Sonic Dash Adventure

Sonic Dash Adventure is a 2024 platform game (based on the endless runner genre) developed by AiDIA Creativity and published by SEGA exclusively for the Sense Reality.
It was released on March 7, 2024, coinciding with the 11th anniversary of Sonic Dash, the game that inspired it. Sonic Dash Adventure was made with the aim of creating a game variant with pre-set levels and an original storyline. It features several playable characters and a common goal: to defeat Doctor Eggman.
== Synopsis ==
The story follows Sonic and his friends in their quest to find Dr. Eggman, who is carrying out one of his evil plans, capturing animals and locking them up in badniks (oh well, what a surprise!). It all looks very simple, but things are not as easy as they seem.
== Gameplay ==
Players are required to play through a series of endless-runner-style stages (called acts), but unlike other endless-runner games, these are pre-made levels. Each set of acts with the same theme are grouped into zones. 
The acts feature alternate routes and mechanics new to this genre and specifically different from games such as Sonic Dash and Sonic Forces: Speed Battle.
Beyond the acts you can help to upgrade small habitats for the animals you save and additionally you can ask to borrow their power to train your Chao, creatures that you can also save eventually once you unlock them in the story.
== Development ==
Following the original title's spirit, the game is divided into themed zones that must be completed in order to progress. After finishing each act of each stage, the player will see a dialogue scene between characters telling more about the story and the villain.
=== Beach Zone ===
This is the first zone in the game and where you will face Dr. Eggman for the first time. It originates from Sonic Dash and its theme is a coastal area with beaches and Seaside Hill on the horizon.
At the beginning of the game you will only be able to control Sonic in a tutorial act. After beating it, you will get access to two other characters: Tails and Amy.
Once completed, you will meet Knuckles, who will offer his help. From this point onwards, you will be able to play with him in every act.
=== Seaside Hill Zone ===
The second zone of the game. Sonic and company enter here chasing Eggman, who travels through this zone until he enters the Ocean Palace Zone.
Here, the boss to defeat is Metal Sonic. Once defeated, the main characters meet Rouge. Rouge will explain that further ahead is the Ocean Palace Zone, Eggman's goal. Afterwards, the bat will join the team.
=== Ocean Palace Zone ===
This is the third zone of the game. Upon arrival, Rouge explains why Eggman came here. According to the Doctor's research, some documents claim that an artefact called 'Ulterior Quartz', capable of manipulating time around an object or individual, is located here.
As Rouge has intercepted the 'Eggnet' (the Eggman Empire's internal network), she knew of the Doctor's plan as soon as it started, so she travelled to the location to hunt him down.
The heroes then enter the palace, and once again face Dr. Eggman. After being defeated, he will reveal that it doesn't matter that he was delayed, because while they were fighting, Metal Sonic had taken the Ulterior Quartz to another location, to start the next phase of his plan.
=== Emerald City Zone ===
Searching Metal Sonic, heroes travelled to the fourth zone of the game: Emerald City. This city was inspired on Seattle and was originally part of two games as a promotion for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (movie).
After completing half of the acts in this zone, the team will meet Espio, who is investigating the strange electromagnetic waves coming from the tallest tower in the city: Needle Radio (based on Seattle's Space Needle tower). The chameleon will leave to meet up with Team Chaotix and Team Sonic will move on in search of Metal Sonic.
Once they reach the tower's base, Eggman appears to warn them that they are too late. Eggman will explain that Metal Sonic has already wired the Ulterior Quartz into a device on top of the Needle Radio that will amplify the power of the device so he can freeze the whole city's time and turn it into Eggmanland at his will, with no one able to move to stop it. Then, a new act will be unlocked, different from the others. In this exceptional case, player will take on a traditional 2D platformer gameplay with a time limit, in which he must ascend the entire tower from the inside and outside to reach Metal Sonic at the top.
After reaching the top, Sonic will face Metal Sonic in a 3D stage battle, with 2D movement, similar to the "Sonic Rush" bosses. Metal Sonic will use moves and attacks using the Ulterior Quartz, stopping Sonic briefly to hit him and removing his rings. After beating Metal Sonic, a cutscene will show Sonic hitting Metal Sonic with a Homing Attack, but Metal Sonic, before falling over the edge, used one last surprise attack: He turned back Sonic's time, turning him into a young version of himself (Classic Sonic). Eggman picked up Metal Sonic in the air with his airship and they left.
Sonic, now age-reversed to his appearance known as Classic Sonic, descended the tower and rejoined the party, shocked by what happened. Tails explained that Ulterior Quartz is not only capable of stopping the flow of time, but reversing or speeding up the flow of time spent in a body, affecting metabolism. Meanwhile, Rouge saw in the distance that Espio, Vector and Charmy were heading towards the Dark Forest Zone, so he suggested following them.
=== Dark Forest Zone ===
This is the fifth zone, and is inspired by Dark Forest, the location of Terrifying Mansion. Sonic's party entered here in search of clues to find Eggman and the Chaotix, in order to revert the hedgehog back to his normal state. From this point on, Sonic is no longer playable and is replaced by Classic Sonic, who has neither the Homing Attack nor the Drop Dash.
After going through half of the acts, the group will meet Team Chaotix. Amy will ask if they know anything, and the Chaotix will admit to having no additional info, claiming that they are tracking down Eggman's path in order to locate his current headquarters. When asked by Knuckles, they explain that they saw Eggman and Metal Sonic heading off into the distance of the forest, towards the northeast.
After scouring the forest, the team encountered an unexpected villain: Fang. The hunter explains that he spoke to Eggman to provide him with a good loot if he slows down Sonic's party as they head into the mountains. Sonic accepted the challenge against Fang, despite his limited abilities. In a battle with similar gameplay to the previous fight against Metal Sonic, the hunter used his weapon and vehicle to attack Sonic. The player must manage to destroy the vehicle and put Fang on the ropes, who will run around in circles shooting at Sonic. Once defeated, he will admit that Eggman is heading into the mountains as he has his base there, and he is probably setting a trap for them.
=== Snow Mountain Zone ===
Sixth and second-to-last zone is a snowy mountainous area to the northeast of the Dark Forest Zone. Unlike the original Sonic Dash, this one is much more detailed, with a lush forest between the mountains covering the area. From this point on, the player will be able to use Espio as a playable character.
After travelling through this area featuring fewer acts than previous ones, Team Sonic will make their way to Eggman's base, located inside a large mountain. After taking on a wave of badniks in a straight-line scrolling level at the entrance to his lair, the game will progress to the final zone.
=== Egg Cavern Zone ===
As you progress through this zone, you will discover a maze-like network of interconnected caverns leading to Eggman's central base. Each act must be played with a specific character: Act 1 with Amy, Act 2 with Knuckles, Act 3 with Tails, Act 4 with Espio, Act 5 with Rouge and Act 6 with Sonic.
Amy and Knuckles' paths would lead them to a room where robotic copies of them would face off against each other. In this battle, in the style of previous fights, the player would control one of the two characters, while the other would be controlled by the CPU. Once defeated, Amy and Knuckles will head to another gate.
The game will then switch to Tails and Espio, as their paths will lead them to the room where Metal Sonic is located. After confronting him with Espio, Tails will use a machine to deactivate his power source and disable it.
The next and penultimate act will be a battle in which Sonic and Rouge take on Eggman's robot called Egg Cavern. The player will control Sonic, while Rouge will assist by misdirecting the robot to reveal its weak point. The robot has different sorts of weapons, such as missiles, laser beams and physical strength thanks to its huge arms. After winning the battle, the duo will cross through the rear exit, and will meet up with the others in the same room.
==== Final Zone ====
The last act of the game takes place in the centre of the Egg Cavern Zone, marked in the game as the final act and zone. This is a rather spacious room with laser pointers pointing towards the central area, marked with a rectangle drawn on the floor.
Sonic, still Classic Sonic, decides to take on Eggman and his new robot. The Final Cavern is an upgraded version of the Egg Cavern with the Ulterior Quartz embedded in it. During the battle, the robot will use all kinds of short and long range attacks. The most powerful is the Ulterior Beam, capable of turning Classic Sonic into Sonic and vice versa. In order to permanently alter Sonic's metabolism and render him unable to fight, the player must take advantage of the conversion to Sonic's "modern" state to use the Homing Attack to hit the robot's upper area, where the Ulterior Quartz is located.
After a hard battle, Sonic in his present form finally defeats Eggman and sends the Ulterior Quartz flying. After celebrating the victory, the group observes Rouge grab the jewel, ready to go with it. Amy reprimands her and asks if her true mission was to steal the jewel for her personal collection. Rouge neither confirms nor denies the allegation, but assures Amy that she also cares about everyone's safety, and is grateful to see that Eggman is no longer in possession of this dangerous artifact.
Tails asks Rouge to give him the Quartz to destroy it. Rouge sighs and gives it to him, admitting that after seeing it in person she's sad to leave it behind, but feels it would be better if no one ever possesses it again, remembering the Sonic incident. Knuckles, Espio, Charmy and Vector are talking about old times, commenting that it wouldn't be bad to go on adventures together once more. Amy celebrates with Sonic that his body is back to normal, and asks him out on a date to celebrate the victory. Sonic accepts on one condition: catch him! Amy runs after him and the end screen appears before the player. Afterwards, the game's credits appear.
From this point on, you will unlock a "New Game +" where you will be able to replay all the story levels in order with all the characters unlocked from the beginning, including Charmy and Vector.
== Free Update ==
At Fan17, a new update was announced featuring a new zone for the game named Sky Canyon Zone, inspired by Sky Rail from Sonic Adventure 2 and Canyon Rail from Sonic Heroes. The reason for this is to celebrate the Year of Shadow, so a level with this theme was appropriate, given that Shadow has been playable in the aforementioned places.
=== Sky Canyon Zone ===
This new zone is set in a canyon with towering mountains and large voids beneath the clouds. There are multiple small platforms connected by rails with several hazards and badniks that will put you in a tight spot.
Its acts are more challenging than the previous zones, and were added with the aim of challenging the player with a higher level of difficulty. The only playable character in this zone is Shadow the Hedgehog.
== Characters ==
SONIC 	TAILS 	AMY 	KNUCKLES
 	 	 	
Unlocked from the beginning 	Unlocked after tutorial 	Unlocked after tutorial 	Unlocked after completing Beach Zone
ROUGE 	ESPIO 	VECTOR 	CHARMY
 	 	 	
Unlocked after completing Seaside Hill Zone 	Unlocked after completing Snow Mountain Zone	Unlocked after beating the game 	Unlocked after beating the game
CLASSIC SONIC 	FANG 	EGGMAN 	METAL SONIC
 	 	 	
Temporary during the story, unlocked in New Game +	Non playable 	Non playable 	Non playable
SHADOW 	SHADOW 	SHADOW 	SHADOW
 	 	 	
Available exclusively in Sky Canyon Zone 	Available exclusively in Sky Canyon Zone 	Available exclusively in Sky Canyon Zone	Available exclusively in Sky Canyon Zone
Category:2024
Category:Games
Category:Sonic Games
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Category:Sense Reality Games
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