Just doesn't work: Sprint Shoes

The existing image◊ just doesn't work. People who aren't familiar with Sonic The Hedgehog may not even be able to tell what it's supposed to be.

Wow that is bad.

Motion to pull.

I third the motion.

The things an image would need to demonstrate is 'Item, powerup or spell (not necessarily shoes)', 'In a videogame' and 'increases movement speed'. The best I can find is this◊.

edited 26th Jun '11 11:26:06 AM by ArtisticPlatypus

Agreed.

Let's see... in Dynasty Warriors speed shoes drop all the time a picture of them and a second pic of when you pick it up it says "Speed x2 - 30 seconds" over the characters head.

Away from my comp ATM but there are a lot of Dynasty warriors 7 highrez let's plays on You Tube to get a shot.

edited 26th Jun '11 11:29:37 AM by Raso

Pulled after vote.

Previous:

Is this an "upgrade" trope? If so, that might work.

A vast improvement.

Yes, this is an upgrade and powerup trope.

edited 27th Jun '11 7:02:47 AM by shimaspawn

That's far too dark and unreadable.

Well here's an edited slightly brighter version◊.

I can read the original version just fine. The brightened version kills a lot of the fine detail on the boot symbol.

On my phone it was really hard to see on my computer its better but not perfect... oh well.

I give up on my hunt for pics of speed boots Dynasty Warriors trying to find a moment thats not super busy on Let's Plays for a screen of the boots or the "Speed boost x2 for 30 seconds" message was a pain in the ass.

I think one of the improvements over the original is the text. It really hammers the "upgrade" status home, as the Sonic one looks like computer screen with shoes on it.

Why not a picture of someone wearing shoes, the shoes look like something that helps speed, and the character clearly running fast?

This trope isn't about literal shoes... its about Speed Boost Powerup.

edited 28th Jun '11 9:43:08 AM by Raso

1. Most are still called shoes.

2. It would still show the speed boosting.

I like the suggestion pretty well.

I'll suggest this◊ from The Legend Of Zelda.

I find the Zelda image clearer and more legible than the God Of War one.

The Zelda one is good too.

Add a second frame of him dashing with those, and it's perfect.

Agreed with that.

Clock is set. Anyone gonna try to get that running pic for the Zelda example?

I like the Zelda pic on its own. (And I prefer it to the other suggestions in the thread so far.)

If we could get one that's not shoes, I'd give it preference to help communicate that the trope is not literally about shoes. But in the absence of such a suggestion, I'm willing to settle for a literal example, and I'm not interested in searching around for a better one myself.