Part 14

Castle Town: In Front of the Bell Tower by the Ocean
Mission Name: Collect information about Dr. Eggman!
Where to go: Head straight for the Hint Ring ahead, and keep going straight to find Tails.

Castle Town: Facing Wave Ocean Entrance
Mission Name: Find out where Dr. Eggman's battleship went!
Support Character: Tails follows.
New Items in Shop: Light Chip for 100 Rings (you do not have enough Rings yet).
Where to go: Head straight towards the line of Rings leading to the first level entrance. You need the Light Chip to continue. Turn around from your starting position and head right to find Alberto Robert, the shoemaker, next to his shop. He will have a blue exclamation point over his head. Talk to him by pressing Attack to continue.

Town Mission #1: The Winder of the Shoemaker
Difficulty: Easy.
Points Sources: Time Bonus, Orange Rings.
What to do: Run, jump, and use springs to get through all the Orange Rings within 2 minutes. The Orange Rings are easy to find.
S-rank: Achieve an S-rank by getting under 45 seconds (30000 points for under 30 seconds). Total points from Orange Rings for an S-rank is 2600.

Castle Town: In Front of Shop
Mission Name: Head for the sea!
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What to do: You should now have at least 100 Rings to buy the Light Chip at the shop. Turn around and head back to the ocean front where the line of Rings are. Approach the Rings and press Attack to activate Light Speed Dash across the water to reach the Mirror that leads to Wave Ocean.

Act 1: Wave Ocean
Act type: Support Character and Super Speed Area.
Mission Name: Pursue the Egg Carrier!
Support Character: Tails, found halfway through the act. Use him to find the switch to cage the whale.
Enemy Type: Eggman Robots.
Difficulty: Easy-medium, Super Speed Area is hard at first.
Tips: Most of this Act is self-propelled. The switch Tails needs to find is up high. For the Super Speed Area, make only small adjustments for steering.
The ramp at the end of the Super Speed Area can launch you into the ocean. When entering the rock corkscrew, enter from the far left side.
Hard Mode Tip: The switch Tails needs is now on top of the Lighthouse; use a Flight Ring to reach it.
S-rank Tip: You will likely need a good amount of Rings, so be careful in the Super Speed section. Tap Attack to catch lines of Rings.

Castle Town: Near the Entrance to Dusty Desert
Mission Name: Collect information about Dr. Eggman! Get Lord Regis' approval and head to the Desert!
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New Items in Shop: Antigravity for 500 Rings (required to continue the story).
What to do: Taking the bridge to the right leads to the Mirror to Dusty Desert, but guards are present. Further ahead, you will see a distressed mother, but you cannot help her yet. Nearby, there is a gap in a wall with a hint indicating you need to slide under it. Turn around, cross the bridge, go past the fountain, and take a right over another bridge to return to the Wave Ocean/shop area. Purchase the Antigravity upgrade at the shop. Head back and slide under the wall, hit the spring, and find a little girl named Francesca crying on the roof. Talk to her to save her. After the loading screen, everyone is happy, and you can enter Dusty Desert, but you must beat a boss first.

Boss 1: Egg Cerberus
Mission Name: Defeat Egg Cerberus!
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Difficulty: Easy, though the camera can be difficult to control.
How to beat it: The boss will charge at you. When it stops and lowers its tail, you can grind on it. You will then be holding onto the horn on its head. You can now control the boss and must steer it into the other side of the...