
Riding off the turbulence another board gives off will also refuel the air gauge. When airborne players can perform various tricks, which refill the air gauge according to their rating. These maneuvers include cornering, which involves using the air as a sideways force against the board, allowing the player to round sharp turns with ease, and building tension before a jump, which involves using the air to propel the player higher off of ramps.

Sonic Riders is played entirely hoverboards ( Extreme Gear), in which players typically race against seven other competitors on one of 14 tracks.Ī key component of the game is the air tank, which fuels the Extreme Gear, and is depleted gradually as the race goes on or by performing certain maneuvers. But what was Eggman's true motive, and what of the three thieving birds? Sonic and his friends must face off against the Babylon Rogues to find out. The next day, Sonic found that Doctor Eggman had set up a hover board racing tournament, with the prize being the very Chaos Emerald that was stolen, and the top three entries being the thieves! Sonic and his friends promptly pay the entry fee of one Chaos Emerald and take up the challenge. Wave slows down a bit, allowing Storm to grab his hover board, then they get away. However, Jet gives Sonic a taste of his own medicine, and the group, known as Babylon Rogues, escape.

Sonic steals the board the clumsy albatross left behind and pursues Jet. Glass shatters and from Metal City Bank fall Jet the Hawk, Wave the Swallow and Storm the Albatross, who have the Chaos Emerald! Sonic and Knuckles manage to knock Storm off the hover board he was riding, but Wave catches Storm and gives him a lift. Sonic, Tails and Knuckles are walking through Metal City one evening, and Tails detects a Chaos Emerald on his radar.
