In Sonic Rush Adventure game, there are 7 regular Zones, plus 16 Hidden Islands and the training stage Whale Point, plus the three R Hidden Islands lap courses only found in Time Trial and Two Player, and the Sea Stages. Some of the Hidden Islands are similar some of the Zones, while others are like Whale Point and can almost be thought of as another Zone.
Plant Kingdom
The first zone you play is Plant Kingdom. After Wave Cyclone is built, the crew decides to check there for materials. Plant Kingdom is an island that is big forest filled with huge flowers and mushrooms you can jump on. Green Material is found there and hidden islands 6 and 7 are similar to this zone.
- There are ivies found in Plant Kingdom that you can swing on. When you are at the highest point of the swing, simply jump off to get to higher places.
- Giant Mushrooms work like springs and you can do many tricks by them. When bouncing on a trail of them, just keep doing tricks to get a huge amount of scores for S Rank.
- There are also giant trees that have a face and a hand and when you pass them, they'll pick you up and throw you in the air.
- In act 1, there's also a section where you grind on ivies (picture above). Press
or 
to jump from an ivy to another. Instead of focusing on getting rings, focus on not trying to hit the bombs. - Generally, in some parts you run on the water. When running on the water you can't boost, but if you are in boost mode before running on the water, you'll still be in boost mode knocking the fishes out of your way.
Machine Labyrinth
Tails needs more materials to make a new ship so they decide to check out Machine Labyrinth too. There, they find Bronze Materials. Machine Labyrinth is actually a steam-engined factory-like island and hidden islands 10 and 9 are similar to this zone.
- In some parts of the zone you'll be automatically bouncing off drums from one to another. It's a good time for doing tricks and getting high points (picture on the front).
- There many pipes in this zone that steam comes out of them. They're harmless and work kind of like springs. So you can get trick points by them too.
- In a few sections, you can use a glider to glide. The only control then is pressing
. Press it to ascend, and to descend just don't press it. Follow the marks that show you to either ascend or descend and at the end there'll be a useful item or shortcut. It's not that easy though as hitting any objects or walls will make you fall off.
Coral Cave
Coral Cave is a cave full of gems that comes out of water and contains Red Materials. Hidden islands 4, 8 and 11 are similar to this zone and Sonic meets Blaze in this island.
- In some parts you find a huge pulley with a Hook and rope at the end, it sends you down and then up, you can trick off it like a Spring. You press
before you reach the hook when you are on the pulley, because that part counts as a Rail and you can get trick points.
- There may be some huge wooden levers in your way that automatically transport you to another level of the cave.
- You may also see gaint rocks hanging on the ceiling of the cave by corals. Well they won't last for long and will fall. You'll die if they fall on you. So always keep your eyes open for them since they come out of nowhere. Some times there is going to a situation where there are two rock hanging above you and you have nowhere to run. In that case try to figure out which one is going to fall off first. So go under the one that's going to fall later and after the first one fell, jump on it so that the second one won't fall on you.
- In some sections you'll have to ride on a mine cart. Boost to push them and hop in them. press to slow the cart down and
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to jump. In act 2 you'll go through an underground route with the cart (picture above) and by pressing and you can change your path. Also try to jump over bombs and lava.
