Mine (explosive device)

Mine
A Mine, from Sonic Drift 2.
Appearances
First appearance	Sonic Drift
Game appearances	Sonic Drift Sonic Drift 2 Sonic Colors (Nintendo DS) Sonic Frontiers
Statistics and overview
User(s)	Amy Rose Dr. Eggman Fang the Sniper Knuckles the Echidna Metal Sonic Miles "Tails" Prower Sonic the Hedgehog
Purpose	Setting traps on racetracks
Description	An explosive device set on roads.

The Mine is an obstacle that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is an explosive device that can be deployed on playing fields to serve as obstacles.

Description

The Mines design has varied over the course of the Sonic series. However, they generally resemble metallic orbs with spikes on their surface.

In gameplay, whenever a playable character makes contact with a Mine, it will cause them to take damage and lose Rings. Additional effects may also occur, depending on the game.

Game appearances

Sonic Drift series

Sonic Drift

The mine made its first appearance in Sonic Drift. In this game, the Mines resemble round and black metal balls with gray spikes on them and a blue stripe around their equator.

In gameplay, Dr. Robotnik has the ability to drop Mines on the race tracks while racing after collecting two Rings. Touching a Mine in this game makes the playable character come to a temporary stop and spin uncontrollably in addition to losing Rings.

Sonic Drift 2

In Sonic Drift 2, the Mines appear in greater quantity. In this game, they retain their design from Sonic Drift, meaning they resemble black metal balls with gray spikes on them and a blue stripe around their equator.

In gameplay, Robotnik retains the ability to drop Mines on the race tracks while racing after collecting two Rings. Other racers can also drop Mines onto the race tracks if they obtain the Mine Item Box. Mines may also lie naturally along the race tracks of certain courses, such as Dark Valley 2, Death Egg, Emerald Hill 1 and 2, Hill Top 1, Milky Way, Mystic Cave, Quake Cave and Rainy Savanna. Touching a Mine in this game makes the playable character come to a temporary stop and spin uncontrollably in addition to losing Rings.

Sonic Colors

In the Nintendo DS version of Sonic Colors, the Mines made a return appearance in the game's regular Acts. In this game, they resemble large and gray iron balls.

In gameplay, Mines can be encountered during the underground sections with the Yellow Drill on Planet Wisp. Also, in Versus Mode (the multiplayer mode of Sonic Colors), the player can drop Mines on top of opposing players with the Mine Item Box. Touching a Mine in this game causes the Mine to explode and damage the playable character.

Sonic Frontiers

• The mine radar, in Sonic Frontiers.
• Sonic stepping on a mine, from Sonic Frontiers.

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In Sonic Frontiers, Mines return in Cyber Space stage 4-D and 4-H during The Final Horizon. In this game, the mines themselves are unseen, and are instead detected by a radar that shows up as an exclamation mark floating above Sonic's head. The radar will flash blue, then yellow, and finally red the closer Sonic gets to it. Avoiding the mines is a requirement one of the missions for 4-D and 4-H.

Should Sonic step on a mine, it'll explode underneath him, sending him flying extremely high up. If Sonic has no Rings, the stage will restart. Using the explosion can be useful for gaining large amounts of height.

Gallery

Screenshots

Dr. Robotnik holding the Mine, from the Japanese commercial of Sonic Drift.

See also

• Mine (disambiguation)

References

Sonic Drift

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Sonic Drift 2

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Sonic Colors (Nintendo DS)

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Sonic Frontiers

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Main article (The Final Horizon) · Script · Credits · Beta elements · Glitches · Gallery

*Appears in The Final Horizon exclusively
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