Sonic Vita 2

Sonic Vita 2 (ソニックヴィータ 2 Sonikku Vu~īta 2) is a 2.5D platforming video game for the PlayStation Vita released in 2013, and developed by Sonic Team and Dimps. It was published by Sega, and distributed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. This game is a sequel to Sonic Vita, and just like its said predecessor, this game is a 2D Platformer with 3D graphics. This game is also has more fast paced and longer stages compared to its predecessor. This game introduces a new rival character, Stravic the Hedgehog, along with Rija the Cat.
== Characters ==
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Knuckles the Echidna
* Amy Rose
* Stravic the Hedgehog
* Rija the Cat
* Dr. Eggman
* Orbot
* Cubot
*Toxic Poison Monster
== Hero Story ==
After defeating Eggman and restoring everyone’s power from the now destroyed EggTower, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy are relaxing in a valley field. Suddenly, after finding out that Eggman rebuilt the Death Egg, and is planning to use the Super Crystals for undisclosed things. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy go on another adventure to stop this plan. 
When the team is about to leave Industrial Forest, they see a team of three characters. When Sonic tries to confront the leader, (another hedgehog), Sonic gets beaten by him as it is revealed that he is helping Eggman with his plan and are collecting the Super Crystals. After that, Stravic takes the team and teleports when them. Sonic is confused by this, but Tails, Knuckles, and Amy tells them to focus on getting the emeralds.
After getting the Chaos Emeralds and arriving at the Death Egg, the team is encountered by Stravic, as Sonic fights him. Suddenly, Sonic is about to fall off the edge, as Eggman tells Stravic to finish him. But is saved by Stravic, to everyone’s surprise. It is revealed that Stravic, and his girlfriend, Rija, are from an alternate universe Earth, which is more dangerous and dark. Stravic also states that he has powers from the Toxic Poison Monster, but his powers are uncontrollable. Sonic forgives Stravic for their previous encounter, as they form an alliance. Stravic’s girlfriend, Rija, tells Stravic that they need to focus on the mission, but Stravic convinces her that this isn’t the right way, and need to join with Sonic. After some time, Rija decides to go with them. Eggman is infuriated by this, as he also reveals that his intention is to blow up the planet, and has no choice but to unleash his ultimate weapon.
=== Locations + Stages ===
==== Locations ====
# Industrial Forest
# Blizzard Town
# Sea Ruins
# Carnival Casino
# Factory Base
# Egg Launch Station
# Death Egg 2000
==== Bosses ====
# Egg Cutter
# Egg Blower
# Egg Scraper
# Egg Slot Machine
# Egg Emperor
# Egg Rocket Ship
#Stravic the Hedgehog
== Dark Story ==
One day, in an alternate universe Earth which is more dangerous, dark, and brooding, a hedgehog with the power of controlling toxic substances and voids named Stravic, was trying to find a way to control his powers, with the help from his girlfriend, Rija. Suddenly, Eggman encounters the two, and tells them that he will help Stravic maintain his powers, if he helps Eggman collect the Super Crystals for his Space Station in another universe. Stravic agrees to help, as Rija as joins to help. Eggman gives them a map to where the Super Crystals are located on Earth. 
While on the journey, the two almost lose the map, but Rija goes after it. Then, Stravic sees a blue hedgehog, Sonic, who is about to encounter him. Stravic beats up Sonic, not trusting him, and tells him Eggman’s plan. Stravic then leaves to go with Rija. However, Stravic realizes that the hedgehog looks strangely similar to Sonic.
Later, Stravic remembers something. He remembers Sonic. He realizes that Sonic is an alternate universe version of him.
When they get all of the Super Crystals and go to the Death Egg, Eggman gets them to use his Giant Laser. Before betraying Stravic and Rija, he gets interrupted by Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy. Sonic and Stravic fight, and when Sonic is about to fall off, Stravic saves him, to everyone’s surprise. Stravic tells Sonic that he, and his girlfriend, Rija, are from an alternate universe Earth, which is more dangerous and dark. Stravic also states that he has powers from the Toxic Poison Monster, but his powers are uncontrollable. Stravic also tells Sonic that they are the same person, but different versions. Sonic forgives Stravic for the previous encounter. Rija tells Stravic that they need to focus on the mission, but Stravic convinces her that this isn’t the right way, and need to join with Sonic. After some time, Rija decides to go with them. Eggman is infuriated by this, as he also reveals that his intention is to blow up the planet, and has no choice but to unleash his ultimate weapon.
=== Locations + Stages ===
==== Locations ====
# Asylum Island
# Industrial Forest
# Avalanche Town
# Carnival Casino
# Factory Base
# Egg Launch Station
# Death Egg 2000
==== Bosses ====
# Asylum Guard
# Forest Bot 3-240
# Snowman King
# Clown Gambler
# Experiment Abomination
# Stationbot 8-279
# Sonic the Hedgehog
== Finale ==
After Stravic and Rija go with Sonic and his team, Eggman is infuriated and gets the Toxic Poison Monster to destroy them. Everyone loses hope, since they have no chance of beating Eggman with the Monster. However, Sonic tells Stravic that they need to use the Chaos Emeralds to go Super, so Sonic and Stravic use the seven Chaos Emeralds, to go Super, as they also put the others into a capsule sending them back to Earth. Super Sonic and Super Stravic then take on Eggman and his Titanbot to end this. They manage to almost defeat Eggman, but before fully defeating him, Super Stravic uses the Giant Laser to defeat Eggman once and for all, as Eggman and the Titanbot blow up into ashes. 
Suddenly, the Death Egg starts collapsing, but Super Sonic and Super Stravic go back into the Earth’s surface with everyone else, as the Death Egg falls into a far away forest.
Sonic and Stravic form an alliance, as Tails finds out that there is a portal somewhere on the planet, which will lead Stravic and Rija back to their universe. Stravic and Rija say goodbye to the others, as they run off to find the portal. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy decide to get some Chili Dogs to celebrate.
=== Locations + Stages ===
==== Locations ====
???: Blackhole Space
==== Bosses ====
Dr. Eggman's Death Egg Titanbot
== Gameplay ==
This is a 3D Side Scroller, and this game has four playable characters in the Hero Story (Sonic, Tails Knuckles, and Amy), and two in the Dark Story (Stravic and Rija). You can switch between these characters in the Level Select in the respective stories. The level design in this game is even more focused on speed, more like Sonic Rush and the 2D sections for the Modern Sonic stages in Sonic Generations. Just like previous 2D Sonic games, the goal is to reach to the end of each Act. Depending on how long it takes you to complete the stage, you will get a rank. There are two acts, with the third act being the boss fight. Other traditional elements from 2D Sonic games also return, such as collecting rings and shields, defeating enemies, avoiding hazards, etc.
In terms of moveset, all six characters utilize the standard Spin Jump, Spin Attack, Spin Dash, etc. However, each character has an extra ability, for example Sonic has the Homing Attack and Jump Dash, while Tails has the Propeller Flight and the Tail Swipe. Due to the faster level design, the characters also reach faster speeds, and are able to unlock a "Boost" ability, after getting all Red Star Rings. The stages are also longer and larger than the previous game, due to the high speeds you go at. The characters also have Trick Action, just like in previous game, and it works like how it did there. Each character also utilizes a "Boost" ability, where they can dash through enemies and projectiles at fast speeds.
For the stages difficulty, the Hero Story is Regular, and the Dark Story is Hard.
Defeating bosses in this game grants you a Chaos Emerald. However, there is one Special Stage that you have do to in order to get one of the seven Chaos Emeralds. It is a Pinball type Special Stage.
=== Movesets ===
====Sonic====
* Run
* Jump
* Jump Dash
* Homing Attack
* Spin Dash
*Boost
*Air Boost
* Slide
* Trick Action (Humming Top, Hop Jump)
* Wall Jump
* Bound Jump
* Light Speed Dash
====Tails====
*Run
*Jump
*Propeller Flight
*Tail Swipe
*Spin Dash
*Boost
*Air Boost
*Slide
*Trick Action (Window Jump, Happy Spring)
*Wall Jump
*Stomp
*Lock-On Shot Blaster
====Knuckles====
* Run
* Jump
* Glide
* Climb
* Punch Attack
* Spin Dash
*Boost
*Air Boost
* Slide
* Trick Action (Burning Straight, Spiral Upper)
* Wall Jump
* Drill Claw
* Screwdriver
====Amy====
*Run
*Jump
*Hammer Jump
*Hammer Attack
*Spin Dash
*Boost
*Air Boost
*Slide
*Trick Action (Humming Top, Hop Jump)
*Wall Jump
*Hammer Slam
*Spinning Hammer Attack
==== Stravic ====
*Run
*Jump
*Jump Dash
*Homing Attack
*Spin Dash
*Boost
*Air Boost
*Slide
*Trick Action (Humming Top, Hop Jump)
*Wall Jump
*Toxic Poison Stomp
*Light Speed Dash
====Rija====
*Run
*Jump
*Magic Flight
*Blade Swipe
*Spin Dash
*Boost
*Air Boost
*Slide
*Trick Action (Magic Dashthrough, Swirl Hop)
*Wall Jump
*Blade Slam
*Lock-On Blade Boomerang
==== Super Sonic/ Super Stravic (Final Boss Only) ====
* Super Sonic Boost
*Light Speed Dash
*Electricity Blasts (Super Sonic only)
*Toxic Void Blasts (Super Stravic only)
=== Stage Ranking System ===
* S Rank- Complete a stage with the highest amount of points in 3:00 or less
* A Rank- Complete a stage with the highest amount of points in 3:01-3:59
* B Rank- Complete a stage with the highest amount of points in 4:00-4:59
* C Rank- Complete a stage with the highest amount of points in 5:00-5:59
* D Rank- Complete a stage with the highest amount of points in 6:59 or more
=== Boss Ranking System ===
* S Rank- Defeat a boss with No Deaths
* A Rank- Defeat a boss with 1 Death
* B Rank- Defeat a boss with 2 Deaths
* C Rank- Defeat a boss with 3 Deaths
* D Rank- Defeat a boss with 4 Deaths
=== Capsule Items ===
* Shield
* Magnet Shield
* 10 Rings Bonus
* 20 Rings Bonus
* Random Ring Bonus
* Invincibility Bonus
* Speed Shoes Bonus
* 1-Up Bonus
== 100% Completion Info ==
In order to get 100% Completion in this game, you must collect all of the Red Star Rings and get all S Ranks. There are five Red Star Rings per stage, with 145 Red Star Rings in total, and 44 S Ranks that you must earn, with all four playable characters in the Hero Story, and the two playable characters in the Dark Story. Doing this will grant you Debug Mode, which works exactly like how it did in Sonic Vita.
== Reception ==
Sonic Vita 2 received generally positive reviews from critics and journalists with Metacritic scoring an 77 out of 100 based on 30 reviews and GameRankings scoring an 84.22% based on 36 reviews. The game was praised for being an excellent sequel, improving a lot of aspects from the first game. The game was also praised for it's replay-ability, along with its amount of content like the first game. However, the game was criticized for its speed sections being too fast at times, along with the amount of bottomless pits. The story was also praised for being better. The game sold a worldwide total of 1.24 million copies, and went on to be a Greatest Hits title on the PlayStation Vita.
== Trivia ==
*In 2014, the game received a sequel called "Sonic Vita 3".
* Instead of using the galaxy engine, this game uses the Hedgehog Engine like Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Generations which makes the game feel like them. However, the character models are reused from the previous game.
*This game's level design is very similar to Sonic Rush and the Modern Sonic 2D sections from Sonic Generations, but longer.
*Unlike the first game's soundtrack (which was done by Hideki Naganuma), this game was composed by Jun Senoue and Tomoya Ohtani, and as such this game utilizes Rock music, as opposed to the Techno music heard in the previous game.
* Just like Sonic Vita, this game has 2D art for the box cover.
*Most of the cutscenes in this game are similar to the cutscenes from the Sonic Rush and Sonic Rivals games, with it being characters with speech text that you read through. However, action scenes and the intro and ending cutscenes are done in game.
* Also, like the previous game, the opening scene at the beginning of the game is 2D, done by TMS Entertainment, the same animation studio that worked on Sonic X.
*Despite this game only being developed in one year, this game is the most polished out of the Sonic Vita games.
* In February 2017, Sonic Vita 2 was included in the "Sonic Vita Trilogy Pack" available for PC via Steam.