Episode 2: San Diales

[Sunflora Azumarill]

SAN DIALES
Description: "An amazing coastal city filled with various people from around the world. This place is also known for such things as an assortment of rich people and also where the majority of movies are shot."

Music Notes: An original day-based Los Angeles/San Franciscan track plays throughout the hub during the daytime. An original night-based Los Angeles/San Franciscan track plays throughout the hub during the nighttime.

We've now made it to the city of San Diales, which is based off of Californian cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Malibu. It's best to view this place as a West Coast counterpart to Empire City. Anyway, this hub is as big as the Aquamuda hub and has a number of places for you to visit. Note that it's most likely nighttime here since it was daytime when you defeated Archie. The description of this hub is mostly based off of daytime. Like in the Aquamuda hub, there are a number of floating TV's that indicate what each place here is. Here is a description of each of the places to be found within San Diales.

San Diales Park: This is where Tails parks the Tornado and thus is where you start the hub. This place happens to be a large park that during the day is filled with lots of people. At night, their numbers are far fewer. One person that's here regardless of the time of day is referred to as Boss (this is the same Boss that's seen in Empire City in the Xbox360/PS3 version of Sonic Unleashed, not the one from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater). The Boss will welcome you to San Diales and bring up a bit about the city, such as it's a very clean city (a major contrast to what Los Angeles is like in the real world) and that he's from Empire City and is here on business. The Boss will explain that recently, a construction crew building a new mall discovered what looks like some sort of shrine buried beneath the city. Shortly after its discovery, a group called the Go-Rock Squad came and attacked the city, broke into the shrine, and stole a large orange plate from it. The Boss will finish his talk with himself wondering what that plate could be. If you go up to the large fountain in the middle of the park, a teenage girl (Sandra) will tell you the location of a Secret Item in the Palm Tree Streets stage. If you go north from the fountain to a bench under a palm tree, you'll find a black man (Jonah) reading a newspaper. If you talk to him, he'll explain that he's watching a video in the Local section about a weird Pokémon that's been spotted in the city (most likely Sunflorazumarill, and you may also notice he said he was watching a video as opposed to reading an article, indicating how advanced Pokémon world newspapers are). In a palm tree in the southwest quadrant of the park is a Max Revive, but you need all the Magic Materia before you can get it.

Kasumi Blvd/Natsume Ave: If you go east of San Diales Park, you'll reach Kasumi Blvd going to the right and left and the start of Natsume Ave (some floating TV's in this hub act like street signs). In the area in between both halves of Kasumi Blvd is a street performer (Kerry) who's performing for anyone that drives by. Note that on any roads here, cars are courteous as to stop when they get near you as to not ram you. You can head down Natsume Ave until you reach a road that starts to the right that is called Akane St.

Natsume Ave/Akane St: If you head down the sidewalk on Akane St, you'll find a teenage snob (Maddy) who'll just tell you to get out of her way. Just a bit from where she is happens to be is a taco stand named "Mariachi Amigos!" There's a patio with umbrella-covered tables here and a couple people sitting down in them. Go to the stand itself to find a Mexican man (Juarez) who you can buy various food items from. Here's a list of what you can buy here:

Mariachi Amigos!
Beef Taco: 300p
Chicken Taco: 300p
Burrito: 350p
Enchilada: 300p
Nachos: 250p
Taco Salad: 350p
Rice: 200p
Guacamole: 200p
Salsa: 150p
Langostino: 400p

If you keep down the sidewalk, you'll find the hub's Poké Mart. The inventory at this Mart is only a little more than that of the Aquamuda Poké Mart. Here's the inventory for this particular Poké Mart:

Poké Mart
Potion: 100p**
Burn Heal: 150p*
Antidote: 150p*
X Attack: 200p
X Defend: 200p
X Speed: 200p
Foresight Scope: 300p**
Hindsight Scope: 300p**
Gravity Scope: 300p**
* -Stored in your inventory until either selected or status condition that the item cures afflicts the chosen character (in which case it's used automatically).
**-Stored in your inventory until selected.

If it's daytime, across the street from the Poké Mart happens to be a man (Enrico) who'll ask you where he should take his girlfriend out to dinner. He either wants to take her to a fancy, but expensive restaurant or the pizzeria at the next street, which is cheaper. Choose "You should treat her to something special tonight." and Enrico will give you Music CD ##, something he says his girlfriend isn't really fond of. You can keep going down Akane St. until it intersects with Mikan Blvd.

Akane St/Mikan Blvd: The second you reach this busy street, turn west to find the pizzeria Enrico was talking about, called "Marialo's Slicery". You can head inside to find a few tables with some people at them. On the right side is a couple and their son (Martin, Mariana, and Matt) having a pizza. If you talk to Mariana, she'll explain that while she and her husband were touring the city, she came across a special item that she thinks you could check out. She'll give you a picture of where that item is located, which is in the Night Skyscraper stage. Keep that picture for later. Anyway, head up to the front counter to find Marialo, who after explaining how he makes his pizzas with fresh homemade dough and sauces, will ask you to buy something. Here is the list of what you can buy here:

Marialo's Slicery
Basic Pizza: 400p
Veggie Pizza: 350p
Meat Pizza: 450p
Seafood Pizza: 450p
Spicy Pizza: 400p
Veggie Sub: 300p
Seafood Sub: 350p
Pizza Sub: 300p
Italian Sub: 350p
Club Sub: 250p

From the intersection, you can head east down Mikan Blvd until you find either a bus (if it's day) or a taxi (if it's night). The floating TV at the bus stop states that it's headed for Terrace Hills (if it's night, the floating TV says "Bus Not In Service") If you board the bus, you'll notice there's no one at the seat. If you talk to some of the people on the bus, they'll explain that it's an automated bus, but that it still won't let you ride if you can't pay for the ride. Go up to the video screen near the driver's seat and it'll ask you for 200p. Pay and an automated voice from it will say "Route 9, Terrace Hills" before departing for that location. If it's night and thus a cab is there instead, the driver (Grifford) will ask for 400p before taking you to Terrace Hills.

Terrace Hills: Terrace Hills happens to be a bit of a contrast from the rest of the San Diales hub, in the fact that it's something out of Bel Air or the Hamptons. Both sides of the street are lined with mansions with sprawling yards. There are even floating TV's stationed near each gate to tell who lives in that mansion. The first one of the left states that the mansion belongs to the Delarouge family. At the second mansion on the right is a boy (Billy) who's sad that his favorite Lotad Frisbee went over the fence and that they won't let him in to get it. If you check the floating TV for the fourth mansion on the left, you'll discover it's a summer home belonging to James's family, but that no one's there currently. The fifth mansion on the right is interesting as the gate is open, allowing you to head on through and go up the front of the mansion, where a poor-looking man (Jebidiah) is sitting. He'll explain that he's originally from Pyrite Town in Orre and that one day in the desert, he accidentally struck a huge deposit of oil. After giving the oil to the World Oil Reserve, he became a billionaire and he and his family packed up and moved here to Terrace Hills in San Diales. (In case you don't know, Jebidiah's family is meant to be a parody of the Beverly Hillbillies.) If you head down to the end of the road, a Secret Item and two 200p items are available. The money is to pay the bus or taxi if needed to head back to the main part of the hub.

Here's a list of what you can get at the Burger 'n More House:

Burger 'n More House
Hamburger: 350p
Chili Dog: 250p
Fried Chicken: 250p
Big G Steak: 450p
Nuclear Taquo: 350p
Large Fries: 150p
Onion Rings: 150p
Side Salad: 200p
House Shake: 150p
Diet Cola: 100p

Here's a list of what you can get at the Limonada House:

Limonada House
Limonada Shake: 200p; Power +1, Speed +1, Defense +1
Tangy Fruit Shake: 150p; Speed +2, Defense +1
Tropica Shake: 250p; Power +2, Speed +1
Hard Fruit Shake: 200p; Power +1, Defense +2
Plant Shake: 150p; Power +2, Speed +3, Defense -2
Ice Shake: 150p; Power –2, Speed +2, Defense +3
Shock Shake: 150p; Power +3, Speed –2, Defense +2
Fire Shake: 150p; Power +2, Defense +2, Speed +2, -10 HP
Strawberry Shake: 100p; Jump +2
Orange Shake: 100p; Health +3, Jump -2
Pecha Shake: 200p; Speed +3, Jump +2, Health -2
Aspear Shake: 200p; Jump +3, Health +2, Power -2

Here's a list of what you'll now be able to buy at any Upgrade Shop:

Upgrade Shop
Red Program: 1500p; increases the amount of damage you do to enemies while homing attacking by 10%.
Green Program: 1500p; increases the amount of damage you do to enemies in Mach Speed Mode by 10%.
Blue Program: 1500p; increases the amount of damage you do to enemies while hydroplaning (skating along water) by 10%.
In addition to this, any character-exclusive items belonging to any character you've unlocked so far are also available.

Vending Machines: Here's a list of the vending machines in the hub:

Vending Machines
Pika Cola: 100p; equivalent of Potion (four total)
Mudkip Fruit Juice: 200p; Defense +3 (three total)
Treecko Punch: 200p; Speed +3 (three total)
Torchic Energy Drink: 200p; Attack +3 (three total)
Chaos Soda: 250p; Attack +3, Defense +3, Speed +3, lasts 30 seconds (four total)
Potato Chips: 150p; Defense +2, Speed +3, Attack –2 (two total)
Salad Pack: 250p; Attack +3, Speed +2, Defense –2 (two total)
Azumarill Snow Cone: 150p; Defense +3, Speed +3, -10 HP (three total)
Sunflora Fruit Bar: 150p; Attack +3, Speed +3, -10 HP (three total)
Rustboro Root Beer: 200p; Attack +2, Defense +3, Speed –2 (two total)
Hartache Cola: 200p; Attack +2, Defense +3, Speed –2 (four total)
Limonada Shake: Effects Varies (two total, one located inside Marialo's Slicery)

Here's a list of what each Limonada Shake machine has to offer:

>> Machine 1
Limonada Shake: 200p; Power +1, Speed +1, Defense +1
Tangy Fruit Shake: 150p; Speed +2, Defense +1
Tropica Shake: 250p; Power +2, Speed +1
Hard Fruit Shake: 200p; Power +1, Defense +2
Plant Shake: 150p; Power +2, Speed +3, Defense -2
Shock Shake: 150p; Power +3, Speed –2, Defense +2
Banana Shake: 100p; Health +2, Jump +2, Power -1, Speed -1, Defense -1
Salac Shake: 200p; Health +2, Jump +2, Power +1, Speed +1, Defense +1, -20 HP
>> Machine 2 (Marialo's Slicery)
Limonada Shake: 200p; Power +1, Speed +1, Defense +1
Tangy Fruit Shake: 150p; Speed +2, Defense +1
Tropica Shake: 250p; Power +2, Speed +1
Hard Fruit Shake: 200p; Power +1, Defense +2
Ice Shake: 150p; Power –2, Speed +2, Defense +3
Fire Shake: 150p; Power +2, Defense +2, Speed +2, -10 HP
Watermelon Shake: 100p; Jump +3, Health -2
Iapapa Shake: 200p; Power 2, Speed +2, Defense +2, Health +1, Jump +1, -20 HP

Hub Missions: Here's a list of the missions for the San Diales Hub:

Paris's Exhibition: Once you've cleared Paris's Exhibition mission in Adabat, you'll find Paris and her Lopunny out on Kasumi Blvd. Paris happens to be wearing an urban outfit consisting of a magenta sleeveless shirt with a slight midriff, baggy blue pants, and a pair of sunglasses in her hair and Lopunny is wearing a Hitmonchan-style outfit. Paris brings up that her next line of Pokémon and human fashion is the Hitmonchan Clothes, consisting of an urban-like Hitmonchan-like shirt and skirt. If you're playing as a female character whose listed age is anywhere between 14 and 28, you'll be able to partake in another mission where you and your Pokémon wear the Hitmonchan Clothes. This mission puts you in the Palm Tree Streets stage where you must clear the stage within 4:00. Once you've cleared this mission, Paris will consider the Hitmonchan Clothes a success and depart for the next part of her World Exhibition tour.

BOSS BATTLE: Ursula
When fighting Ursula, the Vs. Character boss theme from Sonic the Hedgehog '06 plays. When Ursula is defeated, the Town Mission Clear music theme from Sonic the Hedgehog '06 plays.

BOSS BATTLE: Kenny
When fighting Kenny, the Vs. Character boss theme from Sonic the Hedgehog '06 plays. When Kenny is defeated, the Town Mission Clear music theme from Sonic the Hedgehog '06 plays.

[Sunflora Azumarill]

Palm Tree Streets

Description: "The busy streets of San Diales. While on your trek here, make sure to check out San Diales Beach and a view of the San Diales Bridge!"
Objectives:
-Race along San Diales's streets
-Defeat the Go-Rock guards
-Escape from the Rocket Crusher
-Reach San Diales Tower

Voice Notes: Prof. Oak uses his voice from the anime. The Go-Rock guards use generic voices.
Background Music: The Empire City Skyscraper Scamper day theme from the Xbox 360/PS3 versions of Sonic Unleashed plays throughout the stage.

You'll start this stage off much in an area similar to the beginning of City Escape from Sonic Adventure 2 Battle riding a streetboard (or roller skates if Aeris-K). As you make your way through this short section, hit the second ramp on the third stretch for 500p. After shooting over a dead-end overlooking a park, you'll disband your board and go on foot. Your first objective is to defeat all Go-Rock guards you come across, which isn’t that hard seeing as they form a path leading out of the park. However, check behind a palm tree on the left side for a Secret Item. When you hit another street, watch for Go-Rock guards in lines so that you can plow your way through them without losing speed. After a long but fast series of streets and intersections (the cars here don't show you the courtesy they did in the hub) ending with a short tunnel, you'll take a turn onto a boulevard lined with palm trees on the sides and streetlights with San Diales banners hanging from them. Here, the screen shifts to a 2D view as you make your way along the right side of the road. Cars here are a bit fewer in number, but you should still be careful. Auroros will make this section a little tricky as well as two Roturrets, but you can homing attack the first one that comes before the first intersection to get yourself 200p. After the next intersection, the boulevard will turn left while you go onto a smaller road. Here, the screen goes back to normal view and you'll have to swerve by several Glires along the street. Eventually, the road will curve onto a larger road bordering a beach with a beachside sidewalk, palm trees, and also lifeguard towers can be seen along the beach. This area is reminiscent of such streets in California, but you can't go on the beach, especially since the screen will shift to facing your chosen character as some sort of robotic, large, hovering tank bearing the Team Rocket symbol comes down and starts chasing you, putting you in Mach Speed mode. This is called a Rocket Crusher, and it's similar to the Interceptor from Sonic Unleashed, but it instead does one of three things; fires homing missiles from the launchers on its wings, shoots one or two lasers from a pair of cannons on the bottom, and attempts to shoot you with two triangle-shaped machine guns along the wings. You can't fight the Rocket Crusher, so concentrate on dodging its weapons until the screen goes back to normal and the road curves right. Make sure not to miss any Go-Rock guards as you make the turn. After the turn, you'll notice trolley tracks along the streets here, which means trolleys will come cruising along them. Dodge them as you make your way along this series of streets and defeat more Go-Rock guards (which are smart as to stay off the tracks) as well as dodge two Hover Turrets along the way. After reaching a dead end, you'll enter another park, where a path of Go-Rock guards will lead you to the edge of the park. Be careful of robotic Go-Rock foes and a large assortment of Ground Turrets here if you decide to poke around for the stage's Full Restore. If you follow the human enemies, you'll find a Jump Ramp that will shoot you over the edge and onto a building. Here, perform a few jump panel-esque jumps to land on a highway and dash through the final part of the stage. Along the way, you'll notice another Subspace obstacle from Super Smash Bros. Brawl, those green, floating bombs that flash red and move towards you when you get close. These Team Rocket built bombs are called Tracking Bombs and if one gets near you, it'll explode into an electrical field that paralyzes you. Fortunately, there are only a few of them here. As you near the end of the highway, you'll be able to view the San Diales Bridge (which as you may expect is like the Golden Gate Bridge) out in the distance. Eventually, you'll hit a Jump Ramp that will boost you onto the side of San Diales Tower, where the Goal Gate resides. Pass through and the stage is cleared.

[Sunflora Azumarill]

Night Skyscraper
Description: "Some of the taller buildings in San Diales. This happens to be the only way to reach the Go-Rock Squad's base."
Objectives:
-Jump across the tall buildings
-Defeat the Go-Rock guards
-Shut down the Go-Rock Barrier
-Defeat Tiffany (if she appears)
-Reach the giant San Diales sign

Voice Notes: Prof. Oak uses his voice from the anime. The Go-Rock guards use generic voices. Tiffany uses an original casting for her voice.
Background Music: The Empire City Skyscraper Scamper night theme from the Xbox 360/PS3 versions of Sonic Unleashed plays throughout the stage. When fighting a group of enemies, the night battle theme from Sonic Unleashed plays. During the falling debris section of the stage, the Hurry Up! Music from Sonic Adventure DX plays. When fighting Tiffany, a remix of boss music from Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia plays.

After making it to San Diales Tower, it's now nighttime. As it turns out, Prof. Oak has found out that the Go-Rock Squad's mountain base is located behind one of San Diales's most visual attractions, the San Diales sign (which is of course, meant to be based off of the Hollywood sign). This stage happens to be a bit similar to the night stages of Empire City from Sonic Unleashed, except the buildings here resemble Los Angeles architecture. Anyway, you're able to see the San Diales sign from all the way at the beginning of the stage, but getting to it is the hard part. In order to reach the sign, you're going to have to make your way across and around the various buildings in San Diales, which includes various means such as swinging from pole to pole, crossing platforms, inching your way across edges, shutting down electrical barriers, and more. Along the way, you're going to have to defeat each and every Go-Rock guard you come across. In addition to them, more Team Rocket forces of various kinds, such as Hover Turrets, Auroros, and Glunders (an electrical cousin of Glires) will also make trouble for you here. In fact, you'll discover that Glunders (and their relatives) can move along walls and ceilings as they do ground. About halfway through the stage, you'll watch a quick cutscene of the edge of a building where a barrier much like the Aqua Barriers from Aquamuda teleports in. This barrier and its lasers are red-orange with the Go-Rock symbol. In order to deactivate it, you're going to have to collect three Go-Rock Emblems before heading to the barrier. One of the Emblems is locked in a Go-Rock Cage that requires you to defeat a brawl of enemies to open. Later on in the stage after you make a right turn along the side of a building, you'll find a switch that once activated will teleport in a series of platforms that will allow you to cross over to another building. Before you do so, however, go back to the corner and look out from that direction. If you talked to the woman in the pizzeria, look at the picture she gave you and you'll notice that this is the place she was talking about. There's now a few platforms (courtesy of the switch) that will allow you to reach the other building, where you'll find a Secret Item (another example of why you should talk to people in the hubs). Eventually, you'll reach the last building before you get to the San Diales sign. Make your way towards the end of the building and you'll watch a quick cutscene of a giant construction crane on the adjacent building. The chosen character will see the Team Rocket symbol on the side of the crane as the symbol starts to glow and the robotic crane activates, sending what looks like a giant spiked wrecking ball towards the building that you're on. Once the ball hits the side of the building, it explodes, blasting where you're standing apart and causing you to start falling down the side of the building along with large pieces of debris. You'll land on the bottom piece of the debris and have to make your way up to the top within 20 seconds or else you'll hit the ground and be killed on impact! At the top is a large rocket system you may have seen at the edge of the building before the crane activated. Grab it and you'll be rocketed back up the building and then all the way to the San Diales sign where once you land, you'll have cleared the mission.

However, if you hear the words "You will go no further!" shouted in an unfamiliar voice upon approaching the spot where the rocket is, that means you've triggered the small chance Go-Rock Quad Tiffany is waiting! If she appears (she doesn't always appear), you're going to have to fight and defeat her to continue on. Tiffany is tougher than the guards, but one who knows what they're doing can get past her easily.

[Sunflora Azumarill]

Go-Rock Mountain
Description: "A metallic mountain base hidden behind the famous San Diales sign belonging to the Go-Rock Squad. A bunch of gadgets and gizmos await you in this complex labyrinth."
Objectives:

-Defeat the Go-Rock Grunts

-Defeat Clyde

-Defeat Garret

-Defeat Billy
-Locate and retrieve the Power Plate
-Return to the entrance

-Escape the mountain in time


Voice Notes: Prof. Oak uses his voice from the anime. The Go-Rock Grunts use generic voices. Clyde, Garret, and Billy use original castings for their voices.

Background Music: A remix of the Gimmick Mountain Zone theme (found here) from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the Game Gear plays throughout the stage. When fighting a group of enemies, the night battle theme from Sonic Unleashed plays. When fighting a Slaking Soldier or Tyranitar Titan, the night midboss theme from Sonic Unleashed plays. When fighting Clyde, Garret, or Billy, a remix of the music that plays when facing a Go-Rock Quad from Pokémon Ranger plays.

We've now made it inside the Go-Rock Squad's base, but as it turns out, getting through it and finding the Power Plate won't be easy. If you remember Gimmick Mountain Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the Game Gear, this stage happens to be a lot like it, with various traps and hazards you'll need to overcome. Of course, your main objective is to defeat any and all Go-Rock Grunts in the complex. In addition to them and their robotic forces, Team Rocket robots of various kinds are also in place throughout the stage. You'll contend with Ariados Webs, Hover Turrets, Ground Turrets, Roturrets, and both Glires and Glunders. For the first part of the stage, you'll have to make your way along conveyor belts positioned over spike pits, something reminiscent of Cipher Key Lair from Pokémon Peace Squad 1. Later on, some of the conveyor belts will change their speed and direction at will, so be ready for such occurrences. If you notice some sort of port at the end of a conveyor belt, then use caution as those ports shoot out a specific Go-Rock, Team Rocket robot, or something like a bomb or circular saw (all saws in this game bear a Team Rocket symbol that stays in place despite the saw moving). At the end of this part of the stage, you'll contend with a Slaking Soldier. Use its inability to attack constantly to bring it down. Now in the second part of the stage, you'll shift to a 2D view as you make your way around spinning wheels along the walls. After passing along a long conveyor belt with Glires being shot out of a port, you'll enter a large corridor with large spikes on both the floor and ceiling. Here, you'll enter a Barrel Cannon setup that will take you to the other end of the hall. You'll land inside a yellow cart (the same as the ones used in Super Smash Bros. Brawl's Subspace Emissary) and will shoot down a series of halls. You can disband the cart at any time, but here, you'll plow your way through various enemies and go over spike pits in you stay in it. Once the cart automatically ejects you, you'll go back to normal view and have to fight a Tyranitar Titan. You'll then watch a quick cutscene of a Go-Rock Barrier appearing on the other side of the area, meaning you'll have to seek out three Go-Rock Emblems hidden in a maze consisting of conveyor belts, wheels, and spike pits. Once you have all three, go up to the Go-Rock Barrier to deactivate it… and go right into a battle with the next Go-Rock Quad, Clyde. He's tough, but once defeated, you'll be able to continue with the stage. In the next section of the base, you'll have to jump over, run under, and deactivate a number of electric barriers. There's also two shafts with circular floors slowly spinning that rise and you'll have to be careful not to hit hazards along the walls such as spikes. At the end of this area happens to be Garret, who is a little tougher than Clyde. Later in the stage, you'll enter a gigantic room with spikes lining the floor below, solid footing greatly spaced out in the area, and sets of floating platforms in the distance. There's a switch where you enter that will cause a path of platforms to teleport in where you're at, but cause any in the distance to vanish. There are more switches in the room that do the same thing, making this room a platform puzzle. After you make it through, you'll have to fight Billy, the eldest and toughest of the Go-Rock Quads. Once he's defeated, you'll enter the final area of the stage, where you'll enter a large maze with three switches that open the door leading into the room with the Power Plate. Grab it and head out of the maze, where you'll fight another Slaking Soldier. After destroying it, it looks as though you're stuck.

Cutscene: We go to inside Giovanni's space complex where he has just watched the chosen character grab the Power Plate on the hologram screen. ONNA is present and wondering what Giovanni is going to do. Giovanni explains that the Go-Rock Squad failed to protect the Power Plate from the Squad, and have thus failed. Giovanni tells ONNA to activate missile satellite 23-A and destroy Go-Rock's base. ONNA asks about the casualties that will result from the blast, but Giovanni replies that the Go-Rock Squad deserves to perish with their base and to carry out his command. ONNA replies that she will activate the satellite. We go to somewhere else in space where said satellite, complete with an array of various missiles, activates. A computerized voice states that the satellite is launching a BDM, Ballistic Drill Missile, one powerful enough to destroy the mountain containing the Go-Rock Squad, but not destroy much else. We watch as the satellite's computer then brings up an image of the earth and then zooms in several times until we see the San Diales sign. The missile is then fired, locked on its intended target.

Back inside Go-Rock's mountain, a computerized voice alerts the base of an object (the BDM) coming towards the base and that it will impact in four minutes. As the alarms and lights go off, a door will open up and the room contains a teleporter that takes you to another part of the base. Here, you'll have to make your way through a series of corridors and shafts of various kinds that will take you back to the start of the stage, where there's now a Goal Gate. If you don't pass through in time, you'll a cutscene of the BDM reaching the mountain, drilling into it, and exploding it, thus you will have failed the mission. Pass through the Goal Gate and you'll have cleared the stage once and for all.

[Sunflora Azumarill]

Note: During this cutscene, the boss, and the cutscenes after it, it's always daytime, regardless of the time of day when you cleared Go-Rock Mountain.

Cutscene: We go to the entrance to Go-Rock Mountain, where the chosen character has no choice but to run down the hill and jump if he or she is to make it far enough from the blast. Shortly after jumping, we watch as some sort of Gliscor-shaped jet shoots out of a launch bay in another part of the mountain just as the Ballistic Drill Missile hits the mountain and drills into it, promptly exploding. The blast causes the letters making up the San Diales sign to fly off and various people in San Diales turn towards the sound of the explosion in shock. We go to the Gliscor-like jet, which is piloted by Gordor. From inside the jet, it looks like Gordor doesn't have much option, so on the front window we see an image of part of the San Diales hub that Dixie Delarouge (the rich girl you met) is in. As the screen zooms in on Dixie, Gordor flies down and the bottom of the jet opens to quickly scoop her up. Gordor then says from some sort of loudspeaker in the jet for the chosen character to meet him at San Diales Bridge to make an exchange, the Power Plate for Dixie. Knowing what's at stake here, the chosen character wastes no time and heads off in the direction of the bridge, people along the way looking at him or her.

Cutscene: We go to the San Diales bridge, where the chosen character has just made it to. Gordor speaks from the jet and accuses the Squad of firing the missile at his base and destroying it. The chosen character replies that he or she doesn't know what Gordor is talking about but to let who he has hostage go. Gordor says for the chosen character to give him the Power Plate first. As of this point, there's no choice but for the chosen character to fight Gordor and save Dixie.

BOSS STAGE: Gliscor Jet
When fighting Gordor, the Eggman boss theme from Sonic Unleashed plays. When Gordor is defeated, the Clear Fanfare 2 music from Sonic Unleashed plays.

Uh-oh! It looks like it's time to fight Gordor. This battle happens to be the kind of daytime boss battle seen in Sonic Unleashed where you're constantly in Mach Speed mode and having to fight the boss. The Gliscor Jet is a bit tricky, but you can pull it off. Gordor starts by firing two lasers from the jet's claws. The lasers tend to remain parallel and move back and forth, so move back and forth with them. When you get the change, boost forward and attack Gordor when you're close enough. After you've hit him once, he'll fly up and behind you and the screen will shift to facing your chosen character. Here, the Gliscor Jet will point its claws towards you and fire a barrage of missiles at you chaingun-style. After the attack, Gordor will go back to in front of you and the screen goes back to normal view. After another laser interval, Gordor will now fly to the left side of the bridge as the screen shifts to a 2D view. At this point, Gordor will slash through the support cables, causing a part of them to swing down towards you. Watch what direction the cables come down and jump at the right time. If he slashes to the left the cables swing right, if he slashes to the right, they'll come down left. When half of his health is gone, Gordor will change his tactics up a bit by having the lasers move erratically as well as having the missiles spread out further. He'll also add a new tactic, where he swings the tail of the jet in a circle, then slams it down on the bridge, creating a shockwave you'll have to jump. When three-quarters of his health is gone, whenever in 2D view, Gordor will now do a double slash to the cables, which will cause a piece of them to fall down in a way that you need to make an almost precise jump to avoid. Just keep up the work until the Gliscor Jet is done for.


Cutscene: We go to the wreckage of the Gliscor Jet we the chosen character tries to find Dixie Delarouge. He or she manages to find the rich girl and pulls her out. Gordor also comes out of the wreckage and chews out the chosen character for stopping him again. We then we see a squad of police cars come down the bridge. Once the police reach him and the San Diales Officer Jenny steps out to arrest Gordor, he says that the Go-Rock Quads will finish what he started. As Gordor is taken into police custody, Officer Jenny thanks the chosen character for hopefully putting an end to the Go-Rock Squad (you get a special cutscene here if you're playing as Brock). As the police cars then drive away, the chosen character decides to take Dixie back to the city.

Cutscene: Back in the San Diales hub, Dixie is in a bit of a mood for having her clothes messed up from the crash, but also realizes that the chosen character saved her life and has decided that he or she should at least be given a reward for what he or she did. Dixie says that she'll have her parents give the chosen character as much as 10,000,000p for what he or she did. This amount astounds most characters and Dixie even says that when she becomes an actress, she'll suggest a movie about the events that have just transpired. The reactions for the chosen character vary from character to character. Dixie then departs, saying she has an overdue spa date that she needs to go to.

Cutscene: We go to inside the Alpha Gate as the chosen character has an idea on where the Power Plate goes. Going up to the Regigigas statue in front of the doors where you can enter the hub's stages, suddenly, the Regigigas statue glows an orange color and so does the Power Plate. The Regigigas statue sinks into the ground and the chosen character is in the area where the Power Plate is supposed to be placed. The chosen character takes the Power Plate up to the pedestal and places the Plate onto it. Once the Power Plate is back in place, the chosen character quickly heads back to the Regigigas statue and takes it back up to the surface, sealing the path leading into the chamber.

Cutscene: Back in Giovanni's satellite base, Giovanni is watching Gordor's arrest on the hologram screen as ONNA watches alongside him. After the hologram closes up, Giovanni simply asks if they know where the next Plate is. ONNA replies that the scanning satellites have pinpointed the location of the Blaze Plate in the region of Flaricia. Giovanni replies that the place is mostly ice and that shouldn't the Freeze Plate be there instead. Either way, Giovanni brings up the hologram screen once again as a giant version of the screen appears on the main window where all of the base's Rocket grunts are. Over the PA resonance system, Giovanni informs all the Grunts and personnel of the next location they're focusing on and that Team Magma will head there to get the Plate. Giovanni asks ONNA if any of the satellites have picked up the location of the Azure Flute yet. ONNA replies that the 4K network of satellites are searching as they speak. Giovanni then tells ONNA that she can go and as such, ONNA vanishes. Giovanni says that once all the pieces are set, his dream can finally be achieved and that no one, not even the Pokémon Peace Squad, is able to deter him from that.

Cutscene: Back in San Diales, the chosen character is unsure of where to head to next, but Prof. Oak comes in on the hand radio, telling him or her that he thinks another Plate is located in Flaricia and that the chosen character should depart for there as soon as possible. The chosen character agrees.

Once you've regained control of the chosen character, you'll be back at the entrance to Dimensional Studios and next to Dixie. If you talk to Dixie, she'll thank you for saving her life. If you're playing as a male character that is around her age, she will also ask if you'll go on a date with her. You can now head back to San Diales Park and talk to Tails to head back to the World Map, but you should also stock up on any items you need for the road ahead. A number of people in the hub bring up what happened to the San Diales sign if you talk to them. Anyway, when you're ready, go to Tails, talk to him, and select "I'm all ready!" to go to the World Map.

Back at the World Map, you'll be pointed in the direction of a new location, Flaricia, which is located up north. Since you're pointed there already, you can simply select Flaricia to head there.