Sonic Eclipse (DS)

== Development ==
Sonic Eclipse's release date was scheduled for the 3rd of October 2005 for the Nintendo DS but after a major setback in development Sonic Eclipse was delayed and then "cancelled" because it would have been clashing against Sonic Rush's more modern "boost gameplay".
However, Sonic Eclipse resumed development after Rush's release. The demo showcased at 2006's E3 was way different than the final product having the characters to be 2d sprites recycled from Sonic Advance 3. It was never revealed why this was the case.
Sonic Eclipse was finally released in the 14th of November 2006 receiving decent ratings. Sonic Eclipse was criticized for it not having the "boost gameplay" that the previous handheld title had
== Gameplay ==
The gameplay is similar to the advanced series, it having a completely remastered game-engine from the advance titles. The characters have character specific techniques and moves they can preform.
Because the game's graphics are same to the Rush series it has flashy transitions to different environments throughout the level.
== Characters ==
=== Playable Characters ===
* Sonic the hedgehog
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Knuckles the echidna 
=== Non-Playable Characters ===
* Amy Rose
* Vector the crocodile
* Espio the chameleon
* Charmy bee
* Shadow the hedgehog
* E-130-EG
* DR. Eggman
=== Characters Playable In Mini-games ===
* Sonic the hedgehog
* Shadow the hedgehog
* Metal Sonic
* E-130-EG (unlockable)
* Vector the crocodile (unlockable)
(All the new characters seen below)
== Story ==
After DR. Eggman's most recent defeat two months ago, Sonic starts to notice an absence on the small chao creatures inhabiting south island Sonic decides to go investigate starting the tutorial stage, after realizing that Eggman's at it again Sonic, Tails and Knuckles head off to "mystic isle" an island located above a beautiful coral reef.
After arriving to the island Sonic sees Eggman capturing two chao. Sonic heads after Eggman starting the first stage. When the first stage ends Sonic frees the two captured chao. The chao explain that Eggman has not only captured the chao but the chaos emeralds and the master emerald
The story's formula is pretty simple after that, complete levels, free captured friends and chao, read dialogue and travel to a different location
After discovering one of Eggman's many bases his evil plan is revealed. He plans to eclipse the sun with the negative chaos energy of dark chao. He had been turning chao dark with the negative chaos energy from the emeralds. Sonic and friends realize how little time they have and dash towards the final set of levels.
After getting the final chaos emeralds Sonic turns super and fights against Eggman's "chaos mech" after defeating it Tails tells Sonic that the moon is falling towards the earth! However, Knuckles gives Sonic the master emerald and Sonic turns hyper stopping the moon in a quick time event mini-game.
After stopping the moon from falling Sonic, Tails and Knuckles decide to take a holiday Sonic saying "whew, finally i might be able to take a break"
== Stages ==
Stage number 	Location 	Character 	Boss
Stage 0 (Tutorial)	South island 	Sonic 	none
Stage 1 	Mystical jungle 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	Egg Catcher
Stage 2 	Mystical jungle 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	none
Stage 3 	Mystical jungle 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	Egg Hammer
Stage 4 	Coral rock 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	none
Stage 5 	Coral rock 	Sonic, Tails 	none
Stage 6 	Coral palace 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	Coral Emperor
Stage 7 	Magma tunnel 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	Shadow the hedgehog
Stage 8 	Obsidian nest 	Sonic, Knuckles 	none
Stage 9 	Obsidian nest 	Knuckles 	Obsidian Hornet
Stage 10 	Frozen slide 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	none
Stage 11 	Frozen slide 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	none
Stage 12 	Frozen slide 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	Egg Yeti
Stage 13 	Mushroom madness	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	none
Stage 14 	Mushroom madness	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	none
Stage 15 	Mushroom madness	Tails 	Egg Woodpecker
Stage 16 	Granite mine 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	none
Stage 17 	Granite canyon 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	none
Stage 18 	Granite canyon 	Sonic 	E-130-EG
Stage 19 	Egg platform 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	none
Stage 20 	Egg platform 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	none
Stage 21 	Tornado's flight	Tornado 	Dark Cyclone
Stage 22 	Desolate desert 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	none
Stage 23 	Desolate desert 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	none
Stage 24 	Egg saloon 	Sonic, Tails, Knuckles	Egg Cactus
Stage 25 	Final reach 	Tails, Knuckles 	none
Stage 26 	Thunder cliff 	Tails, Knuckles 	none
Stage 27 	Colossal tower 	Sonic 	none
Stage 28 	Chaos Mech 	Super Sonic 	Chaos Mech
Stage 29 	Outer space 	Hyper Sonic 	Moon
(Outer space is technically not a stage but there were 29 stages advertised in the trailers)
== Bosses ==
=== Egg catcher ===
It is just the eggmobile with a cage hanging from it, bust open the cage to win the boss
=== Egg hammer ===
A big robot with a hammer, attack it's hands to destroy it
=== Coral emperor ===
A huge robot covered in coral, deflect the coral shards it throws at you to crack it's armor and then attack it 
=== Shadow the hedgehog ===
Deflect his homing attacks and avoid his chaos attacks, attack when Shadow is resting
=== Obsidian hornet ===
Only Knuckles's fists can break through it's tough hide, dive punch into it's back to shatter it's armor. Try to attack the exposed parts for more damage
=== Egg yeti ===
Attack it's skis to disable it
=== Egg woodpecker ===
Use Tails' thunder shot on the metallic "tree" the woodpecker is pecking at
=== E-130-EG ===
Don't hesitate on this battle, attack the robot as soon as possible before it can use it's electric shield
=== Dark cyclone ===
Eggman calls it the dark version of the Tornado, but it just looks more like the G.U.N's vulkan fighter plane. Watch out for the giant missiles it shoots at you, after avoiding it's dash shoot it with the full arsenal
=== Egg Cactus ===
deflect the robot's bullets back at it to disable it, just watch out for the spiked ones
=== Chaos mech ===
Attack it's center when unguarded to free the chao, when the core is unguarded attack for significant damage.
== New Characters ==
This game saw the appearance of only one new character: E-130-EG
== Trivia ==
* In the E3 demo of Sonic Eclipse a purple hedgehog was used as a secondary playable character to Sonic, this character was cut from the finalized product for unknown reasons.
* There was an entire location cut from the final version called digital kingdom
* In the earliest demo another character took E-130-EG's place as one of the bosses, the character was a black and white colored manta-ray
* It is implied that the boss Dark Cyclone is Tails's plane Tornado from another dimension
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