Flywheel

The Flywheel^[1] is a gimmick that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a type of floating wheels with their own center of gravity, which can be used to build up momentum and achieve distant jumps.

Description

Flywheels are round wheels, rotating in midair, which are usually found in factory-themed Zones. Their cosmetic appearance is different for each game. When the playable character jumps onto these wheels, the player can move along the Flywheel's surface without falling to the ground, regardless of outside gravity, unless the player jumps off them.

Due to their hazardless and moving surface, the Flywheels can be used by the player to build up momentum by running around them. Then, by jumping off them at the right time, the player can fling themselves off the Flywheels to make significantly longer and higher leaps than normal, which is useful for crossing greater distances or reach higher areas in the different Zones. The Flywheels' purposes have changed slightly over the course of the series though, as they can be automatic and are not always needed for momentum.

Game appearances

Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)

Flywheels were featured for the first time in the original 16-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog. Here, they are only found in the large halls of Scrap Brain Zone Act 2. In this game, the Flywheels are gray-green with gray belts around them, which move clockwise faster than the wheels themselves.

If the player performs the Spin Attack on a Flywheel, they can quickly build up momentum around the Flywheel for an enhanced Spin Jump.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)

In the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Flywheels are major gimmicks in Gimmick Mt. Zone. In this game, Flywheels are grey and metallic. When Sonic jumps onto it, he automatically performs a Spin Attack. The player can control the rotation speed of the Flywheel that Sonic is on with : pressing right makes the Flywheel rotate faster and pressing left makes it rotate slower.

Slightly different Flywheels appear in Crystal Egg Zone Act 2. In this Act, the Flywheels are smaller bubble-looking wheels with blue, four-pointed stars in their center. These wheels can be found above pits filled with spikes where they constantly float left and right in midair. Despite their differences though, they work just like the Flywheels in Gimmick Mt. Zone.

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

In Sonic the Hedgehog CD, Flywheels are only featured in Metallic Madness Zone 2. This time around, they are wheels with a differently-colored belt around them. In addition, their color scheme depends on the timeline in the Zone.

The Flywheels function like those in Scrap Brain Zone. However, when Sonic starts performing his Spin Attack on the Flywheel, the camera direction moves to the right side. The Flywheels can also be useful when the player need to gain momentum to create a time warp in the Zone.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

In Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the Flywheels are featured in Carnival Night Zone. In this game, the Flywheels are mostly black with a gray outer rim and a hollow center with a red inner rim and a yellow cross with a red circle inside its center. They are also much larger than in previous games, but function like the Flywheels in the original Sonic the Hedgehog.

Sonic Advance 3

In Sonic Advance 3, the Flywheels appear in Cyber Track, where they have a grayish shell with a red lighting edge on the inner rim, and a dark green horizontal cube in the center. Unlike in previous games, the player can stand still on the Flywheel while it rotates in one place.

Sonic Lost World

In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Lost World, the Flywheels are featured in Sky Road Zone 1. In this game, they have a more mechanical appearance like in previous games, and they rotate in the right direction. Unusually, the player has to jump between Flywheels while spinning around them. Unlike in previous games however, the player cannot build up momentum by spinning around the Flywheel.

Sonic Mania

In Sonic Mania, and its expansion Sonic Mania Plus, the Flywheels appear in Metallic Madness Zone Act 2. In this game, they behave and look like the Flywheels from the Present timeline of Metallic Madness Zone 2. In gameplay, they serve as little else than difficult platforms for reaching ledges.

Sonic Forces

In Sonic Forces, the Flywheels appear in Iron Fortress and are used by Classic Sonic. In this game, they look like flat, mechanical cylinders. These Flywheels also possess a yellow outer rim on the front surface, purple patches in the form of a cross on the front surface, and a hollow center with green insides. In gameplay, like most other incarnations, the player can build up momentum on the Flywheels by spinning around on them, which will enable an enhanced Spin Jump.

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References

↑ Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) (Sega Game Gear) North American instruction manual pg. 6.

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Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)

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 Mobile-H \| Marble Zone boss \| Spring Yard Zone boss \| Labyrinth Zone boss \| Star Light Zone boss \| Final Zone
Moves/Techniques	Crouch \| Spin Jump \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash* \| Insta-Shield* \| Propeller Flying* \| Glide* \| Climb*
Gimmicks and obstacles	Bomb \| Bumper \| Capsule \| Chaos Emerald \| Color Block \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Electric Generator \| Fan \| Fire Statue \| Fireball Cannon \| Flywheel \| Giant spear \| Goal \| Goal Plate \| Giant Ring \| High-speed elevator \| Iron ball \| Jump Stand \| Lamppost \| Movable box \| Reverse \| Rotating platform \| See-saw \| Spikes \| Spring \| Switch \| Up and Down
Items	Air Bubble \| Ring \| Video Monitor (Aqua Shield, Extra Life, Flame Shield, Invincible, Power Sneakers, S, Shield, Super Ring, Thunder Shield)
Music	Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack
Other	Bonus Point \| Continue \| Blue Sphere \| Debug Mode \| Madonna \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic the Hedgehog Band (Max, Mach, Sharps, Vector) \| South Island \| Sonic the Hedgehog (promotional comic) \| Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic \| Time Attack* \| Time Over \| Totem Pole \| Winding Tunnel Exclusive to the 2013 re-release of Sonic the Hedgehog*.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)

Main article | Manuals | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery

Playable characters	Sonic
Non-playable characters	Tails \| Dr. Robotnik \| Animals (Flicky, Ricky, Pocky, Rocky, Pecky, Cucky, Picky)
Enemies	Bomb \| Buton \| Burrowbot \| Game-game \| Newtron \| New Motora \| Taraban \| Zaririn
Zone	Under Ground Zone \| Sky High Zone \| Aqua Lake Zone \| Green Hills Zone \| Gimmick Mountain Zone \| Scrambled Egg Zone \| Crystal Egg Zone
Bosses	Antlion Mecha \| Goose Mecha \| Mecha Sea Lion \| Mecha Pig \| Pig-Boar Mecha \| Silver Sonic \| Crystal Egg Zone boss
Moves/Techniques	Crouch \| Spin Attack \| Spin Jump
Gimmicks and obstacles	Bonus Panel \| Capsule \| Flywheel \| Hang Glider \| High-speed warp tube \| Minecart \| Spring
Items	Air Bubble \| Chaos Emerald \| Monitor (Extra Life, Invincibility, Power Sneakers, Super Ring) \| Ring
Other	Master Robots \| South Island \| Teleporter

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

Playable characters		Sonic \| Tails*
Non-playable characters		Amy \| Dr. Robotnik \| Metal Sonic \| Animals (Flicky, Pocky, Ricky, Pecky, Robin, Sheep)
Rounds		Palmtree Panic \| Collision Chaos \| Tidal Tempest \| Quartz Quadrant \| Wacky Workbench \| Stardust Speedway \| Metallic Madness \| Special Stage \| Bonus Stage \| R2 \| Desert Dazzle* \| Final Fever*
Enemies		Amenbo \| Antlion \| Bigbom \| Dango \| Ga \| Hotaru \| Kabasira \| Kanabun \| Kemusi \| Kumo-Kumo \| Minomusi \| Noro-Noro \| Robot Ant \| Robot Bee \| Robot Beetle \| Robot Butterfly \| Robot Mantis \| Robot Mosquito \| Sasori \| Scarab \| Semi \| Taga-Taga \| Tamabboh \| Tentou \| Tonbo \| Yago
Bosses		EGG-HVC-001 \| Collision Chaos boss \| Tidal Tempest boss \| Quartz Quadrant boss \| Wacky Workbench boss \| Metal Sonic \| Metallic Madness boss \| Final Fever*
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Duck \| Propeller Flying* \| Spin Jump \| Super Spin Attack \| Super Spin Dash \| Super Peel Out
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Ring Spark Field \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bumper \| Capsule \| Chopper Block \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Zone \| Electrical conduit \| Emerald Block \| Fan Block \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Goal Plate \| High-speed warp tube \| Iron ball \| Lamppost \| Rotating platform \| Seesaw \| Size Beam \| Snowblower \| Sphere \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Switch \| Time Warp sign
Items		Air Bubble \| Little Planet flowers \| Metal Sonic Projector \| Monitor (1-UP, Invincible, Power Sneakers, Super Ring, Shield) \| Ring \| Robot transporter \| Super Ring \| Time Bonus \| Time Stone \| UFO
Music	Songs	Brand-new World \| Cosmic Eternity - Believe in Yourself \| Sonic - You Can Do Anything \| Sonic Boom \| When we reach for you~Could it be right~
Music	Albums	Sonic CD (vinyl album) \| Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix \| Sonic the Hedgehog Boom \| Sonic the Hedgehog CD Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
Other		Debug Mode \| Freeze \| Little Planet \| Never Lake \| Shuttle loop \| Time Attack \| Time Over \| Time Warp \| Winding Tunnel *Only included in the 2011 re-release.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles

Main articles (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection) | Staff (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection) | Manuals (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles) | Glitches (Sonic 3, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection) | Beta elements (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3 & Knuckles) | Galleries (Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic & Knuckles Collection)

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic, Hyper Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles, Hyper Knuckles)
Non-playable characters		Dr. Robotnik \| Rock Drill \| 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 \| Final Weapon
Moves/Techniques		Bound Jump \| Crouch \| Double Jump \| Fireball Spin Dash \| Glide \| Gliding Knuckles Attack \| Hyper Flash \| Insta-Shield \| Propeller Flying \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| 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, Super Shoes, 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		Barrel \| Conveyor Belt \| Corkscrew loop \| Crusher \| Death Egg \| Debug Mode \| Fireball Cannon \| Flipper \| Floating Island \| 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 \| Seesaw \| Shuttle loop \| Slot machine \| Snowblower \| Sonic & Knuckles • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 \| Strange Relief \| Time Attack \| Tornado \| Warp Point \| Winding Tunnel \| "Wonderman"

Sonic Advance 3

Main article | Staff | Glitches | Gallery

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Cream \| Cheese
Non-playable characters		Eggman \| Vanilla \| G-merl (Ultimate G-merl) \| Chao \| Omochao
Zones		Route 99 \| Sunset Hill \| Ocean Base \| Toy Kingdom \| Twinkle Snow \| Cyber Track \| Chaos Angel \| Altar Emerald \| Nonaggression \| Special Stage
Enemies		Akatento \| Aotento \| Ape \| Bu-bu \| Buzzer \| Clam \| Condor \| Gaogao \| Gekogeko \| Ginpe \| Guards \| Guruguru \| Hariisen \| Jousun \| Juggling \| Kamaki \| Kyacchaa \| Marrun \| Minimole \| Muugaden \| Spina \| Takkon \| Uutsubo \| Yadokka \| Yukigasen
Bosses		Egg Hammer 3 \| Egg Ball No.2 \| Egg Foot \| Egg Cube \| Egg Chaser \| Egg Pinball \| Egg Gravity \| Hyper Eggrobo \| Ultimate G-merl
Moves/ Techniques	General	Amy Dash \| Big Hammer Attack \| Boost Mode \| Bound Attack \| Chao Attack \| Chao Ball Attack \| Chao Spinning Attack \| Dash Climb \| Double Mid-Air Glide \| Double Punch \| Drill Claw \| Fire Sliding \| Flying \| Floating Fall \| Grinding \| Hammer Attack \| Hammer Jump \| Hammer Propeller Flying \| Head Slide \| High Propeller Flying \| Hip Drop \| Homing Attack \| Jump Dash \| Leap \| Look down \| Mid-Air Dash Glide \| Propeller Flying \| Mid-Air Chao Attack \| Mid-Air Chao Ball Attack \| Mid-Air Chao Spinning Attack \| Mid-Air Glide \| Mid-Air Hammer Attack \| Mid-Air Hammer Jump \| Skid Attack \| Spin \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Sonic Boost \| Spinning Hammer Attack \| Spiral Upper \| Tag Action \| Tail Spin Attack \| Tail Swipe \| Tornado Attack \| Upper Spin \| Wall Climb \| Wind Attack
Moves/ Techniques	Mid-Air Trick Actions	Big Air (Happy Spring, Hop Jump, Petit Step) \| Long Wind Jump (Humming Top, Sweet Roll, Window Jump) \| Stop 'n' Slam (Bound Attack, Spinning Hammer Attack, Propeller Descent, Hip Drop)
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Bungee Rope \| Checkpoint \| Dash Panel \| Flywheel \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Minecart \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pole \| Pulley \| Propeller Spring \| Seesaw \| Snowblower \| Special Spring] \| Spin ring \| Switch
Items		Act Ring \| Box (1-Up, 5 Ring Bonus, 10 Ring Bonus, Confusion, Invincibility, Minus Ring, Maximum Speed, Mosaic, Random Ring Bonus, Ring Magnet, Shield, Slow, Swap, Transparency) \| Capsule \| Chaos Emerald' \| Factory Ring \| Goal Medal \| Ring \| Special Key
English voice actors		Ryan Drummond (Sonic) \| Deem Bristow (Eggman) \| William Corkery (Tails) \| Scott Dreier (Knuckles) \| Jon St. John (Announcer) \| Jennifer Douillard (Amy) \| Sarah Wulfeck (Cream)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic the Hedgehog) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream)
Other		Angel Island \| Chao Playground \| Corkscrew loop \| Fly Type \| Freeze \| Mini-Games \| Power Type \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Factory \| Speed Type \| Time Attack \| Tornado 2

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* \| Nightopian* \| Reala* \| Puffy* \| Gulpo* \| Clawz* \| Jackle* \| Gillwing* \| Wizeman* \| Yoshi^ \| Link^
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 \| 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* \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Sky Dive \| Somersault Kick \| 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 \| Ivory Lightning** \| Magenta Rhythm* \| Red Burst** \| Yellow Drill
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon* \| Billiard Ball \| Bingo \| Bumper \| Cannon* \| Capsule \| 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*
Items	General	5 Ring Bonus \| Air Bubble \| Apple \| Asteroid Ring \| Blue Chip* \| Bound bell* \| Cage \| 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 \| Ring (NiGHTS)* \| Snowboard**
	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.

Sonic Mania

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles) \| Mighty* (Super Mighty) \| Ray (Super Ray*)
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Hard Boiled Heavies (Heavy King, Heavy Gunner, Heavy Shinobi, Heavy Magician, Heavy Rider) \| Phantom Heavies (Phantom King, Phantom Gunner, Phantom Shinobi, Phantom Magician, Phantom Rider) \| Metal Sonic (Giga Metal) \| Animals (Becky, Cucky, Flicky, Locky, Micky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky, Tocky, Wocky) \| Jimmy \| Rock Drill
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		Armadiloid \| Aquis \| Asteron \| Ball Hog \| Batbrain \| Blaster \| Blastoid \| Bloominator* \| Bugernaut \| Bumpalo \| Buzz Bomber \| Cactula \| Canister \| Catakiller, Jr. \| Chopper \| Clucker \| Crabmeat \| Dango \| Dragonfly \| Eggrobo \| Fireworm \| Flasher mk.II \| Gohla \| Grabber \| Hotaru \| IceBomba \| Iwamodoki \| Jawz \| Jellygnite \| Juggle Saw \| Kabasira \| Kanabun \| Madmole \| Matryoshka-Bom \| Mega Chopper \| Mic Drop \| Monkey Dude* \| Moto Bug \| Newtron \| Octus \| Pointdexter \| Rattlekiller \| Rexon \| RhinoBot* \| Robot Bee \| Robot Beetle \| 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
Bosses	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 \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Beanstalk \| Bomb \| Bumper \| Bungee Rope \| Bumper wall \| Capsule \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Electrical conduit \| Fan \| Fireball Cannon \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Goal Plate \| Hang Glider \| High-speed warp tube \| Ice Spring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pulley \| Ruby Mist \| Seesaw \| Size Beam \| Snowblower \| Spikes \| Spring \| Star Post \| Switch \| Transport \| Vine \| Zip Line
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 Projector \| 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 \| Death Egg Robot \| Debug Mode \| Egg Mobile \| Freeze \| Klepto Mobile \| Level Select \| Little Planet \| Mega Mack \| Phantom Ruby \| Perfect Bonus \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Mania Adventures ("Sonic Returns", "Sonic and Tails", "& Knuckles", "Mighty and Ray", "Metal Mayhem", "From: A. Rose", "The Complete Mini-Series") \| Time Attack \| Time Over \| Time Warp \| Tornado \| Winding Tunnel Appears in Sonic Mania Plus* only

Sonic Forces

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Classic Sonic (Classic Super Sonic) \| Avatar \| Shadow (Episode Shadow)
Non-playable characters		Resistance (Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Team Chaotix (Vector, Espio, Charmy), Silver, Team Dark (Shadow, Rouge, Omega)) \| Dr. Eggman \| Infinite \| Orbot \| Cubot \| Metal Sonic \| Chaos \| Zavok \| Animals (Cucky, Flicky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky)
Wisps		Blue Wisp \| Green Wisp \| Indigo Wisp \| Ivory Wisp \| Red Wisp \| Violet Wisp \| White Wisp \| Yellow Wisp
World Map regions		Chemical Plant \| City \| Death Egg \| Eggman Empire Fortress \| Green Hill \| Metropolis \| Mystic Jungle
Stages	General	Lost Valley \| Spaceport \| Ghost Town \| Prison Hall \| VS. Zavok \| Egg Gate \| Arsenal Pyramid \| Luminous Forest \| VS. Infinite \| Green Hill \| VS. Eggman \| Park Avenue \| Casino Forest \| Aqua Road \| Sunset Heights \| Capital City \| VS. Infinite \| Chemical Plant \| Red Gate Bridge \| Guardian Rock \| Network Terminal \| Death Egg \| Metropolitan Highway \| Null Space \| Imperial Tower \| Mortar Canyon \| VS. Infinite \| Iron Fortress \| Final Judgement \| VS. Death Egg Robot
	Episode Shadow	Enemy Territory \| Eggman's Facility \| Virtual Reality
	Secret	Fire Cannon 1 \| Vanish Panel 1 \| Bomb Block 1 \| Plasma Cannon 1 \| Laser Cannon 1 \| Reverse Block 1
	Extra	Flying Pod \| Bomb Block 2 \| Laser Cannon 2 \| Reverse Block 2 \| Vanish Panel 2 \| Fire Cannon 2 \| Plasma Cannon 2
Enemies		Aero-Chaser \| Buzz Bomber \| Chopper \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Tank \| Egg Walker \| Galaga Bee \| Moto Bug \| Missile Pod \| Nebula \| Sandworm \| Sprinkler \| Valkeen
Bosses		Death Egg Robot \| Eggman \| Egg Dragoon \| Infinite \| Metal Sonic \| Zavok
Moves/Techniques		Air Boost \| Boost \| Crouch \| Double Boost \| Double Jump \| Drop Dash \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Side Step/Cartwheel \| Skydiving \| Slide \| Super Sonic Boost \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Triple Boost \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack \| Wall Jump \| Wire Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Bottomless pit \| Bumper \| Capsule \| Conveyor Belt \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Fan \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Goal \| Goal Plate \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Laser field \| List of pinball obstacles \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Ring Shooter \| Slot machine \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Spring Pole \| Star Post \| Wide spring \| Wire Target \| Zip Line
Items	General	Air Bubble \| Blue Block \| Blue Ring \| Container (Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Costume \| Item Box (Bonus Rings, Invincibility, Power Sneakers, Shield) \| Medal \| Meteorite \| Number Ring \| Red Star Ring \| Ring \| Silver Moon Ring \| Wisp Capsule
Items	Wispons	Asteroid \| Burst \| Cube \| Drill \| Hover \| Lightning \| Void
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Liam O'Brien (Infinite) \| Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Tails, Charmy) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles, Zavok) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow, Orbot) \| Karen Strassman (Rouge) \| Vic Mignogna (Omega) \| Quinton Flynn (Silver) \| Keith Silverstein (Vector) \| Matthew Mercer (Espio) \| Wally Wingert (Cubot)
Japanese voice actors		Junichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Kotaro Nakamura (Eggman) \| Takashi Kondō (Infinite) \| Ryo Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Taiten Kusunoki (Omega) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Yūki Masuda (Espio) \| Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy) \| Jōji Nakata (Zavok) \| Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot) \| Wataru Takagi (Cubot) \| Fumihiko Tachiki (Narrator)
Music	Songs	Fading World \| Fighting Onward \| Fist Bump \| Infinite \| Justice \| Moonlight Battlefield \| Nowhere to Run \| Rhythm And Balance \| Set in Motion \| Supporting Me \| The Light of Hope \| Virtual Enemies
Music	Albums	Sonic Forces Original Soundtrack - A Hero Will Rise \| Sonic Forces Vocal Traxx - On The Edge \| Sonic Forces Hi-Res Collection \| Sonic Forces Original Soundtrack The Vinyl Cutz
Other		Boost Gauge \| Chaos Control \| Challenge Mission \| Daily Mission \| Death Crab \| Death Egg \| Death Egg Robot \| Death Queen \| Egg Dragoon \| Egg Mobile \| Eggman Army \| Eggman Empire \| Eggman Fleet \| Experience \| Health Gauge \| Jackal Squad \| Mega Mack \| Miles Electric \| Operation Big Wave \| Phantom Ruby \| Phantom Ruby prototype \| Real-Time Interaction \| Replica \| Resistance HQ \| Sandworm \| Skill \| Sonic Forces digital comic (Moment of Truth, Stress Test, Looming Shadow, Rise of Infinite) \| Sonic Forces: Speed Battle \| SOS Mission \| Time Over \| War to Take Back the Planet \| Winding Tunnel \| Wisp Gauge

[1] Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) (Sega Game Gear) North American instruction manual pg. 6.

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