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Chaos Rings

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The Chaos Rings are six powerful rings that appear in Chaotix. They were formed in the dimensional space created by the Newtrogic High Zone's ancient Special Rings, where Master Emerald Pillar energy crystallized into six rings.Media:Chaotix_32X_JP_manual.pdf[1]Media:Chaotix_32X_JP_manual.pdf[2]

Throughout the game, the Chaos Rings are collected in much the same way the Chaos Emeralds are in the original Sonic the Hedgehog. If the player completes a Level with 50 or more Rings a Special Ring will appear. Jumping into the Special Ring will transport the player to the Special Stage, which, if successfully completed, will award the player a Chaos Ring.

Collecting all six is the only way to thwart Eggman's ambitionsMedia:Chaotix_32X_JP_manual.pdf[2] and attain the "good ending", with cameo appearances from Sonic and Tails.

If the player completes the game with fewer than six Chaos Rings, then any Chaos Rings they have collected will be shattered by the power of Dr. Eggman's giant Dark Ring. The "bad ending" will then play over the credits, with Metal Sonic Kai menacing a burning city.

The Chaos Ring storyline goes completely unmentioned in the US manual, which features a drastically different plot, revolving around Dr. Robotnik trying to steal the "Power Emerald" from "Carnival Island". The Chaos Rings can still be collected, but are never explained.

During development these rings were known as the Holy Rings. They were renamed "Chaos Rings" by Chaotix prototype 0202. It is unknown why their names were changed, though it may have something to do with religious censorship employed by many video game publishers at the time.

References

Items in the Sonic the Hedgehog Game Series
Collectibles   Ring | Super Ring | Special Ring | Rich Ring | Heal Ring | Red Star Ring | Number Ring | Silver Moon Ring | Sonic Medal | Sun Medal | Moon Medal | Sun Tablet | Moon Tablet | Planet Tablet | Secret Item | Red Orbs | Blue Orbs | Green Orbs | Emblem | Chaos Drives | Special Stage Key | Material | Portal Gear | Memory Token | Vault Key | Red Seed of Power | Blue Seed of Defense | Dream Orb
Power-ups   Shield (Water, Lightning, Fire, Gold, Magnetic) | Invincibility | Power Sneakers | Rocket Shoes | Propeller Shoes | Hyper Heli-Tails | Eggman Mark | Super Ring | Combine Ring | Forcejewel | Power Core | Light Cores | Special Combination
Level Objects   Item Box | Item Panel | Spring | Spring Pole | Crane Lift | Accelerator Gun | Rocket | Bobsled | Buggy | Dash Rail | Spikes | Checkpoint | Time Warp Plate | Signpost | Goal Ring | Hidden Treasure Ring | Giant Ring | Dash Ring | Rainbow Ring | Capsule | Water Barrel | Ice Generator | Fire Generator | Crate | Door | Button | Dark Energy Key | Bumper | Speed Booster | Air bubbles | Chao container | Exploding Balloon
Powerful Items   Chaos Emeralds | Super Emeralds | Master Emerald | Time Stones | Chaos Rings | Precioustone | Sol Emeralds | Jeweled Scepter | World Rings | Excalibur | Phantom Ruby | Reverie | Dream Core
Weapons   Piko Piko Hammer | Chaos Energy Cannon | Caliburn | Wispon
Devices   Remote Robot | Combi Confiner | Mother Computer | Nega's Camera | Arks of the Cosmos | Miles Electric
Other   Chili Dog | Fortune Cards | Speed Down Boots | Chao Egg | Scepter of Darkness | Cacophonic Conch