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Sonic Heroes
Sonic Heroes

Published by: SEGA

Developed by: Sonic Team

Genre: Platformer

Number of Players: 1 to 2

Release Date:
US: January 6, 2004 (GC)
January 27, 2004 (PS2 & Xbox)
Japan: December 30, 2003
Europe: February 4, 2004

Story: "Team Sonic

Tails and Knuckles finally catch up with Sonic as he tours around the globe, and pass him a letter from his ach-nemesis Dr. Eggman threatening another outrageous revenge scheme. This time, the deranged scientist announces that he has finally completed his ultimate weapon, and in a matter of 3 days, he will be ready to bring the world to its knees!

Unlike Tails, Disturbed by the message and unsure what will happen, Knuckles relaxes confident there's nothing to worry about. Sonic, however, shows a brief flicker of a smile and takes off again into the distance.

With that familiar grin of confidence, Sonic says he wouldn't miss the part for the world!

And this is how the three reunite for their greatest adventure to put an end to Dr. Eggman's wicked ploy.

Team Dark

Treasure hunter Rouge, who flies all over the world in search of precious jewels, one day hears that Dr. Eggman is accumulating a massive treasure collection, She immediately heads for Dr. Eggman's headquarters to liberate these riches, but discovers the base abandoned with all the valuables gone.

However, she comes across a stasis capsule that to her surprise houses the figure of Shadow. Far from being deceased as everybody thought, he was indeed very much alive, but unconscious. In order to release Shadow from the capsule, Rouge switches on the facility's power, unintentionally reactivating the final E-Series robot Omega. Shadow wakes to find his memory gone, unable to recall why or how he went into stasis.

Omega, on the other hand, was rather upset about Dr. Eggman shutting him down. Mistaking Shadow for one of Eggman's robots, he immediately starts to attack him.

Rouge steps in to break up the fighting, and reminding them both that their enemy is Eggman, the three shook hands and the team was formed.

'Yeah baby!' announces Rouge. 'That makes us a team! Let's go find Eggman!'

Team Rose

Amy, crazily in love with Sonic as always, is concerned that she hasn't had any contact for over a month. Making little progress on his trail, she is about to give up hope when she catches sight of Sonic's picture in a newspaper.

In her excitement, Amy runs straight to the publishers to ask where the picture was taken, and on her arrival, she meets a huge familiar looking cat called Big and a cute rabbit named Cream. A quick exchange of stories reveals that Big is looking for his best friend Froggy, and Cream is looking for her friend Chao's twin Chocola, both of whom has appeared in the picture with Sonic. From this, they decide to continue their search together.

'You can't run forever Sonic! Mark my words we WILL be married!!'

Team Chaotix

The Chaotix Detective Agency is always at your service if the price is right. Lately however, things have been quite with very little work available.

One lazy day, a mysterious package is delivered to Chaotix, and inside they find a transceiver which mysteriously promises a handsome payment is Chaotix will take on a case. Charmy is thrilled by the offer, but Espio remains skeptical due to the strange nature of the communication. Boss Vector with dollar signs in his eyes, wastes no time in gathering his troops together to take hasty advantage of the opportunity.

'You know our policy! We never turn down work that pays!'"

Cheats

Metal Mania with 2-Player Characters
When playing the game on the NGC or the Xbox, you must hold both the A and Y buttons after you select a level in 2-Player Mode. For the PS2 you must hold both the triangle and X button after you select a level in 2-Player Mode. As for the PC version you must collect 141 emblems to unlock those characters.

Tips

Unlockable Movies
   
Team Sonic Cinema Complete Team Sonic in story mode
Team Dark Cinema Complete Team Dark in story mode
Team Rose Cinema Complete Team Rose in story mode
Team Chaotix Cinema Complete Team Chaotix in story mode
Last Cinema Complete the Last Story in story mode

Unlockable Theme Music
   
Sonic Heroes Unlocked at the start of a new game
We Can Complete Team Sonic in story mode
This Machine Complete Team Dark in story mode
Follow me Complete Team Rose in story mode
Team Chatoix Complete Team Chaotix in story mode
What I'm Made Of... Complete the Last Story in story mode

Unlockable 2-Player Games
   
Team Battle Collect 20 emblems
Special Stage Collect 40 emblems
Ring Race Collect 60 emblems
Bobsled Race Collect 80 emblems
Quick Race Collect 100 emblems
Expert Race Collect 120 emblems

Unlockable Levels
   
Last Story Complete the game with all four teams and have all seven Chaos Emeralds.
Super Hard Mode Complete the game with all 120 Emblems and have all 141 A ranks to unlock Super Hard Mode.

Japanese version of the game (Xbox Version)
Go into the language settings in the Xbox dashboard, and switch the language settings over to Japanese. The Japanese version will then load up when you insert the disc.

Team Rose: Bullet Station Extended
Get to the end of level (Cream’s level-up must be at its max), and get on the rail as Cream. When you get to the rail's highest point, jump off and fly towards the triple-rail above the ring. You can now play this stage for a while longer as Team Rose.

Team Rose: Casino Park Extended
Get to the goal with Team Rose, and use your team blast to increase your speed so that you can jump on the rail of the platform you are on, and try to fly to the other side. You can now play the extended version of Casino Park, but you won’t be able to go inside VIP room.

Team Rose: Frog Forest Extended
Get to the goal, and let the frog close to the Ring make the rain fall. This will cause a vine close to the Ring to grow; use Team Blast to increase your speed, and then switch to fly formation and grind on the vine as fast as you can. Once you reach the end of the vine jump and try to fly to the other side. Now you can play the extended version of Frog Forest.

Action Replay Codes

USA Versions:
PS2 Action Replay
PS2 Action Replay Max
NGC Action Replay

PAL Versions:
PS2 Action Replay
PS2 Action Replay Max
NGC Action Replay

Game Shark Codes

USA Version:
PS2 Game Shark