{"id":18258,"date":"2023-03-27T17:32:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T08:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=18258"},"modified":"2023-03-27T17:32:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T08:32:08","slug":"20230327-18258","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Frontier\u2019s Homing Dash now puts a mark next to Cyber Space times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Sega has released a free update for <strong>Sonic Frontiers<\/strong> titled Sights, Sounds, and Speed which contains a host of new content including Photo Mode, Juke Box, Cyber Space Challenge Mode, and Battle Rush Mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, a few adjustments were made based on player feedback. One of these changes that\u2019s gathering attention among fans is a mark on the results screen of Cyber Space stages that denotes whether or not a player used the Homing Dash technique.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sonic Frontiers: Fast Facts - Sights, Sounds, and Speed Content Update\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TEY9IudTkHA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Cyber Space refers to stages in Sonic Frontiers that are accessible from Portals scattered about the game\u2019s main islands with special challenges such as time trials. They offer gameplay that\u2019s different from what\u2019s provided in the open zones and play more like the stage-based games of Sonic\u2019s past. The Homing Dash is something of a hidden trick that can be used in these stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Homing Dash is performed by using a Homing Attack on an enemy or spring and then using an Air Boost just as Sonic begins homing in on the target. Doing this will allow Sonic to fly at high speeds in the direction being input when the Air Boost is used. In other words, players can use it to take shortcuts through Cyber Space stages.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1049\" height=\"543\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1049px) 100vw, 1049px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230325-241850-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230325-241850-001.jpg 1049w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230325-241850-001-600x311.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230325-241850-001-380x197.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230325-241850-001-768x398.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230325-241850-001-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230325-241850-001-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230325-241850-001-696x360.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230325-241850-001-811x420.jpg 811w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image Credit: JoBroDX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Players are graded in Cyber Space stages based on how fast they clear them. Some stages have strict requirements for players to achieve, but with good use of the Homing Dash, an S rank can be easily earned even on the most strict stages. However, with this latest update, times achieved by using the Homing Dash will now be marked with an asterisk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not uncommon for players online to refer to the Homing Dash as a glitch. For that reason, we can see players on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SonicFrontiers\/comments\/11zraoo\/an_asterisk_is_now_added_to_cyberspace_times_when\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reddit<\/a> considering this Sega\u2019s way of tackling said glitch. That said, Homing Dash itself is still usable even after the update. Since the game doesn\u2019t have online rankings, the update will simply allow players to check if their times were done with or without Homing Dash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When talking about the change, the game\u2019s director Morio Kishimoto said that players are free to decide whether they want to use the Homing Dash or not. Kishimoto added that there aren\u2019t any merits or demerits to the asterisk.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3061\u306a\u307f\u306b\u3001\u3053\u306e\u30de\u30fc\u30af\u304c\u4ed8\u304f\u3053\u3068\u306b\u30e1\u30ea\u30c3\u30c8\u3082\u30c7\u30e1\u30ea\u30c3\u30c8\u3082\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u306e\u3067\u3001\u5f15\u304d\u7d9a\u304d\u81ea\u7531\u306a\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u30b9\u30bf\u30a4\u30eb\u3067\u697d\u3057\u3093\u3067\u4e0b\u3055\u3044\u306d\uff01<\/p>&mdash; Morio Kishimoto (@moq_46) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moq_46\/status\/1639257102035353601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>By the way, there are no merits or demerits to the asterisk, so please continue to have fun with your own play style!<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Previously, Sega actually showcased the Homing Dash in a tips and tricks video. In the below video about speed running Cyber Space stages, they explain how to perform the Homing Dash as a way to aim for the fastest completion times.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sonic Frontiers: Speed Strats - Cyberspace\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W7HVq4nN0tQ?start=105&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">*The Homing Dash is introduced around 1:44.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Based on Kishimoto\u2019s previous comments, it\u2019s hard to say if the Homing Dash is actually a glitch or not. However, it\u2019s certain that the Homing Dash is a technique that can be used to achieve times that would be impossible normally. This change is said to have been made based on player feedback, so players may have been asking for runs that use the Homing Dash to be separate from regular runs somehow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/frontiers.sonicthehedgehog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sonic Frontiers<\/a> is now available on PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.<br><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20230325-241850\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2023-03-25 16:47<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A free update for Sonic Frontiers titled Sights, Sounds, and Speed has been released. One of the changes includes a mark on the results screen of Cyber Space stages that denotes whether or not a player used the Homing Dash technique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":18261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-18258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sonic Frontier\u2019s Homing Dash now puts a mark next to Cyber Space times - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A free update for Sonic Frontiers titled Sights, Sounds, and Speed has been released. One of the changes includes a mark on the results screen of Cyber Space stages that denotes whether or not a player used the Homing Dash technique.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sonic Frontier\u2019s Homing Dash now puts a mark next to Cyber Space times - AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A free update for Sonic Frontiers titled Sights, Sounds, and Speed has been released. One of the changes includes a mark on the results screen of Cyber Space stages that denotes whether or not a player used the Homing Dash technique.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-27T08:32:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-27T08:32:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230325-241850-header.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Taijiro Yamanaka\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Taijiro Yamanaka\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sonic Frontier\u2019s Homing Dash now puts a mark next to Cyber Space times - AUTOMATON WEST","description":"A free update for Sonic Frontiers titled Sights, Sounds, and Speed has been released. One of the changes includes a mark on the results screen of Cyber Space stages that denotes whether or not a player used the Homing Dash technique.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sonic Frontier\u2019s Homing Dash now puts a mark next to Cyber Space times - AUTOMATON WEST","og_description":"A free update for Sonic Frontiers titled Sights, Sounds, and Speed has been released. One of the changes includes a mark on the results screen of Cyber Space stages that denotes whether or not a player used the Homing Dash technique.","og_url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/","og_site_name":"AUTOMATON WEST","article_published_time":"2023-03-27T08:32:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-27T08:32:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230325-241850-header.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Taijiro Yamanaka","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_site":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Taijiro Yamanaka","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/"},"author":{"name":"Taijiro Yamanaka","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4e35a30cc8606220b03ef38331fc8fb9"},"headline":"Sonic Frontier\u2019s Homing Dash now puts a mark next to Cyber Space times","datePublished":"2023-03-27T08:32:06+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-27T08:32:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/"},"wordCount":609,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230325-241850-header.jpg","keywords":["News (Japan-related)"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/","name":"Sonic Frontier\u2019s Homing Dash now puts a mark next to Cyber Space times - AUTOMATON WEST","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230325-241850-header.jpg","datePublished":"2023-03-27T08:32:06+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-27T08:32:08+00:00","description":"A free update for Sonic Frontiers titled Sights, Sounds, and Speed has been released. One of the changes includes a mark on the results screen of Cyber Space stages that denotes whether or not a player used the Homing Dash technique.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230325-241850-header.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230325-241850-header.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230327-18258\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0","item":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sonic Frontier\u2019s Homing Dash now puts a mark next to Cyber Space times"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","name":"AUTOMATON WEST","description":"AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","width":374,"height":190,"caption":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/AUTOMATON_ENG","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCabvYnvuUUbbGUrxkaFRgSA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4e35a30cc8606220b03ef38331fc8fb9","name":"Taijiro Yamanaka","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/taijiro-yamanaka-250-100x100.jpg","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/taijiro-yamanaka-250-100x100.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/taijiro-yamanaka-250-100x100.jpg","caption":"Taijiro Yamanaka"},"description":"Senior writer for Automaton Japan. Loves gaming news from Japan and abroad. He buys more games than he can physically play, so he spends his days clearing his backlog.","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/author\/taijiro-yamanaka\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18258"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18263,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18258\/revisions\/18263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}