Blue Star
The Blue Star in Sonic Riders. The Blue Star in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. The Blue Star in Sonic Free Riders.
First appearance	Sonic Riders
Other appearances	Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity Sonic Free Riders Sonic Dash (cameo)
User(s)	Sonic the Hedgehog
Purpose	Racing Transportation
Description	A blue Board type Extreme Gear. Sonic's personal Extreme Gear.

The Blue Star (ブルースター, Burūsutā^?) is a recurring Board type Extreme Gear in the Sonic Riders series. It is Sonic the Hedgehog's character Extreme Gear, exclusively for him, meaning only he can use it, and his default Extreme Gear. It is one of the first Extreme Gears available in every game in the Sonic Riders series.

Specifically made for airboard, the Blue Star is a series of boards as the original Blue Star was destroyed in a heated climatic race. The Blue Star II replaced it's predecessor as a stronger upgraded sleek ride only in Sonic Riders.

Contents 1 Game Appearances 1.1 Sonic Riders 1.1.1 History 1.1.2 Stats 1.2 Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity 1.2.1 Stats 1.2.2 Gear Parts 1.3 Sonic Free Riders 1.3.1 Stats 2 Archie Comics 3 Trivia 4 Gallery 4.1 Concept Art 4.2 Artwork 4.3 Screenshots

Game AppearancesEdit

Sonic RidersEdit

Sonic might be new to boarding, but on the blue star board, which he can only ride, he's a tough competitor for the pros. This board was produced by Robotnik Inc. Specifically for Sonic. — Description from Sonic Riders (Website)

By Robotnik Corp. Speed Type Air board. — Game description in Sonic Riders

The Blue Star first appeared in Sonic Riders, where it was customized by Tails (though, according to its profile, it was produced by Robotnik Corp.). The Blue Star is especially made for the Speed Type, and as such, fits perfectly for speed type characters like Sonic, and is an overall excellent piece of work.

The Blue Star is designed in Sonic Riders as a metal plated blue hover board with a yellow stripe ringing around it and a grey foot panel with striations.

As a Board type Extreme Gear in Sonic Riders, the Blue Star is well-balanced in its attributes with average statistics and an average rate of fuel-consumption, and is suited for general riding. Like most other character exclusive Extreme Gears, the Blue Star does not possess any unique abilities. However, it has exquisite stats making it a powerful and "easy-to-master" gear, but it's one equalizer is that it's corner skills leave something to be desired.

HistoryEdit

In Sonic Riders, the Blue Star was customized by Tails especially for Sonic to participate in the EX World Grand Prix. When Wave met with Team Sonic after the first race, she put an explosive device on it realizing this board could be her group's downfall. While doing so, however, she played as if it's a " piece of junk" by laughing and commenting on it, then walked away. Later in the storyline, While Sonic and Jet were proving who is the fastest in the final race and lap of the Grand Prix, she detonated it, seeing that Jet was losing the race while Sonic was inches away from the finish line. The bomb exploded successfully and the Blue Star was destroyed, sending Sonic flying into the ground level, while Jet claimed the victory.

StatsEdit

Dash	★★★☆☆☆☆
Limit	★★★★☆☆☆
Power	★★★☆☆☆☆
Cornering	★★☆☆☆☆☆

Sonic Riders: Zero GravityEdit

Sonic's personal gear, re-engineered by Tails. Its sleek curves attest to those improvements. — Game description in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

The Blue Star made a reappearance in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. According to its profile, it has been re-engineered by Tails, with it new sleek curves attesting to its improvements. Its somewhat powered updated stats blazes in as Sonic's own personal ride once again.

In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, the Blue Star underwent a significant redesign. In this game, it resembles a sleek blue "T" with two circular silver-colored foot panels on the top, with an silver-colored area between them. Also, around the foot panels, along the front and on the rear, it have as well white areas and a green streak running across it with two orb-like exhaust ports built in the back.

As a Board type Extreme Gear in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, the Blue Star is well-balanced in its attributes with average statistics, and is suited for general riding. Like most other character exclusive Extreme Gears, the Blue Star does not possess any unique abilities. However, it possesses Gear Parts that can increase its top speed and the amount of Gravity Points it can store, and allow it to grind on Rails.

StatsEdit

Dash	█ █ █ ░ ░ ░
Limit	█ █ █ █ ░ ░
Power	█ █ █ ░ ░ ░
Curve	█ █ █ ░ ░ ░

Gear PartsEdit

• Max Speed UP: Increases the Blue Star's top speed (Requires 20 Rings).
• Grind: Allows the Blue Star to grind on rails (Requires 50 Rings).
• GP Gauge UP: Increases the Blue Star's GP gauge by 25 points (Requires 70 Rings).

Sonic Free RidersEdit

Tails optimized this custom gear just for Sonic. It's tuned to put all of Sonic's physical skills to use. — Game description in Sonic Free Riders.

The Blue Star made another reappearance in Sonic Free Riders. According to its profile, Tails customized the Blue Star especially for Sonic to put all of his physical skills into its performance.

In Sonic Free Riders, the Blue Star received once again an updated design. In this game, the Blue Star's shape returns to being more board-like in shape, like in Sonic Riders, but with a more sturdy look, though it maintains a more sleek design. It keeps its trademark blue color in this game, but has also gotten wide white accents on its edges and black components on its bottom.

Like in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, due to being a Board type Extreme Gear, the Blue Star is well-balanced in its attributes with average statistics, and is suited for general riding. Also, like in the previous titles, the Blue Star possesses no unique abilities of its own, but it can be equipped with up to two Gear Parts.

StatsEdit

Dash	★★★☆☆☆
Limit	★★★☆☆☆
Power	★★★☆☆☆
Turn	★★★☆☆☆

Archie ComicsEdit

The Blue Star made a brief appearance in the Archie Comics. In this media, the Blue Star was one of the Extreme Gears constructed by Miles "Tails" Prower so that the rest of the team could keep up with Sonic the Hedgehog during their missions. The Blue Star itself was especially constructed for Sonic, in case that Sonic wanted to try them out.

The Blue Star's first and only appearance so far has been in Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 164's second story, "Sonic Riders - Part two", which served as a comic adaption of Sonic Riders. After Sonic returned to Freedom HQ, beaten and bruised by the Babylon Rogues, the hedgehog was at a loss of how to stop this group, who had promised to come to attack Knothole the next day. Tails, however, presented a solution to this problem, by giving themselves their own Extreme Gear, the Blue Star included, so they could face the Rogues on even grounds. Sonic complimented Tails' work on the Blue Star, and Tails pointed out that though the boards were prototypes they were all functional.

The next day, Sonic arrived on the Blue Star outside of Knothole, along with Tails and Knuckles on their own Extreme Gear, and managed to intercept the Babylon Rogues with their Extreme Gear. Face to face, Sonic squared off against Jet the Hawk on the Blue Star, which eventually resulted in Sonic and his team defeating and driving off the Babylon Rogues.

TriviaEdit

• During the early development of Sonic Free Riders, the Blue Star was named "Blue Star III", and took on the same the stats as the original Blue Star.
• The Blue Star actually makes a cameo in Sonic Dash, in the shop. It is placed on the shelf along with some other things, such as a Red Star Ring, and the promotional Sonic 06 Tails poster.

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Concept ArtEdit

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