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Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (Gamecube)

There is a new threat to civilization, even more powerful than the infamous Dr. Eggman, an immotral capable of overthrowing Sonic for good, his name... Shadow the Hedgehog! With the help of his dark allied, our Sonic look-alike is causing unimaginable destruction, has Sonic finally met his match? In the most thrilling Sonic Adventure ever created, featuring a host of GAMECUBE exclusive enhancements, you decde the outcome - choose to join the dark side and conquer the world or join Sonic, overcome this new evil reign and restore peace to the galaxy...

Hero Story
It is just another ordinary day... until Sonic, hero of justice, is accosted by a secret military force code-named G.U.N.
Escaping the confines of a high-security helicopter, Sonic leaps down into the city streets in an effort to flee from his captors. Suddenly, a mysterious black hedgehog appears in front of him, grasping a Chaos Emerald in his hands. Meanwhile, across the globe, unexplained incidents occur following the declaration of world conquest by Eggman himself.
Once aware of the connection between of the connection between Shadow and Dr. Eggman, Sonic begins his quest to stop their evil plan, helped along the way by his old friends: Tails and Knuckles.

Dark Side Story
While searching for top secret weapon known only as "Shadow", the evil genius, Dr. Eggman, penetrates the security of a high-level military base. Deep inside the compound. Dr. Eggman, discoveres that the weapon is actually a black hedgehog claiming himself as the "ultimate life form", a creature known as "Shadow".
Shadow invites Dr. Eggman to Space Colony ARK and reveals the Eclipse Cannon- an enormous weapon capable of destroying the world, more than enough to entice the vil genius to help out Shadow in his quest to conquer the world.
Just as they begin to revel in their plan for destruction, the villians are startled by a menacing bat named Rouge who offers her help as well.
Thus, the plot to conquer the world begins...

Sonic the Hedgehog
Shadow the Hedgehog
Miles "Tails" Prower
Dr. Eggman
Knuckles the Echidna
Rouge the Bat

Review by: Sonicsuperstar1
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Sonic Adventure 2: Battle is the updated version of the Dreamcast game, Sonic Adventure 2. The game features the same stages, storyline, with slightly enhanced graphics for the Nintendo Gamecube with a 2 Player Mode.

Each character feature their own way of getting through the stages. Sonic and Shadow each have Speed type Action Stages, where you must make it to the Goal Ring to pass the stage. Tails and Eggman's stage feature Action type shooting stages, where you use your Machine to blast away enemies with Homing Missiles. Knuckles and Rouge's stages are different, and dont require you to reach the Goal Ring. You must collect the 3 shards of the Master Emeralds in the stage to complete it. Though, in some cases, you may find yourself collecting something other the emerald shards (i.e. Keys and Chaos Emeralds). Sonic and Shadow's stages are best for players who are into racing through stages using speed, as you normally would do in a Sonic the Hedgehog game. Knuckles and Rouge's stages are best suited for people who have more patience, and for people who are good at searching in good places.

Through Sonic/Shadow's stages you find that you're mostly using Homing Attacks to destroy enemies and racing through loops. Something you would do in Sonic games, to show off the speed in the game. The only problems are twitchy jumps, and that sometimes jumping off rails while grinding, to reach another can sometimes be annoying when you fall off and die. Also, twitchy jumps could've been fixed, where you either take a leap forward instead of jumping, or instantly do the Homing attack. Tails/Eggman's stages, you'll find that when there's multiple enemies surrounding you, you'll find yourself spinning around rapidly trying to get each one. Though, it does pay off. Problems are the twitchy jumps where if you have the Air Boosters, you'll find that instead of jumping, you actually boost into the air. If you're an impatient person (like me), then you might find you'll be fostrated when you can't find the item you're looking for. The problems in the levels again, are the rare twitchy jumps.

The new theme for the Nintendo GameCube version is "Battle". 7 Battles in total.

Random Battle: Selects a match randomly
Action Race Battle: High-speed action race battle
Treasure Hunt Race: Find the treasure
Shooting Battle: Lock-on shooting battle
Chao Karate: Karate Match among Chao
Chao Race: Racing Match among Chao
Kart Racing

In the Action Race, Treasure Hunt, and Shooting Battle each character can perform a special attack of his/her own, depending on the number of collected rings. The type of a special attack changes every 20 rings as 20, 40, 60 you collect. After obtaining more than 80 rings, the type of a special attack returns back to the one of the 20 rings (the number of the rings to use each type of a special attack depends on each character). The special attack can be used even after the character loses one life. The 2 Player Mode is great for playing with family and friends.

Also in this game, there exists a tiny and cute mysterious creature called "Chao." Chao live in an environment called "Chao Garden," and create a very unique ecosystem, learning and breeding according to the player's actions. In the Stage Select Mode, you can enter and exit the Chao World as you like. Note that in the Story Mode, once you enter one place and exit, you will have to proceed to the next Action Stage. To go and meet Chao, you must find and collect a Chao key before clearing the Action Stage. After clearing the stage, you will be able to go to Chao World. From the Chao World, you can go to visit Chao Garden and Chao Kindergarten. Once you are in the Chao Garden, the character will release Chaos Drives and small animals you have collected in the Action Stage. These are essential to transforming you Chao. Note that time in the Chao Garden passes only while you are present in the Garden itself. Chao hatches from eggs, and grows through infancy into maturity. While growing up, Chao appreances, personalities, and actions change according to the way they are treated by the player (i.e ""petting" vs. "throwing") or food and items ("Chaos Drives," "small animals," etc.) given by the player. The are many things you can do in Chao World, as well as drop your chao into school, name your chao and buy items for your chao. As well as looking after your chao in the Chao World, you can also transfer them into your Gameboy Advance using the Sonic Advance game, and a Gamecube and Gameboy Advance link. Then you can send your chao into Tiny Chao Garden on the game boy advance. You seem to raise your chao quicker there, so if you want your chao to grow big and strong fast, it's best to send them there if you can.

So, there's quite a lot to do in the game, and more. The game is fun and enjoyable, and is a great game to have in your Sonic the Hedgehog game collection.