Hammer Drop
Description
A high-speed full-body drop.
Press the Spin Jump button during a jump to slam straight downwards. Attack enemies beneath you, uncover tunnels, and knock hidden items out of trees.
— English instruction manual, Sonic Mania Plus .[1]
The Hammer Drop [1] (ハンマードロップ[2] , Hanmā Doroppu ? ) is a move that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . It is a technique used by Mighty the Armadillo where he makes a ground pound at high speed.
Description [ ]
When performing the Hammer Drop, the user dives downwards with a burst of speed while Spin Jumping . During this, the user will lose most of their horizontal speed and leave afterimages of themself. When impacting the ground, the user will cause a shockwave.
In gameplay, the Hammer Drop can be used for several actions by Mighty . When he lands after performing a Hammer Drop, he can pierce through enemies and destroy those that are nearby. It can also make nearby floating Item Boxes fall to the ground, destroy crumbling platforms instantaneously, and open exclusive entrances. Depending on the Zone , the Hammer Drop can be used to pierce through surfaces in Flying Battery Zone that would normally require missiles or bombs to be destroyed; destroy wooden boxes, ice obstacles and the Shiversaw 's saws in Press Garden Zone ; and destroy the Beanstalks ' heads in Stardust Speedway Zone Act 1. However, the Hammer Drop will be cancelled if Mighty lands on sharp obstacles, be spikes or buzzsaws, or on an oil-related surface (be either a slide or a sinking pool ) in Oil Ocean Zone .
To perform the Hammer Drop in gameplay, the player must make the following control input:
Trivia [ ]
The Hammer Drop is similar to the Bound Jump .
In the internal files of the PC version of the game, the Hammer Drop is referred to as the "Drill Dive".
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Tails (Super Tails ) · Knuckles (Super Knuckles ) · Mighty ^ (Super Mighty ^) · Ray ^ (Super Ray ^)
Non-playable characters
Eggman · Eggrobo (Hard Boiled Heavies (Heavy Gunner , Heavy King , Heavy Magician , Heavy Rider , Heavy Shinobi ), Phantom Heavies (Phantom Gunner , Phantom King , Phantom Magician , Phantom Rider , Phantom Shinobi )) · Jimmy · Metal Sonic (Giga Metal ) · 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 ^ · Bugernaut · 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 ^ · Moto Bug · 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 · Zombie Orbinaut
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 · Blue blob · Bomb · Bouncy Checkpoint · Bumper · Bungee Rope · Bumper wall · Cannon · Capsule · Conveyor Belt · Crusher · Dash Panel · Dropping platform · Electrical conduit · Fan · Fireball · Flipper · Flywheel · Goal Plate · Hand Launcher · 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 · Zip Line
Items
Air bubble · Chaos Emerald · Giant Ring · Giant spear · Item Box (1-Up *, Aqua Shield , Character ^, Hyper Ring , Eggman Mark , Flame Shield , Invincible , Player Swap , Power Sneakers , Random , S , Shield , Super Ring , Thunder Shield ) · 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 · The Art of Sonic Mania · Auto Running · Continue · Corkscrew · Death Egg Robot · Debug Mode · Egg Mobile · 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 ") · Papercraft Mania Adventures ("Snow Sculpting Contest ", "Valentine's Day )" · Time Attack · Time Over * · Time Warp · Tunnel · Tornado * · Water