Sonic Riders - Missions - Ice Factory

Apparently, the Super Sonic video for Sonic Riders (and its sequel--but I'll get to that later) have been very popular, and a new frequently asked question has popped up as of late: How do you unlock Super Sonic? This video is part of a series that will show the Gold rank for every mission in the game.

We've now covered 50 missions in the game, and Ice Factory will kick off the second half of the missions. Well, assuming you go in order.

As is standard for Wave's missions, Cream is the first to come in, doing Mission 1:
C - 0 pts
B - 1 pt
A - 2 pts
AA - 4 pts
S - 6 pts
SS - 8 pts
X - 10 pts
Get 18 points to pass or 30 points for the Gold rank. Ice Factory is the longest course in the game, and with it, there are a lot of trick opportunities. Just as with Egg Factory, be on the lookout for quarterpipes by the sides of the road; they're easy to miss.

Tails is doing the junk collection in Mission 2. Since the course is so long, it's pretty spread out:
1. Do a high trick (hold the control stick down) off the first trick ramp to gain enough altitutde to reach it.
2. On the inside corner of the first left turn in the course. This may take a few tries as unlike most other inside-corner pieces, this one is right up against the wall.
3. Right before the second jump.
4. Towards the left after the second jump.
5. Do a trick off the quarterpipe on the left after the second jump to reach a series of flight hoops. This is lcoated after the third one.
6. On the inside of the hairpin turn on the westernmost part of the map.
7. In the middle of the path before the frozen mechanism.
8. To the right between the frozen mechanism and the hairpin right after.
9. To the left in the area with the quarterpipes on both sides.
10. Trick off the quarterpipe left to find a flight path. This is in the second hoop.
11. This is in the third hoop of the above shortcut.
12. Sitting right before the final hairpin turn.

Mission 3 brings Sonic into this and asks him to finish a lap of Ice Factory in 1 minute 15 seconds or less. This being the longest course in the game, it's somewhat stricter than the other missions thus far, which have allotted you 1 minute 25 seconds or 1 minute 20 seconds. To get the Gold, you'll need to finish within 1 minute 3 seconds.

Mission 4 puts Knuckels back into here; like Egg Factory, Ice Factory is a Power oriented stage through and through, and Knuckles is the one most comfortable here. To pass the mission, Knuckles has to punch out at least 9 robots, and for the Gold, he needs to punch out all 15 robots present. Many of them hang around the bombs, and they're similar in color, so keep a sharp eye out so you don't mistake one for another. Also, be on the lookout in the area with the big propeller blades, as there's a robot behind the last one. (There's also an alternate route blocked by ice that Knuckles can punch down. Don't forget it!)

And Mission 5 introduces yet another new type of mission, the Ring missions. (This is not the last type of mission you'll see. There will be more later!) In these missions, te pass and Gold rank requirements are always the same: 50 to pass and 75 for Gold. The limit you can carry is 100, so I suppose they give you some mercy here. What isn't merciful, however, is that every Ring in these missions, while they're downright abundant, are always in their individual free state; you'll never see Monitors where you can grab a whole bunch of them at once. Thus, this sort of mission is actually more about consistency and accuracy than finding and reaching your targets.

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• sonic
• riders
• missions
• ice
• factory
• sega
• sonic team

[SirBanana1992]

@derekmerek101 i haven't tried free riders but i preferred zero gravity mostly because of the simpler control scheme, but both sonic riders and sonic riders ZG are great.

[gmanlott]

those robots don't seem out of control....

[KnuxSonic8]

@derekmerek101 Always happy to see people come to that realization. Still makes me wish this game was appreciated more when it was released.

[CodenameHockhead]

2,600th video! :D

[CodenameHockhead]

@derekmerek101 Me too.

[derekmerek101]

In my opinion I think this game is better than zero gravity and free riders.