When "Shielding", a shield activates around the deployer's ship, allowing it to pass through Zone Barriers unharmed. To activate the boost, use the "Boost" power-up function.Ī "Shielded" Icaras Fury passing by a Zone Barrier in Zone Battle. Barriers can only be destroyed by colliding into them unshielded. If any ship comes into contact with the barrier, it results in a devastating loss of ship energy, as well as a chunk of Zone energy that has been accumulated. This will also drop a hazardous transparent barrier behind the ship called Zone Barrier. When "Boosting" into the next zone, the deployer's ship will receive a speed boost as it skips into the further Zone. A portion of the accumulated Zone energy will be lost if the ship collides into a Zone Barrier. Once used, all of the energy accumulated will be used up when either "Boosting" or "Shielding". Conserving has its advantage, as the more energy used when either "Boosting" or "Shielding", the stronger the effect.
If conserved, players can accumulate more energy as they traverse over other boost pads. Players can then use either of the abilities or conserve the energy. Players cannot use them until energy from two Zone pads has been accumulated. The energy can then be used to "Boost" or "Shield". Going over Zone pads charges up the Zone Gauge, which is gathered into the ship. At top is the current zone the player is at. Zone Battle with half Zone Energy bar full. Loyalty points are also awarded to the player based on how many Zones cleared, perfect Zones, perfect laps, and eliminations.
From here, players can view their stats such as "Boosts" used, Perfect Zones and Perfect Laps. Once a contender reaches the target Zone, the event ends and the result screen comes up. To win, a player must reach the target Zone either by slowly building speed into the Zone or "Boosting" into the target Zone (The in-game annoncer tells players, "Target Attainable", when they have the ability to "Boost" into the target Zone). In hopes of achieving victory, players must achieve a balance of "Boosting" and "Shielding". This makes Zone Battle intense as destruction is easy to come by due to Zone Barriers and slamming into walls once players reach the higher zones. The Zone Gauge is also completely depleted when this happens. When destroyed, they will respawn with a little amount of energy, but will be brought down 5 zones and must work again to recover lost ground. Ships can be destroyed in Zone Battle, but this does not result in elimination. As players continue to go over the pads, they also accumulate an amount of energy in the gauge that can be used to either "Boost", advancing the number of indicated zones without having to gradually build speed (and dropping a Zone Barrier behind), or activate a protective and energy restoring "Shield". They are positioned similarly to the ones in races but play a big role during Zone Battle.Īs players go over the boost pads, they act like normal boost pads and give players a small boost of speed. However, unlike Zone, boost pads, also known as Zone Pads, also fill up the Zone Gauge. Like Zone, the ships have no way of slowing down and gradually gain speed as they progress through the Zones. Players can use standard controls and airbrakes to navigate their ship around the track. If no one is able to achieve the target Zone after a period of time, the game automatically starts to lower the target Zone until a player reaches the new lowered target Zone. Built on the principals of Zone while introducing new gameplay mechanics, Zone Battle is a race of eight contenders in an attempt to see who reaches the target Zone first rather than who completes a certain number of laps first.
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