Sonic R Cheats & Tips

Collect all 5 Sonic Tokens in a race and finish in the top three and you will then face off against the hidden character for that track.

Resort Island - Mecha Sonic
Radical City - Mecha Tails
Regal Ruin - Egg Robo
Reactive Factory - Mecha Knuckles

To get a head start in a race, hold DOWN and keep pressing B as fast as you can. When the race starts, let go of the D-pad.

When selecting a course, press L and R to grow and shrink the level icon.

An easier way to beat Mecha Sonic after collecting the 5 tokens is to first capture Mecha Tails who is easier to get than the Sonic and then use Mecha Tails against Mecha Sonic, cutting across the water to get a lead. Always make sure you run through the ruins or the open 20 ring door.

Get first place in the Radiant Emerald course and Dr. Robotnik becomes playable.

To become Super Sonic, simply find all Chaos Emeralds. Here's how to find them:
1. Emerald: Island course
(behind the door which opens with 50 rings)

2. Emerald: City course
(behind a door which opens with 20 rings, bottom of the course after falling down the hole in the street short after the tunnel)

3. Emerald: City course
(behind the door which opens with 50 rings)

4. Emerald: Ruins course
(behind the door which opens with 50 rings, location left side of the course on some arcades right after the start)

5. Emerald: Ruins course
(behind the door which opens with 20 rings, location is right in front of you after racing up the ramp)

6. Emerald: Factory course
(behind the door which opens with 50 rings, location is just after the looping the emerald will jump out of the machine in front of you)

7. Emerald: Factory course
(behind the door which opens with 50 rings, location short after the looping left of the ramp where a excelerator is located. The emerald will pop out of the submarine which waits for you right ahead)

After the accelerator in Reactive Factory continue to go straight forward. When you come to split in the road take the left road. If you continue up this road you will end up passing by a sign on the side of the road that says RING. Stop at that sign, and if you wait rings will come to you, giving you up to 999 rings.

As the Radial City level begins, turn left into the water and continue following the waterway to the end of the level.
Note: Make sure that you go around the 20-ring door!

There ia a hidden shortcut on Reactive Factory. To get it, when you get to the gap that is shortly before the loop, as you spring, hold Right to skip a part of the track.

Note:You must have two controllers.

Go on your normal way to get the 5 tokens on Resort Island and challenge Metal Sonic. Lose to him, and then right after it go to the ''versus'' option. The first player will have highlighted the character that raced against Metal Sonic, and the second player will have Metal Sonic highlighted! Now you scroll through the locked characters and choose the one you want, without getting the portrait.

CAUTION: If you leave the locked area, you must do the cheat again.

Skip the Credits - Hold A + B + C then press Start
Two people play as the same character in versus - Hold X + Y + Z while you choose the character
Clean Screen - Pause game and press X + Y + Z

At the Title Screen, press on the D-Pad to rotate the R in that direction. Press the (B) button to change the color of the R to a metallic outlook. Press (X) and (Y) to lighten or darken the R. Press the (A) button to restore the R to its former color.

Cyber Knuckles - Collect all 5 Sonic Tokens on Reactive Factory and finish in the top 3, then beat him in the challenge race
Dr. Robotnik - Place 1st on the Radiant Emerald Course
Egg Robo - Collect all 5 Sonic Tokens on Regal Ruins and finish in the top 3, then beat him in the challenge race
Metal Sonic - Collect all 5 Sonic Tokens on Resort Island and finish in the top 3, then beat him in the challenge race
Puppet Tails- Collect all 5 Sonic Tokens on Radical City and finish in the top 3, then beat him in the challenge race
Radiant Emerald Bonus Course - Place 1st in the 4 initial courses
Super Sonic - Collect all 7 Chaos Emeralds, then press Up on Sonic at the character select screen