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With the return of Sonic Generations in the newly packagedSonic X Shadow Generations, Shadow gets the highlight. While he doesn’t have quite as many levels as Sonic does, he has a much more involved hub area to explore.
That hub world requires some exploration in each of the levels as well to find keys. Chaos Island, returning from Sonic Frontiers, comes with plenty of goodies to find, and will put you to the test to get that S Rank. Let’s dive right in.
How To Get An S Rank In Chaos Island
Getting an S Rank is always a badge of honour in a Sonic game, and it’s no different for Shadow. Chaos Island can prove a bit harder in that regardbecause falling off the map even once will disqualify you from an S Rank. So let’s find the best way of getting one in both Acts.
Chaos Island Act 1 S Rank
Chaos Island Act 1 is a fully 3D experience, and has amyriad of optional routesto cut down your best time dramatically. Doom Morph is the name of the game here, so you better practice your precision releases.
While in Doom Morph, the Morph Balls in the air allow you to grapple onto them. If you hold this until the end, Shadow will swing off them with a small amount of momentum. If you release it earlier though,he will launch himself in the direction of the tentacle. Use this to your advantage to reach higher areas by releasing when handing below the Morph Ball.
There are many sections with Doom Morph where you have to swim through corruption. If you touch solid ground while in this form, you will revert, so stay in the corruption at all times. You canboost while in Doom Morph to give yourself some extra momentum, so use this to propel yourself between bodies of corruption.
When swimming in the downward slope of corruption, save a boost for near the end as this will give youenough momentum to reach the Morph Balls in the air, leading to walls of corruption. This will let you skip the lower area entirely.
When hitting the interior section, charge your Doom Spears as soon as you get on the grind rail.Hit the two switches at the end to summon a handleyou can use a Homing Attack to reach, skipping to the highest area and saving you precious time. Feel free to use Chaos Control to stop the moving platforms from shifting beneath you.
At the very end as you approach the goal,time your launches from the Morph Ballswell to fling yourself right towards the goal rather than running towards you.
With that, you have Act 1 complete. A timeunder 3:10 seconds and a score or 40,000 or morewill get you the A Rank, with the Perfect Clear bumping it up to an S Rank.
Chaos Island Act 2 S Rank
Act 2 of Chaos Island isentirely side-scrolling, but Doom Morph is just as important here as well.
As before, alwayskeep yourself in the Doom Morphwhere possible as the speed given by them is immensely faster than Shadow’s own running, as well as typically leading towards shorter routes.
Unlike in Act 1, there are no scenarios in which you’ll want to hold to grapple Morph Balls in Act 2, Instead,simply tap the button on them instead to instantly dashtowards them.
In the section with the moving platforms that changes direction based on your jumping, you canuse Chaos Control to freeze the moving spike balls. While this won’t stop them hurting you, it should make navigating around them simpler.
Plenty of tunnels exist in this mission that canonly be accessed by Doom Morph, so use them wherever you see them.
Act 2 is pretty short, and finishing with a timeunder 2:30 seconds and a score of 40,000will guarantee you an A rank, with it becoming an S Rank with a Perfect Clear
Where To Find Every Collection Box Key In Chaos Island
There arethree keys to be found in each Act of Shadow Generations, giving six keys total to be found per location. These are used to open Collection Boxes in White Space, Shadow’s hub space. Here’s where to find them all in Chaos Island.
Chaos Island Act 1 Keys
There are three Collection Box Keys to be found in Act 1 of Chaos Island,Music, Shadow’s History, and Artwork. They’re in tricky locations, so here are their exact locations.
Chaos Island Act 2 Keys
As with the previous, Act 2 also has three Keys to acquire, and they are alsoMusic, Shadow’s History, and Artwork. Here’s where they’re all hidden.
And with the final key in your possession, you havecompleted everything that can be donein Chaos Island.
