Billiard Ball

The Billiard Ball,^[1] formerly known as the sphere,^[2] is a gimmick that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. They are large balls that are used in for various actions.

Description

Billiard Balls are massive balls about a couple of meters in diameter. They closely resemble billiard balls with different numbers on them. The purpose of the Billiard Balls differ between games, though the player can make them roll by attacking or hitting them. This is an essential part of their function.

Game appearances

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

In Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), this gimmick is referred to as the sphere.^[2] Here, they are all tan with their numbers glowing inside a black circle on them. They appear only exclusively in Silver the Hedgehog's version of Dusty Desert.

In gameplay, spheres are used in puzzles which unlock doors blocking the player's path when solved. In these puzzles, the player is given a number of spheres in a closed chamber where the goal is to dump each of them into nearby marked holes using Psycho Smash. However, the spheres cannot be carried with Psychokinesis. Also, the spheres act much like timers, as the numbers on the balls count down by one with each hit (they start out at nine and descends to zero), and they all share the same number. If they are hit by iron balls or by Psycho Shock however, their numbers will be lowered by more than by one. If the spheres are hit ten times before they are dumped into the holes, they all explode and the player will have to start over. Even if they are hit in very limited amounts, the spheres can still time themselves out even as they roll.

Sonic Colors

In the Wii version of Sonic Colors, these gimmicks are slightly smaller and are called Billiard Balls.^[1] They have also been given a redesign so they perfectly resemble real-life billiard balls. They are only found in the Sonic Simulator, where the player can use them to destroy enemies by sending them rolling into them by hitting them with the Homing Attack or Boost.

In some cases, they move around on platforms and can hurt the player should they make contact.

Sonic Lost World

In the Wii U and PC version of Sonic Lost World, the Billiard Balls have the same design they had in Sonic Colors, although they are slightly larger here. In this game, they can be found Frozen Factory Act 2 where the player can knock them into pockets. Each Billiard Ball successfully knocked into a pocket grants the player ten Rings and getting all Billiard Balls in an area into a pocket awards the player a Red Star Ring.

Trivia

Silver's last sphere puzzle in Dusty Desert has a glitch that allows the player to jump through the top of the door at the end of the long hall where he is supposed to push a billard ball into a marked hole in order to reach the goal.

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 BradyGames (16 November 2010). Sonic Colors: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide. BradyGames. p. 237. ISBN 978-0744012583.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Black, Fletcher (14 November 2006). "Silver the Hedgehog • Dusty Desert". Sonic the Hedgehog: Official Game Guide. Prima Games. p. 261. ISBN 978-0761555100.

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Shadow (Super Shadow) \| Rouge \| Omega \| Silver (Super Silver) \| Blaze \| Amy
Non-playable characters		Accordion Player \| Adrianna \| Alan \| Alberto Robert \| Alfano \| Anna \| Antonio \| Aristo \| Berruni \| Bishop \| Claudia \| Dante \| Dr. Eggman \| Duchess of Soleanna \| Duke of Soleanna \| Elkan \| Frances \| Francesca \| GUN Soldier \| Galienna \| Gina \| Hatsun \| Herman \| Iblis \| Ken Williams \| Ladies-in-waiting \| Liza \| Lord Regis \| Mancini \| Mels \| Mephiles (Mephiles's monstrous form) \| Mikhail \| Monica \| Nicolo \| Paganini \| Parr \| Pele \| Pinto \| Porta \| Priest \| Princess Elise the Third \| Prodi \| Pucci (Soleanna Boys) \| Puccini \| Renzo \| Roberta \| Rossi \| Sabrina \| Sandro \| Solaris \| Soleanna Royal Guards (Alessio, Fabio, Giorgio, Guido, Pietro) \| Solomon \| Sonic Man \| Sophia \| Zof
Action Stages		Wave Ocean \| Dusty Desert \| White Acropolis \| Crisis City \| Flame Core \| Radical Train \| Tropical Jungle \| Kingdom Valley \| Aquatic Base \| End of the World
Town Stages		Castle Town \| Forest \| New City
DLC Stages		Sonic Boss Attack \| Shadow Boss Attack \| Silver Boss Attack \| Team Attack Amigo
Town Missions	Sonic	1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8 \| 9 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 \| 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20
	Shadow	1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8 \| 9 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15
	Silver	1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8 \| 9 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 \| 16 \| 17 \| 18
Enemies	Dr. Eggman's mechs	Egg Armor \| Egg Bomber \| Egg Buster \| Egg Buster (Egg Gunner) \| Egg Cannon \| Egg Chaser \| Egg Commander \| Egg Flyer \| Egg Guardian \| Egg Gunner \| Egg Hunter \| Egg Keeper \| Egg Lancer \| Egg Liner \| Egg Rounder \| Egg Searcher \| Egg Stinger \| Egg Sweeper \| Egg Walker
Enemies	Iblis's Minions	Gazer \| Golem \| Iblis Biter \| Iblis Taker \| Iblis Worm \| Shadows \| Stalker \| Titan \| Tricker
Bosses		Egg-Cerberus \| Egg-Genesis \| Egg-Wyvern \| Iblis \| Mephiles \| Shadow \| Silver \| Solaris \| Sonic
Moves/Techniques		Arrow of Light \| Accelerator Tornado \| Attack \| Blast Jump \| Bomb \| Bomb Snipe \| Bound Jump \| Chaos Attack \| Chaos Boost (Chaos Blast, Chaos Lance, Chaos Snap) \| Chaos Spear \| Climb \| Custom Action (Gun Drive, Homing Smash, Mach Speed, Scale, Slow, Thunder Guard, Tornado) \| Crouch \| Double Jump \| Dummy Ring Blitz \| Dummy Ring Bomb \| Dummy Ring Snipe \| Edge Attack \| Fire Claw \| Fly \| Glide \| Grab All \| Ground Shaker \| Hammer Attack \| Heart Mine \| Hold Smash \| Homing Attack \| Hover \| Invisibility \| Jump Dash \| Levitate \| Light Dash \| Lock-On Shot \| Omega Launcher \| Omega Shot \| Psychokinesis \| Psycho Shock \| Psycho Smash \| Punch Attack \| Screwdriver \| Shield of Light \| Sliding Attack \| Spear of Light \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Spin Kick \| Spinning Claw \| Teleport Dash \| Turbo Boost \| Wall Jump \| Wings of Light
Vehicles		Bike \| Buggy \| Hover Craft \| Glider
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bungee Rope \| Conveyor Belt \| Cylinder \| Eagle \| Eye of Solaris \| Hanging Bell \| Hint Ring \| Horizontal Bar \| Jump Panel \| Laser field \| Lotus \| Mechanical Ring \| Mirror of Soleanna \| Orb statue \| Orca \| PK mark \| Purple orb \| Point Marker \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Silver Sphere \| Sphere \| Spiked bar \| Spotlight \| Spring \| Switch \| Tightrope \| Trick Jump Panel \| Turtle \| Vine \| Warp Hole \| Wide spring \| Wind switch
Items	General	Apple \| Barrel \| Chaos Drive \| Container (Blue crate, Case, Explosive crate, Steel Container, Wooden Container) \| Custom Shoes \| Dummy Ring \| Explosion Trap \| Goal Ring \| Heart bomb \| Item Box (Extra Life, Gauge Up, High Speed, Invincible, Rings) \| Key \| Light Core \| Medal \| Minecart \| Ring \| Snowboard
Items	Level Up Items	Air Chip \| Antigravity \| Bounce Bracelet \| Gem (Blue Gem, Green Gem, Purple Gem, Rainbow Gem, Red Gem, Sky Gem, White Gem, Yellow Gem) \| Heart of Wind \| Light Chip \| Memory Shard (black) \| Memory Shard (blue) \| Memory Shard (red) \| Power Bracelet \| Shock Bracelet \| Single-Layered Extreme
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic, Shadow the Hedgehog) \| Pete Capella (Silver the Hedgehog) \| Lacey Chabert (Princess Elise) \| Mike Pollock (Dr. Eggman, Narrator) \| Amy Palant \| (Tails, Ladies-in-waiting) \| Lisa Ortiz (Amy, Ladies-in-waiting) \| Bella Hudson (Blaze) \| Dan Green (Knuckles, Mephiles, Solaris Project scientists) \| Kathleen Delaney (Rouge) \| Maddie Blaustein (Omega) \| David Wills (Duke, G.U.N communitcator)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Maaya Sakamoto (Princess Elise) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Dr. Eggman) Kenji Utsumi (Narrator, Duke) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Hikari Yono (Ladies-in-waiting) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Takayuki Sakazume (Mephiles) \| Keiji Okuda (Solaris Project scientist, G.U.N. communicator) \| Yoshikazu Kozuma (Solaris Project scientist) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Taiten Kusunoki (Omega)
Music	Songs	All Hail Shadow \| Dreams of an Absolution \| His World \| My Destiny \| Solaris Phase 1 \| Sweet Dreams AKON Mix
Music	Albums	Sonic the Hedgehog Original Soundtrack \| Sonic the Hedgehog Vocal Traxx: Several Wills
Other		Action Gauge \| Auto Running \| Chao in Space \| Sonic the Hedgehog CHAOS CRUSH! \| Day of Disaster \| Doctor Eggman's chair \| Egg Carrier \| Egg train \| Festival of the Sun \| Havok \| Health Gauge \| Rank \| Rimlight \| Scepter of Darkness \| Shop \| Soleanna \| Solaris Project \| Super-Speed Stage

Sonic Colors (Wii)

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Mii \| Virtual Hedgehog
Non-playable characters		Tails \| Dr. Eggman \| Yacker \| Orbot \| Cubot \| Metal Sonic*
Wisps		White \| Cyan \| Yellow \| Orange \| Blue \| Green \| Pink \| Purple \| Jade*
Areas		Tropical Resort \| Sweet Mountain \| Starlight Carnival \| Planet Wisp \| Aquarium Park \| Asteroid Coaster \| Terminal Velocity \| Game Land
Enemies		Big Chaser \| Buzzer \| Chopper \| Crabmeat \| Egg Chaser \| Egg Pawn \| Jawz \| Larva \| Metal Spinner \| Mole \| Moto Bug \| Sandworm \| Spinner \| Spiny \| Sprinkler \| Thunder Spinner
Bosses		Rotatatron \| Captain Jelly \| Frigate Orcan \| Refreshinator \| Admiral Jelly \| Frigate Skullian \| Asteroid Coaster sub-boss \| Nega-Wisp Armor
Moves/Techniques		Air Boost \| Assist \| Boost \| Crouch \| Double Jump \| Drift \| Ghost Attack* \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop \| Jump Dash \| Kick boost \| Slide \| Skydiving \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Super Sonic Boost \| Ring Dash \| Wall Jump
Color Powers		Blue Cube \| Cyan Laser \| Final Color Blaster \| Green Hover \| Jade Ghost* \| Orange Rocket \| Pink Spikes \| Purple Frenzy \| Yellow Drill
Gimmicks and obstacles		Accelerator Gun \| Amber block \| Balloon \| Billiard Ball \| Bomb \| Bottomless pit \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Fan \| Floating turret \| Fountain \| Ghost Anchor* \| Grind Rail \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Mobile spring \| Movable box \| Moving Crate \| Optical cable \| Prism \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Red School \| Sea Monster \| Slot machine \| Spike Trap \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Star Post \| Switch \| Thorn Spring \| Trick Jump Panel \| Underground pipe \| Wide spring \| Zip Line
Items		1UP \| 100 Count Ring* \| Air Bubble \| Blue Block \| Blue Ring \| Chaos Emerald \| Container (Chroma Cube, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Egg Medal \| Goal Ring \| Meteorite \| Prison Capsule \| Ring \| Special Ring \| Super Ring \| Wisp Capsule
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Tails) \| Kirk Thornton (Orbot) \| Wally Wingert (Cubot)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot) \| Wataru Takagi (Cubot) \| Utako Yoshino (Yacker)
Music	Songs	"Reach for the Stars" \| "Speak with Your Heart"
Music	Albums	Sonic Colors: Ultimate Original Soundtrack "Re-Colors"¨* \| Vivid Sound X Hybrid Colors: Sonic Colors Original Soundtrack
Other		Auto Running \| Boost Gauge \| Customize* \| Dr. Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park \| Egg Gun \| Egg Shuttle \| Egg Spear \| Miles Electric \| Mind Control Ray \| Moon \| Nega-Wisp \| Options Satellite \| Rank \| Real-Time Interaction \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps \| Sonic's world \| The Bucket O'Sushi \| Totem pole \| Tractor beam generator \| Wisp Gauge Exclusive to Sonic Colors: Ultimate*.

Sonic Lost World (Wii U)

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Virtual Hedgehog*
Non-playable characters		Amy \| Animals (Cucky, Flicky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky) \| Clawz \| Cubot \| Deadly Six (Master Zik, Zavok, Zazz, Zeena, Zomom, Zor) \| Dr. Eggman \| Gillwing \| Gulpo \| Jackle \| Knuckles \| Link* \| Nightopian \| NiGHTS \| Omochao \| Orbot \| Puffy \| Reala \| Tails \| Wizeman \| Yacker* \| Yoshi*
Wisps		Black \| Crimson \| Cyan \| Gray* \| Green \| Indigo \| Magenta \| Orange \| White* \| Yellow
Levels	Worlds	Windy Hill \| Desert Ruins \| Tropical Coast \| Frozen Factory \| Silent Forest \| Sky Road \| Lava Mountain \| Hidden World
Levels	Misc.	Circus* \| NiGHTMARE Zone \| The Legend of Zelda Zone* \| Yoshi's Island Zone*
Enemies	Badniks	Antlion \| Antlion Mother \| Aquis \| Balkiry \| Ball Hog \| Batbrain \| BFB \| Blowfish Transporter \| Blaster \| Bomb \| Burrobot \| Buzz Bomber \| Caterkiller \| Chopper \| Clucker \| Cluckoid \| Coconuts \| Crabmeat \| Crawl \| Crawlton \| Dragonfly \| Dung Beetle \| Egg Pawn \| Galaga Bee \| Gohla \| Grabber \| Gustav Turtle \| Jaws \| Laser Grabber \| Madmole \| Manbou \| Manta \| Moto Bug \| Mushmeanie \| Nebula \| Newtron \| Octus \| Orbinaut (Uni Uni, Unidasu) \| Penguinator \| Robot Ant \| Robot Butterfly \| Sandworm \| Slicer \| Snale Blaster \| Spiker \| Spikes \| Sprinkler \| Tarantula \| Tonber \| Turtloids \| Utsubo
Enemies	Other	Baku Baku \| Boo \| Boom Boo \| Cactus Ball \| Deku Scrub* \| Keese* \| Piranha Plant* \| Sandworm \| Sheep \| Shy Guy* \| Stalchild* \| Surprise Crocodile \| Yeti
Bosses		Zazz (Puffy) \| Zomom \| Master Zik (Gulpo) \| Zeena (Clawz) \| Zor (Jackle) \| Zavok (Gillwing) \| Deadly Six \| Eggrobo
Moves/ Techniques	General	Bound Jump \| Charged Dash \| Dash \| Double Jump \| Duck \| Flying Kick \| Focused Homing Attack \| Grinding \| Skydiving \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Sonic Boost
Moves/ Techniques	Parkour	Hang \| Side Step \| Vault \| Vault Dash \| Wall Climb \| Wall Jump \| Wall Run \| Wall Spin Dash
Color Powers		Black Bomb \| Crimson Eagle \| Cyan Laser \| Gray Quake* \| Green Hover \| Indigo Asteroid \| Magenta Rhythm \| Orange Rocket \| Yellow Drill
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Billiard Ball \| Bumper \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Cloud \| Coconut \| Conveyor Belt \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Flipper \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Metal nut \| Minecart \| Musical note \| Prism \| Seesaw* \| Slot machine \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Truffle Cannon \| Windmill
Items	General	1-Up \| Apple \| Asteroid Ring \| Blue Chip \| Bound bell \| Cage \| Casino Token \| Chaos Emerald \| Floating Item Box \| Invincible \| Item Box (Warp) \| Number Ring \| Power Sneakers \| Red Star Ring \| Ring \| Ring (NiGHTS) \| Shield \| Thunder Shield
Items	RC Vehicles	Helicopter \| Fighter Jet \| Stealth Jet \| Hovercraft \| Balloon \| UFO \| Omochao
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Tails) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles, Zavok) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Orbot, Master Zik) \| Wally Wingert (Cubot) \| Liam O'Brien (Zazz) \| Patrick Seitz (Zomom) \| Stephanie Sheh (Zeena) \| Sam Riegel (Zor)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot) \| Wataru Takagi (Cubot) \| Jōji Nakata (Zavok) \| Yutaka Aoyama (Zazz) \| Yumi Tōma (Zeena) \| Makoto Terada (Master Zik) \| Chafūrin (Zomom) \| Yūki Tai (Zor)
Music		Sonic Lost World Bonus Soundtrack (Special Selection) \| Sonic Lost World: Wonder World EP \| Without Boundaries: Sonic Lost World Original Soundtrack
Other		Auto Running \| Cacophonic Conch \| Egg Mobile \| Extractor \| Havok \| Life \| Lost Hex \| Miles Electric \| Mission \| Moon Mech \| Rank \| Roboticizer \| Roboticization \| Secret Bonus \| Sonic the Hedgehog Halloween ComicFest 2013 \| Time Attack \| Tornado \| Totem pole \| Wisp Away* \| Wisp Gauge \| Zeti "*" Wii U version only.

[SC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 BradyGames (16 November 2010). Sonic Colors: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide. BradyGames. p. 237. ISBN 978-0744012583.

[Sonic_06-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Black, Fletcher (14 November 2006). "Silver the Hedgehog • Dusty Desert". Sonic the Hedgehog: Official Game Guide. Prima Games. p. 261. ISBN 978-0761555100.

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