Speed Down

Speed Down^[1]^[2] (スピードダウン^[3], Supīdo Daun^?) is an Item Box obstacle that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. When obtained, it slows an Extreme Gear rider down to a crawl and prevents 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 reduced to no more than 120km/h.^[3] 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 you can jump 3 times to cancel the effect.

Game appearances[]

Sonic Riders series[]

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 one of Sonic's shoes 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. Upon 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.

Characters	Playable	Sonic Heroes (Sonic (Super Sonic) · Tails · Knuckles) · Amy · Babylon Rogues (Jet · Wave · Storm) · Eggman · Cream · Rouge · Shadow · AiAi · NiGHTS · Ulala · E-10000G · E-10000R
Characters	Non-playable	Babylon Guardian · Jet's father · Omochao · Stolen
Courses	Main	HEROES: Metal City · Splash Canyon · Egg Factory · Green Cave · Sand Ruins · Babylon Garden · Digital Dimension · Sega Carnival BABYLON: Night Chase · Red Canyon · Ice Factory · White Cave · Dark Desert · Sky Road · Babylon Guardian · Sega Illusion
Courses	Survival	Dual Towers · Snow Valley · Space Theater
Moves/techniques		Air Ride · Air Slide · Attacks · Grinding · Kick Dash · Super Sonic Boost · Tornado · Trick Action
Gimmicks and obstacles		Air Pit · Automatic Trail · Barricade · Bomb · Car · Catapult · Dash Panel · Dash Ring · Grind Rail · Slipstream · Trick Zone
Items		Air · Item Box (Air, Explosion, High Speed, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Random, Rings, Speed Down) · Ring
Extreme Gear	Boards	Accelerator · Access · Air Broom · Auto-Slider · BANANA · Beginner · Berserker · Blue Star · Blue Star II · Channel5 · Chaos Emerald · E-gearG · E-gearR · Faster · Fastest · Gambler · High Booster · Hovercraft · Legend · Light Board · Magic Carpet · Night Sky · Opa Opa · Pink Rose · Power Gear · Powerful Gear · Red Rock · Rengoku · Slide Booster · Smile · Speed Balancer · Temptation · The Crazy · Trap Gear · Turbo Star · Type-J · Type-S · Type-W · Yellow Tail
	Bikes	Air Tank · Cover F · Cover P · Cover S · Destroyer · Hang-On · Heavy Bike · Omnitempus · Super Hang-On
	Skates	Advantage F · Advantage P · Advantage S · Cannonball · Darkness · Grinder
Voice actors	English	Jason Griffith (Sonic, Jet, Shadow) · Amy Palant (Tails) · Dan Green (Knuckles, Storm) · Bella Hudson (Wave, Babylon Computer) · Lisa Ortiz (Amy) · Mike Pollock/Deem Bristow (Eggman) · Kathleen Delaney (Rouge) · Rebecca Honig (Cream) · Maddie Blaustein (E-10000G, E-10000R, Babylon Guardian) · Liza Jacqueline (Omochao) · Kaoru Morota (AiAi) · Apollo Smile (Ulala)
Voice actors	Japanese	Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) · Daisuke Kishio (Jet) · Chie Nakamura (Wave, Babylon Computer) · Kenji Nomura (Storm, Babylon Guardian) · Taeko Kawata (Amy) · Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao) · Kaoru Morota (AiAi) · Apollo Smile (Ulala)
Music	Songs	"Catch Me If You Can" · "Sonic Speed Riders"
Music	Albums	Speedbeats Grand Prix: Sonic Riders Original Soundtrack
Other		Air Tank · Babylon Garden · Babylon Rogues' ship · Babylonians · Bashōsen · Chaos Control · Chaos Emerald · Fly Type, Power Type, Speed Type · Eggman Empire · Emerald Detector · Freeze · Key to Babylon Garden · Loop · Mission Mode · Rank · Robotnik Corp. · Sonic Riders: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Riders Strongest Strategy Guide · Shop · Sonic Extreme · Sonic Extreme (Game Boy Advance) · World Grand Prix · Time Attack

Characters	Playable	Team Heroes (Sonic (Super Sonic) · Tails · Knuckles) · Amy · Babylon Rogues (Jet · Wave · Storm · Eggman · Cream · Rouge · Shadow · Silver · Blaze · SCR-GP · Amigo · NiGHTS · Billy Hatcher · SCR-HD
Characters	Non-playable	Master Core: ABIS
Courses/Fields	Main	HEROES: Megalo Station · Botanical Kingdom · MeteorTech Premises · Aquatic Capital · Gigan Rocks · Crimson Crater · Astral Babylon · '80s Boulevard BABYLON: Gigan Device · Nightside Rush · Snowy Kingdom · MeteorTech Sparkworks · Tempest Waterway · Security Corridor · Mobius Strip · '90s Boulevard
	Survival Battle	Gravity Pit · Labyrinth · Square Quartet
	Survival Ball	MeteorTech Arsenal · Botanical Cave · Megalo Junction
Moves/techniques		Air Ride · Attacks · Gravity Control · Gravity Dive · Grinding · Meteor Burst · Slide Turn · Super Sonic Boost · Trick
Gimmicks and obstacles		Barricade · Car · Catapult · Crusher · Dash Panel · Dash Ring · Grind Rail · Trick Zone · Wall Route · Wide spring
Items	General	Gravity Ring \| Item Box (Attack, Colorball, Explosion, GP Boost, High Speed, Magnetic Barrier, Missile, Parts Lock, Rings, Shield, Speed Down) \| Ring \| Time item
Items	Gear Parts	Air Ride \| Angel/Devil \| Attack Time UP \| Auto Wall-Run \| Base Stats UP \| BGM Change \| Bike \| Durability UP \| GC Boost UP \| Ghost \| GP Gain UP \| GP Gauge UP \| GP Usage UP \| Grind \| Item Rank +1 \| Magnetic Barrier \| Max Speed UP \| Parts Lock \| Ring Cap UP \| Starting Speed UP \| Status Trap \| Tank \| Throttle \| Trick Rank +1 \| Vision Trap \| Wheel \| Yacht
Extreme Gear	Board	Airship \| Beginner \| Black Shot \| Blue Star \| Chaos Emerald \| Faster \| Fastest \| Flame Lance \| Gambler \| GC Booster \| GC Master \| GP Accumulator \| G Shot \| Hyperdrive \| Legend \| Light Board \| Mag \| Night Sky \| Omnitempus \| Pink Rose \| Power Egg \| Psychic Wave \| Rainbow \| Red Rock \| Rhythm Machine \| Road Star \| Skill Booster \| Shooting Star \| Smile \| Temptation \| The Crazy \| Throttle \| Turbo Star \| Type-J \| Type-S \| Type-W \| Untouchable \| Wheel Custom \| Wind Star \| Yellow Tail
	Skate	Advantage S \| Cover S \| Rail Linker \| Shinobi \| Wanted
	Bike	Advantage P \| Cover P \| E-Rider \| Hang-On \| Master Off-Road \| Reserve Tank
	Air Ride	Advantage F \| Cover F \| Angel • Devil \| Kunoichi
	Yacht	Bingo Star \| Magic Broom \| Wind Catcher
	Wheel	Big Bang \| GP Tank \| Money Crisis
Music	Songs	"Catch Me If You Can" \| "Un-Gravitify"
Music	Albums	Zero Gravity Tracks: Sonic Riders Shooting Star Story Original Soundtrack
Voice actors	English	Jason Griffith (Sonic, Jet, Shadow) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Dan Green (Knuckles, Storm) \| Bella Hudson (Wave, Mother computer) \| Lisa Ortiz (Amy) \| Mike Pollock/Deem Bristow (Eggman) \| Kathleen Delaney (Rouge) \| Pete Capella (Silver) \| Rebecca Honig (Cream) \| Andrew Paull (SCR-HD, SCR-GP, Master Core: ABIS)
Voice actors	Japanese	Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Daisuke Kishio (Jet) \| Chie Nakamura (Wave, Mother computer) \| Kenji Nomura (Storm, SCR-HD, SCR-GP, Master Core: ABIS) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze)
Other		Ark of the Cosmos \| Babylon Garden \| Babylon Rogues' ship \| Babylonians \| Bashōsen \| Black Market \| Crimson Tower \| Eggman Empire \| Gravity Band \| Gravity Point \| Loop \| Monopole \| Mother computer \| Slipstream \| Rank \| Time Attack \| World Grand Prix
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Speed Down

Description[]

Game appearances[]

Sonic Riders series[]

Sonic Riders[]

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity[]

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