History VideoGame / SonicRush

* AnAesop: [[ThePowerOfFriendship Friendship is awesome]]! You can't do everything alone.

* MergedReality: The plot sees Blaze's world being drawn into Sonic's due to the displacement of the Sol Emeralds. This is very much a ''bad thing'', and Blaze is out to reclaim the Emeralds before the process is complete and both realities are irrevocably ruined.

''Sonic Rush'' is a game in Creator/{{Sega}}'s ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise developed by Creator/{{Dimps}} (with Creator/SonicTeam in a supervisory role) and released for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS in 2005. It's similar to the ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Advance|Trilogy}}'' trilogy in that they are reminiscent of the classic side-scrollers for the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Mega Drive/Genesis]].

* PressXToNotDie: In the zone 7 boss, on the final hit, [[SmashingSurvival mashing the B and A buttons]] would [[spoiler:push Blaze (or Sonic) to the edge of the platform. If the player does nothing or mashes too slowly, they'll get pushed off and instantly lose a life. If the player mashes enough, they push their rival off, beating the stage.]]

* TheStoic: Blaze, although [[CharacterDevelopment she does start to]] [[JustForPun warm up]] to Sonic and friends by the end, and grows an especially powerful bond with Cream the Rabbit.

* AnAesop: [[PowerOfFriendship Friendship is awesome]]! You can't do everything alone.

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* AbortedArc: In the true ending for the second game, [[spoiler:Tails prepares to use the Chaos and Sol Emeralds to teleport him and Sonic back to their own dimension, when he realizes that the gems, which are normally unstable, are somehow in perfect resonance with each other. This causes him to wonder whether the Emeralds have a consciousness and are actively trying to help him; while Blaze hypothesizes that the heroes coming together when the world was in danger may not have been just a coincidence]]. No ''Sonic'' game has followed up on this plotline.
* AirborneAircraftCarrier: Altitude Limit in the first game takes place in a military base high in the clouds.

* AttackReflector: [[EleventhHourSuperpower Super Sonic's]] boost does this against the TrueFinalBoss of the first game, while it gets split off into its own move in the sequel.

* ContinuityNod:
** Dr. Eggman and Dr. Eggman Nega describe the Chaos and Sol Emeralds as being sort of a north and south pole to each other in the first game. In ''Rush Adventure'', Sonic and Blaze describe it the same way after defeating [[spoiler:the very men who first described it that way]].
** Huge Crisis features [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 G.U.N. robots]] as enemies.

* DuelBoss: You face off against [[spoiler:the other playable character]] as the boss of the first game's Dead Line.

* LonerTurnedFriend: Blaze opens up considerably to other people thanks to CharacterDevelopment in the first game, although she's still introverted.

* OneHitKill: Most of the bosses in the first game have an instant-kill attack. Fortunately, they're usually heavily telegraphed, and Eggman prefaces them with a unique audio cue ("Get ready to be schooled!").

* PressXToNotDie: In the zone 7 boss, on the final hit, mashing the B and A buttons would [[spoiler:push Blaze (or Sonic) to the edge of the platform. If the player does nothing or mashes too slowly, they'll get pushed off and instantly lose a life. If the player mashes enough, they push their rival off, beating the stage.]]
* RankInflation: Both games embrace this trope like their 3D brothers, awarding you a lettered rank based on your score in an act/boss fight. The levels are, from best to worst, S, A, B, and C. Furthermore, in the second game, ranks also serve a purpose besides [[BraggingRightsReward bragging rights]]; the better your rank, the more of a mineral you'll get.
* RealityBleed: In the first game, the map screen becomes more distorted as Sonic and Blaze's dimensions merge together throughout normal gameplay progress.

* RepeatCut: Every time you destroy a boss, the game shows the player character dealing the final blow from different angles for dramatic effect.

* TheStoic: Blaze, although [[CharacterDevelopment she does start to]] [[JustForPun warm up]] to Sonic and friends by the end of the first game, and grows an especially powerful bond with Cream the Rabbit.

* AllMythsAreTrue: Lampshaded in ''Adventure'', when the heroes are told of the legend of an ancient civilization that lived in a city in the sky, and Marine demands they investigate immediately.
-->'''Marine:''' Think about it, mate: legends! When has a legend ever not been true, huh? HUH?!
* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: The TrueFinalBoss of ''Rush'' is fought in a brightly-colored dimensional rift, the result of Sonic and Blaze's worlds merging together.
* AmenBreak: Used in the FinalBoss theme "Bomber Barbara" in ''Rush''.

* AntiGrinding: If you attempt to bounce on the same spring multiple times in order to fill the boost meter, the game will give you less and less energy until you get none at all. In addition, you can only get the Animal bonus the first time you interact with any such setpiece. ''Rush Adventure'' adds to this by giving you bonus boost stars only after the first bounce off any spring.

* AwardBaitSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33dNKYQVJio "Raisin' Me Up,"]] the ending theme of ''Sonic Rush'', is an upbeat sweet harmonious song reflecting Sonic and Blaze's now-fully-grown relationship. Some have described the beginning to sound like a church hymn.

* BottomlessPits: Loads in ''Rush'', sometimes in the form of lasers that cause instant death on contact.

** Dr. Eggman and Dr. Eggman Nega describe the Chaos and Sol Emeralds as being sort of a north and south pole to each other in the first game. In ''Adventure'', Sonic and Blaze describe it the same way after defeating [[spoiler:the very men who first described it that way]].
** Huge Crisis in ''Rush'' features [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 G.U.N. robots]] as enemies.

* CreepyJazzMusic: ''Adventure'' has [[https://youtu.be/Wtv4ZUiCCr4 a loud, jazzy tune]] play during the DualBoss battle with Captain Whisker and his [[TheDragon Dragon]], [[spoiler:Johnny]].

* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: For the Super forms. '''Sonic Rush'' is one of the few times in the entire series where Super forms can actually take damage instead of simply getting stunned or slowed down. The [[LimitBreak super move]] of the boss can actually cause damage, causing a significant loss of rings. Their regular attacks however, do only cause hitstun.
* OneHitKill: Most of the bosses in the first game have an instant-kill attack. Fortunately, they're usually heavily telegraphed, and Eggman prefaces them with a unique audio cue ("Get ready to be schooled!"). ''Adventure'' only has one from the final part of the Ghost Titan, though it is easily interrupted with a simple spin jump.

* OxygenatedUnderwaterBubbles: Present in ''Rush'' as per usual, but unusually absent in ''Adventure''. This isn't too much of a problem though, as while the latter game has more underwater sections, almost all of them are brief.
* PalmtreePanic: The Hidden Island levels in ''Adventure'' that do not lift the themes from the game's first 5 stages take place in a tropical island similar to the hub world.

The game would later receive a direct sequel titled ''VideoGame/SonicRushAdventure''.

The ''Sonic Rush'' a game in Creator/{{Sega}}'s ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise developed by Sonic Team with Creator/{{Dimps}} and released for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS in 2005. It's similar to the ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Advance|Trilogy}}'' trilogy in that they are reminiscent of the classic side-scrollers for the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Mega Drive/Genesis]].

A gameplay feature introduced in this game is the Sonic Boost; while holding down the X or Y buttons, your character will gain a boost of speed as long as the tension meter is not empty; the meter can be filled up by destroying enemies and performing tricks. The Boost would later be a major part of gameplay in later 3D Sonic games.

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