Introduction

The Hero Story speedrun category of Sonic Adventure 2 entails completing all 16 stages and defeating all 8 bosses that embody Sonic, Tails and Knuckles' storyline prior to the Last Story. The 16 stages are broken down into 6 action stages (Sonic), 4 mech stages (Tails), 5 hunting stages (Knuckles) and one driving stage involving Tails.

Real-time attacks (RTA) are timed from the selection of Hero Story in the main menu to the final hit on Shadow 2. Traditionally Sonic games have been timed through their in-game timers and as such an accumulation of the individual level times in your speedrun can equate towards an in-game time (IGT) for that run. Although an universal in-game timer exists in the Emblem List, adding the times yourself provides definite accuracy for IGTs.

The current record is 36:05.29(RTA)/24:52.24(IGT) by Talon2461.

City Escape

Big Foot

Wild Canyon

Eggman 1

Prison Lane

Metal Harbor

Shadow 1

Green Forest

Pumpkin Hill

Mission Street

Aquatic Mine

Route 101

Hidden Base

Pyramid Cave

Death Chamber

King Boom Boo

Egg Golem

Eternal Engine

Meteor Herd

Rouge

Crazy Gadget

Eggman 2

Final Rush

Shadow 2

External Links

Talon2461's Commentated run - A Hero Story speedrun with post-commentary by Talon2461 (this run does not incorporate the Eternal Engine out-of-bounds clip).
BrokenArthritis' Hero Story Tutorial (Part 1|Part 2) - Live-commentary tutorial by BrokenArthritis which provides insight on some of the more prominent time saves in the route.