20 Rings
Description
A power-up that can either be an
Item Box with the icon of a Ring on it, or a single Ring with the number "20" within.
The 20 Rings [1] (20リング[2] , 20 Ringu ? , lit. "20 Ring") , also referred to as the Super Ring [3] (スペシャルリング[4] , Supesharu ringu ? , lit. "Special Ring") , is a power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . When the player obtains this power-up, twenty Rings will be granted to the playable character at once. It can be considered a variant of the Super Ring .
Since its debut, the 20 Rings has been featured as both a power-up contained in different objects and as an independent, non-contained, and collectible item as well. Regardless of how it has appeared though, the 20 Rings has functioned identically in nearly every game.
Description
The 20 Rings follows the same principles as the Super Ring . When obtaining a 20 Rings, the player is instantly granted twenty Rings at once which are automatically added to the player's total Ring count. Rings granted by 20 Rings function like regular Rings, as the player is able to lose them after taking damage and then recollect them.
The 20 Rings can appear as a power-up contained in an Item Box , UFO , or Item Panel . It has also appeared as a floating golden Ring separate from containers that is slightly larger than regular Rings and has the number "20" in its center. Item Boxes containing 20 Rings display an icon depicting a Ring with the number "20" written in the display. Like other Item Boxes, 20 Rings Item Boxes can be hidden behind walls, palm trees or in other places. 20 Rings that appear as large floating Rings are likewise obtained upon simply touching them, as there is no Item Box in-between them and the player. However, they cannot be targeted by attacks like the Homing Attack , unlike 20 Rings in Item Boxes. When collecting an Item Box-less 20 Rings, a unique sound effect is played compared to the regular chime exhibited by Rings.
In some cases, the 20 Rings can appear in groups to be picked up.
Game appearances
Sonic the Hedgehog CD
An early version of the 20 Rings appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog CD . In this game, it is referred to as the Super Ring [3] (スペシャルリング[4] , Supesharu ringu ? , lit. "Special Ring") (not to be confused with the power with the same name in the game's Rounds ), and is identified with the icon of a single Ring .
In Sonic the Hedgehog CD , the Super Ring only appears in the Special Stages . In these levels, it can be obtained whenever the player destroys a specific purple UFO . In addition, the Super Rings exhibit a special ability in gameplay: for each successive Super Ring the player obtains in a row from UFOs, the amount of Rings this power grants will be doubled. This means that if the player, for example, breaks three UFOs in a row, and each of them hold a Super Ring, then the player will first receive twenty, then forty, and finally eighty Rings. However, obtaining after other power-up during such a chain will reset the Ring amount the player receives.
Sonic R
In Sonic R , another early version of the 20 Rings appeared. In this game, it is referred to as Numbered Item Panel [5] (ビッグ20リング[6] , Biggu 20 ringu ? , lit. "Big 20 Ring") and can be obtained at random when touching one of the Item Panels that lie scattered across the racing courses.
Sonic Adventure 2
In Sonic Adventure 2 , and its remake Sonic Adventure 2: Battle , the Ring power-up is referred to as 20 Rings [1] (20リング[2] , 20 Ringu ? , lit. "20 Ring") . In these games, it is exclusively an Item Box item. The Item Boxes that contain the 20 Rings in this game hold an icon that shows a single Ring with the number "20" written in the lower left corner.
Sonic Unleashed
A 20 Rings in Sonic Unleashed .
In the Wii /PlayStation 2 of Sonic Unleashed , the 20 Rings makes another appearance. In this game, it is exclusively a floating ring without an Item Box.
In gameplay, the 20 Rings appear in both the nighttime and daytime stages . While they are rather common in the daytime stages, they are also quite common in nighttime stages, and will appear more frequently in the latter as the player advances through the game.
Variants
Rich Ring
The Rich Ring is a silver variant of the 20 Rings that physically resembles the Red Star Ring . Like the 20 Rings, the Rich Rings each give the player twenty Rings . They only appear in Sonic and the Secret Rings and Sonic and the Black Knight .
Gallery
Sprites
Screenshots
References
20 Rings
Main article | Scripts (Hero , Dark , Last ) | Staff | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery | Re-releases (Battle | 2012 )
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) | Tails | Knuckles | Amy * | Shadow (Super Shadow ) | Rouge | Eggman | Big *^ | Tikal * | Chaos * | Dark Chao Walker * | Chao Walker * | Metal Sonic *
Non-playable characters
Chao (Dark Chao , Hero Chao , Chaos Chao ) | Gerald | Maria | President | Secretary | Sigma-Alpha 2 | Researcher | Animals (Bat , Bear , Boar , Cheetah , Condor , Dragon , Gorilla , Half Fish , Parrot , Peacock , Penguin , Phoenix , Rabbit , Raccoon , Seal , Sea Otter , Sheep , Skeleton Dog , Skunk , Tiger , Unicorn )
Stages
Hero
City Escape | Wild Canyon | Prison Lane | Metal Harbor | Green Forest | Pumpkin Hill | Mission Street | Aquatic Mine | Route 101 | Hidden Base | Pyramid Cave | Death Chamber | Eternal Engine | Meteor Herd | Crazy Gadget | Final Rush
Dark
Iron Gate | Dry Lagoon | Sand Ocean | Radical Highway | Egg Quarters | Lost Colony | Weapons Bed | Security Hall | White Jungle | Route 280 | Sky Rail | Mad Space | Cosmic Wall | Final Chase
Misc.
Cannon's Core | Green Hill
2P Stages
Downtown Race | Grind Race | Planet Quest | Pool Quest | Deck Race | Pyramid Race
Enemies
G.U.N.
Blue Eagle | Bomb Beetle | Bomb Wing | Gold Beetle | Gun Hawk | Gun Beetle | Gun Hawk | Gun Hunter | Gun Wing | Hornet-3 | Hornet-6 | Hornet-9 | Laser Hawk | Laser Hornet | Laser Hunter | Mono Beetle | Phoenix | Rhino Cannon | Rhino Jet | Rhino Metal | Rhino Spike | Shield Hunter | Sky Hawk | Spark Beetle | Spring Beetle
Badniks
Buzz Bomber | Chopper | E-1000 | Gola | Unidus | Kiki
Misc
Artificial Chaos (Artificial Chaos P-1 , Artificial Chaos P-100 , Cell , Float Type , Guard Type ) | Boo | Boom Boo
Bosses
B-3x Hot Shot | Biolizard | Dr. Eggman | Egg Golem | F-6t Big Foot | Finalhazard | King Boom Boo | Knuckles | R-1/A Flying Dog | Rouge | Shadow | Sonic | Tails
Moves/Techniques
Amy Flash * | Black Shield * | Black Wave * | Booming Missile * | Bounce Attack | Captive Light * | Chaos Bind * | Chaos Control | Chaos Impact * | Chaos Screw * | Chaos Spear | Chaos Strike * | Charm Ray * | Crazy Rush * | Crouch | Dark Finish * | Dark Omochao * | Dig | Drill Claw | Drill Drive | Fire Somersault | Glide | Grind Step | Grinding | Hammer Punch * | Heaven's Justice * | Hell Bomber * | Hip Drop * | Hover | Homing Attack | Jump Dash | Kick/Kick Attack | Knuckle Spin * | Laser Missile * | Light Attack | Light Speed Dash | Lock-on | Lock-On Missile | Magic Hands | Omochao | Pick | Power Flash * | Power Laser * | Propeller Punch | Punch (Eggwalker) | Punch/Punch Attack | Rocket Launcher | Rumble Launcher * | Screw Kick | Somersault | Sonic Wind * | Speed Up * | Spin Jump | Spin Dash | Spiral Upper | Storming Heart * | Super Sonic Boost | Swim | Thunder Arrow * | Time Stop * | Volkan Cannon | Wrath of Gaia * | Zap Laser *
Gimmicks and obstacles
Ancient Ruin | Ball Switch | Bungie Vine | Dash Panel | Dynamite | Egg Beetle | Gravity Control Switch | Green energy fluid | Grind Rail | GUN Military Truck | High-speed warp tube | Hint Box | Hourglass | Iron ball | Jump Plate | Laser field | Missile | Pipe | Point Marker | Propeller Spring | Pulley | Ramp | Rocket | Safe | Spikes | Spinning drum | Swing Bar | Time Stop Switch | Turtle | Warp Hole | Warp Wall | Weight | Wide spring
Items
General
Air Bubble | Balloon | Chao Egg | Chao Key | Chaos Emerald | Chaos Drive | Container (Cage , Chao Container , Steel Container , Unbreakable Container , Wooden Container ) | Emblem | Emerald Shard | Goal Ring | Item Box (5 Rings , 10 Rings , 20 Rings , Bomb , Extra Life , Health , High-Speed Shoes , Invincibility , Magnetic Shield , Shield ) | Key Stone (Gate Key ) | Meteorite | Outfit | Ring | Snowboard
Level Up Items
Air Necklace | Air Shoes | Ancient Light | Bazooka | Booster | Bounce Bracelet | Flame Ring | Hammer Gloves | Iron Boots | Jet Engine | Large Cannon | Laser Blaster | Light Speed Shoes | Magic Gloves | Mystic Melody | Pick Nails | Protective Armor | Shovel Claw | Sunglasses | Treasure Scope
English voice actors
Ryan Drummond (Sonic ) | Connor Bringas (Tails ) | Scott Dreier (Knuckles /GUN Soldiers ) | Jennifer Douillard (Amy Rose ) | David Humphrey (Shadow the Hedgehog ) | Lani Minella (Rouge /Omochao ) | Deem Bristow (Doctor Eggman ) | Moriah Angeline (Maria Robotnik ) | Marc Biagi (Gerald /GUN Soldiers ) | Steve Broadie (President ) | Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) | Jon St. John (Big ) | Elara Distler (Tikal ) | Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Kazuki Hayashi (Tails ) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) | Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) | Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao ) | Yuri Shiratori (Maria ) | Kinryū Arimoto (President ) | Shun Yashiro (Big ) | Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) | Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Music
Songs
A Ghost's Pumpkin Soup | Believe In Myself | Deeper | Dive into the Mellow | E.G.G.M.A.N. | Escape from the City | Fly in the Freedom | For True Story | It Doesn't Matter | Kick the Rock! | Live and Learn | My Sweet Passion | Rhythm And Balance | Space Trip Steps | Supporting Me | The Supernatural | Throw It All Away | Unknown from M.E. | Vengeance is Mine
Albums
Multi-Dimensional Sonic Adventure 2 Original Sound Track | Sonic Adventure 2 Vocal Collection: Cuts Unleashed | Sonic Adventure 2 Official Soundtrack | Sonic Adventure 2 Battle - Sampler | Sonic Adventure 2 Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition | Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era
Other
2G Hi-Speed Shoes | Angel Island | Auto Running | Black Market | Central City | Chao Adventure 2 ^ | Chao Garden (Dark , Hero , Neutral ) | Chao in Space | Chao Kindergarten | Chao Machine | Chao Race | Chao Stadium | Chao Transporter ^ | Chao World | Corkscrew loop | Cyclone | Eclipse Cannon | Eggman Bombom | Eggwalker | Emerald Radar | Fake Emerald | Gerald Robotnik's diary | Health Gauge | Kart Race | Prison Island | Project Shadow | Rank | Shuttle loop | Space Colony ARK | Station Square | Teleporter | Totem Pole | Winding Tunnel
*Appears or is playable only in the 2P mode ^Exclusive to Dreamcast version of Sonic Adventure 2
Main article | Script | Credits (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 , Wii/PlayStation 2 ) | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery | Re-releases (mobile )
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic , Sonic the Werehog ) | Gaia Colossus
Non-playable characters
Apotos
Alexis | Anastasia | Eric | Gregorios | Hot Dog Vendor * | Ice Cream Vendor | Lambros | Lucas * | Milos * | Sandra
Spagonia
Aida * | Barbara | Ciccio | David | Denise | Dora | Elio * | Federica | Franco * | Gigi | Hot Dog Vendor * | Ippolita | Irma * | Josef | Lilli * | Lucia | Marcantonio * | Mauro | Natalia * | Otto | Professor Pickle | Professor Pickle's Assistant | Raimondo
Mazuri
Ana | Essie | Gwek | Hog Dog Vendor * | Kofi | Kwami | Kwod | Yawa | Yaya
Chun-nan
Chun | Hot Dog Vendor * | Hualin | Jinlin * | Lin | Shuifon | Wang * | Yilin | Zonshen
Holoska
Hot Dog Vendor * | Jari-Pekka | Jari-Thure | Marketa | Sarianna | Ursule
Shamar
Ara | Dimah | Ehsan | Erhan | Hizir | Hot Dog Vendor * | Iman | Labib | Latif | Layla | Mufid | Musaid | Raniya | Sa'id | Sadiq | Safi | Samia | Sammar | Shadi | Utba | Yasmine
Empire City
Boss * | Brenda * | Charles * | Def Big * | Elizabeth * | Hot Dog Vendor * | Li'l Kate * | Louie Montaine * | Robert *
Adabat
Hot Dog Vendor * | Jamal | Kaeo | Nagi | Rudi | Teanchai
Eggmanland
EF-DC1998 * | EF-MD1991 * | EF-XB2006 * | Hot Dog Vendor *
Misc.
Amy | Chip | Dark Gaia (Perfect Dark Gaia ) | Dr. Eggman | Tails | SA-55 | Su * | Uh * | Wentos *
Town Stages /Villages
Apotos | Mazuri | Spagonia | Chun-nan | Holoska | Shamar | Empire City * | Adabat | Eggmanland
Action Stages / Stages
Windmill Isle | Savannah Citadel * | Rooftop Run | Dragon Road | Cool Edge | Arid Sands | Skyscraper Scamper * | Jungle Joyride | Eggmanland | Tornado Defense *
Enemies
Eggman's Machinery
Aero-Cannon | Aero-Chaser | Egg Blizzard | Egg Burst | Egg Fighter | Egg Fighter: Knight (Electric shield , Spring shield ) | Egg Fighter: Shield (Electric shield , Spring shield ) | Egg Fighter: Sword * | Egg Flame | Egg Launcher (H) | Egg Launcher (H+V) | Egg Launcher (V) | Egg Shackle | Egg Shooter | Egg Typhoon | Gold Aero-Cannon | Interceptor | Little Fighter * | Mole Cannon | Spinner | Thunder Ball | Thunder Spinner
Dark Gaia's minions
Big Mother | Cure Master * | Dark Bat | Dark Bat Sniper | Dark Eel * | Dark Fright | Dark Master ** | Deep Nightmare | Evil Flower * | Fire Master | Fright Master | Killer Bee | Lightning Master | Little Rex | Nightmare | Power Master * | Red Fright | Red Killer Bee | Red Nightmare ** | Red Deep Nightmare ** | Red Rex | Red Titan ** | Spike ** | Thunder Bat | Titan
Bosses
Egg Beetle | Egg Cauldron * | Egg Devil Ray | Egg Dragoon | Egg Lancer | Dark Gaia | Dark Gaia Phoenix | Dark Guardian | Dark Moray | Perfect Dark Gaia
Moves/ Techniques
Sonic
Air Boost | Crouch | Foot Sweep * | Grind Step | Grinding | Homing Attack | Hop | Jump Dash | Light Speed Dash | Slide | Skydiving | Sonic Boost | Sonic Drift | Spin Jump | Stomp | Quick Step | Wall Jump
Werehog
Dash | Double Jump | Grab | Guard | Unleashed Mode | Wall Shuffle
Misc.
Boost | Drill Attack | Super Sonic Boost | Turbo Boost
Skills
Straight attacks
Donkey Kick Combo * | Double Axle Combo * | Double Kick Combo * | Feral Were-Hammer * | Knuckle Sandwich Combo * | Sho-Hog-Ken * | Unleashed Knuckle Sandwich * | Vertical Were-Hammer * | Were-Hammer * | Werewheel Rush *
Hook attacks
Earthshaker * | Egg Scrambler * | Feral Wild Whirl * | Rolling Kick Combo * | Sho-Claw-Ken * | Ultimate Wild Combo * | Unleashed Wild Combo * | Wereclap * | Wild Whirl * | Wild Whirl Were-Hammer *
Aerial attacks
Aerial Claw Slash * | Aerial Claw Slash and Spin * | Aerial Piledriver * | Crescent Moon Strike * | Diving Bodypress * | Flying Double-Punch * | Flying Double-Punch Crush * | Hurricane Combo * | Shooting Star Combo * | Typhoon Combo *
Special attacks
Comet Punch * | Missile Punch * | Spinning Needle Attack * | Tricky Tornado Uppercut * | Triple Wild Claw * | Were-Claw Charge * | Were-Cyclone * | Were-Rush * | Were-Tornado * | Wild Werewhip *
Wii/PS2
Beatdown ** | Claw Charge | Crescent Moon Strike ** | Earthshaker ** | Wereclap ** | Were-Hammer ** | Were-Claw ** | Were-Wallop ** | Wild Claw ** | Wild Whirl **
Gimmicks and obstacles
Balloon | Blue spring | Bobsled | Bomb | Buggy ** | Buoy | Check Point | Conveyor Belt | Crane Lift | Crank | Dark Energy Force Field ** | Dash Panel | Dash Rail | Dash Ring | Door | Fountain | Giant spear ** | Grind Rail | Hanging vine | Hint Ring | Horizontal Bar | Hourglass * | Icicle | Iron ball | Jump Selector | Laser field | Lever | Moving Crate | Rainbow Ring | Ramp | Snowblower | Spike Trap | Spikes | Springboard/Spring | Springpole | Switch | Thorn Spring | Trap Spring | Trick Jump Panel | Wide spring | Zip Line
Items
General
1UP | 5 Ring Bonus | 20 Rings ** | Art Book * | Audio System | Big 50 Ring ** | Blue Tea * | Bookshelf * | Boss Gate | Chaos Orb * | Container (Explosive crate , Steel Container , Wooden Container ) | Crystal Ball * | Dark Energy Key ** | Dark Gaia Force | Edible item (Apple , Banana , Canned Juice , Chai , Chili Dog , Donut , Sundae Supreme ) | Gaia Gate | Gaia Key * | Goal Ring | Gift * | Gramophone * | Green Tea * | Item Capsule ** | Key Stone * | Lovely Ring * | Maiden Statue * | Moon Medal | Moon Tablet ** | Movable box | Old Necklace * | Planet Tablet ** | Pick-Me-Up * | Pretty Bouquet * | Power Shield * | Record * | Red Tea * | Ring | Shield Charge * | Souvenir * | Sun Medal | Sun Tablet ** | Super Claw * | Super Ring | Turquoise Tea * | TV * | Videotape * | Violet Tea * | White Tea * | Yellow Tea *
Level Up Items
Air Boost Shoes * | Light Speed Dash Shoes * | Stomping Shoes * | Wall Jump Shoes *
English voice actors
Jason Griffith (Sonic , Sonic the Werehog , Prof. Pickle's Assistant ) | Amy Palant (Tails ) | Lisa Ortiz (Amy ) | Anthony Salerno (Chip ) | Mike Pollock (Eggman , Zonshen ) | Christopher Collet (SA-55 ) | Dan Green (Ice Cream Vendor , Prof. Pickle )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Chikao Otsuka (Eggman ) | Chō (Prof. Pickle ) | Ryo Hirohashi (Tails ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Tomokazu Seki (Sonic the Werehog ) | Ryōko Shiraishi (Chip )
Music
Songs
Endless Possibility | Dear My Friend
Albums
Planetary Pieces: Sonic World Adventure Original Soundtrack
Other
Auto Running | Boost Gauge | Boost Gauge | Chao * | Chaos Emerald | Chaos Energy Cannon | Chun-nan's Treasure | Collection Room * | Combo | Critical Attack | Don Fachio * | Doctor Eggman's chair | Earth | Eggman Fleet | Egg Dragoon | Egg Mobile | Entrance Stage * | Exorcisms | Experience Point | Freeze | Gaia Manuscripts | Gaia Temple | Gaia Temple guardian | Hallowmoon | Havok | Health Gauge | Miles Electric | Orb Result ** | Real-Time Interaction | Ring Energy Gauge | Shield Gauge | Shop * (Counter of Dreams 2 , Eggshop , Flying Fish Beach Shop , Golden Trading Company , Josef's , Surfside Seagull Sundries , Traveling Salesman Wentos , Treeshade , Ursule's Trading Post , Wang's Emporium ) | Shuttle loop | Sonic: Night of the Werehog | Sonic World Adventure (manga) | Spagonia University | SPD | Tornado-1 | Rank | Time of awakening | Unleashed Gauge
"*" Exclusive to Xbox 360 /PlayStation 3 version "**" Exclusive to Wii /PlayStation 2 version.