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Sonic also proved his worth as an acrobat by hopping on lengths of rope that were suspended horizontally at different points, and then launching off of them to get to a higher point in the level. While we rode the wind, we noticed a few rainbow-colored looks nearby that, with a properly timed jump, would work as a shortcut.
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At several different points, there were glowing green orbs attached to pillars that we could knock with our homing attack, which would reveal a wind path that Sonic could hop on and ride, similar to how the grind rails work. As fans of the recent 3D Sonic games will know, you can quickly chain these homing attacks together to give whole groups of robots the business, though we noticed that Sonic was now sporting a pretty sweet little mid-combo spinning flip animation that, while not making the homing attack any mechanically different, definitely made the combat more visceral.Īs we sped our way around the level, we also discovered plenty of alternate paths. The level is also filled with menacing robots, most of which Sonic can make pretty short work of with his homing attack, which is executed by simply jumping in the air, aiming in the general direction of your enemy, and hitting the jump button again. There are still plenty of familiar Sonic accoutrements as well, including the ubiquitous collectible rings, grindable rails, pinball-inspired bumpers for Sonic to bounce off of, checkpoint gates, and those helpful red-topped power-up pods. The Sonic level, as you might imagine, is all about speed, and though the look of the Sonic demo level is much more realistic and detailed than you might expect from a Sonic game, the feel is still unmistakably Sonic, with lots of lush greenery, crumbling, ancient ruins, and waterfalls. The demo itself is divided into two separate parts, each of which shows off Sonic and Silver's unique abilities. For his E3 demo, though, he's brought along just one new buddy, and a new one at that-Silver the Hedgehog. Sonic has had no shortage of company on his past adventures, often bringing along enough anthropomorphic pals to have a pickup game of basketball.
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Sega is showing off a 40 percent complete version of Sonic the Hedgehog for the PS3, as well as a nearly identical Xbox 360 version that appears to be just as far along, here on the show floor at E3 2006.