Sonic C-Treme (video game)

Sonic C-Treme (also known as SCT) is a 2010 platformer in the Sonic C-Treme series for the PC, Nintendo DS, and the Wii. As Sonic the Hedgehog, the player embarks on a journey to save seven magical entities enslaved by Doctor Robotnik. The player must guide Sonic through a series of themed levels to collect rings, and defeat Robotnik. Though it retains game mechanics from the canceled Sonic X-Treme video game, Sonic C-Treme also uses modern concepts from later Sonic games.
== Plot ==
Doctor Robotnik discovers seven magical entities. These creatures were actually living thousands of years ago and helped build the all-powerful Master Emerald, which balances the power of the seven Chaos Emeralds. Robotnik decides to steal the entities and use them to finally fulfill his plans for world domination. However, stealing them ends up breaking the all-powerful Master Emerald into 7 shards. This also causes the world to warp and rips chunks of wood, plant, metal, and even whole houses, and cars, from the ground and float in various orientations in the sky. During a walk, Sonic is informed by Knuckles, who saw Robotnik stealing and breaking the all-powerful Master Emerald. Sonic runs away to stop Robotnik, return the seven magical entities to the shards, and save the day.
== Gameplay ==
The game is split into several levels called zones. Every zone has three acts: two standard levels, where the player must collect Flickies by defeating robots in order to proceed; and a boss fight against Robotnik, without any Flicky-collecting involved. In normal levels, once the player collects all five Flickies from each section of an act, Sonic is either further advanced into the act or taken to the next act. If Sonic and the following Flickies are hit by an obstacle or enemy, the Flickies and the rings Sonic collected will scatter. Each individual Flicky's color determines its behavior: blue, pink, and orange Flickies make an effort to find Sonic, while green and red Flickies wander off at random; the latter even jumping about, making them harder to recollect. Sonic starts the game with four lives; if he is hit with no Flickies or rings in his possession, he will lose a life. Losing all lives results in a game over. Lives can be replenished by collecting a 1-up or collecting ten Sonic-shaped medals. As with previous games, Sonic C-Treme includes "special stages", in which the player collects shards of the all-powerful Master Emerald. Obtaining all seven shards allows the player to play the final boss battle and discover the true ending of the game. To access these stages, the player must find a Super Ring hidden within a level, and stand next to it with at least 50 rings collected. Doing so allows the player to exchange the rings in order for the chance to play the game's special stage. During special stages, the camera shifts to behind Sonic as he runs down a preset path and must collect rings while avoiding obstacles that, when running into, make him lose rings. A certain number of rings need to be obtained at certain checkpoints to continue through the stage, and ultimately be able to make it to the end in order to receive a Shard. 
== Zones ==
=== Jade Gully ===
# Emerald Clouds 
# Bamboo Transit 
# Wolf's Den
=== Red Sands ===
# Tombs 'n Traps
# Pyro Pools
# Giza Speedway
=== Blue Ocean ===
# Aquatic Relix
# Dolphin Resort
# Lake Rocky
=== Crystal Frost ===
# Icegates
# Prism Chorus
# Cryo Genesis
=== Galaxy Fortress ===
# Proving Ground
# Megabase Control
# Factory Robo
=== Metal Blade ===
# Sewer Shock
# Necropolis 
# Nightmare Bridge
== Reception ==
Sonic C-Treme received mixed reviews, according to the review aggregator GameRankings. Mike Wallis, an employee of Sega at the time, recalled in an interview that the PC version was successful for the company, eventually selling over 700,000 copies. The Wii version was also a commercial success and was one of the system's better-selling games, according to Wallis.
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