Gold Shield

The Gold Shield enabled an early version of the Homing Attack.

The Gold ShieldMedia:Sonic3D Sat EU manual.pdf^[1], known as the Gold Barrier (ゴールドバリア) in JapanMedia:Sonic3D Sat JP manual.pdf^[2], is a power-up exclusive to Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island, and a variant of the standard Shield.

Overview

In addition to serving as a one-shot barrier against damage and life loss, the Gold Shield allows Sonic to perform what the instruction manual called the "Sonic Blast Attack"Media:Sonic3D Sat EU manual.pdf^[3]: a primitive version of the Homing Attack. Double-tapping or would cause Sonic to jump and home in on a Badnik (over a limited range). The shield couldn't be used to execute a Jump Dash, however; if there were no enemies in range, a double-jump would just bring Sonic crashing back to the floor, similar to the Stomp move of later games.

Other variants of the basic shield include the Lightning Shield, Fire Shield, and Water Shield.

References

*Items in the Sonic the Hedgehog* Game Series**
Collectibles	Ring \| Super Ring \| Special Ring \| Rich Ring \| Heal Ring \| Red Star Ring \| Number Ring \| Silver Moon Ring \| Sonic Medal \| Sun Medal \| Moon Medal \| Sun Tablet \| Moon Tablet \| Planet Tablet \| Secret Item \| Secret Mission \| Red Orbs \| Blue Orbs \| Green Orbs \| Emblem \| Chaos Drives \| Special Stage Key \| Material \| Portal Gear \| Memory Token \| Vault Key \| Red Seed of Power \| Blue Seed of Defense \| Dream Orb
Power-ups	Shield (Water, Lightning, Fire, Gold, Magnetic) \| Invincibility \| Power Sneakers \| Rocket Shoes \| Propeller Shoes \| Hyper Heli-Tails \| Eggman Mark \| Super Ring \| Combine Ring \| Forcejewel \| Power Core \| Light Cores \| Special Combination
Level Objects	Item Box \| Item Panel \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Crane Lift \| Accelerator Gun \| Rocket \| Bobsled \| Buggy \| Dash Rail \| Spikes \| Checkpoint \| Time Warp Plate \| Signpost \| Goal Ring \| Hidden Treasure Ring \| Giant Ring \| Dash Ring \| Rainbow Ring \| Capsule \| Water Barrel \| Ice Generator \| Fire Generator \| Crate \| Door \| Button \| Dark Energy Key \| Bumper \| Speed Booster \| Air bubbles \| Chao container \| Exploding Balloon
Powerful Items	Chaos Emeralds \| Super Emeralds \| Master Emerald \| Time Stones \| Chaos Rings \| Precioustone \| Sol Emeralds \| Jeweled Scepter \| World Rings \| Excalibur \| Phantom Ruby \| Reverie \| Dream Core
Weapons	Piko Piko Hammer \| Chaos Energy Cannon \| Caliburn \| Wispon
Devices	Remote Robot \| Combi Confiner \| Mother Computer \| Nega's Camera \| Arks of the Cosmos \| Miles Electric
Other	Chili Dog \| Fortune Cards \| Speed Down Boots \| Chao Egg \| Scepter of Darkness \| Cacophonic Conch

[:File:Sonic3D_Sat_EU_manual.pdf_p30-1] File:Sonic3D Sat EU manual.pdf, page 30

[:File:Sonic3D_Sat_JP_manual.pdf_p16-2] File:Sonic3D Sat JP manual.pdf, page 16

[:File:Sonic3D_Sat_EU_manual.pdf_p32-3] File:Sonic3D Sat EU manual.pdf, page 32

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Gold Shield

From Sonic Retro

Overview

References