Speed Down

Speed Down 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 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 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. 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.

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Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Jet \| Wave \| Storm \| Amy \| Dr. Eggman \| Shadow \| Rouge \| Cream \| E-10000G \| E-10000R \| Ulala \| AiAi \| NiGHTS
Non-playable characters		Omochao \| Stolen \| Jet's father \| Babylon Guardian \| E-10000Y
Courses/Fields	Heroes	Metal City \| Splash Canyon \| Egg Factory \| Green Cave \| Sand Ruins \| Babylon Garden
	Babylon	Night Chase \| Red Canyon \| Ice Factory \| White Cave \| Dark Desert \| Sky Road \| Babylon Guardian
	Extra	Digital Dimension \| Sega Carnival \| Sega Illusion
	Survival	Dual Towers \| Snow Valley \| Space Theater
Moves/Techniques		Air Boost \| Air Riding \| Air Slide \| Attacks \| Grinding \| Super Sonic Boost \| Tornado \| Trick Action
Extreme Gears		Accelerator \| Access \| Advantage-F \| Advantage-P \| Advantage-S \| Air Broom \| Air Tank \| Auto-Slider \| BANANA \| Beginner \| Berserker \| Blue Star \| Blue Star II \| Cannonball \| Channel5 \| Chaos Emerald \| Cover-F \| Cover-P \| Cover-S \| Darkness \| Destroyer \| E-gearG \| E-gearR \| E-Rider \| Faster \| Fastest \| Gambler \| Grinder \| Hang-On \| Heavy Bike \| High Booster \| Hovercraft \| Legend \| Light Board \| Magic Carpet \| Night Sky \| Omnipotence \| Opa Opa \| Pink Rose \| Power Gear \| Powerful Gear \| Red Rock \| Rengoku \| Slide Booster \| Smile \| Speed Balancer \| Super Hang-On \| Temptation \| The Crazy \| Trap Gear \| Turbo Star \| Type-J \| Type-S \| Type-W \| Yellow Tail
Gimmicks and obstacles		Accelerator \| Air Pit \| Automatic Trail \| Barricade \| Bomb \| Catapult \| Dash Panel \| Grind Rail \| Trick Zone \| Turbulence
Items		Air \| Item Box (Air, Explosion, High Speed, Invincible Barrier, Magnetic Barrier, Rings, Speed Down, Question Item) \| Ring
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic, Jet ) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Dan Green (Knuckles, Storm) \| Bella Hudson (Wave, Babylon Computer) \| Lisa Ortiz (Amy) \| Mike Pollock (Dr. Eggman) \| Kathleen Delaney (Rouge) \| Rebecca Honig (Cream) \| Maddie Blaustein (E-10000G, E-10000R, Babylon Guardian) \| Liza Jacqueline (Omochao) \| Kaoru Morota (AiAi) \| Apollo Smile (Ulala)
Japanese voice actors		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 \| Black Market \| Chaos Control \| Chaos Emerald \| Eggman Empire \| Emerald Detector \| Rank \| EX World Grand Prix \| Flight Type \| Freeze \| Key to Babylon Garden \| Mission Mode \| Power Type \| Speed Type \| Time Attack

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

Main article | Scripts (Heroes, Babylon) | Staff | Glitches | Gallery

Characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Jet \| Wave \| Storm \| Dr. Eggman \| Cream \| Rouge \| Shadow \| Silver \| Blaze \| SCR-GP \| Amigo \| NiGHTS \| Billy Hatcher \| SCR-HD \| Master Core: ABIS
Courses/Fields	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
Extreme Gears		Advantage F \| Advantage P \| Advantage S \| Airship \| Angel • Devil \| Beginner \| Big Bang \| Bingo Star \| Black Shot \| Blue Star \| Chaos Emerald \| Cover F \| Cover P \| Cover S \| E-Rider \| Faster \| Fastest \| Flame Lance \| G Shot \| Gambler \| GC Booster \| GC Master \| GP Accumulator \| GP Tank \| Hang-On \| Hyperdrive \| Kunoichi \| Legend \| Light Board \| Mag \| Magic Broom \| Master Off-Road \| Money Crisis \| Night Sky \| Omnitempus \| Pink Rose \| Power Egg \| Psychic Wave \| Rail Linker \| Rainbow \| Red Rock \| Reserve Tank \| Rhythm Machine \| Road Star \| Shinobi \| Shooting Star \| Skill Booster \| Smile \| Super Hang-On \| Temptation \| The Crazy \| Throttle \| Turbo Star \| Type-J \| Type-S \| Type-W \| Untouchable \| Wanted \| Wheel Custom \| Wind Catcher \| Wind Star \| Yellow Tail
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
Moves and Techniques		Air Ride \| Attacks \| Gravity Control \| Gravity Dive \| Grinding \| Slide Turn \| Super Sonic Boost \| Trick
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic, Jet, Shadow) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Dan Green (Knuckles, Storm) \| Bella Hudson (Wave, Mother computer) \| Lisa Ortiz (Amy) \| Mike Pollock (Dr. Eggman) \| Kathleen Delaney (Rouge) \| Pete Capella (Silver) \| Rebecca Honig (Cream) \| Andrew Paull (SCR-HD, SCR-GP, Master Core: ABIS)
Japanese voice actors		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) \| Koji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze)
Other		Ark of the Cosmos \| Babylon Garden \| Babylon Rogues' ship \| Babylonians \| Barricade \| Bashōsen \| Black Market \| Car \| Catapult \| Catch Me If You Can \| Crimson Tower \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Dash Ring \| Eggman Empire \| Fly Type \| Gravity Band \| Gravity Point \| Grind Rail \| Havok \| Item Box (Attack, Colorball, Explosion, GP Boost, High Speed, Magnetic Barrier, Missile, Parts Lock, Ring, Shield, Speed Down) \| Monopole \| Mother computer \| Ring \| Slipstream \| Speed Type \| Power Type \| Rank \| Time Attack \| Time item \| Trick Zone \| Un-Gravitify \| World Grand Prix \| Zero Gravity Tracks: Sonic Riders Shooting Star Story Original Soundtrack

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

5 Ring Bonus	20 Rings	Attract
Attack (Sonic Advance 2)	Attack (Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity)	Big 50 Ring
Blue Shield	Bomb	Bowling Strike
Chaos Emerald	Change	Character
Colorball	Combi Catcher	Combine Ring
Combination Dash	Combo Bonus	Confusion
Continue Monitor	Damage Recover	Eggman Mark
Explosion	Exploding Balloon	Flame Jump
Fly Charge	Free Throw	Gauge Up
Gold Shield	GP Boost	Grow

Health	Heat Barrier	High Speed
Hyper Heli-Tails	Jet Board	Jump
Magnet	Marker	Maximum Tension Bonus
Mine	Minus Ring	Mosaic
Octo-Boost	Octo-Ink	Player Swap
Pogo Spring	Power Core	Random
Random Ring Bonus	Reaper	Red Shield
Ring Can	Rings	Rocket Shoes
S	Propeller Shoes	Shrink
Skateboard	Slow	Soda Rocket

Speed Down	Stage Select	Steal Boost
Steal Wisp	Special Combination	Spring
Support Spring	Swap	Target Torpedo
Tee Shot	Team Blast Ring	Tension Bonus
Time Bonus	Time Stop	Transparency
Twister	Warp

Balkiry	Bashosen	Bat Bomb
Blizzard Bomb	Booby Trap	Brutal Blitz
Bubble Bomb	Bunny Boost	Captive Light
Chao Attack	Chao Chase	Chao Guardians
Chao-nado	Chaos Charge	Chaos Slash
Chopper Chomp	Cyan Laser	Cyclone Charge
Dead End	Drac-O'-Lantern	Dragon Dance
Electro Boost	EMP Boost	Explosive Mine
Festive Umbrella Boost	Fire Boost	Fire Whirl
Fireball	Firework Flurry	Flue Shot
Frozen Chopper Chomp	Gift Trapped	Gold Rush
Green Hover	Harvest Time	Hedge Maze
Home Run	Honor Guard

Speed Down

Contents

Description

Game appearances

Sonic Riders

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

Gallery

See also

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Ice Boost	Ice Mine	Ice Wave
Illusion Boost	Illusion Mine	King's Judgement
Lava Bomb	Lightning	Lilytrap
Meteor Charge	Moto-Bug	Pink Spikes
Pyro-Mine	Ring Portal	Rocket Boost
Rocky Road	Savage Throw	Soul Surge
Star Trail	Steal	Storm Cloud
Strike Out	Tail Spring	Tail Strike
Tornado	Trap Shot	Umbrella Boost
Whirlwind	Wind Boost	Wipeout
Wrench Rush	Zap Trap