Final Rush

Final Rush is the sixteenth stage in the Hero storyline of Sonic Adventure 2 and the sixth and last stage playable with Sonic. It represents Sonic's throught the ARK's underside and sneak to the Eclipse cannon.

Level layout

Level sections

Sonic first starts holding to a rocket and then being dropped to grind down a red rail, which leads to a platform, two sets of orange rails and a platform. Halfway down there are two rails flanking the way. The left and orange leads to an upwards ramp with a rail, a platform with a spring and another with another rail, a higher platform and another rail, which ends in the platform where the red rail ends. The right and purple leads to a platform with a spring or an upwards ramp with a rail to a set oft two platforms above, a set of springs, another two rails there’re are a set of two red rails standing side by side, and at the end there’s the first Point Marker. Back at the platform where the left and the front path end, there’s a purple rail that leads to a platform with dash panels and at the back of that same platform there’s another purple rail that leads to the exact same place. The red rail at the right will connect with an orange, and at the end there will be the pair of red rails leading to the first Point Marker. The orange rail at the left will take to a rail that leads to a platform with a row of three springs the platform where the red and orange connect and from here to the same pair of two red rails and to the first Point Marker as well.

From here, it’s possible to see some rails down below, which is a massive shortcut. Yet continuing beyond, there’s a steep incline and halfway down, there’re two rails, a small orange and a long red, that will lead to an ARK opening to the right that will end up connecting with the rails seen down below mentioned above. All the way to the back after the steep incline there’s a purple rail to the left that leads to a platform with springs that will launch Sonic to the same set of orange and red rails mentioned before. At the end there’s a platform with two Artificial Chaos and from here a long orange rail that leads to some platforms down below, where the second Point Marker is. It’s worth noticing that there’s a downwards long rail at the back of the platform with the two Artificial Chaos. It leads to the platform with an upwards ramp with two rails that will be mentioned below.

After the Point Marker, there’s a steep incline and a rocket that leads to a platform with a spring, or an upwards path thanks to rails. Either way, both end up in a purple rail that ends up in a platform section. It’s worth noting that a jump of faith to the right before the purple rail will lead to the platform section anyway. In this platform section there’s the upwards ramp with the two orange rails that was mentioned before. Past this there’s a rail that needs to be jumped for the next, otherwise there’s a spring that will lead back, and beyond there’s more rails and a platform where the third Point Marker is.

Past this there’s a tunnel and a room with a three way shaft, red, blue and yellow. The red shaft leads to an electric shield and the other two to different paths. The blue is a shortcut to a platform above. The yellow will take Sonic to a platform with an upreel and to platform and from here to another, where the blue shaft path ends. From here upwards there’s platforms, rails and upwards ramp with rails, and halfway up there’s the fourth Point Marker.

Beyond it’s more of the same, although there is an alternate path by jumping higher on the ramp with a rail before the platform with a spring, a set of springs and a long red rail, which ends in the fifth Point Marker.

After this there’s an ARK hallway section, with a lot of alternative paths, but almost all end in a steep ramp at the end, with the exception of one at the right, that shortcuts to the Mystic Melody ramp. After this there’re two rails, the right and orange if grinded to the maximum, will launch Sonic to a set of platforms with a rocket that will lead to a way of platforms which at the end is where the Mystic Melody upgrade is. The Mystic Melody here will lead to orange rails that will be mentioned below. Back at the two-way rail, the left and purple will lead to a platform with the sixth Point Marker and a Mystic Ruin, which will make some platforms that will lead to a purple upwards rail and some platforms, where at the end is another Mystic Melody. If activated a trail of rings will appear that lead to a short rails and ramps with rails section, another platform with a tunnel and room. The only way back is from the way Sonic came.

Back at the Point Marker, there’s a long orange rail, halfway you can jump onto a purple rail that leads to the upgrade as well, and two platforms that make two alternative paths but that end up in the same long orange rail beyond. There are alternative paths here using the rails, but they all end up in a platform section beyond, which culminates in an orange rail. Also worth mentioning there’s an upwards orange rail at the beginning of the platform section. After this there’s another short platform section, a tunnel and a shaft room, red, blue and yellow once again. All end up in a downwards run from ARK pieces chasing Sonic and at the end there’s the Goal platform.

Locations

Animals

Animal	Number	Location
<iimg>Condor!</iimg>	3	Beginning: On the left edge of the platform after the orange rail, after taking the front rail at the beginning First Point Marker: on the back of the platform after the long orange rail. Second Point Marker: At the back of the platform with the upwards ramp with two orange rails at the front, that changes to red halfway down.
<iimg>Dragon!</iimg>	1	Fifth Point Marker: on the ARK ledge to the right before the corner of the ARK hallway area.
<iimg>Peacock!</iimg>	3	Beginning: on the back of the platform with a dash panel and a Chao container, by taking the left orange rail from the beginning. Second Point Marker: After the steep incline, on the same platform as the rocket. Third Point Marker: Close to the containers on the platform before the long red rail.
<iimg>Penguin!</iimg>	4	First Point Marker: near a spring, located at a platform where the first purple rail ends. Fourth Point Marker: on a wooden container, on the platform before the long red rail. Sixth Point Marker: on the lower platform before the ramp with an orange rail, on the two alternative path platforms. Sixth Point Marker: On the left aisle of the shaft room.
<iimg>Ram!</iimg>	3	Fourth Point Marker: at the back of the platform with the Point Marker. Fifth Point Marker: behind the dash panels on the bottom platform after the Point Marker. Fifth Point Marker: on the platform with a spring by taking the orange path to the Mystic Melody upgrade.
Random	5	Beginning: on a cube Sonic can pick up, at the platform with the row of three springs. First Point Marker: On a pipe at the back of the platform after the steep incline. First Point Marker: On a pipe on the end of the platform after the ARK section. Sixth Point Marker: on a cube Sonic can pick up, on a platform halfway down the long orange and red rail. Sixth Point Marker: On a cube Sonic can pick up at the Platform with an Hornet-6.
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Chao containers

• Beginning: on the front of the platform with a dash panel, by taking the left orange rail from the beginning.
• First Point Marker: amongst two wooden containers at the platform beyond.
• Third Point Marker: amongst the containers on the platform before the long red rail.

Gold Beetle

The gold beetle can be found by jumping higher on the ramp with one rail after the one with two rails, past the second Point Marker.