Plot
Knuckles in the Mystic Ruins (
DX version).
Centuries ago, a water-like guardian bestowed upon the planet seven Chaos Emeralds. These emeralds were a source of absolute power. However, absolute power corrupts absolutely — and it did not take
long before wars broke out over who would control the Chaos Emeralds' seemingly unlimited power. A tribe of echidna ancestors
of Knuckles responded by creating a singular Master Emerald, which held powers that could control and neutralize the Chaos Emeralds. With the Master Emerald came a guardian spirit.
It was said that a rival tribe of echidnas angered the guardian by attempting to steal the Chaos Emeralds and ruining the
sanctuary it was protecting. They were all but completely destroyed within a single night and the guardian was never seen
again. What was believed to be the guardian was then named "Chaos", the God of Destruction, lending its name to the 'chaos' emeralds.
In the present day, Dr. Eggman learns of the legend surrounding Chaos. Believing it to be true, he seeks out the Master Emerald and shatters it, freeing
Chaos in the process. Eggman's goal is to control Chaos, and use its destructive powers to collect the Chaos Emeralds and
conquer the city. To help him, he has created the E-series robots; one of them however, named E-102 Gamma, has a malfunction
which slowly makes him develop a sense of right and wrong. When Sonic the Hedgehog learns of Eggman's plans, he and his friends spring in to action to stop Eggman and they start another journey for the Chaos
Emeralds.
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic's story begins at a night in Station Square where Sonic is returning from his previous adventure. He then sees police
cars rushing somewhere and follows them to investigate. When he arrived there he encounters a liquid-like deity named Chaos,
who resisted all the bullets from the officers. Sonic managed to defeat Chaos but he escaped through the sewer system. The
next day Sonic's vacation was further interrupted by Tails, who crash landed in the beach. When he rescued Tails he show Sonic
a Chaos Emerald. They meet at Tail's workshop in the Mystic Ruins but is ambushed by Eggman, who, after a fight on his Egg
Hornet, snatched the Chaos Emerald and feed it to Chaos. He revealed that he want to utilize Chaos' destructive capability
to take over the world, before escaping with Chaos. So Sonic and Tails trials through different stages to collect the Emeralds
and at one point, having one Chaos Emerald stolen from Eggman. After obtaining their second Chaos Emerald, Knuckles appears
and, deceived by Eggman (a common running gag), attacked the duo but before knocking Sonic's Emeralds and having them taken
by Eggman again. He then feeds the emeralds to Chaos who transforms to Chaos 4; nevertheless he was defeated by Sonic, Tails
and Knuckles. Eggman turned the table around by presenting his trump card: "Egg Carrier", a massive battleship that operates
as his base. Sonic and Tails give chase in their biplane "Tornado" but was shot down. Sonic then wakes up on the beach and
goes looking for Tails. He then encounters Amy who tells him about a bird she found that was injured and asked if he would
be the birds bodyguard but Sonic said no and then ran away but then met her again being chased by a robot named ZERO. Amy
then shoes Sonic "Twinkle Park" where it says "Cute couples get in for free" so Amy forces Sonic to go into Twinkle Park with
her but the two get split up and Amy is captured by ZERO. Sonic follows ZERO to the Mystic Ruins but ZERO escapes onto the
Egg Carrier which Sonic decides to follow the Egg Carrier by foot, but then he gets to a position where he can't follow it
any more. Then Tails appeared riding the "Tornado 2" and Sonic jumps on then the two of them follow the Egg Carrier again.
This time they land and go through the Sky Deck to get to the bridge where they encouter one of Eggman's robots named E-102
Gamma and Sonic and Gamma Fight. When Sonic is just about to destroy Gamma, Amy came in and saved Gamma saying that they are
friends and that he helped her escape so Sonic Decides to spare him. But the ship is losing altitude and Sonic orders Tails
to bring Amy back to Station Square while Sonic goes to find Eggman and Chaos. When Sonic finds Eggman and Chaos Chaos has
six of the seven Chaos emeralds and now has a tail. He then meets a cat called Big and Big said that his best friend Froggy
is inside Chaos so Sonic decides to fight Chaos. When Sonic finally defeats Chaos the ship loses altitude and Eggman escapes
but Sonic jumps off after him. He then wakes up in front of something pyramid-like, where a red light guides Sonic into the
building. The light then flies around Sonic which transport him into the past. He then sees an echidna named Tickal begging
her father not to do something but before Sonic gets to ask he goes back to the present. He then sees Eggman and decides to
follow him to his base. In his base he encounters Eggman in a flying giant mechanical snake where Sonic and the snake have
a huge battle but in the end Sonic wins and Eggman's base blows up. The credits begin with Sonic and Tails running together
at the end.
Miles "Tails" Prower
It begins with Tails testing his new plane, the "Tornado 2" but then he crash lands on the beach and is rescued by Sonic.
When Tails is rescued, Tails shows Sonic a Chaos Emerald. They then meet at Tails' workshop in the Mystic Ruins and encounter
Eggman who reveals that he freed Chaos and Chaos works for him and every time he feeds Chaos a Chaos Emerald, he gets bigger
and with all seven Chaos Emeralds he will be invincible and destroy Station Square where Eggman will build Robotnickland.
Then they disappear and Sonic and Tails decide to try and find the Chaos Emerald before Eggman and Chaos. Later on they encounter
Knuckles, who tells them to give him their emeralds but Sonic refuses so they fight but Knuckles knocks the emeralds out of
Sonic's hand and then out of nowhere Eggman appears and grabs the emeralds. It is then revealed that Knuckles was tricked
by Eggman. Now Eggman had four emeralds and Sonic had none. Eggman then feeds the emeralds to Chaos who transforms bigger
and better and then fights Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. Then Chaos and Eggman escape in Eggman's newest and best flying fortress
called "The Egg Carrier". But then Sonic and Tails decide to follow it in the "Tornado" but are shot out of range by the Egg
Carrier. Later Tails wakes up in the middle of the jungle in the Mystic Ruins and goes looking for a Chaos Emerald to power
up the "Tornado 2" so he can find Sonic and the Egg Carrier again. When he finds a Chaos Emerald it is in a frog's mouth and
Tails goes chasing the frog in a sand hill. After that he gets sent to the past in front of a pyramid-like building where
he sees a girl named Tikal praying for something good then he overhears her saying the seven chaos emeralds so he asks what
she is talking about. She then explains about the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald but then he goes back to the present
when he gets the Chaos Emerald he is attacked by a cat named Big who said that "he stole froggy" But then Tails lets go of
Froggy and Big goes chasing Froggy. Meanwhile Tails finds Sonic, picks him up on the "Tornado 2" and then they go after the
Egg Carrier. This time they land and go through the Sky Deck to get to the bridge where they encouter one of Eggman's robots
named E-102 Gamma and Sonic and Gamma Fight. When Sonic is just about to destroy Gamma, Amy came in and saved Gamma saying
that they are friends and that he helped her escape so Sonic Decides to spare him. But the ship is losing altitude and Sonic
orders Tails to bring Amy back to Station Square while Sonic goes to find Eggman and Chaos. When Tails and Amy land Tails
sees Eggman landing in his Egg mobile (which is half destroyed) and Amy goes running off somewhere and Tails overhears Eggman
Muttering under his breath " Chaos destroyed, Egg Carrier destroyed and my entire plan, ruined. But I will still destroy Station
Square." Then Eggman pressed a button and out in the distance in the sea a missile with the Eggman symbol appeared. "If you
fire that missile all of Station Square will be destroyed." Tails said. "Yes, I know" Eggman replied and then launched the
missile but it got stuck on the top of a Chatedral in the distance. Eggman went flying after it to set it off himself and
Tails went after him to destroy the bomb before Eggman got there. When Tails destroyed it Eggman appeared again in a giant
mechanical spider and had a huge battle with Tails. But Tails won and Eggman escaped to the Mystic Ruins back to his base.
The credits start with Sonic and Tails running next to each other.
Knuckles the Echidna
It begins with Knuckles on Angel island guarding the Master Emerald and explaining why. In the present day, Dr. Eggman
learns of the legend surrounding Chaos. Believing it to be true, he seeks out the Master Emerald and shatters it, freeing
Chaos in the process. Knucles attacks Chaos thinking he was the one that shattered the Master Emerald but Chaos was to smart
for him and escaped onto the Egg Carrier so Angel Island falls into the water because the Master Emerald keeps it up so Knuckles
decides to find the pieces of the Master Emerald. When Knuckles finds six of the fifteen pieces of the Master Emerald he is
transported to the past where he sees Tickal arguing with her father Pachamac but is sent to the future where he notices Eggman
walking with something shining. He thinks it is the other pieces of the Master Emerald and follows him. Then he follows him
into a room and tells Eggman to hand over the pieces of the Master Emerald but Eggman reveals that he is holding two Chaos
emeralds and then he feeds them to Chaos which makes him bigger and then Knuckles and Chaos fight. When Knuckles beats Chaos
Eggman tells him that Sonic has the other pieces of the Master Emerald and knows that Knuckles is searching for them before
Eggman and Chaos escape. Later Knuckles encounters Sonic and sees something shining in his hands so Knuckles attacks Sonic
and they fight but Knuckles knocks the emeralds out of Sonic's hand and sees that they were not bits of the Master Emerald
but two Chaos Emeralds then out of nowhere Eggman appears and grabs the emeralds. It is then revealed that Knuckles was tricked
by Eggman. Now Eggman had four emeralds and Sonic had none. Eggman then feeds the emeralds to Chaos who transforms bigger
and better and then fights Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. Then Chaos and Eggman escape in Eggman's newest and best fying fortress
called "The Egg Carrier". But then Sonic and Tails decide to follow it in then "Tornado" while Knuckes keeps on searching.
Later he notices that he is missing three pieces of the Master Emerald and then sees one of Eggman's robots and decides to
follow it to Eggman's base where he sneaks aboard the Egg Carrier and finds the last three pieces in the Sky Deck. He then
watche Sonic beat Chaos when he jumps off after Eggman. Then out of nowhere Chaos appeared after being defeated and Knuckles
is left to fight him before the ship falls. When Knuckles defeats Chaos he returns to Angel Island and the credits begin with
Knuckles restoring the Master Emerald.
Amy Rose
Amy's story begins with an ordinary day in Station Square, but all is changed when the Egg Carrier suddenly flies over
Station Square, panicked its inhabitants. In the midst of chaos, Amy notices something descending from the Egg Carrier and
it crash landed on Amy. The object is revealed as a tiny blue Flickie (nicknamed "Birdie" by Amy) who escaped from the Egg
Carrier, and Amy quickly took care of it. But suddenly the two are ambushed by one of Dr. Eggman's E-series line: ZERO. ZERO
chased the two before Sonic was caught in, and the two "escaped" ZERO's wrath by entering Twinkle Park (which ironically,
they entered because Amy commented that "cute couples get in for free"). During the trial Amy and Sonic are separated and
later captured by ZERO and held captive on the Egg Carrier. But they are freed by E-102 Gamma, the second robot in the E-series
line (not counting ZERO), who gained conscience thanks to Amy. After an ordeal at the "Hot Shelter" stage, Amy successfully
arrived at the deck only to have Birdie captured by Eggman, he revealed that the Birdie has an Chaos Emerald and that's all
he needed. He then ordered Gamma to terminate Sonic but the fight is interrupted by Amy, who befriended Gamma from their earlier
encounter. Amy escaped from the Egg Carrier as it crashed into the Ocean and sworn to find Birdie's lost family after seeing
Birdie's family in the pendant carried by Birdie and realized that they are also trapped. The duo advanced to Eggman's base
"Final Egg" but find no sign of Birdie's present. So they proceed to the abandoned Egg Carrier and finally find Birdie's parents
(both was the power supply of the E-101 Beta and E-102 Gamma who were destroyed from their fight) before ZERO launched a surprise
attack on the family. ZERO was destroyed by an enraged Amy and the family finally reunited from their hardships.
Big the Cat
Big's best friend is a frog named "Froggy" who became possessed by Chaos' tail, and swallows Big's "lucky charm", a Chaos
Emerald, which causes him to mutate. The frog then runs off and big goes after him. He goes to Twinkle Park first but Froggy
gets away. He chases him everywhere and couldn't find him until he saw one of Eggman's robots known as E-102 Gamma holding
him and taking him aboard the "Egg Carrier" So big follows him on and goes searching for Froggy on the Egg Carrier. He then
finds him inside a liquid-like creature named Chaos and fishes him out. The credits begin with Big and Froggy back to normal.
E-102 Gamma
It begins with E-102 waking up with Eggman training him. Eggman then turns Gamma against his "older brother" E-101 Beta
and whoever wins gets to serve in the "Egg Carrier". And at the end Gamma won but Beta begged Eggman to leave him on the Egg
Carrier as well, Eggman then said he could go on and have a special job for him. On the Egg Carrier Eggman orders all of the
E-100 series to find a frog that has swallowed a Chaos Emerald and also has Chaos's tail. At the end he gets rid of all the
E-100 series except Gamma because he was the only one who got he right frog. Then Eggman orders him to go into the prisoner
room where he will find A female hedgehog and a bird and told him to bird to him. First he goes into the wrong door and sees
Beta being torn apart for spare parts. That is when he learns right from wrong he then has a chat with the female hedgehog
(Amy) and he frees her and her bird instead of taking the bird. He is then reported to the deck where he is told to destroy
Sonic and just before he destroys Sonic Amy tells him not to so he doesn't. He returns to the Mystic Ruins and decides to
put all the other E-100 series out of their mysery including himself by destroying them. When he destroys them all he encounters
Beta except bigger and better and the two fight. Gamma destroys Beta and the credits begin with Gamma destroying himself.
Super Sonic
It begins with Eggman strolling around the jungle muttering about how Sonic always ruins his plans. Then he sees Chaos
again. It then goes to Angel Island with Knuckles wondering why Angel Island is still floating in the water and wondering
if it is because he brought back six Chaos Emeralds. Then he sees Eggman lying in pain on the floor. Knuckles is then attacked
by Chaos. It then goes to Tails telling Sonic that Angel Island is still floating so the two go up and see Eggman and Knuckles
in pain on the floor. They both say that Chaos has all seven emeralds and that he is heading towards Station Square then Sonic
gets transported to the past where he sees Tickal and the Chao on the floor and the village on fire. He then goes back to
the present and the four head towards Station Square. When they get there the whole city is flooded and Chaos is huge. They
all see Tikal who tells him that Chaos was angered and when he is angry he destroy stuff. Then she says that Chaos only took
the evil power and Sonic can take the good power. Sonic then uses the Chaos Emeralds to turn into Super Sonic and then Chaos
and Sonic fight. And then Sonic defeats him and Tikal makes Chaos happy again. The credits end with Sonic chasing after Eggman.
Characters
Unlike the previous action game in the series, Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic Adventure has six different characters to choose from, providing two more than the four (Sonic and Tails
combo being the fourth) available in the earlier Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
Playable heroes
Sonic the Hedgehog
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Sonic being chased by a giant
Orca in Emerald Coast, as seen in
Sonic Adventure.
The main hero of the game with supersonic speed. Sonic's story revolves around Dr. Eggman releasing Chaos from the Master
Emerald. Sonic battles Eggman and Chaos in an effort to save Earth, as well as finding the Chaos Emeralds before they do.
Sonic has the most stages of any character, and his levels involve high speed gameplay. In the final level, he turns into
Super Sonic.
Miles "Tails" Prower
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After Sonic rescues Tails from Emerald Coast after a "Tornado" prototype experiment goes wrong (and crashes), the latter
sets out to help Sonic collect the Chaos Emeralds and stop Chaos. Most of his levels are abridged versions of Sonic's, which
require him to reach the end of the level before Sonic (or Eggman) can.
Knuckles the Echidna
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Knuckles is the guardian of the Master Emerald and one of the main protagonists after Sonic and Tails. The Master Emerald shatters when Eggman frees Chaos and Tikal's spirit from within it, causing Angel
Island to fall out of the sky. Knuckles' goal is to reassemble the shards of the Master Emerald. His stages are enclosed areas
where Knuckles must find shards of the Master Emerald. He can glide through the air and scale most walls.
Amy Rose
Amy Rose in Emerald Coast, a promotional screenshot for
Sonic Adventure DX.
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Amy Rose is walking through Station Square one day when a tiny blue Flicky falls from the sky and lands on her head. It
is discovered that Dr. Eggman needed this Flicky (nicknamed "Birdie" by Amy) because of the Chaos Emerald in its pendant.
Amy and the Birdie must escape ZERO (otherwise known as ALPHA), one of Eggman's robots. Sonic Adventure is Amy's first 3D
console appearance in a Sonic game since Sonic R, and it is what put her in the spotlight alongside Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles as one of the main characters in the games
that would follow. Her primary weapon, the Piko Piko Hammer, returns (previously seen in Sonic the Fighters). Amy is
considered to have the shortest story since she has fewer levels than the other characters.
Big the Cat
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Main article: Big the Cat
Big the Cat is a newcomer to the Sonic series. Big's best friend is a frog who became possessed by Chaos' tail,
and swallows Big's "lucky charm", a Chaos Emerald, which causes him to mutate. The frog then runs off, and Big's story begins.
His levels involve using his fishing pole to try and catch Froggy, although he can also choose to try and catch big fish,
with score bonuses based on size.
E-102 Gamma
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E-102 Gamma is one among a series of robots designed by Eggman for the purpose of taking orders without question. After
an encounter with Amy, he suffers a malfunction and gains a "conscience." He then turns his aim to destroying his robotic brothers and freeing the animals trapped inside them. "Gamma" is one of
the letters in the Greek alphabet. Gamma's levels are shooting levels in which the player races against the clock to get to
the end and destroy the target(usually one of the other E-series robots). Players gain time depending on how enemies they
shoot in a row/chain by using the lock on feature that Gamma has.
Super Sonic
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Main article: Super Sonic
Super Sonic is unlocked after the stories of the other characters have been completed. The story is a continuation of Sonic's
story and brings all of the characters together to face Perfect Chaos. When in Super form, Sonic moves faster and attacks
by gaining speed and ramming into Perfect Chaos. Chaos is much more desperate in phase 2 of the battle and starts to rapidly fire different colored blasts than of phase
1.
Metal Sonic
Metal Sonic is a secret character in the Gamecube/PC remake, Sonic Adventure DX, and is unlocked by getting all the emblems.
He is only playable in trial mode on Sonic's levels. He has all of Sonic's moves and has no involement in the story whatsoever,however
he makes an apperance in the Mystic Ruins in a tube at Eggman's base alongside another sonic robot that was seen in an earlier
Sonic title on the Genesis console.
Villains and unplayable characters
Dr. Robotnik
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Main article: Dr. Robotnik
Dr. Ivo Robotnik, also known as Dr. Eggman because of his round body shape, has formulated a new plan to conquer the planet,
this time not relying on his robots alone, but employing a strange liquid creature known only as Chaos (who ends up betraying
him).
Note: This is the game which popularized the name "Eggman" in the West. Although there were other games which used the
name internationally, Sonic Adventure is the game that usually receives credit for renaming Dr. Robotnik.
Chaos
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Chaos is the guardian of the Chao, and is actually a mutated chao himself. He is apparently water or a plasma-like material and changes form after consuming
a Chaos Emerald. After consuming all seven Chaos Emeralds, it turns into Perfect Chaos and starts destroying the city, until Super Sonic "defeats" it (in actuality, he neutralizes the evil within Chaos's heart, which was causing it to function within a state
of blind rage).
Tikal the Echidna
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A mysterious female echidna who appears whenever Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, E-102 Gamma and Big are sent back in time.
She is trying to stop her father, Pachacamac, from stealing the Chaos Emeralds from the Master Emerald shrine. She appears mostly in the form of a pink ball of light
called a Hintball.
Zero/Alpha
Zero is one of Eggman's Robots sent to find Amy's friend Birdie. He follows Amy wherever she goes hoping to capture her and the bird. At one point
he succeeds but Amy is rescued by E-102 Gamma. Eventually Zero is defeated by Amy Rose on the Egg Carrier. Zero is the antagonist of Amy's story due to him trying to catch the bird.
Chao
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Chao are featured in the flashbacks, said to be Chaos' children. They exist primarily in the Chao Gardens as a sort of
intelligent virtual pet for the player to raise, an "evolution" of the A-life system from NiGHTS into Dreams... Chao can be taken with the player by downloading the minigame Chao Adventure to his VMU, or in the GameCube version, by downloading the Chao to a Game Boy Advance.
E-100 series
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Dr. Eggman's E-100 Series series of robots play a large role in Gamma's story, as he is one of them, and is out to destroy or "save" the others. All
of them have letters of the Greek alphabet as part of their name.
- E-100 "Zero" (Description above). Note that E-101 Beta is the first in the E-100 series in this game. The anime, Sonic
X, later established Zero's model number as "E-100" (thus moving E-101 to second in the series, mildly contradicting Sonic
Adventure). Note, all the E-100 Series are named after letters in the Greek Alphabet, Therefore due to being described E-100,
he is given the name Alpha as well as Zero, due to Beta being the second letter in Greek Alphabet, making Zero/Alpha a letter
before him due to being E-100.
- E-101 Beta is a black robot with two gun arms. He is the first boss in E-102 Gamma's side of the story, and is later upgraded
into E-101 Beta mkII, who is Gamma's fifth and final boss. Beta is the antagonist of Gamma's story.
- E-103 Delta is a blue robot who is Gamma's second boss, waiting at the end of Windy Valley.
- E-104 Epsilon is an orange robot who is the third boss of Gamma's side of the story and is fought at the end of Red Mountain.
- E-105 Zeta is a purple robot who is Gamma's fourth boss and is located at the end of Hot Shelter. While at first humanoid,
Zeta is altered into a cylinder-like form with several turrets.
NiGHTS makes a cameo in the Casinopolis stage where there is a pinball stage based on the NiGHTS video games. The pinball
table is also mentioned by another citizen to be very popular and new.
Story Structure
The story is told through the perspective of the character you choose to play as and as a result the stories tend to divulge
at certain points based on the character arc. It is interesting to note that the story takes on a certain Rashomon type structure in terms of dialogue and certain events when more than one of the playable characters is present in a scene.
For example, each character has their viewpoint of a certain scene, so the dialogue between versions tends to be different.
This perspective also justifies the different outcomes of certain encounters, for example, when Sonic faces E-102 Gamma on
the Egg Carrier, through Sonic's perspective Sonic is about to destroy Gamma, through Tails' perspective Tails is about to
destroy Gamma and through Gamma's perspective, Gamma is about to kill Sonic.
Gameplay
The game is divided up into two stages: Action Stages, and Adventure Fields. The division of Action Stages and Adventure
Fields was a serious departure from all previous Sonic games.
Action Stages
Action Stages are basically playable levels. This is the only type of area where Sonic or any of his companions will encounter
enemies (most boss battles appear to take place in the Adventure Fields, but they are actually in Action Stages designed to look like the Fields).
There are eleven Action Stages, accessible by different characters. However, unlike previous Sonic games, Action Stages
are not made up of Zones and Acts. Instead, the game plays more like each Adventure Field is a Zone and the Action Stages
are the Acts in the Zone. The Action Stages have separate areas that could be considered "Acts", but they are not separate
levels, like in the original Sonic the Hedgehog.
Adventure Fields
Adventure Fields are non-linear game stages, generally designed for (light) puzzle solving, exploration, and plot advancement.
They contain very few items (enemies, rings, etc.). Every Adventure Field links to the other two Fields and a Chao Garden.
They also have four Emblems each. They are each packed with various powerups for different characters.
There are four Adventure Fields:
- Station Square: a large, metropolitan city, and is the location of Sonic's first fight with Chaos. Eggman plans
to destroy it and construct "Robotnikland" on its ruins. This is where Tails fights his final boss.
- Mystic Ruins: a large mountainous area and the largest Adventure Field in the game, containing the (crashed) Angel
Island. Deep in the jungle, a Ziggurat can be found. It also has a base home to Eggman. This is where Sonic fights his final boss.
- Egg Carrier: Eggman's massive flying airship. This is the Adventure Field where most characters fight their final
bosses (except Sonic and Tails). The Egg Carrier has 2 layouts and multiple transport devices unique to this field.
Reception
The reception at the time of release was overwhelmingly positive, including reviews from GameSpot and GameSpy being above 90%. The current Game Rankings average ranking is 88%.[2] It became one of the few Sega All Stars games. In Japan, it received an excellent 38/40 from Famitsu.[3] Similar to its sequel, however, the later-released GameCube port was criticized by many of the same sources who praised
the Dreamcast version, although in this case, the Directors Cut reportedly didn't play as well as the original version
did. [4] Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut averaged a 63% at Game Rankings. [5]
Voice actors
Dreamcast versions
Sonic Adventure
The original game released in 1998.
Sonic Adventure: Limited Edition
Exactly the same as the above version, except without the Internet.[citation needed]
Sonic Adventure International
Shortly after the U.S. launch of the Dreamcast, Sonic Team released Sonic Adventure International. This was the same game, but with additional features that provided a more
complete experience:
- The complete English voice track and the complete Japanese voice track were included.
- A new option was added to the Options screen, giving the user the choice of text in five different languages: English,
Japanese, French, Spanish, and German.
- A few glitches were fixed.
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
European version of the PC box art
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (ソニックアドベンチャー デラシクス, Sonikku Adobenchā Derakusu?), is a platform game for the GameCube and PC.
The game was released as an enhanced port of the original Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast, with several additional features added. The PC version was at first
released only in Japan and Europe, but later saw a limited North American release. Sonic Adventure DX includes a mission
mode, which included 60 missions to complete throughout the adventure fields and action stages. It also contains a minigame collection, which is comprised of twelve Game Gear games featuring Sonic and friends.
Reviews were generally less positive than those of its Sega Dreamcast predecessor, scoring more than 20% lower than the original release.[6]
Unlockable games
The game features many unlockable games previously available on the Game Gear. If the start button of the second controller is pressed, the game screen will split, and two games will play at the same
time. Additionally, Gear-to-Gear cable emulation is present, enabling the games that have two-player modes to be played if
both players access the proper options within the game. These games were to be included in the Dreamcast version, but were
scrapped due to time constraints. The same goes for the reintroduced feature of being able to play as Metal Sonic. A new Game Gear game is unlocked for every 20 Emblems the player gets, up until 100, then every 10 after that, or by completing
20 more of the 60 missions.
Games unlockable (in order):
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic Drift
- Sonic Chaos
- Sonic Labyrinth
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Sonic Spinball
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
- Sonic Triple Trouble
- Sonic Drift 2
- Tails' Skypatrol
- Sonic Blast
- Tails Adventure
Changes over the original Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut includes everything that was added to the original version of the game as well
as several additions/changes. They include:
- Enhanced graphics: The main characters were re-created with higher polygon counts, resulting in smoother models. Shader technology was also implemented for effects like rippling water (shader effects are not present in the PC version, however).
- The original 60 frame/s frame rate was restored. Unfortunately, due to the unstable nature of the Sonic Adventure engine, the game frequently skips frames,
usually in an uneven pattern (causing noticeable choppiness), even in places where few objects are displayed, and/or where
the Dreamcast version did not slow down (however, some effects that caused slowdown before do not affect the frame rate in
the GameCube version). Cutscenes now run at a lower frame rate, but this seems to have been intended, for cinematic purposes.
- Some sound effects, such as when collecting rings and emblems, are lower in pitch.
- A Camera option was added to the pause menu, allowing the user to select either the original Auto-Camera, the newly added
Free Camera; which is usually closer to the character, or the player controlled camera which moves with the C-Stick.
- Changes (mostly minor) were made within the levels themselves in an effort to help solve some of the game's problems concerning
collision detection. However, many glitches were not fixed, and some new ones were actually added[citation needed].
- The Internet connection feature was removed. Some of the downloadable content from the Dreamcast version was included with the GameCube
port.
- Many changes to the Chao System were made, such as more interaction with the Chao, the ability to see their stats, as
well as changes to the Chaos´ appearance. The Chao Adventure VMU minigame was removed (instead replaced with a Game Boy Advance connection feature). The Chao System is overall very similar to the Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Chao System.
- 60 Missions were added for an all-new Mission Mode, which task the player with completing certain goals within the Adventure
Fields and Action Stages for Emblems, similar to the Mission Mode found in Sonic Jam's three-dimensional Sonic World.
- Metal Sonic becomes a playable character in Trial mode, as a reward for collecting all the Emblems.
- Cream the Rabbit makes several cameo appearances during the main game and Mission Mode to guide player for example finding the "Ice Stone"
after Casinopolis Action Stage.
- As mentioned above, a Mini Game Collection mode was added allowing access to 12 Sega Game Gear games. This is the first time Sonic Drift and Tails' Skypatrol were released in the US and Europe.
- The ability to skip cutscenes by pushing Start was added.
- A map, found on the pause menu while in Adventure Fields, was added.
- Various other glitches were fixed, while some new ones were added. Some have to do with inconsistency in the port (for
example, some windows still reflect the original Dreamcast graphics).
- The train used to transport from Station Square to Mystic Ruins is now blue instead of red as in the Dreamcast version.
- Some voice effects were changed like when Tails begins to fly or when Amy swings her hammer.
