Knuckles' Chaotix

Story

Story The story of Knuckles' Chaotix varies between the Japanese and Western versions of the game, with the two having completely incompatible storylines. Japanese A few months after the events in Sonic & Knuckles, a mysterious island emerged from the southern sea. Dr. Eggman discovered the island and found a mysterious small ring with a text that came from a legendary civilization. Soon after, Eggman found another ancient ring that resembled one of the floating island's super rings, which turned out to be the special ring once used by this lost people. The mysterious space that the special ring had created was filled with the energy of the master emerald pillar, which crystallized into six chaos rings. After this phenomenon, Eggman decided to continue investigating the Special Ring in order to uncover the secrets of the rings used by Sonic and his friends and, theoretically, to summon the coveted Master Emerald. Inspired by this, Eggman quickly converted the island into a resort he called Newtrogic High Zone, which served as his high-tech research fortress. He crystallized energy into artificial Dark Rings for his machines and began developing Ring Power, which would create a space-time link between the rings. Mighty the Armadillo, Espio the Chameleon, Vector the Crocodile, and Charmy Bee all came to the island for different reasons and were eventually captured by Eggman and Metal Sonic and put into the Combi Catcher machine. Knuckles, the echidna, came to the conclusion that something was amplifying the power of the Master Emerald Pillar, and also made his way to the island to rescue Espio. The two then make their way to the entrance of the world, where they find the others and prevent Dr. Eggman from carrying out his plans. Western The plot begins the day before the opening of Carnival Island, a huge amusement park with the latest high-tech rides and games. As the island's guardian, Knuckles' job is to make sure nothing goes wrong before the big event. Behind the scenes, however, Dr. Robotnik is hatching a new dastardly plan. To carry out his latest diabolical scheme, Robotnik went to Carnival Island to find the Power Emerald that powered the entire island - a tool that would fit perfectly into his plan. To make sure Knuckles and his friends didn't foil his plans, Robotnik used his Combi Catcher to freeze Mighty the Armadillo, Espio the Chameleon, Vector the Crocodile and Charmy Bee in time. When Knuckles returned from his patrol at the other end of the island, he found Dr. Robotnik just locking Espio the Chameleon in a Combi Catcher, scared the villain away, and rescued Espio. Afterwards, Knuckles discovered that he could save his other friends one by one by using the Ring Power, a power that holds two partners together like a magic rubber band. Knuckles didn't take long and set out with his team to save Carnival Island from Robotnik before the grand opening.