Torch (item)

The Torch is an object and gimmick that appears in Sonic Heroes. It is a statue lit with different flames which can be used for various purposes in Mystic Mansion.

Description
Torches are tall statues resembling the skeleton of a human arm. On top, they have their palms raised up which sometimes have a fierce flame burning on them. These flames come in two colors: blue and red. The Torches are found exclusively in Mystic Mansion, where they, according to Dr. Eggman, prevent those entering Mystic Mansion from ever leaving by conventional means as long as they are burning.

In gameplay, the Torches can be found everywhere in Mystic Mansion where they are often essential to progressing with the Stage. The player can lit a Torch by using an offensive Power Formation move and extinguish them with Tornado Jump or the Jump Dash (if the player has collected three Power Cores for the latter). Touching a burning Torch will damage the player.

For Team Sonic and Team Dark's version of Mystic Mansion, the player sometimes has to lit some Torches in order to open a door blocking the path. In Team Chaotix's version, the player's objective in the normal mission is to extinguish all sixty red Torches to and in the extra mission the player's objective is to extinguish all fourty-six blue Torches. This mission has been fairly notorious for its lengthy assignment, usually having players range from ten to twenty minutes normally beating the mission.