Spin Dash

The Spin Dash and Spin Attack are techniques used by Sonic and others as the standard attack in most, if not all of the games. It is one of the most well known attacks in the series.

Spin Dash
Sonic's registered trademark move. In this move, which debuted in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the user curls down and begins revving up, taking on a diagonally pivoted, ovular shape. Once unleashed, the user blasts forward in an accelerated roll at high speeds with limited airborne capability, meant to break barriers or mow down enemies along with an awesome "KRIIINNG!!"noise.

Spin Attack
This technique served as the basis of attack in the early Genesis-Era games. It consists of the character, while in locomotion, curling into a fetal position while rolling along the ground. When used while running at a very high speed and rate of torque, the user is able to destroy barriers and enemies. This move is also used in mid-air as a jump.

Users
The following Characters have been seen performing Spin Dashes and Attacks:


 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Amy Rose
 * Cream the Rabbit
 * Rouge the Bat
 * E-123 Omega
 * Blaze the Cat
 * Espio the Chameleon
 * Vector the Crocodile
 * Charmy Bee
 * Big the Cat
 * Metal Sonic
 * Mighty the Armadillo
 * Ray the Flying Squirrel
 * Tikal the Echidna (In Sonic Adventure 2 and its remake, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle she can do it in 2-player mode)
 * Tiara Boobowski (she did it in the cancelled Sonic X-treme)
 * Silver the Hedgehog

Variatons
Some characters have their own way to perform the Spin Dash move. These are:

his Whirl tornado formation and spins on the tip of his toes like a top, diagonally pivoted and begins to rev up. This move only appears in Knuckles' Chaotix, as lately, like in Sonic Heroes, he uses the Spin Dash. tornado formation, but she revs up by standing and charging the fire at her feet and is instead surrounded by fire.
 * Step Dash or Amy Dash performed by Amy Rose: Amy begins to move her feet quickly to gain speed and then she curls into a ball. This happens only in Sonic Advance 2 and Sonic Advance 3, when she is paired with Sonic.
 * Whirl Dash performed by Espio the Chameleon: in this way, Espio assumes
 * Burst Dash performed by Blaze the Cat: in this way, like Espio, Blaze assumes a
 * Donut Dash performed by Vector the Crocodile: in this way, Vector assumes a ring form, and begins revving up like a spinning wheel, due to his long and skinny body. This was only in Knuckles' Chaotix.