2P Play

Multiplayer Mode is a mode that is presents in Sonic Heroes where 2 players can play in one stage.

Action Race
The object of Action Race is to reach the Goal Ring before your opponent does. But this is not just a race to the finish; you can attack your opponent’s character and unleash a devastating Team Attack that will have various effects on your opponent regardless of their position on the course.

Strategy
Save your Team Attack until your opponent has gone over a long jump. The Team Attack will stop time while it is being performed, and your opponent will lose momentum and fall off of the map. There are ways around this though.

Both Team Rose and Team Dark have effective ways out of this. Team Rose can use their Team attack to stop all other team attacks for 5 seconds and become invulnerable from all hits. They can then use this time to get across jumps, or gain more distance on the other team. Team Dark’s Team Attack will freeze time for 10 seconds. They can use this time to get across jumps safely. However, the other team can mash the buttons and rotate the control stick to make the time go down faster.

Battle
In this mode, you and your foe are trying to knock each other off the edge of the map.

Strategy
Go with the flyers! The Flying characters dominate this match. As soon as the round begins, switch to your Flying characters and start using Thunder Shot in the direction of your opponent. If you seem to end up on the receiving side of this, try to build your bar as fast as you can. Do not worry if you lose one or two characters. A Team Attack will bring all fallen characters back into play. If you find yourself left with either Tails or Rouge, you can start using the Thunder Shot without any of your teammates. Bad Rings will fall out in threes and act as land mines if your opponent picks them up.

Special Stage
The object of the Special Stage is to reach the Chaos Emerald before your opponent does. You can go faster by going across Dash Panels or collecting either the single-colored or the star-colored balloons to gain boosts. Boosts are used with the B Button. You want to avoid the mines that are in stages 2 and 3.

Ring Race
In this event, you want to collect the most Rings within a certain period of time. But be careful, because your opponent can hit you and you will lose all your Rings. A Team Blast will knock the Rings out of your opponent from anywhere on the screen, except for Team Dark. They will freeze time for 10 seconds, but this will not knock the Rings out. Saving your Team Attack for the last few seconds of the match is a great strategy to clinch a win.

Bobsled Race
The key to this mode is to grab as many Rings as you can. Your main focus on the first lap is to grab as many Rings as you can, as this will make your Bobsled move a lot faster. Hitting crates will slow you down, and hitting mines will make you lose a character. The first character you lose is your Speed type, which will slow the sled down. The second is your Power type, and once he is lost you will have a hard time steering the sled. If you get hit a third time, it’s game over.

Quick Race
Your goal here is to get the Goal Ring as fast as you can. You and your opponent start at opposite ends of an identical course, and the Goal Ring is in the middle. Speed is your only option here, as the match can end in a matter of seconds.

Expert Race
In this mode, you will race your opponent on some very long, difficult courses. You must constantly watch both your own and your opponent’s Team Attack meter. An untimely fall could mean the end of the race.