Tension Bonus (multiplayer)

This fills your Tension Gauge to the maximum, while simultaneously depleting the opponent's Tension Gauge to zero.
— Description, Sonic Rush Adventure^[1]

The Tension Bonus^[1] (テンションスティール^[2], Tenshonsutīru^?, lit. "Tension Steal") also referred to as the Max Tension Bonus,^[3] is an Item Box power-up in Sonic the Hedgehog series. The multiplayer version of the Maximum Tension Bonus, it can affect both players' Tension Gauge during a match.

Description

The Item Boxes with the Tension Bonus feature the icon of two arrows pointing in opposite directions, with the one on the left pointing up and the other pointing down.

The Tension Bonus is designed specifically for multiplayer gameplay. When the player obtains Tension Bonus, it refills the player's Tension Gauge to its maximum, overcharging it and enabling unlimited use of the Super Boost/Fire Boost for a short time. At the same time, it will deplete the opponent's Tension Gauge to zero, thereby preventing the opponent from using the Super Boost/Fire Boost.

Game appearances

Sonic Rush series

Sonic Rush

The Tension Bonus first appeared in Sonic Rush under the name Max Tension Bonus.^[3] In this game, the Tension Bonus only appears in Battle Play (the multiplayer mode of Sonic Rush). During gameplay in this mode, the Tension Bonus can be obtained from any Item Box, whose contents rotate between power-ups at a steady pace.

Sonic Rush Adventure

In Sonic Rush Adventure, this power-up is referred to as the Tension Bonus^[1] (テンションスティール^[2], Tenshonsutīru^?, lit. "Tension Steal") In this game, the Tension Bonus 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 the Tension Bonus.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Sonic Rush Adventure (Nintendo DS) United States instruction booklet, p. 32.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 (in Japanese) ソニックラッシュアドベンチャー最強攻略ガイド. Shogakukan. December 2007. p. 18. ISBN 4091063969.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Sonic Rush (Nintendo DS) United States instruction booklet, p. 32.

Item Box power-ups

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

Exploding Balloon	Mine	Reaper
Spring	Steal Boost	Steal Wisp

Enerbeam	Magnet	Score Doubler
Shield	Super Ring

Floating Item Box

Item Panel

Target Switch

Sonic Rush

Main article | Staff | Script (Sonic, Blaze, Extra) | Glitches | Gallery

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Blaze (Burning Blaze)
Non-playable characters		Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Cream \| Cheese \| Vanilla \| Dr. Eggman \| Dr. 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 Diver \| Egg Hammer \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pawn (spear) \| Egg Pawn Bunny \| Egg Pawn Manager (gun) \| Egg Pawn Manager (SF gun) \| Falco \| Flapper \| Gun Hunter \| Klagen \| Laser Flapper \| Rhino Spring \| 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 \| Fire Boost \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop Jump \| Humming Top \| Jump Dash \| Jump Step \| Scroll Screen \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Boost \| Super Sonic Boost \| Trick Action
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bungee Rope \| Cannon \| Checkpoint Marker \| 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 \| Switch \| Winding Rope \| Zip Line
Items		Air Bubble \| Chaos Emerald \| Floating Item Box \| Goal Ring \| Item Box (5 Ring Bonus, Attract, Barrier, Confusion, Invincible, Magnetic Barrier, Max Tension Bonus, Max Tension Bonus (multiplayer), Random Ring Bonus, Slow, Tension Bonus) \| Ring \| Sol Emerald
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman, Eggman Nega) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Rebecca Honig (Cream) \| Bella Hudson (Blaze)
Japanese voice actors		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
Music	Albums	Original Groove Rush
Other		Blaze's world \| Corkscrew loop \| Health Gauge \| Rank \| Real-Time Interaction \| Shuttle loop \| Time Attack \| Tension Gauge

Sonic Rush Adventure

Main article | Script | Staff | Gallery

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Blaze (Burning Blaze)
Non-playable characters		Tails \| Marine \| Coconut Crew (Setter, Tabby, Colonel, Kylok, Daikun, Muzy) \| Gardon \| Norman \| Captain Whisker \| Mini & Mum \| Johnny \| Dr. Eggman \| Dr. Eggman Nega
Stages		Whale Point \| Plant Kingdom \| Machine Labyrinth \| Coral Cave \| Haunted Ship \| Blizzard Peaks \| Sky Babylon \| Pirates' Island \| Big Swell \| Deep Core \| Hidden Islands (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) \| Johnny's Race
Enemies		Barrier Angler \| Bomb Ghost \| Crystal Head \| Dive Bat \| Eleki Angler \| Kaizoku Bomb \| Kaizoku Glider \| Kaizoku Gun \| Kaizoku Hogan \| Kaizoku Hover Bomb \| Kaizoku Skeleton \| Kaizoku Snowball \| Pirates' Island enemy \| Plant Kingdom enemy \| Ptera \| Rapid Crab \| Shisaku-gata Dump \| Shisaku-gata Jet \| Shisaku-gata Spanner \| Skull Fire \| Sky Babylon enemy \| Sky Moon \| Triceratank
Bosses		Ghost Rex \| Ghost Pendulum \| Ghost Kraken \| Ghost Pirate \| Ghost Whale \| Ghost Condor \| Captain Whisker and Johnny \| Ghost Titan \| Egg Wizard
Moves/Techniques		Axel Jump \| Axel Tornado \| Boost Mode \| Burning Fire Boost \| Burst Dash \| Burst Hover \| Deflect \| Fire Boost \| Grind Step \| Hop Jump \| Homing Attack \| Humming Top \| Jump Dash \| Jump Step \| Scroll Screen \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Boost \| Super Sonic Boost \| Trick Action
Vessels		Wave Cyclone \| Ocean Tornado \| Aqua Blast \| Deep Typhoon \| Magma Hurricane \| SS Tornado EX \| SS Marine \| SS Super-Marine
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bomb \| Bungee Rope \| Checkpoint Marker \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Fountain \| Hang Glider \| High-speed warp tube \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Minecart \| Mushroom \| Rainbow Ring] \| Spin ring \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Vine \| Winding Rope
Items	General	Chaos Emerald \| Item Box (1UP, 5 Ring Bonus, Attract, Barrier, Boost Up, Confusion, High Speed, Invincible, Magnetic Barrier, Maximum Tension Bonus, Random Ring Bonus, Repair, Score Bonus, Slow, Tension Bonus, Tension Bonus (multiplayer)) \| Sol Emerald \| Switch \| Ring \| Snowboard \| Treasure Chest
Items	Materials	Aqua Material \| Black Material \| Blue Material \| Bronze Material \| Gold Material \| Green Material \| Iron Material \| Red Material \| Silver Material
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman, Eggman Nega) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Bella Hudson (Blaze) \| Lonnie Hirsch (Captain Whisker) \| Christopher Pellegrini (Johnny)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman, Eggman Nega) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze) \| Shinya Fukumatsu (Captain Whisker) \| Kota Nemoto (Johnny)
Music	Songs	A New Venture
Music	Albums	Sonic Rush Adventure Original Soundtrack
Other		Blaze's world \| Corkscrew loop \| Combo \| Freeze \| Health Gauge \| Jeweled Scepter \| Missions \| Sea Chart \| Shuttle loop \| Sol Empire \| Southern Island \| Power of the Stars \| Rank \| Real-Time Interaction \| Sonic Rush Adventure Flash \| Tension Gauge \| Time Attack

[SRushAdventure-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Sonic Rush Adventure (Nintendo DS) United States instruction booklet, p. 32.

[GuideSRA3-2] 2.0 ^2.1 (in Japanese) ソニックラッシュアドベンチャー最強攻略ガイド. Shogakukan. December 2007. p. 18. ISBN 4091063969.

[SRush-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Sonic Rush (Nintendo DS) United States instruction booklet, p. 32.

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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	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	Minus Ring
Mosaic	Octo-Boost	Octo-Ink
Player Swap	Pogo Spring	Power Core
Random	Random Ring Bonus	Red Shield
Ring Can	Rings	Rocket Shoes
S	Propeller Shoes	Shrink
Skateboard	Slow	Soda Rocket

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

Audio Assault	Balkiry	Bashosen
Bass Boost	Bat Bomb	Beat Boost
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

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