Sonic Token

The Sonic Token^[1] (トークン^[2]^[3], Tōkun^?, lit "Token"), also known as the Sonic Coin,^[4] is an object that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. They are gold coins with Sonic's face on them, and are either used to unlock features in or proceed with the levels.

Game appearances

Sonic R

Sonic Tokens first appeared in Sonic R. In this game, there are five tokens to collect on each course during the Grand Prix. Collecting all of these tokens while coming in within the top three positions of the race allows the player to race an unlockable character (except Robotnik and Super Sonic). Once this new character is beaten in this race, the character will be unlocked.

The Sonic Tokens' locations and the character they essentially unlock are as follows:

Sonic Adventure

In Sonic Adventure and its enhanced port Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, Sonic Tokens feature the Sonic Team symbol on them, which still resembled Classic Sonic's face. They are used in Sonic's version of Casinopolis, where he needs to collect 400 Rings in order to finish the Action Stage. When Sonic makes the deposit using a switch, which causes mechanical arms to grab and violently shakes the Rings from him, his collected Rings will be converted into Sonic Tokens (1 Ring = 1 Token) and pile up in the vault.

Knuckles can see Sonic Tokens in his version of Casinopolis as well.

Also, some missions require the player to find Sonic Tokens, which are described on the cards as "medallions".

SegaWorld

Main articles: SegaWorld London and Sega World Sydney

SegaWorld also used actual Sonic tokens. These were used to play the prize/ticket games in SegaWorld. Sonic tokens in London had Sonic's classic pose on one side, while the other side had the Sega logo.

The Sonic tokens in Sydney were more traditional to the games, as one side had Sonic's head while the other had SegaWorld Sydney's logo on it. Various SegaWorlds also used Sonic Tokens to play the games.

Trivia

In console/PC version of Sonic Generations, the Challenge Act "Knuckles: Buried Treasure" has Medals resembling Sonic Tokens, but with Knuckles's face imprinted on them.

Gallery

Textures

References

↑ Sonic R (Sega Saturn) United States instruction booklet, pg. 14.
↑ Sonic R (Sega Saturn) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 20.
↑ Sonic R (PC) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 23.
↑ Sonic R (PC) United States instruction booklet, pg. 14.

Sonic R

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Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Dr. Robotnik \| Metal Sonic \| Tails Doll \| Metal Knuckles \| Eggman Robo
Non-playable characters		Animals (Flicky)
Courses		Resort Island \| Radical City \| Regal Ruin \| Reactive Factory \| Radiant Emerald
Moves/ Techniques		Crouch \| Double Jump \| Flying \| Gliding \| Homing Missile \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash Roll \| Turbo Boost
Gimmicks and obstacles		Accelerator \| Balloon \| Bumper \| Ring Gate \| Spring \| Triangle Bumper
Items		Chaos Emerald \| Item Panel (Numbered Item Panel (5 Rings), Numbered Item Panel (10 Rings), Numbered Item Panel (20 Rings), Fleet Feet, Lightning Shield, Water Shield) \| Ring \| Sonic Token
Music	Songs	"Back in Time" \| "Can You Feel the Sunshine?" \| "Diamond in the Sky" \| "Living in the City" \| "Super Sonic Racing" \| "Work It Out" \| "You're My Number One"
Music	Albums	Sonic R
Other		Egg Mobile \| Loop \| Music Test \| Sonic R (LCD game) \| Sonic R Official Guide \| South Sea \| Time Attack
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Sonic Adventure

Main article · Scripts (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Big, Gamma, Super Sonic) · Story Screens (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Big, Gamma) · Credits · Glitches · Beta elements · Gallery · Pre-releases (Limited Edition, DX Demo Version) · Re-releases (DX, 2010)

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) · Tails · Knuckles · Amy · Big · Gamma · Metal Sonic**^
Non-playable characters		Eggman · Beta (Mark II) · Birdie · Chao (Dark Chao, Hero Chao) · Chaos (Chaos 0, Chaos 1, Chaos 2, Chaos 4, Chaos 6, Perfect Chaos) · Cream** · Delta · Epsilon · Froggy · Knuckles Clan (Tikal, Pachacamac & Grandma) · Mecha Sonic Mark III · Mr. Know-It-All · NiGHTS · Station Square Police Department · ZERO · Zeta · Animals (Deer, Elephant, Gorilla, Kangaroo, Koala, Lion, Mole, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Rabbit, Robin, Seal, Sea Otter, Skunk)
Adventure Fields		Egg Carrier · Mystic Ruins · Station Square
Action Stages		Emerald Coast · Windy Valley · Casinopolis · Icecap · Twinkle Park · Speed Highway · Red Mountain · Sand Hill · Sky Deck · Hot Shelter · Lost World · Final Egg
Sub Games		Sky Chase · Sand Hill · Hedgehog Hammer · Twinkle Circuit · Boss
Enemies		Beat · Bladed Spinner · Boa-Boa · Buyoon · Cart Kiki · Cop Speeder · Egg Keeper · Electro Spinner · Fighter Aircraft A · Fighter Aircraft B · Gola · Ice Ball · Icecap's unnamed aircraft · Kiki · Leon · Pirate · Rhinotank · Saru Air A · Spark Unit · Spiky Spinner · Sweeper
Bosses		Chaos 0 · Chaos 2 · Chaos 4 · Chaos 6 · Beta (Mark II) Gamma · Delta · Epsilon · Zeta · Egg Carrier · Egg Hornet · Egg Viper · Egg Walker · Knuckles · Perfect Chaos · Sonic · ZERO
Moves/ techniques	Playable characters	Bolt of lightning · Climb · Dig · Flight Mode · Glide · Hammer Attack · Hammer Jump · Hover · Homing Attack · Homing Missile Launch · Jump Attack · Laser Gun · Light Speed Attack · Light Speed Dash · Lure Attack · Maximum Heat Knuckles Attack · Pick · Propeller Flight · Punch Attack · Rapid Tails Attack · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Hammer Attack · Spin Jump · Tails Attack
	Non-playable characters	Arm Punch · Bomb Attack · Bomb Gun Attack · Charge · Double Punch · Earthquake Attack · Electric Arm · Energy Ball Attack · Flame Thrower Attack · Guiding Missiles · Instantaneous Liquefaction · Laser Beam Attack · Homing Tail Slice · Inhale Attack · Marble Attack · Phantom Shadow Move · Punch · Quarter Attack · Scorpion Attack · Shockwave Attack (Chaos 6) · Sonic Boom · Spin Attack · Spinning Spike Attack · Spouting Attack · Squash Roll Attack · Swing Punch
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bumper · Bumper Car · Cannon · Capsule · Car · Conveyor Belt · Crank · Dash panel · Dash Ring · Drum Can · Explosion Trap · Fan · Flame dart · Flipper · Fountain · Giant Ring* · Goal Balloon · Hanging Bell · Helicopter · Hint Box · Hint Orb · Icicle · Iron ball · Jump Panel (plate) · Jump Panel (ramp) · Jump Ramp · Laser field · Lit Panel · Mirror · Monkey Detonation Switch · Orca · Point Marker · Power cube · Rocket · Satellite · Sling Shot · Slot machine · Spiked bar · Spring · Spring Catapult · Switch · Teleporter · Wide spring · Wind Path · Zip Line
Items	General	Air bubble · Cart pass · Chao Egg · Chaos Emerald · Doll · Emblem · Emerald Shard · Employee ID Card · Fish (Akatai, Ankō, Burabasu, Hammer, Ishitai, Marlin, Mechanical fish, Piranin, Ryūgū, Salmon, Shākun, Shibasu, Shīran, Unadon, Utsubon) · Item Box (5 Rings, 10 Rings, Extra Life, High-Speed Shoes, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Random Rings, Shield, Smart Bomb) · Key Stone (Gold statue, Ice Stone, Silver statue, Wind Stone) · Ring · Sandboard · Snowboard · Sonic Token
	Level Up Items	Ancient Light · Crystal Ring · Fighting Gloves · Jet Anklet · Jet Booster · Laser Blaster · Life Belt · Light Speed Shoes · Long Hammer · Lure · Power Rod · Rhythm Badge · Shovel Claw · Warrior Feather
Voice actors	English	Ryan Drummond (Sonic) · Corey Bringas (Tails) · Michael McGaharn (Knuckles) · Deem Bristow (Eggman) · Jennifer Douillard (Amy) · Jon St. John (Big) · Elara Distler (Tikal, Station Square train announcer, default menu voice) · Steve Broadie (Gamma, Pachacamac, Mystic Ruins train announcer) · Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
	Japanese	Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) · Kazuki Hayashi (Tails) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles, Mystic Ruins train announcer) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) · Taeko Kawata (Amy) · Shun Yashiro (Big) · Kaori Asoh (Tikal) · Jōji Nakata (Gamma) · Tōru Ōkawa (Pachacamac) · Kaho Kōda (Station Square train announcer) · Elara Distler (default menu voice) · Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Music	Songs	"Open Your Heart" · "It Doesn't Matter" · "Believe In Myself" · "Unknown from M.E." · "My Sweet Passion" · "Lazy Days (Livin' in Paradise)" · "Theme of "E-102γ""
	Albums	Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era · Sonic Adventure: Songs With Attitude Vocal Mini-Album · SONIC ADVENTURE OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK VINYL EDITION · Sonic Adventure Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition · Sonic Adventure Original Sound Track (Digi-Log Conversation) · Sonic Adventure Remix
Strategy guides		Sonic Adventure DX Complete Guide · Sonic Adventure DX Strongest Strategy Guide · Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut: Prima's Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Adventure: Navigation Guide · Sonic Adventure: Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Adventure Operation Guide · Sonic Adventure Perfect Guide · Sonic Adventure: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Other		777 Slots Pinball · Altar of Emerald · Angel Island · Auto Running · Black Market · Card & Pinball · Chao Adventure* · Chao Garden (Station Square Garden, Mystic Ruins Garden, Egg Carrier Island) · Chao Race · Chao Stadium · Chao in Space · Chao Machine · Chao Search* · Corkscrew · Debug Mode · E-100 Series · Egg Mobile · Egg Carrier · Egg Carrier 2 · Eggmanland · Emerald Radar · Freeze · Game Over · Life · Life gauge · Loop · Master Emerald · Mission Mode*^ · Mystic Ruins · Shrine of Knuckles's race · Sonic Adventure* (LCD) · Station Square · Tails' Lab · Tornado · Tornado 2 · Transporter Machine · Water

*Appears in only the original Dreamcast version · **Appears in only Sonic Adventure DX · ^Appears in only the Sonic Adventure DX DLC of the 2010 remaster
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[1] Sonic R (Sega Saturn) United States instruction booklet, pg. 14.

[2] Sonic R (Sega Saturn) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 20.

[3] Sonic R (PC) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 23.

[4] Sonic R (PC) United States instruction booklet, pg. 14.

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