What happens if Sonic runs out of rings?

Gold Rings In The Sonic The Hedgehog Video Games
The rings act as Sonic's lifeline. If the Blue Blur gets hit by an enemy or a rogue spike during his adventure and isn't carrying any rings, the character will die and the player will lose a life, with the dreaded Game Over screen arising if those are also depleted.
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Why are the rings so important in Sonic?

The Ring (リング, Ringu?), also known as the Gold Ring, is an object that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Rings serve as a unique health system in gameplay throughout most of the series; in most cases, as long as the players hold even one Ring, it will protect them from losing a life upon taking damage.
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What happens if you get 100 rings in Sonic?

The 100 Count Ring is a power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. When the player obtains this power-up, one hundred Rings will be granted to the playable character at once. It can be considered a variant of the Super Ring.
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Does Sonic get the rings back?

Sonic does that, too, by giving us a preview of the ending in the opening two minutes. We see part of the closing scenes as Sonic and Robotnik race through San Francisco. That's after the spiky hedgehog regains his bag of rings, used to open portals to new worlds and locations.
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Are Sonic's rings reusable?

Every 100 rings collected (and not lost) yields the player an extra life. Another version of the gold rings in the original Sonic the Hedgehog video games are the giant ones used to carry the player to bonus levels.
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Is Knuckles stronger than Sonic?

There are several times when his strength is compared to Sonic's speed. As a matter of fact, the rate of Knuckles' strength is equal to the rate of how fast Sonic can run. Because Sonic can run between Mach 1 and Mach 5, that would mean that Knuckles can effectively lift between 100 and 500 metric tons.
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Why does Sonic wear gloves?

Because back in the 1900s, almost every cartoon character wore gloves. Also because Sonic's design is based off of Mickey Mouse and Felix the Cat. Some would look weird with gloves. It's probably a design choice, and has nothing to do with lore.
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Why are Sonic's eyes green?

Well, this is actually very 'what if', sadly. But think of it like this; Sonic is almost always portrayed with a Green Chaos Emerald. His artwork of him and an emerald normally depict the green emerald. It's his signature.
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Does Sonic get his rings back in Sonic 2?

The loss of the rings wasn't brought up in the ending, with none of the characters shown to worry about it either. The rings weren't destroyed and will still be on the mountain where Sonic and Knuckles fought.
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How did Sonic get his powers?

After being exposed to massive amounts of chaos energy from the Chaos Emeralds, Sonic gained the ability to transform into the powerful Super Sonic when under extreme stress or when exposed to more chaos energy.
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What is gold Sonic called?

Appearances of Super Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog 2: When Super Sonic first appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, he was almost the same as Sonic but he was gold instead of blue and his quills pointed upward.
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Is Sonic black?

First, there were the scores of vindicated “Sonic” fans that always knew the animated character was Black. There were of course many commenters that couldn't resist capitalizing on Elba's viral “Hot Ones” meme. Check out some other “Idris Elba IS Knuckles” highlights here.
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What is the red Sonic?

Knuckles the Enchidna is the red-colored Sonic series character. He first appeared in "Sonic The Hedgehog Three." Knuckles is known for his short temper and is named after his large knuckles.
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Who is the purple Sonic?

Fang the Sniper, initially known as Nack the Weasel in English localizations, is a purple jerboa/wolf hybrid that first appeared in the Game Gear video game Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble in 1994.
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Why does classic Sonic not talk?

Well, he originally did speak in certain officially licensed Classic-era material before Sega decided that he needed to be mute with Sonic Generations. The most well-known examples are the DiC cartoons, where he is voiced by Jaleel White.
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Why does Sonic call Robotnik Eggman?

Eventually, he receives the moniker "Eggman" from Sonic after the egg-shaped designs of his robots. Robotnik uses one of Sonic's quills to power up his machines to match Sonic's speed, but is eventually defeated by Sonic.
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Why does Sonic eat chili dogs?

In the “History” section, we find that Sonic loves chili dogs is due to Sir Charles Hedgehog, his uncle. A pioneer of Robotization research, Sir Charles left his potentially-lifesaving work behind when he realized it stripped subjects of free will. Naturally, he decided to open up a Chili Dog instead.
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What happens when shadow removes his rings?

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, the Inhibitor Rings inhibit Shadow's power (in the original continuity they limited his access to the Chaos Force). When Shadow removes them, he can transform into Chaos Shadow.
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What is Sonic's strongest form?

Hyper Sonic

To trigger the transformation, Sonic must collect at least fifty Rings and perform the Insta-shield. To this date, Hyper Sonic is recognized as the most powerful form of Sonic ever.
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Who would win Sonic or Mario?

Mario's determination, strength, and willpower are unlike any human being, though, and given certain circumstances, Mario would easily beat Sonic. This is reliant on his power-ups, power of the elements, and his allies, though, while Sonic doesn't really need anything except his blinding speed.
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Can Knuckles go super?

The transformation can only be obtained by collecting the seven Chaos Emeralds as Knuckles. The player can then activate Knuckles' Super State by collecting fifty Rings and then press the jump button twice in succession. While Knuckles is transformed, the player's Ring count drops by one Ring every second.
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