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.

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) · Tails · Knuckles · Amy · Jet · Wave · Storm · Eggman · Cream · Rouge · Shadow · AiAi · NiGHTS · Ulala · E-10000G · E-10000R
Non-playable characters		Babylon Guardian · Jet's father · Omochao · Stolen
Courses	Main	Metal City/Night Chase · Splash Canyon/Red Canyon · Egg Factory/Ice Factory · Green Cave/White Cave · Sand Ruins/Dark Desert · Babylon Garden/Sky Road · Digital Dimension/Babylon Guardian · Sega Carnival/Sega Illusion
	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		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 · Omnitempus · 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
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 (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	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"
	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

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Jet \| Wave \| Storm \| Eggman \| Cream \| Rouge \| Shadow \| Silver \| Blaze \| SCR-GP \| Amigo \| NiGHTS \| Billy Hatcher \| SCR-HD
Non-playable characters		Master Core: ABIS
Courses/Fields	Main	Megalo Station/Nightside Rush \| Botanical Kingdom/Snowy Kingdom \| MeteorTech Premises/MeteorTech Sparkworks \| Aquatic Capital/Tempest Waterway \| Gigan Rocks/Gigan Device \| Crimson Crater/Security Corridor \| Astral Babylon/Mobius Strip \| '80s Boulevard/'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
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 (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) \| 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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