The Speed Type symbol from Sonic Heroes .
The Speed Type (スピードタイプ , Supīdotaipu ? ) is an ability type used in the Sonic the Hedgehog series and is represented by the color blue. It was introduced along with the Power Type and Fly Type in Sonic Heroes . As its name implies, Speed Type characters are generally faster than those of other types.
Game appearances
Sonic Heroes
The Speed Type was first introduced in Sonic Heroes . Speed Type characters are the fastest in the team and have access to several abilities such as the Homing Attack , Rocket Accel and a Tornado Jump . Speed Types can access specific routes by performing several Homing Attacks against airborne enemies in succession and by using Tornado Jump to traverse Poles and activate propellers.
In Battle mode and boss battles against other teams, Speed Types have an advantage over Fly Types, but are weak against Power Types.
Sonic Advance 3
The Speed Type returns in Sonic Advance 3 . The Speed type can be gained by any creating any team involving Sonic. The Speed Type allows the player to enter Boost Mode at a certain speed for a certain amount of time, when running past a dash panel or using Tag Action (when Sonic is the partner character).
Speed Type teams
Unbreakable Bond (Sonic & Tails)
Fighting Buddies (Sonic & Knuckles)
Lovely Couple (Sonic & Amy)
Sonic & Cream
Sonic & Dr. Eggman
Sonic Riders series
In the Sonic Riders , Speed Type characters are able to utilize grind rails for shortcuts and alternate paths that would be otherwise inaccessible. In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity , although Speed Type characters can use any other ability type, their exclusive Gears are Boards with a Gear Part which enable the ability to grind on rails. In Sonic Free Riders Speed Type characters can use any ability. Regardless, all speed-type characters have excellent top speed with average rating for all other capabilities (acceleration, power and curving).
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games series
In the Mario & Sonic series , the Speed type is one of the four character types, along side the Power, Skill and All-Around Types . Speed characters are best suited for races, track events as well as other speed-based events. Although unplayable, Jet the Hawk and Banza Bill appear as Speed Type rival characters.
Sonic Runners
In Sonic Runners , Speed Type characters are able to perform a Triple Jump . While all levels in the game can be played with any character, Windy Hill is better suited for Speed Types. Buddies, companions that the player can equip to characters, also have different ability types. paring Speed Type characters with Speed Type Buddies will enhance the effects of said Buddy.
List of Speed Type characters
Non-Sonic Speed Types
Speed Type Buddies
Trivia
As of Sonic Runners , every Hedgehog character in the series has been a Speed Type.
Both female Speed Types in the Sonic the Hedgehog series are the only Sonic All-Around Type characters.
Playable characters
Team Sonic
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Tails (Super Tails ) · Knuckles (Super Knuckles )
Team Dark
Shadow · Rouge · Omega
Team Rose
Amy · Cream · Cheese · Big
Team Chaotix
Espio · Charmy · Vector
Non-playable characters
Eggman · Metal Sonic (Neo Metal Sonic ) · Chocola · Froggy · Shadow Android · Omochao · Dark Chao · Chao
1P Play stages
Sea Gate · Seaside Hill · Ocean Palace · Grand Metropolis · Power Plant · Casino Park · BINGO Highway · Rail Canyon · Bullet Station · Frog Forest · Lost Jungle · Hang Castle · Mystic Mansion · Egg Fleet · Final Fortress · Special Stage
2P Play stages
Action Race
Seaside Hill · Grand Metropolis · BINGO Highway
Battle
City Top · Casino Ring · Turtle Shell
Bobsled Race
Seaside Course · City Course · Casino Course
Expert Race
Rail Canyon · Frog Forest · Egg Fleet
Quick Race
Road Rock · Mad Express · Terror Hall
Ring Race
Egg Treat · Pinball Match · Hot Elevator
Special Stages
Special Stage 1 · Special Stage 2 · Special Stage 3
Enemies
Bomb Flapper · Cameron · Cannon Flapper · E-2000 · E-2000R · Egg Bishop /Egg Magician · Egg Hammer · Egg Knight · Egg Pawn (Casino version ) · Falco · Flapper · Gold Cameron · Gold Klagen · Gun Flapper · Heavy-Egg Hammer · Klagen · Laser Flapper · Needle Flapper · Pumpkin Ghost · Rhinoliner · Search Flapper · Solid Flapper · Solid Pawn
Bosses
Egg Hawk · Team Sonic , Dark , Rose , Chaotix · Robot Carnival · Egg Albatross · Robot Storm · Egg Emperor · Metal Madness · Metal Overlord
Moves/ techniques
Speed
Homing Attack · Jump Dash · Kick · Light Dash · Lightspeed Attack · Propeller Hammer · Rocket Accel · Shuriken · Spin · Spin Jump · Swinging Hammer Attack · Tornado Jump (Black Tornado , Blue Tornado , Leaf Swirl , Tornado Hammer ) · Triangle Jump
Fly
Ascending Flight · Cheese Attack · Dummy Ring Bomb · Spin Jump · Sting Attack · Thunder Shoot · Quick Ascent
Power
Auto Homing · Body Press · Bubblegum Descent · Fire Combination · Fire Dunk · Fire Launcher · Fireball Jump · Forward Power Attack · Hammer Down · Jump Fire Knock · Jump Fireball · Remote Power Attack (Fireball , Fire Knock ) · Spin Jump · Triangle Dive · Umbrella Descent · Wide Power Attack (Big Fishing , Omega Arm , Vector Breath , Volcanic Dunk )
Team Blasts
Sonic Overdrive · Chaos Inferno · Flower Festival · Chaotix Recital · Super Sonic Power
Other
Chaos Control · Crouch · Crystal Attack · Grind Step · Grinding
Gimmicks and obstacles
Ball Switch · Bingo · Bobsled · Bomb · Bumper · Bumper wall · Cannon · Check Point · Conveyor Belt · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Dash Ring · Detonator Switch · Drop Target · Fan · Fireball · Flipper · Flower · Formation Change Gate · Giant Frog · Giant Switch · Grind Rail · Hint Ring · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Kao · Laser field · Mushroom · Orb switch · Pole · Power Gong · Propeller · Pulley · Rainbow Ring · Sling Shot · Slot machine · Spring · Target Switch · Track switch · Triangle Bumper · Trolley · Vine · Warp Flower · Weight · Wide spring
Items
Capsule · Car · Casino chip · Castle Key · Cell key · Chaos Emerald · Container (Cage , Case , Steel Container , Unbreakable Container , Wooden Container ) · Emblem · Engine Core · Floating Item Box · Goal Ring · Hermit crab · Item Box (1 UP , Barrier , Fly Charge , High Speed , Invincible , Rings , Power Core , Team Blast Ring ) · Light spider marking · Power Core · Ring · Special Stage Key · Sphere · Torch
Voice actors
English
Ryan Drummond (Sonic , Metal Sonic ) · Deem Bristow (Eggman ) · William Corkery (Tails ) · Scott Dreier (Knuckles ) · David Humphrey (Shadow ) · Lani Minella (Rouge , Omochao ) · Jon St. John (Omega , Big ) · Jennifer Douillard (Amy ) · Sarah Wulfeck (Cream ) · Bill Corkery (Espio ) · Marc Biagi (Vector ) · Emily Corkery (Charmy )
Japanese
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic , Metal Sonic ) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) · Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) · Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) · Taiten Kusunoki (Omega ) · Taeko Kawata (Amy ) · Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) · Takashi Nagasako (Big ) · Yūki Masuda (Espio ) · Kenta Miyake (Vector ) · Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy ) · Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao )
Music
Songs
"Sonic Heroes " · "We Can " · "This Machine " · "Follow Me " · "Team Chaotix " · "What I'm Made of... "
Albums
Complete Trinity: Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrax · Triple Threat: Sonic Heroes Vocal Trax · Sonic Heroes Official Soundtrack · Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
Other
Alligator · Armored train · Audio Room · Chaotix Detective Agency · Dummy Ring · Egg Bazooka · Egg Emperor · Egg Fleet · Egg Gun · Egg Spear · Fly Type · Health Gauge · HEXAeco · Life · Loop · Moon · Orca · Palm plant · Power Type · Rank · Sonic Heroes Official Guidebook · Sonic Heroes: Prima's Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Heroes Puzzle · Speed Type · Super Hard Mode · Team Blast Gauge · Tornado 2
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Tails · Knuckles · Amy · Cream and Cheese · Eggman
Non-playable characters
Vanilla · Gemerl (Ultimate Gemerl ) · Chao · Omochao
Zones
Route 99 · Sunset Hill · Ocean Base · Toy Kingdom · Twinkle Snow · Cyber Track · Chaos Angel · Altar Emerald · Nonaggression · Special Stage · Mini-Games
Enemies
Akatento · Aotento · Ape · Bu-Bu · Buzzer · Clam · Condor · Gaogao · Gekogeko · Ginpe · Guards · Guruguru · Hariisen · Jousun · Juggling · Kamaki · Kyacchaa · Marun · Minimole · Muukaden · Spina · Takkon · Uutsubo · Yadokk · Yukigasen
Bosses
Egg Hammer 3 · Egg Ball No.2 · Egg Foot · Egg Cube · Egg Chaser · Egg Pinball · Egg Gravity · Hyper Eggrobo · Ultimate Gemerl
Moves/ techniques
General
Amy Dash · Big Hammer Attack · Boost Mode · Bound Attack · Breast Stroke · Breathe · Chao Attack · Chao Ball Attack · Chao Spin · Chao Spinning Attack · Dash Climb · Dog Paddle · Double Mid-Air Glide · Double Punch · Drill Claw · Fire Sliding · Flying · Floating Fall · Grinding · Hammer Attack · Hammer Jump · Hammer Propeller Flying · Head Slide · High Propeller Flying · Hip Drop · Homing Attack · Jump Dash · Leap · Life Ring · Look down · Mid-Air Dash Glide · Propeller Flying · Mid-Air Chao Attack · Mid-Air Chao Ball Attack · Mid-Air Chao Spinning Attack · Mid-Air Glide · Mid-Air Hammer Attack · Mid-Air Hammer Jump · Skid Attack · Spin · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Super Sonic Boost · Spinning Hammer Attack · Spiral Upper · Tag Action · Tail Spin Attack · Tail Swipe · Tornado Attack · Upper Spin · Wall Climb · Wind Attack
Mid-Air Trick Actions
Big Air (Happy Spring , Hop Jump , Petit Step ) · Long Wind Jump (Humming Top , Sweet Roll , Window Jump ) · Stop 'n' Slam (Bound Attack , Spinning Hammer Attack , Propeller Descent , Hip Drop )
Gimmicks and obstacles
Balloon · Bungee Rope · Dash Panel · Flywheel · Gondola · Grind Rail · High-speed warp tube · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Minecart · Platform-raising Wheel · Propeller Spring · Pulley · Seesaw · Snowblower · Spring · Spring Pole · Special Spring · Spin ring · Star Post · Switch
Items
Act Ring · Capsule · Chaos Emerald · Factory Ring · Goal Medal · Item Box (1-Up , 5 Ring Bonus , 10 Ring Bonus , Confusion , Invincible , Magnetic Shield , Minus Ring , Mosaic , Power Sneakers , Random Ring Bonus , Shield , Slow , Swap , Transparency ) · Ring · Special Key
Voice actors
English
Ryan Drummond (Sonic ) · Deem Bristow (Eggman ) · William Corkery (Tails ) · Scott Dreier (Knuckles ) · Jennifer Douillard (Amy ) · Sarah Wulfeck (Cream ) · Jon St. John (announcer)
Japanese
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) · Taeko Kawata (Amy ) · Sayaka Aoki (Cream )
Other
Altar of Emerald · Angel Island · Chao Playground · Corkscrew · Fly Type · Freeze · Life · Loop · Power Type · Sonic Factory · Speed Type · Time Attack · Tornado 2 · Water
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 · Shop · Sonic Extreme · Sonic Extreme (Game Boy Advance) · World Grand Prix · Time Attack