For the level in Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal , see Ancient Ruins . For the stage theme, see Ancient ruins theme .
Ancient Ruins
Appearances in other media
Purpose
Unlocking new passages.
Description
A medium-sized rock shrine.
The Ancient Ruins (ナックルズ族の台座 , Nakkuruzu-zoku no daiza ? , lit. "Knuckles Tribe pedestals") are objects located in every stage in Sonic Adventure 2 . They can unlock alternate paths in the different stages with the Mystic Melody .
Description
An Ancient Ruin in a Stage .
The Ancient Ruins are small shrine-like temples which use the same map textures from Lost World . They apparently originate from the Knuckles Clan civilization.
Overview
At first, the playable characters can only examine the Anicent Ruins (only Knuckles seems familiar with them). However, upon obtaining the Mystic Melody , they can use it to activate these ruins which will create a path leading to either shortcuts through the stage, other objects, or lost Chao .
How these paths open depends on the level such as:
Floating platforms appearing.
Large doors opening.
A Warp Hole opening above the ruins which can teleport the player.
A trail of Rings for using the Light Speed Dash to travel along.
A spring appearing on top of or near the ruin.
In other media
Archie Comics
An Ancient Ruin, from Sonic the Hedgehog #260 .
In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-off comic series published by Archie Comics , there is a pedestal inside the Eusebes Temple that looks virtually identical to the Ancient Ruins. Coincidentally, the Mystic Melody was played near it to initiate the rebirth of Aquarius , further enforcing their similarities.
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Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) | Tails | Knuckles | Amy * | Shadow (Super Shadow ) | Rouge | Eggman | Big *^ | Tikal * | Chaos * | Dark Chao Walker * | Chao Walker * | Metal Sonic *
Non-playable characters
Chao (Dark Chao , Hero Chao , Chaos Chao ) | Gerald | Maria | President | Secretary | Sigma-Alpha 2 | Researcher | Animals (Bat , Bear , Boar , Cheetah , Condor , Dragon , Gorilla , Half Fish , Parrot , Peacock , Penguin , Phoenix , Rabbit , Raccoon , Seal , Sea Otter , Sheep , Skeleton Dog , Skunk , Tiger , Unicorn )
Stages
Hero
City Escape | Wild Canyon | Prison Lane | Metal Harbor | Green Forest | Pumpkin Hill | Mission Street | Aquatic Mine | Route 101 | Hidden Base | Pyramid Cave | Death Chamber | Eternal Engine | Meteor Herd | Crazy Gadget | Final Rush
Dark
Iron Gate | Dry Lagoon | Sand Ocean | Radical Highway | Egg Quarters | Lost Colony | Weapons Bed | Security Hall | White Jungle | Route 280 | Sky Rail | Mad Space | Cosmic Wall | Final Chase
Misc.
Cannon's Core | Green Hill
2P Stages
Downtown Race | Grind Race | Planet Quest | Pool Quest | Deck Race | Pyramid Race
Enemies
G.U.N.
Blue Eagle | Bomb Beetle | Bomb Wing | Gold Beetle | Gun Hawk | Gun Beetle | Gun Hawk | Gun Hunter | Gun Wing | Hornet-3 | Hornet-6 | Hornet-9 | Laser Hawk | Laser Hornet | Laser Hunter | Mono Beetle | Phoenix | Rhino Cannon | Rhino Jet | Rhino Metal | Rhino Spike | Shield Hunter | Sky Hawk | Spark Beetle | Spring Beetle
Badniks
Buzz Bomber | Chopper | E-1000 | Gola | Unidus | Kiki
Misc
Artificial Chaos (Artificial Chaos P-1 , Artificial Chaos P-100 , Cell , Float Type , Guard Type ) | Boo | Boom Boo
Bosses
B-3x Hot Shot | Biolizard | Dr. Eggman | Egg Golem | F-6t Big Foot | Finalhazard | King Boom Boo | Knuckles | R-1/A Flying Dog | Rouge | Shadow | Sonic | Tails
Moves/Techniques
Amy Flash * | Black Shield * | Black Wave * | Booming Missile * | Bounce Attack | Captive Light * | Chaos Bind * | Chaos Control | Chaos Impact * | Chaos Screw * | Chaos Spear | Chaos Strike * | Charm Ray * | Crazy Rush * | Crouch | Dark Finish * | Dark Omochao * | Dig | Drill Claw | Drill Drive | Fire Somersault | Glide | Grind Step | Grinding | Hammer Punch * | Heaven's Justice * | Hell Bomber * | Hip Drop * | Hover | Homing Attack | Jump Dash | Kick/Kick Attack | Knuckle Spin * | Laser Missile * | Light Attack | Light Speed Dash | Lock-on | Lock-On Missile | Magic Hands | Omochao | Pick | Power Flash * | Power Laser * | Propeller Punch | Punch (Eggwalker) | Punch/Punch Attack | Rocket Launcher | Rumble Launcher * | Screw Kick | Somersault | Sonic Wind * | Speed Up * | Spin Jump | Spin Dash | Spiral Upper | Storming Heart * | Super Sonic Boost | Swim | Thunder Arrow * | Time Stop * | Volkan Cannon | Wrath of Gaia * | Zap Laser *
Gimmicks and obstacles
Ancient Ruin | Ball Switch | Bungie Vine | Dash Panel | Dynamite | Egg Beetle | Gravity Control Switch | Green energy fluid | Grind Rail | GUN Military Truck | High-speed warp tube | Hint Box | Hourglass | Iron ball | Jump Plate | Laser field | Missile | Pipe | Propeller Spring | Pulley | Ramp | Rocket | Safe | Spikes | Spinning drum | Swing Bar | Time Stop Switch | Turtle | Warp Hole | Warp Wall | Weight | Wide spring
Objects
General
Balloon | Chao Egg | Chao Key | Chaos Emerald | Chaos Drive | Container (Cage , Chao Container , Steel Container , Unbreakable Container , Wooden Container ) | Emblem | Emerald Shard | Goal Ring | Item Box (5 Rings , 10 Rings , 20 Rings , Bomb , Extra Life , Health , High-Speed Shoes , Invincibility , Magnetic Shield , Shield ) | Key Stone (Gate Key ) | Meteorite | Outfit | Point Marker | Ring | Snowboard
Level Up Items
Air Necklace | Air Shoes | Ancient Light | Bazooka | Booster | Bounce Bracelet | Flame Ring | Hammer Gloves | Iron Boots | Jet Engine | Large Cannon | Laser Blaster | Light Speed Shoes | Magic Gloves | Mystic Melody | Pick Nails | Protective Armor | Shovel Claw | Sunglasses | Treasure Scope
English voice actors
Ryan Drummond (Sonic ) | Connor Bringas (Tails ) | Scott Dreier (Knuckles /GUN Soldiers ) | Jennifer Douillard (Amy Rose ) | David Humphrey (Shadow the Hedgehog ) | Lani Minella (Rouge /Omochao ) | Deem Bristow (Doctor Eggman ) | Moriah Angeline (Maria Robotnik ) | Marc Biagi (Gerald /GUN Soldiers ) | Steve Broadie (President ) | Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) | Jon St. John (Big ) | Elara Distler (Tikal ) | Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Kazuki Hayashi (Tails ) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) | Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) | Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao ) | Yuri Shiratori (Maria ) | Kinryū Arimoto (President ) | Shun Yashiro (Big ) | Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) | Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Music
Songs
A Ghost's Pumpkin Soup | Believe In Myself | Deeper | Dive into the Mellow | E.G.G.M.A.N. | Escape from the City | Fly in the Freedom | For True Story | It Doesn't Matter | Kick the Rock! | Live and Learn | My Sweet Passion | Rhythm And Balance | Space Trip Steps | Supporting Me | The Supernatural | Throw It All Away | Unknown from M.E. | Vengeance is Mine
Albums
Multi-Dimensional Sonic Adventure 2 Original Sound Track | Sonic Adventure 2 Vocal Collection: Cuts Unleashed | Sonic Adventure 2 Official Soundtrack | Sonic Adventure 2 Battle - Sampler | Sonic Adventure 2 Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition | Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era
Other
2G Hi-Speed Shoes | Angel Island | Auto Running | Black Market | Central City | Chao Adventure 2 ^ | Chao Garden (Dark , Hero , Neutral ) | Chao in Space | Chao Kindergarten | Chao Machine | Chao Race | Chao Stadium | Chao Transporter ^ | Chao World | Corkscrew loop | Cyclone | Eclipse Cannon | Eggman Bombom | Eggwalker | Emerald Radar | Fake Emerald | Gerald Robotnik's diary | Health Gauge | Kart Race | Prison Island | Project Shadow | Rank | Shuttle loop | Space Colony ARK | Station Square | Teleporter | Totem Pole | Winding Tunnel
*Appears or is playable only in the 2P mode ^Exclusive to Dreamcast version of Sonic Adventure 2