Springs
Springs(スプリング Supuringu?), also known as Springboards and Jump Springs(ジャンプバネ Janpu Bane?), are one of the most common objects in the Sonic games. These flat surface platforms are typically red or yellow, but its design soon changed to be somewhat similar to Bumpers. The primary purpose of Springs is to propel the character to a higher area of a Stage onto a platform or to get an item. These objects first appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog(game) and has numerous variants.
List of Variants
Catapults(カタパルト Kataparuto?) or Ramps, are red and white colored plates with small springs on the bottom of them. These can propel its user to short or far distances. Catapults first appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and reoccurred in Tails' Skypatrol, Sonic Pocket Adventure,and Sonic Generations(console/PC version).
Pinball Shooters are variants of Springs that propel the character after he or she deeply rolls into it. These first appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and reoccurred in Sonic 4, Sonic Generations, and Sonic Lost World.
Pogo Springs(ホッピング Hopping in Japan) are power-ups and the variant of Springs found in monitor/item boxes. These are bouncy red plates connected with blue spiral springs underneath it. When using the Pogo Spring, the player is able to bounce and move at the same time. These are exclusive to Sonic Chaos and Sonic Triple Trouble.
Wide Springs or Long Springs, are Spring variants that first debuted in Sonic Adventure 2. These feature three bumpers side by side within the same platform. In Sonic Heroes, if the player bounces off of one of the springs in a three-setter, it lights up. If the player were to make all three light up, his/her team would get bonus rings, or in some cases, a Power Core to use the team's special move. In Sonic Colors, it introduces yellow colored Wide Springs that do not propel the player as high as the red ones.
Bounce Spinners or Fan Springs, are objects used to propel higher off of the Wide Springs by the character(usually Sonic) performing the Homing Attack and holding the jump button while still in the air. These first debuted in Sonic Adventure 2 and reappeared in Sonic Generations.
Special Springs(スペシャルバネ Supesharu Bane?) have blue and yellow support base with bolts set around it. The plate's base color is red with a blue center and has a white, five-point star on it. These are slightly taller and thicker variant of the standard Springs. Special Springs grant access to the Special Stages in Sonic Advance and Sonic Advance 3.
Data Springs are Springs that only appear in worlds containing data in Shadow the Hedgehog(game).
Trap Springs or Egg Springs are small, square-shaped springs with the Eggman Empire logo on it. When touched, it will bounce Sonic backwards; causing him to lose momentum and likely to descend onto a trap. Dr.Eggman's devious laughter can also be heard after it is activated. Trap Springs made its first appearance in Sonic Unleashed.
Thorn Springs are floating Springs with spikes beneath it and will occasionally flip to its spiked side. These only in Sonic Unleashed and in Sonic Colors as an obstacle.
