Air (power-up)

Air^[1] (エア^[2], Ea^?), also known as the Air Item^[3] (エアアイテム^[4], Ea Aitemu^?), is an Item Box power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It can be found in Item Boxes scattered throughout the race courses. When obtained, it slightly refills the player's Air Tank.

Description[]

In gameplay, upon obtaining an Air power-up, the playable character's Air Tank is refilled by a set amount.

Game appearances[]

Sonic Riders series[]

Sonic Riders[]

Air first appeared in Sonic Riders, where it is classified as a Power-Up item. In this game, they come in quantities of 30, 50, 100 and MAX.^[2]

The player can obtain Air at random by touching one of the Item Boxes that lie scattered across the racing course.

Sonic Free Riders[]

In Sonic Free Riders, this item in general is called the Air Item^[3] (エアアイテム^[4], Ea Aitemu^?), though each quantity is named separately. These include: Air x 30 (エアx30^[5], Ea x 30^?), Air x 50 (エアx50^[5], Ea x 50^?), Air x 100 (エアx100^[5], Ea x 100^?) and Air x MAX (エアxMAX^[5], Ea x MAX^?). Once again, Air Items can be obtained from Item Boxes around the track.

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	Team Heroes	Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails \| Knuckles
	Team Babylon	Jet \| Wave \| Storm
	Team Dark	Shadow \| Rouge \| E-10000B
	Team Rose	Amy \| Cream \| Vector
	Misc.	E-10000G \| Silver \| Blaze \| Eggman \| Metal Sonic \| Xbox Live Avatar
Non-playable characters		Cheese \| E-10000 A \| E-10000 C \| E-10000 N \| E-10000 O \| E-10000 S \| E-10000 P \| E-10000 Y \| Omochao
Courses		Dolphin Resort \| Rocky Ridge \| Frozen Forest \| Metropolis Speedway \| Magma Rift \| Forgotten Tomb \| Final Factory \| Metal City
Moves/Techniques		Air Ride \| Attacks \| Grinding \| Kick Dash \| Super Sonic Boost \| Trick Action
Gimmicks and obstacles		Barricade \| Bobsled \| Car \| Catapult \| Dash Ring \| Grind Rail \| Minecart
Items	General	Air \| Item Box (Air, Bowling Strike, Free Throw, Octo-Boost, Octo-Ink, Question, Ring Can, Rings, Special Item, Soda Rocket, Target Torpedo, Tee Shot) \| Ring
Items	Gear Parts	Air Plus \| Air Ride Skill \| Air Saver \| Big Air \| Cornering UP \| Durability UP \| Extra Air \| Grind Skill \| Invisible \| Item Lock: Air \| Item Lock: Rings \| Max Speed UP \| Music Change 1 \| Music Change 2 \| Power Skill \| Rapid Dash \| Rapid Stream \| Ring Eater \| Start Speed UP \| Trick Boost
Extreme Gear		Angel • Devil \| Auto-Slider \| Avatar-F \| Avatar-M \| Beginner \| Black Shot \| Blue Star \| Chaos Emeralds \| E-Gear \| E-Rider \| Explosion \| Fastest \| Flame Lance \| Fortress \| Gambler \| Hang-On \| Hard-Boiled \| High Booster \| Legend \| Metal Star \| Omnitempus \| Pink Rose \| Potential \| Professional \| Psychic Wave \| Red Rock \| Reserve Tank \| Smile \| Steel \| Super Hang-On \| Temptation \| The Crazy \| Turbo Star \| Type-J \| Type-S \| Type-W \| Wanted \| Yellow Tail
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Tails, Wave) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles, Storm) \| Mike Mycheck (Jet) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow) \| Karen Strassman (Rouge) \| Wally Wingert (E-10000B, E-10000G) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Michelle Ruff (Cream) \| Keith Silverstein (Vector) \| Quinton Flynn (Silver) \| Laura Bailey (Blaze, Omochao)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Daisuke Kishio (Jet) \| Chie Nakamura (Wave) \| Kenji Nomura (Storm) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze)
Music	Songs	"Free" \| "Theme of Dolphin Resort" \| "Theme of Rocky Ridge" \| "Theme of Metropolis Speedway"
Music	Albums	Break Free: Sonic Free Riders Original Soundtrack
Other		Air Gauge \| Bat Cracker \| Bashōsen \| Relay Race \| Rank \| Time Attack \| World Grand Prix
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Air (power-up)

Description[]

Game appearances[]

Sonic Riders series[]

Sonic Riders[]

Sonic Free Riders[]

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