Sonic and the Dark Blood

Sonic and the Dark Blood is a action-adventure Spin-off game created through the collaborative era between SEGA's CS2 Team, and Cosmic Studios. In spite of the title of the game and the setting, it is confirmed not to be apart of the Sonic Storybook Series. 
== Plot ==
The story begins out in the dark woods, overlooking a isolated castle. Inside, Dracula, the king of Vampires, overlooks the world through a magical orb, deciding that now's the time for him to take vengeance on the world. While observing the world, he sees Sonic the Hedgehog running around the landscape, and he concludes that he could become a problem for him, as he can sense the pure heart within the blue Hedgehog. Overhearing all of this, a small Wisp (not to be confused with the wisps of Sonic Colors) flees the castle to warn Sonic before Dracula could carry out his plans.
Meanwhile, Sonic is in the middle of a race alongside Tails, mostly to test out Tails' new additions to the Tornado II. As they are racing though, Dracula interferes by using his magic to make Tails' plane stall, causing Tails to fly off course and out of sight. Sonic tries to go after the plane, but is suddenly ambushed by Dracula. The attack is short-lived, and Sonic beats him quickly, but Dracula reveals that he's set a curse on him. Dracula explains that he can kill him at any time he wants now, and unless he follows his instructions and aids in his goal (which at this point he doesn't reveal fully), he'll take him out right then and there. Sonic of course refuses, not believing in Vampires himself, but Dracula demonstrates his abilities by transforming Sonic into "Synth Sonic" - a vampiric-version of Sonic. 
They both then hear Tails starting to come back to them, Dracula disappearing to "watch the demonstration". At first Sonic checks on Tails, and things seem normal, but after some talking Sonic starts to feel more aggressive towards Tails, to the point which Tails leaves him alone again in anger. Sonic snaps back to reality though when the Wisp finds him and rests on his shoulder, and Dracula (not aware of the wisp) tells him he'll only get more primal the longer the curse is on him. Now understanding the situation, Sonic reluctantly agrees to help Dracula out. Dracula instructs him to locate the Cold Rings, which at this point are scattered around the countryside, and then leaves back to his castle. The wisp reveals itself to Sonic after Dracula leaves, which at first Sonic tries swatting away until finding out how much it calms him down. The wisp explains that while it can't remove the curse from Sonic, it can help keep his anger under control. Sonic happily lets the Wisp stay with him, but still doesn't like the fact he's helping Dracula out as he goes off to find the Rings.
From there, Sonic starts going around the countryside, and collecting the first three Cold Rings, each of which are guarded by the locals to keep Dracula at bay - and who Sonic had to force through. Throughout this, the curse becomes more and more unbearable, him acting more irritated and aggressive as the collection continued. As they travel, the Wisp tells of how Dracula used to rule over the land with all of his vampire elite, but overtime they all died off until only he was left. This drove Dracula to revenge over the entire country, planning to wipe them all out. All the while, news of Sonic's actions start to spread around the land, and eventually reaches Tails, who starts to wonder what's gotten a hold of his friend.
Sonic continues after the remaining Cold Rings, Sonic assumes he has to go back to the castle, but Dracula strangely instructs him to go to the nearby village. Sonic immediately suspects he wants him to attack the village in some way, but Dracula assures him there's "only one" that's bothering him. Not having any other options, Sonic goes to the village again. At this point the village distrusts Sonic, and the local guard tries making him leave. The Wisp however reveals to the village why he's stealing all the Cold Rings. However, a darkened mist manifests in the village's plaza, and takes away the Wisp from Sonic. Without the wisp's magic, Sonic quickly starts losing control of himself, and immediately starts rampaging throughout the village in a blind rage. Tails tries to bring Sonic around, only to be attacked and knocked unconscious by him. This snaps Sonic out of his rage, and direct his anger towards Dracula, but he collects the Cold Rings and flees back to his castle.
While the villagers fear the worst and start to blame Sonic, Tails stands up for him and promises they'll stop him. he and Tails both go right off to Dracula's castle, and after some navigating they confront him inside his throne room. Sonic immediately demands to know where the Wisp is, which Dracula reveals it trapped inside of a cage by the Cold Rings. Sonic tries getting the wisp out, but Dracula forces him back. He tells Sonic he could've killed him the moment he got all of the Cold Rings, but decided to grant him mercy for his loyalty to him, going as far as to question why he's retaliating him now. Sonic tells him he never wanted to do this, and is more than willing to fight him. Accepting the challenge, Dracula summons the Cold Rings to him, and with their power transforms into the "Blood Dragon", and a fight quickly breaks out. The fight turns the castle into ruins before Sonic could finally defeat Dracula as Synth Sonic. 
On his defeat, Dracula disappears in a cloud of smoke, and the curse is lifted from Sonic, freed from Dracula's control. Sonic and Tails return to the village with the Wisp safe and sound, returning the cold rings to the locals and announcing Dracula's defeat, thus clearing Sonic's name. With all of that taken care of, he and Tails go off on their way, looking forward to the next adventure.
=== Tails' Sidestory ===
Upon completing the main story, a bonus side story will be unlocked that allows you to play as Tails. This essentially follows Tails since he got separated from Sonic, as he tries finding parts to fix the Tornado II, often running into many of Dracula's minions that try and stop him from interfering with his ultimate plan.
== Gameplay ==
The game follows the "Boost formula" used in many of the modern games: the player capable of using the boost attack to attack enemies and increase speed through stages. However, unlike most games, the boost power-up is only able to be charged by collecting rings, as attacking enemies won't fill up the boost gauge. Outside of this change, Sonic controls similar to other games - able to jump, run, spin dash, and use the homing attack on enemies.
=== Synth Sonic ===
The new main mode in this game is the ability to transform into "Synth Sonic". This ability have numerous traits and skills normal Sonic in incapable of doing, with areas in some stages impossible to pass through otherwise:
* Some areas such as a thin wall or a bramble of vines can be fazed through.
* Fighting as Synth Sonic increases a "power gauge", which makes his attacks twice as strong. Reaching max power will allow Synth Sonic to release a pulse that surrounds him, and his several enemies at once.
* Synth Sonic is able to turn invisible for a brief amount of time. This ability only works if enemies hadn't seen you yet.
Synth Sonic however can be negated if he's either caught in the sunlight, or if taken enough damage by other enemies within the game.
== Characters ==
Compared to previous games, the amount of characters that appear within this game are fairly small. The only main returning characters are Tails and Sonic, making this the first game since Sonic the Hedgehog 2 that only features the two as playable characters.
* Sonic the Hedgehog (Synth Sonic)
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Wisp (SatDB)
* Dracula
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