Air Target

The Air Target is a gimmick that appears in Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. They are floating orbs that Sonic the Hedgehog can use to cross gabs in the game.

Description
The Air Target is presented as a floating blue and transparent orb with stripes. Their function is provide ways for Sonic to traverse the environments in the game's levels in midair using his specific character abilities.

When using the Air Target, Sonic jumps into the air and does a midair dash, identical to that of the Homing Attack, towards it. Once Sonic hits it, the Air Target will disappear. Essentially, the Air Targets create a distant lock-on target for Sonic to home onto with his dash and the midair path he moves along towards the Air Target can be used to reach paths and cross obstacles the player cannot otherwise do with Sonic, such as crossing wide bottomless pits and reach higher areas. Air Targets can also appear in lines, allowing for a chain of midair dashes.

To use the Air Target in gameplay, the player has to tap the X Button on the Wii U gamepad when in the air when near an Air Target.