Sonic Adventure

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Description

Yet again Sonic and friends find themselves wrapped up in the schemes of Dr. Robotnik. This time he plans to exploit the power of Chaos, a malevolent being that feeds upon the power of the Chaos Emeralds. In their own ways five heroes will do what they can to save Station Square and, perhaps, the entire world.

The player can select from which character to play after meeting them with Sonic, and each has their own unique version of each level. Sonic's levels involve racing through a level as quickly as possible, destroying any robots along the way. Tails can hover over distances, and his levels are similar to Sonic's except that he must beat an opponent to the finish line. Amy can't charge up ramps or run as quickly as Sonic and Tails, but she does have a giant hammer she can break obstacles with. The goal of her levels is to avoid being captured by a robot sent after her by Dr. Robotnik. E102 Gamma is a slow, difficult to maneuver robot, but it has guns and missiles that can lock on to several targets at once, chaining together attacks and earning a higher score and more time on the clock. The goal of its levels is to reach a boss enemy and destroy it before time runs out. The final character is Big the Cat, a fisherman searching for his lost frog. Big's levels are almost entirely devoid of action or fighting; he just fishes. Each character can find items that increase their abilities as the story progresses, such as a ring for Sonic that lets him home along lines of rings, or improved lures for Big. A final chapter wrapping up the story is unlocked after all other characters have been completed.

Additionally each of the characters can visit the Chao garden where they can raise baby Chaos. By petting, feeding, and showing animals found in levels to the Chaos they can grow stronger, and optionally be put into races against other Chaos. As well each level in the game has additional objectives that can be completed to acquire extra emblems, although the emblems don't do anything in this version of the game. Finally at one time it was possible to go online and download additional levels and bonuses in the game, such a Christmas theme for Station Square and a level sponsored by AT&T, but since SegaNet shut down this is no longer possible.

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Alternate Titles

• "索尼克大冒险" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Sonic Adventure International" -- Updated Edition title
• "ソニック　アドベンチャー" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Animals: Hedgehogs
• Game Feature: Original Theme Song
• Gameplay feature: Fishing
• Games made into TV series
• Launch title: Dreamcast (North America)
• Sonic Adventure series
• Sonic the Hedgehog universe
• Theme: Time Manipulation

User Reviews

Sonic's Glorious Return!	Dreamcast	Classic Nigel (150)
Simply an amazing "killer app".	Dreamcast	A O (74)
The First Adventure ... Begins	Dreamcast	Rouge (7)
Without a doubt, the best game I ever played!	Dreamcast	M.Allen (88)
Could have been great, but...	Dreamcast	optrirominiluikus (118)
The best Sonic game since S&K.	Dreamcast	Gary Smith (65)
A classical title, that I will always remember.	Dreamcast	Kluke (8)

Critic Reviews

CoreMagazine.com	Dreamcast	1999	A	100
neXt Level	Dreamcast	Oct, 1999	95 out of 100	95
Electric Playground	Dreamcast	Jan 18, 1999	9.5 out of 10	95
The Video Game Critic	Dreamcast	Apr 29, 2010	A-	91
SEGA-Portal.de	Dreamcast	Sep 20, 2009	9 out of 10	90
Meristation	Dreamcast	Sep 17, 1999	9 out of 10	90
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Dreamcast	Dec 10, 2003	9 out of 10	90
Revista Oficial Dreamcast	Dreamcast	Jan, 2000	9 out of 10	90
GameGenie	Dreamcast	1999		80
IGN	Xbox 360	Sep 14, 2010	3.5 out of 10	35

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
PS3 / Xbox 360 versions	3	Freeman (45582) Apr 03, 2018

Trivia

Sonic Adventure was only released in Japan at first. In 1999, the game was re-released, but now worldwide (and in Japan with the title Sonic Adventure International). The revised edition includes two voice tracks (Japanese and English) and subtitles for different languages. The Internet Ranking Mode was opened up worldwide, the camera angles were fixed, voice and environmental effects' volume was increased and there were minor improvements to the minigames.

Related Web Sites

• Sonic Adventure (official website)