History Main / Instant180DegreeTurn

** The above also applies to all VideoGame/{{Sonic the Hedgehog}} games to date. Although, in the [=2D=] games at least, it's played straight if you're standing still, or moving very slowly, or if you are forced to by springs (sometimes the two close together facing each other).
*** In ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', Sonic the Werehog not only does a full turning-around animation, but needs extra space for him to turn around in. This can result in some unintentional deaths if the player chooses to turn Sonic around when he's standing near a ledge he can't grab.

* The {{UsefulNotes/GBA}} ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' games avert this.

** Played straight for Mr. Game & Watch for [[UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch obvious reasons]]. Although it becomes averted when he's wielding a hammer in ''Melee'' as he can actually be seen slowly turning, likely due to a graphical oversight. This was fixed in subsequent games.

* The UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum game ''Zub'' has a [[http://www.zee-3.com/pickfordbros/archive/view.php?post=101 three-frame turnaround animation]] that was added to justify the AmbidextrousSprite.

* The Eliminator mode in ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}}'' (or "Combat" in ''Wipeout 2048'') allows combatants to flip 180 degrees near-instantaneously to more easily attack those behind them. It makes sense, seeing as in Eliminator, the track is less of a track and more of a ring-shaped arena.

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* Gene can flip around instantly in ''VideoGame/GodHand'' - which is good, because you're often surrounded. Notably, he does so by jumping in place and turning in midair.

* In all VideoGame/{{Mario}} games, 2D or 3D, if you move in one direction and quickly slam the Control Stick in the opposite direction, Mario will skid a little; Luigi tends to skid more.

* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall'' mobile [=NPCs=] and monsters displayed their sprites from various angles. As programmed, this allowed them to turn around and turn corners. In practice, they always ran right at the PC against corners and walls and, depending on the speed of the computer, appeared to turn around instantaneously when approached from behind.
** They do instant turns in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', too. Since everything is 3D, they should be able to at least rotate gradually, but often they don't.

* The ''{{Wild ARMs}}'' games were notable for averting this; despite being sprites, turning in various directions will use animation.

* Players and [=NPCs=] can ''generally'' do this in ''WorldOfWarcraft'', so it is really obvious in the few situations where they can't. Several vehicles, such as vehicles on the Flame Leviathan encounter and mounts at the Argent Tournament, have a nonzero turning radius and time. It's generally the same as or close to the radius and time it would take for a player to turn if they used arrow keys, except that it can't be avoided by using the mouse.

* [[EccoTheDolphin Ecco]] would always turn towards the camera as he switched between going left and going right.

** Played straight for Mr. Game & Watch for [[VideoGame/GameAndWatch obvious reasons]]. Although it becomes averted when he's wielding a hammer in ''Melee'' as he can actually be seen slowly turning, likely due to a graphical oversight. This was fixed in subsequent games.

* The [[GameBoyAdvance GBA]] ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' games avert this.