Lives
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Lives, also known as 1-Ups, are present in most Sonic games. They represent the amount of chances the player has to complete a game. When a life is lost, the player restarts at the previous checkpoint.
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A power-up which grants an extra life to the player. Also, as a general rule in all the canonical games, collecting 100 rings also grants an extra life. Many mini games include getting an extra life as a prize, such as the gumball machine in Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
If a player gets hit and has one or more rings in their possession, they will lose all of their rings or some of them (in some games), but will not die. If the player is hit when they have no rings, they will lose a life and return to the last checkpoint or the beginning of the act. There are other ways to lose lives, such as drowning, falling into a bottomless pit, or being crushed, and in these cases, the player will lose a life regardless of how many rings they have.
Players can gain extra lives by collecting 100 rings in a level, scoring specific amounts of points, collecting many rings in a Special Stage, or breaking an extra life monitor.
AppearanceEdit
As an Item box, the image on the monitor usually appears as the head of the character who is being controlled. This means that, depending on who is played as during the level, the appearance of the item box containing a life may change to the head of the playing character. The variety of images on an extra life monitor depends on the number of playable characters available. In later games, mug-shots on the item boxes were simply replaced with a "1UP" picture, disregarding who the playing character is.
In more recent Sonic games (Unleashed, Colors and Generations), which exclusively star Sonic as the player character, lives are not contained within item boxes and are simply a picture of Sonic's head.
Game AppearancesEdit
Appears in basically all 2D and 3D games with the exception of non-canon games (Racing, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, etc.).
Classic 2D GamesEdit
Appears in capsule form and must be smashed or in Sonic the Hedgehog 4 by the homing attack.
GBA and NDS 2D GamesEdit
Appears as a capsule that only needs to be touched to obtain.
Sonic SpinballEdit
An item that must be hit to achieve.
Sonic 3D BlastEdit
Appears as a power up that must be smashed in order to be obtained.
Sonic Adventure- Sonic UnleashedEdit
Appears in a capsule that must be touched to obtain an extra life.
Sonic Unleashed (360/PS3) Edit
Appears as a 3D square, collected by simply touching it.
Sonic Unleashed (Wii)Edit
Appears in the temple puzzles and grants a permanent extra life to your count.
Sonic GenerationsEdit
Appears as a 3D Sonic icon while playing as Modern Sonic, While it appears as a breakable monitor in Classic Sonic Stages. Also, extra lives can be purchased in Omochao's Skill Shop.
