Before long, Eggman had succeeded in crystallizing energy into his own artificial Dark Rings, which he used to power his new robot army. Determined to unlock the secrets of the Special Rings and the power to summon the Master Emerald, Eggman built his base, the Newtrogic High Zone, on the island.

These Special Rings create a mysterious dimensional space filled with the Master Emerald Pillar's energy, which had crystallized and formed six Chaos Rings. Additionally, Eggman discovered a Special Ring identical to the ones on the Floating Island. Doctor Eggman discovered the island, and found a mysterious small ring inscribed with descriptions of a lost civilization. Many of its concepts have not been seen in a Sonic game since, and the game was only officially rereleased once, through GameTap briefly in 2007.Īccording the game's Japanese manual, a mysterious island rose from the sea shortly after the events of Sonic & Knuckles. There is strong evidence to suggest that both Sonic and Tails were playable at some point, however they were removed from the game for currently unknown reasons.Ĭhaotix is the only 32X outing for the Sonic universe (although Sonic X-treme was once tipped for a 32X release) and is considered to be a black sheep in the Sonic family. Other characters include Bomb the Mechanic and Heavy the Mechanic which act as booby prize characters.

Neither Sonic the Hedgehog nor Miles 'Tails' Prower appear in the game (bar an ending cameo), with their places filled by Mighty the Armadillo, Vector the Crocodile, Charmy Bee and Espio the Chameleon. Eggman and Metal Sonic from exploiting the powers of the Special Rings.Ĭhaotix had a troubled development history, beginning life as Sonic Crackers for the Sega Mega Drive before being housed on the 32X, an equally troubled piece of video game hardware. It gives the newly introduced Knuckles the Echidna the starring role, alongside a new group of characters informally known as the 'Chaotix', collectively stopping Dr. For the group of characters, see Chaotix (characters) and Team Chaotix.Ĭhaotix (カオティクス), known as Knuckles' Chaotix on western packaging and Chaotix: Featuring Knuckles the Echidna (カオティクス　～ＦＥＡＴＵＲＩＮＧ　ナックルズ　ザ　エキドゥナ～) on Japanese packaging, is a Sonic the Hedgehog-related game released for the Sega 32X in early 1995.

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