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	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
EMP 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	Ring Portal
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

Sonic Rush

Main article | Gallery | Staff | Glitches

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, Seal, Skunk, Swallow, 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 \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Boost \| Super Sonic Boost \| Trick Action
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bungee Rope \| Cannon \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Giant Waterwheel \| Grind Rail \| Hang Glider \| High-speed warp tube \| Jump Panel \| Rainbow Ring \| Special Generator \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Switch \| Winding Rope \| Zip Line
Objects		Air Bubble \| Chaos Emerald \| Checkpoint Marker \| Floating Item Box \| Goal Ring \| Item Box (5 Ring Bonus, Attract, Barrier, Confusion, Invincible, Lightning Shield, 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) \| Ryo 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 | Gallery | Script | Staff

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 \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Boost \| Super Sonic Boost \| Trick Action
Gimmicks and obstacles		Bomb \| Bungee Rope \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Fountain \| Hang Glider \| High-speed warp tube \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Minecart \| Mushroom \| Rainbow Ring \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Vine \| Winding Rope
Objects	General	Checkpoint Marker \| 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 \| Treasure Chest
Objects	Materials	Aqua Material \| Black Material \| Blue Material \| Bronze Material \| Gold Material \| Green Material \| Iron Material \| Red Material \| Silver Material
Vessels		Wave Cyclone \| Ocean Tornado \| Aqua Blast \| Deep Typhoon \| Magma Hurricane \| SS Tornado EX \| SS Marine \| SS Super-Marine
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) \| Ryo 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 \| Southern Island \| Power of the Stars \| Real-Time Interaction \| Sonic Rush Adventure Flash \| Tension Gauge \| Time Attack

[SRushAdventure-0] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Sonic Rush Adventure (Nintendo DS) United States instruction booklet, p. 32.

[GuideSRA3-1] 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-2] 3.0 ^3.1 Sonic Rush (Nintendo DS) United States instruction booklet, p. 32.

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