Insta-Shield

The Insta-Shield^[1] (W回転アタック^[2], Daburu Kaiten Atakku^?, lit. "Double Spin Attack"), also called the Spin Attack,^[3] Double Spin Attack,^[4] Wind Attack^[5] and Twin Spin Attack, is a recurring move in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. When using it, the playable character creates a rapid 360° spiral flashing around them for both offense and defense.

Description

When performing Insta-Shield, the user generates enough energy to create a temporary shield for a split-second that can slash enemies and items within their range without the player having to touch them. It can also be useful for defeating more defensive enemies and even avoiding projectiles. The Insta-Shield is usually performed by tapping one of the jump buttons while the playable character is in mid-air after already performing a Spin Jump.

Game appearances

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles

Sonic performing Insta-Shield in *Sonic the Hedgehog 3*.

The Insta-Shield is first seen as one of the new types of techniques for Sonic in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and is featured in the same way in the add-on continuation Sonic & Knuckles and the lock-on Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. Sonic is able to create an Insta-Shield while Spin Jumping by pressing , or again in mid-air, creating a temporary shield around him. It is useful when the player has to avoid and destroy small projectiles and defeat heavily armed enemies including Star Pointers or Orbinauts without touching them at all. However, the player has to do this very close to the enemies or projectiles.

Tails and Knuckles can't use the Insta-Shield due to having their own abilities. The Insta-Shield cannot be used while Sonic is equipped with a shield in both games, while having Invincibility, or while Super Sonic. Instead, he will perform an action depending on the type of shield possessed:

A Flame Shield will allow Sonic to perform the Fireball Spin Dash.
A lightning Shield will allow Sonic to Double Jump.
A Water Shield will allow Sonic to Bounce Jump.
While in his Hyper State, Sonic will perform the Hyper Flash.

Sonic Advance series

Sonic Advance

In Sonic Advance, the Insta-Shield is known as the Spin Attack.^[3] In this game, it can only be used by Sonic. To perform the Insta-Shield in gameplay, the player has to press during a Jump.

Sonic Advance 2

Sonic performing his Insta-Shield in *Sonic Advance*.

In Sonic Advance 2, the Insta-Shield is known as the Double Spin Attack.^[4] In this game, it can only be used by Sonic. To perform the Insta-Shield in gameplay, the player has to press during a Jump. However, if the player is close to a normal Badnik, Sonic performs a Homing Attack instead. Still, he will be able to perform Insta-Shield afterwards.

Sonic Advance 3

In Sonic Advance 3, the Insta-Shield is known as the Wind Attack.^[5] In this game, it is primarily used by Sonic.

In gameplay, Sonic can only perform the Insta-Shield while having Knuckles as his partner. To perform the Insta-Shield as Sonic, the player must press during a Spin Jump. Tails can also perform a variation of this move called the Tail Spin Attack^[6] in the same manner while he is partnered with Knuckles.

Sonic Generations

In the console/PC version of Sonic Generations, the Insta-Shield is a Skill only available for Classic Sonic under the name Twin Spin Attack. The Skill can be unlocked by collecting all Red Star Rings in Sky Sanctuary Act 1 and costs 30 Skill Points to equip. The Twin Spin Attack functions similarly to how it did the in previous games, but the slash effect is more transparent than white. It is performed by pressing / while jumping.

Sonic the Hedgehog (2013)

In the 2013 re-release of the original Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic can perform the Insta-Shield if the player enables Debug Mode. Once in an act, if the player places two Monitors with the three elemental shields and destroys them both, the player will be able to perform the Insta-Shield (as long as he is not equipped with any Shields). If the player destroys two of the aforementioned Monitors again, Sonic can no longer perform the Insta-Shield until he smashes two of those Monitors again. The Insta-Shield retains the same appearance from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2013)

In the 2013 re-release of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, much like 2013 re-release of the original Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic can perform the Insta-Shield only via Debug Mode. In this game however, only one of the Monitor with the three elemental shields is required to be smashed to alternate whether Sonic can perform the Insta-Shield or not.

Sonic Mania

In Sonic Mania, and its expansion Sonic Mania Plus, the Insta-Shield is one of Sonic's alternate moves which can be unlocked after collecting six Medallions. It can be chosen by toggling the Sonic Ability option to "3&K" at the Game Options menu in Mania Mode, effectively replacing the Drop Dash in gameplay (though it is possible to perform both moves alongside with the Super Peel Out in No Save mode with Debug Mode enabled). It is functionally nearly identical to its appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic & Knuckles, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, except that the move does not extend Sonic's attack range. This was fixed in the Version 1.04 update to the game.

To perform the Insta-Shield in gameplay, the player has to execute the following actions:

PS4	Switch	XB1	PC
Press // twice	Press // twice	Press // twice	Press [A] / [Q] / [S] twice

In other media

Sonic the Comic

Main article: Insta-Shield (Sonic the Comic)

Sonic used the Insta-Shield (unnamed in this continuity) twice in the Sonic the Comic series. Sonic has explained that he creates it by vibrating the air molecules around him at super speed.^[7]

Archie Comics

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by Archie Comics, Sonic the Hedgehog has performed Insta-Shield only once. After crashing down on the Floating Island, one of Robotnik's Assaulting Batter Blimps starts attacking Sonic and Tails with a flamethrower and bombs. Sonic unknowingly manages to perform the Insta-Shield in time while dodging flames.^[8]

Gallery

Sprites

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Screenshots

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References

↑ Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Sega Mega Drive) United States instruction booklet, pg. 9.
↑ Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Sega Mega Drive) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 10.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Sonic Advance (Game Boy Advance) United States Instruction Booklet, pg. 8.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Sonic Advance 2 (Game Boy Advance) United States Instruction Booklet, pg. 9.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Sonic Advance 3 (Game Boy Advance) United States Instruction Booklet, pg. 9.
↑ Sonic Advance 3 (Game Boy Advance) United States Instruction Booklet, pg. 11.
↑ Sonic the Comic #36, "Power of the Chaos Emeralds, Part 2"
↑ Sonic the Hedgehog #13, "This Island Hedgehog"

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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)

Characters		Sonic (Super Sonic, Hyper Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles, Hyper Knuckles) \| Dr. Robotnik \| 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 \| The Doomsday Zone
Moves/Techniques		Bound Jump \| Double Jump \| Fireball Spin Dash \| Glide \| Gliding Knuckles Attack \| Hyper Flash \| Insta-Shield \| Propeller Flying \| Spin Jump \| Spin Dash \| Spin Attack \| 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		Angel Island \| Barrel \| Blue Knuckles \| Conveyor Belt \| Corkscrew loop \| Crusher \| Debug Mode \| Fireball Cannon \| Flipper \| 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 \| Rock Drill \| Seesaw \| Shuttle loop \| Slot machine \| Snowblower \| Sonic & Knuckles • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 \| Strange Relief \| Time Attack \| Tornado \| Warp Point \| Winding Tunnel \| Wonderman

Sonic Advance

Playable characters		Sonic \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy
Non-playable characters		Eggman \| Chao (Gold Chao) \| Animals (Deer, Elephant, Flicky, Kangaroo, Koala, Lion, Mole, Parrot, Penguin, Picky, Pocky, Rabbit, Ricky, Seal, Sea Otter, Skunk, Swallow)
Zones		Neo Green Hill Zone \| Secret Base Zone \| Casino Paradise Zone \| Ice Mountain Zone \| Angel Island Zone \| Egg Rocket Zone \| Cosmic Angel Zone \| X-Zone \| The Moon Zone \| Special Stage
Enemies		Buzzer \| Drisame \| GamiGami \| Hanabii \| Kero-Kero \| Kiki \| Kura \| Leon \| Mirror \| Mogu \| Oct \| Pen \| Pierrot \| Rhinotank \| Senbon \| Slot \| Tentou \| Wamu \| Yukimaru
Bosses		Egg Hammer Tank \| Egg Press \| Egg Ball \| Egg Spider \| Mecha Knuckles \| Egg Snake \| Egg Mobile-H \| Egg Mobile-D \| EGG X \| Super Egg Robot
Moves/technique		Climb \| Glide \| Grinding \| Hammer Attack \| Hammer Jump \| Hammer Whirl \| Jump Dash \| Giant Steps \| Insta-Shield \| Jump Attack \| Propeller Flying \| Skid Attack \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Super Sonic Boost \| Somersault \| Tail Swipe
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Barrel \| Bumper \| Bumper wall \| Conveyor Belt \| Dash Panel \| Fan \| Flipper \| Goal Plate \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube \| Iron ball \| Pole \| Special Spring \| Spikes \| Spring \| Zip Line
Objects		Box (? Ring, 5 Rings, 10 Rings, Barrier, Blind, Brake, Confusion, Extra Life, Invincible, Magnetic Barrier, Speed Boots, Transparency, Warp) \| Capsule \| Checkpoint \| Continue \| Ring
Other		Chao Search \| Moon \| Pulley \| Shuttle loop \| Time Attack \| Tiny Chao Garden \| Time Over \| Tornado \| Trick Point \| Winding Tunnel

Sonic Advance 2

Main article | Staff | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Cream \| Cheese \| Amy
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Vanilla \| Guard Robo \| Chao \| Animals (Deer, Elephant, Gorilla, Koala, Kangaroo, Lion, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Rabbit, Seal, Sea Otter, Skunk, Swallow) \| Flicky
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	Regular moves	Amy Dash \| Boost Mode \| Bound \| Chao Attack \| Chao Rolling Attack \| 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 \| Tail Swipe \| Wall Climb
Moves/ Techniques	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 \| Fan \| Gravity Control Switch \| Grind Rail \| Gymnastic Bar \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Pole \| Rotating platform \| Spikes \| Spring
Objects		Box (1-Up, 5 Ring Bonus, 10 Ring Bonus, Attack, Brake, Confusion, Invincibility, Magnetic Barrier, Maximum Speed, Mosaic, Random Ring Bonus, Shield, Warp) \| Chaos Emerald \| Checkpoint \| Ring \| Special Ring
Other		Auto Running \| Chao Bounce \| Chao Search \| Corkscrew loop \| Freeze \| Time Attack \| Time Over \| Tiny Chao Garden \| Shuttle loop \| Winding Tunnel

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	Regular moves	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 \| 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 \| Dash Panel \| Flywheel \| Grind Rail \| Gymnastic Bar \| High-speed warp tube \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Minecart \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pole \| Pulley \| Propeller Spring \| Seesaw \| Snowblower \| Special Spring \| Switch
Objects		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 \| Checkpoint \| 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 Generations

Playable characters		Modern Sonic (Modern Super Sonic) \| Classic Sonic (Classic Super Sonic)
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Time Eater \| Tails \| Classic Tails \| Amy \| Knuckles \| Shadow \| Cream \| Cheese \| Silver \| Blaze \| Omochao \| Team Chaotix (Espio, Vector, Charmy) \| Orbot \| Cubot \| Animals (Flicky, Picky, Pecky, Cucky)
Wisps		Cyan** \| Orange* \| Pink* \| Red**
Stages	Console/PC*	Green Hill \| Chemical Plant \| Sky Sanctuary \| Speed Highway \| City Escape \| Seaside Hill \| Crisis City \| Rooftop Run \| Planet Wisp \| Casino Night
Stages	Nintendo 3DS**	Green Hill \| Casino Night \| Mushroom Hill \| Emerald Coast \| Radical Highway \| Water Palace \| Tropical Resort
Challenge Acts*		Doppelganger Race! \| The Buzz Bombers' Revenge! \| Knuckles: Horde of Enemies \| Swingset Circus \| High Speed Challenge \| Look Out Below! \| Tails: Way Past Fast \| Jump Rush \| 300% Boost Gauge Challenge \| Tails: Toxic Skies \| Which Switch is Which? \| Aqua Shield Challenge \| Invincibility Challenge \| One Ring Challenge \| Amy: Taking the Leap Together! \| Grappling with Grabbers \| Underwater Ring Machine \| Eggrobo Rush \| Aerial Paradise \| Ring Time Challenge \| Amy: Topsy Turvy \| Knuckles: Buried Treasure \| 200% Boost Gauge Challenge \| Balloon Bonanza \| High-Speed Hijinks (Modern) \| Cream: Chao Hunt \| Hot Pursuit (Classic) \| High Speed Challenge 2 \| Resisting Arrest \| Overdrift \| Hot Pursuit (Modern) \| Drill Baby Drill \| Espio: Master of Camouflage \| Lord of the Board \| Thunder Shield Challenge \| Rouge: The Bombardier \| Rite of Spring \| Cream: Helping Hand \| Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Modern) \| Topsy-Turvy \| High-Speed Hijinks 2 \| Rescue the Animals! \| Espio: Way of the Ninja \| High-Speed Hijinks (Classic) \| Underwater Challenge \| Rouge: The Temptress \| Trick Island \| Surf, Sea, and Sand \| Terror From the Deep \| Goal Post Juggle \| Vector: Through the Storm \| Flame Shield Challenge \| Ring Time Challenge 2 \| Power Stomp Challenge \| Switcheroo \| Blaze: Piercing the Flames \| Four-way Cannon Cavalcade \| High-Rise Balloon Climb \| Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Classic) \| Charmy: Don't Bug Me! \| One Ring Challenge 2 \| Barrel Ring Bonus \| Rooftop Rail Grind \| Endless Boost \| Vector: Pick Up the Beat \| With Your Powers Combined \| Goal Post Juggle 2 \| Chase After Blaze \| Rescue the Animals 2! \| Cart Challenge \| Charmy: High in the Sky \| Action Master \| Orange Rocket, Blast Off!
Enemies		Aero-Cannon* \| Butterdroid** \| Buzz Bomber \| Buzzer \| Chopper \| Cop Speeder* \| Crabmeat \| Crawl \| Dragonfly \| Flapper** \| Egg Chaser* \| Egg Diver** \| Egg Fighter* \| Egg Fighter: Sword* \| Egg Launcher (H)* \| Egg Launcher (H+V)* \| Egg Launcher (V)* \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pawn (spear) \| Eggrobo* \| Giant Chopper* \| Gold Beetle** \| Grabber* \| Gun Beetle* \| Gun Hunter \| Iblis's Minions (Iblis Biter, Iblis Taker, Iblis Worm)* \| Kiki \| Klagen \| Madmole \| Mono Beetle \| Moto Bug \| Mushmeanie \| Newtron \| Rhinotank** \| Sandworm* \| Spinner \| Spiny* \| Sprinkler* \| Sweeper** \| Thunder Spinner
Bosses	Console/PC*	Metal Sonic \| Death Egg Robot \| Shadow the Hedgehog \| Perfect Chaos \| Silver the Hedgehog \| Egg Dragoon \| Time Eater
Bosses	Nintendo 3DS**	Metal Sonic \| Big Arm \| Shadow the Hedgehog \| Biolizard \| Silver the Hedgehog \| Egg Emperor \| Time Eater
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Air Boost \| Bound Jump* \| Crouch \| Double Jump* \| Drift* \| Freestyle Tricks* \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop \| Jump Dash \| Kick boost \| Lightspeed Dash* \| Mid-Air Dash* \| Quick Step* \| Boost \| Slide \| Skydiving* \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Super Sonic Boost \| Super Sonic Missile \| Super Sonic Spinning \| Wall Jump
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Chaos Spear \| Drill Attack* \| Fire Beam* \| Heart Effect* \| Ice Wave* \| Meteor Smash* \| Ninja Arts: Camouflage* \| Propeller Flying* \| Psychic Knife \| Restraint Trap \| Ring Spark Field \| Sun Burst \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack \| Warping arm attack \| Whirlwind*
Color Powers		Cyan Laser** \| Orange Rocket* \| Pink Spikes* \| Red Burst**
Skills*		Aqua Shield \| Flame Shield \| Thunder Shield \| Twin Spin Attack \| Invincible Start \| Shield \| Power Sneakers \| Long Spin Dash \| Treasure Scanner \| Homing Attack \| Hercules Muscles \| Breath Holder \| Boardmaster \| Ring Time \| Blast Off \| Speed Up \| Direct Jump \| Power Stomp \| Quick Slide \| Acceleration \| Smasher Bonus \| Ring Energy Bonus \| Boost Gauge Up \| Serial Homing \| Auto-Gauge \| Gauge Rebooter \| Trick Mastery \| Endless Boost \| Power Brake \| Sure-Footed \| Safety Net \| Last Chance \| 10-Second Rings \| Athleticism \| Time Break \| Super Sonic \| Sega Genesis Controller
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Barrel \| Big Balloon \| Bomb \| Bonus Bell* \| Bottomless pit \| Bumper \| Cannon \| Cart \| Cloud* \| Conveyor Belt** \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Dimensional Bomb \| Explosion Trap \| Fan \| Flipper \| Four-way Cannon* \| Gear Platform \| Gondola* \| GUN Military Truck* \| Hanging Bell* \| Heart bomb* \| Helicopter* \| High-speed warp tube \| Horizontal Bar \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel (plate) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Kao \| Laser field \| Meteorite \| Movable box \| Mushroom \| Pole Elevator \| Prism \| Propeller \| Propeller Spring \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Rocket \| Route Signal* \| Seed Propeller** \| Seesaw \| Slot machine \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Spring Pole \| Spike Trap \| Spinning Top \| Spinning Platform \| Spotlight \| Switch \| Trap Spring \| Wall Jump Block \| Warp Point \| Wide spring \| Zip Line
Objects		Air Bubble \| Boss Gate \| Boss Gate Key* \| Buoy \| Capsule \| Chaos Emerald \| Container (Case, Spike Block, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Crank \| Energy Core \| Goal Ring \| Information Pod* \| Item Box (1-Up, Aqua Shield, Flame Shield, Invincible, Power Sneakers, Skateboard, Super Ring, Thunder Shield) \| Medal \| Mega Mack* \| Musical note* \| Red Star Ring* \| Ring \| Snowboard \| Sphere \| Star Post \| Stomping Shoes \| Time Bonus \| Wisp Capsule
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Tails) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow) \| Quinton Flynn (Silver) \| Laura Bailey (Omochao, Blaze) \| Karen Strassman (Rouge) \| Michelle Ruff (Cream) \| Keith Silverstein (Vector) \| Troy Baker (Espio) \| Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Charmy)
Japanese voice actors		Junichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryo Hirohashi (Tails (Modern)) \| Takuto Yoshinaga (Tails (Classic)) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Koji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Yuuki Masuda (Espio) \| Youko Teppozuka (Charmy) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao)
Music	Songs	Back 2 Back \| Escape from the City* \| Vengeance is Mine** \| You're My Hero
Music	Albums	Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack \| Sonic Generations: 20 Years of Sonic Music \| History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack Blue Edition \| History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack White Edition
Other		Sonic's birthday \| Boost Gauge \| Chao in Space \| Collection Room \| Combo* \| Corkscrew loop \| Death Egg Robot* \| Egg Dragoon* \| Egg Gun \| Egg Mobile \| Egg Spear \| Havok* \| Health Gauge** \| Lair of the Time Eater \| Miles Electric \| Orca \| Perfect Bonus \| Rank \| Skill Shop* \| Sonic Generations (manga) \| Sonic Generations of Skate \| Statue Room* \| Time Attack \| Tornado-1 \| Totem Pole \| White Space \| Winding Tunnel \| Wisp Gauge** Console/PC version only *Nintendo 3DS version only

Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)

Characters	Sonic \| Dr. Robotnik \| Animals (Flicky, Pocky, Pecky, Cucky, Ricky, Picky, Rocky) \| Tails* \| Knuckles* \| Super Sonic* \| Super Tails* \| Super Knuckles*
Badniks	Moto Bug \| Buzz Bomber \| Chopper \| Crabmeat \| Newtron \| Caterkiller \| Batbrain \| Roller \| Spikes \| Burrobot \| Jaws \| Orbinaut (Unidasu, Uni Uni) \| Bomb \| Ball Hog
Zones	Green Hill Zone \| Marble Zone \| Spring Yard Zone \| Labyrinth Zone \| Star Light Zone \| Scrap Brain Zone \| Final Zone \| Special Stages
Bosses	Egg Mobile-H \| Marble Zone boss \| Spring Yard Zone boss \| Labyrinth Zone boss \| Star Light Zone boss \| Final Zone
Moves/Techniques	Spin Jump \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash* \| Insta-Shield* \| Propeller Flying* \| Glide* \| Climb*
Items	Ring \| Video Monitor (Super Ring, Shield, Power Sneakers, Invincible, Extra Life, S, Flame Shield, Aqua Shield, Thunder Shield) \| Continue \| Spring \| Lamppost \| Bumper \| Switch \| Air Bubble \| Bonus Point \| Signpost \| Giant Ring \| Capsule \| Jump Stand \| Up and Down \| Reverse \| Goal
Other	Blue Sphere \| Bomb \| Chaos Emerald \| Color Block \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Fan \| Fire Statue \| Fireball Cannon \| Giant spear \| Debug Mode \| Electric Generator \| Flywheel \| High-speed elevator \| Iron ball \| Madonna \| Movable box \| Rotating platform \| Original Soundtrack \| Promotional Comic \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic the Hedgehog Band (Max, Mach, Sharps, Vector) \| Seesaw \| South Island \| Spikes \| Splats \| Story Comic \| Time Attack \| Time Over \| Totem Pole \| Winding Tunnel Exclusive to the 2013 re-release of Sonic the Hedgehog*.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Characters	Sonic (Super Sonic, Glitch Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails**) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles) \| Dr. Robotnik \| Animals (Becky, Cucky, Flicky, Pocky, Pecky, Cucky, Ricky, Picky, Rocky, Locky, Wocky, Micky, Tocky)
Badniks	Aquis \| Asteron \| Balkiry \| Banper* \| Batbot** \| BFish* \| Bubbler* \| Bubbler's Mother* \| Buzzer \| Cactus* \| Chop Chop \| Clucker \| Coconuts \| Crawl \| Crawlton \| Flasher \| Frog* \| Gator* \| Gohla \| Grabber \| Grounder \| Jellygnite** \| Lobster* \| Masher \| Nebula \| Octus \| Rexon \| Shellcracker \| Slicer \| Snail* \| Spiker \| Spiny \| Stegway \| Turtloids \| Redz \| Whisp
Zones	Emerald Hill Zone \| Chemical Plant Zone \| Aquatic Ruin Zone \| Casino Night Zone \| Hill Top Zone \| Mystic Cave Zone \| Oil Ocean Zone \| Metropolis Zone \| Sky Chase Zone \| Wing Fortress Zone \| Death Egg Zone \| Green Hill Zone* \| Hidden Palace Zone** \| Genocide City Zone* \| Sand Shower Zone* \| Rock World Zone* \| Wood Zone* \| Egg Gauntlet Zone \| Boss Attack Zone \| Proto Palace Zone** \| Special Stage
Bosses	Drill Eggman \| Water Eggman \| Tonkachi Eggman \| Catcher Eggman \| Submarine Eggman \| Drill Eggman II \| Hidden Palace Zone boss** \| Submarine Eggman II \| Flying Eggman \| Barrier Eggman \| Mecha Sonic \| Death Egg Robot
Moves/Techniques	Climb \| Glide \| Insta-Shield** \| Propeller Flying \| Spin Jump \| Super Dash Attack \| Super Spin Attack
Items	Air Bubble \| Bomb \| Booster \| Bumper \| Capsule \| Continue \| Fan \| Flipper \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Metal nut \| Monitor (Super Ring, Shield, Power Sneakers, Invincible, Extra Life, Teleporter, Eggman, Lightning Shield, Flame Shield, Random, Water Shield, S) \| Ring \| Signpost \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Star Circle \| Star Post \| Switch
Other	Original Soundtrack \| Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Chaos Emerald \| Conveyor Belt \| Corkscrew loop \| Crusher \| Death Egg Robot \| Debug Mode \| Egg Jet \| Giant spear \| Gondola \| High-speed elevator \| High-speed warp tube \| Mega Mack \| Perfect Bonus \| Seesaw \| Shuttle loop \| Slot machine \| Spikes \| Stone pillar \| Time Attack \| Tornado \| Totem pole \| West Side Island \| Winding Tunnel Exclusive to the prototype versions of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. * Exclusive to the 2013 re-release version.

Sonic Mania

Playable characters		Sonic the Hedgehog (Super Sonic) \| Miles "Tails" Prower (Super Tails) \| Knuckles the Echidna (Super Knuckles) \| Mighty the Armadillo* (Super Mighty)* \| Ray the Flying Squirrel* (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
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 \| 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 \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Electrical conduit \| Fan \| Fireball Cannon \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Goal Plate \| High-speed warp tube \| Ice Spring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pulley \| Ruby Mist \| Seesaw \| Size Beam \| Snowblower \| Spikes \| Spring \| Switch \| Transport \| Vine \| Zip Line
Objects		Air Bubble \| Capsule \| 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 \| Star Post \| 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 \| Hang Glider \| Klepto Mobile \| Level Select \| Little Planet \| Mega Mack \| Perfect Bonus \| Phantom Ruby \| Rock Drill \| 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 \| Tornado \| Winding Tunnel Appears in Sonic Mania Plus* only

[StH3-1] Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Sega Mega Drive) United States instruction booklet, pg. 9.

[StH3Jap-2] Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Sega Mega Drive) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 10.

[SAdv1-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Sonic Advance (Game Boy Advance) United States Instruction Booklet, pg. 8.

[SAdv-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Sonic Advance 2 (Game Boy Advance) United States Instruction Booklet, pg. 9.

[Sonic_Advance_3_manual-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Sonic Advance 3 (Game Boy Advance) United States Instruction Booklet, pg. 9.

[6] Sonic Advance 3 (Game Boy Advance) United States Instruction Booklet, pg. 11.

[7] Sonic the Comic #36, "Power of the Chaos Emeralds, Part 2"

[8] Sonic the Hedgehog #13, "This Island Hedgehog"

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