Rite of Spring
Description
Springs everywhere! Use them to bounce your way to the goal in time!
Rite of Spring is the fifth and final Challenge Act of City Escape Act 1 in the console/PC version of Sonic Generations . It is unlocked after clearing every Stage in the Dreamcast era and is playable only as Classic Sonic .
Description [ ]
Rite of Spring is filled with a variety of obstacles, including large numbers of spike traps , iron balls , Dash Rings , moving platforms, and moving pillars (some of which need a Switch to activate them). There are also two kinds of Time Bonuses here; blue and yellow. In this Act, the majority of the GUN enemies from City Escape appear.
The main theme of this Challenge Act is the usage of the Springs scattered everywhere in the Act, which are needed to reach the Goal Plate . A majority of the Act follows two distinct paths: a lower and upper one. On the lower path, bottomless pits can be encountered.
Overview [ ]
This Act starts a little ahead of the starting point in City Escape Act 1, but during sunset. From there, the player can either watch their step and take the higher route, or follow the lower path which is filled with enemies (Note that the down path at the beginning of the Act has a yellow Time Bonus on the far left).
If the higher route is chosen, the player can cover a great part of the route by Spin Dashing and jumping at the right time. Upon reaching the first Star Post , the player has to deal with an incoming Gun Hunter , and then go forward. As the camera zooms out while on the run, the path Sonic is on will lead to a downawrd path blocked by several Gun Hunters and two moving platforms over two bottomless pits . Bounce off the Spring at the end of this section to reach the upper route, and continue forward.
The end of this upper route gives the player two options; either cross the higher section filled with spike traps and Springs (which has a yellow Time Bonus at the end), or follow the downward path. After crossing this section, the player will have passed the second Star post and have ended up on a downward hill section. Said section consists of two sets of platforms at different heights following the road. At the end of this section, a Spring will sent the player to the Goal Plate .
Gallery [ ]
Playable characters
Modern and Classic Sonic (Modern and Classic Super Sonic ) · Shadow *
Non-playable characters
Amy · Animals (Flicky , Picky , Pecky , Cucky ) · Babylon Rogues (Jet , Storm , Wave ) Bark · Bean · Big · Biolizard * · Black Doom * · Blaze · Chao (Cheese ) · Chip · Cream · Cubot · Dark Gaia · Doom's Eye * · Modern and Classic Eggman · Emerl · Fang · Knuckles · Mighty · Mephiles · Metal Sonic · Omega · Omochao · Orbot · Perfect Chaos · Ray · Rouge · Silver · Modern and Classic Tails · Team Chaotix (Charmy , Espio , Vector ) · Tikal · Time Eater · Wisp (Yacker )
Wisps
Orange · Pink
Stages
Green Hill · Chemical Plant · Sky Sanctuary · Speed Highway · City Escape · Seaside Hill · Crisis City · Rooftop Run · Planet Wisp · Casino Night
Challenge Acts
Doppelganger Race! · The Buzz Bombers' Revenge! · Knuckles: Horde of Enemies · Swingset Circus · High Speed Challenge · Look Out Below! · Tails: Way Past Fast · Jump Rush · 300% Boost Gauge Challenge · Tails: Toxic Skies · Which Switch is Which? · Aqua Shield Challenge · Invincibility Challenge · One Ring Challenge · Amy: Taking the Leap Together! · Grappling with Grabbers · Underwater Ring Machine · Eggrobo Rush · Aerial Paradise · Ring Time Challenge · Amy: Topsy Turvy · Knuckles: Buried Treasure · 200% Boost Gauge Challenge · Balloon Bonanza · High-Speed Hijinks (Modern) · Cream: Chao Hunt · Hot Pursuit (Classic) · High Speed Challenge 2 · Resisting Arrest · Overdrift · Hot Pursuit (Modern) · Drill Baby Drill · Espio: Master of Camouflage · Lord of the Board · Thunder Shield Challenge · Rouge: The Bombardier · Rite of Spring · Cream: Helping Hand · Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Modern) · Topsy-Turvy · High-Speed Hijinks 2 · Rescue the Animals! · Espio: Way of the Ninja · High-Speed Hijinks (Classic) · Underwater Challenge · Rouge: The Temptress · Trick Island · Surf, Sea, and Sand · Terror From the Deep · Goal Post Juggle · Vector: Through the Storm · Flame Shield Challenge · Ring Time Challenge 2 · Power Stomp Challenge · Switcheroo · Blaze: Piercing the Flames · Four-way Cannon Cavalcade · High-Rise Balloon Climb · Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Classic) · Charmy: Don't Bug Me! · One Ring Challenge 2 · Barrel Ring Bonus · Rooftop Rail Grind · Endless Boost · Vector: Pick Up the Beat · With Your Powers Combined · Goal Post Juggle 2 · Chase After Blaze · Rescue the Animals 2! · Cart Challenge · Charmy: High in the Sky · Action Master · Orange Rocket, Blast Off!
Enemies
Aero-Cannon · Buzz Bomber · Buzzer · Chopper · Cop Speeder · Crabmeat · Egg Chaser · Egg Fighter · Egg Fighter: Sword · Egg Launcher (H) · Egg Launcher (H+V) · Egg Launcher (V) · Egg Pawn · Eggrobo (Unnamed Eggrobo variant ) · Giant Chopper · Grabber · Gun Beetle · Gun Hunter · Iblis's Minions (Iblis Biter , Iblis Taker , Iblis Worm ) · Mono Beetle · Moto Bug · Sandworm · Spinner · Spiny · Sprinkler · Thunder Spinner
Bosses
Rival bosses
Metal Sonic · Shadow · Silver
Era bosses
Biolizard * · Death Egg Robot · Perfect Chaos · Egg Dragoon · Time Eater
Moves/ techniques
Playable characters
Air Boost · Atomic Spin · Boost · Bound Jump · Cartwheel · Chaos Control * · Chaos Snap * · Chaos Spear * · Crouch · Double Jump · Drift · Freestyle Tricks · Grind Step · Grinding · Homing Attack · Hop · Insta-Shield · Jump Dash · Kick boost · Lightspeed Dash · Mid-Air Dash · Quick Step · Slide · Skydiving · Spin · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Stomp · Super Sonic Boost · Super Sonic Missile · Wall Jump ·
Non-playable characters
Dig · Drill Attack · Fire Beam · Flying · Heart Effect · Ice Wave · Meteor Smash · Ninja Arts: Camouflage · Propeller Flying · Psychic Knife · Psychokinesis · Restraint Trap · Ring Spark Field · Sun Burst · Teleport Dash · V. Maximum Overdrive Attack · Warping arm attack · Whirlwind
Color Powers
Orange Rocket · Pink Spikes
Skills
Aqua Shield · Flame Shield · Thunder Shield · Twin Spin Attack · Invincible Start · Shield · Power Sneakers · Long Spin Dash · Treasure Scanner · Homing Attack · Hercules Muscles · Breath Holder · Boardmaster · Ring Time · Blast Off · Speed Up · Direct Jump · Power Stomp · Quick Slide · Acceleration · Smasher Bonus · Ring Energy Bonus · Boost Gauge Up · Serial Homing · Auto-Gauge · Gauge Rebooter · Trick Mastery · Endless Boost · Power Brake · Sure-Footed · Safety Net · Last Chance · 10-Second Rings · Athleticism · Time Break · Super Sonic · Sega Genesis Controller
Gimmicks and obstacles
Balloon · Barrel · Big Balloon · Blue blob · Bomb · Bonus Bell · Bottomless pit · Bumper · Cannon · Capsule · Car · Cart · Cloud · Crusher · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Dash Ring · Dimensional Bomb · Egg Spring · Explosion Trap · Fan · Flipper · Four-way Cannon · Gear Platform · Goal Plate · Gondola · GUN Military Truck · Hanging Bell · Heart bomb · Helicopter · High-speed warp tube · Horizontal Bar · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Kao · Laser field · Meteorite · Movable box · Pole Elevator · Propeller Spring · Pulley · Rainbow Ring · Rocket · Route Signal · Saw · Seesaw · Sling Shot · Slot machine · Spike Trap · Spikes · Spinning Top · Spinning Platform · Spotlight · Spring · Spring Catapult · Spring Pole · Star Post · Switch · Trick Jump Panel · Wall Jump Block · Warp Point · Wide spring · Zip Line
Items
Air bubble · Boss Gate · Boss Gate Key · Buoy · Chaos Emerald · Container (Case , Spike Block , Steel Container , Unbreakable Container , Wooden Container ) · Energy Core · Goal Ring · Information Pod · Item Box (1-Up , Aqua Shield , Flame Shield , Invincible , Power Sneakers , Skateboard , Super Ring , Thunder Shield ) · Medal · Mega Mack · Musical note · Red Star Ring · Ring · Snowboard · Time Bonus · Wisp Capsule
Voice actors
English
Roger Craig Smith (Modern Sonic , Wisp announcer) · Mike Pollock (Modern and Classic Eggman ) · Kate Higgins (Modern and Classic Tails ) · Travis Willingham (Knuckles ) · Cindy Robinson (Amy ) · Kirk Thornton (Shadow ) · Quinton Flynn (Silver ) · Laura Bailey (Blaze , Omochao ) · Karen Strassman (Rouge ) · Michelle Ruff (Cream ) · Keith Silverstein (Vector ) · Troy Baker (Espio ) · Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Charmy )
Japanese
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Modern Sonic ) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Modern and Classic Eggman ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Modern Tails ) · Takuto Yoshinaga (Classic Tails ) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) · Taeko Kawata (Amy ) · Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) · Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) · Daisuke Ono (Silver ) · Nao Takamori (Blaze ) · Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) · Kenta Miyake (Vector ) · Yūki Masuda (Espio ) · Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy ) · Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao ) · Fumihiko Tachiki (Wisp announcer)
Music
Songs
"Sonic Boom " · "You're My Hero " · "Super Sonic Racing " · "Open Your Heart " · "It Doesn't Matter " · "Escape from the City " · "For True Story " · "E.G.G.M.A.N. " · "Sonic Heroes " · "What I'm Made of... " · "Right There, Ride On " · "Vela Nova " · "I Am... All of Me " · "All Hail Shadow " · "His World " · "Dreams of an Absolution " · "Seven Rings In Hand " · "Let the Speed Mend It " · "A New Venture " · "Race to Win " · "Un-Gravitify " · "Endless Possibility " · "Knight of the Wind " · "Free " · "Reach for the Stars " ·
Albums
20 Years of Sonic Music · Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack · History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack White Edition
Other
Boost Gauge · Chao in Space · Collection Room · Combo · Corkscrew · Death Egg · Death Egg Robot · Egg Dragoon · Egg Gun · Egg Mobile · Egg Spear · Lair of the Time Eater · Life · Loop · Miles Electric · Orca · Perfect Bonus · Rank · Sonic's birthday · Sonic Generations: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Generations (manga) · Sonic Generations of Skate · Statue Room · Time Hole · Tornado-1 · Totem pole · Tunnel · Water · White Space