Sonic Rivals 2 for PlayStation Portable (PSP)

Sonic Rivals 2 cover art
Release date

13-11-2007

Genres

Fighting, Platform, Racing

Developer

Backbone Entertainment

IGDB Rating ★ 5.5
IGDB

The Chao have disappeared and Sonic the Hedgehog and Miles "Tails" Prower immediately get on the case to find them. It turns out that Eggman Nega (once again masquerading as Doctor Eggman) has stolen the Chao and concealed them inside a haunted mansion. His plan is to feed them to an inter-dimensional beast called the "Ifrit" who needs to eat them to become invincible . After that, he plans to release the Ifrit into the world in order to destroy it. However, to open the portal to the Ifrit's world, the seven Chaos Emeralds are required. Eggman Nega secretly hires Rouge the Bat to collect the Chaos Emeralds. The Master Emerald has also gone missing (again) and Knuckles the Echidna teams up with Rouge to find it. Meanwhile, Silver the Hedgehog has returned from a now ruined future caused by the Ifrit. In order to make a happier future, he searches for and steals the Chao that are left in order to hide them. Espio first thought that Silver was hiding Chao for a cause of evil, but Espio finds out that Silver was trying to save the world. Then, they work together to save the world. The real Dr. Eggman sends Metal Sonic to find Shadow, and tells him of Nega's plans. Nega has learned of the Ifrit by accessing Professor Gerald Robotnik's journals, and Shadow and Metal Sonic set out to retrieve the Chaos Emeralds before he does. Eggman uses Metal Sonic as a communication device to aid Shadow along the way. All of the teams meet up at the Mystic Haunt Zone where the portal to the Ifrit's world is. Despite Rouge only collecting six of the Emeralds, the portal opens anyway and Nega dispatches his newly copy of Metal Sonic, Metal Sonic 3.0 to awaken the Ifrit. Despite possessing the minds of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Rouge (depending on who the player plays as), the Ifrit is defeated by the other teams. Shadow and Metal Sonic defeat the Ifrit and close the portal but they and Eggman Nega are trapped in the Ifrit's dimension. However, Metal Sonic tears his chassis open, revealing the 7th Chaos Emerald. Shadow uses the Emerald to teleport back with Metal Sonic. Nega is left trapped under some rubble. Sonic and Tails save all the Chao and bring them to a Chao Garden and relax there while Knuckles finds the Master Emerald in the Emerald Detector that he and Rouge stole from Eggman Nega. Rouge steals the Master Emerald and runs, and Silver returns to what he hopes is a happy future. Espio has to answer to Vector the Crocodile who has spent their client's advanced payment on late rental fees.

Sonic Rivals 2 is currently tracked with a Perfect rating on EmuRank. PPSSPP leads the current evidence so far, but the recommendation is still early.

EmuRank currently tracks 1 report for this game. More reports across supported setups would strengthen the guidance.

Compatibility Verdict

Perfect

This verdict uses EmuRank's six-level compatibility scale. The compatibility levels guide explains what Perfect, Playable, Ingame, Intro, Loadable, and Nothing mean when you compare emulator results.

Recommended emulator

PPSSPP

Confidence

Low

Playable or better

100%

Scoring window

1 report

Total tracked reports

1

Emulators tested

1

Operating systems

1

Last updated

100% of selected reports reach Playable or better across 1 report in the current scoring window.

Perfect means the strongest current emulator evidence suggests this is the game's best supported compatibility tier. Low confidence means this recommendation is the best available signal, but the evidence base is still early and may shift.

Compatibility and confidence are separate signals. EmuRank tracks the full report history for this game, but the public ranking gives priority to the strongest current scoring window for each emulator.

How EmuRank Scores This Game

EmuRank currently tracks 1 report for Sonic Rivals 2 across 1 emulator and 1 operating system.

For ranking purposes, reports are ordered by relevance using votes, freshness, and source quality. This means the most trusted and recent reports carry more weight in the final recommendation.

PPSSPP has 1 total tracked report for this game, and all of them are inside the current scoring window.

Why PPSSPP Is Recommended

PPSSPP is the current first recommendation because it combines the strongest compatibility evidence with the most convincing scoring window for this game. All 1 tracked report for this emulator are inside the current scoring window.

100% of selected reports reach Playable or better. Community results are consistent and point in the same direction. Confidence is currently Low — the recommendation is the best available signal, but should be treated as early evidence.

1 total report 1 in scoring window Perfect: 100% Playable+: 100%

Best Emulator by Operating System

OS-specific data is currently available for Android only. Coverage across other operating systems would improve per-OS guidance.

Android Perfect

PPSSPP

Confidence Low

100% Playable or better  · 1 report

Early evidence on Android: Perfect via PPSSPP (Low confidence, 1 report). More data would strengthen this result.

Conflicting Results and What to Watch

Some compatibility evidence for Sonic Rivals 2 is mixed or incomplete. The evidence window is small — results are likely to shift as more reports arrive.

  • Very few reports

Testing Coverage and Data Sources

EmuRank currently tracks 1 report for this game across 1 emulator and 1 operating system.

The report base is also detailed: 1 include configuration text, 1 include GPU data, and 1 include device details. That makes the report history below useful not only for the verdict, but also for comparing real-world setups.

Total reports

1

Emulators tested

1

Operating systems

1

With config

1

With GPU data

1

Reports

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PPSSPP 1.19.2 Android
Perfect
★ 52.2 ↑ 0 ·

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