Release Date: November 23,2005.
Creators: Sega
Storyline: Blaze the Cat, a feline character from another dimension, suddenly travels into Sonic’s home dimension. Upon arrival, she notices that the Sol Emeralds, powerful gems she was carrying with her, are gone. The last thing she remembers is that she was chasing “him” before being engulfed in a white light. She proceeds to the nearest city, the Night Carnival Zone, to begin her search for the Emeralds, which Blaze claims could lead to the destruction of her world should they be lost.
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Jason Griffith | … | |
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Bella Hudson | … | |
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Amy Palant | … | |
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Rebecca Honig | … | |
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Mike Pollock | … |
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Game Synopsis: Sonic Rush is a 2D platform game, where the player controls either Sonic the HedgeHog or Blaze the Cat, who differ in terms of special abilities. In the tradition of past Sonic games, the gameplay consists of moving quickly through levels, collecting rings and defeating enemies. The player collects rings as a form of health; when they are attacked by an enemy, their rings bounce in all directions. If they are hit by an enemy and have no rings, they lose a life. Both of the DS’s screens are used to display the play area, with the player’s character moving between them as necessary.
Levels in the game are divided into “zones”, each consisting of two acts of normal gameplay then a boss battle. The course of the game differs depending on whether Sonic or Blaze is chosen; the seven zones are the same, but are accessed in different orders. During boss battles, Blaze fights Doctor Eggman and Sonic fights an Eggman doppleganger called Eggman Nega. As the characters’ stories progress, they meet each other several times and unite in the final zone that comes after the seventh. The game features a special stages can access through certain handles in order to obtain the Chaos Emeralds. Blaze, on the other hand, can’t enter special stages as she earns Sol Emeralds throughout her story. When the player completes both Sonic and Blaze’s stories and collect all the Chaos Emeralds, they can access a final story.
There is also a “Tension Gauge” on the left side of the screen which is filled by doing tricks and defeating enemies.The energy it generates allows the player to use boosts of speed while moving; defeating enemies, moving through the level more quickly which results in more points and a higher grade, and when playing as Sonic, accessing the special stage.Although the game is primarily two-dimensional, there are three-dimensional elements which create a different effect.
Sonic Rush also has a two-player mode in which Sonic and Blaze race to the end of a chosen level from the game. There is also a feature in which players who own the game can send a demo of the game to other Nintendo DS users.
The different types of Stages in the game:
:Leaf Storm
: Water Palace
:Mirage Road
: Night Carnival
:Huge Crisis
: Altitude Limit
:Dead Line
:Unknown
:Exception
Sonic Joke of the Century:
” We’d throw ourselves off a ledge if Tails was our best friend, too.”
Personal Review: Sonic Rush is a game filled with moving platforms, switch-platforms, trapeze-swinging, bounce-pads, rooms of enemies, terrific stunts as well as the many enjoyable background music. So too do the environments – grass level, water level, carnival level. The only concern is that it’s fast and energetic and the controls are simple and responsive, even though it makes good use of all your available skills in the right ways, and it presents layered levels that reveal their secrets in the form of mystery.
The bosses are actually very well designed, and actually capable of surprising you on second attempts by wheeling out new attack patterns to keep you on your toes. It’s really entertaining and is the most developed 2D sonic so far. I would recommend it to people the age of 10 and over.
Star Rating: 
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