Speed Down

Speed Down is an Item Box obstacle that appears in Sonic Riders and Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. When obtained, it slows down the Extreme Gear rider down to a crawl and prevent GP actions.

Description

In gameplay, when the player obtains Speed Down, a heavy metal ball appears and is connected to the playable character's Extreme Gear with a chain. When this happens, the player's speed is drastically reduced. In addition, Speed Down prevents the player from using GP actions, namely Gravity Control and Gravity Dive. Its effects only last for a limited amount of time, however.

Game appearances

Sonic Riders

Speed Down first appeared in Sonic Riders where it is classified as a Power-Up item. In this game, its icon is a rounded cube depicting a Power Sneaker with a metal ball chained to it.

The player can obtain Speed Down at random by touching one of the Item Boxes that lie scattered across the racing course. When obtaining it, the icon representing Speed Down briefly appears on the screen.

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Speed Down is classified as an obstacle item. In this game, in addition to its speed-decreasing effect, Speed Down also negates the usage of Gravity Control and Gravity Dive. For this game, its icon is a rounded cube depicting the Blue Star with an arrow pointing down.

The player can obtain Speed Down at random by touching one of the Item Boxes that lie scattered across the racing course. When obtaining it, the icon representing Speed Down briefly appears on the screen.

Gallery

Speed Down's icon in Sonic Riders.

Sonic affected by Speed Down in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.

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See also

• Status Trap

Item Box power-ups

1-Up	Aqua Shield	Flame Shield
Invincible	Thunder Shield	Power Sneakers
Shield	Super Ring

5 Ring Bonus	20 Rings	Attract
Attack (Sonic Advance 2)	Attack (Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity)	Bashosen
Big 50 Ring	Blizzard Bomb	Blue Shield
Bomb	Booby Trap	Bowling Strike
Bubble Bomb	Bunny Boost	Chao Attack
Chao-nado	Chaos Emerald	Change
Character	Chopper Chomp	Colorball
Combi Catcher	Combine Ring	Combination Dash
Combo Bonus	Confusion	Continue Monitor
Damage Recover	Dead End	Drac-O'-Lantern
Dragon Dance	Eggman Mark	Electro Boost
Explosion	Exploding Balloon	Explosive Mine
Festive Umbrella Boost	Fire Boost	Fire Whirl
Fireball	Firework Flurry	Flame Jump
Flue Shot	Fly Charge	Free Throw
Frozen Chopper Chomp	Gauge Up	Gold Shield
GP Boost	Grow	Harvest Time

Health	Heat Barrier	Hedge Maze
High Speed	Home Run	Hyper Heli-Tails
Ice Mine	Ice Wave	Illusion Boost
Illusion Mine	Jet Board	Jump
Lava Bomb	Lightning	Lilytrap
Magnet	Marker	Maximum Tension Bonus
Mine	Minus Ring	Mosaic
Moto-Bug	Octo-Boost	Octo-Ink
Player Swap	Pogo Spring	Power Core
Pyro-Mine	Random	Random Ring Bonus
Reaper	Red Shield	Ring Can
Rings	Rocket Shoes	S
Propeller Shoes	Shrink	Skateboard
Slow	Soda Rocket	Speed Down
Stage Select	Star Trail	Steal
Steal Boost	Steal Wisp	Storm Cloud
Strike Out	Special Combination	Spring
Support Spring	Swap	Target Torpedo
Tee Shot	Team Blast Ring	Tension Bonus
Time Bonus	Time Stop	Tornado
Transparency	Trap Shot	Twister
Umbrella Boost	Warp	Whirlwind
Wind Boost	Wipeout	Wrench Rush
Zap Trap

Enerbeam	Magnet (Sonic Boom)	Score Doubler
Shield (Sonic Boom)	Super Ring (Sonic Boom)

Floating Item Box

Item Panel

Target Switch