Platform-raising Wheel

The Platform-raising Wheel^[1] (ホイール^[2], Hoīru^?, lit. "Wheel") is a gimmick that appears in Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a mechanism used to alter the environment with the Spin Dash.

Description[]

The Platform-raising Wheel is usually a blue and yellow-colored half-circle that is placed half-hidden in the ground. When rotated through the use of the Spin Dash, it changes the nearby landscape, thus facilitating the player's progress through the stage.

Game appearances[]

Sonic the Hedgehog 3[]

In Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and the lock-on game Sonic 3 & Knuckles, this object can be found at Marble Garden Zone. In order to use the gimmick, the player must perform the Spin Dash whilst making contact with the object. Doing so causes doors to unlock or platforms to rise from the ground, allowing the player to progress further.

In Marble Garden Zone Act 2, rope reels of pulley are seen being attached to wheels on steep hills. When the character picks up the pulley ring, the wheel will begin to pull them up until they had to let it go and jump to the other side.

Sonic Advance 3[]

In Sonic Advance 3, Platform-raising Wheels appear in Route 99, although they are colored orange this time around. Rolling them using a Spin Dash makes a series of blocks pop out from the walls to create bridges. However, the bridges will retract a few seconds after using the wheel.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II[]

In Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II, Platform-raising Wheels appear in Sylvania Castle Zone, serving the same purpose as it did from its previous appearances. This time, the player is given a visual prompt to perform the Spin Dash at the left side of the half-circle. Platform-raising Wheels serve to open rock doors and hatches in the Zone.

Sonic Mania[]

In Sonic Mania and its expansion Sonic Mania Plus, the platform-raising wheels appear in Stardust Speedway Zone. In this game, they look exactly like they did in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (except for a darker color scheme) and possess the same functions.

Trivia[]

In Sonic the Hedgehog 3, should the player jump on top of this gimmick and then Spin Dash on it, the character will be thrown backwards into the air, still in Spin Dash position.
It is possible to complete both acts of Marble Garden Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 without using these wheels.

Gallery[]

Concept artwork[]

Screenshots[]

Gallery
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic Advance 3 Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II Sonic Mania

References[]

↑ Sonic the Comic #34, "Sonic 3 Part 1 - The Zones"
↑ (in Japanese) ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ３公式ガイドブック. Shogakukan. 1 July 1994. p. 15. ISBN 978-4091024794.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

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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

*Appears in Competition mode only · **Appears in re-releases only
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Sonic Advance 3

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Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) · Tails · Knuckles · Amy · Cream and Cheese · Eggman
Non-playable characters		Vanilla · Gemerl (Ultimate Gemerl) · Chao · Omochao
Zones		Route 99 · Sunset Hill · Ocean Base · Toy Kingdom · Twinkle Snow · Cyber Track · Chaos Angel · Altar Emerald · Nonaggression · Special Stage · Mini-Games
Enemies		Akatento · Aotento · Ape · Bu-Bu · Buzzer · Clam · Condor · Gaogao · Gekogeko · Ginpe · Guards · Guruguru · Hariisen · Jousun · Juggling · Kamaki · Kyacchaa · Marun · Minimole · Muukaden · Spina · Takkon · Uutsubo · Yadokk · Yukigasen
Bosses		Egg Hammer 3 · Egg Ball No.2 · Egg Foot · Egg Cube · Egg Chaser · Egg Pinball · Egg Gravity · Hyper Eggrobo · Ultimate Gemerl
Moves/ techniques	General	Amy Dash · Big Hammer Attack · Boost Mode · Bound Attack · Breast Stroke · Breathe · Chao Attack · Chao Ball Attack · Chao Spin · Chao Spinning Attack · Dash Climb · Dog Paddle · 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 · Life Ring · Look down · 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 Attack · 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
	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 · Gondola · Grind Rail · High-speed warp tube · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Minecart · Platform-raising Wheel · Propeller Spring · Pulley · Seesaw · Snowblower · Spring · Spring Pole · Special Spring · Spin ring · Star Post · Switch
Items		Act Ring · Capsule · Chaos Emerald · Factory Ring · Goal Medal · Item Box (1-Up, 5 Ring Bonus, 10 Ring Bonus, Confusion, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Minus Ring, Mosaic, Power Sneakers, Random Ring Bonus, Shield, Slow, Swap, Transparency) · Ring · Special Key
Voice actors	English	Ryan Drummond (Sonic) · Deem Bristow (Eggman) · William Corkery (Tails) · Scott Dreier (Knuckles) · Jennifer Douillard (Amy) · Sarah Wulfeck (Cream) · Jon St. John (announcer)
	Japanese	Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) · Taeko Kawata (Amy) · Sayaka Aoki (Cream)
Other		Altar of Emerald · Angel Island · Chao Playground · Corkscrew · Fly Type · Freeze · Life · Loop · Power Type · Sonic Factory · Speed Type · Time Attack · Tornado 2 · Water

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Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II

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Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Metal Sonic
Non-playable characters		Eggman \| Animals (Flicky, Pocky, Pecky, Cucky, Picky)
Zones	Episode II	Sylvania Castle Zone \| White Park Zone \| Oil Desert Zone \| Sky Fortress Zone \| Death Egg mk.II Zone \| Special Stages
Zones	Episode Metal	Episode Metal Act 1 \| Episode Metal Act 2 \| Episode Metal Act 3 \| Episode Metal Act 4
Enemies		Asteron \| Balkiry \| Batbot \| Bubbles \| Burrobot \| Buzzer \| Chop Chop \| Chopper \| Clucker \| Crawl \| Flamer \| Fullboar \| Jaws \| Mantis \| Moto Bug \| Newtron \| Orbinaut (Uni Uni, Unidasu) \| Sandworm \| Scarabesque \| Shellcracker \| Slicer \| Snowy \| Spikes \| Steelion \| Turtloids \| Zoomer
Bosses		Egg Serpentleaf \| Metal Sonic \| Egg Scrap Mech \| Metal Carrier \| Dr. Eggman & Metal Sonic \| Metal Sonic \| Egg Heart
Moves/Techniques		Crouch \| Homing Attack \| Propeller Flying \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Swim \| Tag Action (Copter Combo, Rolling Combo, Submarine Combo) \| Tornado Boost
Gimmicks and obstacles		Booster \| Breakaway column \| Bumper \| Capsule \| Crusher \| Drop Target \| Fan \| Flip Platform \| Flipper \| Goal Plate \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Ring Shooter \| Sinking pool \| Spikes \| Spring \| Star Post \| Strange Relief \| Switch
Items		Air bubble \| Chaos Emerald \| Combination Dash \| Giant Ring \| Item Box (Invincible, One-Up, Power Sneakers, Shield, Special Combination, Super Ring) \| Red Star Ring \| Ring
Music		Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II Original Soundtrack \| Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I & II Original Soundtrack
Other		Corkscrew \| Death Egg mk.II \| Little Planet \| Level Select \| Life \| Loop \| Mysterious Orb \| Stardust Speedway \| Tails' rocket \| Time Attack \| Tornado \| Totem pole \| Tunnel \| Water
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Sonic Mania

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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

*Appears in Mania Mode only · ^Appears in Sonic Mania Plus and/or Encore Mode only
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[1] Sonic the Comic #34, "Sonic 3 Part 1 - The Zones"

[Guide-2] (in Japanese) ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ３公式ガイドブック. Shogakukan. 1 July 1994. p. 15. ISBN 978-4091024794.

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