Speed Highway
Playable characters (story mode)
Speed Highway (スピードハイウェイ , Supīdohaiu~ei ? ) is the fourth Stage in the console/PC version of Sonic Generations . It represents Sonic Adventure in the Dreamcast era of the game.
Act 1
Cream: Chao Hunt : Compete with Cream to find more Chao than her and reach the goal.
Hot Pursuit : Avoid getting hit by the pursuing enemies and get to the goal in time.
High Speed Challenge 2 : Collect Power Sneakers to reach the goal before the time runs out.
Resisting Arrest : Beware of Cop Speeders! Reach the goal before time runs out.
Doppelganger Race! : Face of against Sonic's double and beat him in a race to the goal.
Act 2
Overdrift : Grab as many Rings as you can while drifting and get to goal in time.
Hot Pursuit : Chase the Sprinkler enemy that's dropping Rings. Collect a set number and reach the goal in time!
Doppelganger Race!: Face of against Sonic's double and beat him in a race to the goal.
Drill Baby Drill : Smash your way through boxes as you descend to the goal before time runs out.
Espio: Master of Camouflage : Only the searchlight can reveal Espio. Face him and get to goal in time.
Characters
Trivia
Speed Highway's design and layout is very similar to that of Empire City from Sonic Unleashed and Star Light Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog , including towering buildings and skyscrapers, long, winding highways and several street signs and neon billboards with references to other characters.
This version of Speed Highway does not include the "At Dawn" section like the original version, but the background in Act 2 changes to sunrise after passing through the skyscraper section.
Despite this, one of Classic Sonic's Challenge Act missions takes place around early-to-mid-morning (dawn).
While Modern Sonic runs down the skyscraper mid-way through the level, Classic Sonic appears to go inside the same building, as they both share the same features.
The remnants of the actual roads from Speed Highway are used in the battle against Perfect Chaos, just like in the original Sonic Adventure .
This is the only stage in the Dreamcast era not to be the beginning stage in its original game.
The poster of Chao in Space.
On the Chao in Space billboards in this stage, multiple Sonic characters are listed as appearing in the film. Some characters' names were misspelled.
The fact that Cream appears in Speed Highway might be a reference to her cameo appearance in Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut .
While the cars in the original Speed Highway were modern designs, the cars in this version are all Volkswagen-esque vehicles.
In the hub world, just behind Cream and Cheese, there's a "Chao in Space 4" movie poster.
The gameplay in the original Speed Highway is completely in 3D. However, in Sonic Generations , the perspective switches between 3D and 2D. The same applies to City Escape, Seaside Hill, and Crisis City.
Both Sonics seem to go through Speed Highway at different times of the day. Classic Sonic seems to run through the highway just after dusk, while Modern Sonic runs through it during the last minutes of night to the beginning of dawn.
During said mission, the buildings and skyscrapers slightly resemble the same buildings and skyscrapers of Empire City in the daytime.
Vector the Crocodile makes at least two cameos in this level; first as a big, green neon sign reading "Club Vector", and second as a road sign showing the direction to "Vector Avenue".
Speed Highway was one of the last stages to be shown off before the game was released.
The music in act two changes when Sonic is running down the skyscraper, when he is on the ground again it changes back. This only happens when the default music is being played.
Videos
Music
Name
Artist
Length
Music Track
"Speed Highway: Act 1 "Run Through the Speed Highway - Cash Cash RMX""
Cash Cash
2:20
"Speed Highway: Act 2 "Run Through the Speed Highway""
Jun Senoue
3:42
"Speed Highway: Act 2 - Skyscraper Downhill "Goin' Down?! - Cash Cash vs. Jun Senoue RMX""
Cash Cash
0:55
N/A (Hub world)
Jun Senoue
2:27
See also
Main article | Script (Console/PC , 3DS ) | Staff (Console/PC , 3DS ) | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery
Playable characters
Modern Sonic (Modern Super Sonic ) | Classic Sonic (Classic Super Sonic )
Non-playable characters
Dr. Eggman | Time Eater | Tails | Classic Tails | Amy | Knuckles | Shadow | Cream | Cheese | Silver | Blaze | Omochao | Team Chaotix (Espio , Vector , Charmy ) | Orbot | Cubot | Animals (Flicky , Picky , Pecky , Cucky )
Wisps
Cyan ** | Orange * | Pink * | Red **
Stages
Console/PC*
Green Hill | Chemical Plant | Sky Sanctuary | Speed Highway | City Escape | Seaside Hill | Crisis City | Rooftop Run | Planet Wisp | Casino Night
Nintendo 3DS**
Green Hill | Casino Night | Mushroom Hill | Emerald Coast | Radical Highway | Water Palace | Tropical Resort
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 * | Butterdroid ** | Buzz Bomber | Buzzer | Chopper | Cop Speeder * | Crabmeat | Crawl ** | Dragonfly ** | Flapper ** | Egg Chaser * | Egg Diver ** | Egg Fighter * | Egg Fighter: Sword * | Egg Launcher (H) * | Egg Launcher (H+V) * | Egg Launcher (V) * | Egg Pawn | Egg Pawn (spear) | Eggrobo * | Giant Chopper * | Gold Beetle ** | Grabber * | Gun Beetle * | Gun Hunter | Iblis's Minions (Iblis Biter , Iblis Taker , Iblis Worm )* | Kiki ** | Klagen ** | Madmole ** | Mono Beetle | Moto Bug | Mushmeanie ** | Newtron | Rhinotank ** | Sandworm * | Spinner | Spiny * | Sprinkler * | Sweeper ** | Thunder Spinner
Bosses
Console/PC*
Metal Sonic | Death Egg Robot | Shadow the Hedgehog | Perfect Chaos | Silver the Hedgehog | Egg Dragoon | Time Eater
Nintendo 3DS**
Metal Sonic | Big Arm | Shadow the Hedgehog | Biolizard | Silver the Hedgehog | Egg Emperor | Time Eater
Moves/ Techniques
Playable characters
Air Boost | Bound Jump * | Crouch | Double Jump * | Drift * | Freestyle Tricks * | Grind Step | Grinding | Homing Attack | Hop | Jump Dash | Kick boost | Lightspeed Dash * | Mid-Air Dash * | Quick Step * | Boost | Slide | Skydiving * | Spin Dash | Spin Jump | Stomp | Super Sonic Boost | Super Sonic Missile | Super Sonic Spinning | Wall Jump
NPCs
Chaos Spear | 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
Cyan Laser ** | Orange Rocket * | Pink Spikes * | Red Burst **
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 | Cart | Cloud * | Conveyor Belt ** | Crusher | Dash Panel | Dash Rail | Dash Ring | Dimensional Bomb | Explosion Trap | Fan | Flipper | Four-way Cannon * | Gear Platform | Gondola * | GUN Military Truck * | Hanging Bell * | Heart bomb * | Helicopter * | High-speed warp tube | Horizontal Bar | Iron ball | Jump Panel (plate) | Jump Panel (ramp) | Kao | Laser field | Meteorite | Movable box | Mushroom ** | Pole Elevator | Prism ** | Propeller | Propeller Spring | Pulley | Rainbow Ring | Rocket | Route Signal * | Seed Propeller ** | Seesaw | Slot machine | Spring | Spring Catapult | Spring Pole | Spike Trap | Spinning Top | Spinning Platform | Spotlight | Switch | Trap Spring | Trick Jump Panel | Wall Jump Block | Warp Point | Wide spring | Zip Line
Objects
Air Bubble | Boss Gate | Boss Gate Key * | Buoy | Capsule | Chaos Emerald | Container (Case , Spike Block , Steel Container , Unbreakable Container , Wooden Container ) | Crank | Energy Core | Goal Ring | Information Pod * | Item Box (1-Up , Aqua Shield *, Flame Shield *, Invincible , Magnetic Shield **, Power Sneakers *, Skateboard *, Super Ring , Thunder Shield ) | Medal | Mega Mack * | Musical note * | Red Star Ring * | Ring | Snowboard | Sphere ** | Star Post | Stomping Shoes ** | Time Bonus | Wisp Capsule
English voice actors
Roger Craig Smith (Sonic ) | Mike Pollock (Eggman ) | Kate Higgins (Tails ) | Travis Willingham (Knuckles ) | Cindy Robinson (Amy ) | Kirk Thornton (Shadow ) | Quinton Flynn (Silver ) | Laura Bailey (Omochao , Blaze ) | Karen Strassman (Rouge ) | Michelle Ruff (Cream ) | Keith Silverstein (Vector ) | Troy Baker (Espio ) | Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Charmy )
Japanese voice actors
Junichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) | Ryo Hirohashi (Tails (Modern)) | Takuto Yoshinaga (Tails (Classic)) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Koji Yusa (Shadow ) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) | Daisuke Ono (Silver ) | Nao Takamori (Blaze ) | Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) | Kenta Miyake (Vector ) | Yuuki Masuda (Espio ) | Youko Teppozuka (Charmy ) | Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao )
Music
Songs
Back 2 Back | Escape from the City * | Vengeance is Mine ** | You're My Hero
Albums
Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack | Sonic Generations: 20 Years of Sonic Music | History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack Blue Edition | 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 Robot * | Egg Dragoon * | Egg Gun | Egg Mobile | Egg Spear | Havok * | Health Gauge ** | Lair of the Time Eater | Miles Electric | Orca | Perfect Bonus | Rank | Skill Shop * | Sonic Generations (manga) | Sonic Generations of Skate | Statue Room * | Time Attack | Tornado-1 | Totem Pole | White Space | Winding Tunnel | Wisp Gauge **
*Console/PC version only **Nintendo 3DS version only