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* On the other hand, Shadow has never been officially employed by G.U.N. He is only an occasional collaborator. In most games like ''Adventure 2'', ''Heroes'', ''Battle'', and ''Rivals'', he is seeking his own goals. In ''Shadow'' he can choose to work alongside G.U.N., but never becomes an official agent. Similarly, in ''06'' he rescues and works with Rouge (a G.U.N. agent) by request of the president, but he never joins the organization. This misconception likely stems from the Archie comics, where Shadow works with G.U.N. a lot more closely.
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* On Shadow, on the other hand, Shadow has never been officially employed by G.U.N. He and is only an occasional infrequent collaborator. In most games like ''Adventure 2'', ''Heroes'', ''Battle'', and ''Rivals'', he is seeking his own goals. In ''Shadow'' he can choose to work alongside G.U.N., but never becomes an official agent. Similarly, in ''06'' he rescues and works with Rouge (a G.U.N. agent) by request of the president, but he never joins the organization. This misconception likely stems from the Archie comics, where Shadow works with G.U.N. a lot more closely.
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* On the other hand, Shadow has never been officially employed by G.U.N. - he is only a semi-frequent collaborator. In most games like ''Adventure 2'', ''Heroes'', ''Battle'', and ''Rivals'', he is seeking his own goals. In ''Shadow'' he can choose to work alongside G.U.N., but never becomes an official agent. Similarly, in ''06'' he rescues and works with Rouge (a G.U.N. agent) by request of the president, but he never joins the organization. This misconception likely stems from the Archie comics, where Shadow works with G.U.N. a lot more closely.
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* On the other hand, Shadow has never been officially employed by G.U.N. - he He is only a semi-frequent an occasional collaborator. In most games like ''Adventure 2'', ''Heroes'', ''Battle'', and ''Rivals'', he is seeking his own goals. In ''Shadow'' he can choose to work alongside G.U.N., but never becomes an official agent. Similarly, in ''06'' he rescues and works with Rouge (a G.U.N. agent) by request of the president, but he never joins the organization. This misconception likely stems from the Archie comics, where Shadow works with G.U.N. a lot more closely.
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* While Rouge is ''currently'' a GUN agent, she hasn't always been one, unlike what most people assume. In ''Sonic Adventure 2'', some Japanese dialogue says she's actually an outside professional hired by the President of the United Federation to work directly for him as a special investigator on an on-and-off basis, and it's implied that even during this time, her first loyalty was to herself since she explicitly wanted to get the Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald to satisfy her own desire for treasure. In ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', she was clearly working for herself, since Team Dark's opening cutscene makes it explicit that she initially got involved in the plot trying to rob Eggman. It's not until ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' that she explicitly starts working for GUN, and even after becoming one of their agents, she's still pretty self-interested.
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* While Rouge is ''currently'' a GUN G.U.N. agent, she hasn't always been one, unlike what most people assume. In ''Sonic Adventure 2'', some Japanese dialogue says she's actually an outside professional hired by the President of the United Federation to work directly for him as a special investigator on an on-and-off basis, and it's implied that even during this time, her first loyalty was to herself since she explicitly wanted to get the Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald to satisfy her own desire for treasure. In ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', she was clearly working for herself, since Team Dark's opening cutscene makes it explicit that she initially got involved in the plot trying to rob Eggman. It's not until ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' that she explicitly starts working for GUN, G.U.N., and even after becoming one of their agents, she's still pretty self-interested.self-interested.
* On the other hand, Shadow has never been officially employed by G.U.N. - he is only a semi-frequent collaborator. In most games like ''Adventure 2'', ''Heroes'', ''Battle'', and ''Rivals'', he is seeking his own goals. In ''Shadow'' he can choose to work alongside G.U.N., but never becomes an official agent. Similarly, in ''06'' he rescues and works with Rouge (a G.U.N. agent) by request of the president, but he never joins the organization. This misconception likely stems from the Archie comics, where Shadow works with G.U.N. a lot more closely.
* On the other hand, Shadow has never been officially employed by G.U.N. - he is only a semi-frequent collaborator. In most games like ''Adventure 2'', ''Heroes'', ''Battle'', and ''Rivals'', he is seeking his own goals. In ''Shadow'' he can choose to work alongside G.U.N., but never becomes an official agent. Similarly, in ''06'' he rescues and works with Rouge (a G.U.N. agent) by request of the president, but he never joins the organization. This misconception likely stems from the Archie comics, where Shadow works with G.U.N. a lot more closely.
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* Shadow has never been officially employed by G.U.N. - he is only a semi-frequent collaborator. In most games like ''Adventure 2'', ''Heroes'', ''Battle'', and ''Rivals'', he is seeking his own goals. In ''Shadow'' he can choose to work alongside G.U.N., but never becomes an official agent. Similarly, in ''06'' he rescues and works with Rouge (a G.U.N. agent) by request of the president, but he never joins the organization. This misconception likely stems from the Archie comics, where Shadow works with G.U.N. a lot more closely.
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* It's a common misconception that ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', including its characters, lore, and locations, were rendered completely non-canon by its own ending. This was never the case, and Creator/ShiroMaekawa has stated that ''06'' still happened, even if Sonic and Elise went back in time to erase the consequences of the Solaris Project and reset everyone's memories at the end of the game. It happened, even if the cast doesn't remember. This allows Crisis City to reappear in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', along with other such references in future media. Oddly, the Japanese fandom does not have this misconception nearly as badly as the west. It likely began out of confusion regarding the game's time travel shenanigans, but also regarding Blaze's presence in Silver's future, which is left totally unexplained even to this day (at Sonic Boom 2012, Takashi Iizuka brushed off the question saying "everyone got amnesia", indicating he doesn't want to address it and the cast has forgotten it even happened or he didn't have an answer from a question he wasn't prepared for).
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* It's a common misconception that ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', including its characters, lore, and locations, were rendered completely non-canon by its own ending. This was never the case, and Creator/ShiroMaekawa has stated that ''06'' still happened, even if happened. Yes, Sonic and Elise went back in time to erase the consequences of the Solaris Project and reset everyone's memories at the end of the game. It happened, memories, but it still ''happened'' even if the cast doesn't remember. they don't remember it. This allows is why Crisis City to reappear reappears in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', along with other such references in future media. Oddly, the Japanese fandom does not have this misconception nearly as badly as the west. It likely began out of confusion regarding the game's time travel shenanigans, but also regarding Blaze's presence in Silver's future, which is left totally unexplained even to this day (at Sonic Boom 2012, Takashi Iizuka brushed off the question saying "everyone got amnesia", indicating he doesn't want to address it and the cast has forgotten it even happened or he didn't have an answer from a question he wasn't prepared for).
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* Shadow has never been officially employed by G.U.N. - he is only a semi-frequent collaborator. In most games like ''Adventure 2'', ''Heroes'', ''Battle'', and ''Rivals'', he is seeking his own goals. In ''Shadow'' he can choose to work alongside G.U.N., but never becomes an official agent. Similarly, in ''06'' he rescues and works with Rouge (a G.U.N. agent) by request of the president, but he never joins the organization.
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* Shadow has never been officially employed by G.U.N. - he is only a semi-frequent collaborator. In most games like ''Adventure 2'', ''Heroes'', ''Battle'', and ''Rivals'', he is seeking his own goals. In ''Shadow'' he can choose to work alongside G.U.N., but never becomes an official agent. Similarly, in ''06'' he rescues and works with Rouge (a G.U.N. agent) by request of the president, but he never joins the organization. This misconception likely stems from the Archie comics, where Shadow works with G.U.N. a lot more closely.
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* Shadow has never been officially employed by G.U.N. - he is only a semi-frequent collaborator. In most games like ''Adventure 2'', ''Heroes'', ''Battle'', and ''Rivals'', he is seeking his own goals. In ''Shadow'' he can choose to work alongside G.U.N., but never becomes an official agent. Similarly, in ''06'' he rescues Rouge (who ''is'' a G.U.N. agent) by request of the president, and then works with her, but never joins G.U.N.
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* Shadow has never been officially employed by G.U.N. - he is only a semi-frequent collaborator. In most games like ''Adventure 2'', ''Heroes'', ''Battle'', and ''Rivals'', he is seeking his own goals. In ''Shadow'' he can choose to work alongside G.U.N., but never becomes an official agent. Similarly, in ''06'' he rescues and works with Rouge (who ''is'' a (a G.U.N. agent) by request of the president, and then works with her, but he never joins G.U.N.the organization.
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* It's commonly stated that Amy likes to use Tarot Cards. They are actually referred to as Fortune Cards. While definitely inspired by the former, they are meant to be their own thing. Looking at the cards in recent games, they don't match up with any of the Arcana at all. [[https://youtu.be/bKQvnSXVQws?si=4JQ5VePiBKq-8ncC&t=23m33s According to the BumbleKast]], this is a conscious choice partially due to their controversy in major religions such as Christianity, Islamism, and Mormonism, as well as being less limited to what they can predict.
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* It's commonly stated that Amy likes to use Tarot Cards. They are actually referred to as Fortune Cards. While definitely inspired by the former, they are meant to be their own thing. Looking at the cards in recent games, they don't match up with any of the Arcana at all. [[https://youtu.be/bKQvnSXVQws?si=4JQ5VePiBKq-8ncC&t=23m33s According to the BumbleKast]], this is a conscious choice partially due to their controversy in major religions such as Christianity, Islamism, Christianity and Mormonism, Islam, as well as being less limited to what they can predict.predict.
* Shadow has never been officially employed by G.U.N. - he is only a semi-frequent collaborator. In most games like ''Adventure 2'', ''Heroes'', ''Battle'', and ''Rivals'', he is seeking his own goals. In ''Shadow'' he can choose to work alongside G.U.N., but never becomes an official agent. Similarly, in ''06'' he rescues Rouge (who ''is'' a G.U.N. agent) by request of the president, and then works with her, but never joins G.U.N.
* Shadow has never been officially employed by G.U.N. - he is only a semi-frequent collaborator. In most games like ''Adventure 2'', ''Heroes'', ''Battle'', and ''Rivals'', he is seeking his own goals. In ''Shadow'' he can choose to work alongside G.U.N., but never becomes an official agent. Similarly, in ''06'' he rescues Rouge (who ''is'' a G.U.N. agent) by request of the president, and then works with her, but never joins G.U.N.
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* It's a common misconception that ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', including its characters and lore, were rendered completely non-canon by its own ending. This was never the case, and Creator/ShiroMaekawa has stated that ''06'' still happened, even if Sonic and Elise went back in time to erase the consequences of the Solaris Project and reset everyone's memories at the end of the game. It happened, even if the cast doesn't remember. This allows Crisis City to reappear in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', along with other such references in future media. Oddly, the Japanese fandom does not have this misconception nearly as badly as the west. It likely began out of confusion regarding the game's time travel shenanigans, but also regarding Blaze's presence in Silver's future, which is left totally unexplained even to this day (at Sonic Boom 2012, Takashi Iizuka brushed off the question saying "everyone got amnesia", indicating he doesn't want to address it and the cast has forgotten it even happened or he didn't have an answer from a question he wasn't prepared for).
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* It's a common misconception that ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', including its characters and characters, lore, and locations, were rendered completely non-canon by its own ending. This was never the case, and Creator/ShiroMaekawa has stated that ''06'' still happened, even if Sonic and Elise went back in time to erase the consequences of the Solaris Project and reset everyone's memories at the end of the game. It happened, even if the cast doesn't remember. This allows Crisis City to reappear in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', along with other such references in future media. Oddly, the Japanese fandom does not have this misconception nearly as badly as the west. It likely began out of confusion regarding the game's time travel shenanigans, but also regarding Blaze's presence in Silver's future, which is left totally unexplained even to this day (at Sonic Boom 2012, Takashi Iizuka brushed off the question saying "everyone got amnesia", indicating he doesn't want to address it and the cast has forgotten it even happened or he didn't have an answer from a question he wasn't prepared for).
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* Sonic's [[CharacterCatchphrase catchphrase]] is "Gotta go fast", except that it's not. Sonic has ''never'' said that in dialogue prior to the ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' cartoon. Sonic doesn't have ''any'' catchphrases in the games. The closest he's had is "Gotta speed up" in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''. "Gotta go fast" is from the English theme of ''Anime/SonicX'', which has become a [[MemeticMutation meme]].
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* Sonic's [[CharacterCatchphrase catchphrase]] is "Gotta go fast", except that it's not. Sonic has ''never'' said that in dialogue prior to the ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' cartoon. Sonic doesn't have ''any'' catchphrases in the games. The closest he's had is "Gotta speed up" in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''. "Gotta go fast" is from the English theme of ''Anime/SonicX'', which has become a [[MemeticMutation meme]]. It wouldn't be until ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'' that Sonic himself would say the line.
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* Sonic was never actually called "Mr. Needlemouse" in early concept art. The name is actually a English mistranslation. Officially, the [[http://info.sonicretro.org/images/thumb/c/c4/S1concept-Needlemouse.jpg/457px-S1concept-Needlemouse.jpg concept art in question]] refers to him as "Mr. ハリネズミ" or "Mr. Hedgehog" when translated correctly. Nevertheless, the name caught on and Sega has referenced the name a few times.
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* Sonic was never actually called "Mr. Needlemouse" in early concept art. The name is actually a English mistranslation. Officially, the [[http://info.sonicretro.org/images/thumb/c/c4/S1concept-Needlemouse.jpg/457px-S1concept-Needlemouse.jpg concept art in question]] refers to him as "Mr. ハリネズミ" ハリネズミ"[[note]]The Japanese word for Hedgehog written in katakana, which in turn is made of the words for needle and mouse[[/note]] or "Mr. Hedgehog" when translated correctly. Nevertheless, the name caught on and Sega has referenced the name a few times.
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* It's a common misconception that ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', including its characters and lore, were rendered completely non-canon by its own ending. This was never the case, and Creator/ShiroMaekawa has stated that ''06'' still happened, even if Sonic and Elise went back in time to erase the consequences of the Solaris Project and reset everyone's memories at the end of the game. It happened, even if the cast doesn't remember. This allows Crisis City to reappear in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', along with other such references in future media. Oddly, the Japanese fandom does not have this misconception nearly as badly as the west. It likely began out of confusion regarding the game's time travel shenanigans, but also regarding Blaze's presence in Silver's future, which is left totally unexplained even to this day (at Sonic Boom 2012, Takashi Iizuka brushed off the question saying "everyone got amnesia", indicating he doesn't want to address it and the cast has forgotten it even happened).
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* It's a common misconception that ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', including its characters and lore, were rendered completely non-canon by its own ending. This was never the case, and Creator/ShiroMaekawa has stated that ''06'' still happened, even if Sonic and Elise went back in time to erase the consequences of the Solaris Project and reset everyone's memories at the end of the game. It happened, even if the cast doesn't remember. This allows Crisis City to reappear in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', along with other such references in future media. Oddly, the Japanese fandom does not have this misconception nearly as badly as the west. It likely began out of confusion regarding the game's time travel shenanigans, but also regarding Blaze's presence in Silver's future, which is left totally unexplained even to this day (at Sonic Boom 2012, Takashi Iizuka brushed off the question saying "everyone got amnesia", indicating he doesn't want to address it and the cast has forgotten it even happened).happened or he didn't have an answer from a question he wasn't prepared for).
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* It's commonly stated that Amy likes to use Tarot Cards. They are actually referred to as Fortune Cards. While definitely inspired by the former, they are meant to be their own thing. Looking at the cards in recent games, they don't match up with any of the Arcana at all. [[https://youtu.be/bKQvnSXVQws?si=4JQ5VePiBKq-8ncC&t=23m33s According to the BumbleKast]], this is a conscious choice partially due to their controversy in major religions such as Christianity, Islamism, and Mormonism, as well as being less limited to what they can predict.
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* ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 Sonic Adventure 2: Battle]]'' for the Platform/NintendoGameCube is widely regarded to be Sonic's third-party debut. However, this isn't true. That particular honor goes to the Windows 95 port of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'', which was released on PC in 1996, seven years before ''Adventure 2: Battle''. There were also ports of ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' [[note]]Under the ''Sonic & Knuckles Collection'', which also included ''VideoGame/BlueSphere''.[[/note]], ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast'', and ''VideoGame/SonicR'' released for the PC in 1996, 1997, and 1998 respectively, the port of ''VideoGame/SonicJam'' on Tiger's Platform/GameCom released in 1998, and ''VideoGame/SonicPocketAdventure'' on the Platform/NeoGeoPocketColor released in 2000. That's not to say ''Adventure 2: Battle'' isn't noteworthy, though; as it is the first ''Sonic'' game to be released on a non-Sega ''home console'' and -- alongside ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance]]'', which came out the same day in Japan -- the first to be released after Sega became a third party developer.
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* ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 Sonic Adventure 2: Battle]]'' for the Platform/NintendoGameCube is widely regarded to be Sonic's third-party debut. However, this isn't true. That particular honor goes to the Windows 95 port of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'', which was released on PC in 1996, seven five years before ''Adventure 2: Battle''. There were also ports of ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' [[note]]Under the ''Sonic & Knuckles Collection'', which also included ''VideoGame/BlueSphere''.[[/note]], ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast'', and ''VideoGame/SonicR'' released for the PC in 1996, 1997, and 1998 respectively, the port of ''VideoGame/SonicJam'' on Tiger's Platform/GameCom released in 1998, and ''VideoGame/SonicPocketAdventure'' on the Platform/NeoGeoPocketColor released in 2000. That's not to say ''Adventure 2: Battle'' isn't noteworthy, though; as it is the first ''Sonic'' game to be released on a non-Sega ''home console'' and -- alongside ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance]]'', which came out the same day in Japan -- the first to be released after Sega became a third party developer.
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* There is not even one [[https://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_Drift/Manuals manual]] for ''VideoGame/SonicDrift'' -- or, by extension, [[https://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_Drift_2/Manuals its sequel]] -- that states that Sonic is reluctantly [[SelfImposedChallenge driving a car to make the race fair for the other competitors]]. The closest thing to an explanation for why Sonic is doing so ([[SuperSpeed despite being super-fast on his own]]) is that the Grand Prix is specifically a motor race, to which he shows no issues beyond lampshading it in the first game's intro blurb. Sonic is also shown to be confident in his driving skills.
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* There is not even one [[https://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_Drift/Manuals manual]] for ''VideoGame/SonicDrift'' -- or, by extension, [[https://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_Drift_2/Manuals its sequel]] -- that states that Sonic is reluctantly [[SelfImposedChallenge driving a car to make the race fair for the other competitors]]. The closest thing to an explanation for why Sonic is doing so ([[SuperSpeed despite being super-fast on his own]]) is that the Grand Prix is specifically a motor race, to which he shows no issues beyond lampshading it in the first game's intro blurb. What's more, Sonic is also shown to be confident have his usual confidence in his driving skills.
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* Thanks to a lot of early western media, a lot of Sonic fans seem to believe that Sonic is completely unbeatable in any sort of foot race. Whilst this is true for [[{{Muggles}} powerless and ordinary Human]]s like [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 SonicMan]], a wide variety of games like ''VideoGame/SonicR'', the ''VideoGame/SonicRivals'' series and the multiplayer modes of various games, show other playable characters like Tails and Knuckles among many others, can run at similar speeds to Sonic. It is true that Sonic's top running speed is unmatched by any character that isn't Shadow or Metal Sonic, but other characters having higher stats in things like traction and turning, as well as the ability to take shortcuts that Sonic cannot use, make them entirely capable of overcoming Sonic in a race.
* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2: Battle'' for the Platform/NintendoGameCube is widely regarded to be Sonic's third-party debut. However, this isn't true. That honor goes to the Windows 95 port of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'', which was released on PC in 1996, seven years before ''Adventure 2: Batte''. There were also ports of ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast'', and ''VideoGame/SonicR'' released for PC in 1996, 1997, and 1998, respectively, the port of ''VideoGame/SonicJam'' on Tiger's Platform/GameCom released in 1998, and ''VideoGame/SonicPocketAdventure'' on the Platform/NeoGeoPocketColor released in 2000. That's not to say ''Adventure 2: Battle'' isn't noteworthy though, as it is the first ''Sonic'' game to be released on a non-Sega ''home console'' and the first to be released after Sega became a third party developer.
* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2: Battle'' for the Platform/NintendoGameCube is widely regarded to be Sonic's third-party debut. However, this isn't true. That honor goes to the Windows 95 port of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'', which was released on PC in 1996, seven years before ''Adventure 2: Batte''. There were also ports of ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast'', and ''VideoGame/SonicR'' released for PC in 1996, 1997, and 1998, respectively, the port of ''VideoGame/SonicJam'' on Tiger's Platform/GameCom released in 1998, and ''VideoGame/SonicPocketAdventure'' on the Platform/NeoGeoPocketColor released in 2000. That's not to say ''Adventure 2: Battle'' isn't noteworthy though, as it is the first ''Sonic'' game to be released on a non-Sega ''home console'' and the first to be released after Sega became a third party developer.
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* Thanks to a lot of early western media, a lot of Sonic fans seem to believe that Sonic is completely unbeatable in any sort of foot race. Whilst this is true for [[{{Muggles}} powerless and ordinary Human]]s like [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 SonicMan]], a wide variety of games like ''VideoGame/SonicR'', the ''VideoGame/SonicRivals'' series and the multiplayer modes of various games, show other playable characters like Tails and Knuckles among many others, can run at similar speeds to Sonic. It is true that Sonic's top running speed is unmatched by any character that isn't Shadow or Metal Sonic, but other characters having higher stats in things like traction and turning, turning -- as well as the ability to take shortcuts that Sonic cannot use, use -- make them entirely capable of overcoming Sonic in a race.
*''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2: Battle'' ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 Sonic Adventure 2: Battle]]'' for the Platform/NintendoGameCube is widely regarded to be Sonic's third-party debut. However, this isn't true. That particular honor goes to the Windows 95 port of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'', which was released on PC in 1996, seven years before ''Adventure 2: Batte''. Battle''. There were also ports of ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' [[note]]Under the ''Sonic & Knuckles Collection'', which also included ''VideoGame/BlueSphere''.[[/note]], ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast'', and ''VideoGame/SonicR'' released for the PC in 1996, 1997, and 1998, 1998 respectively, the port of ''VideoGame/SonicJam'' on Tiger's Platform/GameCom released in 1998, and ''VideoGame/SonicPocketAdventure'' on the Platform/NeoGeoPocketColor released in 2000. That's not to say ''Adventure 2: Battle'' isn't noteworthy though, noteworthy, though; as it is the first ''Sonic'' game to be released on a non-Sega ''home console'' and -- alongside ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance]]'', which came out the same day in Japan -- the first to be released after Sega became a third party developer.
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