Hand Launcher
Purpose
Increasing running speed
The Hand Launcher [note 1] (マジックハンド[1] [2] , Majikku Hando ? , also known as the Speed Hand catapult ,[3] Speed Hand ,[4] glove on a stick ,[5] Sonic the Hedgehog series
Description [ ] Hand Launchers are entirely white/light gray in color. They have a gray pole each that has a cartoonish hand-like object on its top. The hand in question notably only has four fingers. This pole is also attached to a surface on its bottom that has a Conveyor Belt on it.
In gameplay, Hand Launchers are hidden beneath the ground at first. However, if the playable character approaches them, their hands will rise from the ground. Once the playable character touches the hand, it will grab them and make them run on their Conveyor Belt, which will rise from the ground as well. During this, the player can jump to get free from the Hand Launcher. However, if they wait a few seconds, the hand will release the playable character, who will then be running forward at high speed. Because of this, Hand Launchers are typically found before corkscrews , loops , or related sections.
Game appearances [ ] Sonic the Hedgehog 3 [ ] A Hand Launcher in Hydrocity Zone Act 1, from Sonic the Hedgehog 3
In Sonic the Hedgehog 3 lock-on game Sonic 3 & Knuckles Hydrocity Zone .
Sonic Mania [ ] A Hand Launcher in Hydrocity Zone Act 1, from Sonic Mania
In Sonic Mania Sonic Mania Plus Hydrocity Zone . Here, they look like in their debut, although they are given a brownish color scheme in Encore Mode of Plus to match the rest of the Zone 's scenery.
Other game appearances [ ] Sonic the Hedgehog (Didj)[ ] In Sonic the Hedgehog (Didj)Hydrocity Zone . Here, they look exactly like they did in their original appearance.
Trivia [ ] See also [ ] Notes [ ]
References [ ]
Playable characters Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Tails · Knuckles * · Amy **
Non-playable characters Robotnik · Animals (Cucky , Flicky , Pecky , Pocky , Ricky , Rocky )
Zones Main Angel Island Zone · Hydrocity Zone · Marble Garden Zone · Carnival Night Zone · IceCap Zone · Launch Base Zone · Special Stage · Bonus Stage
Competition Azure Lake · Balloon Park · Chrome Gadget · Desert Palace · Endless Mine
Enemies Batbot · Blastoid · Bloominator · Bubbles · Bugernaut · Catakiller, Jr. · Clamer · Corkey · Flybot767 · Jawz · Mantis · Mega Chopper · Monkey Dude · Orbinaut · Penguinator · Pointdexter · RhinoBot · Ribot · Snail Blaster · Sparkle · Spiker · Star Pointer · Turbo Spiker
Bosses Mid-bosses Fire Breath · Big Shaker · Tunnelbot · Bowling Spin · Big Icedus · Twin Hammer
Zone bosses Egg Scorcher Mk. III · Egg Vortex · Egg Drillster Mk. II · Egg Gravitron · Egg Froster · Egg Cannon · Egg Rocket · Big Arms
Moves/techniques Bound Jump · Crouch · Double Jump · Drop Dash ** · Fireball Spin Dash · Hammer Rush ** · Insta-Shield · Jumping Hammer Attack ** · Fly · Spin Attack · Spin Dash Attack · Super Spin Attack · Swim
Gimmicks and obstacles Balloon · Bomb · Bumper · Bumper wall · Cannon · Capsule · Crusher · Elevator · Fan · Fire · Flywheel · Goal Plate · High-speed spiral tube · High-speed warp tube · Icicle · Iron ball · Laser gate · Movable box · Pulley · Platform-raising Wheel · Sinking pool · Snowblower · Speed Hand · Spikes · Spring · Spinning Top · Spinning Wheel · Star Post · Strange Relief · Switch · Vine · Zip Line
Items Air bubble · Banana * · Change * · 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 · Self-Propelled Bomb * · Lead Sneakers * · Snowboard · Sphere · Star Circle
Music "Wonderman "
Other Altar of Emerald · Angel Island · Death Egg saga · Corkscrew · Crusher · Death Egg · Debug Mode · Freeze · Jewel Radar · Life · Lock-on technology · Loop · Perfect Bonus · Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Official Guide Book · Sonic the Hedgehog 3: Official Super-Sonic Tips for SegaManiacs! · Sound Test · Time Attack · Tornado · Tunnel · Water
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Playable characters
Sonic
Non-playable characters
Bubbles | Dr. Eggman | Animals (Becky , Flicky , Churps , Johnny Lightfoot , Locky , Mouse , Porker Lewis , Rocky , Sally Acorn , Tocky , Tux , Wocky )
Zones Green Hill Zone | Emerald Hill Zone | Sandopolis Zone | Hydrocity Zone | Scrap Brain Zone | Chemical Plant Zone | Egg Base Zone | Curricular Gadgets
Enemies
Buzzer | Coconuts | Grabber | Grounder | Masher | Sandworm | Skorp | Spiny
Bosses
Drill Eggman | Graviton Mobile | Water Eggman | Eggman Mech
Moves/Techniques
Duck | Jump | Roll | Spin Dash
Gimmicks and obstacles
Cannon | Catapult | Conveyor belt | Dropping platform | Electrical emitter | End Act Sign | Glove on a stick | Pneumatic tube | Poison water | Spikes | Spring | Star Post | Switch | Upward fan | Word Wheel
Items
Chaos Emerald | Egg Mobile | Giant Ring | Item Box (Invincible , One-Up , Shield , Super Ring , Super Sneakers ) | Ring
Other
Corkscrew | Death Egg Robot | Game Over | Life | Loop | Tunnel
V T E Category
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
