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Should Sonic de-transform here however, the player will lose a life. More Rings can be obtained throughout the boss battle to compensate for the player's decreasing Ring count. When beginning this Zone, Hyper Sonic starts out with fifty Rings. When the player reaches The Doomsday Zone as Sonic after having collected the seven Super Emeralds, Sonic will automatically turn into Hyper Sonic for the final battle against the Final Weapon. However, Hyper Sonic can still die if he gets crushed, falls down a bottomless pit, or after a Time Over. In addition, he can breathe underwater, thus removing the necessity of using air bubbles. However, Hyper Sonic is even faster than either of those two and can make higher jumps. In gameplay, like Super Sonic, Hyper Sonic is invincible, and retains most of Sonic and Super Sonic's abilities. When the Ring count hits zero, the Act Boss is defeated or if Sonic enters a Bonus Stage, the transformation ends.
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While Sonic is transformed, the player's Ring count drops by one Ring every second. The player can then activate Sonic's Hyper State by collecting fifty Rings and then pressing the jump button twice in succession. In Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, Hyper Sonic is an enhanced version of Super Sonic that can be obtained by collecting the seven Super Emeralds as Sonic. When moving, he leaves several after-images. However, Hyper Sonic flashes in red, blue, green, yellow, white and violet and has large flashing sparks floating around him. Hyper Sonic looks very similar to Super Sonic, sharing the same body proportions and raised quills.