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The Canisters are Badniks which are based on snails. They have an orange head with a mouth and two dark blue eyes connected to the body via orange cables. In place of a shell, they have a cyan film reel, with an extra, yet smaller yellow reel attached to their rear as a tail. Also, they have a yellow focus lens placed upright on the top of the film reel-like shell.
In Sonic Mania, and its expansion Sonic Mania Plus, Canisters appear in both Acts of Studiopolis Zone. In gameplay, they move along walls in a similar manner to the Snail Blasters from Sonic the Hedgehog 3. However, when the player gets close to a Canister, the Badnik will begin their means of attack by shooting film stock pieces at the player from their focus lenses. These stock pieces will slowly fall to the ground, and each of them inflicts damage upon contact. Despite this, any attack in the player's arsenal can easily defeat this Badnik, where upon destruction the Canister will release their Animal and award the player 100 points.
Powers and abilities[]
The Canisters are capable of fastening onto and climb vertical surfaces. They can also fire damaging film stock pieces from their focus lenses as their main offense.
↑Live Sonic Mania Developer Playthrough. Stealth (20 August 2017). Retrieved on 23 October 2020. "Simon Thomley: And, uh, the snail with the, um, with the film canister rolling up walls, that one is called Canister."
