Minecart

Minecarts are obstacles that appear in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. First appearing in Sonic and the Black Knight, minecarts are obstacles that will be heading towards the player, who controls Sonic the Hedgehog, while grinding on rails. Only jumping or moving to a nearby rail will the minecart be avoided. If not avoided, the player will either fall off the rail to lose time and/or lose a live.

Minecarts are the same as what they originally appeared in the real world. They typically appear only on a grinding segment of a level. In Sonic and the Black Knight, minecarts are shown to look almost identical as to the real world counterparts. Minecarts appeared in the Molten Mine stage from Sonic and the Black Knight, appearing to cause Sonic to stop grinding if being hit by a minecart. Minecarts reappear in the Silent Forest zone from the upcoming video game, Sonic Lost World. Like the Sonic and the Black Knight counterpart, they appear on grinding segments, but minecarts have more of a simpler tone to it instead of the real world-esque version from Sonic and the Black Knight.