Sonic and Shadow have the fancy objects, but actually Metal Sonic is quite nice to play, somehow far better than Sonic and Shadow. He is slippery as F, but is faster both on ground and on rail and jumps higher, justlook at the poor GUN truck xD
I wish SA2 would let you play these characters from the multiplayer mode. Metal Sonic running through Metal Harbor, Chaos treasure hunting through Pumpkin Hill, Amy running through Radical Highway, Tikal treasure hunting through Meteor Herd. I don’t care much about the Chao creatures as mech shooters though. 🫤