Sonic Heroes X

Sonic Heroes 2 (Tentative Title)
Switch PS4 Xbox One Boxart of the game
Developer(s)	SEGA
Platform(s)	Nintendo DSGo Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Xbox One
Genre(s)	Platform
Series	Sonic the Hedgehog
Engine	Unreal Engine 4
Predecessor	Sonic Forces
Successor	N/A
Release Date(s)	N/A
Mode(s)	Single Player, Multiplayer
Age Rating(s)
Media Included	Nintendo Switch Cartridge, Optical Disk

Sonic Heroes X is the sequel to the 2004 video game Sonic Heroes. It is developed by and published SEGA for the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo DSGo, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 in 2021. The game was rated E+10 and +12 in PEGI due to Animated Blood, Comic Mischief and Mild Cartoon Violence.

Gameplay

Sonic Heroes X, as stated, retains most of the mechanics featured in the prequel, being the most notable that the player controls a team of 3 characters, with one of them being the controllable leader, and the other two following it, though the player can switch onto a character as the leader.

Each character has an unique ability, which consists of Speed, in where the character is really fast and can move easy throughout the stage, as well as trying to reach an item or competing on a race. The Flight ability, as noted, lets the character fly and reach high platforms or pass through cliffs, though they have a gauge that indicates how much longer the character can stand flying, and finally the Power ability, which lets the character destroy enemies, as well as some obstacles, indicating that it's a game that functions with the collaboration of other characters to advance on.

To see what ability does a character have, there's a small interface that contours a mugshot of a character, if the interface is blue, it means the character has the Speed attribute, if it's silver colored means that it has the Flight attribute and if it's a dark red, it means that the character has the Power attribute.

Power cores are some small transparent orbs that can be either blue, silver or red, but still visible. When a character collects a Power core of said color, said character will level up. Each character can only have a maximum of 3 Power Cores throughout the stage, and they can be viewed on the interface of the character's mugshot. When a character levels up, the attributes will increase, being better and stronger. Reaching to a checkpoint will also grant a Power core to the current controlling leader. The power Core also won't deplete like its predecesor, instead it will still maintain the levels.

The Team Blast is another returning feature in where a meter is seen at the top right of the screen, that can only be filled by either destroying enemies or picking up Rings. Being a really powerful attack that combines the strength of the 3 characters and creates a havoc that destroys all the enemies and obstacles on screen.

Unlike the previous game, all the playable teams no longer share the same levels, with some having different ones, as well as each level having fourth stages instead of the three.

As some extra modes that can be obtained by progressing on the game or by unlocking methods are the Chao Garden and the Fun Pack Mode, both of which will be explained later.

Teams

There are twelve teams that can be played, though only ten of them are playable in the main story; one is optional, and one is unlockable and has no relevance on the story at all. Each team has three playable characters, with each of them having the aforementioned individual skills, Speed, Flight and Power. As stated, unlike the prequel, each team now not only follows a different story, but also different levels that can be played with. Said so, every team is specialized on a certain type of levels, instead of just reaching to the goal, much like in Sonic Adventure.

Not only that, it should also be noted that each character has an unique gimmick that lets it differentiate from others that have the same type, such as Espio's capacity of turning invisible, or Rouge's impressive stealthing and infiltration skills. 

The Flight formation was also revamped; if the character runs for a short time, they will start to rise into the air, making it easier to reach certain platforms. The other two team members will still

It also should be noted that each characters have different stats, meaning that even being a Power type, it can't do things others can, like Blaze, who cannot lift heavy objects, but Omega can. The stats are spread on Speed, Flight, Strength, stamina and Jump, though only both Flight and Power characters share the Stamina stat, meaning that how much can a character endure flying or carrying heavy items and as well how long does it take to destroy enemies.

Team Hero

Team Hero is the starring team of the title, most of their levels are involved on speed runs, sometimes time trials or reaching the goal before it times up, having some medium to hard difficulty, and their levels last longer than the other teams.

Their Team Blast is the same, known as Sonic Overdrive, when used, Knuckles grabs Tails and that grabs Sonic by the feet, and starts spinning around, then Tails launches Sonic away, bouncing around the area, destroying enemies. After performed, Sonic can use the Light Speed Attack, with Tails and Knuckles doing the same.

As expected, Sonic leads the team.

Character	Description	Formation	Stats
Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic is the main protagonist of his homonym series, being playable in almost all of the games. Sonic runs with a very diabolical speed, even breaking the sound barrier. Sonic may sound a bit cocky but he has also a strong sense of justice and braveness, and never holds back.	Formation: Speed Sonic is the fastest character of the game, only tied with Shadow and Metal Sonic. His gimmicks rely on the mentioned Light Speed Attack, as well as the ability to create small tornadoes, which help him roll and climb poles easier. Sonic has also the Wall Jump, but only can execute it if the walls are narrow enough. If Sonic loses his teammates, he can still perform the Homing Attack, but can only kick around. If there's a trail of Rings aligned, Sonic can use the Light Speed Dash skill, which not only grabs the Rings, it's also useful to reach new areas.	Speed: 10/10 Jump: 6/10 Strength: 4/10
Miles "Tails" Prower	Tails is Sonic's best friend and sidekick, who is known for his two tails, hence his nickname, and having the impressive ability of flying with them, rotating them as if they were helicopter rotors. Tails has an astounding IQ, which could explain why is he so intelligent, being able to even fix an airplane engine despite having a very young age!	Formation: Flight Tails is shown to have a very durable flying capacity, as well as being the character that can fly higher than the others, which it's rumored due to Sonic and Knuckles' low weight. While flying, Tails can use the Thunder Shoot technique which consists of covering his teammates in electricity and launching them, making it easier to destroy flying enemies. When Tails is not flying, he can still use the Thunder Shoot technique, but if he loses his teammates, his only way to attack is spinning his tails around or launching fake rings that form a parabolic orb of electricity when an enemy gets near to them.	Speed: 6/10 Jump: 9/10 Flight: 10/10 Stamina: 8/10 Strength: 2/10
Knuckles the Echidna	Knuckles is another close friend of Sonic, though it's a bit of knucklehead, falling in pranks and betrays easily, which sometimes even made him turn against the blue blur. Despite that, Knuckles is a very loyal friend to the blue hedgehog, but is shown to have a rivalry with him and never misses the chance of having a duel. Knuckles shows a superhuman strength, being able to break and carry boulders thrice his size, as well as having an astronomical strength.	Formation: Power Knuckles fights different to the other Power characters. He's the second weakest character that has this formation, but that doesn't mean he is not strong. Knuckles grabs his mates when they are curled into a ball, using them to fight around. If Knuckles collects more Power cores, the attacks will be more lethal, making him capable to do the Fire Dunk technique, which consists of releasing magma balls after punching the floor. Knuckles can also use the Triangle Dive technique, which groups his mates, each holding the other's hands and floating away, as well as following the currents of air.	Speed: 5/10 Jump: 5/10 Strength: 8/10 Stamina: 8/10

Team Dark

Team Dark works as an opposite parallel of Team Sonic; they even share most of the techniques and skills. The levels consist of mostly nuking enemies, though some missions consist of reaching the goal in a certain period of time. Team Dark's levels are hard and need a good concentration as well as a good handling of the game.

Team Dark's Team Blast is the same, Chaos Inferno. It consists of Shadow extracting the energy of a Chaos Emerald, while Rouge leans on Omega's head, and this one spins and rotates its body, shooting lasers, and destroying the enemies on screen. After the performance, Shadow goes really berserk, making him go faster, as well as stronger, so it needs a good use of his acrobatics to slow down. Another effect lets everything freeze in a short period of time until the gauge of the Team Blast resets.

Rouge currently leads the team.

Character	Description	Formation	Stats
Shadow the Hedgehog	Shadow is the arch-rival of Sonic, being created as "The Ultimate Lifeform" by Gerald Eggman. He's really cold and defiant, but is also adamant and has a strong sense of achievement and completing his purposes. Not much is known about Shadow's past other than being a form of artificial life, and having a strong bond for Maria Eggman. Shadow is a lone wolf and rather prefers doing all the work alone, but sometimes he can agree to help out Sonic and his allies.	Formation: Speed Shadow is a s fast as Sonic is, sharing some of his abilities such as the Homing attack, the tornadoes, the Light Speed Dash and the wall jumping. Shadow has a very good sense of acrobatics, making it easier to avoid attacks though it's a bit hard to control and needs practice to get used. After activating the Team Blast, Shadow goes really berserk, running fast, even faster than Sonic, as well as being able to carry heavy items that normally Omega would do it.	Speed: 10/10 (11 in berserk) Jump: 5/10 Strength: 5/10 (8 in berserk)
Rouge the Bat	Rouge is a crafty treasure and bounty hunter, as well as a thief with extremely good stealthing and infiltration skills. Rouge is depicted as a sassy, flirty and ambicious bat, that's always determined to get those items she proposes to, which are usually her favorite things, jewels. However, despite her being a thief, she's also a good spy that works for the G.U.N. federation, and as well as being associated with the President. Rouge is also a master in kickboxing, leaving strong kicks. It's rumored that Rouge is Shadow's only friend.	Formation: Flight Rouge is the flier that has the most stamina, only sharing it with Silver, meaning that her gauge will deplete slowly unlike the others. She also shares the Thunder Shoot ability, but in ground, Rouge can also fling fake jewels which then make a small explosion. Rouge can also make horrid shrieks, which let disorientate enemies, as well as using kickboxing techniques. When Rouge loses her friends, she can only rely on her explosive jewels and kickboxing techniques, as well as the shrieks. Rouge is, as mentioned before, a very good stealer, that can easily infiltrate on places and guide her team to avoid being caught by enemies.	Speed: 5/10 Jump: 9/10 Flight: 8/10 Stamina: 10/10 Strength: 3/10
E-123 Omega Ω	E-123 Ω, or simply Omega, is rumored to be the last robot of the E-series, the same that Alpha, Beta and Gamma once used to belong in. Omega was built by eggman, but then got deactivated after seeing on how defections and worthless he was. After Rouge accidentally reactivates him, he now seeks for revenge against eggman. Due to the bat's persuasions, the robot's revenge desires have been slightly reduced, though still hates eggman to the day.	Formation: Power Omega is by far the strongest Power character that can even nuke enemies with only one hit. In a similar way to Knuckles, Omega grabs a curled Shadow and Rouge, but instead of punching and destroying enemies, he fires them up against the enemies. After earning some Power Cores, Omega can start shooting bullets, rockets and lasers out of his cannons. Omega no longer has the Triangle Dive technique, but can fly, maintaining the altitude and hovering in for wind currents.	Speed: 2/10 Jump: 3/10 Strength: 10/10 Stamina: 10/10

Team Rose

Team Rose is a cheerful team that gets their own gimmicks. Once again, they start an adventure to rescue many people who were captured by an unknown villain, so most of Team Rose's missions is to beat enemies and rescue Animal Friends or Chao. Some missions consist of collecting a determined amount of Rings as well. Team Rose's missions are quite easy for new players and beginners.

Team Rose's Team Blast is Blossom Festival, in where Big twirls his parasol, with Amy and Cream doing some pirouettes, and balancing on the parasol, while Cheese goes around attacking the enemies, and energy in the shape of flowers is spawn away, damaging enemies. After the performance, each member of the team is granted with invincibility along with a shield.

Amy is the leader of the team.

Character	Description	Formation	Stats
Amy Rose	Amy is the self proclaimed girlfriend of Sonic, who ironically tends to run away from her, however she doesn't lose hope and still thinks Sonic loves her. Amy is shown to be a cheerful girl, that's constantly tuned with the trending and fashion things, however she's also stubborn and quick tempered, as well as being somewhat obsessive. Despite these flaws, Amy has a strong and huge heart, and cares for others, like assisting Cream and Big to find Chocolo or Froggy, or teaching Gamma about what's being loved like. Amy has shown to have a mysterious manipulation of a hammer named Piko Piko Hemmer, in where it's unknowingly stated if she has tons of these or the hammer returns to her.	Formation: Speed Amy is the slowest character that has the Speed alignment, she can run quite fast but not at Sonic's speed. Amy can be shown to manipulate the use of her Piko Piko Hammer, which can be used for smacking enemies, as well as hovering and rotating in the air for a bit. Amy, despite being the slowest, can jump really high. Amy can also use tarot cards which can stun enemies, and make it easier to beat them. If Amy loses Cream and Big, she can only rely on said hammer and cards as her ways to attack.	Speed: 7/10 Jump: 9/10 Strength: 5/10
Cream the Rabbit	Cream is a cute, polite and gentle girl that has been strictly educated by her loving mother Vanilla, and always goes accompanied by her loyal pet and friend Cheese the Chao. Cream shares some similarities with Tails, being Amy's best friend and sidekick, as well as having the unusual ability to fly, flapping her ears as if they were wings. Cream is very pacifistic and grateful and hates violence, but doesn't hinder back or hesitate to put her two cents in if they need her help or if the world is in danger.	Formation: Flight Cream has a pretty average stamina and flight altitude, much like others. Cream no longer has the Thunder Shoot technique, but now instead uses a technique named Blossom Bounce, in where she flings her friends as if they were volleyballs, or if she's in the air, she pushes them away. The balls go in a very undefined pattern, bouncing around, and when they touch an enemy, it explodes leaving a trail of flowers. Due to Cream's pacific nature, she does not like attacking, so she has to use Cheese for said commands, though her moves have some kind of lag. If Cream loses her teammates, she'll be obliged to use cheese, release some mysterious balls of energy or stomping on the enemies.	Speed: 6/10 Jump: 9/10 Flight: 8/10 Stamina: 7/10 Strength: 3/10
Big the Cat	Big is a lazy and dim-witted cat, who has a very primitive nature, as he lives in the deep parts of a jungle, only sustaining himself of fishing in a river. Big's best friend is a frog, namely Froggy, which it's curious and tends to explore many areas, going too far away and putting it's life or even Big's life in danger. Big also seems to show a superhuman strength, and despite his ninny and primitive nature, he surprisingly seems to be able to pilot an airplane and arrive to his home safe and sound.	Formation: Power Big is the strongest Power character, only being hindered by Omega, and thus leaving him on the same stat as Vector and Storm. Big puts Amy and Cream on his shoulders in where he carries them with no problem, and hits them away with his umbrella to attack enemies. Once the fat purple cat got enough Power Cores, he can employ the use of his fishing rod, only with a lifesaver or even a minesweeper attached to his rod instead of a hook. Big also can carry heavy objects to progress on the level, as well as launching them against enemies. Big can also open his umbrella, while Amy and Cream grab his belt, the umbrella lets Big hover in the air and float in the strong currents of air.	Speed: 3/10 Jump: 3/10 Strength: 9/10 Stamina: 10/10

Team Chaotix

Team Chaoatix is one of the returning teams, in where it's a group of detectives solving mysterious cases or rescuing people or animals in peril. Despite they might look hilarious, they are very skilled and take their labor seriously. Team Chaotix's mission type are the same in the first one, in which it's required to do a serial of tasks to clear the stage.

Team Chaotix's Team Blast is the same, Chaotix's Recital, in where Espio starts playing his banjo, and Charmy disastrously plays with his drums, while Vector sings loudly with the microphone. For each enemy nuked, Team Chaotix will receive a random amount of Rings.

Vector leads the Team Chaotix.

Character	Description	Formation	Stats
Espio the Chameleon	Espio is a skilled ninja chameleon, that, as guessed, can camouflage in the environment by turning invisible. Espio is silent, calm, and as well as intelligent, being a detective member of the Chaotix Agency after all. Not much of his past is known, but he's sure an impecable mercenary warrior.	Formation: Speed Espio has average speed at best, while not as quick as Sonic, it's the most agile Speed character, being hindered by the blue hedgehog, along with Shadow and Metal Sonic, and being tied with Jet. Espio can perform the Wall Jump as well, but has an unique ability to create a tornado and turn invisible, meaning that enemies cannot sense his movements. The player will know Espio is invisible when he appears as transparent on screen. Espio can also use a katana to slash and attack, as well as throwing some Shuriken stars.	Speed: 8/10 Jump: 6/10 Strength: 5/10
Charmy the Bee	Charmy is an impolite, rascal and annoying child, but also very cheerful. He's extremely hyperactive, meaning that he can't stand being quiet, but despite that and his young age, he's the co-founder of the Chaotix Detective agency, along with Espio, and is a invaluable member. Charmy sees Vector as a possible fatherly figure, and the purple chameleon as his older brother.	Formation: Flight Charmy has the same flight stats as Rouge, Wave and Cream, but his stamina is slightly lower than the others. Charmy retains the Thunder Shoot skill, but he can also launch spinning mechanical flowers as if they were rotors. Speaking of which, Charmy has the ability of pollinating Warp Flowers, which teleport the team to another part of the level. When his teammates are gone, Charmy can only rely on his powerful sting, and his flowers. Charmy can also create small whirlwinds and use them as temporal additional platforms.	Speed: 6/10 Jump: 10/10 Flight: 8/10 Stamina: 6/10 Strength: 2/10
Vector the Crocodile	Vector is a covetous and greedy crocodile, being the oldest Sonic character with a confirmed age. Despite his ambitions for money, Vector is an exceptional detective that does formidable jobs, and while sometimes if the clients don't pay him, he'll be disappointed, but will be also happy for completing the mission. Vector is the confirmed founder of his Detective agency along with Espio and the hyperactive bee Charmy. Due to them, Vector often gets stuck in misadventures, but regardless, he still loves his friends and his job. Vector also seems to be an audiokinetic, due to the fact that he can use the sound to attack enemies.	Formation: Power Vector is tied with Big, Storm, and Zavok, having the same strength as them. Vector's principal attack is his maw, in where he can bite and chew enemies, but also carry his friends in the mouth and spit them. If Vector is I nether air, he'll do a strong belly flop, much like Big, and has the technique of chewing and inflating a gum ball to slowly ascend. When Vector is fully leveled up, he can spit fire out of his mouth as if he was a dragon, explosive gum balls or having a good use of his audio kinesis, shooting energy out of his mouth in the shape of sound. Vector also does use of his punches and strength, like every other Power character.	Speed: 4/10 Jump: 5/10 Strength: 9/10 Stamina: 10/10

Team Sol

Team Sol is a new team introduced in Sonic Heroes X. Here, most of its levels consist on reaching the goal, but there are some kind of puzzles that act as obstacles and need to be cleared, with the collaborative help of each member. The levels tend to have a medium difficulty, as they are short, but the puzzles need some logic to clear them.

Team Sol's Team Blast is Scalding Kinesis, in where Marine and Blaze combine their hydro and pyrokinesis, to make balls of scalding water, or vaporizing fire. Silver then with his psychokinesis helps burst the balls around the enemies, as well as making a tornado combined with fire and water. After the performance, the team is granted to have maximum level for each leader, as well as raising the stats of each for a short period of time.

It's currently debating on whether is Blaze or Marine leading the team due to Marine having experience as the captain, and Blaze having a good control of her team.

Character	Description	Formation	Stats
Marine the Raccoon	Marine is the alternate version of Tails, who presumably resides on an island in the Sol Dimension. Similar to her counterpart, Marine is very skilled at repairing submarines, instead of airplanes. Marine has also a good sense of leadership, where her adventures with Sonic, Tails and Blaze helped her mature and grow up, but she's still immature and hyperactive, with a deep love of adventures. Being prone to her name, it was finally discovered that like most residents of the Sol Dimension, Marine indeed posesses a special kinesis, the Hydrokinesis, meaning she can control water to her own.	Formation: Speed Marine is the slowest Speed character after Amy but still can run like an arrow. Surprisingly, Marine also seems to have dominated the Light Speed Dash technique much like Sonic and Shadow. Marine can also create whirlpools that help her team climb poles easier, as well as using her ability to spew water balls at enemies and destroying them. Marine can also attack spinning with her tail, and using a boomerang, which references to her pigtails. The raccoon also seems to be capable of fluttering in the air and slowly descending for a bit.	Speed: 7/10 Jump: 8/10 Strength: 3/10
Silver the Hedgehog	Silver is a hedgehog that came straight from 200 years on the future to help prevent disasters happening in the present. He has a pretty naive nature, and is kindhearted, but also justices and optimistic. Silver has a special kinesis, the Psychokinesis, meaning that he can levitate, teleport and control objects to his whim, all due to the power of his mind. Despite him coming from the future, he has had a good appreciation to his friends so from now and on, Silver travels between the future and the present to hang around.	Formation: Flight Silver doesn't actually fly, he levitates, and helps his teammates to levitate as well, meaning that Silver is the best flight character so far, due to having a very high stamina and being capable of flying higher than the others. The silver hedgehog can also use his mates to launch them against enemies. On ground, Silver is also pretty agile and acrobatic as well, and along employing his kinesis to control objects and enemies. Despite this, if he loses his friends, he'll trouble against fighting enemies, due to his movement being kind of laggy and that he cannot control bosses, and has a poor style of combat, relying on kicks and punches.	Speed: 6/10 Jump: 9/10 Flight: 10/10 Stamina: 10/10 Strength: 2/10
Blaze the Cat	Blaze is the rumored princess of the Sol Dimension and as well the guardian of the Sol Emeralds, being the alternate character of Sonic. Prone to her name, Blaze is a pyrokinetic, meaning that she can control fire as she wishes to. Blaze is a calm and serious character, as well as righteous and having a huge discipline. However she's really antisocial and shy, meaning that she doesn't get friends easily, though that has quite changed, after being taught by Cream, Amy, Sonic and Marine the true meaning of the friendship. Like Silver and Marine, Blaze now travels between her dimension and Sonic's to hang around with her friends.	Formation: Power Statistically, Blaze is the weakest character that is Power type, meaning that she's not able to do the things Omega can, such as lifting heavy things and breaking them. However, Blaze is also pretty agile, being the fastest of her type, and thus it's easy to react and attack against enemies with her pyrokinetic abilities, in where she releases her friends curled and engulfed in flames. Blaze doesn't really attack with physical moves, though if she does, it's usually punches and kicks done in a very elegant and femenine way. She can also engulf her hands in flames and use them to punch around. Blaze doesn't hover in the air unlike most Power types, so she needs the aid of Silver and Marine, to create a bubble of water and using the telekinesis to move around. Blaze's heat also helps the bubble levitate better. This technique is called Bubble Lift.	Speed: 7/10 Jump: 7/10 Strength: 7/10 Stamina: 5/10

Team Babylon

Team Babylon is one of the eight new teams introduced. Being treasure thieves and rogues that have existed since many years, most of their missions are usually finding hidden treasures, similar to Knuckles and Rouge's gameplay in Sonic Adventure. Other missions, however consist of picking up a certain amount of Rings or racing against another team.

Team Babylon's Team Blast is Babylon Extreme Gear, in where each member rides on their Extreme Gear, colliding and running over enemies. After the performance, each member still stays on their Extreme Gear and ride around the level until the gauge empties, in where they get down their Gear.

Jet is the leader of the team.

Character	Description	Formation	Stats
Jet the Hawk	Jet is the leader of the Team Babylon, and being nicknamed and acclaimed as the "Legendary Wind Master", due to his mastery of riding the Extreme Gear. Jet is very rude, arrogant and prideful, as well a sbeing greedy and looking out for treasures and fortune. Jet has also a rivalry with Sonic for losing against him and making his reputation fall in a race of Extreme Gears. Jet also self-proclams himself as the fastest thing in the universe as well.	Formation: Speed Jet slightly reaches Sonic as the fastest Speed type, being faster than Espio as well. He can use his Extreme Gear to spin and make tornadoes. Jet has also powerful kicks that can severely damage enemies and obstacles as well. He can also blow gusts away as well as being acrobatic and easily avoiding attacks, as well as riding the Extreme Gear, only after the Team Blast performance.	Speed: 9/10 Jump: 7/10 Strength: 4/10
Wave the Swallow	Wave is pretty intelligent and a genius like Tails, however, like her team, she's also vain, self-centered and full of herself, who intolerants people what low intelligence according to her. Wave is a mechanic, she can repair Extreme Gears very well, as well as inventing machines. Like her teammates, Wave has also a greedy personality with a deep love for treasures and jewelry, and due to this Wave shows a deep rivalry not only with Tails, but also Rouge.	Formation: Flight Ironically, despite her being a bird, she cannot fly naturally, meaning that she has to use a backpack that contains a helicopter rotor, which helps her fly in the air and have a huge stamina, however she can't fly higher due to the weight of hers an dyer friends. Wave uses the Gust Throw technique, in where she uses a flurry of wind and launch her friends, spinning like a tornado and lifting enemies, then making them fall. She's also a master of kickboxing, and as well as use the inventions in her backpack, like the rotor or some mechanical arms. Wave can also launch bombs as well.	Speed: 4/10 Jump: 9/10 Flight: 8/10 Stamina: 10/10 Strength: 4/10
Storm the Albatross	Storm is the muscle of the team, defending his members to the ones who possess a threat to them. However, stereotypically he has a low brain and thus is dim-witted which is often poked fun by Wave and Jet. However, he's a very loyal friend and a right hand to the green hawk, despite his huge clumsiness and short temper, as well as somewhat childish and peppy.	Formation: Power Storm has a strength that's tied to Big and Vector, using his fists to break and destroy obstacles easily. Similar to Big, Storm carries Wave in his arms and Jet in his shoulder, then curls and launches them against enemies. Storm can also use his Extreme Gear to ride and crash onto them, as well as clapping strongly his arms to create gusts of wind. Wave has inserted a device that lets his Extreme Gear hover and maintain in the air easily, which is helpful to pass through wind currents.	Speed: 3/10 Jump: 5/10 Strength: 9/10 Stamina: 10/10

Team Ancient

Though it's a team that doesn't have a name, it's labeled as Team Ancient in the team selection, as it suggests comes from the ancient eras. Most of its missions consist on finding Master Emerald shards, similar to Knuckles and Rouge's missions in Sonic Adventure, however the missions also consist on speed runs and time trials. The levels have medium difficulty.

Team Ancient's Team Blast is Tikal's Prayer, in where Tikal chants a pray that citates as "The servers are the 7 Chaos. Chaos is power... Power enriched by the heart. The controller is the one that unifies the Chaos." After this, a dim-light green emerald colored energy, that surrounds both Chaos and Emerl, and they release an explosive Blast that destroys all the enemies.

There's no official leader, but Tikal takes a good control of her team.

Character	Description	Formation	Stats
Tikal the Echidna	Tikal is a 4,000 year old living being, who has turned into a spirit, due to the fact that her father Pachacamac started a war to conquer the power of the Chaos Emeralds. During this time Tikal befriended the Chao and Chaos. After Chaos had gone in a rampage due to Pachacamac's intentions of stealing the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald, Tikal sealed herself along with the aquatic being inside the Master Emerald, for over 4,000 years. However, she was awoken up and released again, to protect the Emeralds and the world. She also assisted Sonic and his friends by giving tips to beat Eggman. After Tikal and Chaos' missions end, they now finally depart to the beyond, living in peace.	Formation: Speed Tikal's an unique speed character that seems to mix all the 3 formations, due to her balanced stats. Being an echidna, Tikal has some noticeable strength, taking out enemies in one hit that other Speed characters would normally do in a few hits. Tikal has the same speed stat as Espio, and she can use the Light Speed Dash skill. Tikal has the ability to turn into her spirit form and rise in the air for a short period of time.	Speed: 8/10 Jump: 8/10 Strength: 5/10
Emerl the Gizoid	Emerl is a creature named Gizoid, which it's an android that was created by the Nocturnus Clan. Emerl however, is the most powerful gizoid, and about 4,000 years later, Gerald Robotnik found him and tried to nullify his power but failed, then was labeled as a super weapon. Emerl is also capable to understand language and speech, and has the capacity of absorbing Chaos Emeralds, as well as the ability to learn and copy many techniques. After some events Emerl was destroyed and disappeared in a flash of light. However it was supposed that Emerl reappeared back in Tikal's time in where he reactivated and regained some of his old memories, though they were still scarred, so Tikal agrees to help him out.	Formation: Flight Emerl seems to have gained a boost that makes him jet and hover in the air. Due to the events in Sonic Battle, Emerl has pretty balanced stats, having a good speed and strength at the same time. Emerl retains the Thunder Shoot technique but can also release shrieks and explosive jewels, as well as sending to fight mysterious energy balls, as well as spinning around, abilities where he seemed to copy Tails, Rouge and Cream's.	Speed: 6/10 Jump: 6/10 Flight: 9/10 Stamina: 9/10 Strength: 6/10
Chaos	Chaos once used to be a normal Chao but due to being prolonged to the energy in the Master Emerald, it caused him to mutate and turn into Chaos. He then took benefit of his form to keep clean the altar, bringing pure water and being the guardian of the Chao and the Master Emerald. Chaos has also briefly befriended Tikal seeing on how she was pure and gentle. As mentioned, due to Pachacamac's greed, Chaos went on rampage by absorbing the 7 Master Emeralds and turning into Perfect Chaos, killing most of the Echidna Clan. Tikal then sacrificed her body and along with Chaos, sealed themselves in the Master Emerald for over 4,000 years, only to be awaken by Eggman for conqueror purposes. After being defeated by Sonic, Chaos went with Tikal to live in peace, but he has returned to stop Zmey's scheme.	Formation: Power Chaos is a strong character, reaching to the same level as Big, Vector and Storm. He attacks in a similar way as Knuckles and Blaze, by grabbing Tkal and Emerl and punching around with them. Chaos can also sink them in water spheres and release the magainst enemies, he can also melt in water, leaving him invisible to enemies. Chaos himself can turn into a bubble with Tikal and Emerl inside him. He may have the same stat as the other Power characters but he doesn't have a high stamina.	Speed: 4/10 Jump: 6/10 Strength: 9/10 Stamina: 8/10

Team Eggman

After Eggman and Metal Sonic got defeated by Zmey, they now manage to pursuit him and recover the Chaos Emerald Zmey stole to them. Team Eggman is by far the hardest team of the game, having long levels, more enemies and obstacles filled than usual. To compensate this, each member of the team has higher stats than the others. Most of its missions consist of collecting parts, but also destroying robots and enemies, as well as simply reaching the goal.

Team Eggman's Team Blast is Egg Explosion in where Metal Sonic and Mephiles combine their forces and release a blast, along with Eggman's robot, that detonates and explodes, destroying every enemy on screen. They don't get a bonus after the performance however.

As expected, Eggman leads the Team.

Character	Description	Formation	Stats
Metal Sonic	Metal Sonic is the evil robotic version of Sonic, being built by Eggman for the sole purpose of destroying the blue hedgehog. Metal Sonic is Eggman's best and deadliest creation he has ever built, he posesses Sonic's abilities such as being as fast as him or even more. Metal Sonic is like a servant to Eggman, always obeying his orders though sometimes he turned against him. Having a heartless, evil and dark attitude, it's a formidable robot that can be a very tough foe to face against.	Formation: Speed Unsurprisingly, Metal Sonic posesses every ability Sonic has, such as being the fastest character, and using the Wall Triangle Jump and the Blue Tornado though he cannot use the Light Speed Dash. Metal Sonic has a notable strength, easily destroying enemies in a single hit, he can also shoot lasers and guns out of it's tummy, as well a shaving strong kicks and punches.	Speed: 10/10 Jump: 7/10 Strength: 6/10
Mephiles	Mephiles is a menacing lord of darkness and a master of time travel. He is cold and calculating, and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. It's shown that Zmey and Mephiles are actually related, and they were friends, but Zmey once betrayed him due to wanting all the power for him. Mephiles has allied with Eggman to stop Zmey from destroying the world.	Formation: Flight Mephiles is the most powerful Flight character; he can run as fast as Amy and is slightly stronger than Blaze, having a speedy flight. Despite the weight of Eggman's robot, he has poor stamina, meaning he can't endure flying that much. Mephiles uses dark-based Chaos abilities similar to Shadow's, and he can also launch darkness out of his arms against enemies and use combat skills.	Speed: 7/10 Jump: 10/10 Flight: 10/10 Stamina: 7/10 Strength: 8/10
Dr. Eggman	The main antagonist of the series, Eggman is back! Having an impressive IQ of 300, it's not someone to be underestimated, and his deadly creations prove it! However this all is wasted by his ambitions of dominating the entire world. Despite this his mortal enemy, Sonic always spoils his plans of doing so. However despite this he manages to escape from death and thus, this is a never ending process.	Formation: Power Having the same strength as Omega, Eggman is played inside a robot similar to the Eggwalker in Sonic Adventure, however it earned some arms that can pack heavy punches and easily destroy obstacles and enemies. However he has a horrible speed and bad jumping,meaning that he cannot go as fast as he wishes. Eggman can also shoot lasers and missiles too, disposing a huge threat to enemies.	Speed: 2/10 Jump: 2/10 Strength: 10/10 Stamina: 10/10

Team Misfit

Team Misfit is one of the new teams in Sonic Heroes X. Their levels are mostly speed-focused; gameplay is similar to SegaSonic the Hedgehog in that Mighty, Lumina, and Zavok will be required to move as fast as possible to escape (or burrow through) various hazards.

This team's Team Blast is Lucid Dream. Lumina teleports herself, Mighty, Zavok, and all surrounding enemies into a dream world, where she charges Mighty with dream energy; then, Zavok grabs him and launches him in a spiral, destroying the enemies and causing them to sprout Rings.

Mighty is technically the leader because he has more experience in the "real world", but Lumina may be considered the leader because of her greater sense of maturity.

Character	Description	Formation	Stats
Mighty the Armadillo	After the events of Knuckles' Chaotix, Mighty found himself trapped in the mystical dimension of Maginaryworld, where he was held prisoner by Queen Lumina and her army under the suspicion of sneaking in to shatter the Precioustone. He soon grew accustomed to this world and was allowed to leave prison as long as he vowed to defend Illumina unconditionally. However, when a dark enemy breaks the boundaries between Maginaryworld and the real world, Mighty decides it's time to reunite with his old friends back home and help save both worlds.	Formation: Speed Like Sonic and Espio, Mighty can use a Wall Jump. He is one of the only two playable characters who will gain an extra ability when he picks up a Shield, and the only character who can do so in the main story. He is as fast as Espio and can jump as high as Metal Sonic, having the same strength level as Blaze.	Speed: 8/10 Jump: 7/10 Strength: 7/10
Lumina Flowlight	Lumina is the "positive" half of Illumina, the ruler of Maginaryworld. When Zmey shatters the Precioustone to gain more power, Illumina is forced to split into her two halves in order to communicate better with the outside world. Void, the "negative" half, is captured and hypnotized by Zmey, and Lumina must guide her team without his help if she wants to protect Maginaryworld.	Formation: Flight Lumina is the fourth fastest Flight character, behind Mephiles, Tails, and Emerl, but she cannot move as fast on the ground and is not very strong. She can fire beams of dream energy at enemies; it may take a few hits to take them down.	Speed: 5/10 Jump: 8/10 Flight: 9/10 Stamina: 7/10 Strength: 4/10
Zavok	Zavok has recently been questioning his motives, and he is unsure of his moral position in the world at this point. With none of his former teammates willing to help him when Zmey threatens to destroy the Lost Hex, Zavok now wants to be a vigilante and defend his home.	Formation: Power Zavok shares his strength level with Big, Vector, and Storm, but has slightly lower stamina. He also has the highest jump out of all Power characters. Being a Zeti, he has a sort of magnetism manipulation that allows him to move metal objects without physically touching them.	Speed: 3/10 Jump: 10/10 Strength: 9/10 Stamina: 9/10

Team Avatar

Team Avatar is an optional team in the game, and is not required to complete the story. This team consists of three custom characters -- one for each formation. Avatars can be ported from save files for Sonic Forces if available.

Plot

After the events on Sonic Forces and the fall of Eggman's Emporium, in the distant space there's a mysterious entity that craves for more power, and travels from planet to planet, getting the most valuable and powerful object on there.

When the being acknowledges the existence of the 7 Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald in the Mobius Planet he tries to get them as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, Sonic, along with his friends Tails and Knuckles are back to their adventures, in the Sheer Mountain, trying to stop Eggman from making a new emporium and stealing the 7 Chaos Emeralds, until they reach to his base, in where they get astounded after finding a fainted Eggman in the floor along with a rusty Metal Sonic, then the entity reveals himself as Zmey the Dragon, who happened to stole the Indigo Chaos Emerald, in where Eggman obtained it before, saying he'll go search for the Emeralds and then vanishes off. Sonic and his friends then rush away, following Zmey, until he releases a dark blast that sends them flying away.

Later, Sonic's team awakes up, only to find themselves in a peaceful city named Sunrise City. They were found by Amy, along with Cream and Big, who happened to be vacationing there, much to Sonic's dismay. After Amy tried to hug Sonic, Tails and Knuckles explained the situation to Cream and Big, Cream states that it also happened that curiously Shadow and Rouge are also in the city, in where Sonic states that they shouldn't trust them, but they were working for the G.U.N. Society, in where Team Chaotix is also involved too.

Amy then tells Sonic that a hero needs help and cannot do everything by myself, and the more people help out, the merrier, so they agree to help, in where the blue hedgehog rejects her petition and says it's too dangerous to have her be involved in, and the three heroes brush away, much to Amy's anger, so the heroes set and go to stop Zmey.

Team Hero's Story

After Team Hero leaves Team Rose, they reach to the basic path, the Sunshine Beach, only to find that not everything is so calm as there are some Badniks scattered around. Since the beach is a long course, they try to pass it beating the badniks. They try to go underwater, as much as Sonic likes it or not, it's the quickiest path to Icicle Cavern, wwhere Tails deduces Zmey has gone to, thanks to his tracker he had activated before being brushed off by Zmey. They later find the Egg Stingray, a prototype of one of Eggman's robots, and they easily destroy him.

Later they manage to escape from drowning, thanks to Tails' device that lets them breathe, but only endures for 8 minutes, and they arrive in a cold, dark beach with no signs of life around. Tails thinks the Icicle Cavern is near there, so they go round to the Edge Beach. Finally they reach to the Icicle Cavern and they continue on their way, until noticing a pretty shrine placed, with an familiar object: a Chaos Emerald.

Sonic tries to grab it as he considers it might be useful for later so they keep going to search for more Emeralds until they hear a voice echoing in the cavern...

Team Dark's Story

Prior to Team Sonic's chase against Zmey, Shadow and Rouge got an order from G.U.N. to infiltrate and stealth in the Turret Base, a base that G.U.N. does some secret researches inside a Jungle, similar to the Prison Island, and destroy some robots that infiltrated in and were starting to act hostile, being suspected that they belong to Eggman, and go to the south of Sunrise City.

Shadow and Rouge then both remember about Omega, and state he is going to be an useful member for them and they depart to Turret Base. When reaching, they get surprised that there's not a single guard around, but instead robots, not from Eggman, but from the G.U.N. Federation, and they start attacking Team Dark. So they destroy them, and reach to the center of the base, to find a giant Gun Hunter, which had a bomb on it's chest.

After destroying the robot, it detonates, exploding the base, but fortunately Team Dark escaped from the base and reached to the deeper part of the jungle, in where it's called Jade Jungle, which they find some mysterious artifacts and a temple that resemble those ones belonging to the Echidna Clan. Omega senses the presence of a Chaos Emerald inside the temple, and the team goes there to obtain it.

Another robot though it has an ancient appearance, it's the Soaring Serpent who was considered a deity by the Echidna Clan that was the god of the life, knowledge and fertility. The automaton was guarding the Emerald and destroys the intruders. However the team destroys it instead and get the Purple Chaos Emerald.

Near to the end of the jungle they finally reach to Sunrise City, and they get another order from G.U.N. which tells them to leave to the south of the city and go to the Radish Canyon. Inside there they find Amy along with Cream and Big, who were happening to be vacationing there. Cream politely salutes them while Rouge simply mocks and teases Amy. Shadow and Omega act very silent and cold, until the black hedgehog states they are here for a mission and don't want Team Rose to annoy them, where Amy sticks her tongue out to them and expresses a rude gesture.

Team Dark then proceeds to go to the south, where the Radish Canyon is located. After reaching on Clay Land they see it's best to destroy the robots that are attacking and destroying the place, but later they get a notification that it's best to hide from them because they can track down them. After they reach an explanade, they notice Team Rose behind them, and they turn against the other team. Shadow blatantly says they were following them, and they aren't letting Team Rose get in their way, so after a discussion between Amy, Shadow and Rouge a heated battle starts.

After defeating Team Rose

Team Rose's Story

After a relaxing day in the city, Amy happened to be texting with her smartphone in her room, talking to Cream, until she receives a letter with three tickets saying that she won a travel to Sunrise City for 5 days with everything paid, making Amy jump out of joy and starts daydreaming of her with Sonic in a beach, but then she remembers that Sonic is going to stop Eggman, so she decides to invite Cream and Big as well, in where they reclutantly accept. Cream asks her mom for permission and she lets her go.

Amy along with Cream and Big are shown getting down from an airplane and admiring Sunrise City, in where Big is shown accompained with Froggy as well as Cream with Cheese. Team Rose then goes out for a walk but then gets that annoying encounter with Team Dark, where they tease them.

Later, then they find three unconscious characters in the beach, who happened to be Sonic along with Tails and Knuckles. After they recover the conscience, Amy starts to hug and kiss Sonic, in where Cream asks what happened to the mission they had, where Tails explains the situation and the encounter with Zmey, a powerful dragon. Amy and her team suddenly agrees that they should help Team Hero, in where they reject because it's too dangerous for them and they leave away, angering Amy.

After a bit, Cream and Big console Amy, until Froggy suddenly escapes out again, so they explore in the city to find it, only finding instead robots attacking the city and catching animals, using them as an energy. After watching the horrifying scene, Team Rose decides to help protect the city so they take the level on Sunrise City. They keep advancing and then reach to the plaza, only to find a winged robot holding Froggy on its talons, which had the Eggman logo on it, so they start battling against it.

After destroying the Egg Eagle and recovering Froggy, Team Rose is praised by the city due their braveness, until Big notices that a robot captured Froggy again, so they go to the East part of the city. They keep running and reach to the Autumn Wilderness and become amazed due to how beautiful the place is. Later then they notice on how animals are running away scared, so Cream suspects they are on the same situation as the animals from Sunrise City so they keep smacking robots and freeing animals, until they reach to a plain wit ha mysterious dark-blue entity that quickly crawls around.

Cream gets scared and hides behind Big, but Amy acts very defiant and tells the entity to reveal itself. Said so, the entity takes the shape of a sphinx and introduces itself as Cleo. Cleo says she's not letting them spoil Zmey's plans and a battle is engaged. After a tough battle, Cleo is defeated, and the team continues its way to the south-west of the forest. Later, they seem to be leaving the forest and reaching to an arid valley, known as the Clay Land. The team keeps walking until they reach to Pebble Hill and they see three familiar figures: Shadow, Rouge and Omega.

They misinterpret Team Rose's actions and think they were following them and get on their way, when Amy clearly refuses and says it was a coincidence, but Team Dark refuses to listen. Amy, Shadow and Rouge start in a heated discussion, that ends up into a battle against Team Dark.

After beating Team Dark

Team Chaotix's Story

It's a very calm and relaxing day, Vector listens to his favorite music, Espio meditates and Charmy plays a videogame, until the phone rings, Vector asks and it's the G.U.N. ordering for a mission, where he ignores them and keeps slacking off, Espio then starts scolding him, until the G.U.N. highly shouts at them, but then a calm voice is heard, saying that they will get paid very well, making Vector and Charmy's eyes turn into the price sign. Espio then facepalms and sighs away.

The team then rushes off their base and go direct to a bamboo filled place because they noticed the presence of a valuable item, and a strange force in there. TRhey are also ordered to obtain 100 Rings. After going around they find a small column with a green Chaos Emerald standing on it. Vector tries to grab it, but a strange dark force appears and prevents him do it, revealing then as a dark green-colored Cerberus shaped creature. Charmy screeches out of fear and hides behind Vector, crying, while the reptiles confrontate the creature.

Once the creature is defeated, Vector grabs the Chaos Emerald and deduce they should investigate further the origin of that mysterious entity.

Levels

Each level contains either three or four acts, two or three of them consist on clearing the mission and the other consists of beating the boss. As stated, now every Team goes to a different path rather than the same one.

Team Hero

Act 1	Act 2	Act 3	Boss
Sheer Mountain Reach to the Goal! It's a short course in where the player needs to reach to the goal, and basic techniques are performed here, as well as a tutorial.	Rocky Moorland Reach to the Goal! A medium course and it starts as the first official level.	N/A	Egg Palmtree A palmtree shaped-like robot, with an Egg Pawn controlling it and guarding th eentrance to Eggman's base. It will jump around and throw explosive coconuts.
Sunshine Beach Reach to the Goal! A medium course with many loops and corkscrews around, it's rather basic and the player needs to reach to an underwater chamber.	Aquamarine Course Reach to the Goal in less than 8:00:00! Tails has invented a device that lets them stay so long underwater, but only can endure 8 minutes or else they'll drown, so you need to reach the goal before it times up.	N/A	Egg Stingray A flat enemy that swims around and tries to sting its opponent with its electric tail, making them lose air. To beat it, the player needs to hit it's wings and head.

Team Dark

Act 1	Act 2	Act 3	Boss
Urban Jungle Reach to the Base! It's a short level that explains Team Dark's functions and moveset.	Turret Base Infiltrate and destroy the robots and reach to the Goal! As explained, the player needs to destroy 30 robots without being caught and reach to the goal.	Turret Base Escape from the base in less than 3:00:00! After beating the Gun Hunter, the base will explode in 3 minutes so the team needs to get out of there.	Giant Gun Hunter A bigger Gun Hunter that has a bomb on its device. It will run around and shoot Shadow. To beat it the player needs to hit on its head though it has a shield that can cover with. This battle takes place after the Act 2.
Jade Jungle Infiltrate and Reach to the Goal! A medium length level that consists on infiltrating on the jungle and reaching to the goal.	Serpent Temple Destroy the robots around and reach the Goal! The player needs to destroy 30 robots without being caught and reach the goal.	N/A	Soaring Serpent A mechanized serpent-like robot with wings that will try to ram and collide onto Shadow. It can also bite and shoot enegy blasts. To hit it the player needs to destroy its wings with Rouge's Thunder Shoot and hit it on it's body parts. After beating this boss, Team Dark will get the Purple Chaos Emerald
Clay Land Destroy the robots in less than 6:00:00! The robots are attacking around and destroying the place so the team needs to nuke 50 of them.	Radish Canyon Reach the Goal! A maze-like level in where three big boulders are falling down the canyon and the team needs to avoid being flattened by them.	Pebble Hill Infiltrate around and don't let the enemies see you! To prevent them being caught the player needs to infiltrate on the level and reach the goal without being caught.	Team Rose

Team Rose

Act 1	Act 2	Act 3	Boss
Sunrise City Reach to the plaza! The team needs to explore the city and find the plaza. Since the city is so huge, it's a sort of maze-like level.	Sunrise City Plaza Destroy the robots and rescue the people and animals! The player needs to save 20 animals and destroy 15 robots.	N/A	Egg Eagle A winged enemy that will fly high and collide on the floor. It can also shoot beams out of its beak and rotate its wings, as well as trying to grab Amy with its talons.
Autumn Wilderness Destroy the robots and reach to the Goal! The player needs to destroy 25 robots and save 20 animals.	Orange Forest Find 25 animals and reach to the Goal! The team needs to find 25 animals inside robots or scattered around the level and reach to the goal.	N/A	Cleo A sphinx-like creature, presumably made out of energy from Zmey's. She attacks slashing Amy with its claws and firing lasers out of it's eyes. She can also run fast and dodge easily the attacks, so Cream needs to stun her and start hitting on the jewel in her forehead. She has a bizarrely human-like face with red eyes.
Clay Land Reach to the Goal and save 30 animals! As stated, the team needs to salvage 30 animals and reach to the goal.	Radish Canyon Destroy the robots and rescue the animals! The player needs to save 30 animals and destroy 20 robots. It's a maze shaped level though shorter than Team Dark's.	Pebble Hill Reach to the Goal! A short-medium like level that consists on reaching the goal.	Team Dark It starts with Omega attacking around, then switches to Rouge and Shadow trying to stun and hit Amy with Thunder Shoot and Shadow's speed. The fight takes place in a simple battlefield with some crates around. To beat Team Dark, they need to hit and launch them to the abyss.

Team Chaotix

Act 1	Act 2	Act 3	Boss
Verdant Plain Reach to the Goal! Basic level explaining Team Chaotix's functions.	Bamboo Forest Collect 100 Rings! As expected, the player needs to collect 100 Rings.	N/A	Culex A Cerberus- shaped enemy, with three dog-like heads. Culex will try to bite Espio and run around. They can also release blasts of energy and spew fire out of their mouths. To hit them, the player needs to hit the head in the middle.

Enemies

Rather than having Egg Pawns as the majority of enemies, here it shows an even wider variety of them, ranking from Motobugs and Spinners to G.U.N. Robots, some of them act like obstacles and prevent the player from passing on, so they need to be defeated. Most enemies can be destroyed in a single hit, but others can take three or more hits even from a Power character. It also happened that Zmey brainwashed Eggman's army and thus, they are against him too.

Enemies	Description
Motobug	Those enemies are one of the most common ones, being found in almost every stage. They are pretty weak, as they only try to ram Sonic or slash them with their scythes and can be destroyed easily with one attack.
Buzz Bomber	Wasp-like enemies that tend to blast detonator lasers and sting Sonic. They can also come in swarms which could result dangerous.
Egg Pawn	Egg Pawns are other common type of enemies, they just try to punch Sonic but they are weak. However there are many Egg Pawn subspecies that come with different attacks and weapons, known as Egg Spears and Egg Guns, and such others.
Flapper	Those enemies hover in the air with jet engines. They come in many variations, though the red-orange one is pretty much useless, they also come with a cannon, gun, bomb, laser and needles, though they have different colors, being green, blue, magenta, yellow and black repsectively.
Spinner	Flying enemies that spin and rotate their blades and use them to slash Sonic. They can also be served as a shortcut in some levels by using the Homing Attack.
Electro Spinner	An electric variation of the Spinners, they rotate i nthe air, but also discharge electricity in the shape of a shield, electrocuting anyone who touches it and release electric balls.
Chopper	Choppers are enemies found in beaches or underwater, in where in the former they will jump out of water and bite Sonic, otherwise if he is underwater, they will chase the blue hedgehog.
Crabmeat	Another beach/underwater enemy that shoots missiles out of its pincers, and as well as pinch Sonic with them.
Octopus	Underwater enemy that tries to grab and constrict Sonic, and thus making him easier to drown. They are relatively weak though. They can also spray ink out of their beaks.
Bubbles	A pufferfish-like enemy that swim either alone or in shoals, but after getting close to one, it will protude its spikes.
Kiki	Kikis can be found climbing in trees, especially palmtrees, in where they throw bombs, and selfdestruct after a period of time.
Newtron	Newt enemies that can camouflage in the environment and shoot energy balls, sometimes they will jump and attack directly on the player.
Crawl	They crawl slowly around Sonic back and forth on routes, though if he tries to attack them from above, they will hide in their shields.
Cameron	Turtle enemies that are very durable and take some good hits to be destroyed. When it notices the team, it shoots blasts of energy. If they are retracted in their shells they cannot be harmed.
Klagen	U.F.O./Jellyfish like enemies that try to approach a character and then capture it with it's tentacle-like arms, and the team member cannot be switched, so the robot has to be destroyed. Sometimes Klagens flee away, and thus makes the player lose the team member. However if all the three members are captured by a Klagen, the team will lose a life.
Mono Beetle	Harmless enemies that float in the air, but if they see Shadow, they will call out for more enemies.
Gun Beetle	A beetle that contains some projectiles that shoot against Shadow.
Gun Beetle	These are more efficient enemies as they can shoot multiple blasts.
Gun Hunter	They are very durable and have many weapons and can fire many projectiles that can trap and hurt.
Laser Hunter	They have a powerful gun and are very durable.
Gun Trooper	Grand robots with more powerful guns and pistols. They are also even more durable.
Shield Hunter	As said, they have a shield that lets them protect from attacks. They also use a gun or shoot lasers.
Egg Bishop	Wizard enemies that lack any offensive attack and due to this, comes accompained with many enemies. Their purpose is to spawn more enemies and restore their health. They can tank a lot of hits too. Sometimes they flip themselves and turn into a more menacing appearance that uses a spell that steals rings from the team.
Rhinotank	These enemies usually appear on the rails trying to ram and horn Sonic and his friends. To avoid them the player needs to switch rails. Rhinotanks also can appear around the levels.
Egg Robo	Those enemies are somewhat rare, although very powerful as they can tank many hits but also shoot bullets and lasers out of his gun. They are also hard to hit due to them being agile and flying.
Egg Hammer	Those enemies act like mid-bosses, and as seen, they carry large hammers that can smash the player. Only the Power formation can defeat them as they are very tanky and need some good hits. However, there's an even tougher version of them that carry an helmet, a bigger hammer and an armor.

Items

Like most Sonic games, Sonic Heroes X features many items that help the player progress in the game.

Item	Description
Ring	The most common item, that can be found everywhere, and is also stored in an Item Box with a random quantity. If Sonic picks a ring, it will serve as a protection against attacks, though if he's hit with one, he'll lose all of his Rings and have a short period of time to pick them again, but if Sonic doesn't have a Ring and is attacked, he'll lose a life. Collecting 100 Rings will grant Sonic a life.
Item Box	Those are boxes that contain an item inside and can be destroyed by merely jumping on it. The items are usually Rings but also power-ups such as invincibility, speed up, shields and even 1-up.
Power Core	These are a level-up item that can be obtained after defeating enemies or inside an Item Box, as well as touching a checkpoint. They are, as stated, used to level up a member on the team. When the Power Core Collected is blue, it means it will level up a Speed character, same goes for the White and Red Power Cores with Flight and Power characters respectively. The Power Cores can make a Speed Character run faster as well as have an improved Homing Attack and others, while they can also increase the stamina of a Flight and Power character as well as increase their attacks.
Shield	Those items protect the leader from receiving any attacks, though they can only receive one attack. After being attacked the shield will break.
Shoe	It gives the leader more speed and it's useful for paths that take a crazy run.
Invincibility Power	As expected, it's a power-up that prevents the leader to be harmed.
Spring	Stage hazards that launch Sonic and is helpful to reach new platforms. There's also a wide variant too.
Goal Ring	A giant Ring in where it's placed after the end of each act and after touching it it ends the act.

Chao Garden

More info coming soon...

Special Chao

Sonic Chao (Hero/Run/Run)

Tails Chao (Hero/Flight/Run)

Knuckles Chao (Hero/Power/Run)

Amy Chao (Sweet/Run/Power)

Cream Chao (Sweet/Flight/Run)

Trivia

• This marks the first playable appearance of Amy Rose along with other Sonic Characters such as Shadow, Rouge, Cream, Silver and others in a main Sonic title in over 10 years.
• This also marks the first appearance of Marine the Raccoon as fully 3D rendered and as well as her first playable appearance and her appearance after 10 years.
• This is the main Sonic installment that has the highest number of playable characters, a total of 27.
• In Team Chaotix's starting story, Charmy is seen playing a videogame. The console varies depending on the version, if it's the Switch, Charmy is seen playing with a Wii U, if it's the Playstation, he is seen playing with a PS3 and if it's the Xbox One, he can be seen playing with a Xbox 360.