Thorn Spring

Thorn Spring
A Thorn Spring, from the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Sonic Unleashed.
Appearances
First appearance	Sonic and the Secret Rings
Game appearances	Sonic and the Secret Rings Sonic Unleashed (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3)
Statistics and overview
Purpose	Launching the player in certain directions Inflicting damage
Description	A flipping Spring with spikes on the bottom.

The Thorn Spring^{[citation needed]} is a gimmick that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a hazardous variant of the Spring which has spikes equipped on the bottom.

Description

The Thorn Spring is a floating object with a modern Spring on top and a metallic cup on the bottom which surface is covered in spikes. In gameplay, the Thorn Spring flips itself upside down for a short while in fixed intervals, making either its top or bottom point upward. The player can either touch them normally or target them with a Homing Attack.

When touching the Thorn Spike while the Spring-side is up, it works like a regular Spring. If the spike-side is up though, the player will take damage upon touching it. Using this gimmick properly is thus based on timing.

Game appearances

Sonic and the Secret Rings

The Thorn Springs in Dinosaur Jungle, from Sonic and the Secret Rings.

In Sonic and the Secret Rings, the Thorn Spring has the iron ball as its bottom, and the Spring rests on a black sphere that separates the top and bottom.

Certain Worlds feature unique variations of the Thorn Spring. In Pirate Storm, there are Thorn Springs that only flip once and never turn back up. Then there is the Skeleton Dome, where some Thorn Springs either do not flip at all or are constantly flipping. The latter's movements make them virtually impossible to use.

Sonic Unleashed

In the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 version of Sonic Unleashed, Thorn Springs are featured as uncommon gimmicks. In terms of appearance, they received slight overhaul with Springs' base panel and iron ball attachment being simplified, while hitting the Spring's panel will create small sparkling effect.

In gameplay, Thorn Springs are found in couple of daytime Action Stages, notably in Jungle Joyride Act 1 and a few non-obligatory Acts. They are found floating stationary in mid-air along with Propeller Springs, as the player can predict the timing of Thorn Spring's flipping movement, when it starts to shake for a moment. The player has to avoid targeting the Homing Attack towards them when their iron ball attachment is pointing upwards. Shamar, one of the Town Stages, also contains few Thorn Springs in front of steep hill during the daytime setting.

Trivia

The leftover model of the Thorn Spring, from the Wii version of Sonic Colors.

• Although the Thorn Spring does not appear in the Wii version of Sonic Colors, a leftover model from Sonic Unleashed exists in the game's internal files.

Gallery

Screenshots

Sonic Unleashed (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3)

Sonic Unleashed (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3)

See also

• Propeller Spring

References

Springs

• Gimmicks
• Enemies/Bosses with Springs
• Miscellaneous

Blue spring

Bumper wall

Color panel

Egg Spring

Flip Platform

Ice Spring

Jump Panel

Mobile spring

Propeller Spring

Special Spring

Spring

Spring Catapult

Spring Pole

Support Spring

Thorn Spring

Wide spring

Bata-Pyon

Boing-o-Bot

Egg Fighter: Knight

Egg Fighter: Shield

Frogger

Lady Bug Boss

Spiker

Splats

Spring Beetle

Hyper-Spring

Pogo Spring

Spring (Sonic X)

Spring (Paramount)

Sonic and the Secret Rings

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