Hanging Bell

The Bell is a gimmick that first appeared in Sonic Adventure. It is a large hanging bell that can be rung to trigger different effects.

Description
Bells are large, stereotypical bells resembling church bells. They are easily a couple of meters tall and golden coloration. They are always found hanging from a support inside large buildings. In gameplay, the player can hit the Bells with the playable characters to make them ring, which will trigger an effect beneficial to the player. What effect occurs depends on the game.

Sonic Adventure
In Sonic Adventure, it is only appeared in Speed Highway. Where it only used for gathering rings by hitting it. It can only be used by Sonic, Knuckles and Tails as they are the only characters that can enter the stage.

Sonic the Hedgehog
In Sonic the Hedgehog, it has only appeared in Soleanna Castle Town. In this game, it said that the entrance of the Aquatic Base has been closed because of the accident that happened during the Solaris Project in the base which made Sonic looking for many people to find how to open the entrance of the lab, and the answer about his question was to ring three Hanging Bells to open the entrance of the Aquatic Base's mirror, but the player has to rings it fast, because if the player did not, then one of the Bells will stop ringing and the player won't can open the prison. Those Bells can also be triggered by Shadow and Silver, however they have no roles in their stories.

Sonic Generations
In Sonic Generations, It only appeared in Speed Highway just like Sonic Adventure, but in the act 1 only. In this game it returned it's previous purpose which is to collect some rings by hitting it.