Cloud

Clouds^[1] are recurring gimmicks that appear in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. They are clouds in the sky which are used as floating platforms.

Description

The Clouds are small, yet surprisingly dense and spongy white clouds. In gameplay, when the player makes contact with them, the playable characters will automatically bounce off them in the direction they are facing, similar to Springs. The Clouds are always positioned in midair as platforms for the player, often providing shortcuts or giving a semi-solid surface for the player above a bottomless pit. Even after bouncing off a Cloud, the player still launch some attacks, like the Homing Attack.

Games appearances

Sonic & Knuckles

The Clouds first made their appearance in Sonic & Knuckles, and its lock-on extension Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. In this game, they are only encountered in Sky Sanctuary Zone. In comparison to other games, the Clouds are here rather small, being not much wider than Sonic.

Sonic Advance

In Sonic Advance, the Cloud gimmick appears exclusively in Angel Island Zone.

Sonic Generations

In the console/PC version of Sonic Generations, the Clouds' size differs between the Acts. In the first Act, they are very wide, while in the second Act, they have the same size as in Sonic & Knuckles. They are only encountered in both Acts of Sky Sanctuary.

When bouncing on the Clouds in this game, they make a puff of fog. Also, the height of their leaps differs between each. After bouncing from a Cloud, the player is free to utilize any attacks.

Sonic Lost World

In both the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Lost World, the Clouds are much larger and often arranged in different rectangular sizes or even circles. They are found in Windy Hill, Tropical Coast, Frozen Factory and Sky Road.

When bouncing on the Clouds in this game, the player can hold down the jump button when Sonic touches the Clouds to charge up his jump, making him leap higher into the air while leaving blue afterimages. Such charged jumps can also be used to destroy nearby enemies. Additionally, the Clouds here can have items, collectibles and enemies on them. The Indigo Asteroid can also destroy them, but they will quickly respawn.

References

↑ BradyGames (1 November 2011). Sonic Generations: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide. BradyGames. p. 74. ISBN 978-0761555100.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles

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Characters		Sonic (Super Sonic, Hyper Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles, Hyper Knuckles) \| Dr. Robotnik \| Mecha Sonic (Mecha Sonic's Super State) \| Animals (Flicky (Flicky's Super State), Pocky, Pecky, Cucky, Ricky, Rocky)
Badniks		Batbot \| Blaster \| Blastoid (Carnival Night Zone) \| Blastoid (Hydrocity Zone) \| Bloominator \| Bubbles \| Bugernaut \| Butterdroid \| Catakiller, Jr. \| Chainspike \| Clamer \| Cluckoid \| Corkey \| Dragonfly \| EggRobo \| Fireworm \| Flybot767 \| Hyudoro \| Iwamodoki \| Jawz \| Madmole \| Mantis \| Mega Chopper \| Monkey Dude \| Mushmeanie \| Orbinaut \| Penguinator \| Pointdexter \| RhinoBot \| Ribot \| Rock'n \| Sandworm \| Skorp \| Snale Blaster \| Spikebonker \| Spiker \| Star Pointer \| Technosqueek \| Toxomister \| Turbo Spiker
Zones	Sonic 3	Angel Island Zone \| Hydrocity Zone \| Marble Garden Zone \| Carnival Night Zone \| IceCap Zone \| Launch Base Zone \| Special Stages \| Bonus Stages
	Sonic & Knuckles	Mushroom Hill Zone \| Flying Battery Zone \| Sandopolis Zone \| Lava Reef Zone \| Hidden Palace Zone \| Sky Sanctuary Zone \| Death Egg Zone \| The Doomsday Zone \| Special Stages \| Bonus Stages
	Competition	Azure Lake Zone \| Balloon Park Zone \| Chrome Gadget Zone \| Desert Palace Zone \| Endless Mine Zone
Bosses	Sub-bosses	Doctor Robotnik’s Flame Craft \| Doctor Robotnik’s Whirlpool Machine \| Tunnelbot \| Self D-Struct Machine \| Iceball \| Swing’m Spikez \| Hei Hou \| Gapsule \| Barrier Eggman \| Guardian \| Heat Arms \| Egg Mobile-H \| Flying Eggman \| Red Eye \| Death Ball
Bosses	Zone bosses	Doctor Robotnik’s Flame Craft \| Doctor Robotnik’s Waterspout and Depth Charge Machine \| Doctor Robotnik’s Jet Drill Pod \| Doctor Robotnik’s Energy Ship \| Doctor Robotnik’s Freeze-O-Matic \| Ball Shooter \| Beam Rocket \| Big Arm \| Jet Mobile \| Hang Mobile \| Egg Golem \| Hot Mobile \| Knuckles \| Mecha Sonic \| Mecha Sonic's Super State \| Great Eggman Robo \| The Doomsday Zone
Moves/techniques		Bound Jump \| Double Jump \| Fireball Spin Dash \| Glide \| Gliding Knuckles Attack \| Hyper Flash \| Insta-Shield \| Propeller Flying \| Spin Jump \| Spin Dash \| Spin Attack \| Wall Climb
Items		Air Bubble \| Balloon \| Banana \| Bomb \| Booster \| Bumper \| Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Change \| Chaos Emerald \| Cloud \| Continue \| Fan \| Jump Stand \| Monitor (Water Shield, Flame Shield, Invincibility, Lightning Shield, Super Ring, Power Sneakers, Extra Life, S, Eggman) \| Movable box \| Mushroom \| Pulley \| Ring \| Signpost \| Self-Propelled Bomb \| Slow-Down Shoes \| Snowboard \| Sphere \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spinning Top \| Star Post (Star Circle) \| Super Emerald \| Switch \| Transport \| Vine \| Zip Line
Other		Angel Island \| Barrel \| Blue Knuckles \| Conveyor Belt \| Corkscrew loop \| Crusher \| Debug Mode \| Fireball Cannon \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Freeze \| Giant spear \| Goal \| Gravity Control Switch \| Gumball \| High-speed elevator \| High-speed warp tube \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Jewel Radar \| Perfect Bonus \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pole Elevator \| Relief \| Reverse \| Ring Shooter \| Rock Drill \| Seesaw \| Shuttle loop \| Slot machine \| Snowblower \| Sonic & Knuckles • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 \| Strange Relief \| Time Attack \| Tornado \| Warp Point \| Winding Tunnel \| Wonderman

Sonic Generations

Wisps		Modern Sonic (Modern Super Sonic) \| Classic Sonic (Classic Super Sonic)
Characters		Dr. Eggman \| Time Eater \| Tails \| Classic Tails \| Amy \| Knuckles \| Shadow \| Cream \| Cheese \| Silver \| Blaze \| Omochao \| Team Chaotix (Espio, Vector, Charmy)
Wisps		Cyan** \| Orange* \| Pink* \| Red**
Stages		Green Hill \| Chemical Plant* \| Casino Night** \| Sky Sanctuary* \| Mushroom Hill** \| Speed Highway* \| Emerald Coast** \| City Escape* \| Radical Highway** \| Seaside Hill* \| Crisis City* \| Water Palace** \| Rooftop Run* \| Planet Wisp* \| Tropical Resort** \| Casino Night*
Bosses	Boss battles	Death Egg Robot* \| Big Arm** \| Perfect Chaos* \| Biolizard** \| Egg Dragoon* \| Egg Emperor** \| Time Eater
Bosses	Rival battles	Metal Sonic \| Shadow the Hedgehog \| Silver the Hedgehog
Enemies		Aero-Cannon* \| Butterdroid** \| Buzz Bomber \| Buzzer \| Chopper \| Cop Speeder* \| Crabmeat \| Crawl \| Dragonfly \| Flapper** \| Egg Chaser* \| Egg Diver** \| Egg Fighter* \| Egg Fighter: Sword* \| Egg Launcher (H)* \| Egg Launcher (H+V)* \| Egg Launcher (V)* \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pawn (spear) \| Eggrobo* \| Giant Chopper* \| Gold Beetle** \| Grabber* \| Gun Beetle* \| Gun Hunter \| Iblis's Minions (Iblis Biter, Iblis Taker, Iblis Worm)* \| Kiki \| Klagen \| Madmole \| Mono Beetle \| Moto Bug \| Mushmeanie \| Newtron \| Rhinotank** \| Sandworm* \| Spinner \| Spiny* \| Sprinkler* \| Sweeper** \| Thunder Spinner
Moves/ techniques	Sonic	Air Boost \| Bound Jump* \| Crouch \| Cyan Laser** \| Double Jump* \| Drift* \| Freestyle Tricks* \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop \| Jump Dash \| Kick boost \| Lightspeed Dash* \| Mid-Air Dash* \| Orange Rocket* \| Pink Spikes* \| Quick Step* \| Red Burst** \| Boost \| Slide \| Skydiving* \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Super Sonic Boost \| Super Sonic Missile \| Super Sonic Spinning \| Wall Jump
Moves/ techniques	NPCs	Chaos Spear \| Drill Attack* \| Fire Beam* \| Heart Effect* \| Ice Wave* \| Meteor Smash* \| Ninja Arts: Camouflage* \| Propeller Flying* \| Psychic Knife \| Restraint Trap \| Ring Spark Field \| Sun Burst \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack \| Warping arm attack \| Whirlwind*
Skills*		Flame Shield \| Aqua Shield \| Thunder Shield \| Twin Spin Attack \| Invincible Start \| Shield \| Power Sneakers \| Long Spin Dash \| Treasure Scanner \| Homing Attack \| Hercules Muscles \| Breath Holder \| Boardmaster \| Ring Time \| Blast Off \| Speed Up \| Direct Jump \| Power Stomp \| Quick Slide \| Acceleration \| Smasher Bonus \| Ring Energy Bonus \| Boost Gauge Up \| Serial Homing \| Auto-Gauge \| Gauge Rebooter \| Trick Mastery \| Endless Boost \| Power Brake \| Sure-Footed \| Safety Net \| Last Chance \| 10-Second Rings \| Athleticism \| Time Break \| Super Sonic
Challenge Acts*		Doppelganger Race! \| The Buzz Bombers' Revenge! \| Knuckles: Horde of Enemies \| Swingset Circus \| High Speed Challenge \| Look Out Below! \| Tails: Way Past Fast \| Jump Rush \| 300% Boost Gauge Challenge \| Tails: Toxic Skies \| Which Switch is Which? \| Aqua Shield Challenge \| Invincibility Challenge \| One Ring Challenge \| Amy: Taking the Leap Together! \| Grappling with Grabbers \| Underwater Ring Machine \| Eggrobo Rush \| Aerial Paradise \| Ring Time Challenge \| Amy: Topsy Turvy \| Knuckles: Buried Treasure \| 200% Boost Gauge Challenge \| Balloon Bonanza \| High-Speed Hijinks (Modern) \| Cream: Chao Hunt \| Hot Pursuit (Classic) \| High Speed Challenge 2 \| Resisting Arrest \| Overdrift \| Hot Pursuit (Modern) \| Drill Baby Drill \| Espio: Master of Camouflage \| Lord of the Board \| Thunder Shield Challenge \| Rouge: The Bombardier \| Rite of Spring \| Cream: Helping Hand \| Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Modern) \| Topsy-Turvy \| High-Speed Hijinks 2 \| Rescue the Animals! \| Espio: Way of the Ninja \| High-Speed Hijinks (Classic) \| Underwater Challenge \| Rouge: The Temptress \| Trick Island \| Surf, Sea, and Sand \| Terror From the Deep \| Goal Post Juggle \| Vector: Through the Storm \| Flame Shield Challenge \| Ring Time Challenge 2 \| Power Stomp Challenge \| Switcheroo \| Blaze: Piercing the Flames \| Four-way Cannon Cavalcade \| High-Rise Balloon Climb \| Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Classic) \| Charmy: Don't Bug Me! \| One Ring Challenge 2 \| Barrel Ring Bonus \| Rooftop Rail Grind \| Endless Boost \| Vector: Pick Up the Beat \| With Your Powers Combined \| Goal Post Juggle 2 \| Chase After Blaze \| Rescue the Animals 2! \| Cart Challenge \| Charmy: High in the Sky \| Action Master \| Orange Rocket, Blast Off!
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Tails) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow) \| Quinton Flynn (Silver) \| Laura Bailey (Omochao, Blaze) \| Karen Strassman (Rouge) \| Michelle Ruff (Cream) \| Keith Silverstein (Vector) \| Troy Baker (Espio) \| Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Charmy)
Japanese voice actors		Junichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryo Hirohashi (Tails (Modern)) \| Takuto Yoshinaga (Tails (Classic)) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Koji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Yuuki Masuda (Espio) \| Youko Teppozuka (Charmy) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao)
Other		Air Bubble \| Back 2 Back \| Balloon \| Big Balloon \| Birthday \| Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack \| Bomb \| Bonus Bell* \| Boost Gauge \| Boss Gate \| Boss Gate Key* \| Bottomless pit \| Bumper \| Buoy \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Cart \| Case \| Chao in Space \| Chaos Emerald \| Cloud* \| Collection Room \| Color Power \| Combo* \| Container \| Conveyor Belt** \| Corkscrew loop \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Death Egg Robot* \| Dimensional Bomb \| Egg Dragoon* \| Egg Gun \| Egg Mobile \| Egg Spear \| Energy Core \| Escape from the City* \| Explosion Trap \| Fan \| Flipper \| Four-way Cannon* \| Gear Platform \| Goal Ring \| Gondola* \| GUN Military Truck* \| Hanging Bell* \| Havok* \| Health Gauge** \| Heart Bombs* \| Helicopter* \| High-speed warp tube \| Horizontal Bar \| Information Pod* \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel (plate) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Kao \| Laser field \| Lair of the Time Eater \| Medal \| Mega Mack* \| Meteorite \| Miles Electric \| Movable box \| Mushroom** \| Musical note* \| Orca \| Perfect Bonus \| Pole Elevator \| Prism** \| Propeller \| Propeller Spring \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Rank \| Red Star Ring* \| Ring \| Rocket \| Route Signal* \| Seesaw \| Sega Genesis Controller* \| Skateboard* \| Skill Shop* \| Slot machine \| Snowboard \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Spring Pole \| Spike Block \| Spike Trap \| Spinning Top \| Sonic Generations (manga) \| Sonic Generations of Skate \| Sphere \| Spinning Platform \| Spotlight \| Star Post \| Statue Room* \| Stomping Shoes \| Switch \| Time Attack \| Time Bonus \| Tornado-1 \| Totem Pole \| Trap Spring \| Vengeance is Mine \| Wall Jump Block \| Warp Point \| White Space \| Wide spring \| Winding Tunnel \| Wisp Capsule \| Wisp Gauge** \| You're My Hero \| Zip Line Console/PC version only *Nintendo 3DS version only

Sonic Lost World

Characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| 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^
Stages		Windy Hill \| Desert Ruins \| Tropical Coast \| Frozen Factory \| Silent Forest \| Sky Road \| Lava Mountain \| Hidden World* \| Special Stage** \| 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* \| Boo* \| Boom Boo* \| 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* \| Cactus Ball \| Sandworm \| Sheep* \| Surprise Crocodile* \| Yeti*
Bosses		Zazz \| Zomom \| Master Zik \| Zeena \| Zor \| Zavok \| Deadly Six \| Eggrobo
Moves/ techniques	Parkour	Somersault Kick \| Wall Climb \| Wall Jump** \| Wall Run \| Vault Dash*
Moves/ techniques	Other	Bound Jump \| Charged Dash \| Dash \| Double Jump \| Flying Kick* \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Sky Dive \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump
Wisps		White* \| Cyan \| Yellow \| Indigo \| Crimson* \| Magenta* \| Green* \| Black^ \| Red* \| Ivory \| Gray
Color Powers		Cyan Laser \| Yellow Drill \| Indigo Asteroid \| Crimson Eagle* \| Magenta Rhythm* \| Green Hover* \| Black Bomb^ \| Red Burst* \| Ivory Lightning \| Gray Quake
RC Vehicles		Helicopter \| Fighter Jet \| Stealth Jet \| Hovercraft \| Balloon \| UFO \| Omochao
Materials**		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)
Other		1-Up \| Air Bubble** \| Apple \| Archie Sonic Halloween Comic Fest 2013 \| Asteroid Ring \| Auto Running* \| Balloon* \| Bound bell* \| Billiard Ball \| Bingo \| Bonus Point* \| Bumper \| Cacophonic Conch \| Cage \| Cannon* \| Capsule \| Case** \| Casino Token* \| Chaos Emerald \| Cloud \| Coconut* \| Conveyor Belt* \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Extractor \| Fan \| Flipper \| Flower Cannon \| Flywheel \| Freeze \| Grind Rail \| Havok \| Health Gauge \| High-speed warp tube* \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Item Box (Aqua Shield*, Flame Shield, Invincibility, Power Sneakers, Super Ring, Thunder Shield, Warp) \| Jump Panel** \| Lost Hex \| Metal nut* \| Miles Electric \| Minecart \| Mission \| Moon Mech \| Musical note \| Number Ring* \| Orb** \| Planetoid Spring* \| Prism \| Rainbow Ring \| Rank \| Ring \| Roboticization \| Seesaw \| Slot machine* \| Snowball \| Snowball Sonic* \| Snowblower \| Spring \| Spring Catapult* \| Tails' Lab** \| Time Attack* \| Tornado \| Totem Pole \| Truffle Cannon* \| Underground Pipe** \| Virtual Hedgehog* \| Windmill* \| Wisp Away* \| Wisp Gauge \| Without Boundaries: Sonic Lost World Original Soundtrack \| Zeti "" Exclusively to Wii U version "*" Exclusive to Nintendo 3DS version "^" Exclusive to the Wii U version and downloadable content.

[0] BradyGames (1 November 2011). Sonic Generations: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide. BradyGames. p. 74. ISBN 978-0761555100.

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