Tips for perfecting blue sphere?

[RocketPotatoL62]

I hate blue sphere, but my problem mostly revolves around trying to find a way to not clear the level before getting all the rings.

[wrz]

It may be considered a cheat, but I enable the dev menu and use it to keep restarting the current blue sphere level until I got it. I figure I'm just shaving off time since the 'normal' way would just be going checkpoint to checkpoint.

My process: Go to checkpoint with 25 or more rings, enter blue balls stage

If I fail, invoke dev menu and choose 'Restart'

Repeat until I got a medal.

[Dratoric Eclypze]

My usual method for the Mania version of the Blue Sphere stages is to go through each one as you come by them (or using debug mode to practice.), and then try your best to memorize the lay outs. If you want prefect, memorize the location of the square-styled spheres and rings so you know where to go and what to do first.

[(Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr]

Memorize the maps.

Know that you can jump over two rows of spheres.

If it's a large shape of blue spheres like a square, only turn the ones on the outside red as it will make the entire shape turn into rings, you must do this in order to get perfects.

[ZylpheRenuis]

With the one with few Blue Spheres and alot of rings stage. Go in reverse (as in jump in the OTHER yellow sphere) instead to pick up all the rings and blue spheres.

[(Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr]

Originally posted by SLEVEN:

With the one with few Blue Spheres and alot of rings stage. Go in reverse (as in jump in the OTHER yellow sphere) instead to pick up all the rings and blue spheres.

Actually if it's the 4 spheres 16 rings one, you choose either forward or back, go around and collect the first 3 spheres. Then you jump through the series of bumper spheres in the middle of the stage, turn to go through another series of bumper spheres to get back to where you started the map, then go the way you didn't choose first to get the last sphere.

[Sonic63587]

Leave behind one section/part of one section that won't turn into rings. Get all the rings then go back. That's what I did. No dev menu, no bs.

I went to CPZ and just went between 2 checkpoints at different heights using Tails.

[ZIO]

Practice, my friend. Practice.

It is not hard. You just need to memorize the stages.

[Pooka Mustard™]

Blue Spheres is eafy.

Press left or right before you reach the next 'intersection' of lines for optimal movement.
If there is a shape (not outline), collect the edges to turn the entire shape into rings.
...actually play Sonic & Knuckles with Sonic 1 locked on for the best results.