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I have read some of the reviews for this game... Someone complained about the voices (which aren't really that bad). The game is a typical sonic game, lots of action and speed. It focuses on three major stages: Fast and action paced(Sonic/Shadow), Shooter(Tails/Eggman), and treasure hunting --These levels have kind of a love/hate thing--(Knuckles/Rouge). It also has emblems which you collect through the 31 stages (5 missions a stage) and minigames. if you collect all the emblems for a character you unlock a second car for the kart race minigame. if you get all rank A on the missions for that character (which takes a long time) you unlock a second costume for battle mode. If you collect all 180 emblems you will unlock the GREEN HILL ZONE HIDDEN STAGE. This was sonics first stage ever, but it's rendered in 3-D. The reason I didn't give it 5 stars, is the camera. The camera bites. much. you can rotate the camera, but in certain instances you are not allowed and sometimes the camera get stuck in or behind the wall and you can't rotate it. Overall it is an excellent action/adventure game. Oh yeah! THE MUSIC FOR THIS GAME ROCKS!

Sonic Adventure 2 Battle is overall a good game for the Gamecube. I'll get straight to it. You have control over 12 different characters, some good and some bad. You can play the Story Mode or the Hero or Dark Stories featuring Sonic and friends or Shadow and his group respectively. The gameplay is consistent with the other Sonic titles (zoom through levels snagging rings and defeating enemies as you go). It's fun, but it gets old. There is also two-player modes - racing, shooting, and a few others. The Racing mode is downright fun but the others leave something to be desired. There is also a Choa Garden in which you raise digital-pet-like creatures called Choa. You can put Choa into races, make them fight, and just raise them. The whole thing seems like an afterthought though. I bought this game because it was popular and seemed cool. To Sonic fans it is a must have, but other gamers might want to look into something else. I would have given this game 3.5 stars, but I couldn't. Rent this game before you buy.

This (lucky me!) happened to be my first Sonic game. Though I've had the game for a year or so, I still play it regularly. Why?? Because it's one of the best games ever for GC. There's 180 emblems to collect, which will keep you playing for hours at a time. The theme songs are wonderful and desrcibe each character perfectly. The gameplay really flows nicely. If you just want to see the ending, just zip through the story modes. If you want to see a secret little extra that Sonicteam put in, get all 180 emblems.
Rouge and Knuckles' levels aren't really THAT tedious. Wild Canyon and Dry Lagoon are 2 or 3 minute excursions. It's just when you get to the harder levels where it gets tedious. For example spending 9 minutes on Mad Space. Or spending 5 minutes on Death Chamber. But overall, this is a game for people even if they aren't Sonic fans. This game has recently even become a Player's Choice game. Shows you how much people really do love this game ^^