
You can play as Amy, Metal Sonic, Chao Walker, Dark Chao Walker, Tikal, and Chaos 0 in the multiplayer stages. If you collect all 180 emblems and get an A Rank in all stages, you unlock Green Hill Zone from the original Sonic the Hedgehog. The Battle port has everything unlocked from the start. The game features several two-player modes. It has 180 emblems, compared to 120 from Sonic Adventure which can be earned by completing a variety of tasks. Depending on how you raise your Chao, they will transform into a Hero or Dark Chao. Like the previous game, theres a Chao Garden in which the player can raise Chao as virtual pets, each with a different attribute (Swim, Fly, Run, Power, and Stamina). Levels offer a big variety of themes, such as cities, jungles, desert pyramids, and even outer space. Many camera issues from the first game have been fixed. Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat are introduced as major characters in later games. This is also the first non-spin off Sonic the Hedgehog video game where Dr.
It is more story-driven than other games in the series, featuring two different stories: One with the protagonists and one with the antagonists. Much more detailed graphics that hold up well for their time, the most noticeable being the sunlight shining on the ocean which can be covered by clouds, the virtual footprints in Meteor Herd, etc. For instance, all of Knuckles' stages have rap music. Great soundtrack with lots of the stage songs having actual lyrics. This adds in a lot of challenge and replayability to the levels in order to get better ranks than before. It's the first game in the series to introduce the Rank System, which rates you on how well you performed per level with 'A' being the highest and 'E' being the lowest.The returning play styles are improved and more refined (with one exception.). The amount of play styles is reduced to three, eliminating the more filler ones from the first game.In 2012, it received a downloadable HD port for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, with the Battle additions and changes available as DLC. It was later ported to the Nintendo GameCube as Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. It was the last Sonic game released on a Sega console before the company decided to be the third-party publisher. It is the sequel to Sonic Adventure and is the second game in the Sonic Adventure series. Sonic Adventure 2 is a 2001 platform game developed by Sonic Team USA and published by Sega for the Dreamcast to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.