Kick boost

The kick boost^{[note 1]} is a move that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a highly powerful kick delivered to a Movable Crate.

Description

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

Game appearances

Sonic Colors

This move first appeared in the Wii version of Sonic Colors, where it is used by Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Sonic, the Virtual Hedgehog and the Mii. When using the kick boost, the user spins around in midair, similar to the Spin Attack, 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, the kick boost is used exclusively by Modern Sonic and Modern Super Sonic. When using the kick boost, Sonic Boosts into, the Movable Crate, channeling his speed and kicking the crate to deliver the strike rather than charging it up on one spot. To use the kick boost in gameplay, the player has to press /. This move is mostly used in the 2.5D sections of the levels as the Movable Crates are mostly only present in these areas, with the exception being the Endless Boost Challenge Act.

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Notes

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

Sonic Colors (Wii)

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Mii \| Virtual Hedgehog
Non-playable characters		Tails \| Dr. Eggman \| Yacker \| Orbot \| Cubot \| Metal Sonic*
Wisps		White \| Cyan \| Yellow \| Orange \| Blue \| Green \| Pink \| Purple \| Jade*
Areas		Tropical Resort \| Sweet Mountain \| Starlight Carnival \| Planet Wisp \| Aquarium Park \| Asteroid Coaster \| Terminal Velocity \| Game Land
Enemies		Big Chaser \| Buzzer \| Chopper \| Crabmeat \| Egg Chaser \| Egg Pawn \| Jawz \| Larva \| Metal Spinner \| Mole \| Moto Bug \| Sandworm \| Spinner \| Spiny \| Sprinkler \| Thunder Spinner
Bosses		Rotatatron \| Captain Jelly \| Frigate Orcan \| Refreshinator \| Admiral Jelly \| Frigate Skullian \| Asteroid Coaster sub-boss \| Nega-Wisp Armor
Moves/Techniques		Air Boost \| Assist \| Boost \| 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		Blue Cube \| Cyan Laser \| Final Color Blaster \| Green Hover \| Jade Ghost* \| Orange Rocket \| Pink Spikes \| Purple Frenzy \| Yellow Drill
Gimmicks and obstacles		Accelerator Gun \| Amber block \| Balloon \| Billiard Ball \| Bomb \| Bottomless pit \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Fan \| Floating turret \| Fountain \| Grind Rail \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Mobile spring \| Movable box \| Moving Crate \| Optical cable \| Prism \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Red School \| Sea Monster \| Slot machine \| Spike Trap \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Star Post \| Switch \| Thorn Spring \| Trick Jump Panel \| Underground pipe \| Wide spring \| Zip Line
Items		1UP \| 100 Count Ring* \| Air Bubble \| Blue Block \| Blue Ring \| Chaos Emerald \| Container (Black Mound, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Egg Medal \| Goal Ring \| Meteorite \| Prison Capsule \| Ring \| Special Ring \| Super Ring \| Wisp Capsule
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Tails) \| Kirk Thornton (Orbot) \| Wally Wingert (Cubot)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot) \| Wataru Takagi (Cubot) \| Utako Yoshino (Yacker)
Music	Songs	"Reach for the Stars" \| "Speak with Your Heart"
Music	Albums	Sonic Colors: Ultimate Original Soundtrack "Re-Colors"¨* \| Vivid Sound X Hybrid Colors: Sonic Colors Original Soundtrack
Other		Auto Running \| Boost Gauge \| Dr. Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park \| Egg Gun \| Egg Shuttle \| Egg Spear \| Miles Electric \| Mind Control Ray \| Moon \| Nega-Wisp \| Options Satellite \| Rank \| Real-Time Interaction \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps \| Sonic's world \| The Bucket O'Sushi \| Totem pole \| Tractor beam generator \| Wisp Gauge Exclusive to Sonic Colors: Ultimate*.

Sonic Generations (console/PC)

Playable characters		Modern Sonic (Modern Super Sonic) \| Classic Sonic (Classic Super Sonic)
Non-playable characters		Amy \| Animals (Flicky, Picky, Pecky, Cucky) \| Blaze \| Cheese \| Classic Eggman \| Classic Metal Sonic \| Classic Tails \| Cream \| Cubot \| Knuckles \| Modern Eggman \| Modern Tails \| Omochao \| Orbot \| Perfect Chaos \| Rouge \| Shadow \| Silver \| Team Chaotix (Charmy, Espio, Vector) \| Time Eater
Wisps		Orange \| Pink
Stages		Green Hill \| Chemical Plant \| Sky Sanctuary \| Speed Highway \| City Escape \| Seaside Hill \| Crisis City \| Rooftop Run \| Planet Wisp \| Casino Night
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!
Enemies		Aero-Cannon \| Buzz Bomber \| Buzzer \| Chopper \| Cop Speeder \| Crabmeat \| Egg Chaser \| Egg Fighter \| Egg Fighter: Sword \| Egg Launcher (H) \| Egg Launcher (H+V) \| Egg Launcher (V) \| Egg Pawn \| Eggrobo \| Giant Chopper \| Grabber \| Gun Beetle \| Gun Hunter \| Iblis's Minions (Iblis Biter, Iblis Taker, Iblis Worm) \| Mono Beetle \| Moto Bug \| Sandworm \| Spinner \| Spiny \| Sprinkler \| Thunder Spinner
Bosses		Metal Sonic \| Death Egg Robot \| Shadow the Hedgehog \| Perfect Chaos \| Silver the Hedgehog \| Egg Dragoon \| Time Eater
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Air Boost \| Atomic Spin \| Boost \| Bound Jump \| Cartwheel \| Crouch \| Double Jump \| Drift \| Freestyle Tricks \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop \| Insta-Shield \| Jump Dash \| Kick boost \| Lightspeed Dash \| Mid-Air Dash \| Quick Step \| Slide \| Skydiving \| Spin \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Super Sonic Boost \| Super Sonic Missile \| Wall Jump
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Chaos Spear \| Dig \| 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
Color Powers		Orange Rocket \| Pink Spikes
Skills		Aqua Shield \| Flame 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 \| Sega Genesis Controller
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Barrel \| Big Balloon \| Bomb \| Bonus Bell \| Bottomless pit \| Bumper \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Cart \| Cloud \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Dimensional Bomb \| Explosion Trap \| Fan \| Flipper \| Four-way Cannon \| Gear Platform \| Goal Plate \| Gondola \| GUN Military Truck \| Hanging Bell \| Heart bomb \| Helicopter \| High-speed warp tube \| Horizontal Bar \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Kao \| Laser field \| Meteorite \| Movable box \| Pole Elevator \| Propeller Spring \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Rocket \| Route Signal \| Seesaw \| Slot machine \| Spike Trap \| Spikes \| Spinning Top \| Spinning Platform \| Spotlight \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Spring Pole \| Star Post \| Switch \| Trap Spring \| Trick Jump Panel \| Wall Jump Block \| Warp Point \| Wide spring \| Zip Line
Items		Air Bubble \| Boss Gate \| Boss Gate Key \| Buoy \| Chaos Emerald \| Container (Case, Spike Block, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Energy Core \| Goal Ring \| Information Pod \| Item Box (1-Up, Aqua Shield, Flame Shield, Invincible, Power Sneakers, Skateboard, Super Ring, Thunder Shield) \| Medal \| Mega Mack \| Musical note \| Red Star Ring \| Ring \| Snowboard \| Time Bonus \| Wisp Capsule
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Modern Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Classic Eggman, Modern Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Classic Tails, Modern Tails) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow) \| Quinton Flynn (Silver) \| Laura Bailey (Blaze, Omochao) \| Karen Strassman (Rouge) \| Michelle Ruff (Cream) \| Keith Silverstein (Vector) \| Troy Baker (Espio) \| Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Charmy)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Modern Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Classic Eggman, Modern Eggman) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Modern Tails) \| Takuto Yoshinaga (Classic Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Yūki Masuda (Espio) \| Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao)
Music	Songs	"Escape from the City" \| "You're My Hero"
Music	Albums	20 Years of Sonic Music \| Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack \| History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack White Edition
Other		Sonic's birthday \| Boost Gauge \| Chao in Space \| Collection Room \| Combo \| Corkscrew loop \| Death Egg (Modern) \| Death Egg (Classic) \| Death Egg Robot \| Egg Dragoon \| Egg Gun \| Egg Mobile \| Egg Spear \| Havok \| Lair of the Time Eater \| Miles Electric \| Orca \| Perfect Bonus \| Rank \| Sonic Generations (manga) \| Sonic Generations of Skate \| Statue Room \| Time Hole \| Tornado-1 \| Totem pole \| White Space \| Winding Tunnel

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

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