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Sonic Wave

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• Sonic Wave
• Sonic Wave Deluxe (ToshDeluxe)
• The Invincible
• Sound Wave Destroyer
• Generic Wave
• Auditory Breaker
• Sonic Wave Rebirth
• Sonic Wave Infinity

Level Information

Creator(s)

Cyclic (Verified and published by Sunix)

Difficulty

Extreme Demon

Stars

10

Level ID

26681070 (Originally 8585365 (old) and 9704784 (new))

Soundtrack

Song Name

Sonic Blaster

Composer

F-777

Newgrounds ID

574484

“	Mythical Demon by Cyclic! Video on my YouTube.	”

Sonic Wave is a 1.9/2.0 solo Extreme Demon level created, hack-verified and initially published by Cyclic in 1.9 on 21 June 2015. It is an extremely difficult remake of Nine Circles. Considered one of the most difficult levels of all time during its release, Sonic Wave would remain unbeaten until, through another hacking scandal, drama and a race to complete it, it was finally verified and published by Sunix in 2.0 on 25 November 2016 and placed at #1 on the Demonlist almost immediately after getting rated, surpassing Artificial Ascent. Sonic Wave received praise for its difficulty but criticism for its unbalanced gameplay and lack of innovation in the Nine Circles design. One of the most popular Extreme Demons, Sonic Wave became the 4th most-downloaded and 5th most-liked Extreme Demon in the game and is widely considered as a cultural touchstone for the Geometry Dash community, separating the lower and upper echelons of Extreme Demon difficulty, and went on to inspire numerous subsequent remakes with varying difficulty and design. A sequel, Cosmic Cyclone, was hosted by Zimnyte and Riot and released in 2.1.

History

Creation and debates of legitimacy

Sonic Wave was first created when Cyclic released a preview for a new Nine Circles level with a light blue colour scheme back in mid-Update 1.9 (this version is now considered as Old Sonic Wave). The level was made to rival Poltergeist as the hardest Nine Circles level. The level was verified and published on 21 June 2015, shortly after being previewed; however, it was not rated since Cyclic's verification video was publicly cut after he claimed to have verified it without recording. A few players tried it, but none made much progress, progressing as far as the first ship. In July, Cyclic decided to delete the unrated level and created a buffed version with a dark blue colour scheme based on a poll posted on Korean forums where he asked users to choose among five colour schemes: black, dark blue, navy blue, yellow/green, or orange. This newly buffed version was published on 20 July 2015. This update made it far harder than Bloodbath, and this time, Cyclic had a full video without any cuts, so the level got featured for a little over two weeks.

The community debated whether this level was hacked or not, as the level was far too difficult for most players at the time. Most people accused Cyclic of hacking the level. Before 2.0, the level was replaced with a Back On Track remake, known commonly as Cyclic On Track. The level was eventually unrated through convoluted methods from the negative reception on 7 August 2015. In March 2016, Cyclic confessed to hacking both versions of Sonic Wave, verify-hacking the original and speed-hacking the buffdate. Shortly after, he admitted to hacking every other Demon he ever beat and quit Geometry Dash, deleting his YouTube channel that housed both verification videos.

Race to verify and remakes

Following Cyclic's confession in hack-verifying most of his achievements, Riot, Mefewe (both had been attempting the level since the buffdate's unveiling) and several other players attempted to become the first to beat the level legitimately.

Mefewe has been making progress since before Cyclic's confession. His first progress was on 11 October 2015, getting 24%. Ten days later, he got 64-100%. Mefewe would make good progress on Sonic Wave for a month, even adding buffs to the level. He would get 72% on this version on 8 November 2015. However, Mefewe buffing Sonic Wave would soon become a fatal mistake.

Riot was getting bored of Sonic Wave and asked Viprin to make a special remake for him: Sonic Wave Infinity. This remake made the level slightly darker and used 2.0 decorations and effects. While Sonic Wave Infinity was being developed, Mefewe achieved a new best of 98% on his own buffed version of Sonic Wave on 25 March 2016, which at the time was considered the worst ever fail in Geometry Dash. However, this devastating fail gained him more popularity, and he later asked FunnyGame and Serponge to create another Sonic Wave remake: Alter Sonic Wave (later renamed Sonic Wave Rebirth). This level gave Sonic Wave a fresh design while staying the same gameplay-wise. Two other players, Surv and Sunix (known as Deam at the time), were also practising, both of them making good progress.

Afterwards, Manix648 and LazerBlitz created the third Sonic Wave remake: Auditory Breaker. With high-quality designs and incredibly realistic decorations, it was considered the best-decorated Sonic Wave remake by many people. Although, it lost its categorization as a Nine Circles level. Manix648 chose Surv as the verifier of this level. However, Surv eventually turned down Auditory Breaker mainly because of being the choice as the verifier of Yatagarasu. Riot also made further progress on Sonic Wave, getting a record of 96%, while Sunix achieved a record of 88%. But soon after that, Sunix agreed to let Riot verify Sonic Wave first. However, six days after Sunix's 88% fail, Sunix finally verified Sonic Wave on 25 November 2016, effectively breaking his promise with Riot.

Later, Sunix apologized to Riot and stated verifying the level was unintentional. Sunix only wanted to see how far he could get during one of his streams after removing the start position.^{[citation needed]} However, that did not stop other players like Aurorus from being angry with him. A few days later, Aurorus made a video claiming Sunix used macros and auto-clicking hacks to verify Sonic Wave.^{[citation needed]} Eventually, the accusations were disproved. After Aurorus withdrew his claims, Sunix became recognized as the first official player to beat Sonic Wave, boosting his popularity significantly.

Gameplay

• 0-8%: The level begins with a single-speed cube section with tricky timings and a short block maze that requires the player to click late to avoid hitting the blue orb in the second platform. A trigger can be clicked at the beginning spawning the level's name along with Sunix and Cyclic's icons at 28%.
• 9-18%: This part is a double-speed ship sequence with several saw-blades, which the player must avoid. There are also constant gravity and size changes with a few spikes between the sloped structures, which force the player to briefly straight-fly.
• 19-28%: This part turns the player into a short mini-cube transition where the player must hit a gravity orb precisely after being bounced by several gravity pads. The player then transits into a slow ball section mainly composed of precise timings. The player later hits a single-speed trigger and then a double-speed trigger, making it harder to time the gravity changes. The player then enters a dual-mini-ball passage reminiscent of Windy Landscape, in which the player must switch the gravity at the exact right moment to avoid the two spikes on either side. After clearing the spikes, the player must jump right after they enter the cube portal to avoid crashing to the ceiling.
• 29-42%: This part composes of a very difficult wave part with incredibly tight spaces with several saw-blades. The player later enters a mini-wave section with a series of saw-blades, which the player must avoid by going in a certain pattern. The player then switches back to a normal wave with more tight spaces and saw-blades, then enters a dual-mini-wave section where the player must clear invisible blocks extending from the ground and ceiling.
• 43-56%: This part is composed of a difficult mini-wave section where the player must hold the space button to avoid the platform where the player must just barely avoid the spikes by barely letting go of the space bar. The player then enters a normal gravity portal with the same gameplay as before. This section is followed by a fairly open mini-wave section, with one extremely tight space at the end. The player then continues to another wave section with a fake line trolling and enters a mini-wave section where the player must click extremely fast to avoid all the saw-blades.
• 56-65%: This part includes a fairly easy cube section where the player must spam to hit all the orbs and keep jumping while the speed gradually increases. The text 'Faith...' can be seen before the next section.
• 65-77%: This part is composed of another wave section with very tight spaces and even more saw-blades, which later turns into a dual-wave where the player must precisely go in a certain direction to avoid all the invisible blocks and the spikes above and below. Then, the player turns back into a normal wave through a gravity portal and continues to avoid the spikes, saw-blades and blocks.
• 78-87%: This part begins with a half-speed mini-wave section where the player must spam to avoid the blocks below and the saw-blades above. Then, the player has to go through a tight space between slopes. The player then transitions to a memory cube section that requires precise timing and clear memorization.
• 88-100%: The last part is a triple-speed wave section with tight spaces, which changes to a mini-wave section, which includes tight spaces and saw-blades as same as before. Then, the player switches back to a half-speed normal wave segment where the player must precisely verse through the small slopes; halfway through this, the speed changes to single-speed. The player then switches into a double and later triple-speed mini-wave where the player must spam over the words 'GG Cyclic' made with blocks. At the end of the level, the player sees the words 'Riot,' 'Dual,' 'Chief,' and 'Nocta,' which represent Riot, Dual Kiki, ChiefFlurry and Noctalium, respectively, all of whom are skilled players who Sunix dedicated this achievement to.

Fails

• Both JakeEP and DashY crashed at 93%.
  • JakeEP crashed at 93% while trying to rebeat the level for the video; previously, he had beaten the level without recording, and his worst fail before completion was 79% twice.
  • DashY crashed at 93% twice on mobile.
• Rampage crashed at 94%.
• Riot crashed at 96%.
• Mefewe crashed at 98% on his buffed version live on Twitch. It was considered the worst fail in Geometry Dash history until knobbelboy's 98% fail on Bloodlust.

Wins

• Riot, one of the contenders of the verification race, practiced Sonic Wave back in 2016 but did not beat it due to him getting demotivated after crashing at 96%; Riot came back into the level after his channel was reinstated, he ended up beating Sonic Wave on Halloween on 31 October 2020; Riot had also jumped 110 spots on the Demonlist from his previously verified level, Bloodbath, after achieving his new hardest after five years or 1,906 days.
• Xanii has beaten this level 31 times as of 12 May 2022.
  • He also beat this level three times in a row on 13 May 2022.
• DashY became the first player to beat Sonic Wave on mobile on 19 May 2021, using a 120Hz phone.
  • DashY also jumped 128 spots on the Demonlist from Bloodbath; unlike Riot, DashY beat the level on mobile and was 18 spots higher than Riot's jump record.
  • Biprex became the first 60hz mobile victor of Sonic Wave on 18 November 2021; Biprex also beat the Top 5 on the Low Refresh Rate Mobile Demonlist.
• Galaxy GD became the first player to beat Sonic Wave on 60Hz on 14 July 2021.

Trivia

• The level's password is 112516, which is the day Sunix verified and uploaded it.
• The level contains 24,957 objects.
  • Many players disliked the level due to its design despite being made in 1.9 and a notable level.
• The level's duration is 2m 1s.
• The level was ranked #25 in GDToday's 100 Greatest Levels of All Time list.
• The level was initially placed at #1 on the Demonlist on 14 Janauary 2019, above Artificial Ascent (#2).
  • This addition pushed New Supersonic into the Legacy List for the first time.
  • It is currently #26 on the High Refresh Rate Mobile Demonlist, above Sonic Wave Rebirth (#27) and below Requiem (#25), and #3 on the Low Refresh Rate Mobile Demonlist, above Sigma (#4) and below Cold Sweat (#2).
• In late 2017, a logo animation featuring Cyclic and Sunix's cube icons (both the same but different colours) above the text saying 'Sonic Wave' was added.
  • After some time, this feature was changed to be toggleable at the beginning of the level.
• This level has ½ space gaps in the wave sections.
• Mefewe has completed 64-100% on his own buffed version of Sonic Wave and has a high score of 98% on the original. He also has his own remade version of Sonic Wave, which was decorated by FunnyGame and Serponge. His record on the remake was 55% before he moved on due to being unable to beat it.
  • Humorously, the death at 55% was caused by a bug due to him hitting the block instead of passing it.
    • Mefewe's buffed version was verified by Sunix and uploaded onto the latter's account.
• Cyclic verify-hacked the original Sonic Wave and speed-hacked the second version, but he has beaten the 64-100% wave part of Sonic Wave Infinity legitimately.
• Riot has spent over 100,000 attempts to verify this level. 40,000 on the original, 60,000 on Sonic Wave Infinity.
• Riot, Sunix and Cyclic made a sequel to this level called Cosmic Cyclone.
  • This remake was canceled until Zimnyte obtained Riot's permission to revive it.
• Metalface221 verified and uploaded the old light blue version on 18 December 2016.
  • Sunix followed suit on 4 December 2017, reverifying and reuploading it without Metalface221's knowledge.
• Muffy450's ~634,000 attempt journey on beating this level was the highest amount ever spent on beating a Geometry Dash level at the time.
• Sonic Wave is part of the player-made classic 'RGB series,' along with Yatagarasu and Erebus.
• On 2 July 2020, Bloodbath lost its position of being the longest level holding a place in the Top 50 of the Demonlist with 1,315 days to Sonic Wave.
• Sonic Wave is the 16th former Top 1 in the game's history.
  • Sonic Wave is also the first former Top 1 that is XL in length.
• The placement of Instinct (Krazyman50Real) on 8 October 2023 pushed Sonic Wave into the Legacy List of the Demonlist.
  • Sonic Wave is the longest-standing level on the Demonlist before being pushed into the Legacy List, staying for 2,508 days, surpassing Yatagarasu's record of 2,434 days.
  • The entire original RGB series has now fallen into the Legacy List.
  • This makes Sonic Wave the last level released on 2.0 to be pushed into the Legacy List.

Videos

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References

Notes

1. ↑ Shortly after Sonic Wave was unrated and removed from the servers, the unnerfed Fexty became Top 1 for a brief moment because, at that time, Bloodbath was still under its verification process.

References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/today_gd/status/1730369202513740161
2. ↑ https://youtu.be/8SN98PJj0Cw
3. ↑ https://youtu.be/6IUbKWmNVEc
4. ↑ https://youtu.be/t7FzR4KdWeQ
5. ↑ https://youtu.be/FHQfR_PTK5g
6. ↑ https://youtu.be/zn3r0sjL7Ss&t=66s
7. ↑ https://youtu.be/oJwFFDJspHM
8. ↑ https://youtu.be/GpXTwPgweAk&t=5s
9. ↑ ^{Jump up to:9.0 9.1} https://youtu.be/9j1oqEiorbU
10. ↑ https://youtu.be/GZnAim-_L0I
11. ↑ https://twitter.com/_Xanii_/status/1524944656781709312
12. ↑ https://twitter.com/_Xanii_/status/1525300119687544832
13. ↑ https://youtu.be/4v-J6vj8iMQ
14. ↑ https://youtu.be/2mMTcqsCc4c
15. ↑ https://youtu.be/8SN98PJj0Cw
16. ↑ https://youtu.be/HPyTphv-9xM

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