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| − | |image = [[File:Ring shooter.jpg| |
+ | |image = [[File:Ring shooter.jpg|242px]] |
| + | |caption = The Ring Shooter as it appears in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II]]''. |
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| − | |1st_app = ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'' |
+ | |1st_app = ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'' |
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+ | |other_apps = |
*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles]]'' |
*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles]]'' |
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*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II]]'' |
*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II]]'' |
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+ | |user = |
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+ | *[[Sonic the Hedgehog]] |
| + | *[[Miles "Tails" Prower]] |
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| − | |use = Transportation |
+ | |use = Transportation |
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| − | '''Ring Shooters'''<ref name="SEGA Blog">{{Cite web|url= http://blogs.sega.com/2012/03/02/sonic-the-hedgehog-4-episode-ii-concept-art-friday-3/ |title= Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II – Concept Art Friday |author= Kellie |date= 2 March 2012 |publisher= Sega |accessdate= 6 February 2015}}</ref> are |
+ | '''Ring Shooters'''<ref name="SEGA Blog">{{Cite web|url= http://blogs.sega.com/2012/03/02/sonic-the-hedgehog-4-episode-ii-concept-art-friday-3/ |title= Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II – Concept Art Friday |author= Kellie |date= 2 March 2012 |publisher= Sega |accessdate= 6 February 2015}}</ref> are gimmicks that appear in ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'' and later in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II]]''. They are devices created for taking the playable characters to different sections in the levels via circles of yellow light. |
==Description== |
==Description== |
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| − | The appearance of |
+ | The appearance of Ring Shooters varies between games, but its standard feature is sending the users traveling short distances through midair by making them pass through yellow rings. All the while, the yellow rings will guide the users to a different area. |
==Game appearances== |
==Game appearances== |
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===''Sonic & Knuckles''=== |
===''Sonic & Knuckles''=== |
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+ | In ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'' and the lock-on game ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles]]'', [[Death Egg Zone (Sonic & Knuckles)|Death Egg Zone]] features Ring Shooters as [[Spin Dash]] launch pads next to a cyan-colored gates with a 3 second timer and high-voltage fuses on side of the gate. After the countdown has gone to zero, the player is launched through a line of yellow rings as Sonic or Tails are on the [[Spin Attack]] mode while flying around the yellow electricity rings. The arenas are large, where the player flies, while doing loops around and other swerves until the player will guided to the other side of the arena along with speed. The event is [[Auto Running|automatic]] as the player is unable to control the character. |
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| + | Ring Shooters are usually found on huge open arenas of the [[zone]]. All of these sections can be skipped altogether if the player chooses, and sometimes it is worth it in order to collect certain power-ups. |
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===''Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II''=== |
===''Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II''=== |
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| − | Ring Shooters are seen years later |
+ | Ring Shooters are seen years later at [[Sky Fortress Zone]] Act 3 in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II]]'', where they are redesigned as yellow, bizarre-looking cannons with a plastic cover over the top. When Sonic and Tails use the [[Homing Attack]] on the Ring Shooter, they jumped in and got launched through yellow rings before depositing them in a cylinder that rotates and dumps them on another Ring Shooter at different section of the [[zone]]. |
==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 16:21, 11 October 2016
Ring Shooters[1] are gimmicks that appear in Sonic & Knuckles and later in Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II. They are devices created for taking the playable characters to different sections in the levels via circles of yellow light.
Description
The appearance of Ring Shooters varies between games, but its standard feature is sending the users traveling short distances through midair by making them pass through yellow rings. All the while, the yellow rings will guide the users to a different area.
Game appearances
Sonic & Knuckles
In Sonic & Knuckles and the lock-on game Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, Death Egg Zone features Ring Shooters as Spin Dash launch pads next to a cyan-colored gates with a 3 second timer and high-voltage fuses on side of the gate. After the countdown has gone to zero, the player is launched through a line of yellow rings as Sonic or Tails are on the Spin Attack mode while flying around the yellow electricity rings. The arenas are large, where the player flies, while doing loops around and other swerves until the player will guided to the other side of the arena along with speed. The event is automatic as the player is unable to control the character.
Ring Shooters are usually found on huge open arenas of the zone. All of these sections can be skipped altogether if the player chooses, and sometimes it is worth it in order to collect certain power-ups.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II
Ring Shooters are seen years later at Sky Fortress Zone Act 3 in Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II, where they are redesigned as yellow, bizarre-looking cannons with a plastic cover over the top. When Sonic and Tails use the Homing Attack on the Ring Shooter, they jumped in and got launched through yellow rings before depositing them in a cylinder that rotates and dumps them on another Ring Shooter at different section of the zone.
Gallery
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 Ring Shooter's launch pad at Death Egg Zone in Sonic & Knuckles.  Yellow electricity rings guiding Sonic in the mid-air at Death Egg Zone in Sonic & Knuckles.  |
References
- ↑ Kellie (2 March 2012). Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II – Concept Art Friday. Sega. Retrieved on 6 February 2015.
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