Shield Gauge

The Shield Gauge is a game mechanic that appears in the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 version of Sonic Unleashed. It is an energy bar that shows how much energy Sonic the Werehog has left to use Guard.

Description

The Shield Charge can be seen on the game's HUD in the lower left corner of the screen, right above the Unleashed Gauge. It presented as a horizontal row of a number of cyan ovals (named Shield points).

Overview

The Shield Gauge determines when the player is able to use Guard effectively. As long as the Shield Gauge has some energy, the player can successfully use Guard to put up a shield. Every time Sonic is hit by an enemy's attack that the player successfully blocks with Guard, the Shield Gauge is consumed, which is signified by one or more of the Shield points losing color, with the amount of energy consumed being proportional to the blocked damage; in other words, the stronger the blocked attack is, the more energy in the Shield Gauge is consumed. If the Shield Gauge completely runs out, Guard is no longer effective and cannot block an attack.

The Shield Gauge automatically replenishes itself over time, albeit at a slow rate, but it can also be fully restored immediately by collecting a Shield Charge. At the beginning of the game, the Shield Gauge has five Shield points, but the player can increase the Shield Gauge's size by leveling up Sonic the Werehog's Shield parameter. For each level increased, the Shield Gauge increases by one Shield point until it reaches the upper limit of fifteen Shield points.

Trivia

The original design for the Shield Gauge.

In the early development of Sonic Unleashed, the Shield Gauge was designed as a completely blue bar, rather than being composed of several ovals and had the word "SHIELD" written in yellow at the left end of the gauge.
Sonic the Fighters also had a Shield Gauge for combatants which granted a limited number of shields they can use when blocking attacks.

Sonic Unleashed

Characters		Sonic (Super Sonic, Sonic the Werehog) \| Chip (Gaia Colossus) \| Tails \| Amy \| Dr. Eggman \| SA-55 \| Professor Pickle \| Dark Gaia (Perfect Dark Gaia)
Town Stages/Villages		Apotos \| Mazuri \| Spagonia \| Chun-nan \| Holoska \| Shamar \| Empire City* \| Adabat \| Eggmanland
Action Stages/Stages		Windmill Isle \| Savannah Citadel* \| Rooftop Run \| Dragon Road \| Cool Edge \| Arid Sands \| Skyscraper Scamper* \| Jungle Joyride \| Eggmanland
Residents	Apotos	Alexis \| Anastasia \| Eric \| Gregorios \| Hot Dog Vendor* \| Ice Cream Vendor \| Lambros \| Lucas* \| Milos* \| Sandra
	Spagonia	Aida* \| Barbara \| Ciccio \| David \| Denise \| Dora \| Elio* \| Federica \| Franco* \| Gigi \| Hot Dog Vendor* \| Ippolita \| Irma* \| Josef \| Lilli* \| Lucia \| Marcantonio* \| Mauro \| Natalia* \| Otto \| Professor Pickle \| Professor Pickle's Assistant \| Raimondo
	Mazuri	Ana \| Essie \| Gwek \| Hog Dog Vendor* \| Kofi \| Kwami \| Kwod \| Yawa \| Yaya
	Chun-nan	Chun \| Hot Dog Vendor* \| Hualin \| Jinlin* \| Lin \| Shuifon \| Wang* \| Yilin \| Zonshen
	Holoska	Hot Dog Vendor* \| Jari-Pekka \| Jari-Thure \| Marketa \| Sarianna \| Ursule
	Shamar	Ara \| Dimah \| Ehsan \| Erhan \| Hizir \| Hot Dog Vendor* \| Iman \| Labib \| Latif \| Layla \| Mufid \| Musaid \| Raniya \| Sa'id \| Sadiq \| Safi \| Samia \| Sammar \| Shadi \| Utba \| Yasmine
	Empire City	Boss* \| Brenda* \| Charles* \| Def Big* \| Elizabeth* \| Hot Dog Vendor* \| Li'l Kate* \| Louie Montaine* \| Robert*
	Adabat	Hot Dog Vendor* \| Jamal \| Kaeo \| Nagi \| Rudi \| Teanchai
	Eggmanland	EF-DC1998* \| EF-MD1991* \| EF-XB2006* \| Hot Dog Vendor*
	Misc.	Baker \| Lah \| Su* \| Uh* \| Wentos*
Enemies	Eggman's Machinery	Aero-Cannon \| Aero-Chaser \| Egg Blizzard \| Egg Burst \| Egg Fighter \| Egg Fighter: Knight (Electric shield, Spring shield) \| Egg Fighter: Shield (Electric shield, Spring shield) \| Egg Fighter: Sword* \| Egg Flame \| Egg Launcher (H) \| Egg Launcher (H+V) \| Egg Launcher (V) \| Egg Shackle \| Egg Shooter \| Egg Typhoon \| Gold Aero-Cannon \| Interceptor \| Little Fighter* \| Mole Cannon \| Spinner \| Thunder Ball \| Thunder Spinner
Enemies	Dark Gaia's minions	Big Mother \| Cure Master* \| Dark Bat \| Dark Bat Sniper \| Dark Eel* \| Dark Fright \| Dark Master** \| Deep Nightmare \| Evil Flower* \| Fire Master \| Fright Master \| Killer Bee \| Lightning Master \| Little Rex \| Nightmare \| Power Master* \| Red Fright \| Red Killer Bee \| Red Nightmare \| Red Deep Nightmare \| Red Rex \| Red Titan \| Spike \| Thunder Bat \| Titan
Bosses		Egg Beetle \| Egg Cauldron* \| Egg Devil Ray \| Egg Dragoon \| Egg Lancer \| Dark Gaia \| Dark Gaia Phoenix \| Dark Guardian \| Dark Moray \| Perfect Dark Gaia
Moves/ Techniques	Sonic	Air Boost \| Crouch \| Foot Sweep* \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop \| Jump Dash \| Light Speed Dash \| Slide \| Skydiving \| Sonic Boost \| Sonic Drift \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Quick Step \| Wall Jump
	Werehog	Dash \| Double Jump \| Grab \| Guard \| Unleashed Mode \| Wall Shuffle
	Misc.	Boost \| Drill Attack \| Super Sonic Boost \| Turbo Boost
Skills	Straight attacks	Donkey Kick Combo* \| Double Axle Combo* \| Double Kick Combo* \| Feral Were-Hammer* \| Knuckle Sandwich Combo* \| Sho-Hog-Ken* \| Unleashed Knuckle Sandwich* \| Vertical Were-Hammer* \| Were-Hammer* \| Werewheel Rush*
	Hook attacks	Earthshaker* \| Egg Scrambler* \| Feral Wild Whirl* \| Rolling Kick Combo* \| Sho-Claw-Ken* \| Ultimate Wild Combo* \| Unleashed Wild Combo* \| Wereclap* \| Wild Whirl* \| Wild Whirl Were-Hammer*
	Aerial attacks	Aerial Claw Slash* \| Aerial Claw Slash and Spin* \| Aerial Piledriver* \| Crescent Moon Strike* \| Diving Bodypress* \| Flying Double-Punch* \| Flying Double-Punch Crush* \| Hurricane Combo* \| Shooting Star Combo* \| Typhoon Combo*
	Special attacks	Comet Punch* \| Missile Punch* \| Spinning Needle Attack* \| Tricky Tornado Uppercut* \| Triple Wild Claw* \| Were-Claw Charge* \| Were-Cyclone* \| Were-Rush* \| Were-Tornado* \| Wild Werewhip*
	Wii/PS2	Beatdown \| Claw Charge \| Crescent Moon Strike \| Earthshaker \| Wereclap \| Were-Hammer \| Were-Claw \| Were-Wallop \| Wild Claw \| Wild Whirl**
Level up items		Air Boost Shoes* \| Light Speed Dash Shoes* \| Stomping Shoes* \| Wall Jump Shoes*
Objects		1UP \| 5 Ring Bonus \| 20 Rings** \| Art Book* \| Audio System \| Balloon \| Big 50 Ring** \| Blue Tea* \| Blue spring \| Bobsled \| Bookshelf* \| Bomb \| Buggy** \| Buoy \| Check Point \| Chaos Emerald \| Chaos Orb* \| Container (Explosive crate, Steel Container, Wooden Container) \| Conveyor Belt \| Crane Lift \| Crank \| Crystal Ball* \| Dark Energy Key** \| Dark Gaia Force \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Door \| Edible item (Apple, Banana, Canned Juice, Chai, Chili Dog, Donut, Sundae Supreme) \| Fountain \| Gaia Key* \| Giant spear** \| Goal Ring \| Gift* \| Gramophone* \| Green Tea* \| Grind Rail \| Hanging vine \| Horizontal Bar \| Hourglass* \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Item Capsule** \| Jump Selector \| Key Stone* \| Laser field \| Lever \| Lovely Ring* \| Maiden Statue* \| Miles Electric \| Moon Tablet** \| Movable box \| Moving Crate \| Old Necklace* \| Planet Tablet** \| Pick-Me-Up* \| Pretty Bouquet* \| Power Shield* \| Rainbow Ring \| Ramp \| Record* \| Red Tea* \| Ring \| Shield Charge* \| Snowblower \| Souvenir* \| Spike Trap \| Spikes \| Springboard/Spring \| Springpole \| Sun and Moon Medals \| Sun Tablet** \| Super Claw* \| Super Ring \| Switch \| Thorn Spring \| Tornado-1 \| Trap Spring \| Trick Jump Panel \| Turquoise Tea* \| TV* \| Videotape* \| Violet Tea* \| White Tea* \| Wide spring \| Yellow Tea* \| Zip Line
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic, Sonic the Werehog, Prof. Pickle's Assistant) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Lisa Ortiz (Amy) \| Anthony Salerno (Chip) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman, Zonshen) \| Christopher Collet (SA-55) \| Dan Green (Ice Cream Vendor, Prof. Pickle)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Otsuka (Eggman) \| Chō (Prof. Pickle) \| Ryo Hirohashi (Tails) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Tomokazu Seki (Sonic the Werehog) \| Ryōko Shiraishi (Chip)
Planetary Pieces		Endless Possibility \| Dear My Friend
Other		Auto Running \| Boost Gauge \| Boss Gate \| Boost Gauge \| Chao* \| Chaos Energy Cannon \| Chun-nan's Treasure \| Collection Room* \| Combo \| Critical Attack \| Dark Energy Force Field** \| Don Fachio* \| Doctor Eggman's chair \| Earth \| Eggman Fleet \| Egg Dragoon \| Egg Mobile \| Entrance Stage* \| Exorcisms \| Experience Point \| Freeze \| Gaia Gate \| Gaia Manuscripts \| Gaia Temple \| Gaia Temple guardian \| Hallowmoon \| Havok \| Health Gauge \| Hint Ring \| Orb Result \| Real-Time Interaction \| Ring Energy Gauge \| Shield Gauge** \| Shop* (Counter of Dreams 2, Eggshop, Flying Fish Beach Shop, Golden Trading Company, Josef's, Surfside Seagull Sundries, Traveling Salesman Wentos, Treeshade, Ursule's Trading Post, Wang's Emporium) \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic: Night of the Werehog \| Sonic World Adventure (manga) \| Spagonia University \| SPD \| Rank \| Time of awakening \| Tornado Defense* \| Unleashed Gauge "" Exclusive to Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 version "*" Exclusive to Wii/PlayStation 2 version.

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