V. Maximum Overdrive Attack

The V. Maximum Overdrive Attack^[1] is a recurring technique in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. When using this move, the user speeds up considerably for a short time while surrounding themselves in an energy field that can penetrate anything.

Description

The V. Maximum Overdrive Attack is a technique usually reserved for robots. When performing this move, the user overloads their circuitry, causing blue sparks to emit from their body. The user then forms an energy field around their body that can penetrate any substance while they shoot themselves forward at four times their original acceleration.^[1]^[2] In gameplay, anyone caught in the V. Maximum Overdrive Attack will (usually) take damage.

The drawback of the V. Maximum Overdrive Attack is that it cannot be sustained for long since its unfavorable performance cost strains the user's circuitry and could potentially destroy the user.^[1]^[2] Even if the user survives executing it for longer than short bursts, they will be left worn down for a few moments.

Game appearances

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

The V. Maximum Overdrive Attack first appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog CD during Metal Sonic's race with Sonic on Stardust Speedway. In this portrayal, when Metal Sonic is using the V. Maximum Overdrive Attack, he surrounds himself in a smooth, golden shield and flies above the ground with his arms outstretched, pursuing Sonic directly.

In gameplay, whenever Metal Sonic begin to fall behind the real Sonic, Metal Sonic wil initiate the V. Maximum Overdrive Attack in order to catch up to Sonic and attack him, if possible.

Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble

In Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble, the V. Maximum Overdrive Attack is used by Metal Sonic during his battle with Sonic in Atomic Destroyer. The move's appearance in this game is identical to that in Sonic the Hedgehog CD.

During the battle with Metal Sonic, Metal Sonic will use this attack in succession to strike Sonic quickly from both left and right.

Knuckles' Chaotix

The V. Maximum Overdrive Attack, while not named, is seen briefly in Knuckles' Chaotix. If the player starts the Stage by doing nothing than standing on the one place for about one minute, Metal Sonic appears from the left side of the screen and flies above the playable character and his Combi partner. He then loads either the V. Maximum Overdrive Attack or Plasma Pulse Attack, and strikes the playable character. This causes the player to temporarily lose the Combi Partner.

Sonic Generations

In Sonic Generations, the V. Maximum Overdrive Attack appears during the game's recreation of Metal Sonic and Classic Sonic's fight on Stardust Speedway.

In the console/PC version of the game, the V. Maximum Overdrive Attack has a much larger energy field in the shape of a sphere, which is colored orange, and lets out electrical sparks when used. The energy field's size, however, will decrease the longer the move is used. In addition, Metal Sonic now spins when performing the move, with one hand reached out in front. After Classic Sonic has landed the penultimate hit on Metal Sonic during the battle, Metal Sonic will use the V. Maximum Overdrive Attack on Classic Sonic from behind as his last resort. Classic Sonic then has to outrun Metal Sonic until the robot can no longer maintain the attack. During the battle, Metal Sonic appears to be rather careless using the V. Maximum Overdrive Attack, as he constantly moves up and down, instead of pursuing Sonic directly.

In the Nintendo 3DS version of the game, it appears and acts more similar to its original incarnation, as a simple boost that he only uses when Sonic is in the lead.

Sonic Mania

In Sonic Mania, and its expansion Sonic Mania Plus, Classic Metal Sonic will use the V. Maximum Overdrive Attack during his boss fight. The appearance of the move in this game is similar to how it appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog CD, but with a extra fiery cone in front of the move's energy field.

In gameplay, Metal Sonic will use the V. Maximum Overdrive Attack to hit the player from behind or the front during the running sections of the boss battle. On the 1.03 of Sonic Mania and the versions prior to it, he will also use the attack during the final phase of the boss battle.

Sonic Forces

In Sonic Forces, the Metal Sonic replica and Infinite use this attack during their boss fight. In this game, both of them will use the attack to hit the player when the they are facing each other during the second phase of their respective battles.

In other media

Archie Comics

Main articles: V. Maximum Overdrive Attack (Archie) and V. Maximum Overdrive Attack (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)

Trivia

The V. Maximum Overdrive is likely a reference to the 1985 anime Blue Comet SPT Layzner, whose protagonist possessed a nearly identical attack also named V-MAX.
In Knuckles' Chaotix, Metal Sonic will not always load and then strike the player with the V. Maximum Overdrive Attack. In certain Stages and Acts, Metal Sonic will arrive normally, but will fire a bright laser blast from the compression chamber on his stomach at the playable character, making him fly away. This attack has the same effect as the V. Maximum Overdrive Attack, and is known as the Plasma Pulse Attack.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "El arma secreta de Dr. Robotnik" (in Spanish). Hobby Consolas magazine. August 1993. p. 21. "But moreover, his rate of acceleration is 4 times higher when his circuitry is overloaded. When this happens, some interesting blue sparks take off from his body and there arises a chemical reaction called "V. Maximum Overdrive Attack". This power can break through any surface. This can't happen very often, of course, because it would mean the self-destruction of Metal Sonic."
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Very Crazy Penguin (21 May 2007). Metal Sonic profile. Very Crazy Penguin.

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

Playable characters		Sonic \| Tails*
Non-playable characters		Amy \| Dr. Robotnik \| Metal Sonic \| Animals (Flicky, Pocky, Ricky, Pecky, Robin, Sheep)
Rounds		Palmtree Panic \| Collision Chaos \| Tidal Tempest \| Quartz Quadrant \| Wacky Workbench \| Stardust Speedway \| Metallic Madness \| Special Stage \| Bonus Stage \| R2 \| Desert Dazzle* \| Final Fever*
Enemies		Amenbo \| Antlion \| Bigbom \| Dango \| Ga \| Hotaru \| Kabasira \| Kanabun \| Kemusi \| Kumo-Kumo \| Minomusi \| Noro-Noro \| Robot Ant \| Robot Bee \| Robot Beetle \| Robot Butterfly \| Robot Mantis \| Robot Mosquito \| Sasori \| Scarab \| Semi \| Taga-Taga \| Tamabboh \| Tentou \| Tonbo \| Yago
Bosses		EGG-HVC-001 \| Collision Chaos boss \| Tidal Tempest boss \| Quartz Quadrant boss \| Wacky Workbench boss \| Metal Sonic \| Metallic Madness boss \| Final Fever*
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Duck \| Propeller Flying* \| Spin Jump \| Super Spin Attack \| Super Spin Dash \| Super Peel Out
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Ring Spark Field \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bumper \| Capsule \| Chopper Block \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Zone \| Electrical conduit \| Emerald Block \| Fan Block \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Goal Plate \| High-speed warp tube \| Iron ball \| Lamppost \| Rotating platform \| Seesaw \| Size Beam \| Snowblower \| Sphere \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Switch \| Time Warp sign
Items		Air Bubble \| Little Planet flowers \| Metal Sonic Projector \| Monitor (1-UP, Invincible, Power Sneakers, Super Ring, Shield) \| Ring \| Robot transporter \| Super Ring \| Time Bonus \| Time Stone \| UFO
Music	Songs	Brand-new World \| Cosmic Eternity - Believe in Yourself \| Sonic - You Can Do Anything \| Sonic Boom \| When we reach for you~Could it be right~
Music	Albums	Sonic CD (vinyl album) \| Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix \| Sonic the Hedgehog Boom \| Sonic the Hedgehog CD Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
Other		Debug Mode \| Freeze \| Little Planet \| Never Lake \| Shuttle loop \| Time Attack \| Time Over \| Time Warp \| Winding Tunnel *Only included in the 2011 re-release.

Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble

Main article | Beta elements | Gallery

Playable characters		Sonic \| Tails
Non-playable characters		Dr. Robotnik \| Knuckles \| Nack \| Metal Sonic \| Flicky
Zones		Great Turquoise Zone \| Sunset Park Zone \| Meta Junglira Zone \| Robotnik Winter Zone \| Tidal Plant Zone \| Atomic Destroyer Zone \| Special Stage
Enemies		Boing-o-Bot \| Bombaberry \| Sunset Park Zone Badnik \| Kameka \| Rabibin \| Meta Junglira Zone Badnik \| Penguin Bombers \| Spidal Tap \| Tidal Plant Zone Badnik \| Mecha Hiyoko \| Bomblur
Bosses		Tart Turtle \| Marve-shupopolous-gou \| Wood Buttarundorf \| Giga Thomas "Pen" \| Knuckles the Echidna \| Metal Sonic \| Atomic Destroyer Zone Boss 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| Nack the Weasel
Moves/Techniques		Crouch \| Flying Spin Attack \| Heli-Tails \| Spin Attack \| Spin Jump \| Strike Dash \| Super Spin Dash \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bomb \| Bonus Panel \| Booster \| Breakaway Bumper \| Conveyor Belt \| High-speed warp tube \| Spin Coaster \| Spring \| Star Circle \| Switch \| Teleporter
Items		Air Bubble \| Chaos Emerald \| Monitor (1-Up, Chaos Emerald, Hyper Heli-Tails, Invincibility, Jet Board, Marker, Pogo Spring, Power Sneakers, Propeller Shoes, Rocket Shoes, Super Ring, Time Bonus) \| Ring \| Sea Fox
Other		Sonic Triple Trouble \| Shuttle loop \| Snowboard \| Tornado \| Continue

Knuckles' Chaotix

Main article | Staff | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery

Playable characters		Knuckles \| Vector \| Mighty \| Charmy \| Espio \| Heavy \| Bomb \| **********
Non-playable characters		Dr. Robotnik \| Metal Sonic \| Sonic \| Tails \| Amy
Stages		Isolated Island \| Botanic Base \| Speed Slider \| Amazing Arena \| Techno Tower \| Marina Madness \| World Entrance \| Special Stage \| Bonus Stage
Enemies		Amazing Arena Badnik 1, 2 \| Bombbearer \| Botanic Base Badnik 1, 2, 3 \| Bushbubble \| Dribbler \| Gotcha \| Hoverby Mk II \| Isolated Island Badnik \| Marina Madness Badnik 1, 2 \| Motorspike \| Needlenose \| Piranha \| Poptank \| Ringleader \| Spiketower \| Techno Tower Badnik 1, 2, 3 \| Ticktock
Bosses		Amazing Arena boss \| Amazing Arena sub-boss \| Botanic Base boss \| Marina Madness boss \| Speed Slider boss \| Techno Tower boss \| World Entrance Level 1 \| World Entrance Level 2
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Climb \| Crouch \| Dash \| Glide \| Power Boost \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Spin \| Wall Jump
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	V. Maximum Overdrive Attack \| Plasma Pulse Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Bumper Ball \| Chopper Block \| Goal Plate \| Exit \| High-speed warp tube \| Iron ball \| Ring Power \| Spring \| Switch \| "X" Bumper
Items		Chaos Ring \| Dark Ring \| Monitor (Change, Combi Catcher, Combine Ring, Grow, Invincible, Power Sneakers, Shield, Shrink, Stage Select, Super Ring, Swap) \| Ring \| Sphere
Other		1207 Beta version \| Archie Knuckles' Chaotix \| Combi Catcher \| Debug Mode \| Newtrogic High Zone \| Sonic Crackers

Sonic Generations

Playable characters		Modern Sonic (Modern Super Sonic) \| Classic Sonic (Classic Super Sonic)
Non-playable characters		Modern Eggman \| Classic Eggman \| Time Eater \| Modern Tails \| Classic Tails \| Amy \| Knuckles \| Shadow \| Rouge \| Cream \| Cheese \| Silver \| Blaze \| Omochao \| Team Chaotix (Espio, Vector, Charmy) \| Orbot \| Cubot \| Animals (Flicky, Picky, Pecky, Cucky)
Wisps		Cyan** \| Orange* \| Pink* \| Red**
Stages	Console/PC*	Green Hill \| Chemical Plant \| Sky Sanctuary \| Speed Highway \| City Escape \| Seaside Hill \| Crisis City \| Rooftop Run \| Planet Wisp \| Casino Night
Stages	Nintendo 3DS**	Green Hill \| Casino Night \| Mushroom Hill \| Emerald Coast \| Radical Highway \| Water Palace \| Tropical Resort
Challenge Acts*		Doppelganger Race! \| The Buzz Bombers' Revenge! \| Knuckles: Horde of Enemies \| Swingset Circus \| High Speed Challenge \| Look Out Below! \| Tails: Way Past Fast \| Jump Rush \| 300% Boost Gauge Challenge \| Tails: Toxic Skies \| Which Switch is Which? \| Aqua Shield Challenge \| Invincibility Challenge \| One Ring Challenge \| Amy: Taking the Leap Together! \| Grappling with Grabbers \| Underwater Ring Machine \| Eggrobo Rush \| Aerial Paradise \| Ring Time Challenge \| Amy: Topsy Turvy \| Knuckles: Buried Treasure \| 200% Boost Gauge Challenge \| Balloon Bonanza \| High-Speed Hijinks (Modern) \| Cream: Chao Hunt \| Hot Pursuit (Classic) \| High Speed Challenge 2 \| Resisting Arrest \| Overdrift \| Hot Pursuit (Modern) \| Drill Baby Drill \| Espio: Master of Camouflage \| Lord of the Board \| Thunder Shield Challenge \| Rouge: The Bombardier \| Rite of Spring \| Cream: Helping Hand \| Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Modern) \| Topsy-Turvy \| High-Speed Hijinks 2 \| Rescue the Animals! \| Espio: Way of the Ninja \| High-Speed Hijinks (Classic) \| Underwater Challenge \| Rouge: The Temptress \| Trick Island \| Surf, Sea, and Sand \| Terror From the Deep \| Goal Post Juggle \| Vector: Through the Storm \| Flame Shield Challenge \| Ring Time Challenge 2 \| Power Stomp Challenge \| Switcheroo \| Blaze: Piercing the Flames \| Four-way Cannon Cavalcade \| High-Rise Balloon Climb \| Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Classic) \| Charmy: Don't Bug Me! \| One Ring Challenge 2 \| Barrel Ring Bonus \| Rooftop Rail Grind \| Endless Boost \| Vector: Pick Up the Beat \| With Your Powers Combined \| Goal Post Juggle 2 \| Chase After Blaze \| Rescue the Animals 2! \| Cart Challenge \| Charmy: High in the Sky \| Action Master \| Orange Rocket, Blast Off!
Enemies		Aero-Cannon* \| Butterdroid** \| Buzz Bomber \| Buzzer \| Chopper \| Cop Speeder* \| Crabmeat \| Crawl \| Dragonfly \| Flapper** \| Egg Chaser* \| Egg Diver** \| Egg Fighter* \| Egg Fighter: Sword* \| Egg Launcher (H)* \| Egg Launcher (H+V)* \| Egg Launcher (V)* \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pawn (spear) \| Eggrobo* \| Giant Chopper* \| Gold Beetle** \| Grabber* \| Gun Beetle* \| Gun Hunter \| Iblis's Minions (Iblis Biter, Iblis Taker, Iblis Worm)* \| Kiki \| Klagen \| Madmole \| Mono Beetle \| Moto Bug \| Mushmeanie \| Newtron \| Rhinotank** \| Sandworm* \| Spinner \| Spiny* \| Sprinkler* \| Sweeper** \| Thunder Spinner
Bosses	Console/PC*	Metal Sonic \| Death Egg Robot \| Shadow the Hedgehog \| Perfect Chaos \| Silver the Hedgehog \| Egg Dragoon \| Time Eater
Bosses	Nintendo 3DS**	Metal Sonic \| Big Arm \| Shadow the Hedgehog \| Biolizard \| Silver the Hedgehog \| Egg Emperor \| Time Eater
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Air Boost \| Atomic Spin \| Bound Jump* \| Crouch \| Double Jump* \| Drift* \| Freestyle Tricks* \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop \| Jump Dash \| Kick boost \| Lightspeed Dash* \| Mid-Air Dash* \| Quick Step* \| Boost \| Slide \| Skydiving* \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Super Sonic Boost \| Super Sonic Missile \| Wall Jump
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Chaos Spear \| Drill Attack* \| Fire Beam* \| Heart Effect* \| Ice Wave* \| Meteor Smash* \| Ninja Arts: Camouflage* \| Propeller Flying* \| Psychic Knife \| Restraint Trap \| Ring Spark Field \| Sun Burst \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack \| Warping arm attack \| Whirlwind*
Color Powers		Cyan Laser** \| Orange Rocket* \| Pink Spikes* \| Red Burst**
Skills*		Aqua Shield \| Flame Shield \| Thunder Shield \| Twin Spin Attack \| Invincible Start \| Shield \| Power Sneakers \| Long Spin Dash \| Treasure Scanner \| Homing Attack \| Hercules Muscles \| Breath Holder \| Boardmaster \| Ring Time \| Blast Off \| Speed Up \| Direct Jump \| Power Stomp \| Quick Slide \| Acceleration \| Smasher Bonus \| Ring Energy Bonus \| Boost Gauge Up \| Serial Homing \| Auto-Gauge \| Gauge Rebooter \| Trick Mastery \| Endless Boost \| Power Brake \| Sure-Footed \| Safety Net \| Last Chance \| 10-Second Rings \| Athleticism \| Time Break \| Super Sonic \| Sega Genesis Controller
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Barrel \| Big Balloon \| Bomb \| Bonus Bell* \| Bottomless pit \| Bumper \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Cart \| Cloud* \| Conveyor Belt** \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Dimensional Bomb \| Explosion Trap \| Fan \| Flipper \| Four-way Cannon* \| Gear Platform \| Gondola* \| GUN Military Truck* \| Hanging Bell* \| Heart bomb* \| Helicopter* \| High-speed warp tube \| Horizontal Bar \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel (plate) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Kao \| Laser field \| Meteorite \| Movable box \| Mushroom \| Pole Elevator \| Prism \| Propeller \| Propeller Spring \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Rocket \| Route Signal* \| Seed Propeller** \| Seesaw \| Slot machine \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Spring Pole \| Spike Trap \| Spinning Top \| Spinning Platform \| Spotlight \| Star Post \| Switch \| Trap Spring \| Trick Jump Panel \| Wall Jump Block \| Warp Point \| Wide spring \| Zip Line
Items		Air Bubble \| Boss Gate \| Boss Gate Key* \| Buoy \| Chaos Emerald \| Container (Case, Spike Block, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Crank \| Energy Core \| Goal Ring \| Information Pod* \| Item Box (1-Up, Aqua Shield, Flame Shield, Invincible, Magnetic Shield*, Power Sneakers, Skateboard, Super Ring, Thunder Shield) \| Medal \| Mega Mack \| Musical note* \| Red Star Ring* \| Ring \| Snowboard \| Sphere \| Stomping Shoes \| Time Bonus \| Wisp Capsule
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Tails) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow) \| Quinton Flynn (Silver) \| Laura Bailey (Omochao, Blaze) \| Karen Strassman (Rouge) \| Michelle Ruff (Cream) \| Keith Silverstein (Vector) \| Troy Baker (Espio) \| Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Charmy)
Japanese voice actors		Junichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryo Hirohashi (Tails (Modern)) \| Takuto Yoshinaga (Tails (Classic)) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Koji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Yuuki Masuda (Espio) \| Youko Teppozuka (Charmy) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao)
Music	Songs	Back 2 Back \| Escape from the City* \| Vengeance is Mine** \| You're My Hero
Music	Albums	Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack \| Sonic Generations: 20 Years of Sonic Music \| History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack Blue Edition \| History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack White Edition
Other		Sonic's birthday \| Boost Gauge \| Chao in Space \| Collection Room \| Combo* \| Corkscrew loop \| Death Egg \| Death Egg Robot* \| Egg Dragoon* \| Egg Gun \| Egg Mobile \| Egg Spear \| Havok* \| Health Gauge** \| Lair of the Time Eater \| Miles Electric \| Orca \| Perfect Bonus \| Rank \| Skill Shop* \| Sonic Generations (manga) \| Sonic Generations of Skate \| Statue Room* \| Time Attack \| Tornado-1 \| Totem Pole \| White Space \| Winding Tunnel \| Wisp Gauge** Console/PC version only *Nintendo 3DS version only

Sonic Mania

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles) \| Mighty* (Super Mighty) \| Ray (Super Ray*)
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Hard Boiled Heavies (Heavy King, Heavy Gunner, Heavy Shinobi, Heavy Magician, Heavy Rider) \| Phantom Heavies (Phantom King, Phantom Gunner, Phantom Shinobi, Phantom Magician, Phantom Rider) \| Metal Sonic (Giga Metal) \| Animals (Becky, Cucky, Flicky, Locky, Micky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky, Tocky, Wocky) \| Jimmy
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		Armadiloid \| Aquis \| Asteron \| Ball Hog \| Batbrain \| Blaster \| Blastoid \| Bloominator* \| Bugernaut \| Bumpalo \| Buzz Bomber \| Cactula \| Canister \| Catakiller, Jr. \| Chopper \| Clucker \| Crabmeat \| Dango \| Dragonfly \| Eggrobo \| Fireworm \| Flasher mk.II \| Gohla \| Grabber \| Hotaru \| IceBomba \| Iwamodoki \| Jawz \| Jellygnite \| Juggle Saw \| Kabasira \| Kanabun \| Madmole \| Matryoshka-Bom \| Mega Chopper \| Mic Drop \| Monkey Dude* \| Moto Bug \| Newtron \| Octus \| Pointdexter \| Rattlekiller \| Rexon \| RhinoBot* \| Robot Bee \| Robot Beetle \| Roller mk.II \| Scarab \| Sentry Bug \| Shutterbug \| Silver Sonic \| Spiny \| Splats \| Sweep \| Technosqueek \| Toxomister \| Tubinaut \| Turbo Spiker \| Turbo Turtle \| Vultron \| Woodrow
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
Bosses	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 \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Beanstalk \| Bomb \| Bumper \| Bungee Rope \| Bumper wall \| Capsule \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Electrical conduit \| Fan \| Fireball Cannon \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Goal Plate \| High-speed warp tube \| Ice Spring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pulley \| Ruby Mist \| Seesaw \| Size Beam \| Snowblower \| Spikes \| Spring \| Star Post \| Switch \| Transport \| Vine \| Zip Line
Items		Air Bubble \| Chaos Emerald \| Giant Ring \| Giant spear \| Item Box (1-UP, Blue Shield, Bubble Shield, Character, Hyper Ring, Eggman Mark, Fire Shield, Invincible, Lightning Shield, Player Swap, Power Sneakers, Random, S, Super Ring) \| Little Planet flowers \| Master Emerald \| Metal Sonic Projector \| 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 \| Auto Running \| Continue \| Death Egg Robot \| Debug Mode \| Egg Mobile \| Freeze \| Hang Glider \| Klepto Mobile \| Level Select \| Little Planet \| Mega Mack \| Perfect Bonus \| Phantom Ruby \| Rock Drill \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Mania Adventures (Sonic Returns, Sonic and Tails, & Knuckles, Mighty and Ray, Metal Mayhem, From: A. Rose, The Complete Mini-Series) \| Time Attack \| Time Over \| Time Warp \| Tornado \| Winding Tunnel Appears in Sonic Mania Plus* only

Sonic Forces

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Classic Sonic (Classic Super Sonic) \| Avatar \| Shadow (Episode Shadow)
Non-playable characters		Resistance (Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Team Chaotix (Vector, Espio, Charmy), Silver, Team Dark (Shadow, Rouge, Omega)) \| Dr. Eggman \| Infinite \| Orbot \| Cubot \| Metal Sonic \| Chaos \| Zavok \| Animals (Cucky, Flicky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky)
Wisps		Blue Wisp \| Green Wisp \| Indigo Wisp \| Ivory Wisp \| Red Wisp \| Violet Wisp \| White Wisp \| Yellow Wisp
World Map regions		Chemical Plant \| City \| Death Egg \| Eggman Empire Fortress \| Green Hill \| Metropolis \| Mystic Jungle
Stages	General	Lost Valley \| Spaceport \| Ghost Town \| Prison Hall \| VS. Zavok \| Egg Gate \| Arsenal Pyramid \| Luminous Forest \| VS. Infinite \| Green Hill \| VS. Eggman \| Park Avenue \| Casino Forest \| Aqua Road \| Sunset Heights \| Capital City \| VS. Infinite \| Chemical Plant \| Red Gate Bridge \| Guardian Rock \| Network Terminal \| Death Egg \| Metropolitan Highway \| Null Space \| Imperial Tower \| Mortar Canyon \| VS. Infinite \| Iron Fortress \| Final Judgement \| VS. Death Egg Robot
	Episode Shadow	Enemy Territory \| Eggman's Facility \| Virtual Reality
	Secret	Fire Cannon 1 \| Vanish Panel 1 \| Bomb Block 1 \| Plasma Cannon 1 \| Laser Cannon 1 \| Reverse Block 1
	Extra	Flying Pod \| Bomb Block 2 \| Laser Cannon 2 \| Reverse Block 2 \| Vanish Panel 2 \| Fire Cannon 2 \| Plasma Cannon 2
Enemies		Aero-Chaser \| Buzz Bomber \| Chopper \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Tank \| Egg Walker \| Galaga Bee \| Moto Bug \| Missile Pod \| Nebula \| Sandworm \| Sprinkler \| Valkeen
Bosses		Death Egg Robot \| Eggman \| Egg Dragoon \| Infinite \| Metal Sonic \| Zavok
Moves/Techniques		Air Boost \| Boost \| Crouch \| Double Boost \| Double Jump \| Drop Dash \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Side Step/Cartwheel \| Skydiving \| Slide \| Super Sonic Boost \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Triple Boost \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack \| Wall Jump \| Wire Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Bottomless pit \| Bumper \| Capsule \| Conveyor Belt \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Fan \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Goal \| Goal Plate \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Laser field \| List of pinball obstacles \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Ring Shooter \| Slot machine \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Spring Pole \| Star Post \| Wide spring \| Wire Target \| Zip Line
Items	General	Air Bubble \| Blue Block \| Blue Ring \| Container (Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Costume \| Item Box (Bonus Rings, Invincibility, Power Sneakers, Shield) \| Medal \| Meteorite \| Number Ring \| Red Star Ring \| Ring \| Silver Moon Ring \| Wisp Capsule
Items	Wispons	Asteroid \| Burst \| Cube \| Drill \| Hover \| Lightning \| Void
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Liam O'Brien (Infinite) \| Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Tails, Charmy) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles, Zavok) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow, Orbot) \| Karen Strassman (Rouge) \| Vic Mignogna (Omega) \| Quinton Flynn (Silver) \| Keith Silverstein (Vector) \| Matthew Mercer (Espio) \| Wally Wingert (Cubot)
Japanese voice actors		Junichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Kotaro Nakamura (Eggman) \| Takashi Kondō (Infinite) \| Ryo Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Taiten Kusunoki (Omega) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Yūki Masuda (Espio) \| Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy) \| Jōji Nakata (Zavok) \| Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot) \| Wataru Takagi (Cubot) \| Fumihiko Tachiki (Narrator)
Music	Songs	Fading World \| Fighting Onward \| Fist Bump \| Infinite \| Justice \| Moonlight Battlefield \| Nowhere to Run \| Rhythm And Balance \| Set in Motion \| Supporting Me \| The Light of Hope \| Virtual Enemies
Music	Albums	Sonic Forces Original Soundtrack - A Hero Will Rise \| Sonic Forces Vocal Traxx - On The Edge \| Sonic Forces Hi-Res Collection \| Sonic Forces Original Soundtrack The Vinyl Cutz
Other		Boost Gauge \| Chaos Control \| Challenge Mission \| Daily Mission \| Death Crab \| Death Egg \| Death Egg Robot \| Death Egg Robot sentinel \| Death Queen \| Egg Dragoon \| Egg Mobile \| Eggman Army \| Eggman Empire \| Eggman Fleet \| Experience \| Health Gauge \| Jackal Squad \| Mega Mack \| Miles Electric \| Operation Big Wave \| Phantom Ruby \| Phantom Ruby prototype \| Real-Time Interaction \| Replica \| Resistance HQ \| Sandworm \| Skill \| Sonic Forces digital comic (Moment of Truth, Stress Test, Looming Shadow, Rise of Infinite) \| Sonic Forces: Speed Battle \| SOS Mission \| Time Over \| War to Take Back the Planet \| Winding Tunnel \| Wisp Gauge

[Magazin-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "El arma secreta de Dr. Robotnik" (in Spanish). Hobby Consolas magazine. August 1993. p. 21. "But moreover, his rate of acceleration is 4 times higher when his circuitry is overloaded. When this happens, some interesting blue sparks take off from his body and there arises a chemical reaction called "V. Maximum Overdrive Attack". This power can break through any surface. This can't happen very often, of course, because it would mean the self-destruction of Metal Sonic."

[Metal_Sonic_12-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Very Crazy Penguin (21 May 2007). Metal Sonic profile. Very Crazy Penguin.

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