Sonic Adventure 4: Black Arms Rising/Gameplay

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This page focuses on the gameplay of all the playable characters of Sonic Adventure 4: Black Arms Rising.

Overview

As expected, the gameplay is basically just like the previous Adventure titles with the free-roaming of various adventure fields, reaching the goal ring in stages, and different gameplay styles of the characters. Like Shadow the Hedgehog, there will still be missions involving eliminating a number of enemies and activating or destroying various things like security systems.

Players will have the option of selecting up to 1 to 4 characters to play in stages or adventure fields, giving it an RPG feel to it. Players can be allowed to switch any of the 4 characters to utilize various abilities to advance through the stage.

Sonic

Action	Button
Homing Attack	A
Triangle Jump	A + A toward horizontal wall (Wall Jump Shoes required)
Somersault	B
Spin Dash	Hold B + Release B
Light Speed Dash	B when near a line of rings (Light Speed Shoes required)
Light Speed Attack	Hold + B Release near enemies (Ancient Light required)
Bound Attack	A + B (Bounce Bracelet required)
Sweep Kick	X
Sweep Kick Combo	X + X + X
Tornado Spin	A + X
Magic Attack	Y + B when near an enemy (Magic Chip required)
Sunglasses	Y + B when selected on action window (Sunglasses required)
Stomp	A + RB (Stomp Shoes required)
Time Stop	RB when gauge is full (Time Stop Chip required)

Tails

Action	Button
Fly	A + Hold A
Tail Swipe	B
Tail Swipe Combo	B + B + B
Multiple Tail Swipe	Hold B (Rhythm Badge)
Thunder Shoot	X (Thunder Bracelet required)
Dummy Ring Bomb	Y + B when selected on action window (Dummy Ring Bomb required)

Knuckles

Action	Button
Glide	A + Hold A
Climb	A towards a wall
Punch	B
Punch Combo	B + B + B
Maximum Heat Attack	Hold B + Release B (Fighting Gloves required)
Drill Claw	A + B
Dig	Y + B when selected on action window (Shovel Claw required)
Spiral Upper	X
Fire Dunk	A + X (Warrior Flame required)
Sunglasses	Y + B when selected on action window (Sunglasses required)

Amy

Action	Button
Homing Attack	A + A
Hammer Attack	B
Dashing Hammer Attack	Hold B + Release B (Warrior Feather required)
Tornado Hammer	X (Tornado Hammer required)

Cream

Action	Button
Fly	A + A
Chao Attack	B
Carrot Bomb	X (Carrot Bomb required)
Chaos Shield	RB (Chaos Shield required)

Big

Action	Button
Umbrella Float	A + A
Rod Attack	B
Belly Flop	A + B
Fishing Lure	X
Enemy Lift Up	RB

Shadow

Action	Button
Homing Attack	A + A
Triangle Jump	A + A towards horizontal wall (Wall Jump Shoes)
Somersault	B
Spin Dash	Hold B + Release B
Light Speed Dash	B when near a line of rings (Air Shoes required)
Light Speed Attack	Hold B + Release B when near enemies (Ancient Light required)
Chaos Spear	A + B
Tornado Kick	X
Tornado Kick Combo	X + X + X
Tornado Spin	A + X
Chaos Boost	Y + B when Chaos gauge is full (Chaos Boost required)
Chaos Control	LB when Chaos gauge is on level 1 (Chaos Boost required)
Chaos Blast	RB when Chaos gauge is on level 2 (Chaos Boost required)

Rouge

Action	Button
Glide	A + A
Climb	A towards a wall
Kick	B
Kick Combo	B + B + B
Drill Drive	A + B
Dig	B (Pick Nails required)
Screw Kick	X
Hip Drop	A + X
Treasure Scope	Y + B when selected on action window (Treasure Scope required)
Heart Bomb	RB (Heart Bomb required)

Vector

Action	Button
Bubblegum Float	A + A
Punch	B
Punch Combo	B + B + B
Hammer Down	A + B
Fire Breath	X (Fire Breath required)
Bubblegum Bomb	RB (Bubblegum Bomb required)

Espio

Action	Button
Homing Attack	A + A
Triangle Jump	A + A towards horizontal walls
Climb	A towards vertical wall
Kudai Attack	B
Ninja Blast Attack	Hold B + Release when charged (Ninja's Spirit required)
Invisibility	Y

Charmy

Action	Button
Fly	A + Hold A
Stinger Attack	B
Flower Warp	B when near a flower
Mid-air Stinger Attack	A + B; B while flying
Super Stinger Dash	Hold B + Release (Super Stinger Dash required)

Mighty

Action	Button
Homing Attack	A + A
Triangle Jump	A + A towards adjacent walls (Wall Jump Shoes)
Somersault	B
Rolling	Hold B + Release B
Shell Shield	RB

Julie-Su

Action	Button
Glide	A + Hold A
Plasma Shoot	B
Punch	X
Punch Combo	X + X + X
Grenade	Y + B when selected on action window (Grenade required)

Metal Sonic

Action	Button
Homing Attack	A + A
Triangle Jump	A + A towards adjacent walls (Wall Jump Shoes required)
Combat Attack	B
Combat Attack	B + B + B
Rocket Dash Attack	Hold B + Release B
Light Dash	B when near a line of rings (Light Chip required)
Electricity	X (Electricity required)
Rocket Attack	Y when gauge is charged (Rocket Shooter required)

Fang

Action	Button
Double Jump	A + A
Shoot	B
Grenade	X

Bean

Action	Button
Double Jump	A + A
Bomb Throw	B
Beak Attack	X

Bark

Action	Button
Punch	B
Punch Combo	B + B + B
Heavy Punch	Hold B + Release B
Lift Up Enemy	X

Tails Doll

Action	Button
Fly	A + Hold A
Tail Swipe	B
Multiple Tail Swipe	Hold B
Gem Bomb	X
Gem Laser	Hold X

Metal Knuckles

Action	Button
Glide	A + Hold A
Climb	A towards a wall
Punch	B
Punch Combo	B + B + B
Maximum Heat Attack	Hold B + Release B
Drill Claw	A + B
Dig	Y + B when selected on action window
Spiral Upper	X
Electric Slam	A + X

Tikal

Action	Button
Glide	A + Hold A
Climb	A towards a wall
Punch	B
Punch Combo	B + B + B
Drill Claw	A + B
Dig	Y + B when selected on action window (Shovel Claw required)
Knuckle Spin	X

Gamma

Action	Button
Hoover	A + Hold A
Shoot	B
Lock on Shoot	Hold B + Release B

Chaos

Action	Button
Glide	A + Hold A
Climb	A towards a wall
Punch	B
Punch Combo	B + B + B
Chaos Attack	Hold B + Release B
Drill Claw	A + B
Dig	Y + B when selected on action window (Shovel Claw required)
Chaos Screw	X
Chaos Spinning Attack	A + X

Eclipse

Action	Button
Homing Attack	A + A
Laser Shoot	B
Laser Blast	Hold B + Release B
Monster Form	Y + B when gauge is full