Sonic Adventure 2 Battle

Sonic Adventure 2 was released originally on the Dreamcast in 2001 and is the sequel to Sonic Adventure. In 2002, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle was released for the Gamecube. There are several differences between the versions for the two systems. For one, there are more multi-player battle options and characters to play as, but online playing is removed for the Gamecube version. Some cut-scenes have also been redone for the Gamecube and are slightly faster paced.

The story revolves around Shadow the Hedgehog who was created by Dr. Robotnik's (Eggman) grandfather and was supposed to be the "Ultimate Life Form". Eggman and Shadow form an alliance to destroy the world so that Eggman can finally take over the world.

You play two stories, the Hero and the Dark. In the Hero story you will play as Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. Sonic has running stages where your goal is to get to the end of the stage, trying to get as many rings as you can, and defeating enemies. With Tails, it is more of a shooter style though you still have the same goal of getting rings, defeating enemies, and getting to the goal. Knuckles is a hunting based game where you search for shards of the Master Emerald.  The Dark story characters are Shadow, Eggman, and Rouge. Shadow's stages are similar to Sonic's, Eggman's similar to Tails, and Rouge similar to Knuckles. Each character also has boss battles. After defeating both stories, you get one last stage in which you play as all the characters and then a final boss battle.

The graphics in this game is A LOT better than the first game. The expressions on the characters aren't as exagerated and the movement isn't as blocky or delayed. I also prefer the stages in this game more than the first. Overall, the voice acting is also a lot better, but itstill has times where it's really cheesey. And I'm not a fan of Rouge's voice. So I'll put it on Japanese voice a lot of the time. But, the thing I like the most? The return of the Chao Gardens. The sequel also has three gardens, like the first, but these are all located next to each other in a different "world". You can also race your chaos against each other, like the first game, and your chao can win prizes like watering cans and shovels. And, there's a new minigame where your chao will fight another in a karate sort of style. Your chao can also go to school and learn how to draw and play instruments. I really enjoy this game and I can spend hours on it. I highly recommend it.