Darkness

Designed by Robotnik Corp. Air skates burn less air.
— Description, Sonic Riders^[1]

The Darkness (ダークネス, Dākunesu^?) is a Skate type Extreme Gear that appears in Sonic Riders. It is Shadow the Hedgehog's default Extreme Gear in the game. It is later replaced by the Black Shot in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity and Sonic Free Riders.

Description

According to its profile, the Darkness was built by Robotnik Corp. It can be obtained in the game, alongside Shadow, by completing the Heroes Story in Story Mode.

The Darkness's design is similar to Shadow's Air Shoes, except that the Darkness has extra red metal accents along the rims of the soles and across the tongue, green soles, black stripes over the tongue and golden bands at the ankles.

Abilities and traits

As a Skate-type Extreme Gear in Sonic Riders, the Darkness is less powerful than most Extreme Gears, but is also more agile and more fuel-efficient.

The Darkness consumes much less of the Air in its Air Tank than even the regular Skate type Extreme Gear when in use, both when riding it normally or when performing moves such as Air Slide or Air Boost, allowing it to boost more times than most Extreme Gear can before running out of Air.

Statistics

Dash	★★★☆☆☆☆
Limit	★★★★☆☆☆
Power	★★☆☆☆☆☆
Cornering	★★☆☆☆☆☆

Trivia

Unlike most other character-specified Extreme Gear in the Sonic Riders series, Darkness can be used by other characters in the game other than Shadow.

References

↑ Official in-game description.

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Non-playable characters		Omochao \| Stolen \| Jet's father \| Babylon Guardian \| E-10000Y
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Items		Air \| Item Box (Air, Explosion, High Speed, Invincible Barrier, Magnetic Barrier, Rings, Speed Down, Question Item) \| Ring
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic, Jet ) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Dan Green (Knuckles, Storm) \| Bella Hudson (Wave, Babylon Computer) \| Lisa Ortiz (Amy) \| Mike Pollock (Dr. Eggman) \| Kathleen Delaney (Rouge) \| Rebecca Honig (Cream) \| Maddie Blaustein (E-10000G, E-10000R, Babylon Guardian) \| Liza Jacqueline (Omochao) \| Kaoru Morota (AiAi) \| Apollo Smile (Ulala)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Daisuke Kishio (Jet) \| Chie Nakamura (Wave, Babylon Computer) \| Kenji Nomura (Storm, Babylon Guardian) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao) \| Kaoru Morota (AiAi) \| Apollo Smile (Ulala)
Music	Songs	Catch Me If You Can \| Sonic Speed Riders
Music	Albums	Speedbeats Grand Prix: Sonic Riders Original Soundtrack
Other		Air Tank \| Babylon Garden \| Babylon Rogues' ship \| Babylonians \| Bashōsen \| Black Market \| Chaos Control \| Chaos Emerald \| Eggman Empire \| Emerald Detector \| Rank \| EX World Grand Prix \| Flight Type \| Freeze \| Key to Babylon Garden \| Mission Mode \| Power Type \| Speed Type \| Time Attack

Extreme Gear

Sonic Riders	Board	Accelerator \| Access \| Air Broom \| Auto Slider \| BANANA \| Beginner \| Berserker \| Blue Star \| Blue Star II \| Channel5 \| Chaos Emerald \| E-gearG \| E-gearR \| Faster \| Fastest \| Gambler \| High Booster \| Hovercraft \| Legend \| Light Board \| Magic Carpet \| Night Sky \| Opa Opa \| Pink Rose \| Power Gear \| Powerful Gear \| Red Rock \| Rengoku \| Slide Booster \| Smile \| Speed Balancer \| Temptation \| The Crazy \| Trap Gear \| Turbo Star \| Type-J \| Type-S \| Type-W \| Yellow Tail
	Skate	Advantage-F \| Advantage-P \| Advantage-S \| Cannonball \| Darkness \| Grinder
	Bike	Air Tank \| Cover-F \| Cover-P \| Cover-S \| Destroyer \| E-Rider \| Hang-On \| Heavy Bike \| Omnipotence \| Super Hang-On
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity	Board	Airship \| Beginner \| Black Shot \| Blue Star \| Chaos Emerald \| Faster \| Fastest \| Flame Lance \| Gambler \| GC Booster \| GC Master \| GP Accumulator \| G Shot \| Hyperdrive \| Legend \| Light Board \| Mag \| Night Sky \| Omnitempus \| Pink Rose \| Power Egg \| Psychic Wave \| Rainbow \| Red Rock \| Rhythm Machine \| Road Star \| Skill Booster \| Shooting Star \| Smile \| Temptation \| The Crazy \| Throttle \| Turbo Star \| Type-J \| Type-S \| Type-W \| Untouchable \| Wheel Custom \| Wind Star \| Yellow Tail
	Skate	Advantage S \| Cover S \| Rail Linker \| Shinobi \| Wanted
	Bike	Advantage P \| Cover P \| E-Rider \| Hang-On \| Master Off-Road \| Reserve Tank
	Air Ride	Advantage F \| Angel • Devil \| Cover F \| Kunoichi
	Yacht	Bingo Star \| Magic Broom \| Wind Catcher
	Wheel	Big Bang \| GP Tank \| Money Crisis
Sonic Free Riders	Board	Avatar-F \| Avatar-M \| Beginner \| Black Shot \| Blue Star \| Chaos Emeralds \| E-Gear \| Explosion \| Fastest \| Flame Lance \| Gambler \| High Booster \| Legend \| Metal Star \| Omnitempus \| Pink Rose \| Potential \| Professional \| Psychic Wave \| Red Rock \| Smile \| Steel \| Temptation \| The Crazy \| Turbo Star \| Type-J \| Type-S \| Type-W \| Wanted \| Yellow Tail
Sonic Free Riders	Bike	Angel • Devil \| Auto-Slider \| E-Rider \| Fortress \| Hang-On \| Hard-Boiled \| Reserve Tank \| Super Hang-On

[1] Official in-game description.

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