This team and associated levels are designed to be of medium difficulty, and contain high-speed sections. The three heroes band together once again to foil Eggman's plans. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles receive a letter from Doctor Eggman telling them of a new ultimate weapon that will be ready within three days, challenging them to stop him. Team Sonic is the title team of Sonic Heroes. Each team also has a unique Team Blast skill. In addition to controlling three characters, the player may select one of the four teams available to use at the beginning of the game each team has one member capable of the aforementioned skills, but follow a different, yet intertwined, storyline. This can be achieved by performing such actions as destroying enemies or collecting rings. Each team also has a Team Blast skill, which can be performed when the Team Blast meter becomes full. These can be used to solve various puzzles, most notably in Team Chaotix's Mystic Mansion stage. Each ability also has an element associated with it: Speed uses wind, Fly uses thunder and Power uses fire. Each ability is also represented in the interface by color blue for speed, yellow for flight, and red for power. Each stage has a different layout for each team, providing different challenges for each story. Each character has an individual ability - speed for fast stages, power for breaking objects, or flight for reaching high platforms - and the player must use these abilities to traverse the fourteen stages.

Unlike most Sonic games, where players control one character, three characters are available at any time to choose from, as the player may switch the party's leader freely, whilst the other two characters follow. The game introduces several new gameplay elements. Screenshot of Team Sonic in a Special Stage Gameplay File:SonicHeroesScreen1-article image.jpg

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