Gravity Control Switch
The Gravity Control Switch [1] (重力スイッチ[2] , Jūryoku Suitchi ? , lit. "Gravity Switch") , also formatted as gravity control switch ,[3] is a gimmick that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . It is a device that changes the direction of gravity.
Description [ ]
The Gravity Control Switch's design differ between game, though a common feature they share include a display showing arrows pointing in the direction of gravity. They are found in space-themed stages , including those exclusive to the Space Colony ARK .
In gameplay, the player can use the Gravity Control Switch to change the direction of gravity. When interacted with, the gravity in the Stage is flipped in the direction of the arrows displayed on the Gravity Control Switch, causing the player to immediately fall with the flow of gravity. This allows the player to walk on walls and roofs where necessary paths are found, or even control the direction of their descend through midair. Using the Gravity Control Switch also affects other objects in the room, allowing for easier navigation.
Game appearances [ ]
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles [ ]
A Gravity Control Switch, from Sonic & Knuckles .
First appearing in Sonic & Knuckles and the lock-on game Sonic 3 & Knuckles , light blue Gravity Control Switches with yellow arrows are featured at Death Egg Zone Act 2. In this game, it exclusively reverses the gravity on the Zone . To use it, the player can simply jump on top of it as with any other switch in the game.
Sonic Adventure 2 [ ]
A gravity control switch, from Sonic Adventure 2
In Sonic Adventure 2 and its enhanced port Sonic Adventure 2: Battle , the gravity control switches [3] (重力スイッチ[2] , Jūryoku Suitchi ? , lit. "Gravity Switch") resembles large red computer panels with a footing marked with a triangle in front of it, and a large yellow lever below the screen. The computer screen is black and shows green arrows pointing in the direction it will cause gravity to shift to. In this game, the gravity control switches only appear in Crazy Gadget . To use it gameplay, the player has to press / while standing in front of it.
Sonic Advance 2 [ ]
In Sonic Advance 2 , the Gravity Control Switch is referred to as the anti-gravity machine .[4] In this game, they share the same appearance from Sonic Adventure 2 and are placed upwards or backwards on the ceilings in Egg Utopia . When passing through one, it changes the playable character's gravity. Sometimes, in order to walk on the ceilings, the player has to just touch Gravity Control Switches on ceilings from the ground to reverse gravity.
Shadow the Hedgehog [ ]
In Shadow the Hedgehog , the Gravity Control Switch is referred to as simply the gravity switch [5] (グラビティスイッチ[6] , Gurabiti Suitchi ? ) and resemble thick, green tubes with pointy ends and yellow arrows running down it. In this game, they only appear in Space Gadget and can be triggered when touched. However, there are some equipped with a green ring that helps the player activates them without touching the switch itself.
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Knuckles (Super Knuckles ) · Amy * (Super Amy *)
Non-playable characters
Eggman · Tails · Rock Drill · Mecha Sonic Mk. II (Super Mecha Sonic Mk. II ) · Animals (Flicky , Pocky , Pecky , Cucky , Ricky , Rocky )
Zones
Mushroom Hill Zone · Flying Battery Zone · Sandopolis Zone · Lava Reef Zone · Hidden Palace Zone · Sky Sanctuary Zone · Death Egg Zone · The Doomsday Zone · Special Stage · Bonus Stage
Enemies
Blaster · Butterdroid · Chainspike · Cluckoid · Dragonfly · EggRobo · Fireworm · Hyudoro · Iwamodoki · Madmole · Mushmeanie · Rock'n · Sandworm · Skorp · Spikebonker · Technosqueek · Toxomister
Bosses
Mid-bosses
Hey Ho · Gapsule · Laser Prison · Guardian · Heat Arms · Egg Wrecker · Egg Bouncer · Red Eye · Death Ball
Zone bosses
Egg Scrambler · Egg Hanger · Egg Golem · Egg Inferno · Knuckles · Mecha Sonic Mk. II (Super Mecha Sonic Mk. II ) · Giant Eggman Robo · Final Weapon
Moves/techniques
Bound Jump · Crouch · Double Jump · Drop Dash * · Fireball Spin Dash · Glide · Hammer Rush * · Insta-Shield · Jumping Hammer Attack * · Punch Attack · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Wall Climb
Gimmicks and obstacles
Bomb · Booster · Bumper · Capsule · Cloud · Crusher · Electrical emitter · Elevator · Fan · Fire · Fireball · Flipper · Goal · Goal Plate · Gravity Control Switch · High-speed warp tube · Iron ball · Jump Stand · Lighting switch · Magnetic sphere · Movable box · Mushroom · Pole Elevator · Reverse · Ring Shooter · Seesaw · Sinking pool · Sling Shot · Slot machine · Spikes · Spring · Star Post · Switch · Transport · Warp Point
Items
Chaos Emerald · Continue · Giant Ring · Gumball · Item Box (1-Up , Aqua Shield , Eggman Mark , Flame Shield , Invincible , Power Sneakers , S , Super Ring , Thunder Shield ) · Ring · Sphere · Star Circle · Super Emerald
Music
Sonic & Knuckles • Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Other
Altar of Emerald · Death Egg · Death Egg saga · Debug Mode · Floating Island · Life · Lock-on technology · Loop · Perfect Bonus · Sonic & Knuckles Official Game Book · Tornado · Tunnel
Playable characters
Hero
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Knuckles · Tails
Dark
Shadow (Super Shadow ) · Rouge · Eggman
Misc.
Amy * · Metal Sonic * · Tikal * · Chaos * · Chao Walker * · Big *^ · Dark Chao Walker *
Non-playable characters
Chao (Angel , Chao Principal , Chaolin , Chaoko , Chaos Chao , Chaosky , Chappy , Crunch , Crystal , Dark Chao , Dinner , Eggie , Flash , Happy , Hero Chao , Lucky , Magic , Melody , Ninja , Rainbow , Skull , Smokey , Spooky , Stinky , Stormy , Tin , Wacky , Woody ) · 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 · Gum Hawk · 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 · Knuckles Clan foothold · Laser field · Missile · Pipe · Point Marker · Propeller Spring · Pulley · Ramp · Rocket · Safe · Sinking pool · Spikes · Spinning drum · Swing Bar · Time 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 , Invincible , Magnetic Shield , Shield ) · Key Stone (Gate Key ) · Meteorite · Outfit · Ring · Snowboard
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
Voice actors
English
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
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
"It Doesn't Matter " · "Believe In Myself " · "Unknown from M.E. " · "Throw It All Away " · "E.G.G.M.A.N. " · "Fly in the Freedom " · "My Sweet Passion " · "Escape from the City " · "Kick the Rock! " · "A Ghost's Pumpkin Soup " · "Dive into the Mellow " · "Deeper " · "Space Trip Steps " · "Rhythm And Balance " · "The Supernatural " · "For True Story " · "Supporting Me " · "Live and Learn "
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
Strategy guides
Sonic Advance & Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Official Perfect Guide · Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Strongest Strategy Guide · Sonic Adventure 2 Hero/Dark Manual · Sonic Adventure 2 Perfect Guide · Sonic Adventure 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Other
Altar of Emerald · Angel Island · Auto Running · Black Market · Boss Attack · 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 · Grind Shoes · Health Gauge · Hidden Base · Kart Race · Life · Limiter Ring · Loop · Master Emerald · Moon · Neuro-Immune Deficiency Syndrome · Prison Island · Project Shadow · Rank · Space Colony ARK · Station Square · Teleporter · Totem pole · Tunnel · Water
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Cream and Cheese · Tails · Knuckles · Amy
Non-playable characters
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 · Dash Panel · Dropping platform · Fan · Gravity Control Switch · Grind Rail · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Spikes ] · Spin ring · Spring · Spring Pole · Star Post
Items
Chaos Emerald · Item Box (1-Up , 5 Ring Bonus , 10 Ring Bonus , Attack , Brake , Confusion , Invincible , Magnetic Shield , Mosaic , Power Sneakers , Random Ring Bonus , Shield , Warp ) · Ring · Special Ring
Other
Auto Running · Chao Bounce · Chao Search · Corkscrew · Freeze · Life · Loop · Sonic Advance 2 Official Guidebook · Sonic Advance 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide · Time Attack · Time Over · Tiny Chao Garden · Tunnel
Playable characters
Shadow (Dark /Hero Shadow , Super Shadow ) · Sonic * · Rouge * · Knuckles * · Amy * · Tails * · Maria * · Espio * · Omega * · Vector * · Shadow Android **
Non-playable characters
Black Doom (Devil Doom ) · 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
Black Arms
Black Assassin · Black Hawk · Black Oak · Black Volt · Black Warrior · Black Wing · Death Leech · Death Worm · Hammer Oak · Kill Worm · Killer Plant · Sand Worm
G.U.N.
Big Foot (Type A , B ) · Giga Trooper · Gold Beetle · Gun Beetle · GUN Soldier · GUN Trooper · Mono Beetle · Rocket Beetle · Spark Beetle
Eggman Empire
Egg Bommer · Egg Pawn · Egg Pierrot · Jack Bommer · Shadow Android
ARK
Ark Missile Turret · Artificial Chaos (Cell , P-100 )
Miscellaneous
Giant Walker
Bosses
Black Bull · Black Doom · Blue Falcon · Devil Doom · Diablon · Egg Breaker · Egg Dealer · Heavy Dog
Moves/ techniques
Playable characters
Attack · Chaos Blast · Chaos Control · Chaos Spear · Crouch · Dark Spin Dash · Grinding · Grind Step · Homing Attack · Hover · Jump Dash · Light Dash · Mid-Air Attack · Overturn · Pawn Fever · Pick up · Punch · Slide · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Strafe · Tail Swipe · Triangle Jump
Non-playable characters
Bomb Fever · Homing Attack · Missile Fever · Ring Fever · Shadow Fever · Swift strike · Strafe
Vehicles
Air Saucer · Cannon Vehicle · Convertible · GUN Motorcycle · GUN Vehicle · HMMWV · Jump Vehicle
Gimmicks and obstacles
Barrier · 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 · Weight · Wide spring
Items
General
Black Tank · Bomb Unit · Chaos Emerald · Car · Container (Special Weapon Container , Steel Container , Unbreakable Container , Wooden Container ) · Core program · Crimson Rock · 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 · Volcanic Defense System
Weapons
4-Shot RPG · 8-Shot RPG · Bazooka · Big Worm Shooter · Big Barrel · Black Barrel · Black Sword · Dark Hammer · 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
Voice actors
English
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
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 " · "The Chosen One " · "E.G.G.M.A.N. Doc. Robeatnix Mix" · "I Am... All of Me " · "Never Turn Back " · "Tripod Baby " · "Waking Up " · "Who I Am " (unused)
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 · Cyberspace · Dark /Hero Gauge · Dark Rider · Eclipse Cannon · Eggman Fleet · Egg Monitor · Expert Mode · Fire in the Sky Festival · Guardian Units of Nations · Health Gauge · Life · Loop · Mother computer · Prison Island · Prosperity ritual · Rank · Shadow the Hedgehog: Prima Official Game Guide · Shadow the Hedgehog Flash · Shadow the Hedgehog Strongest Strategy Guide · Space Colony ARK · Tails' Spaceship · Team Chaotix · White House