

Yellow spheres bounce the player to an average height, while green spheres bounce the player to a higher height. There are two other different colored spheres in the sixth Special Stage, which function as springs. When a blue sphere is collected in this game, it does not turn into a red sphere. They are simply laying around the route of the Special Stage and can be found on ceilings and other tricky places. Like in their previous appearance, the player is required to collect a certain amount of Blue Spheres from the Special Stage before the player passes each checkpoint. Once all blue spheres are collected, all objects in the Special Stage rise up and disappear and the player has successfully earned a Chaos Emerald.īlue spheres make an appearance in Knuckles' Chaotix, where they are also featured in Special Stages. This technique does not work on small groups of blue spheres though, where there are four or less blue spheres. If the player runs over blue spheres along the borders of a rectangular shape, all of the blue spheres in the group turn into a Ring. There are numerous red sphere groups in the Special Stages, as the player has to follow the routes and find blue ones, that can be found mostly in groups.

The counter at the upper left corner tells to the player how many blue spheres are left. The player is also able to avoid red spheres by Spin Jumping over them. The goal of the Special Stages is stated at the beginning of the level: the player has to collect all blue Spheres from the arena in order to complete it and get rewarded with one of seven Chaos Emeralds, while the player has to avoid all red spheres at all costs, which also appear after the player runs over blue spheres. Sonic collecting blue spheres in a Special Stage, from Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Orange/Dark Yellow spheres can only be found in Sonic & Knuckles, as the player runs toward it, he/she flies to the air and lands after flying over six rows of spheres. The player has to avoid red spheres, as they can transport them out of the Special Stage to the regular Act. The blue ones are collectible, which will transform to the red sphere after running over them. Game appearances Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knucklesįirst appearing in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic & Knuckles and the lock-on game Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, the game introduces to three different type of spheres, that are featured in the game's Special Stages: blue, red and dark yellow. 1.5 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.
