When their powers combine… no, you don't get some green freak in crinkle-wrap pajamas, you get a Team Attack that wipes out everything onscreen and has other beneficial effects (depending on the team). Your Fly character (naturally) lets your team go airborne, and brings down airborne enemies themselves with the power of thunder. You Power character lets you smash enemies with the power of fire. Switching between the characters in your team is essential to your success your Speed character allows you to blast across stage terrain in record time and unleash wind attacks. Team Rose (Amy Rose/Cream/Big) is the annoy-erm, easy mode, and Team Chaotix (Espio/Charmy/Vector) is the oddball mission-based mode, where completing objectives completes stages. Team Dark (Shadow/Rouge/E-123 Omega) is the hard mode. You've got Team Sonic (Sonic/Tails/Knuckles), which gives you the balanced, normal-mode game. Heroes's biggest addition is the team play feature, which allows you to play as three characters 'at once', spread across four playable teams. However, it's got some fundamental issues, which keep it from being perfect. This latest installment of the Sonic the Hedgehog series aims to be everything to everybody, and when it works, it's one of the greatest gaming experiences in the world. That last sentence is a very important fact because by keeping it in mind, it is much easier to enjoy the game. Please note, however, that 'quintessential' is not synonymous with 'perfect'. Sonic Heroes is the quintessential Sonic game, with even more new things thrown in to add to the fun.

It brings back both heroes and villains of old, and puts all of this into one nice, neat analog-controlled package. Missions return as well, though not nearly as annoying as before. It continues, storywise, where Sonic Adventure 2 left off, and even contains the same style of graphics and music. It marks the return of the Special Stages which the Sonic Adventure line had cast aside speedy, eye-blistering challenges which allow you to race for the Chaos Emeralds and extra lives. It maintains a feeling of blinding speed combined with the appeal of platforming-the same things that made the 16-bit versions memorable. It is a melding of all significant elements of Sonic games, past and recent. Buy 'SONIC HEROES': Xbox | GameCube| PlayStation 2

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