Transparency

Transparency (透明^[2]^[1], Tōmei^?) is an Item Box power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Exclusive to multiplayer, this power-up turns the either the player^[1] or Chao invisible for a short period of time when obtained.

Description

Item Boxes that contain Transparency generally depict an icon that displays six light blue lines extending out from a circle on a blue background.

Transparency is used exclusively in multiplayer gameplay. When collected, it temporarily changes a character's appearance to be transparent, making them invisible to opponents.

Game appearances

Sonic Advance series

Sonic Advance

This power-up made its first appearance in Sonic Advance. In gameplay, Transparency only appears in the Chao Hunt multiplayer feature in VS Mode. Whenever the player obtains Transparency, it will temporarily make all Chao in the minigame appear invisible to other players.

Sonic Advance 3

In Sonic Advance 3, Boxes that contain Transparency use the same graphic as the one used in Sonic Advance. In gameplay, Transparency only appears in the game's Single-Pak Battle multiplayer. Whenever the player obtains Transparency, the player's character will become invisible to opponents. During gameplay in this mode, the Boxes cycle through the power-ups available, including Transparency.

Playable characters		Sonic · Tails · Knuckles · Amy
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman · Chao (Gold Chao) · Animals (Deer, Elephant, Flicky, Gorilla, Kangaroo, Koala, Lion, Mole, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Picky, Pocky, Rabbit, Ricky, Robin, Sea Otter, Seal, Skunk)
Zones		Neo Green Hill Zone · Secret Base Zone · Casino Paradise Zone · Ice Mountain Zone · Angel Island Zone · Egg Rocket Zone · Cosmic Angel Zone · X-Zone · The Moon Zone · Special Stages
Enemies		Buzzer · Drisame · GamiGami · Hanabii · KeroKero · Kiki · Kuraa · Leon · Mirror · Mogu · Oct · Pen · Pierrot · Rhinotank · Senbon · Slot · Tentou · Wamu · Yukimaru
Bosses		Egg Hammer Tank · Egg Press · Egg Ball · Egg Spider · Mecha Knuckles · Egg Snake · Egg Wrecker · Egg Drillster · Egg X · Super Egg Robot
Moves/techniques		Climb · Giant Steps · Glide · Grinding · Hammer Attack · Hammer Jump · Hammer Whirl · Jump Dash · Insta-Shield · Jump Attack · Look down · Propeller Flying · Skid Attack · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Super Sonic Boost · Somersault · Swimming (Tails) · Swimming (Knuckles) · Tail Swipe
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon · Bumper · Bumper wall · Capsule · Cloud · Conveyor Belt · Dash Panel · Fan · Fireball · Flipper · Goal Plate · Grind Rail · High-speed warp tube ·
Items		Continue · Item Box (1-Up, ? Ring, 5 Rings, 10 Rings, Blind, Brake, Confusion, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Shield, Speed Boots, Transparency*, Warp) · Ring
Other		Chao Search* · Life · Loop · Moon · Sonic Advance & Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Official Perfect Guide · Sonic Advance Strongest Strategy Guide · Sonic Advance Victory Perfect Guide · Sound Test* · Time Attack · Tiny Chao Garden* · Time Over · Tornado · Trick Point · Tunnel · Water

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) · Tails · Knuckles · Amy · Cream and Cheese · Eggman
Non-playable characters		Vanilla · Gemerl (Ultimate Gemerl) · Chao · Omochao
Zones		Route 99 · Sunset Hill · Ocean Base · Toy Kingdom · Twinkle Snow · Cyber Track · Chaos Angel · Altar Emerald · Nonaggression · Special Stage · Mini-Games
Enemies		Akatento · Aotento · Ape · Bu-Bu · Buzzer · Clam · Condor · Gaogao · Gekogeko · Ginpe · Guards · Guruguru · Hariisen · Jousun · Juggling · Kamaki · Kyacchaa · Marun · Minimole · Muukaden · Spina · Takkon · Uutsubo · Yadokk · Yukigasen
Bosses		Egg Hammer 3 · Egg Ball No.2 · Egg Foot · Egg Cube · Egg Chaser · Egg Pinball · Egg Gravity · Hyper Eggrobo · Ultimate Gemerl
Moves/ techniques	General	Amy Dash · Big Hammer Attack · Boost Mode · Bound Attack · Breast Stroke · Breathe · Chao Attack · Chao Ball Attack · Chao Spin · Chao Spinning Attack · Dash Climb · Dog Paddle · Double Mid-Air Glide · Double Punch · Drill Claw · Fire Sliding · Flying · Floating Fall · Grinding · Hammer Attack · Hammer Jump · Hammer Propeller Flying · Head Slide · High Propeller Flying · Hip Drop · Homing Attack · Jump Dash · Leap · Life Ring · Look down · Mid-Air Dash Glide · Propeller Flying · Mid-Air Chao Attack · Mid-Air Chao Ball Attack · Mid-Air Chao Spinning Attack · Mid-Air Glide · Mid-Air Hammer Attack · Mid-Air Hammer Jump · Skid Attack · Spin · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Super Sonic Boost · Spinning Hammer Attack · Spiral Upper · Tag Action · Tail Spin Attack · Tail Swipe · Tornado Attack · Upper Spin · Wall Climb · Wind Attack
	Mid-Air Trick Actions	Big Air (Happy Spring, Hop Jump, Petit Step) · Long Wind Jump (Humming Top, Sweet Roll, Window Jump) · Stop 'n' Slam (Bound Attack, Spinning Hammer Attack, Propeller Descent, Hip Drop)
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon · Bungee Rope · Dash Panel · Flywheel · Gondola · Grind Rail · High-speed warp tube · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Minecart · Platform-raising Wheel · Propeller Spring · Pulley · Seesaw · Snowblower · Spring · Spring Pole · Special Spring · Spin ring · Star Post · Switch
Items		Act Ring · Capsule · Chaos Emerald · Factory Ring · Goal Medal · Item Box (1-Up, 5 Ring Bonus, 10 Ring Bonus, Confusion, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Minus Ring, Mosaic, Power Sneakers, Random Ring Bonus, Shield, Slow, Swap, Transparency) · Ring · Special Key
Voice actors	English	Ryan Drummond (Sonic) · Deem Bristow (Eggman) · William Corkery (Tails) · Scott Dreier (Knuckles) · Jennifer Douillard (Amy) · Sarah Wulfeck (Cream) · Jon St. John (announcer)
	Japanese	Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) · Taeko Kawata (Amy) · Sayaka Aoki (Cream)
Other		Altar of Emerald · Angel Island · Chao Playground · Corkscrew · Fly Type · Freeze · Life · Loop · Power Type · Sonic Advance 3 Strongest Strategy Guide · Sonic Factory · Speed Type · Time Attack · Tornado 2 · Water