Sonic Adventure

Overview

Sonic Adventure is a 1998 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Dreamcast. It was the first main Sonic the Hedgehog game to feature 3D gameplay. It follows Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, Amy Rose, Big the Cat, and E-102 Gamma in their quests to collect the Chaos Emeralds and stop Doctor Ivo Robotnik from unleashing Chaos, an ancient evil. Controlling one of the six characters: each with their own abilities: players complete levels to progress the story. Sonic Adventure retains many elements from prior Sonic games, such as power-ups and the ring-based health system. Players can play minigames such as racing and interact with Chao, a virtual pet.

Sonic Team began developing Sonic Adventure in 1997, after the cancellation of the Sega Saturn game Sonic X-treme. Led by director Takashi Iizuka and producer Yuji Naka, the team strove to reinvent Sonic for the 3D era of video games. Adventure features a stronger emphasis on storytelling and role-playing elements in contrast to previous Sonic games, while Yuji Uekawa redesigned the series's characters for their transition to 3D. Sonic Team attempted to demonstrate the technical prowess of the Dreamcast with realistic graphics and drew inspiration from locations in Peru and Guatemala. The soundtrack was primarily composed by Jun Senoue, who preferred rock music over the electropop of previous Sonic games.

Following its reveal at the Tokyo International Forum in August 1998, Sonic Adventure was highly anticipated and was released in Japan in December 1998, North America in September 1999, and Europe in October 1999. It received acclaim and became the Dreamcast's bestseller, with 2.5 million copies sold by August 2006. Reviewers considered Adventure a major technical advancement and praised the visuals and gameplay. Though critics noted glitches and camera problems, and reactions to the audio were mixed, they considered Sonic Adventure exceptional; some speculated that it could help re-establish Sega as the dominant console manufacturer after the unsuccessful Saturn.

Official trailer

Game Intro. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Platform, Adventure

Developer

Sonic Team

Publisher

Sega

Series

Sonic Adventure

Platforms

PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360

Age rating

ESRB E

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

CLASS IND

L

PEGI

7

ESRB

E

USK

0

CERO

A

ACB

G

Release dates

Trophies

Trophies15

Platinum possibleNo platinum

Platinum

0

Gold

2

Silver

5

Bronze

8

Total

15

Points

450

• Miles "Tails" Prower Become friends with Tails. Bronze 10.02% of players
• Knuckles the Echidna Become friends with Knuckles. Bronze 5.94% of players
• Amy Rose Become friends with Amy. Bronze 5.58% of players
• E-102 "γ" Become friends with E-102. Bronze 5.16% of players
• Big the Cat Become friends with Big. Bronze 5.28% of players
• Sonic the Hedgehog Clear the Sonic story. Bronze 4.56% of players
• Super Sonic Clear all characters stories. Bronze 3.26% of players
• The Fastest & Strongest Get Level A on all the Action Stages. Silver 1.83% of players
• Sub Game Master Get all Emblems of the Sub Games. Silver 2.38% of players
• Chao's Best Friend Get all Emblems of the Chao Race. Silver 1.79% of players
• The Adventurer Get all Emblems in the Adventure Field. Silver 2.61% of players
• The Perfect Adventurer Get 130 Emblems. Gold 1.76% of players
• Metal Sonic Get all 130 Emblems by playing Sonic Adventure DX. Bronze 1.71% of players
• Metal Sonic Master Get Level A on all the Action Stages by using Metal Sonic. Silver 1.68% of players
• Mission All Accomplished Clear all 60 missions. Gold 1.68% of players

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 1.5 GB

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Credits

Publisher

Sega

Developer

Sonic Team

Released

1998-12-23

Age rating

ESRB E

Region

US

Time to beat

about 7 hours