IDW Sonic The Hedgehog (#1-74)

Decided to extend this idea with Action Stages and other cutscenes.

STAGE 1: SPIRAL BEACH

A coastal level below the cliffs near Spiral Hill. The ocean has several large maelstroms, and there are some spirally rock formations around the level. At the climax of the level, Whisper acquires a Navy Seal Wisp, in which her Wispon becomes a seal that they can ride across the ocean.

“Huh? I’ve never seen this Wisp before.” Whisper comments.

“A rare Wisp?!” Tangle exclaims. “This is so COOL!”

“Try to avoid the whirlpools!” Lanolin yells.

The stage concludes as they plummet into a massive maelstrom and land on a spiral-shaped area of ground.

In the following cutscene, Team Diamond searches the center of the area. “This looks like the area from Jewel’s photo.” Tangle says.

“Look.” Whisper finds a tape recorder on the ground. She plays it.

“Someone! Help! Sky City! He’s taking—AAAAH!”

“JEWEL!” Tangle screams. “Grrrrr! We gotta get to Sky City!”

“We can get there on the shuttle!” Lanolin says. “Hurry!”

STAGE 2: SKY CITY

Sky City appears as a high-tech metropolis amongst clouds, kept aloft by massive propellers. There are fluffy clouds to bounce upon, and they can glide in the currents of giant fans. There is a grind-rail area in which they ride through a dense fog.

“Hey! I can’t see where I’m going!” Tangle yells.

“I can blow the clouds away with my bell!” Lanolin says. “Better pay attention where to jump.”

STAGE 3: PLAYTIME TOWER

The stage is a colorful tower, and the inside is made up of playgrounds and playrooms. The Diamonds ride down slides and launch off the end ramps for Trick Points, and build momentum on swing sets for high jumps. “Reminds me of my old playground!” Tangle exclaims.

“I bet the Wisps would love this place.” Whisper says.

The unique gimmick of the level comes in the playroom sections. There are magic switches that cause Team Diamond to shrink to toy size. “Hey! Did everything just get bigger?” Tangle asks.

“I think we got smaller…” Lanolin replies.

“This is unsettling.” Whisper follows. The trio then explores giant letter block sections, toy racetracks, and fights teddy bear Badniks. There’s also an area of giant rubber balls, which Lanolin can hit away. At the end of these sections, Team Diamond can hit another switch to return to normal size, followed by another playground section.

STAGE 4: FROZEN FACTORY

This level is a desolate warehouse atop a snowy mountain. In the prelude cutscene, Whisper notices some suction cup footprints in the snow. “He’s here.”

“We can’t just rush in.” Lanolin says. “It’s gotta be a trap.”

“Doesn’t matter!” Tangle declares. “Jewel might be in danger! We can’t waste time!”

“He’s probably watching us as we speak.” Whisper says. “Anticipating any possible entrance. So, we might as well be direct.”

“Now you’re talkin’!”

Team Diamond grind across railroad tracks and have to dodge incoming freight cars. Tangle’s tail can grapple across crane hooks that shift between platforms. Whisper can grab Ivory Wisps and use their electricity to magnetically pull up rails hanging over chasms. There’s a part where they clamber across the side of the building, in which heavy winds blow them back. Tangle has to grapple onto points to endure the winds.

In the following cutscene, Team Diamond encounters Dr. Eggman atop a Boss Badnik. “Eggman!” Lanolin exclaims.

“No.” Whisper trains her Wispon. “Mimic.”

“Heh heh.” The doctor morphs back into his true form. “There’s no hiding from you, is there? Still, the doctor’s face has its perks. Check out this robot I managed to hijack. Just what I needed to CRACK some Diamonds!”

Whisper trembles furiously. She calms as Tangle holds her shoulder. “We’re saving Jewel and going home. But I don’t mind knocking your teeth in first!”

“That’s right.” Lanolin narrows her eyes. “We’re bringing you to justice!”

STAGE 5: JUNKYARD JUNGLE

This level is a metallic jungle made of rusted, scrapped cars and robots. “It’s so… metal-y here.” Tangle says.

“Smells like burning oil.” Whisper replies.

The trio confronts broken, zombie-like robots that ambush them from scrap piles. “Z-Z-ZOMBOTS!” Lanolin screams.

“Tangle! Don’t touch them!” Whisper cautions.

“Wait, they’re just normal Scrapniks. Just beat ’em up!”

There are open areas where monster truck Badniks attack them, requiring Lanolin’s strength to fight. Tangle can grapple tire swings, and they must jump between collapsing grind-rails. Whisper collects an Indigo Asteroid Wisp to mow her way through a dense field of junk. In the level’s climax, the team runs from a burning garbage grinder.

“AAAAAHHH! RUN FOR IT! We’re gonna get mulched!” Lanolin screams.

“I don’t wanna be junk food!” Tangle cries.

“Another Wisp!” Whisper can grab another Asteroid Wisp to crumble all the scrap in the way. When she builds the celestial body large enough, she can collapse the garbage grinder.

“YEAH! You grinded the grinder, Whisper!”

“I took out the trash, as it were.”

“Okay, that’s enough.” Lanolin sighs.

STAGE 6: MOONSHADE VALLEY

A beautiful, starlit valley of cyan grass and purple mountains. Tangle can grapple up shooting stars to climb great cliffs. They later platform across large, floating stars and grind-rail across comet streaks. “Look, Whisper!” Tangle points. “A full moon!”

“Yes.”

“Weeeeeeell, you’re a wolf, right?”

“I don’t do that.”

“Oh, okay. AWOOOOOOOOLLLLL!”

“AWOOOOOLLLLL!” Whisper howls. “T-Tangle!”

“Will you two get a grip?!” Lanolin shouts.

Next stage intro

Team Diamond are at the doorstep of a fortified mansion. “Jewel has to be here.” Whisper says. “There’s nowhere else.”

The wolf hums contemplatively. “What’s wrong?” Tangle asks.

“I’ve… been thinking. Mimic only wants to get to me. That’s why he targeted Jewel. If…If I keep staying here, he’s only going to keep hurting you. I feel like I should-”

“Hey, what’re you thinking?!” Tangle looks her in the eye. “We promised we would stop him together, didn’t we?”

“I…I know, but…”

“We’re a team! He hurt you, and he took Jewel! I’ll never forgive him! And no matter how much he tries, we’ll stop him as many times as it takes!”

Whisper looks away. “She’s right.” Lanolin says firmly. “He tricked me… Tried to turn me against you two.” She turns, curving her eyes in guilt. “I’ll never forgive him.”

“Whisper, this means as much to us as it does to you now. So, we’re sticking by you no matter what!”

Whisper raises her head and nods, resolve in her closed eyes. “You’re right. I’m sorry. It’s time to show him… the return of the Diamond Cutters.”

Tangle laughs and grabs her friends in a group hug. “You bet! Because the DIAMOND CUTTERS ARE UNBREAKABLE!”

“Okay, we need to have group meetings before you decide slogans for us.” Lanolin says.

“But it’s so cool though! Right, Whisper?”

“Seems like something Slinger would come up with.”

“Hehehehe! Okay… let’s go!”

Tangle and Whisper race off. Lanolin stalls, noticing Team Surge taking another entrance. She bows guiltily at seeing Belle. She hurries after her team.

STAGE 7: OPOSSUM MANOR

The mansion is full of security guard Badniks, electrified swimming pools, security lasers, statues of Clutch, etc.. “This is Clutch’s mansion.” Lanolin observes. “They must still be working together.”

“Our priorities come first.” Whisper says.

There are some areas where Team Diamond has to maneuver around searchlights, which spawn more dangerous enemies. “Sneaky, sneaky, sneaky…” Tangle hums.

“Tangle, we talked about this.” Whisper sighs.

After completing the level, Team Diamond enter a large room. “JEWEL!” Tangle beams seeing her friend unharmed.

“Tangle! Everyone!”

They run to each other for a hug! …But Whisper gasps. “No, Tangle!”

‘Jewel’ smirks and grabs a knife under her outfit. But Tangle smirks and jumps the swing of the knife, kicking the fake backward. “What, do you think I’m an idiot?”

Whisper sighs in relief. Mimic growls and changes back to normal. “I see you’ve grown a backbone. But I’m not about to let you ruin our deal. So, let’s finish this! Tangle! Whisper! Sheep girl!”

“SHEEP GIRL?!” Lanolin shouts.

“Sorry. Don’t quite remember your name.” Mimic shrugs nonchalantly. “You were never that remarkable.”

“GRRRRR! I’ve had ENOUGH of you!”

In the boss fight, Mimic wields knives in each of his tentacles. He is able to stretch and thrust them with sudden speed, perform spin attacks, or throw them from far away as he draws more knives. When he thrusts tentacles, Tangle can Tail Grapple them and pull herself toward the villain, but Mimic will swiftly evade her as subsequent Tail Grapples are required. When he does spin attacks, Lanolin must jump and do a smash attack. Mimic will also thrust his tentacles underground as the knives jut up from beneath the group: they must elevate with Fly Formation as Whisper throws her teammates into Mimic.

Mimic will also spew ink all over the player’s screen. “AUGH! I CAN’T SEE!” Tangle screams.

“Tangle, use your spin attack to shake it off!” Lanolin yells.

But after the ink is cleared, there will be a horde of regular Badniks in the room. “Where’d he go?!”

“He’s disguised!” Whisper says. “Find the right one before he ambushes us!”

If they take too long to hit the correct Badnik, Mimic will lunge for a successful attack. When Mimic is on his last sliver of HP, he will ink the screen again. Whisper lets out a grunt, and when the ink clears, they will see her Wispon has been knocked away, and Mimic has changed into her.

Both Whispers engage in close-quarters combat. “Hurry! Stop him!”

“No! That one’s Mimic!”

“Oh, no.” Lanolin says. “Tangle, how do we figure this out?”

“I-I’m working on it!”

The player must determine the correct one by searching for a flaw on the character model, while the two are fighting. If Tangle attacks the wrong Whisper, she will be knocked out. “AAH! WHISPER, I’M SO SORRY!”

“HAH! You’re not as clever as I thought!” Mimic will then repeat the tactic, but this time, take Lanolin’s form as her Wispon is knocked away.

“You jerk! Don’t you even dare wear my face!”

“I’m not… Tangle, it’s me!”

“No! Don’t listen to him!”

If the player fails this guess, it results in an automatic loss. Mimic will say, “Wow, Tangle. You betrayed your own teammates. ’Guess I had an impact on you.”

Tangle cries. “What’ve I done…”

If Tangle guesses the correct Whisper fake, Mimic tumbles onto the ground and grunts, “Ugh… How?!”

Whisper takes Tangle’s hand and says, “Because there are some things you can never imitate.”

However, if Tangle only gets it right on the Lanolin attempt, the villain will smirk. “Oh well. You can’t win them all, right?”

“Whisper, are you okay?!” Tangle helps her up. “I’m…”

“It’s fine, Tangle. I’m not mad.”

However, Tangle will look ashamed during the victory screen, and will miss out on bonus points.

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