The Wind switch ,[1] also known as the Green Orb ,[2] is a gimmick that appears in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) . Using the Wind switch will create a Grind Rail of air that can be used for transport.
Description
The Wind switch is a vertical column that possesses an eagle statue on the top and a long horizontal bar with a glowing green orb collared to the column.
Overview
Sonic hitting a Wind switch.
Wind switches are found exclusively in Kingdom Valley . Their purpose is to create Grind Rails made from white jet streams which the player can travel on by Grinding . The Wind switches can be activated by using a Homing Attack on their signature orb which will when manifest the Grind Rail nearby (the player will automatically lock onto it). If the player is using Silver or Tails , the Wind Switch can be activated by going through the green orb.
Trivia
It is not advisable to use the Homing Attack to activate the Wind switch when Shadow is using Chaos Boost because the Chaos Boost's mechanics will cause the Wind switch to not be activated and as well risk the player of falling into a bottomless pit . Therefore, the player has to either avoid the usage of the Chaos Boost, or to position the direction of the Homing Attack at the end of the horizontal bar directly.
Gallery
References
Main article | Gallery | Beta elements | Script (Sonic , Shadow , Silver , Last ) | Staff | Glitches
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) | Tails | Knuckles | Shadow (Super Shadow ) | Rouge | Omega | Silver (Super Silver ) | Blaze | Amy
Other characters
Accordion Player | Adrianna | Alan | Alessio | Alfano | Anna | Antonio | Aristo | Berruni | Bishop | Claudia | Dante | Dr. Eggman | Duchess of Soleanna | Duke of Soleanna | Elkan | Frances | Francesca | GUN Soldier | Galienna | Gina | Hatsun | Herman | Iblis | Ladies-in-waiting | Liza | Lord Regis | Mancini | Mephiles (Mephiles's monstrous form ) | Mikhail | Monica | Nicolo | Paganini | Parr | Pele | Pietro | Pinto | Porta | Priest | Princess Elise the Third | Prodi | Pucci | Puccini | Renzo | Alberto Robert | Roberta | Rossi | Sabrina | Sandro | Solaris | Soleanna Royal Guards | Solomon | Sonic Man | Sophia | Ken Williams | Zof
Enemies
Dr. Eggman's Robots
Egg Armor | Egg Bomber | Egg Buster | Egg Buster (Egg Gunner) | Egg Cannon | Egg Chaser | Egg Commander | Egg Flyer | Egg Guardian | Egg Gunner | Egg Hunter | Egg Keeper | Egg Lancer | Egg Liner | Egg Rounder | Egg Searcher | Egg Stinger | Egg Sweeper | Egg Walker
Iblis's Minions
Gazer | Golem | Iblis Biter | Iblis Taker | Iblis Worm | Shadows | Stalker | Titan | Tricker
Action Stages
Wave Ocean | Dusty Desert | White Acropolis | Crisis City | Flame Core | Radical Train | Tropical Jungle | Kingdom Valley | Aquatic Base | End of the World
Town Stages
Castle Town | Forest | New City
DLC Stages
Sonic Boss Attack | Shadow Boss Attack | Silver Boss Attack | Team Attack Amigo
Town Missions
Sonic
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20
Shadow
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
Silver
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18
Bosses
Egg-Cerberus | Egg-Genesis | Egg-Wyvern | Iblis | Mephiles | Shadow | Silver | Solaris | Sonic
Moves/Techniques
Arrow of Light | Accelerator Tornado | Attack | Blast Jump | Bomb | Bomb Snipe | Bound Jump | Chaos Attack | Chaos Boost (Chaos Blast , Chaos Lance , Chaos Snap ) | Chaos Spear | Climb | Custom Action (Gun Drive , Homing Smash , Mach Speed , Scale , Slow , Thunder Guard , Tornado ) | Crouch | Double Jump | Dummy Ring Blitz | Dummy Ring Bomb | Dummy Ring Snipe | Edge Attack | Fire Claw | Fly | Glide | Grab All | Ground Shaker | Hammer Attack | Heart Mine | Hold Smash | Homing Attack | Hover | Invisibility | Jump Dash | Levitate | Light Dash | Lock-On Shot | Omega Launcher | Omega Shot | Psychokinesis | Psycho Shock | Psycho Smash | Punch Attack | Screwdriver | Shield of Light | Sliding Attack | Spear of Light | Spin Dash | Spin Jump | Spin Kick | Spinning Claw | Teleport Dash | Turbo Boost | Wings of Light
Items
Apple | Barrel | Chaos Drive | Container (Blue crate , Case , Explosive crate , Steel Container , Wooden Container ) | Goal Ring | Item Box (Extra Life , Gauge Up , High Speed , Invincible , Rings ) | Jump Panel | Key | Light Core | Mechanical Ring | Medal | Point Marker | Pulley | Rainbow Ring | Ring | Silver Sphere | Spring | Snowboard | Switch | Vine | Wide spring
Level Up Items
Air Chip | Antigravity | Bounce Bracelet | Gem (Blue Gem , Green Gem , Purple Gem , Red Gem , Sky Gem , White Gem , Yellow Gem ) | Heart of Wind | Light Chip | Memory Shard (black) | Memory Shard (blue) | Memory Shard (red) | Power Bracelet | Shock Bracelet | Single-Layered Extreme
OST
/ Several Wills
All Hail Shadow | Dreams of an Absolution | His World | My Destiny | Solaris Phase 1 | Sweet Dreams AKON Mix
English voice actors
Jason Griffith (Sonic , Shadow the Hedgehog ) | Pete Capella (Silver the Hedgehog ) | Lacey Chabert (Princess Elise ) | Mike Pollock (Dr. Eggman , Narrator) | Amy Palant | (Tails , Ladies-in-waiting ) | Lisa Ortiz (Amy , Ladies-in-waiting ) | Bella Hudson (Blaze ) | Dan Green (Knuckles , Mephiles , Solaris Project scientists) | Kathleen Delaney (Rouge ) | Maddie Blaustein (Omega ) | David Wills (Duke , G.U.N communitcator )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) | Daisuke Ono (Silver ) | Maaya Sakamoto (Princess Elise ) | Chikao Ōtsuka (Dr. Eggman ) Kenji Utsumi (Narrator, Duke ) | Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) | Hikari Yono (Ladies-in-waiting ) | Nao Takamori (Blaze ) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Takayuki Sakazume (Mephiles ) | Keiji Okuda (Solaris Project scientist, G.U.N. communicator ) | Yoshikazu Kozuma (Solaris Project scientist) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Taiten Kusunoki (Omega )
Other
Action Gauge | Auto Running | Bike | Buggy | Bungee Rope | Chao in Space | Chaos Crush | Conveyor Belt | Custom Shoes | Cylinder | Day of Disaster | Dummy Ring | Eagle | Egg train | Eye of Solaris | Explosion Trap | Festival of the Sun | Glider | Hanging Bell | Havok | Health Gauge | Heart bomb | Hint Ring | Horizontal Bar | Hover Craft | Laser field | Lotus | Minecart | Mirror of Soleanna | Orb statue | Orca | PK mark | Purple orb | Rainbow Gem | Rimlight | Scepter of Darkness | Shop | Soleanna | Solaris Project | Sphere | Spotlight | Super-Speed Stage | Tightrope | Turtle | Wall Jump | Warp Hole | Wind switch