Jump Panel (plate)

Jump on panel No. 1. It will take you to panels 2 and 3. Jump as soon as you land on the panel, or else you'll fall.

— Tikal, Sonic Adventure

The Jump Panel (ジャンプパネル, Janpu paneru^?) is a gimmick that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a sequence of panels the playable characters can jump to in-between in order to proceed through a level.

Description

The Jump Panels are a bunch of five or more panels that the player can use to reach higher places that are hard to access, as a shortcut. When using the Jump Panels, the player goes to go to the first panel and presses the jump button to be warped to the second panel, then jumps again to be warped to the next panel, until reaching the final panel. The warping works even if the panels are in vertical walls. However, if the player does not press the jump button quickly once warped to a panel, they will fall off it and must restart the chain of panels.

Game appearances

Sonic Adventure

Number panels first appeared in Sonic Adventure and its enhanced port Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut. In this game, they are five panels numbered in order, and are colored orange, yellow and green (they will turn into black when the playable character is standing on them). They appear in Emerald Coast, Windy Valley, Icecap and Red Mountain.

Sonic Rivals 2

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Sonic Generations

In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations, the Jump Panels appear in Emerald Coast Act 1 and 2. They have the same design as in Sonic Adventure, but due to the gameplay being in 2.5D, the panels have a numbered sprite with a circle around looking at the camera. Also, when Sonic first touches a Jump Panel or jumps off of it, it releases a rainbow aura.

In order to use a Jump Panel in gameplay, the player must press .

Trivia

The mechanic of jumping between predetermined points in walls was reused in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) to jump from wall to wall, however without visible Jump Panels.

The Jump Panel in the prototype images of *Sonic Adventure*.

In the prototype images for Sonic Adventure (particularly from the autodemo), the Jump Panel had a Target Switch-like pad that marked the spot where the player would land after using the Jump Panels.
Jump Panels appear in LEGO Dimensions, within the Emerald Coast portion of the Sonic Level Pack and in various places in the Adventure World.
Although the highest number of Jump Panels seen in Sonic Adventure is eight, a fully-functional ninth jump panel was present in the AutoDemo version of Speed Highway, and can still be found in the game's files.

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Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut. Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS) Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS)

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| E-102 Gamma \| Big \| Metal Sonic*
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Beta (Mark II) \| Chao \| Chaos (Chaos 1, Chaos 2, Chaos 4, Chaos 6, Perfect Chaos) \| Cream* \| Delta \| Epsilon \| Froggy \| Grandma \| Mr. Know-It-All \| NiGHTS \| Pachacamac \| Tikal \| Unnamed Sonic robot* \| ZERO \| Zeta \| Animals (Deer, Elephant, Gorilla, Kangaroo, Koala, Lion, Mole, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Rabbit, Robin, Seal, Sea Otter, Skunk)
Adventure Fields		Egg Carrier \| Mystic Ruins \| Station Square
Action Stages		Emerald Coast \| Windy Valley \| Casinopolis \| IceCap \| Twinkle Park \| Speed Highway \| Red Mountain \| Sky Deck \| Lost World \| Hot Shelter \| Final Egg
Sub Games		Sky Chase \| Sand Hill \| Hedgehog Hammer \| Twinkle Circuit \| Boss
Enemies		Beat \| Bladed Spinner \| Boa-Boa \| Buyoon \| Cart Kiki \| Cop Speeder \| Egg Keeper \| Electro Spinner \| Fighter Aircraft A \| Fighter Aircraft B \| Gola \| Ice Ball \| Icecap's unnamed aircraft \| Kiki \| Leon \| Mechanical fish \| Pirate \| Rhinotank \| Sky Deck's unnamed jet fighter \| Spiky Spinner \| Sweeper
Bosses		Chaos 0 \| Chaos 2 \| Chaos 4 \| Chaos 6 \| E-101 Beta \| E-101 Mark II \| E-102 Gamma \| E-103 Delta \| E-104 Epsilon \| E-105 Zeta \| Egg Carrier \| Egg Hornet \| Egg Viper \| Egg Walker \| Knuckles the Echidna \| Perfect Chaos \| Sonic the Hedgehog \| ZERO
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Bolt of lightning \| Climb \| Dig \| Flight Mode \| Glide \| Hammer Attack \| Hammer Jump \| Hover \| Homing Attack \| Homing Missile Launch \| Jump Attack \| Laser Gun \| Light Speed Attack \| Light Speed Dash \| Lure Attack \| Maximum Heat Knuckles Attack \| Pick \| Propeller Flight \| Punch Attack \| Rapid Tails Attack \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Hammer Attack \| Spin Jump \| Tails Attack
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Arm Punch \| Bomb Attack \| Bomb Gun Attack \| Charge \| Double Punch \| Earthquake Attack \| Electric Arm \| Energy Ball Attack \| Flame Thrower Attack \| Guiding Missiles \| Instantaneous Liquefaction \| Laser Beam Attack \| Homing Tail Slice \| Inhale Attack \| Marble Attack \| Phantom Shadow Move \| Punch \| Quarter Attack \| Scorpion Attack \| Shockwave Attack (Chaos 6) \| Sonic Boom \| Spin Attack \| Spinning Spike Attack \| Spouting Attack \| Squash Roll Attack \| Swing Punch
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bumper \| Bumper Car \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Conveyor Belt \| Crank \| Dash Panel \| Dash Ring \| Drum Can \| Explosion Trap \| Fan \| Flipper \| Fountain \| Goal Balloon \| Hanging Bell \| Helicopter \| Hint Box \| Hint Orb \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel (plate) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Jump Ramp \| Laser field \| Lit Panel \| Mirror \| Monkey Detonation Switch \| Orca \| Point Marker \| Power cube \| Rocket \| Satellite \| Slot machine \| Spiked bar \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Switch \| Teleporter \| Wide spring \| Wind Path \| Zip Line
Items	General	Air Bubble \| Cart pass \| Chao Egg \| Chaos Emerald \| Doll \| Emblem \| Emerald Shard \| Employee ID Card \| Item Box (5 Rings, 10 Rings, Extra Life, High-Speed Shoes, Invincibility, Magnetic Shield, Random Rings, Shield, Smart Bomb) \| Key Stone (Gold statue, Ice Stone, Silver statue, Wind Stone) \| Ring \| Sandboard \| Snowboard \| Sonic Token
Items	Level Up Items	Ancient Light \| Crystal Ring \| Fighting Gloves \| Jet Anklet \| Jet Booster \| Laser Blaster \| Life Belt \| Light Speed Shoes \| Long Hammer \| Lure \| Power Rod \| Rhythm Badge \| Shovel Claw \| Warrior Feather
English voice actors		Ryan Drummond (Sonic) \| Corey Bringas (Tails) \| Michael McGaharn (Knuckles) \| Deem Bristow (Eggman) \| Jennifer Douillard (Amy) \| Jon St. John (Big) \| Elara Distler (Tikal, Station Square Train Voice, Default Menu Voice) \| Steve Broadie (Gamma, Pachacamac, Mystic Ruins Train Voice) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Kazuki Hayashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Shun Yashiro (Big) \| Kaori Asoh (Tikal) \| Jōji Nakata (Gamma) \| Tōru Ōkawa (Pachacamac) \| Kaho Kōda (Station Square Train Voice) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Mystic Ruins Train Voice) \| Elara Distler (Default Menu Voice) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Music	Songs	Believe In Myself \| It Doesn't Matter \| Lazy Days \| My Sweet Passion \| Open Your Heart \| Unknown from M.E.
Music	Albums	Sonic Adventure Original Sound Track (Digi-Log Conversation) \| Sonic Adventure Remix \| Sonic Adventure: Songs With Attitude Vocal Mini-Album \| Sonic Adventure Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition \| Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era
Other		777 Slots Pinball \| Angel Island \| Auto Running \| Black Market \| Card & Pinball \| Chao Adventure^ \| Chao Garden (Station Square Garden, Mystic Ruins Garden, Egg Carrier Island) \| Chao Race \| Chao Stadium \| Chao in Space \| Chao Machine \| Chao Search* \| Corkscrew loop \| Debug Mode \| E-100 Series \| Egg Carrier \| Egg Carrier 2 \| Emerald Radar \| Freeze \| Life gauge \| Mission Mode \| Mystic Ruins \| Shrine of Knuckles's race \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Adventure (LCD) \| Station Square \| Station Square Police Department \| Tails' Lab \| Tornado \| Tornado 2 \| Transporter Machine Exclusive to Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut* ^Exclusive to Dreamcast version of Sonic Adventure

Sonic Rivals 2

Main article | Scripts (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Rouge, Shadow, Metal Sonic, Silver, Espio) | Staff | Gallery

Playable characters		Sonic \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Rouge \| Shadow \| Metal Sonic \| Silver \| Espio
Non-playable characters		Mimic Ghost \| Team Chaotix (Vector) \| Dr. Eggman \| Dr. Eggman Nega \| Metal Sonic 3.0
Zones		Blue Coast Zone \| Sunset Forest Zone \| Neon Palace Zone \| Frontier Canyon Zone \| Mystic Haunt Zone \| Chaotic Inferno Zone
Battle		Capture the Chao \| King of the Hill \| Knock Out \| Laps Race \| Ring Battle \| Tag
Enemies		Bombat \| Cannon Flapper \| Egg Pawn \| Guardon Crab \| Hyudoro
Bosses		Egg Liner \| Egg Crawler \| Egg Dealer \| Egg Bull \| Egg Phantom \| Ifrit
Moves/ Techniques	General	Air Boost \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Speed Boost \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump
Moves/ Techniques	Signature Moves	Bat Guard \| Chaos Control \| Chroma Camo \| Copycat \| ESP \| Knuckle Slam \| Sonic Boom \| Tail Copter
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bingo \| Boost Object \| Boost Ring \| Bungee Rope \| Cannon \| Dash Panel \| Flipper \| Fountain \| Grind Rail \| Hang Glider \| High-speed warp tube \| Jump Panel (plate) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Movable box \| Minecart \| Rocket \| Slot machine \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Switch \| Warp Hole
Items		Barrel \| Container (Wooden Container \| Outfit \| Power-Up (Magnet) \| Ring
Voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic, Shadow) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Pete Capella (Silver the Hedgehog) \| David Wills (Espio the Chameleon) \| Kathleen Delaney (Rouge the Bat) \| Dan Green (Knuckles the Echidna), (Vector the Crocodile) \| Mike Pollock (Doctor Eggman), (Doctor Eggman Nega)
Music		Race To Win
Other		Chaos Emerald \| Corkscrew loop \| Emerald Detector \| Freeze \| Master Emerald \| Rank \| Real-Time Interaction \| Shuttle loop \| Signature Meter \| Winding Tunnel

Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS)

Main article | Script | Staff | Beta elements | Gallery

Playable characters		Modern Sonic (Modern Super Sonic) \| Classic Sonic (Classic Super Sonic)
Non-playable characters		Biolizard \| Classic Eggman \| Classic Metal Sonic \| Classic Tails \| Modern Eggman \| Modern Tails \| Shadow \| Silver \| Time Eater
Wisps		Cyan \| Red
Stages		Green Hill \| Casino Night \| Mushroom Hill \| Emerald Coast \| Radical Highway \| Water Palace \| Tropical Resort \| Special Stage
Enemies		Blue Eagle \| Butterdroid \| Buzzer \| Chopper \| Crabmeat \| Crawl \| Dragonfly \| Flapper \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pawn (spear) \| Gold Beetle \| Gun Hunter \| Kiki \| Klagen \| Madmole \| Mono Beetle \| Moto Bug \| Mushmeanie \| Newtron \| Rhinotank \| Spinner \| Sweeper
Bosses		Metal Sonic \| Big Arm \| Shadow the Hedgehog \| Biolizard \| Silver the Hedgehog \| Egg Emperor \| Time Eater
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Air Boost \| Boost \| Crouch \| Freestyle Tricks \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop \| Jump Dash \| Roll \| Slide \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Super Sonic Boost \| Wall Jump
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Chaos Spear \| Ring Spark Field \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack \| Warping arm attack
Color Powers		Cyan Laser \| Red Burst
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bomb \| Bottomless pit \| Bumper \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Exploding Balloon \| Fan \| Flipper \| Grind Rail \| Horizontal Bar \| Jump Panel (plate) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Meteorite \| Mushroom \| Prism \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Rocket \| Seed Propeller \| Slot machine \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Spring Pole \| Star Post \| Zip Line
Items		Air Bubble \| Boss Gate \| Chaos Emerald \| Container (Steel Container, Wooden Container) \| Crank \| Goal Plate \| Goal Ring \| Item Box (1UP, Explosion, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Shield, Super Ring, Time Item) \| Ring \| Sphere \| Stomping Shoes \| Wisp Capsule
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Modern Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Classic Eggman, Modern Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Classic Tails, Modern Tails) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow) \| Quinton Flynn (Silver)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Modern Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Classic Eggman, Modern Eggman) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Modern Tails) \| Takuto Yoshinaga (Classic Tails) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver)
Music	Songs	"Back 2 Back" \| "Vengeance is Mine"
Music	Albums	20 Years of Sonic Music \| Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack \| History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack Blue Edition
Other		Sonic's birthday \| Boss Health Gauge \| Boost Gauge \| Collection \| Corkscrew loop \| Death Egg \| Egg Emperor \| Orca \| Rank \| Sonic Generations (manga) \| Sonic Generations of Skate \| Time Attack \| Time Hole \| Totem pole \| White Space \| Winding Tunnel \| Wisp Gauge