out.

Each main story has several required Town Missions, these are:

Sonic

• Town Mission 1: The winder of a Shoemaker
• Town Mission 5: Who is the Captain?
• Town Mission 11: Battle at the Warehouse!
• Town Mission 12: Open the Cave Gate!
• Town Mission 18: The Test of Intelligence
• Town Mission 19: The Test of Courage
• Town Mission 20: The Test of Love

Shadow

• Town Mission 14: Save the Archaeologist!
• Town Mission 15: Destroy the Enemies Invading from the Desert!

Silver

• Town Mission 8: Protect the Gate to the Castle Town
• Town Mission 12: Defeat the Pursuers and Escort Elise!
• Town Mission 11: Get into the Station!
• Town Mission 16: The Test of Friendship
• Town Mission 17: The Test of Memory
• Town Mission 18: The Test of Heart

Missions are one way to earn more Rings to buy items from the shop, and completing every Town Mission with an S-Rank for each of the main characters will earn the player a Gold Medal.

Sonic Rush Adventure

In Sonic Rush Adventure, Missions can be unlocked after reaching a certain point in the game. The player can unlock a new Mission by talking to one of the NPCs around Southern Island. For then to play it, the player must talk to Marine in her house on Southern Island. However, some Missions require certain other Missions or Stages to be completed first. Some Missions are necessary to be completed in order to obtain all the Sol Emeralds, but the rest are optional. The rewards for completing missions include visual aesthetic changes to Southern Island, more tracks in the Sound Test, unique Medals, or more cutscenes of the game's storyline.

Sonic Unleashed

In the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 version of Sonic Unleashed, Missions become available as the player progresses with the game. They can initiate a Mission by talking to one of the NPCs around the Town Stages. However, Missions become available under different circumstances; some are first unlocked after the player reaches a certain point in the game, others only become available after exorcises an NPC, and then there are those which first become available after a previous Mission is cleared. Furthermore, some Missions are only available during a certain time of the day.

Missions are typically used to gain more Experience Points. However, completing certain Missions may unlock additional content in the Collection Room.

Sonic Colors

Sonic in a Mission, from the Nintendo DS version of Sonic Colors.

In the Nintendo DS version of Sonic Colors, Missions are gradually unlocked by progressing through the game. There are three Missions in the six major Areas each, and are given by certain non-playable characters. Completing them awards the player optional collectibles in the form of illustrations and music tracks.

Sonic Generations

The different types of themes for Challenge Acts, from the console/PC version of Sonic Generations.

In the console/PC version of Sonic Generations, Missions are known as Challenge Acts. In this game, they can be accessed via the Challenge Act Gates, which are small thematic structures around each individual Stage Entrance in White Space. Both Acts for each Stage in the game has five Challenge Acts to complete, with each set being assigned respectively to Classic Sonic and Modern Sonic. A common Challenge Act for eighteen of them is the Doppelganger Race mission: The while the others focus on the following themes: Speed, Technique, Doppelganger, Friends, Enemy, Item, Ring, Juggle, and Rescue. Like Stages, the player is assigned a Rank for each Challenge Act based on different factors for each Challenge Act. Completing the first Challenge Act for any area unlocks a Boss Gate Key, and completing all Challenge Acts with one character in an area will restore a bit of color to the Act's Challenge Area. In addition, any Challenge Act the player completes for the first time will cause a Bonus Bell to appear above its Challenge Act Gate.

In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations, Missions can be accessed via a mode separate from the main game. The progress of the main game not only unlocks Missions, but also determines which Missions will be immediately playable. The layer can also unlock Missions by purchasing them with Play Coins. But again, the progress in the main game also determines which Missions can be purchased. Another way to unlock Missions is through StreetPass. By activating StreetPass in the Options and going outside with the Nintendo 3DS, the StreetPass transaction will unlock one now Mission, though the unlocked Mission may not be immediately playable. Clearing Missions will unlock new content in the Collection Room.

Sonic Lost World

In the Wii U version and PC version of Sonic Lost World, Missions can be unlocked by talking to Omochao on the world map of the Lost Hex. He will give the player up to three Missions at a time, and once they have completed at least one, they can speak to him again to receive a new one.

Completing Missions rewards the player with either items that they can use anywhere by accessing the suitcase menu, or upgrades to the RC Vehicles.

Sonic Origins

In Sonic Origins, Missions can be accessed in the Mission Mode menu. Missions here are divided across the four games in the compilation, with each of these four sets taking place in their respective games. Additionally, there are eleven additional additional Missions marked with the "Extreme!" prefix that feature the highest difficulty level, which are available in the Premium Start Pack DLC.

Each of the Missions takes place in a chosen Act from among the levels of the games. These acts are tailored to the needs of the Mission, often restricting the player to selected areas with gray blocks. The objectives of each Mission are different as well. Furthermore, each Mission is marked with one to five stars that indicate how difficult the Mission is. Also, for each Mission the player completes, they are given a Rank from C to S, which is based on their performance. Completing at least one Mission of a given difficulty level unlocks new Missions on higher levels. "Extreme!" Missions on the other hand are available from the start, with no additional requirements from the beginning.

When completing a Mission, the player is rewarded with Coins, which can be used to get retries for a Special Stage in Anniversary Mode or unlock content in the Museum. The number of Coins rewarded for completing a Mission is based on the player's Rank, and the difficulty of each Mission determines the amount of Coins paid out with each Rank.

Sonic Frontiers

Sonic on the Portal entrance to 1-7 with the Mission list displayed for the Cyber Space stage, from Sonic Frontiers

In Sonic Frontiers, Missions are present as an gameplay element exclusively to Cyber Space stages. Each stage has four specific Missions:

• Reach the goal at the end of the stage.
• Clearing the stage with an S Rank time.
• Collecting a required amount of Rings.
• Finding all 5 Red Star Rings.

Sonic will be rewarded with amount of Vault Keys based on how many Missions have been completed. The player can complete each set of Missions in any order with different playthrough as well retry the stage in the Results screen right after completing it to clear rest of the Missions. When the player clears all four missions in the Cyber Space stage, additional three Vault Keys will be granted for the player.

During The Final Horizon episode of Sonic Frontiers Cyber Space missions have been changed, and some stages will have missions others might not. These new missions consist of:

• Finish with all Number Rings (all stages)
• Finish with all Silver Moon Rings (all stages except for 4-D)
• Reach the hidden goal (all stages except for 4-B, 4-F, and 4-H)
• Rescue all animals and finish (all stages except for 4-C)
• Finish before the Hologram Tails (4-B, 4-C, and 4-F only)
• Finish without hitting a mine (4-D and 4-H only)

Like before, Sonic will be rewarded with a number of Lookout Koco for each Mission completed, and will be rewarded an additional three Lookout Koco for completing all four. Due to the more open-ended nature of these stages, some Missions are difficult or impossible to complete when going for another mission,

Sonic Dream Team

Missions are available in Sonic Dream Team, and certain missions will lock the player into using certain characters. Some missions are locked behind storyline progression. Each act of stage has a total of seven missions, and there are five types of missions available:

• Reach the Dream Portal is always the first mission available, and is always required to beat to progress the story.
• Collect the Dream Orb has the player searching for a Dream Orb hidden somewhere in the stage.
• Reach each checkpoint before time runs out will have the player following a set of checkpoints while on a timer, and once all are passed through, the stage will end.
• Collect 6 Dream Orb Shards has the player searching the stage for six Dream Orb Shards scattered around it.
• Reach the Dream Portal in under Xmin and Xsec is similar to the first mission, except on a set timer, where "X" represents the amount of time given to the player.