Whirlwind
Purpose
Damaging opponents Stealing Rings
Description
A Projectile Item.
The Whirlwind is an Item Box power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . It is a Projectile Item used primarily to attack rivals.
Description [ ]
The Whirlwind takes the form of a tornado, both as an icon and on the tracks.
Overview [ ]
Silver using the Whirlwind, from Sonic Forces: Speed Battle .
In gameplay, the Whirlwind can only be obtained at random from Item Boxes by Baby Sonic , Charmy , Espio , Movie Sonic , Movie Super Sonic , Movie Tails , Rouge , Silver (also as Super Silver ), Storm , and Wave . As with most other Items, Metal Sonic can also use the Whirlwind if he uses the Steal Item to steal it from the aforementioned users.
Once obtained, the player can utilize the Whirlwind by pressing its icon on the bottom of the HUD. When used, the user sets loose the Whirlwind which travels slowly down the lane it was deployed on in front of the user. As this power-up moves forward, the Whirlwind will pass through any obstacle, destroy any Badnik and mow through any rival character until it wears off. Rival characters that make contact with the Whirlwind will be left floating helplessly in the air temporarily while slowing down momentarily and also lose Rings . In addition, these affected characters will have their lost Rings transferred to the user of the Whirlwind. To avoid the Whirlwinds, the playable character has to step out of its lane.
The Whirlwind can also be upgraded by leveling the user up to level 6 and 12 respectively. For each upgrade, the player will get the chance to obtain more Whirlwinds to use in the Projectile Item slot from a single Item Box; at level 6, there is a chance of getting two Whirlwinds, and at level 12, the Whirlwind will increase the damage.
Trivia [ ]
Despite not having an upgrade listed for obtaining 'x3' of the Whirlwind (level 12), it appears the user is able to obtain three Whirlwinds on occasion from item boxes.
Attack (Sonic Advance 2)
Minus Ring
Reaper
Steal Boost
Steal Wisp
Ember Shroud
Seeking Flame
Whirlwind
Playable characters
Common
Amy · Charmy · Classic Sonic · Knuckles · Omega · Silver · Sonic · Tails
Rare
Blaze · Cream · Espio · Jet · Rouge · Storm · Vector · Tangle · Wave · Whisper
Super Rare
Big · Chaos · Eggman · Gamma · Metal Sonic · Shadow · Tikal · Zavok · Zazz · Zeena
Special
All-Star Amy · Baby Sonic · Boscage Maze Sonic · Chrono Silver · Chuck · Classic Super Sonic · Darkspine Sonic · Detective Vector · Dragon Hunter Lancelot · Dragonclaw Tails · Dragonfire Sonic · Drummer Cream · DJ Vector · Elf Classic Sonic · Elite Agent Rouge · Excalibur Sonic · Extreme Gear Sonic · Fortune Teller Amy · Ice Slicer Jet · Idol Shadow · Jester Sonic · Jingle Belle Amy · Karate Knuckles · Knuckles the Dread · Lantern Silver · LEGO® Amy · LEGO® Sonic · LEGO® Tails · Linebacker Omega · Longclaw · Lucky Whisper · Lunar Blaze · Movie Sonic · Movie Super Sonic · Movie Tails · Mummy Knuckles · Nutcracker Silver · Paladin Amy · Panda Amy · Popstar Amy · Punk Zazz · Pyromancer Blaze · Quarterback Zavok · Reaper Metal Sonic · Rockstar Rouge · Santa Big · Sir Galahad · Sir Gawain · Sir Lancelot · Sir Percival · Slugger Sonic · Snowdrift Sonic · Spring Cream · Super Shadow · Super Silver · Super Sonic · Tails Nine · Thorn Rose · Tidal Wave · Treasure Hunter Knuckles · Tropical Storm · Unicorn Cream · Valentine Rouge · Valiant Tails · Vampire Shadow · Werehog · Witch Rouge
Challenger
Burning Blaze · Grim Sonic · Infinite · LEGO® Dr. Eggman · Mephiles · Metal Sonic 3.0 · Movie Knuckles · Red · Rusty Rose · Series Knuckles · Surge · Valhalla Surge · Warlock Infinite
Non-playable characters
Boo · Chao · Cheese · Froggy · Phantom Copy · Shadow (enemy) · Wisp (Black , Blue , Crimson , Cyan , Gray , Ivory , Magenta , Pink , Red , White , Yellow )
Tracks
Green Hill
Pyramid Valley · Corkscrew Canyon · Parched Palms
Sky Sanctuary
Temple Gate · Celestial Skyway · Pinnacle Peaks · Ancient Isles · Spiral Heights
City
Sunset Bridge · Splash Highway · Viaduct Valley · Red Gate Bay
Mystic Jungle
Lambent Grove · Electric Arbor · Dash Vegas · Glowing Grotto
Golden Bay
Street Retreat · Suburban Speedway · High Hill Park
Planet Wisp
Mining Mayhem · Mining Mayhem R
Emerald City
Downtown Dash · Emerald Market Blitz · Big City Sprint
Removed
Sandy Hills · Desert Falls · Parched Palms R · Pyramid Valley R · Celestial Skyway R · Temple Gate R · Red Gate Ruins · Red Gate Bay R · Splash Highway R · Tangled Tunnels
Enemies
Buzz Bomber · Egg Chaser · Egg Pawn
Moves/techniques
Chaos Spear · Grinding · Grind Step · Hover · Slide · Spin Attack · Spin Jump · Super Sonic Boost
Gimmicks and obstacles
Conveyor Belt · Corkscrew · Dash Panel · Grind Rail · Loop · Spikes
Items
General
Chest · Phantom Ruby prototype · Red Star Ring · Ring · Trophy
Item Box power-ups
Audio Assault · Balkiry · Bam-Boost · Bashosen · Bass Boost · Bat Bomb · Beat Boost · Berserker's Axes · Blazing Aura · Blizzard Bomb · Blue Tornado · Boo-Boost · Booby Trap · Broadside · Brutal Barrier · Brutal Blitz · Bubble Bomb · Bullet Punch · Bunny Boost · Captive Light · Chao Attack · Chao Chase · Chao Guardians · Chao-nado · Choc Lock · Chaos Charge · Chaos Chord · Chaos Slash · Chopper Boost · Chopper Chomp · Claw Boost · Confusion Boost · Confusion Mine · Crossed Wires · Cyan Laser · Cyborg Smash · Cyclone Charge · Dark Blast · Dark Embrace · Dead End · Deadly Replica · Drac-O'-Lantern · Dragon Breath · Dragon Dance · Dragon Flight · Dragon Smoke · Drill Spin Boost · Drumbeat · Dual Wield Dash · Earthshaker Fist · Electro Boost · Ember Shroud · EMP Boost · EMP Shield · Energy Cannon · Explosive Mine · Falling Sword · Fearless Strike · Feral Dash · Festive Forest · Festive Umbrella Boost · Fire Boost · Fire Whirl · Fireball · Firecracker · Firework Flurry · Flames of Disaster · Flue Shot · Fortune Boost · Frozen Chopper Chomp · Gail Meteor · Gathered Flame · Gift Trapped · Gift Wrapped · Gold Rush · Golden Boost · Green Hover · Grimions · Hammer Slam · Hard Rock · Harvest Time · Hedge Maze · Home Run · Honor Guard · Ice Boost · Ice Mine · Ice Wave · Invincibility · Jingle Boost · Jump Scare · Jungle Run · King's Judgement · Knight Smite · Laevatein Lunge · Laser Blaster · Lava Bomb · Lightning · Lightning Bolt · Lightning Boost · Lilytrap · Lockup · Love Struck · Lucky Draw · Magical Boost · Metal March · Meteor Charge · Missile Launch · Moto-Bug · Panda Mine-ium · Phantom Dagger · Phantom Dash · Pink Spikes · Pit Stop · Power Sneakers · Power Surge · Psy-Chlone · Psychic Strike · Psychic Surge · Psychic Surprise · Pyro-Mine · Rainbow Blast · Reality Warp · Red Dragon · Ring Portal · Rocket Boost · Rockstar Chao Attack · Rocky Road · Savage Throw · Seeking Flame · Sharp Shelter · Shed Light · Shield · Shockwave · Slingshot Boost · Slipstream Whirlwind · Slow Burn · Snowball · Sol Transformation · Solo Hit · Sonic-in-the-box · Soul Surge · Spear Trap · Speed Break · Stalking Shade · Star Trail · Steal · Storm Cloud · Strike Out · Super Form · Swarming Darkness · Sword Launch · Tail Spring · Tail Strike · Thunder Shield Wall · Tornado · Trap Shot · Tricky Towers · Twin-Tail Boost · Ultimate Waveform · Umbrella Boost · Viking Offense · Vision Scramble · Volt Bolt · Wall of Cards · Whirlwind Wallop · Whirlwind · Wild Card · Wind Boost · Wipeout · Wrench Rush · Zap Trap
Other
Air Shoes · Angry Birds · Arondight · Chaos Emeralds · Ddraig Goch · Eggmobile · EMP-Charged Boots · Excalibur · Experience Point · Extreme Gear (Blue Star II , Type-J , Type-S , Type-W ) · Flamberge · Galatine · Holo-Tech Sword · Jet Booster · Laevatein · Phantom Ruby · Psycokinetic Enhancers · Ring (Paramount) · Sol Emeralds · Sonic's shoes · Variable Wispon