Reviews from

in the past


first of all id like to wave a proud middle finger to dimps to altitude limit zone as a whole and to those fuckass rocket shits you gotta grab in a leap of faith superman mentality, and the latter special stages REGARDLESS if theyre cool or not. . .mk now i can talk on this with clear conscience

i almost dropped this game SEVERAL times and wanted to but my wife told me i needed to lock-in and i proceeded to be like this game is on that BULL shit though, but eventually... Eventually.. i Did lock-in and got good .. Eventually!

It's got one of the best soundtracks in the series(of the games ive played thus far), and i love the models i love how crunchy they look, i love the aesthetics of this game and the trick system is really cool and the boost mechanic is Probably my favorite of any sonic game ive played that even has one! And Blaze is awesome and I think her individual story ending was more satisfying than Sonic's on basis alone of her being a character that actually developed in this story

You got everyone from knuckles, cream, tails, amy and the eggmen...eggmans?...the eggmeese! But amy's still her weird boychaser self in this era that they loved leaning into for the sonic x and onward structure of the series until Maybe...Generations??????? idek, im still a relatively new fan LMAO thats just a guess i know it dies down eventually though but I love when Amy's like.. cool..
tails is sweet and cream is arguably second most important side character in all this
this really does feel more like the blaze and cream game than it does the sonic and tails show
which im happy about because from what ive been told this is blaze's best and first game appearance and i think thats just s a d but i do see what people meant
Burning Blaze fucking rules and she rapidly shot up in my faves even before I hopped on IDW Comics or anything like that :) !!
Sucks that Knuckles really is just kindof T h e r e for the game but it wouldnt be the first time Knuckles and Amy are just kinda T h e r e with nothin going on but some neat little interactions so im not pressed.

The zone variety is really cool in Sonic Rush as well as the actual enemies you face CARRYING OFF of enemies from sonic heroes and even adventure 2 badnik design, really caught me offguard. The special stages are also pretty awesome and tense, though i think leaning into touchscreen shit for them made me way more anxious about them than I shouldve been tbh. And thats just a Me thing, probably a lot easier for other people.

The bosses in a graphical standpoint look really cool and I dunno I think id take them anyday over 3/4ths of the bosses from the classic sonic era, fuckedup how they got some with instakills going on though
and thts smthin tht kept pissing me off with this game in particular! there's a lotta shit that you wouldnt know about unless you trial and error your ass off, i got A ranks on some of these fuckin zones and acts and that felt more like a sink or swim mentality thing rather than something i WILLINGLY wanted to do
I wound up doing that because of how crazy some difficulty spikes can be in this game and wariness over enemy placements and grabbing as many rings as i can to stack those fucking extra lives.
The final boss surprisingly enough isnt even the hardest boss in the game to me, thatd be the one before it because it has so many moves in rotation that it didnt wanna use in tandem with how to actually Damage the fuckin thing
but i still loved it,
i cant rank a sonic game that samples malcom X anything lower than a 3.5/5 honestly.
Though i do think its crazy how the true boss chapter will just pick up from however many lives you had left with sonic and blaze in their own stories respectively ... like thats kinda HARSH?? but atleast when you die itll pick up from the last check you were at from Sonic's perspective ATLEAAAAST
like the game's not That punishing

but all in all, this game invoked a lot of deep seeded anger within me which is really funny looking back because its got a lot of charm and some of the most fun 2d sonic gameplay ive tasted
It may even shoot up higher on a revisit, but i just cant meatsuckle a video game that makes me do some of the fuckshit this made me do im so salty
great time, higher end of the games ive played
but oh my god for a short game this had to have had kids in the early 00s BUUUUUUUUUUUSY

An amazing, often-forgotten introduction to the Boost Formula of Sonic Games. Introduces my favorite Sonic Rival to this day, Blaze the Cat... Who then got ruined by Sonic 2006. But lets ignore that that happened.
Also we really need the composer to come back for another Sonic game.

the sample says "rappin' black" not "wrapped in black" Hideki.

Really good game.

Nunca pensei que fosse tão legal usar o Boost em um Sonic 2D (2.5 nesse caso) adoro essa mecânica de deixar o Sonic ainda mais rápido, e a Blaze também, os efeitos de fogo dela são incríveis. O que odiei nesse jogo é a merda da tela dupla do DS, porra, mais atrapalha do que ajuda essa merda. A história é bem mais ou menos, só serve de contexto mesmo, e os Chefões são os fáceis de sempre, mas é muito demorado pra derrotar eles, o que deixa tudo mais monótono depois de uma fase rápida e frenética.

Taking a break from 3D sonic and playing sonic... in 2D!

This game is really cool and funky. One one end, you can go super fast while maintaining action, and theres plenty of variability within the stages, but the game has a lot of random difficulty spikes as well. On one end, I'll be blazing through a stage, then I'll get hit by some garbage flappy bird ass mechanic.

The soundtrack is incredible, but if a sonic game doesn't have a good soundtrack then they really messed up


This game owes more to noted "least funny man on the internet" Hideki Naganuma than Jet Set Radio Future. The music from the four different contributors in this Sonic DS spinoff carries the experience of what would otherwise be a "fine, not fantastic" mobile Sonic game for me. The ending of this Sonic game has genuine emotional impact, and the music playing during it might be the most underrated track in the franchise.

My major pros for this game are "I like the character they introduced and the music's really good" but that's a 4/5 sometimes, I don't know what to tell you.

top 3 2d sonic games idc if its carried by the ost or not i love the boost mechanic

THE best special stages in the series, bar none.

Great Sonic game, impressive levels, very good music and very good story.
and on top of that one of my favorite characters debuts Blaze very god
History:10
Levels 10
Bosses: 7
Music: 10
Rhythm:10

I like the music and the boost gameplay

YEA-YEA-ALRI-COO-OK-ALRI-YEA-COO-COO!!

blaze the cat rewired my brain as a child

De los pocos juegos de sonic que de verdad recomiendo

This thing started the boost era of Sonic, something the series still hasn't recovered from. Amazing presentation and some really interesting characters put on top of the start of a tragedy. I couldn't bear to finish this one, sorry Rush fans.

It was fun from what I played. definitely gonna go back to this one.

this definitely has the best soundtrack in the series but that's about all i remember about it

Esse jogo inteiro foi uma surpresa muito bem vinda, a soundtrack composta pelo hideki naganuma da uma vibe única pra esse jogo que além de ser única é INCRÍVEL, tem várias músicas nesse jogo que eu achei muito boas e que não saem da minha cabeça.
A gameplay em geral é muito satisfatória e é outra coisa que gostei muito, todas as fases e controles do sonic/blaze são MUITO boas, eu não sou muito fã de ter que jogar um jogo 2 ou mais vezes pra pegar o final real mas essas fases é controles desse jogo foram tão boas, curtas e satisfatórios que eu não me importei nem um pouco de ter que zerar outra vez (os special stages desse jogo são outras coisas que eu gostei muito, sonic mania ainda tem meus special stages favoritos mas esse jogo é um 2° lugar fácil fácil).
Sonic Rush facilmente virou não só meu sonic 2D favorito mas meu sonic favorito em geral, eu gostei bastante das fases, special stages, ost, tudo, é curto, divertido e prazeroso, sair correndo com um boost e fazendo manobras no ar não cansa nunca e é divertido cada vez que acontece. Recomendo pra qualquer fã de sonic e até quem nunca jogou um, esse jogo é muito bom e capaz até de fazer alguém se interessar pela franquia só de jogar esse jogo.
Um 9/10 fácil.

One of these days, Sega is gonna make a game for Blaze that does her justice and calls back to this game.

No I'm not sobbing and inhaling copium right now stop asking

Normally, for whatever reason, 2D Sonic just doesn't click with me as well as 3D Sonic does, but this is definitely one of the exceptions. I can have plenty of fun with Rush. Boost mechanic feels good, the soundtrack has no business slapping as hard as it does & overall it's very satisfying, fast-paced Sonic fare. Probably some of my favorite 2D Sonic boss fights too.

"I'M FEELIN' HUNGRRRYYY! FOR SOME BROWNIES! ROUNDANDROUNDANDROUNDANDROU-" The lyrics for Bomber Barbara probably.

My first ever Sonic game. It still has everything I'd ever need from a Sonic game. Fast-paced platforming, tricks, the introduction to Blaze, and a solid roster of Boss battles. This spiritual follow up to the Advance Trilogy. Best part, the soundtrack is championed by none other than the Funky Uncle himself, Hideki Naganuma! Like it successors, the first of the Rush trilogy is an underrated gem of Sega's speedy mascot.

I've played Sonic Rush Adventure first, but I prefer this one over that game.

I think this might be one of my favorite Sonic games; the gameplay almost never feels slow, the music is phenomenal, and visually the aesthetics still hold up. Only thing keeping this from 5 stars for me are how annoying some of the boss fights can be.


The fact that Hideki Naganuma never wrote music for another Sonic game should be considered a crime against all humanity

Really fun and quite challenging, music is dope.

In 4th grade, after going to see Disney on Ice with a friend and his family, he let me try Sonic Rush as we drove to Applebee's. I don't remember much, aside from the fact we were fighting the Egg Libra, and couldn't manage to beat the boss. All these years later, I have no plans to return to this game on my own.

Absoluto juegazo soy furro por culpa de Blaze