SEGA details Sonic Superstars Emerald Abilities

The cover story for this month’s Game Informer magazine has been revealed as Sonic Superstars-themed and the latest edition also contains a wealth of content about the intriguing upcoming 2D platformer. One of the things shared by Sonic Team creative officer, Takashi Iizuka, is Chaos Emerald abilities which come in the form of Emerald Powers which offer characters unique abilities which should make for interesting play-throughs with each Chaos Emerald offering distinct Emerald Powers for all characters. You basically select the power you which to use with the right stick and they then operate on a cooldown. Here’s how each operates:

Avatar

Blue Emerald
Create clones of your character and send them speeding across the screen to defeat enemies

Bullet

Red Emerald
Blast your character in a specified direction

Water

Cyan Emerald
Characters can more easily traverse underwater areas and even climb up waterfalls

Ivy

Green Emerald
Grow vines from where your character stands to help you reach new areas
Can direct where they grow
If you’re playing co-op, your teammates can use your ivy to reach new areas

Vision

Purple Emerald
Reveals certain objects like hidden platforms and rings
The developers thought about players having a challenging time knowing when to use the power and took it into consideration

Slow

Yellow Emerald
Slows down everything on screen

Extra

White Emerald
This is a character-specific ability
Sonic: Homing Attack
Amy: Hammer Throw
Knuckles: Punch
Tails: Tornado Spin

Super

Collect all Chaos Emeralds to gain the ability to turn into a Super version of your character
Each character can turn Super
Each character turns invincible and becomes faster, with rings depleting over time
Once you get all seven Chaos Emeralds, you can still choose what power you want to be using
You can select from the selection wheel what Emerald Power you want to use at that specific time, not necessarily automatically turning into Super Sonic or Super form