Sonic Adventure 3 (Johnsonverse)

Sonic Adventure 3 is a 2006 action-adventure game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It is the third Sonic Adventure installment after 2001's Sonic Adventure 2, and was released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Microsoft Windows, and Mandatum in November 2006. The game follows Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, Amy Rose, Tiara the Manx, Shadow the Hedgehog, Rouge the Bat, and E-123 Omega on a quest to stop series antagonist Doctor Eggman and a team of bounty hunters from collecting the seven Chaos Emeralds and unleashing a series of powerful forces on the world; Eggman is also a playable character, as is Metal Sonic. Outside the main game, players can play minigames like racing and interact with Chao, a virtual pet. 
Development for the game began in July 2002 after Johnson Industries' acquisition of Sega. The game was released on November 10, 2006, and received positive reviews for its story, voice acting, and gameplay. 
== Gameplay ==
Sonic Adventure 3 is a 3D platform game with action and role-playing elements. Players control one of seven anthropomorphic protagonists as they venture to defeat Doctor Eggman and his robot army, who seek the seven magical Chaos Emeralds and a team of bounty hunters consisting of Fang the Sniper, Bean the Dynamite, Bark the Polar Bear, and Honey the Cat; Eggman himself and Metal Sonic are also playable characters, the latter being unlocked after all other campaigns have been completed. Nine player characters are unlocked as the game progresses, each with their own story and attributes.
==Plot==
One year after the events of Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic and his friends live a peaceful lifestyle; among them, Knuckles is back on Angel Island guarding the Master Emerald, Tails is working on a successor to 
== Voice cast ==
=== English ===
* Ryan Drummond as Sonic the Hedgehog and Metal Sonic
* Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Miles "Tails" Prower
* Scott Dreier as Knuckles the Echidna
* Jennifer Douillard as Amy Rose
* Sue Wakefield as Tiara the Manx
* David Humphrey as Shadow the Hedgehog
* Mike Pollock as Doctor Eggman and Gerald Robotnik
* Lani Minella as Rouge the Bat and Omochao
* Jon St. John as Big the Cat and E-123 Omega
* Sarah Wulfeck as Cream the Rabbit
* Ryō Hirohashi as Cheese (uncredited)
* Ted Lewis as President
* Elara Distler as Tikal
=== Japanese ===
* Juni'chi Kanemaru as Sonic the Hedgehog and Metal Sonic
* Ryō Hirohashi as Miles "Tails" Prower and Cheese (uncredited for the latter)
* Notobushi Canna as Knuckles the Echidna
* Taeko Kawata as Amy Rose
* Ikue Ōtani as Tiara the Manx
* Kōji Yusa as Shadow the Hedgehog
* Kotaro Nakamura as Doctor Eggman and Gerald Robotnik
* Rumi Ochiai as Rouge the Bat
* Taiten Kusunoki as E-123 Omega
* Sayaka Aoki as Cream the Rabbit
* Takashi Nagasako as Big the Cat
* Tomohisa Aso as President
* Kaori Aso as Tikal
* Etsuko Kozakura as Omochao
==Development==
The game was first announced in 2002, shortly after Johnson Industries' acquisition of Sega. 
=== Casting ===
For the English voice cast, almost all of the Dreamcast-era voice actors were brought back to maintain consistency with the first two Adventure games. The exceptions include Doctor Eggman (voiced by Mike Pollock, due to the death of Deem Bristow in 2005); Tails is voiced by a child actor (TBA) to maintain consistency with the first two games, which had him voiced by child actors as well.
=== Music ===
The music for the game is primarily composed by Jun Senoue.
==Release==
The game was released on November 10, 2006 on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Microsoft Windows, and Mandatum. 
=== Marketing ===
== Reception ==
=== Critical response ===
==See Also==
* Sonic Adventure 3 (Johnsonverse)/Gallery
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