Bingo

Bingo^[1] is a recurring gimmick that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. With this gimmick, the player can collect numbers to earn rewards.

Description

Bingo is a game that typically uses nine numbers (from 1 to 9). If the player manages to collect three of these numbers found within a playable level so they align in a row either horizontally, vertically or diagonally on the Bingo grids that are depicted prominently within the level, they will get a “bingo”, and will usually be rewarded with Rings. After this, the grids that showcase the bingo will restart.

Game appearances

Sonic Pinball Party

Bingo first appeared as a part of the Bingo minigame in Sonic Pinball Party. Here, the player has to sling a pinball into the two targets in the top corners on the chosen pinball board to light up random squares on the bingo grid.

Sonic Heroes

In Sonic Heroes, Bingo is playable in BINGO Highway. Here, the numbers appear as multicolored, round-shaped number gates spread across the pinball table-like areas. To activate the number, the leader character must pass through it. Depending on how the numbers on the display table align, the player's reward will vary; a single Bingo is worth 20 Rings. If the player manages to pass through all nine numbers, the resulting Bingo adds an additional 40 Rings to its total. This means a Bingo board can award up to 200 Rings. After this though, the Bingo board does not reset unless the player restarts the stage (eg. from losing a life).

Sonic Rivals 2

In Sonic Rivals 2, Bingo appear in Neon Palace Zone Act 3. This time around, the Bingo numbers are activated by touching blocks that have the corresponding number on them. Bingo is also used when fighting the Egg Dealer. Getting a Bingo will cause the Egg Dealer to descend after being hit by a beam of lightning, allowing the player to attack it.

Sonic Lost World

In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Lost World, Sky Road Zone 1 features Bingo grids as the main gimmick. Bingo grids with 25 flipping cards appear above corridor sections which the player can only reach using Springs, Flippers or other local gimmicks. These sections have large tiles blocking the pathways out of there which will only disappear after the player has flipped a certain amount cards on their respective Bingo grids using the aforementioned gimmicks.

The player receives a Bingo every time after flipping all the cards in a row. When this happens, the player also gets ten extra Rings. The player can also use Cyan Laser to reach these cards faster.

References

↑ Sonic Team (January 5, 2004). Sonic Heroes. GameCube. Sega. Stage: BINGO Highway. "Knuckles: There's Bingo on the table."

Sonic Heroes

Playable characters	Team Sonic	Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles)
	Team Dark	Shadow \| Rouge \| Omega
	Team Rose	Amy \| Cream \| Cheese \| Big
	Team Chaotix	Espio \| Charmy \| Vector
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Metal Sonic (Neo Metal Sonic) \| Chocola \| Froggy \| Shadow Android \| Omochao \| Dark Chao \| Hero Chao
Stages	1P stages	Sea Gate \| Seaside Hill \| Ocean Palace \| Grand Metropolis \| Power Plant \| Casino Park \| BINGO Highway \| Rail Canyon \| Bullet Station \| Frog Forest \| Lost Jungle \| Hang Castle \| Mystic Mansion \| Egg Fleet \| Final Fortress \| Special Stage
2P stages		BINGO Highway \| Casino Course \| City Course \| City Top \| Casino Ring \| Egg Fleet \| Egg Treat \| Frog Forest \| Grand Metropolis \| Hot Elevator \| Mad Express \| Pinball Match \| Rail Canyon \| Road Rock \| Seaside Course \| Seaside Hill \| Special Stage \| Terror Hall \| Turtle Shell
2P Play Mode		Action Race \| Battle \| Bobsled Race \| Expert Race \| Quick Race \| Ring Race \| Special Stage
Enemies		Bomb Flapper \| Cameron \| Cannon Flapper \| E-2000 \| E-2000R \| Egg Bishop \| Egg Hammer \| Egg Knight \| Egg Magician \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pawn (Casino version) \| Falco \| Flapper \| Gold Cameron \| Gold Klagen \| Gun Flapper \| Heavy-Egg Hammer \| Klagen \| Laser Flapper \| Needle Flapper \| Pumpkin ghost \| Rhinoliner \| Search Flapper \| Solid Flapper \| Solid Pawn
Bosses		Egg Albatross \| Egg Emperor \| Egg Hawk \| Metal Madness \| Metal Overlord \| Robot Carnival \| Robot Storm \| Team Chaotix \| Team Dark \| Team Rose \| Team Sonic
Moves/ Techniques	Speed Maneuvers	Homing Attack \| Jump Dash \| Kick \| Light Dash \| Lightspeed Attack \| Propeller Hammer \| Rocket Accel \| Shuriken \| Spin \| Spin Jump \| Swinging Hammer Attack \| Tornado Jump (Black Tornado, Blue Tornado, Leaf Swirl, Tornado Hammer) \| Triangle Jump
	Power Maneuvers	Auto Homing \| Body Press \| Bubblegum Descent \| Fire Combination \| Fire Dunk \| Fire Launcher \| Fireball Jump \| Forward Power Attack \| Hammer Down \| Jump Fire Knock \| Jump Fireball \| Remote Power Attack (Fireball, Fire Knock) \| Spin Jump \| Triangle Dive \| Umbrella Descent \| Wide Power Attack (Big Fishing, Omega Arm, Vector Breath, Volcanic Dunk)
	Fly Maneuvers	Ascending Flight \| Cheese Attack \| Dummy Ring Bomb \| Spin Jump \| Sting Attack \| Thunder Shoot \| Quick Ascent
	Team Blasts	Sonic Overdrive \| Chaos Inferno \| Flower Festival \| Chaotix Recital \| Super Sonic Power
	Misc.	Chaos Control \| Crouch \| Crystal Attack \| Grind Step \| Grinding
Gimmicks and obstacles		Ball Switch \| Bingo \| Bobsled \| Bomb \| Bumper \| Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Conveyor Belt \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Detonator Switch \| Fan \| Fireball \| Flipper \| Flower \| Formation Change Gate \| Giant Frog \| Giant Switch \| Grind Rail \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Kao \| Laser field \| Mushroom \| Orb switch \| Pole \| Power Gong \| Propeller \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Slot machine \| Spring \| Target Switch \| Trolley \| Vine \| Warp Flower \| Weight \| Wide spring
Objects		Capsule \| Car \| Casino chip \| Castle Key \| Cell Key \| Chaos Emerald \| Chaotix Detective Agency \| Check Point \| Container (Cage, Case, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Emblem \| Engine Core \| Floating Item Box \| Goal Ring \| Hermit crab \| Item Box (Barrier, Fly Charge, High Speed, Invincible, Rings, Power Core, Team Blast Ring, 1-Up) \| Light spider marking \| Power Core \| Ring \| Special Stage Key \| Sphere \| Torch
Voice actors	English	Ryan Drummond (Sonic, Metal Sonic) \| Deem Bristow (Eggman) \| William Corkery (Tails) \| Scott Drier (Knuckles) \| David Humphrey (Shadow) \| Lani Minella (Rouge, Omochao) \| Jon St. John (Omega, Big) \| Jennifer Douillard (Amy) \| Sarah Wulfeck (Cream) \| Bill Corkery (Espio) \| Marc Biagi (Vector) \| Emily Corkery (Charmy)
Voice actors	Japanese	Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic, Metal Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Taiten Kusunoki (Omega) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream) \| Takashi Nagasako (Big) \| Yūki Masuda (Espio) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao)
Music	Songs	Sonic Heroes \| We Can \| This Machine \| Follow Me \| Team Chaotix \| What I'm Made of...
Music	Albums	Complete Trinity: Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrax \| Triple Threat: Sonic Heroes Vocal Trax \| Sonic Heroes Official Soundtrack \| Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
Other		Armored train \| Dummy Ring \| Egg Bazooka \| Egg Fleet \| Egg Gun \| Egg Spear \| Fly Type \| Formation Change Gate \| Health Gauge \| HEXAeco \| Moon \| Orca \| Palm Plants \| Power Type \| Rank \| Sonic Heroes Puzzle \| Shuttle loop \| Speed Type \| Super Hard Mode \| Team Blast Gauge \| Tornado 2

Sonic Rivals 2

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Playable characters		Sonic \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Rouge \| Shadow \| Metal Sonic \| Silver \| Espio
Non-playable characters		Mimic Ghost \| Team Chaotix (Vector) \| Dr. Eggman \| Dr. Eggman Nega \| Metal Sonic 3.0
Zones		Blue Coast Zone \| Sunset Forest Zone \| Neon Palace Zone \| Frontier Canyon Zone \| Mystic Haunt Zone \| Chaotic Inferno Zone
Battle		Capture the Chao \| King of the Hill \| Knock Out \| Laps Race \| Ring Battle \| Tag
Enemies		Bombat \| Cannon Flapper \| Egg Pawn \| Guardon Crab \| Hyudoro
Bosses		Egg Liner \| Egg Crawler \| Egg Dealer \| Egg Bull \| Egg Phantom \| Ifrit
Moves/ Techniques	General	Air Boost \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Speed Boost \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump
Moves/ Techniques	Signature Moves	Bat Guard \| Chaos Control \| Chroma Camo \| Copycat \| ESP \| Knuckle Slam \| Sonic Boom \| Tail Copter
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bingo \| Boost Object \| Boost Ring \| Bungee Rope \| Cannon \| Dash Panel \| Flipper \| Fountain \| Grind Rail \| Hang Glider \| High-speed warp tube \| Jump Panel (plate) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Minecart \| Slot machine \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Switch \| Warp Hole
Objects		Barrel \| Container (Wooden Container) \| Movable box \| Outfit \| Power-Up (Magnet) \| Ring
Voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic, Shadow) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Pete Capella (Silver the Hedgehog) \| David Wills (Espio the Chameleon) \| Kathleen Delaney (Rouge the Bat) \| Dan Green (Knuckles the Echidna), (Vector the Crocodile) \| Mike Pollock (Doctor Eggman), (Doctor Eggman Nega)
Music		Race To Win
Other		Chaos Emerald \| Emerald Detector \| Freeze \| Master Emerald \| Real-Time Interaction \| Shuttle loop \| Signature Meter \| Winding Tunnel

Sonic Lost World

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Virtual Hedgehog*
Non-playable characters		Tails \| Dr. Eggman \| Orbot \| Cubot \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Deadly Six (Zavok, Zazz, Zomom, Master Zik, Zeena, Zor) \| Yacker* \| Animals (Cucky, Flicky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky) \| Omochao* \| NiGHTS* \| Yoshi^
Wisps		White* \| Cyan \| Yellow \| Indigo \| Crimson* \| Magenta* \| Green* \| Black^ \| Red* \| Ivory \| Gray
Levels	Worlds	Windy Hill \| Desert Ruins \| Tropical Coast \| Frozen Factory \| Silent Forest \| Sky Road \| Lava Mountain \| Hidden World* \| Special Stage**
Levels	Misc.	Nightmare Zone?* \| Yoshi's Island Zone^ \| The Legend of Zelda Zone^ \| Circus^
Enemies	Badniks	Antlion \| Antlion Mother* \| Anton* \| 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) \| Pata-Bata* \| Penguinator \| Sandworm \| Slicer \| Snale Blaster* \| Spiker* \| Spikes* \| Sprinkler* \| Spinner** \| Tarantula* \| Thunder Spinner** \| Tonber* \| Turtloids* \| Utsubo*
Enemies	Other	Baku Baku* \| Boo* \| Boom Boo* \| Cactus Ball \| Sandworm \| Sheep* \| Surprise Crocodile* \| Yeti*
Bosses		Zazz \| Zomom \| Master Zik \| Zeena \| Zor \| Zavok \| Deadly Six \| Eggrobo
Moves/ Techniques	General	Bound Jump \| Charged Dash \| Dash \| Double Jump \| Duck** \| Flying Kick* \| Focused Homing Attack \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Sky Dive \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump
Moves/ Techniques	Parkour	Hang \| Side Step \| Somersault Kick \| Wall Climb \| Wall Jump** \| Wall Run \| Wall Spin Dash \| Vault Dash*
Color Powers		Black Bomb* \| Crimson Eagle* \| Cyan Laser \| Gray Quake** \| Green Hover* \| Indigo Asteroid \| Ivory Lightning** \| Magenta Rhythm* \| Red Burst** \| Yellow Drill
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon* \| Bingo \| Bumper \| Cannon* \| Cloud \| Coconut* \| Conveyor Belt* \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Fan \| Flipper \| Flower Cannon \| Flywheel** \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube* \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel** \| Metal nut* \| Minecart \| Musical note \| Planetoid Spring* \| Prism \| Rainbow Ring** \| Seesaw \| Slot machine* \| Snowball \| Snowblower \| Spring \| Spring Catapult* \| Truffle Cannon* \| Underground Pipe** \| Windmill*
Objects	General	5 Ring Bonus \| Air Bubble \| Apple \| Asteroid Ring \| Billiard Ball \| Bound bell* \| Cage \| Capsule \| Case** \| Casino Token* \| Chaos Emerald \| Floating Item Box* \| Item Box (1-Up, Aqua Shield, Big 50 Ring, Flame Shield, Invincible, Power Sneakers, Shield, Super Ring, Thunder Shield, Warp) \| Number Ring* \| Orb** \| Red Star Ring \| Ring
	RC Vehicles	Helicopter \| Fighter Jet \| Stealth Jet \| Hovercraft \| Balloon \| UFO \| Omochao
	Material**	Green Material \| Yellow Material \| Blue Material \| White Material \| Iron Material \| Black Material \| Red Material \| Bronze Material \| Silver Material \| Gold Material
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		Junichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryo Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot) \| Wataru Takagi (Cubot) \| Jōji Nakata (Zavok) \| Yutaka Aoyama (Zazz) \| Yumi Tōma (Zeena) \| Mugihito (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* \| Bonus Point* \| Cacophonic Conch \| Egg Mobile \| Extractor \| Freeze \| Havok \| Health Gauge \| Lost Hex \| Miles Electric \| Mission \| Moon Mech \| Rank \| Roboticization \| Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Halloween ComicFest 2013 \| Tails' Lab** \| Time Attack* \| Tornado \| Totem Pole \| Wisp Away* \| Wisp Gauge \| Zeti "" Wii U and PC versions only "*" Nintendo 3DS version only "^" Wii U version only.

[1] Sonic Team (January 5, 2004). Sonic Heroes. GameCube. Sega. Stage: BINGO Highway. "Knuckles: There's Bingo on the table."

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