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Comes in three colours. Collect these to Level-Up the corresponding character.


— Description, Sonic Heroes[1]

The Power Core[1] (パワーコア[2] Pawākoa?) is an Item Box power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Upon obtaining this power-up, the player receives one Power Core.

Description[]

Blue core
Yellow core
Red core

The icon used to represent the Power Core on Item Boxes or when this power-up is obtained resembles a black cube with round corners, a white frame, and the illustration of a Power Core in the center. The color of the icon's Power Core (which can be either blue, yellow or red) depends on the type of Power Core it grants.

Overview[]

In the gameplay of Sonic Heroes, when obtaining a Power Core power-up, the player's team of playable characters receive a Power Core, which upgrades the playable character's set of skills. The Power Core power-up comes in three different variants, one for each of the three different variants of Power Cores that are valuable in the game: blue for Speed Type characters, yellow for Fly Type characters and red for Power Type characters. Which Power Core the individual Power Core power-up grants is illustrated by the color of the icon depicted on the Item Box.

Aside from Item Boxes and Floating Item Boxes, the player can also obtain Power Core power-ups from Check Points. In this instances, depending on which character is the leader, the appropriate Power Core power-up will be given to that leader.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sonic Heroes (Nintendo GameCube) United States instruction booklet, pg. 26.
  2. "Chapter 1" (in Japanese). ソニックヒーローズ最強攻略ガイド. Shogakukan. February 2004. p. 28. ISBN 978-4091061522.

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