Floating Item Box

The Floating Item Box,^[1] also known as the Balloon^[2] or Item Box,^[3] is an object that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a variant of the Item Box that resembles a balloon, but otherwise grants power-ups when popped. In other cases, they hide objects inside them.

Description

Design-wise, the Floating Item Boxes (typically) resemble large red balloons with with image(s) of a blue circle containing a five-pointed yellow star emblazoned on them. Their design also sometimes includes a knot that closes the opening on each balloon's bottom and even a thread dangling from the knots.

In gameplay, Floating Item Boxes can always be found floating around in midair. They can also be popped upon touch with the playable character or when hit by a long-ranged attack. Like when opening regular Item Boxes, popping an Floating Item Box will in most cases result in the player receiving a power-up. However, because the Floating Item Boxes do not display the icon of the power-up they contain until they are popped, the player will not know what to receive until after the Floating Item Boxes are opened. In other cases, the Floating Item Boxes keep things inside them, hidden from view, until they are popped.

Like the Balloon gimmick, when opening a Floating Item Box through physical touch, the player will receive a small aerial boost.

Game appearances

Sonic Jam

First appearing in Sonic Jam, the Floating Item Boxes were simply referred to as Balloons. They are one of the items found floating in mid-air in the Sonic World hub world. In this game, they have a propeller attachment with yellow and black stripes on them.

In gameplay, one of World Missions involve touching all three Floating Item Boxes in Sonic World within two minutes using moving platforms or by having Tails lift Sonic into the air.

Sonic Adventure 2

In Sonic Adventure 2 and its enhanced port Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, the Floating Item Box is referred to as the Balloon.^[2] In this game, it includes a knot on the bottom as a part of its design.

In gameplay, the Floating Item Boxes can contain the following power-ups: High-Speed Shoes, Invincibility, 5 Rings, 10 Rings, 20 Rings, Shield, Magnetic Shield, Extra Life, Health (Shooting Stages only) and Bomb. In addition, when a Floating Item Box is broken, the icon for the power-up it contained will be shown on the bottom of the screen.

Sonic Heroes

In Sonic Heroes, the Floating Item Box is referred to as the Item Box.^[3] In this game, they are entirely spherical with no knot on their bottoms.

In gameplay, the Floating Item Boxes can contain the following power-ups: Rings, Power Core, High Speed, Invincible, Barrier, Team Blast Ring, 1 UP and Fly Charge. In addition, when a Floating Item Box is broken, the icon for the power-up it contained will be shown on the bottom of the screen.

Floating Item Boxes also appear during the battle with Metal Overlord. Although these ones only contain Rings power-ups, they are needed to maintain the playable characters' super transformation.

Sonic Rush

In Sonic Rush, the balloon-based item box is referred to as the Floating Item Box.^[1] In this game, they are completely spherical again and include a knot on their bottoms and a thread dangling from each of them.

In gameplay, the Floating Item Boxes can contain the following power-ups in Gameplay mode: 5 Ring Bonus, Random Ring Bonus, Barrier, Magnetic Barrier, Invincible, Tension Bonus, Max Tension Bonus and 1 UP. In Battle Play, on the other hand, they can grant the Random Ring Bonus, Slow, Max Tension Bonus, Confusion and Attract. In addition, when a Floating Item Box is broken, the icon for the power-up it contained will be shown on the bottom of the screen.

Shadow the Hedgehog

In Shadow the Hedgehog, the Floating Item Boxes received a significant redesign, making them resemble rusty metallic spheres with green-glowing lines around them.

In gameplay, the Floating Item Boxes can contain the following power-ups: Rings, Barrier, Heat Barrier, Magnetic Barrier, Invincible, Damage Recover and 1-Up. In addition, when a Floating Item Box is broken, the icon for the power-up it contained will be shown on the bottom of the screen.

Floating Item Boxes also appear during the battle with Devil Doom. Although these ones only contain Rings power-ups, they are needed to maintain the Super Shadow transformation.

Mario & Sonic series

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

In the Nintendo DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, the Floating Item Boxes appear in the Dream Basketball and Dream Shooting events. In Dream Basketball, when popping one of the Floating Item Boxes, the various baskets will line up for the player to perform combo shots with them. In Dream Shooting on the other hand, when obtaining a Floating Item Box, the power of the player's shots are temporarily increased and deal double damage to targets.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

In the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, the Floating Item Boxes appear in the place of standard Item Boxes in the Individual and Team versions of Dream Ski Jumping and the Individual and Team versions of Dream Gliding. In those events, they contain power-ups like Bombs, Shields and Speed Shoes. They can also contain power-ups from the Mario games such as Super Stars, Mega Mushrooms, Green and Red Shells.

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

In the Wii version and Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Dream Events feature Floating Item Boxes. Like in the previous game, they contain power-ups like Bombs, Shields and Speed Shoes. They can also contain power-ups from the Mario games, such as Super Stars, Mega Mushrooms, Green and Red Shells.

Sonic Lost World

In the Wii U version and PC version of Sonic Lost World, the Floating Item Box's design include a knot on its bottom.

In gameplay, Floating Item Boxes are featured in Tropical Coast Zone 2 and 4. In those Zones, the player can only reach the Floating Item Boxes with the Orange Rocket. If the player succeeds, the Balloon reveals a golden cannon inside it instead of granting a power-up, which they player can use to aim the Orange Rocket elsewhere.

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sonic Rush (Nintendo DS) United States instruction booklet, pg. 20.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Prima Development (20 June 2001). "Items". Sonic Adventure 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. p. 10. ISBN 978-0761536147.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Sonic Heroes (PlayStation 2) United States instruction booklet, pg. 23.

Navigation templates to Floating Item Box

Item Box power-ups

1-Up	Aqua Shield	Flame Shield
Invincible	Thunder Shield	Power Sneakers
Shield	Magnetic Shield	Super Ring

5 Ring Bonus	20 Rings	Attract
Attack (Sonic Advance 2)	Attack (Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity)	Big 50 Ring
Blue Shield	Bomb	Bowling Strike
Chaos Emerald	Change	Character
Colorball	Combi Catcher	Combine Ring
Combination Dash	Combo Bonus	Confusion
Continue Monitor	Damage Recover	Eggman Mark
Explosion	Flame Jump	Fly Charge
Free Throw	Gauge Up	Gold Shield
GP Boost	Grow	Health

Heat Barrier	High Speed	Hyper Heli-Tails
Jet Board	Jump	Magnet
Marker	Maximum Tension Bonus	Minus Ring
Mosaic	Octo-Boost	Octo-Ink
Player Swap	Pogo Spring	Power Core
Random	Random Ring Bonus	Red Shield
Ring Can	Rings	Rocket Shoes
S	Propeller Shoes	Shrink
Skateboard	Slow	Soda Rocket

Speed Down	Stage Select	Special Combination
Spikes	Support Spring	Swap
Target Torpedo	Tee Shot	Team Blast Ring
Tension Bonus	Time Bonus	Time Stop
Transparency	Twister	Warp

Exploding Balloon	Mine	Reaper
Spring	Steal Boost	Steal Wisp

Audio Assault	Balkiry	Bashosen
Bass Boost	Bat Bomb	Beat Boost
Blazing Aura	Blizzard Bomb	Booby Trap
Brutal Barrier	Brutal Blitz	Bubble Bomb
Bunny Boost	Captive Light	Chao Attack
Chao Chase	Chao Guardians	Chao-nado
Chaos Charge	Chaos Slash	Chopper Chomp
Confusion Boost	Confusion Mine	Cyan Laser
Cyclone Charge	Dark Blast	Dead End
Deadly Replica	Drac-O'-Lantern	Dragon Dance

Dual Wield Dash	Electro Boost	EMP Boost
EMP Shield	Explosive Mine	Fearless Strike
Feral Dash	Festive Umbrella Boost	Fire Boost
Fire Whirl	Fireball	Firework Flurry
Flue Shot	Frozen Chopper Chomp	Gail Meteor
Gift Trapped	Gold Rush	Golden Boost
Green Hover	Harvest Time	Hedge Maze
Home Run	Honor Guard	Ice Boost
Ice Mine	Ice Wave	Jingle Boost
King's Judgement	Laevatein Lunge	Lava Bomb

Lightning	Lilytrap	Magical Boost
Meteor Charge	Moto-Bug	Phantom Dash
Pink Spikes	Psychic Surprise	Pyro-Mine
Rainbow Blast	Reality Warp	Ring Portal
Rocket Boost	Rocky Road	Savage Throw
Soul Surge	Spear Trap	Star Trail
Steal	Storm Cloud	Strike Out
Super Sonic Form	Tail Spring	Tail Strike
Tornado	Trap Shot	Twin-Tail Boost
Umbrella Boost	Whirlwind	Wind Boost

Wipeout

Wrench Rush

Zap Trap

Enerbeam	Magnet	Score Doubler
Shield	Super Ring

Floating Item Box

Item Panel

Target Switch

Sonic Adventure 2

Playable characters	Hero	Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles
	Dark	Shadow (Super Shadow) \| Rouge \| Eggman
	Misc.	Amy* \| Big^ \| Chao Walker \| Chaos* \| Dark Chao Walker* \| Metal Sonic* \| Tikal*
Non-playable characters		Chao (Chao Principal, Chaolin, Chaoko, Chaos Chao, Chaosky, Dark Chao, Dinner, Happy, Hero Chao, Wacky) \| Gerald \| Maria \| President \| Scorpion Troop \| Secretary \| Sigma-Alpha 2 \| Spider Troop \| 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 \| Sinking pool \| 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 \| Car \| Container (Cage, Chao Container, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Emblem \| Emerald Shard \| Gate key \| 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
Items	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) \| David Humphrey (Shadow) \| Lani Minella (Rouge, Omochao) \| Deem Bristow (Eggman) \| Moriah Angeline (Maria) \| 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, Gerald) \| 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"
Music	Albums	Multi-Dimensional Sonic Adventure 2 Original Sound Track \| Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era \| Sonic Adventure 2 Battle - Sampler \| Sonic Adventure 2 Official Soundtrack \| SONIC ADVENTURE 2 OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK VINYL EDITION \| Sonic Adventure 2 Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition \| Sonic Adventure 2 Vocal Collection: Cuts Unleashed
Other		2G Hi-Speed Shoes \| Altar of Emerald \| Angel Island \| Auto Running \| Black Market \| Central City \| Chao Adventure 2^ \| Chao Garden (Dark, Hero, Neutral) \| Chao in Space \| Chao Kindergarten \| Chao Lobby \| Chao Machine \| Chao Race \| Chao Stadium \| Chao Transporter^ \| Chao World \| Corkscrew \| Cyclone \| Eclipse Cannon \| Eggman Bombom \| Eggwalker \| Emerald Radar \| Fake Emerald \| Game Over \| Gerald Robotnik's diary \| Health Gauge \| Kart Race \| Life \| Loop \| Master Emerald \| Prison Island \| Project Shadow \| Rank \| Space Colony ARK \| Station Square \| Teleporter \| Totem pole \| Tunnel \| Water *Appears or is playable in only the 2P mode ^Appears in only the original Dreamcast version

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
Stages	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 Hawk \| Team Sonic \| Team Dark \| Team Rose \| Team Chaotix \| Robot Carnival \| Egg Albatross \| Robot Storm \| Egg Emperor \| Metal Madness \| Metal Overlord
Moves/ Techniques	Speed	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	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	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
	Other	Chaos Control \| Crouch \| Crystal Attack \| Grind Step \| Grinding
Gimmicks and obstacles		Ball Switch \| Bingo \| Bobsled \| Bomb \| Bumper \| Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Check Point \| Conveyor Belt \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Detonator Switch \| Drop Target \| 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
Items		Capsule \| Car \| Casino chip \| Castle Key \| Cell Key \| Chaos Emerald \| Container (Cage, Case, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Emblem \| Engine Core \| Floating Item Box \| Goal Ring \| Hermit crab \| Item Box (1 UP, Barrier, Fly Charge, High Speed, Invincible, Rings, Power Core, Team Blast Ring) \| 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 \| Chaotix Detective Agency \| Dummy Ring \| Egg Bazooka \| Egg Fleet \| Egg Gun \| Egg Spear \| Fly Type \| Health Gauge \| HEXAeco \| Life \| Loop \| Moon \| Orca \| Palm Plants \| Power Type \| Rank \| Sonic Heroes Puzzle \| Speed Type \| Super Hard Mode \| Team Blast Gauge \| Tornado 2

Sonic Rush

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Blaze (Burning Blaze)
Non-playable characters		Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Cream \| Cheese \| Vanilla \| Dr. Eggman \| Eggman Nega \| Animals (Camel, Cat, Elephant, Gorilla, Koala, Kangaroo, Lion, Mole, Monkey, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Rabbit, Robin, Seal, Skunk, Flicky, Ricky, Pocky, Wocky)
Stages		Leaf Storm \| Water Palace \| Mirage Road \| Night Carnival \| Huge Crisis \| Altitude Limit \| Dead Line \| Unknown \| Exception \| Special Stage
Enemies		Battle Flapper \| Bomb Hawk \| Cannon Flapper \| Egg Bishop \| Egg Hammer \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pawn Bunny \| Egg Pawn Manager (gun) \| Egg Pawn Manager (SF gun) \| Falco \| Flapper \| Gun Hunter \| Klagen \| Knight Pawn \| Laser Flapper \| Rhino Cannon \| Sea Pawn \| Solid Pawn
Bosses		Egg Hammer Mega \| Egg Turtle \| Egg Scarab \| Egg Libra \| Egg Hammer Fortress \| Egg Eagle \| Sonic/Blaze \| Egg King \| Egg Salamander
Moves/Techniques		Axel Jump \| Axel Tornado \| Boost Mode \| Burning Fire Boost \| Burst Dash \| Burst Hover \| Fire Boost \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop Jump \| Humming Top \| Jump Dash \| Jump Step \| Scroll Screen \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Boost \| Super Sonic Boost \| Trick Action
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bungee Rope \| Cannon \| Checkpoint Marker \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Electrical emitter \| Giant Waterwheel \| Grind Rail \| Hang Glider \| High-speed warp tube \| Jump Panel \| Rainbow Ring \| Special Generator \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Switch \| Winding Rope \| Zip Line
Items		Air Bubble \| Chaos Emerald \| Floating Item Box \| Goal Ring \| Item Box (5 Ring Bonus, Attract, Barrier, Confusion, Invincible, Magnetic Barrier, Max Tension Bonus, Max Tension Bonus (multiplayer), Random Ring Bonus, Slow, Tension Bonus) \| Ring \| Sol Emerald
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman, Eggman Nega) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Rebecca Honig (Cream) \| Bella Hudson (Blaze)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman, Eggman Nega) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze)
Music	Songs	A New Day \| Right There, Ride On \| Back 2 Back \| Ethno Circus \| Ska Cha Cha \| Jeh Jeh Rocket \| Get Edgy \| What U Need \| Metal Scratchin' \| Vela Nova \| Bomber Barbara \| Wrapped in Black \| Raisin' Me Up
Music	Albums	Original Groove Rush
Other		Blaze's world \| Corkscrew \| Health Gauge \| Life \| Loop \| Rank \| Real-Time Interaction \| Time Attack \| Tension Gauge \| Water

Shadow the Hedgehog

Playable characters		Amy* \| Espio* \| Knuckles* \| Maria* \| Omega* \| Rouge* \| Shadow (Dark Shadow, Hero Shadow, Super Shadow) \| Shadow Android** \| Sonic* \| Tails* \| Vector*
Non-playable characters		Black Doom (Devil Doom) \| Dr. Eggman \| Chao (Cheese) \| Charmy \| Commander \| Cream \| Gerald \| President \| Researcher \| Secretary
Stages		Westopolis \| Digital Circuit \| Glyphic Canyon \| Lethal Highway \| Cryptic Castle \| Prison Island \| Circus Park \| Central City \| The Doom \| Sky Troops \| Mad Matrix \| Death Ruins \| The ARK \| Air Fleet \| Iron Jungle \| Space Gadget \| Lost Impact \| GUN Fortress \| Black Comet \| Lava Shelter \| Cosmic Fall \| Final Haunt \| The Last Way
Enemies		Ark Missile Turret \| Artificial Chaos (Artificial Chaos P-100, Cell) \| Black Assassin \| Black Hawk \| Black Oak \| Black Volt \| Black Warrior \| Black Wing \| Black Worm \| Big Foot Type A \| Big Foot Type B \| Death Leech \| Death Worm \| Egg Bommer \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pierrot \| Giant Walker \| Giga Trooper \| Gold Beetle \| Gun Beetle \| GUN Soldier \| GUN Trooper \| Jack Bommer \| Killer Plant \| Mono Beetle \| Rocket Beetle \| Sand Worm \| Shadow Android \| Spark Beetle
Bosses		Black Bull \| Black Doom \| Blue Falcon \| Devil Doom \| Diablon \| Egg Breaker \| Egg Dealer \| Heavy Dog
Moves/ Techniques		Chaos Blast \| Chaos Control \| Chaos Spear \| Crouch \| Dark Spin Dash \| Grinding \| Grind Step \| Homing Attack \| Hover \| Jump Dash \| Light Dash \| Mid-Air Attack \| Missile Fever \| Overturn \| Pawn Fever \| Pick up \| Punch \| Ring Fever \| Shadow Fever \| Slide \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Strafe \| Swift strike \| Tail Swipe \| Triangle Jump
Vehicles		Air Saucer \| Convertible \| GUN Motorcycle \| GUN Vehicle \| HMMWV \| Jump Vehicle
Gimmicks and obstacles		Barrier \| Black Slab \| Case \| Cell Cannon \| City annihilator bomb \| Coaster \| Color Panel \| Electrified Rail \| Fan \| Fire hoop \| Firewall \| Giant lantern \| Gravity Control Switch \| Green energy fluid \| Gun Lift \| Gun ship \| GUN turret \| Hint Ring \| Jump Panel (Prison Island) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Junction switch \| Laser field \| Laser turret \| Light-speed circuit \| Meteorite \| Pole \| Pulley \| Red fruit \| Red Slime \| Rocket \| Secret Door \| Shield switch \| Shooting Gallery \| Small bomb \| Spinning Wheel \| Surveillance camera \| Toxic marsh \| Toxic river \| Vine \| Warp Hole \| Wide spring
Items	General	Black Tank \| Bomb Unit \| Chaos Emerald \| Car \| Container (Special Weapon Container, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Core program \| Defense Unit \| Egg Balloon \| Energy Core \| Floating Item Box \| Goal Ring \| Heal Unit \| Item Box (1-Up, Barrier, Damage Recover, Heat Barrier, Invincible, Magnetic Barrier, Rings) \| President's escape pod \| Ring \| Secret Key \| Temple jewel
Items	Weapons	4-Shot RPG \| 8-Shot RPG \| Bazooka \| Big Worm Shooter \| Big Barrel \| Black Barrel \| Black Sword \| Bomb Fever \| Egg Bazooka \| Egg Gun \| Egg Spear \| Egg Vacuum \| Environment Objects \| Flash Shot \| Gatling Gun \| Grenade Launcher \| Heal Cannon \| Heavy Machine Gun \| Heavy Shot \| Laser Rifle \| Light Shot \| Omochao Gun \| Pistol \| Refractor \| RPG \| Samurai Blade \| Satellite Gun \| Semi-Auto Rifle \| Shadow Rifle \| Splitter \| Sub-Machine Gun \| Survival Knife \| Tank Cannon \| Vacuum Pod \| Wide Worm Shooter \| Worm Shooter
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Shadow, Sonic) \| Sean Schemmel (Black Doom) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman, Gerald) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Dan Green (Knuckles) \| Lisa Ortiz (Amy) \| Kathleen Delaney (Rouge) \| Rebecca Honig (Maria, Cream) \| Carter Cathcart (Vector) \| David Wills (Espio) \| Amy Birnbaum (Charmy) \| Jeff Kramer (Omega) \| Andrew Rannells (GUN Soldiers) \| Marc Thompson (Commander) \| Maddie Blaustein (President) \| Bella Hudson (Secretary)
Japanese voice actors		Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (Black Doom) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman, Gerald) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream) \| Yuri Shiratori (Maria) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Yūki Masuda (Espio) \| Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy) \| Taiten Kusunoki (Omega) \| Takashi Yoshida (GUN Soldiers) \| Banjō Ginga (Commander) \| Yutaka Nakano (President) \| Junko Kitanishi (Secretary) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Additional Chao)
Music	Songs	"All Hail Shadow" \| "Almost Dead" \| "E.G.G.M.A.N. Doc. Robeatnix Mix" \| "I Am... All of Me" \| "Never Turn Back" \| "The Chosen One" \| "Tripod Baby" \| "Vengeance is Mine" \| "Waking Up" \| "Who I Am" (unused)
Music	Albums	Lost and Found: Shadow the Hedgehog Vocal Trax \| Shadow the Hedgehog Official Soundtrack \| Shadow the Hedgehog Original Soundtrax
Other		Battle Mode \| Black Comet \| Central Information Agency \| Dark Gauge \| Dark Rider \| Eclipse Cannon \| Egg Monitor \| Eggman Fleet \| Expert Mode \| Fire in the Sky Festival \| Guardian Units of Nations \| Health Gauge \| Hero Gauge \| Life \| Loop \| Mother computer \| Prison Island \| Prosperity ritual \| Rank \| Shadow the Hedgehog Flash \| Space Colony ARK \| Tails' Spaceship \| Team Chaotix \| White House * Only playable in the Nintendo GameCube & PlayStation 2 versions ** Only playable in Battle Mode

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 (Giant 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 \| Anton \| 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) \| Pata-Bata \| Penguinator \| 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* \| Yeti
Bosses		Zazz (Puffy) \| Zomom \| Master Zik (Gulpo) \| Zeena (Clawz) \| Zor (Jackle) \| Zavok (Gillwing) \| Deadly Six \| Giant Zavok \| Eggrobo
Moves/ Techniques	General	Bound Jump \| Charged Dash \| Dash \| Double Jump \| Duck \| Flying Kick \| Focused Homing Attack \| Grinding \| Ring Dash \| 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 \| Drop Target \| Fireball \| Flipper \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Lighting switch \| Metal nut \| Minecart \| Musical note \| Prism \| Seesaw* \| Slot machine \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Star Post \| Surprise Crocodile \| 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 \| Life (energy) \| Loop \| Lost Hex \| Mech Dragon \| Miles Electric \| Mission \| Moon Mech \| Rank \| Secret Bonus \| Sonic the Hedgehog Halloween ComicFest 2013 \| Time Attack \| Tornado \| Totem pole \| Water \| Wisp Away* \| Wisp Gauge \| Zeti *Appears in the Wii U version only.

[SRush-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sonic Rush (Nintendo DS) United States instruction booklet, pg. 20.

[SA2Prima-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Prima Development (20 June 2001). "Items". Sonic Adventure 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. p. 10. ISBN 978-0761536147.

[SHeroes-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Sonic Heroes (PlayStation 2) United States instruction booklet, pg. 23.

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