Time Stop Switch
Purpose
Stop the flow of time
The Time Stop Switch is a gimmick that appears in Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle . As their name implies, they stop time. They are found exclusively in Cannon's Core .
Description
The Time Stop Switch in gameplay.
The Time Stop Switch comprises of two units: a pedestal and a half-cut ball. The pedestal is black, decagon-shaped and is decorated with markings with a cream-colored border around it. The center is raised slightly to form a round hole from above and there are also six holes on the surface each emitting yellow light. This hole is surrounded by a lavender border. The ball is decorated with markings similar to the pedestal's and has two small rings orbiting around it.
Overview
When used, the Time Stop Switch stops the flow of time, freezing enemies, obstacles, the background and the elapsed time in a Stage , though it cannot freeze doors and some trap platforms. However, each Time Stop Switch lasts only for a specified period before time returns to normal. To use it in gameplay, the player must simply touch the orb or shoot it. The Time Stop Switch will then beep and light up intermittently until its effects end.
Trivia
Shadow is the only playable character in Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle who does not use the Time Stop Switch.
There is a glitch where by performing certain actions with certain characters while using the Time Stop Switches, it is possible to stop the flow of time indefinitely.
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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