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Central City makes its first appearance, albeit unnamed, in Sonic Adventure 2 simply being referred to as the "capital city".[2] After Sonic is taken into custody by the Guardian Units of Nations, they are transporting him to Prison Island in one of their aircraft, only for Sonic to incapacitate the rest of the people on-board, which is confirmed via radio chatter between the pilot and the Control Tower. Afterwards, Sonic escapes, hanging onto the helicopter's missiles at the back, as the pilot attempts to call him back to his spot. Sonic does a somersault onto the top of the helicopter, where he rips a metal sheet off of the plane's right wing, as he plummets down to the city, using it as a makeshift snowboard as he glides down the city's sloped streets and evades a large semi truck operated by G.U.N. At night, Sonic encounters a large combat mech piloted by a G.U.N soldier.
Adjacent to City Escape at night, Shadow the Hedgehog is seen standing on top of a bridge, as police surround the area, in an attempt to take him into custody for stealing the green Chaos Emerald. Shadow comments how the humans are the equivalent to "worthless junk piles" to him, before closing his eyes and having a flashback to 50 years ago, where Maria is on the Space Colony ARK, as she pushes a button to trap him in a capsule, as she tells him to promise her to do something for humanity, as Shadow can only watch in horror as she pushes the button, never getting to witness her death. Back in the present, Shadow interprets this promise as revenge.
Sonic and Shadow meet up after the F-6t Big Foot's defeat. Sonic notices Shadow standing above the wreckage of the robot whilst holding the green Chaos Emerald. Sonic points this out, as he figures out that's the reasoning for G.U.N chasing after him instead of Shadow, calling him a "phony pest." Shadow uses Chaos Control, only for Sonic to be shocked that Shadow can move that fast, only for him to correct himself and realize that would be impossible, theorizing that Shadow is using the Chaos Emerald in his possession to warp. Shadow makes a comment before departing about how he has no time to be caught up in this ordeal, using the Chaos Emerald to Chaos Control to Dr. Eggman's pyramid base. The police show up, and Sonic is promptly arrested once again.
A full overworld map of Central City, from Sonic Battle.
Central City makes its second full appearance as an overworld in Sonic Battle. In it, there's an apartment where Amy Rose and Cream the Rabbit live, a skyscraper (called Central Lab) with a library and a famous database, and a highway called Battle Highway. Tails goes here to find out more about Emerl. Another part of Central City named Night Babylon also appears as a casino district where Rouge owns her own club and Dr. Eggman has one of his numerous bases.
Central City also makes an appearance in Shadow the Hedgehog. The first city appearing in the game is named Westopolis, but if Shadow helps Eggman light five lanterns in his Cryptic Castle base, Shadow goes to the Central City stage. In it, GUN tries to fight off the invading Black Arms aliens that are trying to destroy the city. The Hero Mission is to help Knuckles the Echidna capture twenty bombs, and the Dark Mission is to help Black Doom detonate five giant bombs. Shadow the Hedgehog reveals that the President of the "United Federation" nation lives in Central City in a variant of the White House. It is destroyed by the Eclipse Cannon after clearing any mission of The ARK. Whether Central City is destroyed or not is up to the player. Central City also appears in Expert Mode, where Espio the Chameleon challenges Shadow.
Dr. Eggman arrived in Central City in his Faceship and distributed a large batch of the virus there. While Tails went to work on finding a cure for the virus, Tangle and Whisper took it upon themselves to help begin evacuation of the city. For over an hour, many citizens had become Zombots while others were guided by Tangle and Whisper down to a dock. Tails had nearly completed the cure for the virus but was interrupted by Zombots, two of which were Cheese and Chocola. Tails was forced to use his Cyclone to escape his lab and drove off to aid Tangle and Whisper with evacuation. Soon enough, a RestorationRescue Shuttle came down to the docks and allowed all of the uninfected citizens to board the ship. Tails shortly joined them after the Cyclone was destroyed by the Zombots.[4]
Imposter Syndrome[]
Surge and Kit later came to Central City for a test to assess their fitness by causing chaos without being detected. While Kit had a more elaborate plan in mind, Surge went ahead and wreaked havoc in the city with her electrical powers at super speed, resulting in car crashes, popped street lights, assaults on unaware citizens, and general destruction.[5]
After receiving info from Nite about the recent chaos in Central City, Team Chaotix decided to investigate this matter. After managing to avoid the traffic jam on the way into the city, the Chaotix reached the heart of the city, which was in complete chaos, with various citizens arguing with each other about who caused said chaos. Eventually, the Chaotix received advice from a citizen to check out the sewers, which they did. Down there, they spotted a mysterious figure carrying a crate full of Badnik parts. Although the failed to capture the figure, the crate he left behind held a clue that led them to Central City's docks. There, the Chaotix found an abandoned warehouse, where Clutch the Opossum had amassed the remnants of his wealth, which Rough and Tumble had brought there through the sewers, so he could sell them and restart his criminal empire. While the Chaotix managed to temporarily capture Clutch and dispose of his collection, Clutch and his associates managed to escape using smoke bombs from Espio that Clutch snagged.[6]
Overpowered[]
Surge returned to Central City to test out the Dynamo Cage by attacking civilians. Whisper arrived on the scene to stop her. She was able fight Surge toe-to-toe, however, Surge got the upper hand after absorbing several of her Wisps with the Dynamo Cage. The city block they were fighting was taking a lot of damage and word soon got to the Restoration about the fight. Sonic and Tails soon arrived on the scene to end Surge's rampage,[7] however, they were not effective early on due to Sonic's injury from his escape from Eggperial City. Whisper lent her Cyan Wisp to Sonic, allowing him to fight Surge with Cyan Laser. Surge was able to absorb the Cyan Wisp as well, however, causing Tails to use some trickery to stop Surge. Sonic lured her into a hardware store where Tails hot-wired all the appliances in the store to the Dynamo Cage. Before she could be drained of her energy, Surge let out one last blast, destroying the store but leaving Sonic and Tails relatively unharmed. They went to take off the Dynamo Cage, but Kitsunami arrived on the scene and took Surge back to Starline Base Sigma.[8]
Phantom Riders[]
Nite starts by announcing the second event of Clean Sweepstakes, Nite continues saying how the objective of the race is to survive, he then counts down while Sonic transforms into the Phantom Rider, once the race began Nite calls out Jet and the Babylon Rogues already have a lead but then phantom Rider comes in and mocks them. The Phantom Rider grabs Omochao and talks to the audience saying how he is the fastest and no one can beat him then he catches up to Jet which he claims he has never met him before but Storm tells Jet to wait for him and Wave. Soon the Phantom Rider blast through other racers causing them to fall off until Tangle manages to catch them underneath the track beside her is Lanolin, Duo and Whisper who hear Nite telling the audience how much of a powerhouse Phantom Rider is. Lanolin then ask Duo to call for back up saying how the Phantom Rider is going down, back at the race Jet is neck and neck with Phantom Rider this shocks Nite to his surprise saying how this is unbelievable then once Jet catch up to him he smokes him causing Jet to go blind for a while. the Clean Sweepstakes Security catch's up to him and Lanolin tells him to land with Nite commentating on his reign of terror being order. Lanolin uses her Golden Bell to stop him but that caused the glass to break making riders fall off the track, The Phantom rider along with two of the security guards fall while Tangle uses her tail to save the riders with the Phantom Rider also helping rescue the people soon after he would leave until Surge hits him with her Extreme Gear. Kit tries to tell Surge to stand down, but she continues by first introducing herself to hi and complimenting his moves during the race saying how he looks a guy who can appreciate a good thrashing. Surge punches him in the face causing a portion of Sonic's face to be revealed then the Phantom Rider kicks her away and escape At the Babylon rouges managed to get the top 3 Jet looking frustrated Wave reminds him that he finished first, Jet the points out how it is not so bad then Wave realizes that they aren't cheering for them but instead cheering for Surge and Kit stopping the Phantom Rider this infuriates Jet as he sees her as new competition.[9]
Outside, the Babylon Rogues overlook the burning shuttle as it descends toward Central City, with Storm and Wave commenting on the direness of the situation. After a moment of thought, Jet orders his team to follow him, having come up with a better idea than following Sonic to the shuttle. Nearby, Duo reconvenes with the rest of the Diamond Cutters, apologizing for his brief absence. Lanolin tells him to stay close, as this is no time to wander off. Just then, Clutch calls Duo via the walkie-talkie hidden in his scarf, alerting the others as he is addressed by his real name and ordered to come provide backup on the main deck. He awkwardly attempts to dismiss it as a "wrong number", but both Tangle and Whisper yell at him and give chase. With his identity exposed, Mimic returns to his original form, throwing his walkie-talkie at Whisper as he attempts to flee the scene. Lanolin, however, remains behind, staring in disbelief at what has unfolded.
Tails' group arrives at the main bridge, from which all of the Clean Sweep guards have fled. Despite Amy suggesting that they leave as well, Tails attempts to hack into the shuttle's system, only for the hardware to melt in front of him. Before the shuttle can get any closer to the city, it is suddenly pulled upwards by numerous hover cars using tethers to connect to the shuttle while the Babylon Rogues guide them, much to Amy's shock and Nite's delight. Belle is skeptical as to whether this will work, but Tails states that it is their only option now. Sonic suddenly crashes into the shuttle's glass window and tells the others to get onto the deck. Using her hammer, Amy shatters the window and gleefully hugs Sonic, who inadvertently surprises the Chaotix when he mentions Eggman's involvement. Jet boasts to Sonic about his team's efforts as they continue to pull the shuttle away from the city. A local news anchor is reporting on the situation, explaining that they have been unable to get in contact with the ship due to it possibly being abandoned or sabotaged, but the cameraman stops filming and decides they need to leave. Jewel decides that instead of stopping the ship, they will have to change its course to the Emeraldville Ruins, where Restoration HQ is. Sonic informs the Babylon Rogues of the change in plans, and Jet begrudgingly cooperates after being reminded by Wave that they do not have time to argue. Amy asks Jewel if Restoration HQ is empty, to which the beetle tearfully responds that it would be a better crash site than the city.[10]
Trivia[]
In the Japanese version of Shadow the Hedgehog, Black Doom deliberately fired the Eclipse Cannon at Central City because he wanted to kill the President, whom he called the "planet's leader". However, in the English version, he merely stated that he would eradicate all the planet's leaders who would defy him.
Central City is also the name of the city that is the home of the Flash, a similar speedster from the DC Comics.
