Tension Bonus

For the multiplayer power-up, see Tension Bonus (multiplayer).

Increase your Tension Gauge level by one bar.

— Description, Sonic Rush Adventure^[1]

The Tension Bonus^[2]^[1] (テンションボーナス, Tenshonbōnasu^?) is an Item Box power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. When obtained, this power-up fills up the Tension Gauge.

Description

The Tension Bonus' icon on the Item Boxes containing them varies in design, though it generally features an arrow. As its name implies, when picking up the Tension Bonus, the player's Tension Gauge will be recharged by one bar, allowing usage of the Super Boost/Fire Boost.

Game appearances

Sonic Rush series

Sonic Rush

The Tension Bonus made its first appearance in Sonic Rush. In this game, it can be obtained from Item Boxes marked with a sparkling blue upward-pointing arrow surrounded by yellow rings. This power-up also only appears in Gameplay mode.

Sonic Rush Adventure

In Sonic Rush Adventure, the Tension Bonus can be found in Item Boxes with icons depicting a upward-pointing blue arrow and the word "UP" in their corner. This power-up also only appears in Adventure Mode.

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) · Blaze (Burning Blaze)
Non-playable characters		Cream · Cheese · Vanilla · Eggman · 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 Hammer · Egg Pawn · Egg Pawn Bunny · Egg Pawn Manager (gun) · Egg Pawn Manager (SF gun) · Falco · Flapper · Gun Hunter · Klagen · Knight Pawn · Laser Flapper · Rhino Cannon · Sea Pawn · 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 · Crouch · 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 · Electrical emitter · Giant Waterwheel · Grind Rail · Hang Glider · High-speed warp tube · Jump Panel · Rainbow Ring · Special Generator · Spring · Spring Pole · Star Post · Switch · Winding Rope · Zip Line
Items		Air bubble · Chaos Emerald · Floating Item Box · Goal Ring · Item Box (5 Ring Bonus, Attract, Confusion, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Maximum Tension Bonus, (multiplayer), Random Ring Bonus, Shield, Slow, Tension Bonus) · Ring · Sol Emerald
Voice actors	English	Jason Griffith (Sonic) · Mike Pollock (Eggman, Eggman Nega) · Amy Palant (Tails) · Rebecca Honig (Cream) · Bella Hudson (Blaze)
	Japanese	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"
	Albums	Sonic Rush Original Groove Rush
Others		Corkscrew · Health Gauge · Life · Loop · Rank · Real-Time Interaction · Sol Dimension · Sonic Rush Strongest Strategy Guide · Time Attack · Tension Gauge · Water