SONIC (2)

Complete guide to finding all upgrades in Sonic Adventure 2: Magic Gloves, Light Shoes, Ancient Light, Bounce Bracelet, Flame Ring, and Mystic Melody.

This guide details the locations and requirements for obtaining all upgrades in Sonic Adventure 2.

Magic Gloves

Location: City Escape

Upgrades Needed: Bounce Bracelet/Flame Ring

Description: Picks up enemies to throw at others.

After the loop and wall run in City Escape, you should end up in an area with a staircase and two poles to swing on (one in hard). Look on the ground for 4 metal containers. Use the bounce attack on these containers to bust them open. The Magic Gloves will be inside.

Light Shoes

Location: Metal Harbor

Upgrades Needed: None

Description: Allows you to dash through lines of rings.

Find the area near the beginning where you must use the homing attack on floating robots. After landing on the platform past them, you should notice there is nowhere to go except a ring trail. Notice a tower with a pulley. Jump on this pulley to go up the tower. Once up there, you should find the Light Shoes. Use these to get across the ring trails!

Ancient Light

Location: Green Forest

Upgrades Needed: None

Description: Allows you to attack enemies in a row quickly.

After the second loop (half loop), you will hit springs and bounce onto a platform. When you land, run to the right to find a 10 Ring capsule. Get close enough to the edge here to see a flying enemy. Use a homing attack on him, the item capsule behind him, and the item capsule behind that. This should land you on another platform where you will see the Ancient Light.

Bounce Bracelet

Location: Pyramid Cave

Upgrades Needed: None

Description: Allows you to bounce after jumping so you can reach higher platforms.

This upgrade is very simple to get. Simply stay on the correct path throughout the stage. If you do so, you should run right into it.

Flame Ring

Location: Crazy Gadget

Upgrades Needed: None

Description: Allows you to break metal containers.

After the second hyper-warp tube, you will end up on the ceiling of a room. Run to the other end (beware of the blue enemies), and press the switch to drop to the ground. You should notice 3 metal containers in your way. Turn around and run to the back wall, then go right. There should be a spring. Bounce up onto the above platform. There should be a set of metal containers in a "U" shape. The Flame Ring will be in the center. Use it to bust the metal containers.

Mystic Melody

Location: Final Rush

Upgrades Needed: None

Description: Allows you to open up new paths or shortcuts when played at the ancient shrines.

This upgrade is challenging mainly due to the difficulty of explaining its location. When you reach the area with a lot of grinds, stay straight until you reach an area where you take speed boosts up a grind, then hit a spring. You should land on a platform with two grinds: a purple/yellow grind and an orange/yellow grind. Take the orange/yellow grind, crouching while going down it. You will fly off at one point and land on a platform with a rocket. This rocket takes you to a 1-Up. From there, jump to the platform below. You should see a spring with an animal on it. Go up the spring. Follow the platform, grind up the railing, then land on another platform. You should see an ancient shrine, and past that, the Mystic Melody.