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This guy's Violet Void power kind of floats you around... And pulls other stuff in towards him.


Miles "Tails" Prower, Sonic Colors (Nintendo DS)

The Violet Void (バイオレット・ボイド Baioretto boido?) is a transformation that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is the Color Power gained by absorbing a Violet Wisp and its Hyper-go-on, which turns the user into a ghost-like void.

Appearance[]

When using the Violet Void, the user turns into a large, ghastly and smoky black orb with violet outlines. In Sonic's case, his version of the Violet Void has his eyes and mouth on the front, though his eyes do not have pupils and are yellow, and his mouth becomes a wide sinister smile with serrated teeth that glows yellow.

Game appearances[]

Sonic Colors[]

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The Violet Void sucking in Rings, from the Nintendo DS version of Sonic Colors.

The Violet Void made its first appearance in the Nintendo DS version of Sonic Colors. In this game, the Violet Void is the last Color Power introduced in the game, and is unlocked in Asteroid Coaster. In gameplay, while transformed into the Violet Void, the player can both fly in midair and draw in and consume both enemies and obstacles from a distance or upon touch. For every unspecified set of targets consumed, the Violet Void will grow one size, until it has had a total of two growth spurts. The bigger the Violet Void gets, the larger the player's intake radius will be, and the faster they can move. The Violet Void can likewise draw in Rings and Wisp Capsules from a distance. Certain obstacles of greater size and/or weight requires that the Violet Void has reached a certain size before it can draw them in though. While transformed into the Violet Void, the player is also invulnerable to damage. However, the player can still be affected by bottomless pits.

As the Violet Void, the player can take alternate paths and shortcuts by passing through rotating fans that would otherwise damage the player. Passing through these fans will briefly turn the Violet Void into smoke and give a forward boost of speed. These fans can likewise be used to direct the player down a certain path in midair by sending the player down a chain of fans. There are also block-shaped gimmick in the Acts that can provide the player with additional matter for the purpose of increasing the Violet Void's size.

To use the Violet Void in gameplay, the player must possess a Violet Wisp. Once transformed into the Violet Void, the player's Boost Gauge starts to deplete, and once it runs out, Sonic will revert back to normal. To extend its duration, the player has to collect more Violet Wisps. In gameplay, the Violet Void is activated by pressing Snnwiidsxbuttondisco. Once transformed, the player can move freely in every direction using Controlpadds.

Team Sonic Racing[]

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The Violet Void in use, from Team Sonic Racing.

In Team Sonic Racing, the Violet Void makes an appearance as a product of the Violet Wisp Item Box power-ups that can be obtained on the race tracks. In this game, rather than transforming the playable character when using the Violet Void, the game manifests the Violet Void's power for the playable character to use.

To use the Violet Void in gameplay, the player has to press Cross/A button/Switch b while in possession of a Violet Wisp. When used, the Violet Void bends space and time[1] to create a swirling purple gravitational pull that automatically draws nearby Rings and Item Boxes towards the player and slows down opponents. This Color Power is especially effective when activated near a big group of rival racers. The Violet Void can also absorb attacking Color Powers aimed at the user, making it a useful makeshift shield ability.

Powers and abilities[]

As the Violet Void, the user essentially becomes a living black hole with a gravitational pull so strong that it bends space and time.[1] This gravitational pull allows the Violet Void to draw objects into themselves from a distance and make them vanish into a void within them. However, the user cannot drawn in objects that are too big or heavy.

Because of the Violet Void smoke-like makeup, the user is granted limited intangibility, allowing them to pass through certain obstacles, such as moving fans, unharmed. As the Violet Void, the user is also capable of flight through mid-air.

Like the Purple Frenzy, the Violet Void can add the mass of the objects they draw into them, allowing the user to grow larger the more they consume until they reach maximum size. Also, the more the Violet Void increases in size, the stronger its suction ability becomes, enabling the user to draw in bigger and heavier objects from greater distances. At maximum size, the Violet Void can draw in objects weighting at least a ton and enemies at the size of the Frigate Skullian.

Weakness[]

The main weakness of the Violet Void is that it can only be used for a few seconds and requires more Hyper-go-on from Violet Wisps to be maintained. In addition, Its current size can factor into it's ability to squeeze into spaces the User or it's smaller sizes could have been able to pass through normally.

Jingles[]

Game Name Artist(s) Length Music track
Sonic Colors (Nintendo DS) Color Power - Violet Void #1 (Sweet Mountain Act 1) Tomoya Ohtani 0:41
Sonic Colors (Nintendo DS) Color Power - Violet Void #2 (Sweet Mountain Mission) Tomoya Ohtani 1:42
Sonic Colors (Nintendo DS) Color Power - Violet Void #3 (Sweet Mountain: Act 2) Tomoya Ohtani 1:21
Sonic Colors (Nintendo DS) Color Power - Violet Void #4 (Astroid Coaster Act 1) Tomoya Ohtani 1:51
Sonic Colors (Nintendo DS) Color Power - Violet Void #5 (Asteroid Coaster Mission) Tomoya Ohtani 1:44
Sonic Colors (Nintendo DS) Color Power - Violet Void #6 (Asteroid Coaster Act 2) Tomoya Ohtani 1:49
Sonic Colors (Nintendo DS) Color Power - Violet Void #7 (VS Frigate Skullian) Tomoya Ohtani 0:49

Trivia[]

  • The Violet Void can be used to slowly eat away at the Frigate Skullian. If its health is depleted while in Void form, or the Void reaches its maximum size before the energy runs out, it will be sucked in.
  • The Violet Void and the Yellow Drill are the only Color Powers that have multiple jingles. The Yellow Drill's jingles are heard in Sweet Mountain and Aquarium Park, and the Violet Void's jingles are heard during Act 1, Act 2, and the missions of Sweet Mountain and Asteroid Coaster, and during the boss fight against Frigate Skullian.
    • However, this is the only Color Power to have different jingles in the Nintendo DS version since the Yellow Drill jingles are the same in that version.
      • The Violet Void's jingles are actually slower distortions of the background music.
      • This applies to the Red Burst when it has a different jingle in Sonic Lost World.

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