Special Stage

The Special Stage is a bonus level in the Sonic the Hedgehog game Sonic Heroes. It is a playable stage after the player obtains a key in any stage. The Special Stage appears as the main setting for the Dream Bobsleigh event in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. Nocturne appears as the beginning and end of the course.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
The Special Stage appears as the setting for the Dream Bobsleigh event while players start and end at the Nocturn Gate. The Special Stage remains reletivaly unchanged from the original game, featuring a long tube like structure in an underwater/sky setting. Colorful spheres are also present and increase the speed of the bobsleigh when the player collects them. A new addition to the course are the fans that spin around in various areas. Hitting them slows the bobsleigh down. There are also teleporters that lead from Nocturn to the stage itself and back and one in the middle of the course that leads to a different section of the Special Stage.