The Homing Attack can also target and break Item Boxes the same way it targets and destroys enemies. This usually involves the player hit them with a Spin Attack-related move, or attack them with similar ground-bound or aerial attacks. In some games, when a classic monitor Item Box is hidden in the air or stuck to the ceiling, striking it from below will cause it to fall to the ground.Ī classic monitor Item Box can be broken from directly above or from the sides with different attacks. They can also be found suspended in midair, particularly those designed without a base, or even upside down. However, they can also be hidden in a level's environment, such as in palm trees. Located in Zones, Item Boxes are usually placed on the ground. In games such as Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Lost World, the appearance of modern Item Boxes has been simplified so that they resemble round glass capsules with red top and bottom covers. Otherwise, since Sonic Adventure, modern Item Boxes were designed to look like ellipsoid glass capsules with a red cap on the top and an icon inside them that identifies the power-up they contain. Even though they were replaced in later games, classic monitor Item Boxes have made appearances in recent games, mostly in those that feature 2.5D gameplay, such as Sonic the Hedgehog 4, and Classic Sonic's levels in Sonic Generations and Sonic Forces. In the early games of the series, they took the form of gray and rectangular/cubic computer monitors with the icon of the power-up contained inside shown on said monitors' black screens. The appearance of Item Boxes has changed on several occasions throughout the Sonic series. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

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