Sonic Heroes
Sonic Heroes is an adventure and multiplatform video game in the Sonic The Hedgehog series, developed by Sonic Team and published by SEGA for the Nintendo GameCube, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox and…
Sonic Heroes is an adventure developed by Sonic Team, released 30 December 2003 on PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The main story takes about 10 hrs to finish.
What Sonic Heroes is
Sonic Heroes is an adventure game developed by Sonic Team and released in 2003. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on RenderWare.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Dr. Eggman has come back to challenge Sonic and crew again to defeat his new scheme. Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, and Knuckles the Echidna gladly accept and race off to tackle the doctor's latest plan. Meanwhile, Rouge the Bat swings in on one of Eggman's old fortresses and discovers Shadow the Hedgehog encapsuled. After an odd encounter, Rouge, Shadow, and E-123 Omega join up to find out what happened to Shadow and to get revenge on Eggman. At a resort, Amy Rose looks at an ad that shows Sonic in it with Chocola and Froggy, Cheese's and Big's best friends respectively. After getting over boredom, Amy, Cream the Rabbit, and Big the Cat decide to find Sonic and get what they…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series
Sonic Heroes is the 116th of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic Speedway in 2003. Its critic score of 62 is 9 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.
How it was received
Sonic Heroes holds a critic score of 62 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 7 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 64, across 235 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 16 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Sonic Heroes launched on 30 December 2003, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, NFL Street, Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004 and Zuma. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, NFL Street, Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004, Zuma.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sonic Heroes yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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