Slow (power-up)

Slows down the opponent for a given time.

— Description, Sonic Rush^[1]

Slow^[1] (スロー^[2], Surō^?), also referred to as Brake (ブレーキ^[3]^[4], Burēki^?), is an Item Box power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Exclusive to multiplayer, this power-up can slow down opponents when obtained.

Description[]

Item Boxes that contain Slow generally depict an icon that display a moving green/white orb.

Slow is designed specifically for multiplayer gameplay. When the player obtains Slow, the opposing player will instantly be slowed down significantly; not even the Super Boost/Fire Boost will give a noticeable increase in speed. This way, the player can gain the upper hand against the opponent in the multiplayer races. After a few moments however, Slow will wear off.

Game appearances[]

Sonic Advance series[]

Sonic Advance[]

This power-up made its first appearance in Sonic Advance. In this game, it is referred to as Brake (ブレーキ^[3], Burēki^?) in Japanese materials. Boxes that contain Brake depict a green icon with a moving white orb on it.

In gameplay, Brake only appears in the Race multiplayer feature in VS Mode. During gameplay in this mode, the boxes cycle through the power-ups available, including Brake. Whenever the player obtains Brake, small white and yellow orbs will appear above the opponent for as long as Brake is in effect.

Sonic Advance 2[]

In Sonic Advance 2, this power-up is referred to as Brake (ブレーキ^[4], Burēki^?) in Japanese material again. In this game, boxes that contain Brake depict a green icon with a moving white orb on it.

In gameplay, Brake only appears in the Multi-Game Pak Mode multiplayer feature in Multiplayer. During gameplay in this mode, the boxes cycle through the power-ups available, including Brake. Whenever the player obtains Brake, small white and yellow orbs will appear above the opponent for as long as Brake is in effect.

Sonic Advance 3[]

In Sonic Advance 3, this power-up is called Slow (スロー^[5], Surō^?) in Japanese material. In this game, Boxes that contain Slow depict a green icon with a moving white orb on it.

In gameplay, Slow only appears in the game's Multi-Pak Battle multiplayer. During gameplay in this mode, the Boxes cycle through the power-ups available, including Slow. Whenever the player obtains Slow, small bubbling green orbs will appear above the opponents for as long as Slow is in effect. However, if the player opens a Slow Box while the Box is red and black, then the player will be affected by Slow instead of their opponent.

Sonic Rush series[]

Sonic Rush[]

In Sonic Rush, this power-up is referred to as Slow^[1] (スロー^[2], Surō^?). In this game, Item Boxes that contain Slow depict a black icon with a moving green orb on it.

In gameplay, Slow only appears in Battle Play (the multiplayer mode of Sonic Rush). During gameplay in this mode, Slow can be obtained from any Item Box, whose contents rotate between power-ups at a steady pace. Whenever the player obtains Slow, a red and white speech bubble containing a slow-moving projectile will appear above the opponent for as long as Slow is in effect.

Sonic Rush Adventure[]

In Sonic Rush Adventure, this power-up is called Slow^[6] (スロウ^[7], Surō^?) again. In gameplay, Slow only appears in Battle mode (the multiplayer mode of Sonic Rush Adventure). During gameplay in this mode, the Item Boxes cycle through the power-ups available, including Slow. Whenever the player obtains Slow, a red and white speech bubble containing a slow-moving projectile will appear above the opponent for as long as Slow is in effect.

Playable characters		Sonic · Tails · Knuckles · Amy
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman · Chao (Gold Chao) · Animals (Deer, Elephant, Flicky, Gorilla, Kangaroo, Koala, Lion, Mole, Parrot, Peacock, Penguin, Picky, Pocky, Rabbit, Ricky, Robin, Sea Otter, Seal, Skunk)
Zones		Neo Green Hill Zone · Secret Base Zone · Casino Paradise Zone · Ice Mountain Zone · Angel Island Zone · Egg Rocket Zone · Cosmic Angel Zone · X-Zone · The Moon Zone · Special Stages
Enemies		Buzzer · Drisame · GamiGami · Hanabii · KeroKero · Kiki · Kuraa · Leon · Mirror · Mogu · Oct · Pen · Pierrot · Rhinotank · Senbon · Slot · Tentou · Wamu · Yukimaru
Bosses		Egg Hammer Tank · Egg Press · Egg Ball · Egg Spider · Mecha Knuckles · Egg Snake · Egg Wrecker · Egg Drillster · Egg X · Super Egg Robot
Moves/techniques		Climb · Giant Steps · Glide · Grinding · Hammer Attack · Hammer Jump · Hammer Whirl · Jump Dash · Insta-Shield · Jump Attack · Look down · Propeller Flying · Skid Attack · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Super Sonic Boost · Somersault · Swimming (Tails) · Swimming (Knuckles) · Tail Swipe
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon · Bumper · Bumper wall · Capsule · Cloud · Conveyor Belt · Dash Panel · Fan · Fireball · Flipper · Goal Plate · Grind Rail · High-speed warp tube ·
Items		Continue · Item Box (1-Up, ? Ring, 5 Rings, 10 Rings, Blind, Brake*, Confusion, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Shield, Speed Boots, Transparency, Warp) · Ring
Other		Chao Search* · Life · Loop · Moon · Sonic Advance & Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Official Perfect Guide · Sonic Advance Victory Perfect Guide · Sound Test* · Time Attack · Tiny Chao Garden* · Time Over · Tornado · Trick Point · Tunnel · Water

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) · Cream and Cheese · Tails · Knuckles · Amy
Non-playable characters		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 · Swim · Tail Swipe · Wall Climb
	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 · Dash Panel · Dropping platform · Fan · Gravity Control Switch · Grind Rail · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Spikes] · Spin ring · Spring · Spring Pole · Star Post
Items		Chaos Emerald · Item Box (1-Up, 5 Ring Bonus, 10 Ring Bonus, Attack, Brake, Confusion, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Mosaic, Power Sneakers, Random Ring Bonus, Shield, Warp) · Ring · Special Ring
Other		Auto Running · Chao Bounce · Chao Search · Corkscrew · Freeze · Life · Loop · Sonic Advance 2 Official Guidebook · Sonic Advance 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide · Time Attack · Time Over · Tiny Chao Garden · Tunnel

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) · Tails · Knuckles · Amy · Cream and Cheese · Eggman
Non-playable characters		Vanilla · Gemerl (Ultimate Gemerl) · Chao · Omochao
Zones		Route 99 · Sunset Hill · Ocean Base · Toy Kingdom · Twinkle Snow · Cyber Track · Chaos Angel · Altar Emerald · Nonaggression · Special Stage · Mini-Games
Enemies		Akatento · Aotento · Ape · Bu-Bu · Buzzer · Clam · Condor · Gaogao · Gekogeko · Ginpe · Guards · Guruguru · Hariisen · Jousun · Juggling · Kamaki · Kyacchaa · Marun · Minimole · Muukaden · Spina · Takkon · Uutsubo · Yadokk · Yukigasen
Bosses		Egg Hammer 3 · Egg Ball No.2 · Egg Foot · Egg Cube · Egg Chaser · Egg Pinball · Egg Gravity · Hyper Eggrobo · Ultimate Gemerl
Moves/ techniques	General	Amy Dash · Big Hammer Attack · Boost Mode · Bound Attack · Breast Stroke · Breathe · Chao Attack · Chao Ball Attack · Chao Spin · Chao Spinning Attack · Dash Climb · Dog Paddle · 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 · Life Ring · 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 Attack · 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
	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 · Dash Panel · Flywheel · Gondola · Grind Rail · High-speed warp tube · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Minecart · Platform-raising Wheel · Propeller Spring · Pulley · Seesaw · Snowblower · Spring · Spring Pole · Special Spring · Spin ring · Star Post · Switch
Items		Act Ring · Capsule · Chaos Emerald · Factory Ring · Goal Medal · Item Box (1-Up, 5 Ring Bonus, 10 Ring Bonus, Confusion, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Minus Ring, Mosaic, Power Sneakers, Random Ring Bonus, Shield, Slow, Swap, Transparency) · Ring · Special Key
Voice actors	English	Ryan Drummond (Sonic) · Deem Bristow (Eggman) · William Corkery (Tails) · Scott Dreier (Knuckles) · Jennifer Douillard (Amy) · Sarah Wulfeck (Cream) · Jon St. John (announcer)
	Japanese	Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) · Taeko Kawata (Amy) · Sayaka Aoki (Cream)
Other		Altar of Emerald · Angel Island · Chao Playground · Corkscrew · Fly Type · Freeze · Life · Loop · Power Type · Sonic Factory · Speed Type · Time Attack · Tornado 2 · Water

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) · Blaze (Burning Blaze)
Non-playable characters		Cream · Cheese · Vanilla · Eggman · 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 Hammer · Egg Pawn · Egg Pawn Bunny · Egg Pawn Manager (gun) · Egg Pawn Manager (SF gun) · Falco · Flapper · Gun Hunter · Klagen · Knight Pawn · Laser Flapper · Rhino Cannon · Sea Pawn · 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 · Crouch · Fire Boost · Grinding · Homing Attack · Hop Jump · Humming Top · Jump Dash · Jump Step · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Super Boost · Super Sonic Boost · Trick Action
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bungee Rope · Cannon · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Dash Ring · Electrical emitter · Giant Waterwheel · Grind Rail · Hang Glider · High-speed warp tube · Jump Panel · Rainbow Ring · Special Generator · Spring · Spring Pole · Star Post · Switch · Winding Rope · Zip Line
Items		Air bubble · Chaos Emerald · Floating Item Box · Goal Ring · Item Box (5 Ring Bonus, Attract, Confusion, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Maximum Tension Bonus, (multiplayer), Random Ring Bonus, Shield, Slow, Tension Bonus) · Ring · Sol Emerald
Voice actors	English	Jason Griffith (Sonic) · Mike Pollock (Eggman, Eggman Nega) · Amy Palant (Tails) · Rebecca Honig (Cream) · Bella Hudson (Blaze)
	Japanese	Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman, Eggman Nega) · Ryō 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"
	Albums	Sonic Rush Original Groove Rush
Others		Corkscrew · Health Gauge · Life · Loop · Rank · Real-Time Interaction · Sol Dimension · Sonic Rush Strongest Strategy Guide · Time Attack · Tension Gauge · Water

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