Is It The Shoes: Top Ten Shoes in Games

March 15th is “National Shoe The World Day,” and it invites folks to make sure that everyone has access to high-quality footwear! With that in mind, let’s take a moment to check out some high-quality footwear in video games! Below are my Top Ten.

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10) Legend of the Mystical Ninja

You’d think it would be obvious that wearing sandals would be easier and faster than walking around barefoot. But, then again, if you get hit once, they fall off and disappear forcing you to buy another set! Horrible craftsmanship!

9) Final Fantasy 6

Gone are the days of slowly walking around your RPGs. The sprint shoes literally changed the pace of FF6 and made the game much quicker to navigate! What a change from previous entires.

8) The Goonies 2

I remember wandering this game rather aimlessly for hours and hours before finally stumbling upon the jumping shoes. When I realized that this unlocked all sorts of new areas for me, I was instantly hooked and couldn’t wait to hunt down more items that would similarly help me to advance. And, thus, I fell in love with Metroidvanias before there were Metroidvanias.

7) Mario Kart 8

What’s better than running in great shoes? Driving in great shoe! The sneeker car makes you wonder which giant character from the Mario universe lost their right shoe.

6) Super Bomberman

Speaking of shoes with wheels… skates! I love to imagine a bunch of Bombermen roller skating around an arena, dodging fiery blasts from their freshly detonated bombs.

5) Bayonetta

When hand guns aren’t enough, attach some pistols to your heels. Now you can kick and shoot at the same time!

4) Banjo-Kazooie

Talon Trot your way to victory with this fancy pair of sneakers that seemingly have an invisible owner when they’re out in the wild.

3) The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past

Pick up the Pegasus Boots to add a dash of dashing to Link’s moveset. Though, wasn’t Pegasus a flying horse? Shouldn’t Link get the ability to fly??

2) Mega Man X

One of the first upgrades picked up by X are the dash boots in Chill Penguin’s stage. These boots completely set the X series apart from the original Mega Man games, making the action infinitely more fast-paced!

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Honorable Mentions:

Sonic Frontiers

Power Wash Simulator

Command & Conquer: Generals

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1) Super Mario Bros. 3

A fan favorite for all, Kuribo’s Shoe or Goomba’s Shoe only shows up in 5-3. I loved that you had to hit enemies from below a block in order to separate it from its owner, mixing it up from Mario’s standard stomp-on-everything approach. I also loved the sheer power of being able to pounce on piranha plants and spineys with no fear! This item, without a doubt, is the best shoe in video game history!

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