Power Sneakers (power-up)


 * For iconic footwear with same name, see here.

Power Sneakers (ハイスピード), also called Speed Up (スピードアップ), Super Shoes, High-Speed Shoes, are power-ups, which are able to find at Item Boxes and other on particular objects in Sonic the Hedgehog games. In almost every game, Item Boxes are shown to have singular shoes, which are similar to Sonic's iconic footwears. When the player breaks one of these Item Boxes, it increases the moving speed and jump height for about 15-20 seconds. The ensuing effect of this also makes BGM music slightly faster for this moment until the time runs out of the power-up.

With many Monitor power-ups, Power Sneakers have been featured since it's debut in original Sonic the Hedgehog. The power-up has been appeared in almost every possible platforming installment in the series and has been untouched with same features in every appearance since then.

Trivia

 * Power Sneakers power-up has not be listed for unknown reasons in US instruction manual of Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
 * In Sonic Lost World the theme song of Power Sneakers is a remix of Sonic Heroes song from the same titled game.
 * In most of the classic Sonic games (including Sonic the Hedgehog 4), when the player gets the Power Sneakers, the music also speeds up in addition to Sonic's speed although in Sonic CD and the 3D Sonic games since Sonic Adventure that feature this power-up, there is a separate theme for the Power Sneakers.
 * The only games where Sonic wears different looking shoes are Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Riders, Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Sonic Unleashed (while in Werehog form) and Sonic Free Riders.
 * He wears different but similar looking shoes in Sonic Labyrinth, Sonic Adventure, and Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).