Dropping platform
Purpose
Providing unstable footholds
Description
Small spinning platforms.
The dropping platform ,[1] also known as the rotating platform ,[2] is a gimmick that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . It is a type of platform that spins around itself in certain intervals, dropping any playable character standing on them.
Description
The dropping platforms are rather small floating platforms that start spinning around clockwise in certain intervals; after having spun around for a few seconds, they will stop moving and lie horizontally for few seconds, allowing the playable character to stand on them, before starting to spin again, repeating the pattern. They are usually featured in industrial-themed Zones .
When the playable character is standing on a dropping platform, they will be dropped from the it once it starts to spin. Unlike regular platforms, the player is unable to jump below dropping platforms when they stop spinning in mid-air, meaning that they have to jump at the right time when these platforms are rotate around once. Because of this, jumping on dropping platforms can be very tricky, as some of them can spin at the same time while others can be spinning at a different time.
Game appearances
Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)
Rotating Platforms in Scrap Brain Zone Act 2, from Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) .
In the original Sonic the Hedgehog , rotating platforms [2] are designed as yellow, blue, and silver rectangular platforms. In this game, they are featured in Scrap Brain Zone Act 1 and 2.
Besides the standard floating rotating platforms, Scrap Brain Zone Act 1 also features rotating platforms attached to moving chain loops, which stand still when moving towards the top of the chain loop, but will start spinning constantly once they move back towards the bottom of the chain loop.
Sonic the Hedgehog CD
Dropping platforms in Metallic Madness Zone 1, from Sonic the Hedgehog CD .
In Sonic the Hedgehog CD , dropping platforms are colored dark blue, and appear as both regular dropping platforms and platforms on chains. In this game, they are found in Metallic Madness .
In gameplay, the two types of rotating platforms function just like they did in the original Sonic the Hedgehog .
Sonic Advance 2
In Sonic Advance 2 , dropping platforms are featured as attachments to the Egg-Go-Round , where they are two gray-colored platforms. In battle, whenever the Egg-Go-Round is about to make a dropping platform spin for a couple of seconds, the orb in the middle of the dropping platforms will turn red.
Sonic the Hedgehog (Didj)
In Sonic the Hedgehog (Didj) , dropping platforms [1] appear as both regular dropping platforms and platforms on chains. In this game, they are featured in Scrap Plant Zone .
Sonic Mania
In Sonic Mania and its expansion Sonic Mania Plus , dropping platforms are orange-colored. In these games, they appear in Metallic Madness Zone
In the gameplay of these games, they serve to make the player access higher (or secret) paths and to block Winding Tunnels .
Trivia
Dropping platform-like gimmicks in Mad Gear Zone Act 3, from Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I .
In Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I , there exists similar types of platforms in Mad Gear Zone Act 3, which functions differently from the dropping platforms. For these platforms, the player uses D-pad or joystick to incline the platform left or right, when Sonic is using the Spin Attack on them and curls into the incline direction.
Gallery
Screenshots
References
Navigation templates to Dropping platform
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic *) | Tails (Super Tails *) | Knuckles * (Super Knuckles *)
Non-playable characters
Dr. Robotnik | Animals (Flicky , Pocky , Pecky , Cucky , Ricky , Picky , Rocky )
Zones
Green Hill Zone | Marble Zone | Spring Yard Zone | Labyrinth Zone | Star Light Zone | Scrap Brain Zone | Final Zone | Special Stages
Enemies
Ball Hog | Batbrain | Bomb | Burrobot | Buzz Bomber | Caterkiller | Chopper | Crabmeat | Jaws | Moto Bug | Newtron | Orbinaut (Uni Uni , Unidasu ) | Roller | Spikes | Splats
Bosses
Egg Wrecker | Egg Scorcher | Egg Stinger | Egg Mobile | Egg Spiker | Egg Crusher
Moves/Techniques
Climb * | Crouch | Drop Dash * | Glide * | Insta-Shield * | Propeller Flying * | Spin Attack | Spin Dash * | Spin Jump | Swim *
Gimmicks and obstacles
Bomb | Bumper | Capsule | Chaos Emerald | Color Block | Conveyor Belt | Crusher | Dropping platform | Electric shocker | Elevator | Fan | Fireball | Floating stone | Flywheel | Giant spear | Goal | Goal Plate | Giant Ring | Iron ball | Jump Stand | Lamppost | Reverse | Saw | See-saw | Spikes | Spring | Switch | Up and Down
Items
Air Bubble | Ring | Video Monitor (Aqua Shield *, Chaos Emerald *, Eggman Mark *, Elemental Shields *, Extra Life , Flame Shield *, Goggles *, Invincible , Power Sneakers , S *, Shield , Spikes *, Super Ring , Thunder Shield *)
Music
Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack
Other
Continue | Debug Mode | Egg Mobile | Life | Lock-on technology | Loop | Madonna | Secret Bonus | Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 U.S Gold) | Sonic the Hedgehog (promotional comic) | Sonic the Hedgehog Band (Max , Mach , Sharps , Vector ) | Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic | South Island | Time Attack * | Time Over | Totem pole | Tunnel | Water
*Appears in re-releases of the game only
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Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) | Tails | Knuckles | Cream | Cheese | Amy
Non-playable characters
Dr. Eggman | Vanilla | Guard Robo | Chao | Animals (Deer , Elephant , Flicky , Gorilla , Koala , Kangaroo , Lion , Mole , Parrot , Peacock , Penguin , Rabbit , Robin , Sea Otter , Seal , Skunk )
Zones
Leaf Forest | Hot Crater | Music Plant | Ice Paradise | Sky Canyon | Techno Base | Egg Utopia | XX | True Area 53 | Special Stages
Enemies
Balloon | Bell | Buzzer | Circus | Flickey | Geji-Geji | Gohla | Hammerhead | Kiki | Koura | Kubinaga | Kura-Kura | Kyura | Madillo | Mon | Mouse | Pen | Piko-Piko | Spina | Star | Straw | Yado
Bosses
EggHammerTankII | Egg Bomber Tank | Egg Totem | Aero Egg | Egg Saucer | Egg-Go-Round | Egg Frog | Super Eggrobo Z | True Area 53 boss
Moves/ Techniques
General
Amy Dash | Boost Mode | Bound | Chao Attack | Chao Rolling Attack | Crouch | Double Spin Attack | Drill Claw | Double Punch | Flying | Grinding | Hammer Attack | Head Slide | Homing Attack | Jump Dash | Mid-Air Glide | Mid-Air Hammer Swirl | Propeller Flying | Spin Attack | Spin Dash | Spiral Attack | Skid Attack | Step Attack | Super Hammer Attack | Super Skid | Super Sonic Boost | Super Tails Swipe | Swim | Tail Swipe | Wall Climb
Mid-Air Trick Actions
Big Air (Happy Spring , Hop Jump , Petit Step , Spiral Upper ) | Long Wind Jump (Burning Straight , Humming Top , Sweet Roll , Window Jump ) | Stop 'n' Slam (Bound , Drill Claw , Mid-Air Hammer Swirl , Propeller Descent , Soft Bomber ) | Quick Reverse (Back Attack , Back Rotor , Back Star , Milky Turn )
Gimmicks and obstacles
Bumper wall | Cannon | Checkpoint | Dash Panel | Dropping platform | Fan | Gravity Control Switch | Grind Rail | Iron ball | Jump Panel | Pole | Spikes ] | Spin ring | Spring
Items
Box (1-Up , 5 Ring Bonus , 10 Ring Bonus , Attack , Brake , Confusion , Invincibility , Maximum Speed , Mosaic , Random Ring Bonus , Ring Magnet , Shield , Warp ) | Chaos Emerald | Ring | Special Ring
Other
Auto Running | Chao Bounce | Chao Search | Corkscrew | Freeze | Life | Loop | Time Attack | Time Over | Tiny Chao Garden | Tube
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Playable characters
Sonic
Non-playable characters
Bubbles | Dr. Eggman | Animals (Becky , Flicky , Churps , Johnny Lightfoot , Locky , Mouse , Porker Lewis , Rocky , Sally Acorn , Tocky , Tux , Wocky )
Zones
Grass Hill Zone | Hydropolis Zone | Scrap Plant Zone | Space Egg Zone | Curricular Gadget
Enemies
Buzzer | Coconuts | Grabber | Grounder | Masher | Sandworm | Skorp | Spiny
Bosses
Drill Eggman | Graviton Mobile | Water Eggman | Eggman Mech
Moves/Techniques
Duck | Jump | Roll | Spin Dash
Gimmicks and obstacles
Cannon | Catapult | Conveyor belt | Dropping platform | Electrical emitter | End Act Sign | Glove on a stick | Pneumatic tube | Poison water | Spikes | Spring | Star Post | Switch | Upward fan | Word Wheel
Items
Chaos Emerald | Gold Ring | Flying Egg Craft | Teleport Ring | TV Monitor (Invincible , One-Up , Shield , Super Ring , Super Sneakers )
Other
Corkscrew track | Eggman Mech | Game Over | Life | Loop-de-Loop track | S-shape tube
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Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) | Tails (Super Tails ) | Knuckles (Super Knuckles ) | Mighty * (Super Mighty *) | Ray * (Super Ray *)
Non-playable characters
Cluckoid | Dr. Eggman | Egg-Robo | Hard Boiled Heavies (Heavy Gunner , Heavy King , Heavy Magician , Heavy Rider , Heavy Shinobi ) | Jimmy | Metal Sonic (Giga Metal ) | Phantom Heavies (Phantom Gunner , Phantom King , Phantom Magician , Phantom Rider , Phantom Shinobi ) | Rock Drill | Animals (Becky , Cucky , Flicky , Locky , Micky , Pecky , Picky , Pocky , Ricky , Rocky , Tocky , Wocky )
Zones
Angel Island Zone * | Green Hill Zone | Chemical Plant Zone | Studiopolis Zone | Flying Battery Zone | Press Garden Zone | Stardust Speedway Zone | Hydrocity Zone | Mirage Saloon Zone | Oil Ocean Zone | Lava Reef Zone | Metallic Madness Zone | Titanic Monarch Zone | Egg Reverie Zone | Special Stage | Bonus Stage | Pinball Stage *
Enemies
Amy Doll | Aquis | Armadiloid | Asteron | Ball Hog | Batbrain | Blaster | Blastoid | Bloominator * | Bugernator | Bumpalo | Buzz Bomber | Cactula | Canister | Caterkiller Jr. | Chopper | Clucker | Crabmeat | Dango | Dragonfly | Fireworm | Flasher Mk. II | Gohla | Grabber | Hotaru | IceBomba | Iwamodoki | Jawz | Jellygnite | Juggle Saw | Kabasira | Kanabun | Madmole | Matryoshka-Bom | Mecha-Bu | Mega Chopper | Mic Drop | Monkey Dude * | Motobug | Newtron | Octus | Poh-Bee | Pointdexter | Rattlekiller | Rexon | RhinoBot * | Roller Mk. II | Scarab | Sentry Bug | Shutterbug | Silver Sonic | Spiny | Splats | Sweep | Technosqueek | Toxomister | Tubinaut | Turbo Spiker | Turbo Turtle | Vultron | Woodrow
Bosses
Mini-bosses
DD Wrecker | Amoeba Droid | Heavy Gunner | Big Squeeze | Shiversaw | Hotaru Hi-Watt | Dive Eggman | Uber Caterkiller | Meter Droid | Drillerdroid | Egg Pistons mk.II | Crimson Eye
Zone bosses
Death Egg Robot | Mean Bean Machine | Weather Globe | Spider Mobile | Heavy Shinobi | Metal Sonic | Laundro-Mobile | Heavy Magician | Mega Octus | Heavy Rider | Heavy King | Gachapandora | Phantom Egg | Phantom King and Klepto Mobile
Moves/Techniques
Air Glide * | Bounce Jump | Climb | Crouch | Double Jump | Drop Dash | Fireball Spin Dash | Glide | Hammer Drop * | Insta-Shield | Propeller Flying | Ring Spark Field | Spin Attack | Spin Dash | Spin Jump | Super Peel Out | Swim | V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles
Arrow column | Beanstalk | Bomb | Bumper | Bungee Rope | Bumper wall | Cannon | Capsule | Conveyor Belt | Crusher | Dash Panel | Dropping platform | Electrical conduit | Fan | Fireball | Flipper | Flywheel | Glove on a stick | Goal Plate | Hang Glider | High-speed spiral tube | High-speed warp tube | Ice Spring | Iron ball | Jump Panel | Lighting switch | Magnetic sphere | Platform-raising Wheel | Pulley | Ruby Mist | Saw | Seesaw | Sinking pool | Shrink ray | Snowblower | Spikes | Spring | Star Post | Switch | Transport | Vine | Zipline
Items
Air Bubble | Chaos Emerald | Giant Ring | Giant spear | Item Box (1-UP , Blue Shield , Bubble Shield , Character *, Hyper Ring , Eggman Mark , Fire Shield , Invincible , Lightning Shield , Player Swap , Power Sneakers , Random , S , Super Ring ) | Little Planet flowers | Master Emerald | Metal Sonic hologram | Medallion | Ring | Robot transporter | Schrodinger's Capsule * | Sphere | Star Circle | Time Warp sign | UFO | Warp Point
Music
Sonic Mania (vinyl album) | Sonic Mania Original Soundtrack (Selected Edition) | Sonic Mania Plus Original Soundtrack
Other
Angel Island | Auto Running | Continue | Corkscrew | Death Egg Robot | Debug Mode | Eggmobile | Freeze | Game Over | Klepto Mobile | Level Select | Life | Little Planet | Loop | Mega Mack | Phantom Ruby | Perfect Bonus | Popgun | Sonic Mania Adventures ("Sonic Returns ", "Sonic and Tails ", "& Knuckles ", "Mighty and Ray ", "Metal Mayhem ", "From: A. Rose ", "The Complete Mini-Series ") | S pipe | Time Attack | Time Over | Time Warp | Tornado | Water
*Appears in only Sonic Mania Plus