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Grinding is a technique that appears in the Sonic Boom series. It is a move that encompasses the act of balancing on and moving down a Rail.
Description[]
Grinding is the act of balancing on a Rail and then moving down such Rails at high speeds. While using this technique, the practitioners grind with their feet on the Rails.
In gameplay, grinding is used by the player to move down Rails. By doing this, the playable characters can gain more speed/momentum while grinding. Through grinding, the player can also take shortcuts or obligatory paths made up of Rails through the levels. Grinding is typically as fast as or faster than running. Sometimes, while grinding, the player can also pull off special actions. However, the playable characters typically cannot attack while grinding, unless they jump up and performs an aerial version of their attacks.
To start grinding in gameplay, all the player has to do is touch a Rail.
Game appearances[]
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal[]
Sticks grinding, from Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal.
In Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal, the grinding maneuver is available to all four playable characters in the game. In addition, Shadow will use the grinding maneuver during the race against him in Shadow Canyons.
When grinding in gameplay, the playable characters will move at a constant, medium-rate speed, both when going up and down slopes on the Rails.
Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom[]
In Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom, the grinding maneuver can be pulled off by all the playable characters in the game.
In gameplay, grinding allows the playable characters to move noticeably faster than when running. Also, while grinding, the player can make the playable characters jump between parallel between parallel Rails by swiping their finger across the screen towards the Rail they want to switch to.
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice[]
In Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, all five main of the playable characters and all of the Bot Racers are capable of grinding. In gameplay, grinding works exactly like it did in Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal.
See also[]
| Playable characters | Team Sonic (Amy, Knuckles, Sonic, Sticks, Tails) ยท Shadow ยท Vector | |
| Non-playable characters | Burnbot ยท Cowbot ยท Cubot ยท Dr. Eggman ยท Lady Goat ยท Mayor Fink ยท Orbot ยท Sprite ยท Stratford ยท Walrus Male ยท Wild Cat ยท Zooey | |
| Levels | Jungle ยท Village ยท Eggman's Lair ยท Mountain ยท Junction | |
| Enemies | Buzz Bomber ยท Crabmeat ยท Motobug | |
| Moves/Techniques | Chaos Spear ยท Dash ยท Dash Magnet ยท Grinding ยท Knuckle Slam ยท Protected Combo ยท Ring Hammer ยท Second Chance ยท Vector Projector | |
| Gimmicks and obstacles | Blue plasma bomb ยท Dash Pad ยท Ener-Rail ยท Hoop ยท Mine ยท Rail ยท Red plasma bomb ยท Spring | |
| Items | Enerbeam ยท Magnet ยท Orb ยท Red Star Ring ยท Ring ยท Score Doubler ยท Shield ยท Super Ring ยท Ticket | |
| Others | Amy's Hammer ยท Banking ยท Boom Boost ยท Boomerang ยท Chaos Blast ยท Combo ยท Eggmobile ยท Event ยท Mission ยท Prize | |