In Sonic the Hedgehog 1/2/3, what did you call this powerup?
In Sonic the Hedgehog 1/2/3, what did you call this powerup?
I grew up calling it Sparkles. My wife called it Stars. Anyone have any others?
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Invincibility!
I just found a scan of the manual for Sonic 1 on the Master System, the first Sonic version I ever played, which refers to that monitor as “Invincible”
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Confirmation from the Sega Genesis Sonic 2 manual:
Two images, one of the front cover of the instruction manual for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (giant shadowed Doctor Robotnik head and arm in the background, reaching for and clutching a giant checkered numeral 2 in the middle ground, with Sonic and Tails in the foreground, with game title and the text INSTRUCTION MANUAL below them, with the console logo at the top with stylized text reading SEGA GENESIS / 16 BIT CARTRIDGE.
Second photo: the manual opened to page 10 (greyscale), title text Super Items, description text: Spin, bash or bounce to break open monitors any way you can -- to get the Super Items inside.
Five square pixelated images are arrayed in a row beneath the text: a shoe, a ring, Sonic's face, three four-pointed stars, and a circle with a horizontal gradient.
Beneath these is a bulleted list of names and descriptions:- Power Sneakers make you run like the wind!
- Super Rings give you ten rings at once!
- One-ups give you 1 more Life. (You also earn an extra Life when you collect 100 Rings and 200 Rings.)
- An Invincible protects you from attacking enemies, but only for a short time.
- Each Shield protects you from damage 1 time only.
Under this list is a cropped screenshot of Sonic in a shield sphere, with Tails behind him and a mechanical preying mantis in front, the latter of which has launched small curved blades at Sonic's shield.
The following page is visible in the photo but is outside of the scope of this post. It's about Star Posts.
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Subaru
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Another one who called it "invincibility" checking in
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Invincibility IIRC.
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Casting another vote for Invincibility
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A trap. It always runs out right when I need it.
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Stars
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Or star (singular)
We had all played Super Mario Bros first though.
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Huh, I never thought of naming it. I guess I thought they looked like a TV a little.... so I'm going to go with that lol.
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Stars.
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Quick get the stars get the get the star no over ahhh you missed it it's ok
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Sir/Ma'am, did you bug my brother and my room during my childhood?
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Nobody ever talked to me about Sonic lore as a kid, so I never had a word for it. I was too busy playing Cyborg Justice and wishing I was good at it. That game pulled me in with the cool vibes then dashed me to bits with bad controls.
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Cyborg Justice was great. I only learned recently that no, pits were not just a death sentence if you didn't have the pneumatic legs, you can transition out of a jump into a forward lunge to get the distance you need.
Pulling robot pieces off and attaching them to yourself was an amazing mechanic. Same as kicking legs back upright and slamming torsos on to resurrect enemies (and possibly allies?)
And the music is peak Genesis music.
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Strap power or invincibility
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Sparkles as well.
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Star shield, as opposed to shield, fire shield, bubble shield, lightning shield.
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We called the shield power up Dome
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Star power!
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Stars, but we all knew that meant invincibility.
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Hedgehog juice
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Jazzy.
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That is invincibility to me.
This is the way.