Special Stages are a series of special levels that appear exclusively in the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Lost World.[1] To access the Special Stage, the player must clear a normal Zone with at least fifty Rings. After the result screen, a message saying that an entrance to the Special Stage has opened appears. Accepting the invite causes a Giant Ring to appear, which Sonic jumps into. If the player clears a Special Stage after accessing it from a particular Zone, then they cannot unlock the others from the same Zone; however, if they happen to fail the Special Stage, then they can retry the same Zone as many times as necessary.
Clearing a Special Stage will award the player with a Chaos Emerald, and completing them all not only unlocks the usage of Super Sonic, but also the ability to replay the Special Stages at any time, via their own exclusive section of the World Map. The Special Stages are also featured in the game's VS Mode, with some minor modifications.
The Special Stages in this game are loosely based on the ones featured in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, while also sharing similarities to the ones seen in Knuckles' Chaotix.
Description[]
The Special Stages take place in a space-like void, filled with several spheres of various colors, barriers, and a Chaos Emerald at the center of it all.
Gameplay[]
Upon entering the Special Stages, there will be floating blue spheres, red spheres, yellow spheres, white spheres, and rainbow-colored spheres, which the player has to collect within a time limit. While the Chaos Emerald hangs out in the open, it is protected by a force-field that remains until the player collects every sphere. Collecting 5 of a certain colored sphere (as rainbow spheres contain each color, one does not have to make a group of only rainbows) creates a magnetic field that attracts nearby spheres (or in VS Mode, attracts items). If the player does not maintain the chain for a certain amount of time or replace it with another single-colored chain, the field will disappear.
There is also an electric item that temporarily grants its own field, and will grant one from a sphere extra reach. Finally there are time items, some that will increase the time limit, and some that will decrease it. In some areas there are walls that will temporarily stun the player upon contact. The player is able to move Sonic through the void by using the gyroscope to direct Sonic and can speed up by boosting, executed by holding the R trigger.
The Material collected from the Special Stage depends on its number:
- Special Stage 1: Green Material
- Special Stage 2: Yellow Material
- Special Stage 3: Blue Material
- Special Stage 4: White Material
- Special Stage 5: Iron Material
- Special Stage 6: Black Material
- Special Stage 7: Red Material
Info[]
No. | Emerald color |
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6th | |
7th |
Trivia[]
- The Special Stages are the only levels in the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Lost World that do not have Hard Mode counterparts; their icon on the bottom screen will simply be left blank if the player switches the difficulty.
Gallery[]
Screenshots[]
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Music[]
Name | Artist(s) | Length | Music track |
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Special Stage | Tomoya Ohtani | 3:07 |
References[]
- ↑ Sonic Lost World at E3!. SEGA Blog. Sega (11 June 2013). Archived from the original on 15 June 2013.
Console | Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) | Sonic 2 | Sonic CD | Sonic 3 & Knuckles | Knuckles' Chaotix | Sonic 3D Blast: Flickes' Island | Sonic Heroes | Sonic 4 (Episode I, Episode II) | Sonic Colors (Ultimate) | Sonic Mania (Plus) | Sonic Superstars |
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Handheld | Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) | Sonic Chaos | Sonic Triple Trouble | Sonic Jam (Game.com) | Sonic Blast | Sonic Pocket Adventure | Sonic Advance | Sonic Advance 2 | Sonic Advance 3 | Sonic Rush | Sonic Colors (Nintendo DS) | Sonic Generations | Sonic Lost World | Sonic Mania (Plus) |
Media | Sonic the Hedgehog (manga) | Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog | Archie Comics (Pre-Super Genesis Wave) | Sonic the Comic |