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[[File:Sonic Rush Adventure Vent Physics 411.png|link=Sonic Rush Series|frame|Yeah, Sonic, this makes perfect sense.]]
Sometimes, [[Jump Physics]] aren't enough to give you the vertical boost you need in a video game level. That's when conveniently placed air vents could come in handy—just be sure that they're switched on first. There may also be fans to blow you sideways.
▲Sometimes, [[Jump Physics]] aren't enough to give you the vertical boost you need in a video game level. That's when conveniently placed air vents could come in handy—just be sure that they're switched on first. There may also be fans to blow you sideways.
If you're [[Macro Zone|much smaller than the environment]], being able to hover over air vents makes sense. In other cases, just trust that the vents are powerful enough to keep you buoyant.
See also [[Gusty Glade]] where there are no fans visible. One of the ways to make a [[Spring Jump]].
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== Action-Adventure Games ==
* Grasstown in ''[[Cave Story]]'' has a number of such fans to help you get up to otherwise out-of-the-way places.
* The 3D ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' games since ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'' have used giant fans for this purpose. Wearing the Iron Boots will keep Link from being blown around and even let him advance through the gust. (It's best not to think about what would really happen if you tried this.)
* ''[[The Simpsons Hit
* Raziel from ''[[Legacy of Kain]]: Soul Reaver'' can do this by spreading his wings over air vents. This is necessary for several puzzles.
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== First-Person Shooter ==
* In ''[[Half-Life]]'', there's one area where Gordon has to turn on a big fan, which will propel him up to the ceiling (yet despite falling up bout 100 feet, he's not hurt). Oddly enough, the boards that block the hole on the ceiling simply fall down when they're smashed, unaffected by the upwards wind.
** But ''[[Freeman's Mind]]'' claims that he got the breath knocked out of him upon impact with the boards.
*** "I though you had to be wearing MC Hammer pants and a poncho for that to work!"
** [[Hand Wave|The HEV suit has]] [[Portal (series)|springs on its legs.]]
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* In the ''[[Dystopia (video game)|Dystopia]]'' map "Silo", Corp deckers can turn on fans while Punks are in the vents to send them flying into a laser grid.
* Primagen's Lightship in ''[[Turok]] 2'' has giant fans that propel you both vertically and horizontally. Getting sucked into one generally results in death.
* The Wind Tunnels level in ''[[Quake (series)|Quake]]''. ''[[Quake II]]'' also had a few air shafts with fan currents, including one instance where you had to deactivate the fan to descend the shaft, lest you get [[Ludicrous Gibs|chopped up]].
== Miscellaneous Games ==
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* Air vents are used a lot in level design in ''[[Scribblenauts]]''.
** They can also be used by the player to push faraway items around, making them a ''[[Game Breaker]]''.
== MMORPGs ==
* Many of the floating rocks in the Shadow Shard, a [[Pocket Dimension]] in ''[[City of Heroes]]/[[City of Villains]]'', possessed small, ill-defined volcano-like formations which would propel you toward another nearby rock, if you walked up and into them.
== Platformers ==
* ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' has it.
* Happened in the Krazoa Palace in ''[[Star Fox Adventures]]''. And some doorways in the Cloudrunner Fortress, too.
* This happens in ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles|Sonic The Hedgehog 3]]'' in Hydrocity Zone with fans that are often placed on the bottom of the water. Occasionally you will even encounter walls of fans that blow you uncontrollably in a general direction which may even end up being straight up to the top of the level depending on the grade of slopes in your way.
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== RPG ==
* In ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'' before going to the Victory Road, you need to pass through a series of doors/gates. To pass you need to prove you have the gym badge and you can proceed. Each room has a theme which resembles the gym type. One of them has no floor, just wind...
== Wide-Open Sandbox ==
* Many of the buildings in the different zones of ''[[Goat Simulator]]'' have air vents which provide varying levels of vertical thrust to the adventurous goat.
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