History Main / SprintShoes

** The first two generations of the series can be connected to ''VideoGame/PokemonStadium'' and even played on the [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 N64]]. Beating ''Pokémon Stadium'''s challenges unlocks a "fast forward" option allowing the player to walk at double or triple the normal speed (which can still be combined with the bicycle for even faster travel).

Compare RunDontWalk and NitroBoost (for speed boost in vehicles). Also see FastForwardMechanic for when you move faster through time.

** The Pyro having the [[DropTheHammer Powerjack]] equipped and held out gives you a speed boost.

* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' features the Skip Sandwich item, which temporarily boosts the party's walking speed when eaten.

* Speed Shoes can grant the player super speed in ''VideoGame/BugsBunnyInDoubleTrouble''. The shoes themselves look awfully familiar to [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog a certain game icon]], given the consoles the game has been released on.

* Many ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' games have the Power Sneakers, a monitor item with a single shoe floating inside it. Breaking the monitor that holds them grants a few seconds of extra speed.

** ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' has both Carrie, who works similar to Lakilester in the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' example, and Dashell, who lets you go ridiculously fast when running. He isn't much in the way of time saving, though; you have to go down a hundred-level dungeon and beat the BonusBoss to get him.

* The ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games have had several different mechanisms for speedy movement; the current trend is to give the player something ''really'' fast, but not until late in the game. On the other hand, you usually start out with the ability to "backdash" out of harm's way. This leads to truly bizarre [[SpeedRun speed runs]] where the hero is facing backwards most of the time. And sometimes jumping forward is slightly faster then going forward--especially if you have the double-jump ability.

* Downplayed with the unlockable Walking Shoes in ''ResidentEvil7Biohazard'', which do noticeably increase Ethan's walking speed, but it's still slower than his running speed, which they have no effect on. Players who are in a hurry are better served by simply running where they need to go and keeping the extra item space the shoes would take up.

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' and ''Banjo-Tooie'' feature the Sprint Shoes, which speed up your the duo's walk speed '''tremendously'''. Also, walking around with Kazooie carrying Banjo is faster than Banjo walking about with Kazooie in his pack.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' introduces Epona, Link's CoolHorse.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWakerHD'' adds the Swift Sail, which allows maximum sailing speed in any direction without the need to shift the wind first.

* The [[HugeRiderTinyMount child's bicycle]] in ''VideoGame/{{LISA}} The Painful'' allows Brad to travel at increased speed and jump gaps.

* ''VideoGame/EverQuest'' has the Journeyman's Boots, which allow the player to apply a run speed buff when equipped - very handy in a game where mounts are prohibitively expensive. The quest to get the boots is an ''utter'' pain in the ass, however, meaning the players who risk insanity trying to complete it usually do so for the bragging rights, rather than the reward itself. The [[FanNickname Jboots]] return in the sequel, as an iconic item reward for what is one of the most entertaining heritage quests in the game.

* In ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', Lanky Kong can learn an ability that allows him to use a magic barrel that turns his standard Orangstand move (walking upside down with his hands) into Orangsprint (to walking upside down with his hands ''very quickly'').