The Extreme Gear was first seen when Jet the Hawk was captured while attempting to steal a vapor accelerator from Dr. Eggman in New Megaopolis in order to increase his airboard's output. Impressed by the technology behind its design, Eggman was astounded to discover the Extreme Gear's speed could rival that of Sonic the Hedgehog and made a deal with Jet to let him live if he would beat Sonic down. Taking along Wave and Storm, the Babylon Rogues got the drop on the hedgehog with their airboards and easily outmatched him with their added strength and skill, promising to attack Knothole the next day. Sonic reluctantly had to admit the Rogues were unbelievably fast with their Extreme Gear and returned to Freedom HQ. Coincidentally, Miles "Tails" Prower had begun constructing his own version of Extreme Gear for himself and Knuckles the Echidna (prior to encountering the Babylon Rogues) in order to keep up with Sonic on missions and the three of them used his prototypes to fend off the Rogues in a race the following day. When Sonic and his friends first arrived on their Extreme Gear, Jet became offended at the sight of his group being copied with knock-off equipment and decided to wreck Knothole on principle then, while Wave was of the opinion that Tails' boards were junk despite the skill their riders displayed. Where or how Tails got the inspiration to design his own Extreme Gear is still unclear though. (StH: #163, #164)
Along with the returning characters from the previous installment comes new items such as new playable racers, hover boards, bikes, air riders, yachts, air skates and other futuristic hover crafts that are available. These vehicles can be upgraded, even in the middle of a race. The PS2 version uses a Dualshock 2 controller while the Wii version supports 3 control methods: the Wii Remote sideways, the Wii Remote held vertically, and the Nintendo GameCube controller.[3]
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