Shiny Trail

The Shiny trail is a gimmick that appears in Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. As its name implies, it is a trail leading to a Shiny.

Description
The Shiny trail is presented as a trail of footprints from regular shoes on the ground, starting from and ending at sudden points. Turning on the AVA at this location will make the footprints glow golden and reveal a X-Mark at the end of these trails where a Shiny is buried.

In gameplay, Shiny trails are meant to help the player locate the Shinies hidden in each of the game's levels. For every hidden Shiny, there is a Shiny trail leading to it. To collect a Shiny at the end of a Shiny trail, the player must scan the trail with the AVA to reveal the X-Mark and then use Stomp on top of it. Once the Shiny is collected, the Shiny trail disappears.