Trivia / Sonic Rush Adventure

• Dueling Games: Sonic Rush Adventure with The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. Released within several weeks of each other, both games involve their respective protagonists getting caught in a storm that washes them ashore in a land they've never seen before with their equipment destroyed or lost. Both games have a ship-building feature and paths across the oceans drawn using the DS's touch screen. The games have incredibly similar color schemes and an annoying new character who cannot pipe down but is good with nautical vehicles. As if that wasn't enough, both games have a haunted ship with a green tinge for their fourth stage.
• Franchise Killer: Rush Adventure was received well, but it sold poorly compared to other 2D Sonics, bringing the handheld branch of platformers to a close. Since then, Dimps was relegated to making handheld adaptations of console games rather than original ones, and even this line of handheld versions would meet their end with the very poor reception to the 3DS version of Sonic Lost World, leading Dimps to move on from the franchise outright.
• Refitted for Sequel: Marnie's design is heavily inspired by one of Cream's unused concept designs◊.^note The bottom left.
• Spoiled by the Cast List: In Rush Adventure, after beating the Ghost Titan, Dr. Eggman's presence is spoiled by Chikao Ōtsuka and Mike Pollock being credited as voicing him despite him not appearing up to this point.

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