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Sonic Adventure 2 is a videogame made by
Sega for the
Sega Dreamcast.
It was released on
June 19,
2001 in
North America, and
June 23 of the same year in
Japan and
Europe.
Racing:
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Sonic the Hedgehog
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Shadow the Hedgehog
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Amy Rose (originally Sonic's alternate, updated from SA2
to have lower speed and no spin dash but Special Attacks at lower
costs.)
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Metal Sonic (originally Shadow's alternate, updated from SA2
to have sound, a shield over a spin dash and faster speed, but no
Special Attacks.)
Treasure Hunting:
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Knuckles the Echidna
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Rouge the Bat
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Chaos 0 (Rouge's alternate in the Dreamcast version, updated in the
GameCube version to have slower speed but more powerful attacks.)
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Tikal (originally Knuckles' alternate, updated from SA2
to have higher speed but weaker attacks.)
Shooting:
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Miles "Tails" Prower
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Dr. Eggman
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Chao (Tails' alternate on the Dreamcast, updated in the GameCube
version to have weaker attacks but higher speed)
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Big the Cat (Dreamcast version only), Dr. Eggman's original
alternate
- Dark
Chao (Gamecube Version only), has lower speed but stronger attacks
than Tails and Dr. Eggman)
There is an update to Sonic Adventure 2 for the
Nintendo GameCube, called Sonic Adventure 2:Battle.
This version was released on
December 10,
2001 in
Japan,
February 12,
2002 in
North America, and
April of the same year in
Europe.
This game added new multiplayer options, like the addition of new
charactistics to the additional multiplayer characters that were in the
available unlockable in the original. The multiplayer characters that were
unlockable in the other game are now playable from the start, and other
new bells and whistles were added.
This game also changed a large portion of raising Chao, the
A-life form available in both
Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2. Chao can now be named and their
stats can be viewed from within the game. You can also transfer one Chao
from Sonic Adventure 2: Battle to
Sonic Advance with the GCN-GBA Link Cable. Also the inroduction of
Chao Karate, in which the Chao stats are used for stats in fighting, and
the Chao fight in a fighting game style, with little influence from the
player.
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