Key
Purpose
Opening gates Unlocking rewards
The key [1] is an object that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . They are used to unlock blocked paths and grant rewards.
Description
Keys are small skeleton keys with round bows, although minor design details vary between games.
In gameplay, keys have served different purposes, although all for the reason of unlocking something specific. In the majority of the games they have appeared in, they are used to unlock essential paths in the Stages that are blocked by gates. These keys always come in a sets and lie scattered around for the player to collect by touching them. Only by collecting all these keys can their gate be opened. In other games, they are collectibles that grant extra rewards when collected.
Game appearances
Sonic Labyrinth
In Sonic Labyrinth , the keys have only one tooth and flash in different colors (a blue key, a red key, and a white key). Each level in the game has three keys scattered around them which are needed to open the gate to the Goal .
In gameplay, keys can either be found lying around the levels or carried around by enemies, the latter which must be destroyed to make them drop the key. Thirty seconds are added to the timer with each key acquired. Upon taking damage, all collected keys scatter in the immediate vicinity: grab them back quickly or they will warp to their original resting spot in the level. Note that retrieving a lost key does not add time to the countdown.
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
In Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) , the keys are golden with two small teeth, and have a white star surrounded by a blue and red circle within their bow.
In gameplay, Keys are only found in Shadow's version of Kingdom Valley and some of the Hard Mode Action Stages . In this game, three of them lie scattered around the general area of the gate they unlock, usually inside Cases or behind breakable ice walls. Once all of the keys are collected, their gate will automatically be opened.
Team Sonic Racing
A key in Team Sonic Racing .
In Team Sonic Racing , the keys are short, each with a round bow resembling a car's steering wheel and two small teeth.
In gameplay, keys appear in Team Adventure mode. Each chapter in Team Adventure has a set number of keys that the player can acquire. To collect them, the player has to fulfill certain racing conditions or goals within specific racing stages in the chapter. By collecting them, the player will rewarded with specific Mods for their race cars, namely Vinyls and Horns .
Trivia
References
↑ Sonic Team, Blindlight (24 November 2006). Sonic the Hedgehog. Xbox 360/PlayStation 3. Sega. Area/Level: Kingdom Valley. "Rouge the Bat : It looks like you need to find three keys to move on. Leave it to me!"
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Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) | Tails | Knuckles | Shadow (Super Shadow ) | Rouge | Omega | Silver (Super Silver ) | Blaze | Amy
Non-playable characters
Accordion Player | Adrianna | Alan | Alberto Robert | Alfano | Anna | Antonio | Aristo | Berruni | Bishop | Claudia | Dante | Eggman | Duchess of Soleanna | Duke of Soleanna | Elkan | Frances | Francesca | GUN Soldier | Galienna | Gina | Hatsun | Herman | Iblis | Ken Williams | Ladies-in-waiting | Liza | Lord Regis | Mancini | Mels | Mephiles (Mephiles's monstrous form ) | Mikhail | Nicolo | Paganini | Parr | Pele | Pinto | Porta | Priest | Princess Elise the Third | Prodi | Puccini | Renzo | Roberta | Rossi | Sabrina | Sandro | Solaris | Soleanna Boys (Pucci ) | Soleanna Royal Guards (Alessio , Fabio , Giorgio , Guido , Pietro ) | Solomon | Solsaliente (Monica ) | Sonic Man | Sophia | Zof
Action Stages
Wave Ocean | Dusty Desert | White Acropolis | Crisis City | Flame Core | Radical Train | Tropical Jungle | Kingdom Valley | Aquatic Base | End of the World
Town Stages
Soleanna Castle Town | Soleanna New City | Soleanna Forest
DLC Stages
Sonic Boss Attack | Shadow Boss Attack | Silver Boss Attack | Team Attack Amigo
Town Missions
Sonic
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20
Shadow
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
Silver
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18
Enemies
Eggman's mechs
Egg Armor | Egg Bomber | Egg Buster | Egg Buster (Egg Gunner) | Egg Cannon | Egg Chaser | Egg Commander | Egg Flyer | Egg Guardian | Egg Gunner | Egg Hunter | Egg Keeper | Egg Lancer | Egg Liner | Egg Rounder | Egg Searcher | Egg Stinger | Egg Sweeper | Egg Walker
Iblis's Minions
Gazer | Golem | Iblis Biter | Iblis Taker | Iblis Worm | Shadows | Stalker | Titan | Tricker
Bosses
Egg-Cerberus | Egg-Genesis | Egg-Wyvern | Iblis | Mephiles | Shadow | Silver | Solaris | Sonic
Moves/Techniques
Arrow of Light | Accelerator Tornado | Attack | Blast Jump | Bomb | Bomb Snipe | Bound Jump | Chaos Attack | Chaos Boost (Chaos Blast , Chaos Lance , Chaos Snap ) | Chaos Spear | Climb | Custom Action (Gun Drive , Homing Smash , Mach Speed , Scale , Slow , Thunder Guard , Tornado ) | Crouch | Double Jump | Dummy Ring Blitz | Dummy Ring Bomb | Dummy Ring Snipe | Edge Attack | Fire Claw | Fly | Glide | Grab All | Ground Shaker | Hammer Attack | Heart Mine | Hold Smash | Homing Attack | Hover | Invisibility | Jump Dash | Levitate | Light Dash | Lock-On Shot | Omega Launcher | Omega Shot | Psychokinesis | Psycho Shock | Psycho Smash | Punch Attack | Screwdriver | Shield of Light | Sliding Attack | Spear of Light | Spin Dash | Spin Jump | Spin Kick | Spinning Claw | Teleport Dash | Turbo Boost | Wall Jump | Wings of Light
Vehicles
Bike | Buggy | Hover Craft | Glider
Gimmicks and obstacles
Bungee Rope | Conveyor Belt | Cylinder | Eagle | Eye of Solaris | Hanging Bell | Hint Ring | Horizontal Bar | Jump Panel | Laser field | Lotus | Mechanical Ring | Mirror of Soleanna | Orb statue | Orca | PK mark | Purple orb | Point Marker | Pulley | Rainbow Ring | Silver Sphere | Sphere | Spiked bar | Spotlight | Spring | Switch | Tightrope | Trick Jump Panel | Turtle | Vine | Warp Hole | Wide spring | Wind switch
Items
General
Apple | Barrel | Chaos Drive | Car | Container (Blue crate , Case , Explosive crate , Steel Container , Wooden Container ) | Custom Shoes | Dummy Ring | Explosion Trap | Goal Ring | Heart bomb | Item Box (Extra Life , Gauge Up , High Speed , Invincible , Rings ) | Key | Light Core | Medal | Minecart | Ring | Snowboard
Level Up Items
Air Chip | Antigravity | Bounce Bracelet | Gem (Blue Gem , Green Gem , Purple Gem , Rainbow Gem , Red Gem , Sky Gem , White Gem , Yellow Gem ) | Heart of Wind | Light Chip | Memory Shard (black) | Memory Shard (blue) | Memory Shard (red) | Power Bracelet | Shock Bracelet | Single-Layered Extreme
English voice actors
Jason Griffith (Sonic , Shadow ) | Pete Capella (Silver ) | Lacey Chabert (Elise ) | Mike Pollock (Eggman , Narrator) | Amy Palant | (Tails , Ladies-in-waiting ) | Lisa Ortiz (Amy , Ladies-in-waiting ) | Bella Hudson (Blaze ) | Dan Green (Knuckles , Mephiles , Solaris Project scientists) | Kathleen Delaney (Rouge ) | Maddie Blaustein (Omega ) | David Wills (Duke , G.U.N communitcator )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) | Daisuke Ono (Silver ) | Maaya Sakamoto (Elise ) | Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) Kenji Utsumi (Narrator, Duke ) | Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) | Hikari Yono (Ladies-in-waiting ) | Nao Takamori (Blaze ) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Takayuki Sakazume (Mephiles ) | Keiji Okuda (Solaris Project scientist, G.U.N. communicator ) | Yoshikazu Kozuma (Solaris Project scientist) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Taiten Kusunoki (Omega )
Music
Songs
"All Hail Shadow " | "Dreams of an Absolution " | "His World " | "My Destiny " | "Solaris Phase 1 " | "Sweet Dreams AKON Mix "
Albums
Sonic the Hedgehog Original Soundtrack | Sonic the Hedgehog Vocal Traxx: Several Wills
Other
Action Gauge | Auto Running | Chao in Space | Day of Disaster | Dual Chaos Control | Eggman's chair | Egg Carrier | Egg train | Festival of the Sun | Havok | Health Gauge | Life | Loop | Rank | Rimlight | Scepter of Darkness | Shop | Soleanna | Solaris Project | Sonic the Hedgehog CHAOS CRUSH! | Super-Speed Stage | Water
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Playable characters
Team Sonic
Sonic | Tails | Knuckles
Team Rose
Amy | Chao (Dark Chao , Hero Chao , Neutral Chao , Omochao ) | Big
Team Vector
Blaze | Silver | Vector
Team Dark
Shadow | Rouge | Omega
Team Eggman
Metal Sonic | Dr. Eggman | Zavok | Eggpawn | Death Egg
Non-playable characters
Boo | Boom Boo | Buzzer | Chopper | Crabmeat | Cubot | Dodon Pa | Egg Squid | Froggy | King Boom Boo | Mother Wisp | Orbot | Orca | Sandworm
Wisps
Black | Blue | Crimson | Cyan | Ivory | Jade | Magenta | Orange | Pink | Gray | Red | Violet | White | Yellow
Tracks
Planet Wisp
Wisp Circuit | Mother's Canyon | Doctor's Mine
Seaside Hill
Ocean View | Lost Palace | Whale Lagoon
Glacierland
Ice Mountain | Frozen Junkyard | Hidden Volcano
Casino Park
Roulette Road | Bingo Party | Pinball Highway
Sandopolis
Sand Road | Boo's House | Clockwork Pyramid
Rooftop Run
Market Street | Sky Road | Haunted Castle
Final Fortress
Thunder Deck | Dark Arsenal | Turbine Loop
Events
Boost Race | Daredevil | Destruction | Eggpawn Assault | Grand Prix | King of the Hill | Lightning Race | Ring Challenge | Rocket Race | Showdown Race | Survival Race | Team Boost Race | Team Grand Prix | Team King of the Hill | Team Lightning Race | Team Race | Team Rocket Race | Team Vampire Race | Time Trial | Traffic Attack | Vampire Race
Enemies
Eggpawn | Eggsplosive Eggpawn | Hard-boiled Eggpawn | Melee Eggpawn | Standard Eggpawn
Moves/Techniques
Drift | Item Box Transfer | Radial Burst | Rival Takedown | Skim Boost | Slingshot | Start Line Boost | Stunt | Team Ultimate
Color Powers
Black Bomb | Blue Cube | Crimson Eagle | Cyan Laser | Gray Quake | Ivory Lightning | Jade Ghost | Magenta Rhythm | Orange Rocket | Pink Spikes | Red Burst | Violet Void | Yellow Drill
Vehicles
Beat Monster | Chao Pod | Cross Dozer | Dark Reaper | Egg Booster | Formula M | Frog Cruiser | Land Breaker | Lightron | Lip Spyder | Pink Cabriolet | Road Dragoon | Royal Chariot | Speed Star | Whirlwind Sport
Gimmicks and obstacles
Boost Pad | Kao | Spring | Star Post | Wide spring
Items
Bonus Box | Credit | Item Box (Invincibility ) | Key | Medal | Mod (Car Cosmetic (Horn , Paint Kit , Vinyl ), Performance Part ) | Mod Pod | Ring
English voice actors
Roger Craig Smith (Sonic , Wisp announcer) | Mike Pollock (Eggman ) | Kyle Hebert (Big , Dodon Pa ) | Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Tails ) | Dave Mitchell (Knuckles ) | Patrick Seitz (Zavok ) | Cindy Robinson (Amy ) | Kirk Thornton (Shadow , Orbot ) | Karen Strassman (Rouge ) | Aaron LaPlante (Omega ) | Bryce Papenbrook (Silver ) | Keith Silverstein (Vector ) | Erica Lindbeck (Blaze , Omochao ) | Wally Wingert (Cubot ) | Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Kotaro Nakamura (Eggman ) | Katsuhisa Hōki (Dodon Pa ) | Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Takashi Nagasako (Big ) | Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao ) | Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) | Taiten Kusunoki (Omega ) | Daisuke Ono (Silver ) | Kenta Miyake (Vector ) | Nao Takamori (Blaze ) | Jōji Nakata (Zavok ) | Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot ) | Wataru Takagi (Cubot ) | Tomoko Sasaki (Chao ) | Fumihiko Tachiki (Wisp announcer)
Music
Songs
"Green Light Ride "
Albums
Maximum Overdrive - Team Sonic Racing Original Soundtrack | Team Sonic Racing Trailer Music Selection
Other
Death Egg Robot | Donpa Kingdom | Donpa Motors | Egg Squid | Loop | Orca | Power-Type | Sonic Racing | Speed-Type | Team Sonic Racing Overdrive ("Dangerous Distractions ", "Eyes on the Prize ", "The Complete Race ") | Technique-Type | Ultimate Meter | Team Sonic Racing One-shot | Team Sonic Racing Plus Deluxe Turbo Championship Edition one-shot | Ultimate Energy Engine | Ultimate Team Energy