Sonic Rush Adventure

So much nostalgia for this game

If you ignore everything regarding emerald collecting for the true endgame and true final boss, this is the best Dimps Sonic game. Unfortunately, it takes just as long, if not longer than the amount of time it takes to beat the main game, and the special races can get quite BS to the end AND it requires a lot of sailing and building and grinding! Good thing the level design is as good as it is...

Australians, my one weakness

this game is great but the boss fights are genuinely some of the worst ever

Dimps's magnum opus. Sonic & Blaze are both blasts to play as, the level design is way more refined, the three of the four boats offer a lot of competently designed fun, and the bosses are some of the best I've ever seen from this series. It only falters near the end with the black material grind, the Whisker and Johnny boss, and the mildly unsatisfying Pirates' Island theming (as the final "zone" of the game). I really think Dimps should've made a different final zone following Pirates' Island especially since the Big Swell boss already exists. As far as I can tell though, this is the most competently designed Sonic game since the Genesis and will always deserve better than it got.

Much better than the original Sonic Rush, if only the sailing and material grinding was cut off from the game it would have been good

I kinda love the sailing ngl