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Sonic Rush Adventure
System(s): Nintendo DS
Publisher: Sega (Japan, US, Europe), Nintendo (South Korea)
Developer: Sonic Team, Dimps
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1-2
Official in-game languages: English Français Deutsch Español Italiano 日本語 한국어
Release Date RRP Code Rating US 2007-09-18 $? NTR-P-A3YE NTR-A3YE-USA UK 2007-09-28 £? NTR-P-A3YP NTR-A3YP-UKV UK (PEGI 3) 20xx £? NTR-P-A3YP NTR-A3YP-UKV FR 2007-09-28 €? NTR-P-A3YP NTR-A3YP-FRA FR (Pack Exceptionnel) 200x  ? NTR-P-A3YP NTR-A3YP-FRA FR (PEGI 3) 20xx  ? NTR-P-A3YP NTR-A3YP-FRA BX 2007-09-28  ? NTR-P-A3YP NTR-A3YP-FAH BX (PEGI 3) 20xx  ? NTR-P-A3YP NTR-A3YP-FAH DE 2007-09-28 €? NTR-P-A3YP NTR-A3YP-NOE DE (EUR) 2007-09-28 €? NTR-P-A3YP NTR-A3YP-EUR ES 2007-09-28 €? NTR-P-A3YP NTR-A3YP-ESP IT 2007-09-28 €? NTR-P-A3YP NTR-A3YP-ITA JP 2007-10-18 ¥4,800 (5,040) NTR-P-A3YJ NTR-A3YJ-JPN AU 2007-09-27 $? NTR-P-A3YP NTR-A3YP-AUS KR 2009-09-17 ₩39,000 NTR-P-A3YK NTR-A3YK-KOR CA 200x $? NTR-P-A3YE NTR-A3YE-CAN TW 200x NT$? ?

Sonic Rush Adventure (ソニック ラッシュ アドベンチャー) is a sequel to Sonic Rush, which is made for the Nintendo DS. The game features two playable characters: Sonic the Hedgehog and Blaze the Cat. Along with the return of Miles "Tails" Prower as Sonic's sidekick, the game introduces a new character, Marine the Raccoon, who is not playable.

A bundle consisting of the game, a t-shirt and keyring was sold in France with the name "Pack Exceptionnel". This bundle was also given away as a prize in the UK on Twitter and Facebook on 23 June 2009.

Story

Sonic and Tails are flying in their plane, the Tornado, following a powerful energy signal (most likely the Jeweled Scepter, a powerful item that is introduced in this game), and get caught in a storm. They wash up on Southern Island (not to be confused with South Island), where they encounter a little girl called Marine the Raccoon. What starts off as Sonic and Tails trying to find their way off the island turns into a mission to defeat a new villain called Captain Whiskers, who possesses the Jeweled Scepter. The two soon realize that they are in Blaze's dimension when they bump into each other later in the game. They receive help from Marine's koala friends and set off on an adventure, with Marine issuing herself the title of captain.

Towards the end, Sonic, Blaze, and Tails tell Marine to stay behind while they pursue Whisker at his hideout, and though Marine tries to pass this off, Blaze even goes so far as to call Marine a nuisance. Heartbroken, Marine sets off on her own without the others knowing, refusing to give up. Soon, she gets captured, but Marine uses her predicament as an advantage to get back the Jeweled Scepter. Marine finally earns the respect of her friends, but only after being lectured.

After Whisker and his pirate crew were seemingly defeated, the Jeweled Scepter gets stolen by Sonic's archenemy, Dr. Eggman, and Blaze's archenemy, Eggman Nega. With no other way to defeat them, Sonic and Blaze use their respective emeralds to transform and destroy their mech. Although the two could not defeat the mech, Marine merely throws a rock at its back, leaving it open for Sonic's attack.

Finally, Sonic and Tails go back to their own dimension, and Marine stays with them the most she can on her new waterbike, the S.S. Super Marine. She vows that she will become a real captain one day and will see Sonic and Tails again, even if it means going to their dimension.

Gameplay

Gameplay is largely the same as the previous Sonic Rush, retaining the trick and boost elements. Unlike in Sonic Rush, Sonic and Blaze share the same story, and you don't choose the character you play as when you start playing. Instead, you choose before you play a stage. Also, levels are separated into islands, and you set sail to play there in vehicles that Tails creates out of materials you find in zones. There are four vehicles in all, each with their own unique play styles. Aside from the usual normal zones, there are also sixteen one-act Hidden Islands that you can seek out on maps, which can often be completed in under a minute.

The game sports a "pirate" theme; in lieu of that, a new pair of villains have arrived under the names of Captain Whisker and his right hand man, Johnny. "Whisker" is another name for a mustache, hence Captain Whisker and possibly Johnny are creations of Dr. Eggman and Eggman Nega. Johnny serves as Sonic's rival in the game's equivalent of Special Stages; Sonic competes with him on the Wave Cyclone for Chaos Emeralds. Unlike in the previous game, in which Blaze automatically collected Sol Emeralds by progressing through the game, Sol Emeralds are obtained by completing missions, which you can access by talking to Marine at certain points of the game.

Island map

History

Development

Main article: Sonic Rush Adventure/Development

Sales data

Number of copies sold	Sega IR Reference	Platforms	Regions	Cumulative sales total
114,300	FY2008 3rd Quarter and Full Year Results	DS	US	114,300
234,800	"	"	EU	378,300

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Sonic Rush Adventure	Sonic Rush Adventure
Japanese	ソニックラッシュアドベンチャー	Sonic Rush Adventure
Korean	소닉 러시 어드벤처	Sonic Rush Adventure

Production credits

Main article: Sonic Rush Adventure/Production credits

Manuals

Main article: Sonic Rush Adventure/Manuals

Promotional material

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  Japanese promotional poster

• Korean TV advert 1

• Korean TV advert 2

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Wallpaper

Official wallpaper available from the Sonic Team website:

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Physical scans

Reception »

Nintendo DS, JP
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Nintendo DS, US
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Card File:SonicRushAdventure DS US manual.pdf Manual

Nintendo DS, UK
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Nintendo DS, UK (PEGI 3)
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Nintendo DS, FR
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Nintendo DS, FR (Pack Exceptionnel)
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Blister pack

Nintendo DS, FR (PEGI 3)
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Nintendo DS, FR (PEGI 3 alt)
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Nintendo DS, DE
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Nintendo DS, DE (EUR)
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Nintendo DS, DE (EUR alt)
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Nintendo DS, ES
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Nintendo DS, IT
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Nintendo DS, BX†
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Nintendo DS, BX† (PEGI 3)
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Nintendo DS, AU
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Nintendo DS, AU (alt)
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Nintendo DS, CA
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Card File:SonicRushAdventure DS CA manual.pdf Manual

Nintendo DS, KR
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Nintendo DS, TW
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Technical information

The game features only one voice track in the game card and according to the regional version, due to size constraints. The Western versions have the English voice language whereas the Japanese version has the Japanese one, while the text language is entirely multi-lingual and manually selectionable in all regional versions.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 b4635e22 MD5 049992a51f2a2f8e616ae1c55975e93e SHA-1 6c96c4a702b0b033661acf5be921f40225b36769	64MB		Card (US)	English voices
✔	CRC32 0131034b MD5 3d4c4f73be7549251cec0aa100b16d0f SHA-1 f105f64da60d7e0544a96b7c4c945b07fc5fa8a2	64MB		Card (EU)	English voices
✔	CRC32 a546e16a MD5 9cef5c1a4a083fcb29d5b4de4672d330 SHA-1 838c50fb80b3bd54b5def1f4439572222309d443	64MB		Card (EU)	English voices (V1.1)
?	CRC32 853bd56d MD5 54bbace67d6ee4ee5c4ddc7261b6af24 SHA-1 2d3ef3f259f8d2cbb08529c7f07022461cfa5840	64MB		Card (JP)	Japanese voices
?	CRC32 8f6a0857 MD5 a43d4d2fa0bb1206ab115a04a05dc886 SHA-1 8964fd8778c26b08b629cbae36024c4346d61d82	64MB		Card (KR)	English voices

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Nintendo DS
• Nintendo catalogue pages: JP, US, UK, KR

References

Sonic the Hedgehog games for the following systems

2005  Sonic Rush     2007  Sonic Rush Adventure     2008  Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games | Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood     2009  Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | Sega Fun Pack: Sonic Rush & Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll     2010  Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing | Sonic Classic Collection | Sonic Colours      Unknown date  Super Speed Pack (201x)  Demos  Sonic Rush (E3 demo) | Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (demo) | Sonic Colours (demo)  Unreleased  Sonic DS