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[[Image:Capsule_Open_S3.png|right|thumb|320px|[[Knuckles]] breaking a capsule in [[IceCap Zone]]]] | [[Image:Capsule_Open_S3.png|right|thumb|320px|[[Knuckles]] breaking a capsule in [[IceCap Zone]]]] | ||
− | '''Capsules''', otherwise known as | + | '''Capsules''', otherwise known as '''Egg Pods''', '''Egg Prisons''' or '''Prison Eggs'''{{fileref|Sonic2 GG US manual.pdf|page=11}}, are where [[Dr. Robotnik]] stores the [[Animal Friends]] (or, in the case of ''[[Sonic CD]]'', the [[Miracle Planet]]'s [[Miracle Planet flowers|plant seeds]]) that he's captured. Often found at the end of a zone, these ubiquitous containers acts as a 'finish line' for the player in that once it is activated, the level ends and the player's score is tallied. The animals are usually freed by jumping on a button at the top of the capsule, although in ''[[Sonic 2 (8-bit)]]'', which features a kind of floating egg prison, [[Sonic]] has to [[spin attack]] into the underside to open it. |
Capsules appear at the end of every third act in ''[[Sonic 1]]'' and ''[[Sonic CD]]'', at the end of every second act in ''[[Sonic 2]]'', ''[[Sonic 3 & Knuckles]]'', ''[[Sonic Advance]]'' and ''[[Sonic Mania]]'', and at the end of the boss acts in ''[[Sonic 4]]''. They are also found at the end of Action Stages in ''[[Sonic Adventure]]''. | Capsules appear at the end of every third act in ''[[Sonic 1]]'' and ''[[Sonic CD]]'', at the end of every second act in ''[[Sonic 2]]'', ''[[Sonic 3 & Knuckles]]'', ''[[Sonic Advance]]'' and ''[[Sonic Mania]]'', and at the end of the boss acts in ''[[Sonic 4]]''. They are also found at the end of Action Stages in ''[[Sonic Adventure]]''. | ||
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===Gallery=== | ===Gallery=== | ||
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<gallery widths="150" heights="105"> | <gallery widths="150" heights="105"> | ||
Image:Capsule_Closed_S1.PNG|''[[Sonic 1 (16-bit)]]'',<br/>[[Green Hill Zone]] | Image:Capsule_Closed_S1.PNG|''[[Sonic 1 (16-bit)]]'',<br/>[[Green Hill Zone]] | ||
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Image:Capsule_Minigame.PNG|''[[Sonic Advance 3]]'',<br/>Minigame | Image:Capsule_Minigame.PNG|''[[Sonic Advance 3]]'',<br/>Minigame | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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+ | ==References== | ||
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{{Items}} | {{Items}} | ||
[[Category:Level objects]] | [[Category:Level objects]] |
Revision as of 13:32, 22 May 2019
Capsules, otherwise known as Egg Pods, Egg Prisons or Prison Eggs[1], are where Dr. Robotnik stores the Animal Friends (or, in the case of Sonic CD, the Miracle Planet's plant seeds) that he's captured. Often found at the end of a zone, these ubiquitous containers acts as a 'finish line' for the player in that once it is activated, the level ends and the player's score is tallied. The animals are usually freed by jumping on a button at the top of the capsule, although in Sonic 2 (8-bit), which features a kind of floating egg prison, Sonic has to spin attack into the underside to open it.
Capsules appear at the end of every third act in Sonic 1 and Sonic CD, at the end of every second act in Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic Advance and Sonic Mania, and at the end of the boss acts in Sonic 4. They are also found at the end of Action Stages in Sonic Adventure.
In Sonic & Knuckles' Flying Battery Zone, the Doctor's skyship houses a great number of egg prisons which can be popped open during the normal course of the level. Instead of captured animals, these pods can contain rings, badniks, or even a cunningly-disguised sub-boss. Other capsules are empty, or the button may act as a spring. Finally, there's one in Sandopolis Act 2 that houses ghosts.
Sonic Advance 3 features giant capsules as a minigame. Here, the prisons have multiple activation buttons arrayed over their surface, and pushing them quickly allows the player to score more points and bust open the capsule faster. Freeing the animals quickly rewards the player with a number of extra lives proportional to the speed of completion.
In Sonic Generations, capsules appear in two Challenges Acts: one in Seaside Hill and one in Planet Wisp, as part of the main mission where the player must collect a certain number of animals before the time runs out. The design of the capsules in this game is similar to the original versions, but with an improved and more detailed look.
In Sonic Lost World, in addition to capsules being the goal of a Zone, smaller capsules appear scattered throughout the level, and Sonic can open them to release the animals inside.
In Sonic Forces, capsules do not appear in main stages, but only in blue SOS missions of these same stages, in which the player must save a rental Avatar or animals from being imprisoned in them.
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Sonic Advance 3,
Minigame