Shadow:
D. Shadow
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Item: Flame Ring
Location: Radical Highway
Requirements: Air Shoes
What It Does: Since this is the same as Sonic´s Flame Ring, I´ll just copy
and paste that definition here. Allows you to break metal boxes
allowing you to find more hidden animals and coin boxes. This
is a very useful upgrade.
Difficulty: Easy-Medium - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED and may be REQUIRED
How To Get: Near the beginning of the level, you should see a "staircase
pyramid" type structure leading up to the highway. Hop up this
making sure not to shoot the boxes. After walking a little ways
you´ll come up to a highway path you need to "turn" on. Instead
of going the way the camera goes, go the other way. You should
see a roller that you can spin under. After this should be a
line of rings going to another highway. You should know what to
do here, if not simply do a Light Dash across the way. Hit the
spring on the path and hop into the circle to get the Flame Ring
upgrade.
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Item: Air Shoes
Location: White Jungle
Requirements: None
What It Does: Allows you to use the EXTREMELY useful Light Dash. The Light
Dash (also seen in Sonic Adventure) allows you to dash through
a line of rings to get over and avoid obstacles under. This is
usually used to access shortcuts and occasionally used to
continue on the normal path.
Difficulty: Easy-Medium - REQUIRED to finish level
How To Get: Go through the level as normal until you get to a long line of
rings. Look around on the island you are on to find a wooden
box. Open it up and fall down into the hole to land on a lower
bit of the jungle mountain. Look around to see the Air Shoes.
To get out of this area, spin under the wooden wall nearby and
use the shoes for a light dash across the ring line.
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Item: Ancient Light
Location: Sky Rail
Requirements: None
What It Does: Allows you to use the Light Attack. The Light Attack allows
you to attack enemies in a quick row.
Difficulty: Medium-Hard
How To Get: Not as hard as it seems. Proceed through the level as normal
until you get to the first rocket. DO NOT take this rocket, but
instead homing attack the enemy over to the ledge with the chao
box. Walk over and break the chao box. Tiptoe over to the edge
and get as close to the mountain as you can. A row of baddies
should appear. Homing attack them and then homing attack the
final one with the spring to get to the top of the mountain and
the Ancient Light upgrade.
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Item: Mystic Melody
Location: Final Chase
Requirements: None
What It Does: Allows you to play a melody in front of certain ancient shrines
that unveils new paths that usually lead to the lost Chao.
These also allow shortcuts occasionally.
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
How To Get: Continue through the level as normal until you get to the part
where you are continuously running up gravity pipes and jumping
onto platforms with those annoying Chaos type guys attacking you.
At the top of one of those you will be able to see in the
distance another gravity pipe with an entire electric field
around at one point. Jump at the pipe so you land above the
electric field and then follow up the pipe for a platform and
the Shadow´s Mystic Melody upgrade.
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E. Dr. Eggman
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Item: Laser Blaster
Location: Iron Gate
Requirements: Large Cannon
What It Does: Increases the amount of space and firing radius Eggman has. You
can lock on to enemies with double the radius now. This is
another useful item when you are attempting for A ranks on the
levels.
Difficulty: Easy
How To Get: Continue through the level as normal until you get to the 2nd
checkpoint. In front of you should be a hallway blocked by metal
boxes. Simply shoot the boxes out and continue through the
"trashy" hallway to get this upgrade. See..that wasn´t so hard
now, was it?
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Item: Mystic Melody
Location: Sand Ocean
Requirements: Jet Engine
What It Does: Allows you to play a melody in front of certain ancient shrines
that unveils new paths that usually lead to the lost Chao.
These also allow shortcuts occasionally.
Difficulty: Easy - REQUIRED to get 3rd level emblems
How To Get: At the beginning of the level, hop onto the spinning platform
shortly in front of you. Wait on the end of it until it comes up
to the platform on your left. Jump and hover over and walk down
the short path to find the Mystic Melody at the end. Play it at
the shrine to create a warp and continue on your way.
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Item: Jet Engine
Location: Lost Colony
Requirements: None
What It Does: One of Eggman´s most useful upgrades, this allows you to hover
over open spaces to make those long, tough jumps. This is
required to finish Lost Colony and is also required to finish
many of the other missions with Eggman in the game.
Difficulty: Easy-Medium - REQUIRED to finish level
How To Get: When you get to the large room that appears to be a never ending
circle and fairly dark, look around until you see a staircase
made of the unbreakable metal boxes. It should be the only
completed staircase that you can actually walk up in this level.
This will allow you to hover to the other platforms and exit the
room which is why it is required.
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Item: Large Cannon
Location: Weapons Bed
Requirements: None
What It Does: This is a weapon upgrade for Dr. Eggman that allows him to break
metal boxes. Breaking metal boxes in SA2 is extremely helpful
and required in finishing some missions or finding hidden rings
and animals.
Difficulty: Easy - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED and possibly REQUIRED
How To Get: Head past the large stock of enemies at the beginning of the
level and keep an eye out on the left side for 3 doors. One
should be open while the other two are closed with dynamite packs.
Open the center door or the left one with dynamite in it to find
the upgrade tucked away. Sometimes Sonic Team can be so sneaky!
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Item: Protective Armor
Location: Cosmic Wall
Requirements: Jet Engine
What It Does: Obviously, the Armor upgrade upgrades your armor allowing you
to take more hits from the baddies!
Difficulty: Medium
How To Get: This is a fairly obvious one, but I will still explain it. After
the second checkpoint, there will be a free fall coming up. As
you fall, look for a platform with a rocket on the left side.
Land on the platform and launch the rocket to blow up some
"hidden" crates. Hover over to the hidden platform located
directly below the other platform. It´s tough to see but you´ll
need to try to land right between them. If you can manage that,
you´ll get this upgrade.
