Sonic Superstars

Sonic Superstars is a 2.5D side-scrolling platformer game in the Sonic series. The story follows Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends as they try to stop Dr. Eggman, Fang the Sniper, and a new villain named Trip the Sungazer from conquering the North Star Islands and turning all animals into Badniks.

The player takes control of four characters: Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy Rose, with Trip also being unlocked for play after completing the main story. All five share basic abilities (such as the Spin Dash), but also have their unique powers (Knuckles can glide, Amy can destroy enemies with her hammer etc). The player must complete 12 zones (with 1 or 2 acts for each zone). Almost every act ends with a boss fight. Throughout all acts are scattered the Giant Rings, which are used to access Special Stages, where the player can collect the Chaos Emeralds. Each collected Emerald gives a certain power, and after collecting all 7 Emeralds, the character will be able to enter the Super State upon collecting 50 rings, giving the playable character invincibility and increased speed at the expense of losing rings.

The game features a local co-op mode allowing up to 4 players to play the game on a single screen. Additionally, the game features Battle Mode, a player-versus-player mode that can be played either online or locally, where players control their robots and compete in three random battle stages that include races, shooting battles, collection challenges and last-man-standing battles. Players can customise robots with various cosmetic items that can be acquired with Medals, which in turn are collected on main stages of the game or Special Stages.