Following the game's release, Eitaro Toyoda moved back to Sonic Team Japan to work on Sonic and the Secret Rings as a game designer.

The player must dodge Badniks and traps set by Knuckles, collect Rings and uncover the Chaos Emeralds while guiding Sonic and his sidekick Tails through six different Zones, trailing the deranged scientist Dr. Robotnik.

The player, as either Sonic or Knuckles, must collect Rings, avoid Badniks and escape traps as the antagonist, Dr. Robotnik, initiates another plot to take over the world.

* In the Arabian Nights-themed video game Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sinbad looks almost exactly like Knuckles the Echidna.

* Sonic and the Secret Rings, a video game

Contrary to earlier games in the series, collecting all Chaos Rings does not award the player with special powers ( but it does reward them with the best ending, in which Sonic and Tails make cameo appearances ).

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** Rings ( Sonic the Hedgehog ), items collected in the Sonic the Hedgehog video games, also called Golden Rings

Gazebo and Tiara fear that Dr. Robotnik is after the six Rings of Order, and call on Sonic to get the Rings before Robotnik can.

Dr. Robotnik ends up kidnapping Gazebo after he requests Sonic's help, making it so Sonic has to retrieve both him and the Rings of Order.

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The multiplayer component is entitled ' Duel Mode ' and features two modes of play ; Sonic Rush and Get the Rings.

' Sonic Rush ' has players competing to be the first to finish a zone and the objective of ' Get the Rings ' is to collect the specified amount of rings before your rival.

In order to enter a Special Stage, Sonic needs to collect 100 Rings in one act ( the player also will be awarded an extra life for collecting 100 Rings ).

* " Sonic Wild Fire ", the former name for the Sonic and the Secret Rings video game for the Nintendo Wii

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* Rotor Walrus, a character from Sonic the Hedgehog comics, nicknamed " Boomer " in early issues

* Bunnie Rabbot in the Sonic the Hedgehog Saturday morning TV series and US comic series.

* Dr Robotnik from Sonic the Hedgehog

* Knuckles the Echidna from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series

* Exceptionally Versatile Evolvanoid ( EVE ), a minor character from Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comic books

Sonic Team are best known for the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

In 1990, Sega asked to create a game with a character that was popular enough to rival Nintendo's Mario, resulting in the creation of Sonic the Hedgehog.

In 1991 AM8 took its name from the Sonic the Hedgehog series and became Sonic Team.

Following the release of Sonic The Hedgehog, Yuji Naka grew dissatisfied with Sega Japan's policies and so moved to Sega of America to work in the offices of the newly established Sega Technical Institute, headed by Mark Cerny.

The American developers collaborated with Sonic Team in the development of Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

The Sega Dreamcast followed in 1998, and launched with the return of Sonic the Hedgehog in Sonic Adventure.

In 2009, the director of Sonic Unleashed and creator of the Hedgehog Engine, Yoshihisa Hashimoto, left Sonic Team to move to Square Enix.

In 2010, it was confirmed that Dimps, developers of the Sonic Advance and Sonic Rush titles, would be co-developing Sonic the Hedgehog 4 with Sonic Team.

While the original Sonic the Hedgehog was developed in Japan by Sonic Team, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was developed by Sonic Team in the US with several members of Sega Technical Institute assisting.