Rail Canyon
Description
A large series of
Grind Rails and outposts in a massive canyon.
Playable characters (story mode)
Rail Canyon (レイルキャニオン , Reiru Kyanion ? ) , also known as Rail Canyon Zone , is the seventh stage in Sonic Heroes
Description [ ]
As the name suggests, Rail Canyon is a canyon-filled stage with a large number of Grind Rails , which most of the level is spent grinding upon. This stage is quite long, and for the majority of it, there is no solid ground. Completing this stage leads to Bullet Station .
There are rock formations in this stage that resemble the Jack o' Lantern rock formations from Pumpkin Hill in Sonic Adventure 2 . There are also a few formations that resemble witches' hats.
Story [ ]
After defeating an army of robots in Robot Carnival, Team Sonic goes on to destroy Dr. Eggman 's base before sundown to meet their three-day deadline. Team Dark must find the entrance to Eggman's base to interrogate the doctor. Team Rose must go beyond the Rails to find Froggy and Chocola , and Team Chaotix must infiltrate the terminal station as ordered by their client.
Gameplay [ ]
Overview [ ]
Team Sonic [ ]
Mission 1 [ ]
Get to the terminal station!
Mission 2 [ ]
Get to the goal ring within 5 minutes!
Team Dark [ ]
Mission 1 [ ]
Find the entrance to Eggman's base!
Mission 2 [ ]
Team Rose [ ]
Mission 1 [ ]
Mission 2 [ ]
Team Chaotix [ ]
Mission 1 [ ]
Infiltrate the terminal station!
Mission 2 [ ]
Infiltrate the terminal station within 6 minutes!
Ranking [ ]
Rank
Score/Time[1]
Team Sonic
Team Dark
Team Rose
Team Chaotix
35,000
45,000
38,000
32,000
30,000
40,000
36,000
28,000
25,000
35,000
32,000
24,000
20,000
30,000
28,000
20,000
<20,000
<30,000
<28,000
<20,000
Rank
Score/Time[1]
Team Sonic
Team Dark
Team Rose
Team Chaotix
35,000
10:30
4:00
34,000
30,000
11:00
4:30
32,000
25,000
11:30
5:00
30,000
20,000
12:30
5:30
25,000
<20,000
>12:30
>5:30
<25,000
In other media [ ]
Books and comics [ ]
Archie Comics [ ]
In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics , Rail Canyon appears as "Rail Canyon Zone", where it serves as an outpost for the Eggman Empire .
Trivia [ ]
This stage has used more Grind Rails than any other Sonic level, though Final Rush from Sonic Adventure 2 is a close second.
During the Team Chaotix mission, if the player uses the Leaf Swirl to go through the laser security, then switches to Charmy or Vector , it is possible to get to the Warp Flower without activating the switches .
This is the only stage in the game where Team Chaotix shares the same objective as every other team.
On the Team Chaotix variant of the stage using other teams, there aren't any objects placed on the level, other than the global and decoration layouts. This makes it impossible for players to reach further parts of the stage and complete the level. Although the Team Chaotix edit is considered to be the 7th level of the game, it is the 50th level according to the game files and 36th in the executable.
In Super Hard Mode , the rail boosters in this stage launch Team Sonic at an extremely fast speed on the Grind Rails, which may make jumping to a parallel Grind Rail slightly more difficult.
Music [ ]
Videos [ ]
References [ ]
↑ 1.0 1.1 Guess, Gerald (6 January 2004). Sonic Heroes: Prima's Official Strategy Guide . Prima Games. p. 159. ISBN 0761544496 .
Playable characters
Team Sonic
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Tails (Super Tails ) · Knuckles (Super Knuckles )
Team Dark
Shadow · Rouge · Omega
Team Rose
Amy · Cream · Cheese · Big
Team Chaotix
Espio · Charmy · Vector
Non-playable characters
Eggman · Metal Sonic (Neo Metal Sonic ) · Chocola · Froggy · Shadow Android · Omochao · Dark Chao · Chao
1P Play stages
Sea Gate · Seaside Hill · Ocean Palace · Grand Metropolis · Power Plant · Casino Park · BINGO Highway · Rail Canyon · Bullet Station · Frog Forest · Lost Jungle · Hang Castle · Mystic Mansion · Egg Fleet · Final Fortress · Special Stage
2P Play stages
Action Race
Seaside Hill · Grand Metropolis · BINGO Highway
Battle
City Top · Casino Ring · Turtle Shell
Bobsled Race
Seaside Course · City Course · Casino Course
Expert Race
Frog Forest · Rail Canyon · Egg Fleet
Quick Race
Road Rock · Mad Express · Terror Hall
Ring Race
Egg Treat · Pinball Match · Hot Elevator
Special Stages
Special Stage 1 · Special Stage 2 · Special Stage 3
Enemies
Bomb Flapper · Cameron · Cannon Flapper · E-2000 · E-2000R · Egg Bishop /Egg Magician · Egg Hammer · Egg Knight · Egg Pawn (Casino version ) · Falco · Flapper · Gold Cameron · Gold Klagen · Gun Flapper · Heavy-Egg Hammer · Klagen · Laser Flapper · Needle Flapper · Pumpkin Ghost · Rhinoliner · Search Flapper · Solid Flapper · Solid Pawn
Bosses
Egg Hawk · Team Sonic , Dark , Rose , Chaotix · Robot Carnival · Egg Albatross · Robot Storm · Egg Emperor · Metal Madness · Metal Overlord
Moves/ techniques
Speed
Homing Attack · Jump Dash · Kick · Light Dash · Lightspeed Attack · Propeller Hammer · Rocket Accel · Shuriken · Spin · Spin Jump · Swinging Hammer Attack · Tornado Jump (Black Tornado , Blue Tornado , Leaf Swirl , Tornado Hammer ) · Triangle Jump
Fly
Ascending Flight · Cheese Attack · Dummy Ring Bomb · Spin Jump · Sting Attack · Thunder Shoot · Quick Ascent
Power
Auto Homing · Body Press · Bubblegum Descent · Fire Combination · Fire Dunk · Fire Launcher · Fireball Jump · Forward Power Attack · Hammer Down · Jump Fire Knock · Jump Fireball · Remote Power Attack (Fireball , Fire Knock ) · Spin Jump · Triangle Dive · Umbrella Descent · Wide Power Attack (Big Fishing , Omega Arm , Vector Breath , Volcanic Dunk )
Team Blasts
Sonic Overdrive · Chaos Inferno · Flower Festival · Chaotix Recital · Super Sonic Power
Other
Chaos Control · Crouch · Crystal Attack · Grind Step · Grinding
Gimmicks and obstacles
Ball Switch · Bingo · Bobsled · Bomb · Bumper · Bumper wall · Cannon · Check Point · Conveyor Belt · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Dash Ring · Detonator Switch · Drop Target · Fan · Fireball · Flipper · Flower · Formation Change Gate · Giant Frog · Giant Switch · Grind Rail · Hint Ring · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Kao · Laser field · Mushroom · Orb switch · Pole · Power Gong · Propeller · Pulley · Rainbow Ring · Sling Shot · Slot machine · Spring · Target Switch · Track switch · Triangle Bumper · Trolley · Vine · Warp Flower · Weight · Wide spring
Items
Capsule · Car · Casino chip · Castle Key · Cell key · Chaos Emerald · Container (Cage , Case , Steel Container , Unbreakable Container , Wooden Container ) · Emblem · Engine Core · Floating Item Box · Goal Ring · Hermit crab · Item Box (1 UP , Barrier , Fly Charge , High Speed , Invincible , Rings , Power Core , Team Blast Ring ) · Light spider marking · Power Core · Ring · Special Stage Key · Sphere · Torch
Voice actors
English
Ryan Drummond (Sonic , Metal Sonic ) · Deem Bristow (Eggman ) · William Corkery (Tails ) · Scott Dreier (Knuckles ) · David Humphrey (Shadow ) · Lani Minella (Rouge , Omochao ) · Jon St. John (Omega , Big ) · Jennifer Douillard (Amy ) · Sarah Wulfeck (Cream ) · Bill Corkery (Espio ) · Marc Biagi (Vector ) · Emily Corkery (Charmy )
Japanese
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic , Metal Sonic ) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) · Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) · Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) · Taiten Kusunoki (Omega ) · Taeko Kawata (Amy ) · Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) · Takashi Nagasako (Big ) · Yūki Masuda (Espio ) · Kenta Miyake (Vector ) · Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy ) · Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao )
Music
Songs
"Sonic Heroes " · "We Can " · "This Machine " · "Follow Me " · "Team Chaotix " · "What I'm Made of... "
Albums
Complete Trinity: Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrax · Triple Threat: Sonic Heroes Vocal Trax · Sonic Heroes Official Soundtrack · Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
Other
Alligator · Armored train · Audio Room · Chaotix Detective Agency · Dummy Ring · Egg Bazooka · Egg Emperor · Egg Fleet · Egg Gun · Egg Spear · Fly Type · Health Gauge · HEXAeco · Life · Loop · Moon · Orca · Palm plant · Power Type · Rank · Sonic Heroes Official Guidebook · Sonic Heroes: Prima's Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Heroes Puzzle · Speed Type · Super Hard Mode · Team Blast Gauge · Tornado 2