This article is about the move used by Speed Type characters in Sonic Heroes. For the move used by Miles "Tails" Prower in Sonic Advance 3, see Tornado Attack.

Tornado Attack
Sonic using his team's Tornado Attack, Blue Tornado
First appearance	Sonic Heroes
User(s)	Sonic the Hedgehog Amy Rose Espio the Chameleon Shadow the Hedgehog
Description	An attack that conjures up a tornado

The Tornado Jump, also known as the Tornado Attack, is a move that can be performed by Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Amy Rose and Espio the Chameleon in Sonic Heroes.

DescriptionEdit

The attack would involve either Team Sonic or Team Dark running around the nearest target to create a tornado that would swoop the enemies off their feet and leave them vulnerable to attack. For Team Rose, Amy would swing her hammer and create wind. For Team Chaotix, Espio would use ninja skills to create a gale force; he also turns invisible at the same time.

The main function of the attack is to flip enemies over to reveal a weak spot, or to blow away an enemy's shield or armor, leaving them vulnerable. The Tornado Attack can also be used to scale vertical poles, or to activate propellers.

Types of Tornado JumpsEdit

• Team Sonic - Blue Tornado (ブルートルネード): Sonic homes in on the closest enemy and spins a full circle around them, making an hourglass-shaped tornado with a wide range.
• Team Dark - Black Tornado (ブラックトルネード): Shadow's is exactly the same as Sonic's, but being black and, as a result, slightly more cryptic.
• Team Rose - Tornado Hammer (トルネードハンマー): Amy's is not actually a spin, but more of a whirl with her hammer, which sends a tornado that hunts down the closest enemies, making up for its low range.
• Team Chaotix - Leaf Swirl (木の葉がくれ): With the least range, Espio focuses his energy, doing a back-flip within the tornado, and falls out completely invisible, leaving behind his teammates.
• Team Super Sonic: Team Super Sonic's Tornado Attack was unnamed and simply referred to as "Light Attack". Sonic piledrives through all enemies within range and destroys them. It is similar to Sonic Overdrive.

TriviaEdit

• For Teams Sonic and Dark, the Tornado Jump allows for an additional height boost if the player holds down the A button (X for PlayStation) during or after the move. This essentially allows for a double jump.
  • Team Rose also gets an effect from using the Tornado Jump. If the A button (X for PlayStation) is held during the move it will allow Amy to use her Propeller Hammer attack again to cross even farther distances.
  • Team Chaotix has no effect from holding the A button.
• Tornado Jump can also extinguish torches. However, in most stages, it makes no difference.
• The move can be a hindrance if used against flying enemies, as it does no damage. The Tornado Jump causes them to become temporarily invulnerable, as they try to stabilize themselves from the wind.
• When used by Team Chaotix, the move is known as Leaf Swirl. As Espio is a ninja, the name of this move is most likely a reference to the ninja from the show "Naruto". In the show, a ninja named Rock Lee has a signature move named "leaf hurricane " which is executed in a similar fashion to leaf swirl. Many of Lee's taijutsu attacks follow this naming pattern, such as leaf gale, leaf whirlwind, leaf gust, leaf rising wind, leaf coiling wind, etc...