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===Giant Rings===
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A variety of the normal Rings, the '''Giant Rings''' are hidden in the games' stages and designed to be jumped through, which would transport the character to a [[Special Stage]], where the character could collect one of the [[Chaos Emerald]]s or, in certain circumstances, [[Super Emerald]]s. They were used for this purpose in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog CD]]'' and ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]] [[Sonic & Knuckles|& Knuckles]]''. ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' used the [[Star Post]]s instead. In [[Sonic 3 & Knuckles|''Sonic 3 & Knuckles'']]'','' if all the Emeralds had already been found, these Rings would be collected as a normal one, granting 50 normal Rings each, allowing the characters to immediately tap into the power of the Chaos Emeralds (usually becoming [[Super transformation|Super]], or [[Super transformation|Hyper]] in ''Sonic 3 & Knuckles'' if the player has collected all the [[Super Emerald|Super Emeralds]] as well). Since ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]],'' they have taken the place of the old [[Goal Plate]] as the end level marker and touching it would end the stage.