Boost Mode

Boost Mode (ブースト, Būsuto^?, lit. "Boost") is a recurring technique in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. When performing it, the users enter hyper-speed mode that surpasses their regular running speed.

Description

When entering Boost Mode, the users becomes able to run at extremely fast speeds, usually leaving afterimages in their wake.

In gameplay, there are two ways to enter Boost Mode: the first one is by running at full speed for a while, and the other is by utilizing Dash Panels or horizontal Springs. However, Boost Mode is somewhat risky to use since the high speed makes the playable characters difficult to control. If the playable character comes to a rapid halt or slows down, the Boost Mode will be deactivated.

Game appearances

Sonic Advance series

Sonic Advance 2

In Sonic Advance 2, the character is simply able to run significantly faster with increased acceleration while Boost Mode is in effect. The more Rings the player has obtained, the faster the character can enter the mode. Sonic can also engage this manually if he performs a failed Homing Attack and hits the ground running. For the entire duration of the move, the character can perform a Boost Attack which varies depending on the character.

Sonic Advance 3

In Sonic Advance 3, Boost Mode is basically the same as in Sonic Advance 2, but without the Boost Attacks. However, only speed-based teams are able to use it. If Sonic is the character's partner, he/she can manually engage it via Tag Action. However, if the character is partnered with Cream (except for Amy) and performs a failed Homing Attack and hits the ground running, then he will automatically enter Boost Mode.

Sonic Rush series

In Sonic Rush and Sonic Rush Adventure, both Sonic and Blaze can enter the Boost Mode. In these games, it is possible to enter Boost Mode by activating and then disengaging the Super Boost/Fire Boost while moving; when the Super Boost/Fire Boost ends, the player will be left in Boost Mode should he/she continue to move forward.

Sonic Colors (DS)

Boost Mode reappears in the Nintendo DS version of Sonic Colors. In this game, its mechanics are the same as the ones in the Sonic Rush series. When entering Boost Mode, Sonic briefly gives a rainbow-colored aura in front of him. However, when he is boosting over water, it becomes a blue aura.

Trivia

In Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II, in Sky Fortress Zone Act 1, the Tornado will in two high-speed sections start speeding up in a fashion similar to the Boost Mode, after-images and all, where Sonic must hang on to the Tornado's wing while the player dodges obstacles, unable to jump off. Oddly, using the Tornado Boost in these sections does not make Tails dizzy.

Navigation Templates to Boost Mode

Sonic Advance 2

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Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Cream \| Cheese \| Amy
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Vanilla \| Guard Robo \| Chao \| Animals (Deer, Elephant, Flicky, Gorilla, Koala, Kangaroo, Lion, Mole, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Rabbit, Robin, Sea Otter, Seal, Skunk)
Zones		Leaf Forest \| Hot Crater \| Music Plant \| Ice Paradise \| Sky Canyon \| Techno Base \| Egg Utopia \| XX \| True Area 53 \| Special Stages
Enemies		Balloon \| Bell \| Buzzer \| Circus \| Flickey \| Geji-Geji \| Gohla \| Hammerhead \| Kiki \| Koura \| Kubinaga \| Kura-Kura \| Kyura \| Madillo \| Mon \| Mouse \| Pen \| Piko Piko \| Spina \| Star \| Straw \| Yado
Bosses		EggHammerTankII \| Egg Bomber Tank \| Egg Totem \| Aero Egg \| Egg Saucer \| Egg-Go-Round \| Egg Frog \| Super Eggrobo Z \| True Area 53 boss
Moves/ Techniques	General	Amy Dash \| Boost Mode \| Bound \| Chao Attack \| Chao Rolling Attack \| Crouch \| Double Spin Attack \| Drill Claw \| Double Punch \| Flying \| Grinding \| Hammer Attack \| Head Slide \| Homing Attack \| Jump Dash \| Mid-Air Glide \| Mid-Air Hammer Swirl \| Propeller Flying \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spiral Attack \| Skid Attack \| Step Attack \| Super Hammer Attack \| Super Skid \| Super Sonic Boost \| Super Tails Swipe \| Tail Swipe \| Wall Climb
Moves/ Techniques	Mid-Air Trick Actions	Big Air (Happy Spring, Hop Jump, Petit Step, Spiral Upper) \| Long Wind Jump (Burning Straight, Humming Top, Sweet Roll, Window Jump) \| Stop 'n' Slam (Bound, Drill Claw, Mid-Air Hammer Swirl, Propeller Descent, Soft Bomber) \| Quick Reverse (Back Attack, Back Rotor, Back Star, Milky Turn)
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Checkpoint \| Dash Panel \| Fan \| Gravity Control Switch \| Grind Rail \| Gymnastic Bar \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Pole \| Rotating platform \| Spikes \| Spring
Items		Box (1-Up, 5 Ring Bonus, 10 Ring Bonus, Attack, Brake, Confusion, Invincibility, Maximum Speed, Mosaic, Random Ring Bonus, Ring Magnet, Shield, Warp) \| Chaos Emerald \| Ring \| Special Ring
Other		Auto Running \| Chao Bounce \| Chao Search \| Corkscrew loop \| Freeze \| Time Attack \| Time Over \| Tiny Chao Garden \| Shuttle loop \| Winding Tunnel

Sonic Advance 3

Main article | Staff | Glitches | Gallery

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Cream \| Cheese
Non-playable characters		Eggman \| Vanilla \| G-merl (Ultimate G-merl) \| Chao \| Omochao
Zones		Route 99 \| Sunset Hill \| Ocean Base \| Toy Kingdom \| Twinkle Snow \| Cyber Track \| Chaos Angel \| Altar Emerald \| Nonaggression \| Special Stage
Enemies		Akatento \| Aotento \| Ape \| Bu-bu \| Buzzer \| Clam \| Condor \| Gaogao \| Gekogeko \| Ginpe \| Guards \| Guruguru \| Hariisen \| Jousun \| Juggling \| Kamaki \| Kyacchaa \| Marrun \| Minimole \| Muugaden \| Spina \| Takkon \| Uutsubo \| Yadokka \| Yukigasen
Bosses		Egg Hammer 3 \| Egg Ball No.2 \| Egg Foot \| Egg Cube \| Egg Chaser \| Egg Pinball \| Egg Gravity \| Hyper Eggrobo \| Ultimate G-merl
Moves/ Techniques	General	Amy Dash \| Big Hammer Attack \| Boost Mode \| Bound Attack \| Chao Attack \| Chao Ball Attack \| Chao Spinning Attack \| Dash Climb \| Double Mid-Air Glide \| Double Punch \| Drill Claw \| Fire Sliding \| Flying \| Floating Fall \| Grinding \| Hammer Attack \| Hammer Jump \| Hammer Propeller Flying \| Head Slide \| High Propeller Flying \| Hip Drop \| Homing Attack \| Jump Dash \| Leap \| Look down \| Mid-Air Dash Glide \| Propeller Flying \| Mid-Air Chao Attack \| Mid-Air Chao Ball Attack \| Mid-Air Chao Spinning Attack \| Mid-Air Glide \| Mid-Air Hammer Attack \| Mid-Air Hammer Jump \| Skid Attack \| Spin \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Sonic Boost \| Spinning Hammer Attack \| Spiral Upper \| Tag Action \| Tail Spin Attack \| Tail Swipe \| Tornado Attack \| Upper Spin \| Wall Climb \| Wind Attack
Moves/ Techniques	Mid-Air Trick Actions	Big Air (Happy Spring, Hop Jump, Petit Step) \| Long Wind Jump (Humming Top, Sweet Roll, Window Jump) \| Stop 'n' Slam (Bound Attack, Spinning Hammer Attack, Propeller Descent, Hip Drop)
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Bungee Rope \| Checkpoint \| Dash Panel \| Flywheel \| Grind Rail \| Gymnastic Bar \| High-speed warp tube \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Minecart \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pole \| Pulley \| Propeller Spring \| Seesaw \| Snowblower \| Special Spring \| Switch
Items		Act Ring \| Box (1-Up, 5 Ring Bonus, 10 Ring Bonus, Confusion, Invincibility, Minus Ring, Maximum Speed, Mosaic, Random Ring Bonus, Ring Magnet, Shield, Slow, Swap, Transparency) \| Capsule \| Chaos Emerald' \| Factory Ring \| Goal Medal \| Ring \| Special Key
English voice actors		Ryan Drummond (Sonic) \| Deem Bristow (Eggman) \| William Corkery (Tails) \| Scott Dreier (Knuckles) \| Jon St. John (Announcer) \| Jennifer Douillard (Amy) \| Sarah Wulfeck (Cream)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic the Hedgehog) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream)
Other		Angel Island \| Chao Playground \| Corkscrew loop \| Fly Type \| Freeze \| Mini-Games \| Power Type \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Factory \| Speed Type \| Time Attack \| Tornado 2

Sonic Rush

Main article | Staff | Script (Sonic, Blaze, Extra) | Glitches | Gallery

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Blaze (Burning Blaze)
Non-playable characters		Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Cream \| Cheese \| Vanilla \| Dr. Eggman \| Dr. Eggman Nega \| Animals (Camel, Cat, Elephant, Gorilla, Koala, Kangaroo, Lion, Mole, Monkey, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Rabbit, Robin, Seal, Skunk, Flicky, Ricky, Pocky, Wocky)
Stages		Leaf Storm \| Water Palace \| Mirage Road \| Night Carnival \| Huge Crisis \| Altitude Limit \| Dead Line \| Unknown \| Exception \| Special Stage
Enemies		Battle Flapper \| Bomb Hawk \| Cannon Flapper \| Egg Bishop \| Egg Diver \| Egg Hammer \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pawn (spear) \| Egg Pawn Bunny \| Egg Pawn Manager (gun) \| Egg Pawn Manager (SF gun) \| Falco \| Flapper \| Gun Hunter \| Klagen \| Laser Flapper \| Rhino Spring \| Solid Pawn
Bosses		Egg Hammer Mega \| Egg Turtle \| Egg Scarab \| Egg Libra \| Egg Hammer Fortress \| Egg Eagle \| Sonic/Blaze \| Egg King \| Egg Salamander
Moves/Techniques		Axel Jump \| Axel Tornado \| Boost Mode \| Burning Fire Boost \| Burst Dash \| Burst Hover \| Fire Boost \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop Jump \| Humming Top \| Jump Dash \| Jump Step \| Scroll Screen \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Boost \| Super Sonic Boost \| Trick Action
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bungee Rope \| Cannon \| Checkpoint Marker \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Giant Waterwheel \| Grind Rail \| Hang Glider \| High-speed warp tube \| Jump Panel \| Rainbow Ring \| Special Generator \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Switch \| Winding Rope \| Zip Line
Items		Air Bubble \| Chaos Emerald \| Floating Item Box \| Goal Ring \| Item Box (5 Ring Bonus, Attract, Barrier, Confusion, Invincible, Magnetic Barrier, Max Tension Bonus, Max Tension Bonus (multiplayer), Random Ring Bonus, Slow, Tension Bonus) \| Ring \| Sol Emerald
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman, Eggman Nega) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Rebecca Honig (Cream) \| Bella Hudson (Blaze)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman, Eggman Nega) \| Ryo Hirohashi (Tails) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze)
Music	Songs	A New Day \| Right There, Ride On \| Back 2 Back \| Ethno Circus \| Ska Cha Cha \| Jeh Jeh Rocket \| Get Edgy \| What U Need \| Metal Scratchin' \| Vela Nova \| Bomber Barbara \| Wrapped in Black \| Raisin' Me Up
Music	Albums	Original Groove Rush
Other		Blaze's world \| Corkscrew loop \| Health Gauge \| Rank \| Real-Time Interaction \| Shuttle loop \| Time Attack \| Tension Gauge

Sonic Rush Adventure

Main article | Script | Staff | Gallery

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Blaze (Burning Blaze)
Non-playable characters		Tails \| Marine \| Coconut Crew (Setter, Tabby, Colonel, Kylok, Daikun, Muzy) \| Gardon \| Norman \| Captain Whisker \| Mini & Mum \| Johnny \| Dr. Eggman \| Dr. Eggman Nega
Stages		Whale Point \| Plant Kingdom \| Machine Labyrinth \| Coral Cave \| Haunted Ship \| Blizzard Peaks \| Sky Babylon \| Pirates' Island \| Big Swell \| Deep Core \| Hidden Islands (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) \| Johnny's Race
Enemies		Barrier Angler \| Bomb Ghost \| Crystal Head \| Dive Bat \| Eleki Angler \| Kaizoku Bomb \| Kaizoku Glider \| Kaizoku Gun \| Kaizoku Hogan \| Kaizoku Hover Bomb \| Kaizoku Skeleton \| Kaizoku Snowball \| Pirates' Island enemy \| Plant Kingdom enemy \| Ptera \| Rapid Crab \| Shisaku-gata Dump \| Shisaku-gata Jet \| Shisaku-gata Spanner \| Skull Fire \| Sky Babylon enemy \| Sky Moon \| Triceratank
Bosses		Ghost Rex \| Ghost Pendulum \| Ghost Kraken \| Ghost Pirate \| Ghost Whale \| Ghost Condor \| Captain Whisker and Johnny \| Ghost Titan \| Egg Wizard
Moves/Techniques		Axel Jump \| Axel Tornado \| Boost Mode \| Burning Fire Boost \| Burst Dash \| Burst Hover \| Deflect \| Fire Boost \| Grind Step \| Hop Jump \| Homing Attack \| Humming Top \| Jump Dash \| Jump Step \| Scroll Screen \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Boost \| Super Sonic Boost \| Trick Action
Vessels		Wave Cyclone \| Ocean Tornado \| Aqua Blast \| Deep Typhoon \| Magma Hurricane \| SS Tornado EX \| SS Marine \| SS Super-Marine
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bomb \| Bungee Rope \| Checkpoint Marker \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Fountain \| Hang Glider \| High-speed warp tube \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Minecart \| Mushroom \| Rainbow Ring \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Vine \| Winding Rope
Items	General	Chaos Emerald \| Item Box (1UP, 5 Ring Bonus, Attract, Barrier, Boost Up, Confusion, High Speed, Invincible, Magnetic Barrier, Maximum Tension Bonus, Random Ring Bonus, Repair, Score Bonus, Slow, Tension Bonus, Tension Bonus (multiplayer)) \| Sol Emerald \| Switch \| Ring \| Treasure Chest
Items	Materials	Aqua Material \| Black Material \| Blue Material \| Bronze Material \| Gold Material \| Green Material \| Iron Material \| Red Material \| Silver Material
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman, Eggman Nega) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Bella Hudson (Blaze) \| Lonnie Hirsch (Captain Whisker) \| Christopher Pellegrini (Johnny)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman, Eggman Nega) \| Ryo Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze) \| Shinya Fukumatsu (Captain Whisker) \| Kota Nemoto (Johnny)
Music	Songs	A New Venture
Music	Albums	Sonic Rush Adventure Original Soundtrack
Other		Blaze's world \| Corkscrew loop \| Combo \| Freeze \| Health Gauge \| Jeweled Scepter \| Missions \| Sea Chart \| Shuttle loop \| Sol Empire \| Southern Island \| Power of the Stars \| Real-Time Interaction \| Sonic Rush Adventure Flash \| Tension Gauge \| Time Attack

Sonic Colors

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Virtual Hedgehog*
Non-playable characters		Tails \| Dr. Eggman \| Yacker \| Orbot \| Cubot \| Mother Wisp \| Cream \| Cheese \| Milk \| Blaze \| Silver \| Knuckles \| Rouge \| Team Chaotix (Vector, Espio, Charmy) \| Amy \| Big \| Omega \| Shadow**
Wisps		White \| Cyan \| Yellow \| Orange \| Blue* \| Green* \| Pink* \| Red** \| Purple* \| Violet**
Areas		Tropical Resort \| Sweet Mountain \| Starlight Carnival \| Planet Wisp \| Aquarium Park \| Asteroid Coaster \| Terminal Velocity \| Game Land \| Special Stages**
Enemies		Batbot** \| Big Chaser* \| Buzzer \| Chopper \| Crabmeat* \| Egg Chaser \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Hammer \| Flapper \| Jawz \| Larva* \| Mole \| Moto Bug* \| Sandworm* \| Sea Monster \| Spinner (Thunder Spinner, Metal Spinner) \| Spiny \| Sprinkler \| Uni Uni**
Bosses		Rotatatron* \| Globotron** \| Captain Jelly \| Frigate Orcan \| Refreshinator* \| Drillinator** \| Admiral Jelly \| Frigate Skullian \| Asteroid Coaster sub-boss* \| Nega-Wisp Armor \| Nega-Mother Wisp**
Moves/Techniques		Air Boost \| Assist* \| Boost \| Boost Mode** \| Crouch \| Double Jump* \| Drift* \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop* \| Jump Dash \| Kick boost \| Slide \| Skydiving \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Super Sonic Boost \| Ring Dash* \| Wall Jump
Color Powers		Laser \| Drill \| Rocket \| Cube* \| Hover* \| Spikes* \| Frenzy* \| Burst \| Void \| Final Color Blaster
Gimmicks and obstacles		Accelerator Gun \| Billiard Ball \| Bomb \| Bottomless pit \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Exploding Balloon** \| Fan \| Fountain \| Grind Rail \| Hang Glider \| Hint Ring* \| Iron ball* \| Jump Panel \| Mine** \| Mobile spring* \| Movable box \| Moving Crate \| Optical cable \| Prism \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Red School \| Slot machine \| Spike Trap \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Star Post \| Switch \| Thorn Spring \| Trick Jump Panel \| Underground Pipe \| Wide spring \| Zip Line
Items		Blue Block* \| Blue Ring* \| Chaos Emerald \| Container (Black Mound, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Egg Medal* \| Goal Ring \| Item Box (1-Up, 5 Ring Bonus, Exploding Balloon, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Mine, Power Sneakers, Random Ring Bonus, Reaper, Shield, Spring, Steal Boost, Steal Wisp, Time Bonus*) \| Meteorite \| Prison Capsule \| Question Capsule \| Ring \| Special Ring \| Super Ring* \| Wisp Capsule
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Tails) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow) \| Wally Wingert (Cubot) \| Quinton Flynn (Silver) \| Laura Bailey (Blaze) \| Karen Strassman (Rouge) \| Michelle Ruff (Cream) \| Keith Silverstein (Vector) \| Troy Baker (Espio) \| Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Charmy) \| Vic Mignogna** (Omega)
Japanese voice actors		Junichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryo Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Koji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Yuuki Masuda (Espio) \| Youko Teppozuka (Charmy) \| Taiten Kusunoki** (Omega)
Music	Songs	Reach for the Stars \| Speak with Your Heart
Music	Albums	Vivid Sound X Hybrid Colors: Sonic Colors Original Soundtrack
Other		Auto Running \| Boost Gauge \| Bucket O'Sushi* \| Dr. Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park \| Earth \| Egg Gun \| Egg Shuttle* \| Egg Spear \| Health Gauge \| Infinite Boost \| Miles Electric \| Mind Control Ray \| Moon \| Nega-Wisp \| Options Satellite* \| Rank \| Real-Time Interaction* \| Shuttle loop \| Time Attack** \| Tractor beam generator \| Wisp Gauge Exclusive to Wii version *Exclusive to DS version.