Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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ANIMAL TIMESTAMPS ARE IN THE PINNED COMMENT

MORE INFORMATION:

I do not use:
Chao Boxes
Random Animals from Enemy Drops
Random Animals throughout the stages

I just wanted to find the authentic animal on it's own in the stage, with no randomness involved. Chao boxes can also add to this if you so choose, giving you double the Unicorns on Prison Lane for example.

This is for the PC, Xbox 360/One & PS3/4 versions of SA2. Owning the Battle DLC does not change any of these. These probably aren't the fastest on GameCube or Dreamcast, but will probably still be decently fast.

"Why is the Seal on Radical Highway sometimes a Racoon?"
I'm not actually sure. If there was a Seal even 15s slower than that one in all of Dark Story I would've put that instead, but for some reason this is just the best seal even if it's technically random sometimes. If you exit and re-enter the stage every time (instead of restarting), it's almost always a Seal, at least in my experience.

This video is the first time this information has been recorded in a complete state anywhere on the internet. A lot of this research was my own, but resources like info.sonicretro.org and chao-island.com made the introductory stuff like "What's the name of the grey group?" and "Which stages have this animal in it?" much much easier. Chao Island is a great resource for chao stuff, and Sonic Retro's info section just has so much info about everything. Very very useful stuff.


P.S.: I recorded this a year ago. Don't bully me over my really bad movement.

Chapters: (I hope they work!)
0:00 Intro & Explanation
0:48 ==HERO STAGES==
0:52 Penguin (Hero)
1:10 Otter (Hero)
1:30 Seal (Hero)
1:52 Condor (Hero)
2:03 Parrot (Hero)
2:24 Peacock (Hero)
2:43 Warthog (Hero)
2:59 Cheetah (Hero)
3:10 Rabbit (Hero)
3:26 Bear (Hero)
4:12 Gorilla (Hero)
4:30 Tiger (Hero)
4:51 Raccoon (Hero)
5:01 Sheep (Hero)
5:09 Skunk (Hero)
5:18 Bat (Hero)
5:42 Half-Fish (Hero)
6:22 Skeleton Dog (Hero)
6:38 Dragon (Hero)
7:04 Phoenix (Hero)
7:33 Unicorn (Hero)
8:36 ==DARK STAGES==
8:40 Penguin (Dark)
9:38 Otter (Dark)
10:10 Seal (Dark)
10:23 Condor (Dark)
10:38 Parrot (Dark)
10:50 Peacock (Dark)
11:00 Warthog (Dark)
11:20 Cheetah (Dark)
11:53 Rabbit (Dark)
12:02 Bear (Dark)
12:18 Gorilla (Dark)
12:33 Tiger (Dark)
13:04 Raccoon (Dark)
13:13 Sheep (Dark)
13:25 Skunk (Dark)
13:47 Bat (Dark)
13:56 Half-Fish (Dark)
14:26 Skeleton Dog (Dark)
15:21 Dragon (Dark)
16:00 Phoenix (Dark)
16:42 Unicorn (Dark)