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Super Sonic is an in-game form of the video game character Sonic the Hedgehog, first introduced in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Super Sonic is basically Sonic, transformed into a much more powerful form. In Super Sonic form, Sonic is faster, tougher, and nearly invincible. To reach this form, Sonic must first collect all of the Chaos Emeralds, and harness their power with gold rings.

Overview

Sonic the Hedgehog began as a video game on the Sega Genesis console, and later became an animated series. In many versions of the game and television cartoon series, Sonic's main objective is to collect all of the Chaos Emeralds to prevent the evil Dr. Eggman from harnessing their energy to destroy or conquer the world. In the early Sega Genesis original title, Sonic the Hedgehog, there were six Chaos Emeralds, all of which are different colors; this number was later increased to 7. These Chaos Emeralds are what provide the energy for Sonic to become Super Sonic. There are also Super Emeralds, which make their debut in Sonic 3 and Knuckles(when you lock on Sonic and Kuckles with Sonic 3), that allow Sonic to achieve a much more powerful form known as Hyper Sonic. In some versions, there is a 'Master Emerald' which contains great energy and can power entire doomsday devices on its own.

Sonic collects the Chaos Emeralds by entering special stages in which he must collect golden rings or blue spheres (in the first game, Sonic does not need to do this; he must merely break through the walls of the dimension and reach the Emerald without touching the misleadingly-named "Goals"). Once the player has accomplished entering and finishing the Special Stage seven times, he must collect 50 rings in the real world and jump (double-jump in later versions) to activate the temporary power called Super Sonic.

Since Sonic Adventure, the Chaos Emeralds are mostly obtained automatically as story elements in the 3D games, and Super Sonic has only been playable against the final bosses. Also since Sonic Adventure, the Master Emerald's role is to neutralize the power of the Chaos Emeralds. So far, only Knuckles the Echidna and Tikal have been known to wield this power. Though the players must collect their own emeralds in the Advance series and Sonic Rush, Super Sonic (as well as any of the other Super characters) remains restricted to boss levels.

It is rumored that the next-gen Sonic game titled Sonic the Hedgehog, will have Super Sonic fully playable as in the past 2D games.

Abilities of Super Sonic

Sonic the Hedgehog possesses the ability to run very fast, jump into a spiked ball to attack, perform "spin-dashes", and (in later versions) perform a "super-spin" to rev-up for a spin-dash (see Sonic the Hedgehog). Becoming Super Sonic enhances Sonic's abilities in many ways:

Sonic is invincible

In the Sonic games, to be "invincible" is a temporary condition which means that Sonic is, for the duration of the invincibility, immune to the attacks of enemy "badniks" (Robotnik's robotic creations). It also allows Sonic to destroy most badniks by simply touching them ("bosses" like Robotnik himself always take multiple hits to defeat, but they too can be damaged by simply bumping into them). Sonic is still susceptible to death by anything that causes death without ring loss, such as drowning, being crushed, or falling to his death. Normally, Sonic is never invincible except for a matter of seconds after he picks up the temporary Invincibility Box.

Sonic's abilities are enhanced

Which is to say that all of Super Sonic's movements, including running, spin-dash, jumping through the air, flying, climbing walls (with a rope), etc., are sped up to the max. This often means a total inability for beginners to control Sonic's movements due to his flying through the air so fast and often getting himself killed by leaping off cliffs by mistake. Luckily, this is countered by an increase in Sonic's agility: Super Sonic can easily switch directions or stop himself, especially in the air. Sonic also jumps much higher and remains in the air for an abnormally long time (allowing for the flying-off-cliffs incidents).He also has the ability to use Chaos abilities at full power without an emerald.

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Games - Super Sonic

Overview

Abilities of Super Sonic

Sonic is invincible

Sonic's abilities are enhanced

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