The Red Burst (レッド・バースト, Reddo bāsuto?) is a transformation for potentially multiple users which first appeared in the Nintendo DS version of Sonic Colors. It is a Color Power gained by absorbing a Red Wisp and its Hyper-go-on, which turns the user into a burning ball of flames.
Appearance
When using the Red Burst, the user turns into a red fireball that constantly gives off an aura of flames. In Sonic's case, his entire body turns into a large version of his own head with no facial features except for his eyes, which have lost their pupils and have turned yellow, and his ears which have lost their ear canals. Additionally, his quills have taken the shape of flames, his ears have become slightly curved, and he gains a stubby curved horn on his forehead.
Powers and abilities
As the Red Burst, the user obtains limited pyrokinetic abilities. The user can either form a shield of flames around themselves that burns everything it touches to cinders, and they can create explosions of fire by combusting into flames without inflicting harm on themselves. These explosions can be channeled to shoot the user higher into the air or be charged up to trigger large-scale and powerful explosions that destroys nearly anything within its range.
The main weakness of the Red Burst is that it can only be used for a few seconds and requires more Hyper-go-on from Red Wisps to be maintained.
Gameplay
In gameplay, the player can only use the Red Burst while in possession of a Red Wisp. Transforming into the Red Burst will cause the Wisp Gauge to start depleting, and once it runs out, the user will revert back to normal. To extend its duration, the player can either collect more Red Wisps or touch flames found in the level's environment, the latter of which will not harm the player.
As the Red Burst, any enemy or weaker obstacle the player touches is instantly destroyed. The player is also able to jump, and by pressing the jump button in the middle of the jump, the player can make the Red Burst Jump higher and higher as many times as desired, similar to Scale.
By holding down the jump button, the player can charge explosions. The longer the explosion is charged, the larger it becomes, allowing bigger jumps and more offensive explosions. The explosions charged to the maximum are capable of destroying all nearby enemies, traps and obstacles, dealing heavy damage to bosses and opening Wisp Capsules and Item Boxes. While holding down the jump button, the Red Burst's descend through midair is slowed down.
Game appearances
Sonic Colors
In the Nintendo DS version of Sonic Colors the Red Burst is the first Color Power introduced in the game (not including the White Wisps), and is unlocked in Sweet Mountain.
As the Red Burst, the player cannot lose a life due to damage, even if the player has no Rings at all, though Sonic can still lose Rings from damaging obstacles like spikes or taking damage from bosses. While as the Red Burst, the player will also automatically move forward.
The Red Burst can be used for certain gimmicks in the game. It can stand in hot air balloons in Sweet Mountain to make said balloons ascend, board the passenger cars on Ferris wheels in Tropical Resort which will ignite them and launch the player forward through midair, and enter popcorn cannons in Sweet Mountain which will shoot the player out.
In gameplay, the Red Burst is activated by pressing . To jump on both the ground and in midair, the player has to press /// and to build up jumps/explosions the player has to hold down ///.
Sonic Generations
In the 3DS version of Sonic Generations, only Classic Sonic can use the Red Burst. It can only be used in Tropical Resort Act 1 as the Red Wisps are only be found there. In this game, the Red Burst retains its properties from Sonic Colors and can as use the same Ferris wheels gimmicks.
To activate the Red Burst, the player has to press . To jump on both the ground and in midair, the player has to press and to build up jumps/explosions, the player has to hold down .
Sonic Lost World
In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Lost World, the Red Burst is first used in Lava Mountain Zone 1. Unlike as in previous titles, the Red Burst can be used in the 3D sections of the Zones.
The player can transform into the Red Burst by tapping the icon of the Red Wisp on the touchscreen. To jump on both the ground and in midair, the player has to press and release /, and to build up jumps/explosions, the player has to hold down /.
Jingle
Trivia
- The Red Burst can deal extra damage against Globotron and Captain Jelly in the DS version of Sonic Colors.
- In the Wisps' native tongue, Red Burst is transliterated as "8&6#WM%$^".
- The Red Burst is one of the most recurring Color Powers in the series yet it has never once appeared on a home console, outside of cameo.
- Sonic Lost World is the only game where the Red Burst can be controlled in 3D.
- Out of the four Color Powers to return in Sonic Lost World, the Red Burst is the only one to have its theme song changed; its theme from the DS version of Sonic Colors is similar to the Pink Spikes from the Wii version of Sonic Colors, while its theme in Sonic Lost World is a remix of Right There, Ride On from Sonic Rush.
- The Red Burst bears some resemblance to the fiery head in the Sonic Battle logo.
- Red Burst's jingle is very similar to Pink Spike's jingle.
Gallery
Artwork
Screenshots
Gallery |
The Red Burst in the opening of the DS version of Sonic Colors. The Red Burst jumping into the air. The Red Burst igniting a Ferris wheels. The Red Burst igniting a Ferris wheels.
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Laser Wispon
Playable characters |
Sonic (Super Sonic) · Mii* · Virtual Hedgehog
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Non-playable characters |
Cubot · Eggman · Metal Sonic^ · Orbot · Tails · Yacker
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Wisps |
White · Cyan · Yellow · Orange · Blue · Green · Pink · Purple · Jade^
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Areas |
Tropical Resort · Sweet Mountain · Starlight Carnival · Planet Wisp · Aquarium Park · Asteroid Coaster · Terminal Velocity · Game Land (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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Enemies |
Big Chaser · Buzzer · Chopper · Crabmeat · Egg Chaser · Egg Pawn · Jawz · Larva · Mole · Moto Bug · Sandworm · Spinner (Metal, Thunder) · Spiny · Sprinkler
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Bosses |
Rotatatron · Captain Jelly · Frigate Orcan · Refreshinator · Admiral Jelly · Asteroid Coaster sub-boss · Frigate Skullian · Nega-Wisp Armor
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Moves/techniques |
Air Boost · Assist · Boost · Crouch · Double Jump · Drift · Ghost Attack^ · Grind Step · Grinding · Homing Attack · Hop · Jump Dash · Kick boost · Ring Dash · Slide · Skydiving · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Stomp · Super Sonic Boost · Trick Action · Wall Jump
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Color Powers |
Blue Cube · Cyan Laser · Final Color Blaster · Green Hover · Jade Ghost^ · Orange Rocket · Pink Spikes · Purple Frenzy · Yellow Drill
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Gimmicks and obstacles |
Accelerator Gun · Amber block · Balloon · Billiard Ball · Bomb · Bottomless pit · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Dash Ring · Dropping platform · Egg Spring · Fan · Floating turret · Fountain · Ghost Anchor^ · Grind Rail · Hint Ring · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Mobile spring · Movable box · Moving Crate · Optical cable · Prism · Pulley · Rainbow Ring · Red School · Sea Monster · Slot machine · Spike Trap · Spring · Spring Pole · Star Post · Switch · Trick Jump Panel · Underground pipe · Wide spring · Zip Line
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Items |
1-Up* · 100 Count Ring^ · Air bubble · Blue Block · Blue Ring · Chaos Emerald · Container (Chroma Cube, Steel, Unbreakable, Wooden) · Egg Medal · Goal Ring · Meteorite · Park Token^ · Prison Capsule · Ring · Special Ring · Super Ring · Tails Save^ · Wisp Capsule
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Voice actors |
English |
Roger Craig Smith (Sonic, Wisp announcer) · Mike Pollock (Eggman) · Kate Higgins (Tails) · Kirk Thornton (Orbot) · Wally Wingert (Cubot)
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Japanese |
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) · Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot) · Wataru Takagi (Cubot) · Utako Yoshino (Yacker) · Fumihiko Tachiki (Wisp announcer)
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Music |
Songs |
"Reach for the Stars" · "Speak with Your Heart"
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Albums |
Vivid Sound X Hybrid Colors: Sonic Colors Original Soundtrack · Sonic Colors: Ultimate Original Soundtrack "Re-Colors" · SONIC COLORS ULTIMATE 2XLP VINYL SOUNDTRACK
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Other |
Auto Running · Boost Gauge · The Bucket O'Sushi · Corkscrew · Customize^ · Earth · Egg Gun · Egg Planet Park · Egg Shuttle · Egg Spear · Eggman's Ultra-Accelerating Space Elevator · Eggman Enterprises · Hyper-go-on · Life · Loop · Miles Electric · Mind Control Ray · Moon · Nega-Wisp · Options Satellite (Music^) · Rank · Real-Time Interaction · Sonic Colors: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps (Part 1, Part 2, Complete) · Sonic Colors Comics (The whisper of invasion, Egg Planet Park) · Totem pole · Tractor beam generator · Water · Wisp Gauge
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Playable characters |
Modern and Classic Sonic (Modern and Classic Super Sonic) · Shadow*
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Non-playable characters |
Amy · Animals (Flicky, Picky, Pecky, Cucky) · Babylon Rogues (Jet, Storm, Wave) Bark · Bean · Big · Biolizard* · Black Doom* · Blaze · Chao (Cheese) · Chip · Cream · Cubot · Dark Gaia · Doom's Eye* · Modern and Classic Eggman · Emerl · Fang · Knuckles · Mighty · Mephiles · Metal Sonic · Omega · Omochao · Orbot · Perfect Chaos · Ray · Rouge · Silver · Modern and Classic Tails · Team Chaotix (Charmy, Espio, Vector) · Tikal · Time Eater · Wisp (Yacker)
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Wisps |
Orange · Pink
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Stages |
Green Hill · Chemical Plant · Sky Sanctuary · Speed Highway · City Escape · Seaside Hill · Crisis City · Rooftop Run · Planet Wisp · Casino Night
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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!
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Enemies |
Aero-Cannon · Buzz Bomber · Buzzer · Chopper · Cop Speeder · Crabmeat · Egg Chaser · Egg Fighter · Egg Fighter: Sword · Egg Launcher (H) · Egg Launcher (H+V) · Egg Launcher (V) · Egg Pawn · Eggrobo (Unnamed Eggrobo variant) · Giant Chopper · Grabber · Gun Beetle · Gun Hunter · Iblis's Minions (Iblis Biter, Iblis Taker, Iblis Worm) · Mono Beetle · Moto Bug · Sandworm · Spinner · Spiny · Sprinkler · Thunder Spinner
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Bosses |
Rival bosses |
Metal Sonic · Shadow · Silver
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Era bosses |
Biolizard* · Death Egg Robot · Perfect Chaos · Egg Dragoon · Time Eater
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Moves/ techniques |
Playable characters |
Air Boost · Atomic Spin · Boost · Bound Jump · Cartwheel · Chaos Control* · Chaos Snap* · Chaos Spear* · Crouch · Double Jump · Drift · Freestyle Tricks · Grind Step · Grinding · Homing Attack · Hop · Insta-Shield · Jump Dash · Kick boost · Lightspeed Dash · Mid-Air Dash · Quick Step · Slide · Skydiving · Spin · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Stomp · Super Sonic Boost · Super Sonic Missile · Wall Jump ·
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Non-playable characters |
Dig · Drill Attack · Fire Beam · Flying · Heart Effect · Ice Wave · Meteor Smash · Ninja Arts: Camouflage · Propeller Flying · Psychic Knife · Psychokinesis · Restraint Trap · Ring Spark Field · Sun Burst · Teleport Dash · V. Maximum Overdrive Attack · Warping arm attack · Whirlwind
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Color Powers |
Orange Rocket · Pink Spikes
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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
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Gimmicks and obstacles |
Balloon · Barrel · Big Balloon · Blue blob · Bomb · Bonus Bell · Bottomless pit · Bumper · Cannon · Capsule · Car · Cart · Cloud · Crusher · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Dash Ring · Dimensional Bomb · Egg Spring · Explosion Trap · Fan · Flipper · Four-way Cannon · Gear Platform · Goal Plate · Gondola · GUN Military Truck · Hanging Bell · Heart bomb · Helicopter · High-speed warp tube · Horizontal Bar · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Kao · Laser field · Meteorite · Movable box · Pole Elevator · Propeller Spring · Pulley · Rainbow Ring · Rocket · Route Signal · Saw · Seesaw · Sling Shot · Slot machine · Spike Trap · Spikes · Spinning Top · Spinning Platform · Spotlight · Spring · Spring Catapult · Spring Pole · Star Post · Switch · Trick Jump Panel · Wall Jump Block · Warp Point · Wide spring · Zip Line
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Items |
Air bubble · Boss Gate · Boss Gate Key · Buoy · Chaos Emerald · Container (Case, Spike Block, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) · Energy Core · Goal Ring · Information Pod · Item Box (1-Up, Aqua Shield, Flame Shield, Invincible, Power Sneakers, Skateboard, Super Ring, Thunder Shield) · Medal · Mega Mack · Musical note · Red Star Ring · Ring · Snowboard · Time Bonus · Wisp Capsule
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Voice actors |
English |
Roger Craig Smith (Modern Sonic, Wisp announcer) · Mike Pollock (Modern and Classic Eggman) · Kate Higgins (Modern and Classic Tails) · Travis Willingham (Knuckles) · Cindy Robinson (Amy) · Kirk Thornton (Shadow) · Quinton Flynn (Silver) · Laura Bailey (Blaze, Omochao) · Karen Strassman (Rouge) · Michelle Ruff (Cream) · Keith Silverstein (Vector) · Troy Baker (Espio) · Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Charmy)
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Japanese |
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Modern Sonic) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Modern and Classic Eggman) · Ryō Hirohashi (Modern Tails) · Takuto Yoshinaga (Classic Tails) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) · Taeko Kawata (Amy) · Kōji Yusa (Shadow) · Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) · Daisuke Ono (Silver) · Nao Takamori (Blaze) · Sayaka Aoki (Cream) · Kenta Miyake (Vector) · Yūki Masuda (Espio) · Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy) · Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao) · Fumihiko Tachiki (Wisp announcer)
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Music |
Songs |
"Sonic Boom" · "You're My Hero" · "Super Sonic Racing" ·"Open Your Heart" · "It Doesn't Matter" · "Escape from the City" · "For True Story" · "E.G.G.M.A.N." · "Sonic Heroes" · "What I'm Made of..." · "Right There, Ride On" · "Vela Nova" · "I Am... All of Me" · "All Hail Shadow" · "His World" · "Dreams of an Absolution" · "Seven Rings In Hand" · "Let the Speed Mend It" · "A New Venture" · "Race to Win" · "Un-Gravitify" · "Endless Possibility" · "Knight of the Wind" · "Free" · "Reach for the Stars" ·
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Albums |
20 Years of Sonic Music · Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack · History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack White Edition
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Other |
Boost Gauge · Chao in Space · Collection Room · Combo · Corkscrew · Death Egg · Death Egg Robot · Egg Dragoon · Egg Gun · Egg Mobile · Egg Spear · Lair of the Time Eater · Life · Loop · Miles Electric · Orca · Perfect Bonus · Rank · Sonic's birthday · Sonic Generations: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Generations (manga) · Sonic Generations of Skate · Statue Room · Time Hole · Tornado-1 · Totem pole · Tunnel · Water · White Space
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Playable characters |
Sonic (Super Sonic) · Virtual Hedgehog*
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Non-playable characters |
Amy · Animals (Cucky, Flicky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky) · Clawz · Cubot · Deadly Six (Master Zik, Zavok (Giant Zavok), Zazz, Zeena, Zomom, Zor) · Eggman · Gillwing · Gulpo · Jackle · Knuckles · Link* · Nightopian · Nights · Omochao · Orbot · Puffy · Reala · Tails · Wizeman · Yacker* · Yoshi*
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Wisps |
Black · Crimson · Cyan · Gray* · Green · Indigo · Magenta · Orange · White* · Yellow
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Levels |
Worlds |
Windy Hill · Desert Ruins · Tropical Coast · Frozen Factory · Silent Forest · Sky Road · Lava Mountain · Hidden World
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Misc. |
Circus* · The Legend of Zelda Zone* · Nightmare Zone · Yoshi's Island Zone*
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Enemies |
Badniks |
Antlion · Anton · Antlion Mother · Aquis · Balkiry · Ball Hog (Gold, Hell) · Batbrain · Big Dragonfly · Blowfish Transporter (BFB) · Blaster · Bomb · Burrobot · Butterdroid · Buzz Bomber · Caterkiller (Big) · Chopper (Bone) · Clucker (Foot) · Cluckoid · Coconuts · Crabmeat (Missile) · Crawl · Crawlton · Dragonfly · Dung Beetle · Egg Pawn · Galaga Bee · Gohla · Grabber · Gustav Turtle · Jaws · Laser Grabber · Madmole · Manbou · Manta · Moto Bug · Mushmeanie · Nebula · Newtron · Octus · Orbinaut (Uni Uni, Unidasu) · Penguinator · Sandworm · Slicer · Snale Blaster · Spiker · Spikes · Sprinkler · Tarantula · Turtloids · Utsubo
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Misc. |
Baku Baku · Boo · Boom Boo · Cactus Ball · Deku Scrub* · Keese* · Piranha Plant* · Sandworm · Sheep · Shy Guy* · Stalchild* · Yeti
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Bosses |
Zazz (Puffy) · Zomom · Master Zik (Gulpo) · Zeena (Clawz) · Zor (Jackle) · Zavok (Gillwing) · Deadly Six · Giant Zavok · Eggrobo
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Moves/ techniques |
General |
Bound Jump · Charged Dash · Dash · Double Jump · Duck · Flying Kick · Focused Homing Attack · Grinding · Ring Dash · Skydiving · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Super Sonic Boost
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Parkour |
Hang · Side Step · Vault · Vault Dash · Wall Climb · Wall Jump · Wall Run · Wall Spin Dash
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Color Powers |
Black Bomb · Crimson Eagle · Cyan Laser · Gray Quake* · Green Hover · Indigo Asteroid · Magenta Rhythm · Orange Rocket · Yellow Drill
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Gimmicks and obstacles |
Balloon · Billiard Ball · Bumper · Cannon · Capsule · Cloud · Coconut · Conveyor Belt · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Drop Target · Fireball · Flipper · Grind Rail · High-speed warp tube · Hint Ring · Iron ball · Lighting switch · Metal nut · Minecart · Musical note · Prism · Seesaw* · Sling Shot · Slot machine · Spring · Spring Catapult · Star Post · Surprise Crocodile · Triangle Bumper · Truffle Cannon · Windmill
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Items |
General |
1-Up · Apple · Asteroid Ring · Blue Chip · Bound bell · Cage · Casino Token · Chaos Emerald · Invincible · Item Box (Floating, Warp, Super Ring) · Number Ring · Power Sneakers · Red Star Ring · Ring · Ring (Nights) · Shield · Thunder Shield
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RC Vehicles |
Helicopter · Fighter Jet · Stealth Jet · Hovercraft · Balloon · UFO · Omochao
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Voice actors |
English |
Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) · Mike Pollock (Eggman) · Kate Higgins (Tails) · Travis Willingham (Knuckles, Zavok) · Cindy Robinson (Amy) · Kirk Thornton (Orbot, Master Zik) · Wally Wingert (Cubot) · Liam O'Brien (Zazz) · Patrick Seitz (Zomom) · Stephanie Sheh (Zeena) · Sam Riegel (Zor)
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Japanese |
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) · Taeko Kawata (Amy) · Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot) · Wataru Takagi (Cubot) · Jōji Nakata (Zavok) · Yutaka Aoyama (Zazz) · Yumi Tōma (Zeena) · Makoto Terada (Master Zik) · Chafūrin (Zomom) · Yūki Tai (Zor)
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Music |
Sonic Lost World Bonus Soundtrack (Special Selection) · Sonic Lost World: Wonder World EP · Without Boundaries: Sonic Lost World Original Soundtrack
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Other |
Auto Running · Cacophonic Conch · Egg Mobile · Extractor · Life · Life (energy) · Loop · Lost Hex · Mech Dragon · Miles Electric · Mission · Moon Mech · Rank · Secret Bonus · Sonic the Hedgehog Halloween ComicFest 2013 · Time Attack · Tornado · Totem pole · Water · Wisp Away* · Wisp Gauge · Zeti
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