Bomb (obstacle)


 * This article is about obstacles. For mass produced badniks, see Bomb (Badnik) and the Knuckles' Chaotix character of the same name, see Bomb (Knuckles' Chaotix).

Bombs (爆弾), also called Mines, are dangerous, mid-air floating obstacles, which are seen in numerous Sonic the Hedgehog games, where they are seen in numerous places, where the player does not want to see them. They are different sized and different looking bombs in several games, but is mostly known to have one purpose to the player as to avoid them in all costs. One single touching to these obstacles cause them to explode to the playable character's face, who can lose shield, rings or in the worst case a life. Even different enemies from several games are seen using bombs as their weapons too.

Bombs are first seen in the original Sonic the Hedgehog and have made numerous appearances in almost every game in the series. As the appearance of these obstacles has been different almost in each game, the purpose has been same similar to spikes and spiked balls. While having similarities comparing to spiked bombs, they do share small differences.