Sonic Pursuit

**Sonic Pursuit** is a platform video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It was released on December 17, 2024 for Nintendo Matrix, PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.

*Sonic Pursuit* introduces a new feature where two players can play a stage with co-op. It also introduces Sonic's sister, Katie the Hedgehog, who is an essential character. It received generally positive reviews for its original plot, gameplay styles, and side content, with some considering it one of the underated in the series.

## Plot

The game begins with a flashback. Sonic and his sister, Katie arrive on South Island and go for a race and Sonic wins, but that is because Katie was abducted by an alien spacecraft. Sonic tries to save her, but he is too late.sonic meets knuckles in dumb island then tails comes in the hurricane giving sonic and knuckles a fun ride to where it was sky sancuary.then an alien spaceship akidnapps cream.sonic says "weve been pursuited."tails agrees.but knuckles falls and finds dr zachary.sonic and tails find the spaceship named pursuit.they sneak inside the ship and did a sneak attack. they hopped into vents and then free cream however no sign of katie.sonic finds a chaos emerald with a note of where katie is."ha HA HA".sonic and tails got back to the trail.then eggman at his lab makes badniks.knuckles climbs up and gets to the hurricane.and leaves to protect the master emerald.then sonic and tails + cream end up finding eggmans lab and it quickly turns into a boss fight with metal sonic as it turns out the eggman base is being raided by aliens which makes a level where then it turns out sara is roboticized as sentinoid amh

## Gameplay

*Sonic Pursuit* is a 3D third-person platformer, which plays similar to the previous adventure-styled 3D *Sonic* games. Much like *Sonic Adventure 3,* there is only one story, but it has multiple playable characters, each with his or her own gameplay style. The story alternates between the different types of levels and often branches into different perspectives, which the player can choose what order they do them in. Sometimes, the characters have share stages and one character's campaign is interrupted by another character's. The game is broken into two types of levels: Action Stages and Hub Worlds.

### Sonic & Katie

Sonic and Katie's gameplay is similar to running gameplay from the *Sonic Adventure* games and revolves around running through wide and open yet fast-paced stages. Both characters are given the abilities to Homing Attack, roll, Spin Dash, melee moves Light Dash, and custom actions.

### Tails & Cream

Tails and Cream's gameplay is very similar to the flying gameplay from *Sonic Adventure 3,* revolving around flying across gaps. Their flight has a gauge that allows them to fly for 10 seconds, or they will fall. They are given the abilities to fly, Spin Dash, throw bombs, and attack with their tails or ears.

### Knuckles & Amy

Amy’s gameplay is similar to the fighting gameplay from *Sonic Adventure 3* and revolves around fighting enemies through a linear stage. Amy can double jump, Spin Dash, perform attacks with her hammer, and spin with her hammer.

## Appearances

### Characters

#### Playable

* Freedom Fighters
	+ Team Sonic
		- Amy Rose
		- Cream the Rabbit
		- Katie the Hedgehog
		- Knuckles the Echidna
		- Miles "Tails" Prower
		- Sonic the Hedgehog
	+ Team Freedom
		- Nicole the Holo-Lynx
		- Rotor the Walrus
		- Sally Acorn

#### Non-Playable

* Freedom Fighters
	+ Chaotix
		- Charmy Bee
		- Espio the Chameleon
		- Honey the Cat
		- Mighty the Armadillo
		- Ray the Flying Squirrel
		- Vector the Crocodile
* Robotnik Empire
	+ Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik
	+ Metal Sonic
* Sentinoid Army
	+ Lord Valtron

## Cast

* **Max Mittelman** as **Sonic the Hedgehog** and **Mighty the Armadillo**
* **Mark Hamill** as **Dr. Eggman**
* **Cassandra Lee Morris** as **Miles "Tails" Prower** and **Ray the Flying Squirrel**
* **Christopher Daniel Barnes** as **Knuckles the Echidna**
* **Hynden Walch** as **Amy Rose**
* **Skye Bennett** as **Katie the Hedgehog**
* **Tara Strong** as **Sally Acorn** and **Whisper the Wolf**
* **Ashley Eckstein** as **Nicole the Holo-Lynx**
* **Justin Roiland** as **Rotor the Walrus**
* **Olivia Olsen** as **Tangle the Lemur**
* **Matthew Wood** as **Lord Valtron**
* **Ryan Drummond** as **Metal Sonic**

## Development

*Sonic Pursuit’s* development started in early 2022. Many people at Sonic Team thought of many ideas to make a post-Sonic Adventure 3 game in this updated, larger series. The alien invasion plot was chosen because they wanted to finally make a successful version of this plot, after the MetaRex Saga in *Sonic X* and *Shadow the Hedgehog* were often criticized.

Sonic's sister, Katie is based on an unnamed scrapped character, who had only been named "Sister Sonic," from the cancelled RPG of the same name. Since 2018, they wanted this concept to be reality. They eventually left the designing of Sonic's sibling to fans. Katie the Hedgehog was based on a drawing by a fan, and also named after her.

## Notes

* Originally, Shadow was supposed to be in the game to go on a hunt for maria but was scrapped •Ocs arent cannon