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===Rings=== One distinctive feature of ''Sonic'' games are the collectible golden rings spread throughout the levels. This gameplay device allows players possessing at least one ring to survive upon sustaining damage from an enemy or hazardous object; instead of dying, the player's rings are scattered. In most ''Sonic'' games, a hit causes the player to lose all of the rings, although in certain games a hit only costs a set number of rings such as ten or twenty.<ref name="STH1manual Rings">{{Cite manual|title = [[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]|section = Reach for the Rings|sectionurl = |version = English|publisher = Sega|accessdate = 2009-03-14|quote = p. 4}}</ref><ref name="ShTH1manual screen">{{Cite manual |title = [[Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]|section = 1P Game: Viewing the Game Screen|sectionurl = |version = English|publisher = Sega| date = |accessdate = 2009-03-14|quote = p. 19}}</ref> When the rings are scattered, the player has a short amount of time to recollect some of them before they disappear. Some causes of death cannot be prevented by holding a ring, including being crushed, falling into a bottomless pit, drowning, and running out of time.<ref name="STH1manual Rings"/> In line with many platform games, collecting 100 rings usually rewards Sonic or any other playable character with an extra life.<ref name="STH1manual Items">{{Cite manual |title =[[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]|section =Items for Survival|sectionurl =|version =English|publisher =Sega| date =|url=|format =|id =|accessdate =2009-03-14|quote =p. 6}}</ref> Certain games in the series often reward the collection of 50 rings with Chaos Emeralds, access to the [[#Special Stages|Special Stages]] in which the Chaos Emeralds may be obtained, or utilization of a character's super transformation.<ref name="STH1manual secret zone">{{Cite manual |title =Sonic the Hedgehog|section =Secret Zone|sectionurl =|version =English|publisher =Sega| date =|url =|format =|id =|accessdate =2009-03-14|quote =p. 8}}</ref> Rings have had other uses in various games as well, such as currency (''Sonic Adventure 2''), restoring health bars, (''Sonic Unleashed'') or improving statistics (''Sonic Riders'').
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