Blue spring

Blue spring^[1] is an object that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a variant of the standard spring, which will send Sonic flying through the air upon contact, however, unlike regular springs, blue springs will then initiate a Real-Time Interaction.

Description

Blue springs look very similar to regular springs, but unlike them, they are primarily blue.

Overview

In the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 and Wii/PlayStation 2 version of Sonic Unleashed, when the player jumps onto a blue spring, Sonic will fly towards an action pad on a wall. When Sonic lands on said pad, the player then must perform a Real-Time Interaction by quickly pressing the button that appears on the screen. Should the player complete the Real-Time Interaction, Sonic will jump to the next action pad, where another Real-Time Interaction occurs. This continues until Sonic lands safely on the ground.

Depending on how fast the player completes the Real-Time Interaction, the player will earn extra points with a certain exclamatory word. From the quickest to lowest, the player is commented by "GREAT", "COOL" and "NICE". If the player does not complete the Real-Time Interaction, the player will fall into the lower parts of the stage or, more commonly, into a bottomless pit.

In the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 version, all action pads for a blue spring besides those marked with a question mark depict the button the player needs to press when standing on them (which is also shown on the screen during the Real-Time Interaction). The action pads in the Wii/PlayStation 2 version of the game, however, are blank.

Trivia

• Despite being blue, these springs should not to be confused with the exclusively blue springs in Knuckles' Chaotix, that bounce the player higher than yellow and red springs in general

• In the first version of the Sonic Generations demo, the blue spring (along with its pads) appeared in Green Hill just before the start. However, they were removed from later versions of that demo
  • There is also a blue spring hidden within the games filesystem for Sonic Colors.
  • Similarly, the same game also has a leftover model for the action pads.

Gallery

A leftover model for the action pad in Sonic Colors.

The leftover model for the blue spring from the Nintendo Wii version of Sonic Colors.

References

Springs

• Gimmicks
• Enemies/Bosses with Springs
• Miscellaneous

Blue spring

Bumper wall

Color panel

Egg Spring

Flip Platform

Ice Spring

Jump Panel

Mobile spring

Propeller Spring

Special Spring

Spring

Spring Catapult

Spring Pole

Support Spring

Thorn Spring

Wide spring

Bata-Pyon

Boing-o-Bot

Egg Fighter: Knight

Egg Fighter: Shield

Frogger

Lady Bug Boss

Spiker

Splats

Spring Beetle

Hyper-Spring

Pogo Spring

Spring (Sonic X)

Spring (Paramount)