Kick boost

The kick boost^[1] is a recurring move in the Sonic the Hedgehog series that is used by Sonic the Hedgehog. It is a highly powerful kick delivered to a Movable Crate.

Description

When using the kick boost, Sonic delivers a powerful, charged strike to a Movable Crate with both his legs, caused the crate to slide a small far distance along the ground at high speed. This is useful for moving a Movable Crate fast or take out enemies caught in the Moveable Crate's path.

Game appearances

Sonic Colors

Dolphin 2015-02-19 20-53-49-977 — Sonic when charging the kick boost in *Sonic Colors*.

This move first appeared in Sonic Colors. In this game, when using the kick boost, Sonic spins around in midair, similar to when he performs the Spin Dash, to build up momentum before striking the Movable Crate. To use the kick boost in gameplay, the player must press and hold down the following buttons and then release:

Wii Remote + Nunchunk	Wii Remote Sideways	Classic Style	GameCube Controller
		b Button

It should be noted that in this game, Super Sonic cannot use the move and instead, the Movable Crate will move instantly every time he touches it.

Sonic Generations

In the console/PC version Sonic Generations, when using the kick boost, Sonic Boosts into, charging his power and kicking the Movable Crate to deliver the strike rather than charge it up stationary. To use the kick boost in gameplay, the player has to press /. This move is mostly only used in the 2.5D sections of the levels as the Movable Crates are only present in these areas with the only exception being in the Endless Boost Challenge Act.

Gallery

References

↑ In-game files of Sonic Generations: sn_box_kick_boost_l.anm.hkx

Sonic Colors

Main article | Gallery | Scripts (Wii, DS) | Credits (Wii, DS) | Glitches

Characters		Sonic \| Tails \| Dr. Eggman \| Yacker \| Orbot \| Cubot \| Cream \| Cheese \| Milk \| Blaze \| Silver \| Knuckles \| Rouge \| Team Chaotix (Vector, Espio, Charmy) \| Amy \| Big \| Omega \| Shadow
Wisps	Regular Wisps	White \| Cyan \| Yellow \| Orange \| Blue* \| Green* \| Pink* \| Red**
	Nega-Wisps	Purple* \| Violet \| Nega-Mother Wisp
	Misc.	Mother Wisp \| Yacker
Color Powers		Laser \| Drill \| Rocket \| Cube* \| Hover* \| Spikes* \| Frenzy* \| Burst \| Void \| Final Color Blaster
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
Locations		Earth \| Moon \| Dr. Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park \| Bucket O'Sushi* \| Options Satellite* \| Egg Shuttle* \| Special Stages**
Areas		Tropical Resort \| Sweet Mountain \| Starlight Carnival \| Planet Wisp \| Aquarium Park \| Asteroid Coaster \| Terminal Velocity \| Game Land
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**
Red Star Rings		Tropical Resort \| Sweet Mountain \| Starlight Carnival \| Planet Wisp \| Aquarium Park \| Asteroid Coaster
ViViD SOUND X HYBRiD COLORS		Reach for the Stars \| Speak with Your Heart
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)
Other		Accelerator Gun \| Auto Running \| Billiard Ball \| Blue Block* \| Blue Ring* \| Bomb \| Boost Gauge \| Bottomless pit \| Chaos Emerald \| Container (Black Mound, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Egg Gun \| Egg Medal* \| Egg Spear \| Exploding Balloon \| Fan \| Fountain \| Goal Ring \| Grind Rail \| Hang Glider \| Health Gauge \| Hint Ring* \| Item Box (1-Up, Exploding Balloon, Invincibility, Magnetic Shield, Mine, Power Sneakers, Reaper, Shield, Spring, Steal Boost, Steal Wisp, Super Ring) \| Iron ball* \| Jump Panel \| Miles Electric \| Mind Control Ray \| Mobile spring* \| Movable box \| Moving Crate \| Optical cable \| Prism \| Pulley \| Question Capsule* \| Rainbow Ring \| Rank \| Real-Time Interaction \| Red School \| Ring \| Shuttle loop \| Slot machine \| Spike Trap \| Spring \| Special Ring \| Spring Pole \| Star Post \| Switch \| Thorn Spring \| Time Attack \| Time Bonus \| Tractor beam generator \| Underground Pipe \| Virtual Hedgehog* \| Wide spring \| Wisp Capsule \| Wisp Gauge \| Zip Line Exclusive to Wii version *Exclusive to DS version.

Sonic Generations

Wisps		Modern Sonic (Modern Super Sonic) \| Classic Sonic (Classic Super Sonic)
Characters		Dr. Eggman \| Time Eater \| Tails \| Classic Tails \| Amy \| Knuckles \| Shadow \| Cream \| Cheese \| Silver \| Blaze \| Omochao \| Team Chaotix (Espio, Vector, Charmy)
Wisps		Cyan** \| Orange* \| Pink* \| Red**
Stages		Green Hill \| Chemical Plant* \| Casino Night** \| Sky Sanctuary* \| Mushroom Hill** \| Speed Highway* \| Emerald Coast** \| City Escape* \| Radical Highway** \| Seaside Hill* \| Crisis City* \| Water Palace** \| Rooftop Run* \| Planet Wisp* \| Tropical Resort** \| Casino Night*
Bosses	Boss battles	Death Egg Robot* \| Big Arm** \| Perfect Chaos* \| Biolizard** \| Egg Dragoon* \| Egg Emperor** \| Time Eater
Bosses	Rival battles	Metal Sonic \| Shadow the Hedgehog \| Silver the Hedgehog
Enemies		Aero-Cannon* \| Butterdroid** \| Buzz Bomber \| Buzzer \| Chopper \| Cop Speeder* \| Crabmeat \| Crawl \| Dragonfly \| Flapper** \| Egg Chaser* \| Egg Diver** \| Egg Fighter* \| Egg Fighter: Sword* \| Egg Launcher (H)* \| Egg Launcher (H+V)* \| Egg Launcher (V)* \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pawn (spear) \| Eggrobo* \| Giant Chopper* \| Gold Beetle** \| Grabber* \| Gun Beetle* \| Gun Hunter \| Iblis's Minions (Iblis Biter, Iblis Taker, Iblis Worm)* \| Kiki \| Klagen \| Madmole \| Mono Beetle \| Moto Bug \| Mushmeanie \| Newtron \| Rhinotank** \| Sandworm* \| Spinner \| Spiny* \| Sprinkler* \| Sweeper** \| Thunder Spinner
Moves/ techniques	Sonic	Air Boost \| Bound Jump* \| Crouch \| Cyan Laser** \| Double Jump* \| Drift* \| Freestyle Tricks* \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop \| Jump Dash \| Kick boost \| Lightspeed Dash* \| Mid-Air Dash* \| Orange Rocket* \| Pink Spikes* \| Quick Step* \| Red Burst** \| Boost \| Slide \| Skydiving* \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Super Sonic Boost \| Super Sonic Missile \| Super Sonic Spinning \| Wall Jump
Moves/ techniques	NPCs	Chaos Spear \| Drill Attack* \| Fire Beam* \| Heart Effect* \| Ice Wave* \| Meteor Smash* \| Ninja Arts: Camouflage* \| Propeller Flying* \| Psychic Knife \| Restraint Trap \| Ring Spark Field \| Sun Burst \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack \| Warping arm attack \| Whirlwind*
Skills*		Flame Shield \| Aqua Shield \| Thunder Shield \| Twin Spin Attack \| Invincible Start \| Shield \| Power Sneakers \| Long Spin Dash \| Treasure Scanner \| Homing Attack \| Hercules Muscles \| Breath Holder \| Boardmaster \| Ring Time \| Blast Off \| Speed Up \| Direct Jump \| Power Stomp \| Quick Slide \| Acceleration \| Smasher Bonus \| Ring Energy Bonus \| Boost Gauge Up \| Serial Homing \| Auto-Gauge \| Gauge Rebooter \| Trick Mastery \| Endless Boost \| Power Brake \| Sure-Footed \| Safety Net \| Last Chance \| 10-Second Rings \| Athleticism \| Time Break \| Super Sonic
Challenge Acts*		Doppelganger Race! \| The Buzz Bombers' Revenge! \| Knuckles: Horde of Enemies \| Swingset Circus \| High Speed Challenge \| Look Out Below! \| Tails: Way Past Fast \| Jump Rush \| 300% Boost Gauge Challenge \| Tails: Toxic Skies \| Which Switch is Which? \| Aqua Shield Challenge \| Invincibility Challenge \| One Ring Challenge \| Amy: Taking the Leap Together! \| Grappling with Grabbers \| Underwater Ring Machine \| Eggrobo Rush \| Aerial Paradise \| Ring Time Challenge \| Amy: Topsy Turvy \| Knuckles: Buried Treasure \| 200% Boost Gauge Challenge \| Balloon Bonanza \| High-Speed Hijinks (Modern) \| Cream: Chao Hunt \| Hot Pursuit (Classic) \| High Speed Challenge 2 \| Resisting Arrest \| Overdrift \| Hot Pursuit (Modern) \| Drill Baby Drill \| Espio: Master of Camouflage \| Lord of the Board \| Thunder Shield Challenge \| Rouge: The Bombardier \| Rite of Spring \| Cream: Helping Hand \| Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Modern) \| Topsy-Turvy \| High-Speed Hijinks 2 \| Rescue the Animals! \| Espio: Way of the Ninja \| High-Speed Hijinks (Classic) \| Underwater Challenge \| Rouge: The Temptress \| Trick Island \| Surf, Sea, and Sand \| Terror From the Deep \| Goal Post Juggle \| Vector: Through the Storm \| Flame Shield Challenge \| Ring Time Challenge 2 \| Power Stomp Challenge \| Switcheroo \| Blaze: Piercing the Flames \| Four-way Cannon Cavalcade \| High-Rise Balloon Climb \| Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Classic) \| Charmy: Don't Bug Me! \| One Ring Challenge 2 \| Barrel Ring Bonus \| Rooftop Rail Grind \| Endless Boost \| Vector: Pick Up the Beat \| With Your Powers Combined \| Goal Post Juggle 2 \| Chase After Blaze \| Rescue the Animals 2! \| Cart Challenge \| Charmy: High in the Sky \| Action Master \| Orange Rocket, Blast Off!
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Tails) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow) \| Quinton Flynn (Silver) \| Laura Bailey (Omochao, Blaze) \| Karen Strassman (Rouge) \| Michelle Ruff (Cream) \| Keith Silverstein (Vector) \| Troy Baker (Espio) \| Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Charmy)
Japanese voice actors		Junichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryo Hirohashi (Tails (Modern)) \| Takuto Yoshinaga (Tails (Classic)) \| 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) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao)
Other		Air Bubble \| Back 2 Back \| Balloon \| Big Balloon \| Birthday \| Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack \| Bomb \| Bonus Bell* \| Boost Gauge \| Boss Gate \| Boss Gate Key* \| Bottomless pit \| Bumper \| Buoy \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Cart \| Chao in Space \| Chaos Emerald \| Cloud* \| Collection Room \| Color Power \| Combo* \| Container (Case, Spike Block, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Conveyor Belt** \| Corkscrew loop \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Death Egg Robot* \| Dimensional Bomb \| Egg Dragoon* \| Egg Gun \| Egg Mobile \| Egg Spear \| Energy Core \| Escape from the City* \| Explosion Trap \| Fan \| Flipper \| Four-way Cannon* \| Gear Platform \| Goal Ring \| Gondola* \| GUN Military Truck* \| Hanging Bell* \| Havok* \| Health Gauge** \| Heart Bombs* \| Helicopter* \| High-speed warp tube \| Horizontal Bar \| Information Pod* \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel (plate) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Kao \| Laser field \| Lair of the Time Eater \| Medal \| Mega Mack* \| Meteorite \| Miles Electric \| Movable box \| Mushroom** \| Musical note* \| Orca \| Perfect Bonus \| Pole Elevator \| Prism** \| Propeller \| Propeller Spring \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Rank \| Red Star Ring* \| Ring \| Rocket \| Route Signal* \| Seesaw \| Sega Genesis Controller* \| Skateboard* \| Skill Shop* \| Slot machine \| Snowboard \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Spring Pole \| Spike Trap \| Spinning Top \| Sonic Generations (manga) \| Sonic Generations of Skate \| Sphere \| Spinning Platform \| Spotlight \| Star Post \| Statue Room* \| Stomping Shoes \| Switch \| Time Attack \| Time Bonus \| Tornado-1 \| Totem Pole \| Trap Spring \| Vengeance is Mine \| Wall Jump Block \| Warp Point \| White Space \| Wide spring \| Winding Tunnel \| Wisp Capsule \| Wisp Gauge** \| You're My Hero \| Zip Line Console/PC version only *Nintendo 3DS version only

[0] In-game files of Sonic Generations: sn_box_kick_boost_l.anm.hkx

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