Grind Shoes

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Grind Shoes
The Grind Shoes, from Sonic Frontiers.
Appearances
First appearance	Sonic Adventure 2
Game appearances	Sonic Adventure 2 Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Sonic Pinball Party (cameo) Sonic Generations (console/PC) (cameo) Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS) (cameo) Sonic Adventure 2 (2012) Sonic Forces Sonic Frontiers Sonic Speed Simulator Sonic X Shadow Generations (cameo) Sonic Rumble
Appearances in other media	Archie Comics Sonic X
Statistics and overview
User(s)	Avatar Sonic the Hedgehog Super Sonic
Purpose	Feet protection Grinding enablement
Description	Red shoes with a white strap and gold fasteners.

The Grind Shoes (グラインドシューズ, Guraindo Shūzu^?) are objects that appear in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. They are special shoes specifically made for grinding that were worn by Sonic the Hedgehog during the Space Colony ARK incident.

Concept and creation

The design of the Grind Shoes is based on the real-world Scorcher shoes from Soap, a brand that specialized in shoes made for the sport of grinding.

Description

Appearance

Sonic wearing the Grind Shoes while grinding on a Grind Rail, from Sonic Adventure 2.

The Grind Shoes greatly resemble Sonic's shoes. Featuring more foot-shaped proportions and outlines, they are mostly red with tongues, solid white cuffs, and thin white straps with golden fasteners on each end over their middle. The outsoles are yellow, red and grey, highly detailed, and have a red recess below the in-steps. The rims on the front of the outsoles are white, while the heel rims are grey and the rims on the middle have yellow and white arches.

Features and abilities

Like Sonic's shoes, the Grind Shoes appear virtually friction-proof, showing no wear from being used to run at the speed of sound. In addition, they are specifically made for the grinding maneuver, thereby ensuring high-speed movements on Grind Rails.

Game appearances

Sonic Adventure 2

The Grind Shoes, from Sonic Adventure 2.

In Sonic Adventure 2 and its re-release Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, the Grind Shoes are worn by Sonic over the course of the entire game.

The Xbox 360 version of the 2012 re-release offers the Grind Shoes as an award for the Xbox Live Avatar, named "Sonic's 2G Hi-Speed Shoes". These can be unlocked by amassing a total in-game playtime of ten hours. The shoes sport a simplified design compared to their in-game counterparts.

Sonic Forces

The Grind Shoes Costume item, from Sonic Forces.

In Sonic Forces, the Grind Shoes can be unlocked as a Costume item and be used to customize the Avatar. In this game, they come in three color schemes, one of which includes their regular colors with a the red being more with a orange hue.

Sonic Frontiers

In Sonic Frontiers, the Grind Shoes, referred to as the "Sonic Adventure 2 Shoes", returned as a DLC item for a limited-time promotion granted exclusively to players who subscribed to the Sonic Frontiers newsletter before January 31, 2023. On May 24, 2023, they became freely downloadable on Steam.

Other game appearances

Sonic Pinball Party

Sonic wearing the Grind Shoes, from Sonic Pinball Party.

In Sonic Pinball Party, the Grind Shoes are seen in a sprite of Sonic that is based on an artwork from Sonic Adventure 2: Battle.

Sonic Speed Simulator

The Grind Shoes appear as an icon for the Grinding missions. Additionally, they appear as part of Grind Shoe Sonic's attire.

Sonic Rumble

In Sonic Rumble, the Grind Shoes are set to appear as part of Grind Shoes Sonic's attire.

In other media

Animation

Sonic X

The Grind Shoes, from "Desperately Seeking Sonic".

In the Sonic X anime series, the Grind Shoes were created by Christopher Thorndyke to give Sonic an advantage over his enemies when grinding.

Trivia

• Sonic was originally set to wear his standard shoes in Sonic Adventure 2, but they were replaced by the Grind Shoes late in development. Sonic can still be seen in his regular shoes instead of the Grind Shoes via certain oversights in the final game:
  • In the opening cutscene of the Hero Story, Sonic is seen in his regular shoes during the shot where he jumps out of the helicopter. This is corrected in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle.
  • In the FMV cutscene following the Egg Golem battle of the Dark Story, Sonic is again seen in his regular shoes as he runs to the shuttle. This is also corrected in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle.
• In an early image released for Sonic Heroes, artwork of Sonic wearing the Grind Shoes from Sonic Adventure 2: Battle was used.

References

Sonic Adventure 2

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Sonic Forces

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Sonic Frontiers

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