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is a video game created by Sonic Team and released on December 23, 1998 in Japan by Sega for the Sega Dreamcast and is the first game in the Sonic Adventure series. One of its development titles was Sonic RPG, (although the final game was an adventure game not a standard RPG). The final updated edition, known as Sonic Adventure International, was released on September 9, 1999 in North America, October 14, 1999 in Japan and Europe, October 18, 1999 in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, and December 3, 1999 in Australia. A director's cut version was released in 2003 as for the Nintendo GameCube and in 2004 for the PC CD-ROM. It has sold over 1 million copies in the United States alone, making it the top selling Dreamcast game.. It is the first ever Sonic game on a sixth generation console. Its sequel is Sonic Adventure 2.
Plot 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 HedgehogSonic'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 Tikal 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" ProwerIt 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 EchidnaIt 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 RoseAmy'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 CatBig'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 ran off and big went after him. He goes to Twinkle Park first but Froggy gets away. He chases him everywhere and couldn't find him and when he did find him he was snatched by Eggman's robot known as E-102 Gamma so big chased after him aboard the "Egg Carrier". He gets Froggy and is about to escape with him when a liquid-like creature named Chaos sucks him in but Big was able to fish him out. The credits begin with Big and Froggy back to normal.
E-102 GammaIt 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 the 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 SonicIt begins with Eggman strolling around the jungle muttering about how Sonic always ruins his plans, where he stumbles upon Chaos. It then goes to Angel Island with Knuckles wondering why the island is still floating in the water and assuming that it is because he brought back six Chaos Emeralds. After deciding to go to Sonic for advice, he spots Eggman lying in pain on the ground. Knuckles is then attacked by Chaos, who steals the six Emeralds Knuckles had brought to Angel Island. It then goes to Tails telling a lounging Sonic that Angel Island is still falling so the two go up to investigate and find both Knuckles and Eggman passed out. Knuckles wakes up and tells them that Chaos has become a fearsome beast now that he has six Chaos Emeralds. Then a ball of light gives Sonic a vision of the past where he sees Tikal and a group of Chao creatures trampled by an army of Echidna warriors led by Chief Pachacamac, Tikal's father. They wanted to control the land where the Master Emerald alter was, but Tikal wouldn't let them. Angered by this, Chaos uses the Emeralds to transform into a monster, where he then destroys the army. Thinking that it was a dream, Sonic goes to the jungle with Tails in search of the seventh Chaos Emerald after he comes to his senses. They were too late, so Chaos used the power of all seven Emeralds to become Perfect Chaos and destroys Station Square in a raging tsunami, flooding the city. Dr. Eggman had thought this might happen so he created a second Egg Carrier which was blown up after a failed attempt to defeat Chaos. After Tails, Knuckles and Amy gather around Sonic with colorless Emeralds, Tails figures out that Choas only used the negative power of the Emeralds and that Sonic can use the positive power of the Emeralds to neutralize him. The citizens of Station Square cheer Sonic on as transforms into Super Sonic, showing that they survived Chaos' attack. After Chaos was defeated by Super Sonic, Tikal appears and tells him that the Chao creatures have lived for generations and are friends with humans. Then Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles watch as Chaos and Tikal vanish in a flash of light.
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 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 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 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 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 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 E-102 Gamma is one among a series of robots designed by Eggman designed to take 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. Gamm'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 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 SonicMetal 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 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 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 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 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 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 StructureThe 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%. It became one of the few Sega All Stars games. In Japan, it received an excellent 38/40 from Famitsu. 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. Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut averaged a 63% at Game Rankings.
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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.
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 , 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.
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.
- 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 and when E-102 "Gamma" first goes to Station Square.
- 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.
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