Rocket (object)

Rockets (ロケット) are objects in Sonic the Hedgehog games, which are set on to small, grey launching pads. These rockets are white and red colored with four rotors. Launching pads hold rockets on one place until the player wants to use one of them to get to fly over bottomless pits, other obstacles or simply getting to the other side of the level. After grabbing it, it will launch the rocket automatically and the playable character holds on the handle below the rocket itself. Many rockets also fly to upwards, thus helping the player getting to the top of the cliff, similarly like Springs and Pulleys. After flying a while, the playable character lets go off the handle on the rocket, which flies to the far distance.

Rockets as useful objects are introduced in Sonic Adventure and have become one of generally featured objects in several games. Rockets have also seen to have other purposes or having different functionality in few games.