Jump Panel (plate)

"Jump on panel No. 1. It will take you to panels 2 and 3. Jump as soon as you land on the panel, or else you'll fall."

- Tikal, Sonic Adventure

The Number Panels, also called Boost Panels, are a type of gimmick that appear´s in Sonic Adventure, Sonic Rivals 2 and Sonic Generations. They are a sequence of panels the player can jump to in-between in order to proceed through a stage.

Description
The number panels are a bunch of five or more panels that the player can use to reach higher places that are hard to access as a shortcut. When using the number panels, the player have to go to the first panel and then press the jump bottom to be warped at light speed to the second panel, and then to the rest, even if the number panels are set on vertical walls. However, if the player does not press the jump button quickly once warped to the next panel, the playable character will fall off it and the player has to restart.

Sonic Adventure
Number panels first appeared in Sonic Adventure and later in the remake. In this game, they are five panels numbered in order, and are colored orange, yellow and green (they will turn into black when the playable character is standing in them). They appear in Emerald Coast, Windy Valley, Ice Cap and Red Mountain.

Sonic Generations (3DS)
The number panels reappeared in the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations, where they only appear in both Acts of Emerald Coast. They have the same design as in Sonic Adventure, but due to the gameplay being in 2.5D, the panels have a numbered sprite with a circle around looking at the camera.