Difference between revisions of "Shield"

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Shield monitor from Sonic 2

A shield is a power-up that protects the player from harm. When the player runs into an enemy or trap, they fall backwards and the shield is lost. Shields offer limited protection in the same way as rings do, although shields can't be re-collected after they are lost.

Shields can be obtained though breaking monitors, or the gumball machine bonus stage in Sonic 3.

Types of shield

Sonic 1 and Sonic 2

The original shield is a simple blue sphere, with no additional advantages.

Sonic 3 & Knuckles

These shields protect against most projectile attacks.

The water shield, which protects the player from drowning, and lets you "bounce".
The fire shield, which protects the player from flames and lets you do zoom forwards in mid-air.
The lightning shield, which protects the player from electric damage and lets you to a double-jump, as well as attracting rings.

Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island

The standard blue shield.
The fire shield.
The gold shield, which lets the player perform homing attacks on nearby enemies.

Sonic Adventure and beyond

A green version of the standard blue shield
The lightning shield; in this game the only difference from a standard shield is the color and the fact that it attracts rings

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 ===''[[Sonic 3 & Knuckles]]''===
-* The [[water shield]], which protects the player from drowning, deflects some enemy projectile attacks and lets you "bounce".
+These shields protect against most projectile attacks.
+* The [[water shield]], which protects the player from drowning, and lets you "bounce".
 * The [[fire shield]], which protects the player from flames and lets you do zoom forwards in mid-air.
 * The [[lightning shield]], which protects the player from electric damage and lets you to a double-jump, as well as attracting [[ring]]s.